on incursions 1 If I J.ilNi.i5JLiijtfiiijiui..X..JaUJLUJllm-iaLIU.imj LimiMiai-j; YJ, nV a i-- is a different -question and I think very clearly Congress ought to debate that one and authorize it" Last week, it was Sen. Robert Byrd, who sought but failed to move forward Clinton's March 31 date for withdrawing U.S. troops from the long- -running U.N. mission in Somalia. Clinton sent administration officials to Capitol Hill late Monday to negotiate with Dole's staff on an amendment the senator prepared, to offer to the fiscal 1994 defense spending bill- a signal Dole had the votes.
Dole's amendment would re- strict spending for American forces in Haiti unless Congress approves. The only exceptions would be if U.S. citizens had to be evacuated, a threat to national security existed or if the president certified the cost, duration and goals of the operation. Dole said his proposal was consistent with conditions outlined by Clinton last month in a speech at the United Nations. They're not part of any isola- tionist policy," the senator said.
They're a recognition that we-need some new ground rules. I think the president agrees with that" inr nil rrninnn niiiiii nil. I it rnnnigli tt jr By DONNA CASSATA Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) Congress is challenging President Clinton's foreign policy with an eye toward restricting his authority to send' U.S. troops to Haiti and other world trouble spots. "Congress is not meddling Congress has to pay the bills," Sen.
Richard Lugar, a senior Republican, on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said today. "I think Congress has a right to be heard," said Senate Minority Leader Bob Dole, who wants Congress to give the OK before U.S. troops could be sent into Haiti. Clinton was resisting the pressure. The president must make the ultimate decision," he said Monday.
"It's an age-old argument," gar said today on Fox television. There has to be a check and balance here and we're trying to find out where that balance is. Lugar said no one was disputing the decision to put ships off Haiti and send in additional Marines to protect the embassy, "but an invasion of Haiti in order to bring back President Aristide is An AP News Analysis By WALTER R. MEARS AP Special Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) This time it was President Clinton vowing to resist congressional' encroachment -on his power to issue the marching orders that send American forces abroad. Richard M.
Nixon could not have said it better. 'rTr As a matter of fact, Nixon spoke much the same way a generation ago, defending his authority to pursue the war in Tribune photo by Joe Bobbin Rhonda Barnthouse, right, and her half sister's daughter, Danna, stand before their new home. The American Red Cross, Jackson County Chapter, helped the family after a fire destroyed nearly all they Home restored for burned-out family By MIKE COFFEY Staff Writer When fire destroyed the home of one Seymour the American Red Cross, Jackson County Chapter, helped replace the family's belongings and rebuild its lives. "Our summer clothes, which we had with us, were all we had -left- said-fireryictim JRhonda Barnthouse. The Red Cross gave us some new clothes, food, four weeks rent, a kitchen table, sheets, pil- lows, rugs and towels," she added.
Barnthouse; her half sister, Debra Costello; and Debra's daughter, Danna, lived in a house on Vine Street which was moving to the new house. "You have to get everything turned back on the water, the lights and you still have to buy things like curtains," Barnthouse said. Several friends and. family members helped the family salvage what they could from the fire. "I think that's one of the great things about living jn Jackson County," Wessel said.
"Neighbors, friends and family pitch in and help." LLThe family was able to. stay with Barnthouse's grandmother, Sarah Marling, while the house was being rebuilt When family members, friends or neighbors are unable to house a family after a disaster, Wessel said the Red Cross will often provide a motel room for the family. "You can give them shelter, but they don't have any emotional support," Wessel said. "When they have somebody to go to they recover much more quickly." The Jackson County United Fund agencies do as much as they can, but the organizations are restricted by limited funds. The agency doesn't always have to do everything," Wessel said.
"If you can find someone else to donate an item, the end result is the same." See HOME' Page 8 gutted in an electrical fire on June 9 while the family vacationed in Pennsylvania. When the family returned, the Red Cross decided to help. -We do a lot of stuff locally that a lot of people are not aware of," Wessel said. This is the kind of thing we do all the time." The national organization has. guidelines for how much to give for different items, Wessel said.
"We give vouchers to specific merchants for a specific amount on a specific item," she added. "The Red Cross never gives money." In addition to replacing their possessions, the family encountered several small difficulties in the coalition is "nothing but a puppet for the insurance industry. Families USA today released a tootleg copy of the insurance industry strategy for challenging the administration plan. Chip Kahn, executive vice president of the insurance coalition, disputed Pollack's allegations. He said the coalition in cludes "30 or and up to' individuals." so organizations 16,000 attack Health insurers mount on presidential health scheme an old one Southeast Asia that tHe young Clinton said he despised.
