European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 15, 1995, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday september 15, 1995 the stars and stripes Bush Speaks to group to to Tokyo a former . Presi Dent Bush addressed a gathering thurs Day night of an organization tied to the Rev. Sun Myung Moon s unification Church ignoring groups that accused him of lending his name to what they called an unscrupulous cult. As Bush urged the crowd to devote ourselves to finding ways to strengthen the family japanese mothers were standing outside passing out leaflets and describing How their families were split apart by the Church. They Are like manipulated puppets Teruko Honma Leader of one opponents group said of the Young followers of Moon. Bush and former first lady Barbara Bush spoke before 50,000 people at the Tokyo dome stadium in an Assembly of the women s federation for world peace which is headed by Moon s wife. The former president did not mention the protests or the unification Church in his half hour speech. Bush s topic was .-Japan relations but his most spirited remarks focused on How he had led the multinational Force against iraqi Leader Saddam Hussein in the persian Gulf War. Both Bushes were effusive in their Praise for the women s federation and its chairwoman Motoko Sugiyama. Barbara Bush said she was thrilled to be invited to Japan for the gathering and called Sugiyama my younger sister. A spokesman for the Bushes Jim Mcgrath said their speeches should not be. Interpreted As an endorsement of the unification Church. The Bushes Are scheduled to address four similar gatherings elsewhere in Japan. -. The Bushes did not stay to hear the address by Moon s wife Hakja Han Moo ii but it appeared that the controversy May Page 5 n have influenced her words. The prepared text of her speech said that her husband stands at the top of the world and that everything which Rev. Moon has said has been fulfilled but both phrases were Cut in the actual address. The South Korea based unification Church claims Between 2 million and 3 million followers. A lawyers group that has sued the Church successfully in a japanese court says followers have duped thousands of people into buying trinkets at exorbitant prices to help ancestors suffering in the spirit world. An Eye on Marilyn Hurricane Marilyn spirals thursday below the shuttle endeavour As the storm moves in the Caribbean to Ward Martinique and the Island of St. Martin. St. Mar tin is still reeling from major damage caused last week by Hurricane Luis. Meanwhile endeavour s astronauts hauled troublesome equipment Back aboard ending an unfinished Experiment aimed at producing semiconductor film in the pure vacuum of space. Hurricane brushes by Barbados turns its Brunt toward Martinique Bridgetown Barbados a Hurricane mar Ilyn brushed the Northern end of Barbados on thurs Day blowing roofs off buildings uprooting Trees and Downing Power lines then headed Northwest toward is lands that could get hit with the storm s full pc Force there were no reports of injuries in Barbados but at least 22 Homes were damaged the government said a number of people mostly disabled and elderly had to be evacuated from their Homes. However the Southern end Home to Many of the Island s resorts was relatively Calm a few hours later the storm turned slightly North to Ward the Leeward and Windward islands most directly Martinique. At 11 . Edt the. Storm was entered about 40 Miles East of Martinique. It was moving West Northwest at 15 Mph with Hurricane Force winds extending 30 Miles from the Center. Heavy seas and rain squalls were already hitting Martinique on thursday afternoon. The Airport was closed As Well As schools and some businesses. Residents in fort de France the capital stocked up on supplies. Overnight the storm became the seventh Hurricane of. The season and continued to strengthen thursday with winds reaching 80 Mph. Hurricane warnings were posted for most of the Caribbean islands from St. Vincent North and West through St. Martin the French dutch Island that was hit hard last week by Hurricane Luis. The exceptions were Guadeloupe St. Barthelemy and the French portion of St. Martin where French officials  High wind and flood warnings tropical storm warning remained in effect for Guadeloupe. A Hurricane watch was in effect for puerto Rico the . Virgin islands and the British Virgin islands. The National a Veathur service in Miami said a Hurricane warning was possible later thursday for those areas. The  expected to strengthen by today. However the potential danger to the . Mainland was. Uncertain because of the distance. -. Forecasters first thought the Leeward islands which were devastated last week by Hurricane Luis would be spared Marilyn s Rains and winds. But Marilyn put the is lands in its course when it shifted to the North. Forecasters predict rainfall of 5 to 8 inches on islands along the path of the Hurricane and said deadly floods were possible particularly in mountainous areas. Flights to Barbados and St. Vincent were cancelled wednesday As islanders rushed to supermarkets and hardware stores to Stock up on supplies. Similar preparations were reported in Grenada do Minica and St. Lucia which escaped the Brunt of Luis but received enough rain to cause some damage. Luis the most powerful Hurricane this season claimed 12 lives in St. Maarten Antigua puerto Rico Dominica and Guadeloupe before heading North to newfound land. Gop to seek rate increases for medicare Washington a House speaker Newt Gin Grich s medicare Reform plan would raise seniors med icare premiums and automatically reduce payments to doctors and hospitals if savings targets were not hit. The plan revealed thursday in outline form by re publicans would give the elderly a Chance to enrol in a variety of private health plans each year including health maintenance organizations those who wanted no change could stay in traditional medicare it would phase out medicare part b Premium subsidies for wealthy seniors starting at incomes of $75,000 for an individual and $150,000 for a couple. And it would make All other seniors keep paying 31.5 percent of the costs of that part b coverage for doctor Bills and lab tests. Under current Law the premiums Are sup posed to drop to a 25 percent share in january and even less after 1998. But most seniors premiums would in crease just $7 to $10 a month More than under president Clinton s budget the republicans said. Clinton s budget would allow the medicare premiums to climb to almost $83 by 2002. The republicans say their premiums will be in the Range of $90 to $93 by then. The Premium now is $46.10 a month. The gop plan would boost spending on each medi care beneficiary from $4,800 to $6,700 and would help keep the medicare Hospital Trust fund solvent until 2014 averting bankruptcy for 12 years the gop leadership said. A. " the republicans said their plan would phase out medicare s payments for Hospital residency slots filled by non american citizens. It also would trim training subsidies that draw doctors into highly specialized Fields targeting the funds on primary care the republicans gave no precise breakdown of How they will wrest the $270 billion in savings from medicare Over seven years. Earlier at a rare joint caucus Gingrich and Senate majority Leader Bob Dole accused president Clinton and the democrats of scaring the elderly and spreading lies about the Republican plans to change med icare. " " " russian probing . Embassy attack Moscow a Russia s top prosecutor launched a criminal investigation thursday into what it called a terrorist grenade attack a Day earlier on the . Embassy. As police scoured the City for the attacker Security guards outside the embassy in Central mos cow checked cars for bombs. Security also was tightened at . Consulates in Vladivostok St. Petersburg and Yekateri Novka. Despite the increased Security the1, embassy and the modern Annex behind it were open for business and a visit by Deputy Secretary of state Strobe Talbott went ahead As planned. No one was injured in the blast no suspects have been detained and no claims of responsibility have been reported. But the attack came amid increasing anti Western sentiment Over nato airstrikes on bosnian serbian positions. Russian foreign ministry spokesman Grigory Karasin insisted the attack on the embassy would not damage .-russian relations