ity Unt One hundred three years of editorial freedom i 3 : A - d s 2 , 4 Serbs yields to request to lift siege of Thzla THE WASHINGTON POST MOSCOW- Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic agreed yesterday, under pressure from Russia, to meet a key NATO demand by ending the Serbs' siege of the Tuzla airport and to allow humanitarian aid flights to war-battered central Bosnia. Tuzla airport has been closed for nearly two years by Serb artillery fire, making it extremely difficult to get food and other aid to the region's 800,000 residents and refugees. An agreement to open the airport would be a significant concession by the Serbs and a diplomatic coup for Rus- sian mediation in the Bosnia conflict. It was the second time that Russia has persuaded the Bosnian Serbs to agree to demands from the Western military alliance, which is acting to carry out resolutions voted by the U.N. Security Council. Two weeks ago Russia scored a major diplomatic coup when it per- suaded Bosnian Serb forces besieg- ing Sarajevo to withdraw their heavy artillery and meet the terms of a NATO ultimatum. In addition to 400 Russian U.N. troops transferred from eastern Croatia to help monitor the Sarajevo accord, the Russian parliament voted last week to authorize sending 300 more. Yesterday's announcement by Karadzic was greeted with suspicion and hostility by leaders of the Mus- lim-led Bosnian government in Sarajevo, who have come to see the Russian involvement as de facto sid- ing with the Serbs. Moscow has his- toric and religious ties with Belgrade and, unlike the West, has tended to see the current conflict from the Serbs' point of view. Bosnian Vice President Ejup Ganic accused the Russians of bias and called the agreement an "insult" to the United Nations, which has de- clared Tuzla a "safe area" and has been working to end hostilities there. "This technique of injecting Russians into the conflict to face the West is unacceptable," he said. U.N. officials expressed astonish- ment - and mixed feelings -- at the Serb-Russian agreement on Tuzla. "We were not aware of anything," said Dutch Maj. Rob Annink, a deputy See BOSNIA, Page 2 Source: United Nations, AP Israel frees 500 arab *prisoners THE WASHINGTON POST JERUSALEM - Israel yesterday freed 500 Palestinian prisoners, most of them already due for release soon, but a promised government crack- down on extremist Jewish settlers following last week's massacre of Palestinians got underway slowly, with only one wanted militant being arrested and four others eluding cap- ture. The Palestine Liberation Organi- zation, whose leaders are meeting in Tunis to discuss terms for resuming peace talks with Israel, dismissed yesterday's Israeli moves as "cos- metic." Several PLO officials called for making the issue of Jewish settle- ments in the occupied territories an tem for immediate discussion in the negotiations - a proposal opposed by Israel. Nizar Ammar, a PLO negotiator with Israel on the planned Palestinian self-rule in the West Bank, said "post- ponement of the settlement question until the last stage of negotiations," as was provided in the Israeli-PLO ac- cord signed last September, "has not been successful on the ground. Let us *ut it on the agenda now." The attack last Friday on Muslims praying in a mosque in Hebron in the West Bank was carried out by Baruch Goldstein, a Jewish settler in nearby Kiryat Arba and a member of the radical Kach group, which advocates expulsion of all Arabs from Israel and the West Bank. Israeli Police Minister Moshe *rhahal, announcing that "less than 100" Jewish settlers are slated to be disarmed under the crackdown, also asserted that a lack of evidence against radical Jewish activists had blocked police action against them in the past. He expressed confidence that the four still at large will be caught soon. "I'm certain we are going to catch them," he told reporters. "Give us time.... We are going to catch them. #4o question about it." Meanwhile, Israel appeared to of- fer no new concessions in the long- distance diplomatic wrangling with the PLO over how to restart their endangered peace negotiations. Although Israel's news media highlighted the country's agreement to allow international observers into the Gaza Strip and West Bank town of *lericho during the transfer to Pales- tinian self-rule, such observers were envisioned as a possibility in the Sep- tember accord. "We will not oppose representa- tive or international presence of cer- tain individuals in Gaza and Jericho - not a force, not armed people," JONATHAN BERNDT/Daily IN4' y "i\.'~*4. 