That irony notwithstanding, every president since World War II, whatever his party or policy preierences, nas tacen tne same stand when Congress tried to-claim a share of command over troop deployments abroad. "America's adversaries and" IUUVB U1W CVUVn UUlllbJ that the United States can re-See DEBATE Page 8 Residents want TV via cable By JOE ROBBINS Staff Writer Brownstown Town Council was approached Monday by ab out two dozen residents pleading for cable television. The Brownstown Apartments residents, led by their manager, Douglas May, requested the as-7 jifltflncfi nf fYinnril in ohhaininc ble for the apartment complex -f Knn N- Hiffh st. May said he has contacted Fal-n Cable TV Regional Manager Stephen D. Jewell several times requesting cable hookup, and although Jewell promised a hoo-luip, May claims, it never "My wires are in the building, his (Jewell's) wires are at the foot the building," May said.
"All te's got to do is hook it up." i aicon has a contract with the xwn that runs through 1996. Council members said even the contract stipulates "aicon must proviae caDie access all residents, the town cannot orce me company to ionow hrough with its hookup promise. Board President Robert Mill-nan said he would contact' -1 icneu, uuwever, ttuu ujr per- iuade him to provide cable access in ihtk -anarfmonta Millman's attempts to contact ucrrcu uii irxuiiuajr lug in laueu. "The town council exercises no control over tne came company," said town Attorney Jeffrey Nier- man. "All we can do is jawbone "and waitTuntih-the-contract-is- up" Residents said thev felt thev were being discriminated against See APARTMENT Pnna A the coalition and blamed "a mis-about understanding on my part" for By CHRISTOPHER CONNELL Associated Press Writer -WASHINGTON-AP--The- health insurance industry is hir ing, political operatives in key states to lobby against the Clinton health reform plan and get, critics to turn out at lawmakers' town hall meetings, according to documents obtained by a Clinton lobbying group.
The industry has spent at, a least million ontelevision adsj that the White House, the Democratic National Committee and some health groups say are misleading. Leading the opposition to the administration plan is the Coali-tion for Health Insurance Choices. I. The group's doubt-sowing ads acknowledge they are paid for by the health insurance industry. But the coalition describes itself as a broad-based group of thousands of individuals, businesses and other organizations.
But Ronald Pollack, executive director of Families USA, a con-rsumer lobbying group closely al- lied with the House, said Inside today "I don't see anything insidious about it We've been totally up front" about the health insurers' Kahn said. Families USA itself has field representatives of its own in 20 states and is devoting most of its $3 million budget, to pushing Clinton-style health reforms. Meanwhile, the Republican National Committee today was unveiling its own new television ads attacking the Clinton plan. While most congressional GOP leaders have kept their powder dry, Republican Chairman Haley Barbour has labeled the White House blueprint a costly, bureau cratic, nightmare. The insurance industry's coalition includes the American Health Care Association, which represents nursing homes.
But association spokeswoman Pat Keegan said Monday, "We're rethinking our kinship." Thomas L. Orth, executive director of the Epilepsy Foundation of West Central Florida, said his group is withdrawing from getting the Tampa chapter in- volved in the first place. The health insurers said they support such reforms as eliminating exclusions for pre-existing conditions, letting people keep insurance when they switch jobs and prohibiting cancellation of coverage for those who get sick; But they oppose Clinton's plans to make most Americans buy coverage through exclusive, regional health alliances at community rates, with limits on how fast premiums can go up. The coalition's thick manual distributed by Famines USA spells out' ways for insurers and others to get employees, ven- -dors and other sympathizers in- volved in the fight, from writing letters to buttonholing lawmak- ersitooiamgieminars -and generating publicity. "Usually the rural dailies and weeklies will print most anything they are sent," the manual said.
jV -vj It said -the coali tion was targeting six key senators and 11 representatives from five states Kansas, LouisianaNew Ybrk, Oklahoma and Texas. A separate outline said field staff workers would be responsi- i. 4r. 1 JT Anociated Prei Classified 9 Comkp 9 ALin W. Bock Crossword" 9 The lessons "of" Yeltsin's Deaths '8 show of force.
page Family 4 Markets 12 Robert Wallace Jr. Recordbook 3 Fewer road deaths a Sports 6 gign. See page 9. Weather 8 liftoff The Space Shuttle Columbia lifts off from Kennedy Space Center's Launch Pad 39-BMondayy beginning a 14-day science mission. 1 r--' See HEALTH Page 8.
