European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 13, 1995, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes wednesday september 13, 1995powell makes his Point on issues by Howard Kurtz Washington Post Washington Colin l. Powell says he is for affirmative action abortion rights and gun control All positions that could spell trouble with conservative voters if he decides to seek the Republican nomination for president. In the first of a series of television interviews to promote his new Book an american journey the retired . Army general also told Barbara Walters he is against organized prayer in schools. The interview will air Friday in the states on Abc s 20/20, and the network released excerpts monday. A Powell who enjoys substantial support in the polls has said he will decide after his Book tour whether to seek the gop nomination mount a third party presidential candidacy or pass up the race. In the interview Powell was asked Why he turned Down an offer to become president Clinton a Secretary of state last year. A i am not a fan of the manner in which foreign policy issues Are hammered out in this administration a Powell said. A the process lacks a certain coherence. When you have a situation where your friends and allies and your opponents Are not really sure whether today a decision will still be a decision a week from now then you Are undercutting your position in the  other subjects Powell said that he benefited from affirmative action in the army not because he received a a quota promotion but because army officials decided that  needs a Little bit More help to be equal we re going to give him that  he said school admissions officials should a take a look at the total background of these youngsters a regardless of race. A Young people should be taught to avoid pregnancy and to consider adopt Tori As an alternative to abortion Powell said. But if a woman becomes pregnant and a it is her Choice to abort its a matter Between her her doctors her family and her conscience and her god. So that a  v on gun control Powell said a i am a gun owner. I firmly believe in the second amendment right to Bear arms. I have rifles pistols and shotguns. But at the same time i am willing to put up with some level of inconvenience in acquiring guns or having guns in my Possession to make sure that i am a responsible citizen who should be allowed to have a  he said he favors a registration or waiting a certain amount of  Powell said that he h. No problem with a a quiet moment being reserved for school prayer but that a i would be against any sort of stricture that says you will come in and you will  the a a remarkable fact that he a seems to have Appeal that is rather wide across this country suggests that a the country. May Well be ready for a Black Many As president he said. Powell who said he voted for president Bush in 1992, declined to Rule but challenging Clinton As a Democrat but told Walters not to a leap off a Cliff with that  single Parent Bill adds fuel to fight Over child care Washington apr Senate republicans Are pushing legislation to require Many single parents to work for their welfare benefits despite assertions from democrats that children will be left Home alone because of inadequate Day care democrats sought monday to rewrite the Gopas Wel Tare Bill in a bid to pour billions of additional dollars into child care programs but the Senate rejected their plan by a vote of 50-48. Afterwards sen Edward Kennedy d-mass., said republicans had a voted to leave children Home  two republicans Sens. Ben night horse Campbell of Colorado and Jim Jeffords of Vermont voted with Kennedy and other democrats to spend $11 billion on child care Over the next five years $6 billion More than under current Law. Two other republicans Alan Simpson of Wyoming and Phil Gramm of Texas did not vote. The decision came As the Senate took up the first of More than 200 proposed changes to the Republican proposal to dismantle the Federal welfare system turn responsibility for supporting poor families Oyer to the states and require As Many As 1 million recipients to go to work. A a. A a a on tuesday morning the Senate rejected 59-40, an amendment by sen. Dianne Feinstein d-calif., that would have redistributed Money to California from a special fund of nearly $1 billion set up to Benefit states with Low benefits Ana High growth. Still ahead As the Senate wrestles for a second week with the Gopas social legislation Are fights Over unmarried teen age mothers welfare families who have additional children and the amount of their own Money that Stales should be required to spend on welfare programs. A. A a /. Senate majority Leader Bob Dole r-kan., wants the Senate to pass the Bill by thursday. But if it docs not make Progress by midweek he could pull the Bill from the floor and fold the legislation into a huge budget reconciliation Bill. A Doles welfare plan would Roll is billion in annual Federal child care spending for welfare families into a larger $16.8 billion Lump sum payment to the states to cover not Only Day care but support payments to the poor and work programs for them. Dried up car Pool William Morrison a Columbus Ohio police officer examines papers from a car he found abandoned tues space Center Houston apr a dish shaped research satellite flying free from space shuttle endeavour was shut Down by ground controllers tuesday after it overheated and began flying at the wrong Angle the $25 million Wake shield facility which has had intermittent communications problems since its release from the shuttle monday was switched into a a Safe Mode a with most functions turned off to prevent the spacecraft from tumbling out of control the spacecraft had been Tilting 20 degrees out of its proper plane. A ground controllers suspected the. Problem was caused by heat buildup related to either the satellites Day in an empty City swimming Pool. There was no immediate explanation for the Choice of parking spot. Given first Aid electronics experiments or heating from the Sun. After a Cool Down period the satellite flying some 40 Miles behind endeavour was expected to steady its own flight path. A a a a. A. Quot that had not happened by midday Hov Ever. Nune the less a the Wake shield is not in any danger at this Point a said Nasa spokesman Rob Navias. A the 12-foot dish satellite operated through Remote commands Irby the ground is using the vacuum of space to make super thin semiconductor films. Because of the expected  its Wake the semiconductor material should be purer than any produced on Earth. Such film could Lead to speedier  sniper who shot woman at Washington a an Fri sniper who killed the wife of White separatist Randy Weaver was to testify briefly in a closed session before a Senate panel tuesday a spokeswoman for sen. Arlen Specter said. Facing potential criminal charges Lon Horiuchi and the Senate subcommittee reached an agreement for him to testify away from the press and Public said Margaret Camp a spokeswoman for the Pennsylvania Republican who is chairing the hearings. A some of the witnesses face the possibility of criminal charges and we Are doing our Best not to interfere with the criminal investigation a said Camp. Horiuchi a lawyers engaged in extensive discussions Over several Days with the Senate panel about whether he would testify and on monday night the subcommittee spokeswoman said Horiuchi would not testify. Camp said she understood Horiuchi a lawyers had advised him not to. A county prosecutor in Idaho is considering whether to seek criminal charges against Horiuchi and others in the killing of Vicki Weaver who was shot while holding open the door to the weavers Cabin for her husband one of her daughters and family Friend Kevin Harris As they fled inside. Seconds earlier Horiuchi shot Randy Weaver in the shoulder. Horiuchi said he shot Vicki Weaver by mistake intending instead to hit Harris who was running into the Cabin. ,. A. Horiuchi fired the two shots the Day after a shootout killed a Deputy . Marshal and the weavers 14-year-old son Sam. At Ruby Ridge the Fri instituted a shoot on sight policy that encouraged snipers to fire on any adult carrying a gun. Five Fri officials Are under Susie Sion amid Federal criminal investigation into destruction of documents at i Headquarters concerning Ruby Ridge. Marshals deputies had been scout ii the weavers property on Ruby Ridge Northern Idaho in preparation for Arre my Randy Weaver who had sold to sawed off shotguns to an undercover i Formant and then refused to show up f his trial. Also to testify tuesday were heu Hudson director of the . Marsh service at the time of the Ruby Ridge i cadent and Michael Johnson the u marshal in the Idaho District at that Tim