1I.i.i" football player $5,000 By HOPE CALATI DAILY STAFF REPORTER Michigan football player Shonte Peoples stood mute yesterday during his arraignment on charges he shot at undercover police officers he thought were burglarizing his jeep. Peoples was released on a $5,000 bond set by Washtenaw Circuit Judge Timothy Connors provided he would not be in possession of firearms. A preliminary examination is scheduled for March 9. Peoples faces up to four years in prison if convicted on the felonious assault charge. .Peoples' attorneyJ. CedricSimpson said, "My client as far as these proceed- ings has admitted nothing." On Sunday, three plainclothes of- ficers were investigating vandalism to Peoples' Jeep Grand Cherokee and four other vehicles outside his apart- ment complex, Ann Arbor police Sgt. Phil Scheel said. The officers set off an alarm in Peoples' Jeep that activated his pager but was inaudible to police, Scheel said. He said Peoples then appeared on his balcony and fired seven to 10 shots at the officers. Police didn't return fire and no one was hurt. They arrested and re- leased him. A warrant was issued Monday, and Peoples surrendered yesterday before the arraignment. Out 0 bond He told police he had just had $7,000 in stereo equipment installed in the Jeep. Police said the weapon was a 9mm Glock 17 handgun. Football Coach Gary Moeller said the school doesn't condone Peoples' action. "I feel saddened by the whole situ- ation, as it reflects on him, the team and the university," Moeller said at a news conference. Peoples is one of six Michigan sports team members who have had criminal problems this year. Three basketball and two football players have been charged in two separate shoplifting cases. "When it rains; it pours," he said. Peoples is a defensive back whose final year of eligibility was last sea- son. He was rated All Big Ten for 1992 but slumped in 1993. He made 55 tackles, seven for losses, two sacks and three interceptions for the season. "There are not a whole lot of things we can do because his eligibility is over," Moeller said. He wouldn't com- ment on whether Peoples' scholar- ship might be jeopardized. "It shocked me. It surprised me," Moeller said. "I'm completely for gun control. I don't think anyone should have a gun." - The Associated Press contributed to this report JONATHAN LURIE/Daily Shonte Peoples (right) appears in court with his lawyer J. Cedric Simpson (center) yesterday afternoon to be arraigned on felonius assault charges. He was freed on a $5,000 bond. His preliminary hearing is set for March 9. Other players Freshman tight end Damo on probation after pleading gu 1992 to exploding a pipe bom appeared for a pretrial confe morning. District Judge S.J. E for April 14. And freshman football Hamilton pleaded innocent at on the same fraud charge. Eld hearing for March 22 and relea have dayincourt n Jones, already a $500 personal recognizance bond. ilty in December On Friday, basketball players Ray Jack- b in a dormitory, son, Jimmy King and Chris Fields were or- erence yesterday dered to perform 72 hours of community ser- Elden set his trial vice and pay $238 in court costs after being accused of stealing beer from the same party player Remy store in a separate incident. his arraignment Moeller has suspended Hamilton and Jones. den set a pretrial Basketball coach Steve Fisher suspended Jack- ased Hamilton on son, King and Fields for one game last month. q": Jones Balanced budget amendment fails by 4 votes LOS ANGELES TIMES WASHINGTON - With Presi- dent Clinton leading the opposition, the Senate narrowly defeated a con- stitutional amendment yesterday de- signed to balance the federal budget within seven years. Advocates of the politically and economically explo- sive proposal fell four votes short of the required two-thirds majority. The Senate split, 63-37, in favor of an amendment sponsored by Sen. Paul Simon (D-Ill.) but supporters needed 67 votes to prevail in the latest showdown of a long-running Capitol Hill drama. Hours before the key roll-call, Clinton termed the proposal a "recipe for total paralysis" and warned it would endanger economic recovery. Senate Republican Leader Bob Dole of Kansas countered: "The bal- anced budget amendment may not be perfect but, absent political courage, it may be the only way we will ever eliminate the federal deficit." Simon's amendment would for- bid deficit spending after the year 2001 unless three-fifths of both houses approved it. Supporters of the pro- posal promised to keep up the fight. Simon said: "This isn't going to die. The deficit will keep piling up." Thirty-four Democrats and three Republicans combined to block pas- sage of the Simon amendment. Forty- one Republicans and 22 Democrats voted for it. "We're not through," said Sen. Strom Thurmond (R-S.C.) a principal sponsor. "We're going to continue until we get it passed." The National Taxpayers' Union, a leading advocate of the Simon Amendment, termed the outcome "a temporary triumph" and NTU Chair James Davidson added: "'This issue will not die, and the House of Repre- sentatives can give the amendment new momentum when it comes to a vote there this month." Although the House was expected to approve a balanced-budget amend- ment later this month, the measure appears to be dead at least for this session of Congress. Once-dominant party will not run in MSA election Conservative Coalition will not run in elections; backs Michigan Party servative Coalition will support the Michigan Party and its slate for presi- dent and vice president. LSA Rep. Tracy Robinson, of the Conservative Coalition, explained the the fall." The Conservative Coalition also plans to have an issues platform pre- pared in the next week to show its differences with the Michigan Party, But Biersack said the endorsement came because of the ideological simi- larities between the Conservative Coalition and the Michigan Party. He said the two parties have simi-