A BRIEF LOOK AT CROATIAN PRESS ON TUESDAY

ZAGREB, Aug 16 (Hina) - Today's issue of the Zagreb daily VJESNIK on the front page brings coverage of Assumption celebrations throughout Croatia and a report from Pittsburgh, where Zagreb Archbishop Cardinal Franjo Kuharic celebrated holy mass to mark the 100th anniversary of St Nicholas' Church. "Displaced persons to lift UNPROFOR blockade" says the headline of an article on decision of the Croatian displaced persons to end blockade of UN traffic at checkpoints in Nemetin, Mirkovci, Lipovac, Ribnik, Jasenice, Pakovo Selo and Potravlje on August 16 and hand them over to Croatian police. Another Zagreb daily newespaper, VECERNJI LIST, also focused on yesterday's celebrations of the Catholic festival of Assumption. The paper writes about a decision of Croatian displaced persons to end the blockade of UN crossing points into the Serb- held UN-protected areas, in an article headlined "End of blockade - beginning of return?" "The Croatian government and displaced persons expect that UNPROFOR will work out a pilot program of return of the displaced to at least those place in 'blue zones' proposed by county heads, and results are expected by September 15," says Vecernji List. "Why lie about Tudjman's illness" is the headline of an article on speculations in Belgrade, carried by Slovene media, that President Tudjman's health was in a critical condition. (hina) vm 161050 MET aug 94