European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 26, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                . Wednesday april 26, 1978 the stars and stripes Washington up _ ment officials prepared monday to a convicted East German spy As n three nation prisoner Exchange of a Deal to free jailed soviet Anatoly Shch Aransky. An East German lawyer was sch Rani i it of Washington off seems glut final details of an Exchange of Robert g Thompson who has served 12 Yea in. . Prison for leaking military data to the soviets for Alan Van Norman a Minne la College student imprisoned in East get Many since last summer for trying to smuggle a family out of the country lawyer Wolfgang Vogel also was expected to propose a private Effort to win Freedom for Shch Aransky a jewish activist who has been imprisoned for 13 months other discussions were under Way re Garding More possible prisoner Trade state department officials said the Thompson Van Norman Exchange would Complete a three nation Swap that began when Miron Marcus an israeli Citi zen was released along the Mozambique order sunday. It was a 2-for-l Deal which is a Novelty in that business said an aide to rep. Ben Jamin oilman r-n.y., who helped negotiate the Trade. The aide said East German diplomats in Mozambique apparently exerted influence on that nation to free Marcus As part of the Deal. Thompson is serving a 30-year sentence at Lewisburg pa., Federal prison and a decision on his application for parole is Senate opens debate on 79 budget me. German spy prisoner Exchange we Rexiene m an Braeu  a Mozambique prison As part of a three Way prisoner Exchange involving the is. And East scheduled to be  4. He is expected to be released then or possibly sooner. State department spokesman Tom Reston said the release of Marcus was tied to an agreement in principle on the Trade of Thompson for Van Norman. If there Are no unforeseen last minute circumstances Thompson is expected to go to East Germany at the conclusion of g. Thompson left and the Exchange has spawned disc Auloni of a Deal Lofrese soviet Ali indent Anatoly Shucha Yauky Center. A photos his parole Reston said. Reston said Vogel was coming to Washington at Gil Man s invitation to discuss a variety of subjects including the Thompson Van Norman Exchange. I can state categorically that no discussions Are taking place for an Exchange for or. Shch Aransky he said. Nevertheless we do have a humanitarian interest i what happens to or. Shch Aransky. I cuts in hew programs rejected Washington up a proposal to Cut $5.6 billion from next year s budget in order to reduce waste and fraud in health education and welfare programs was rejected 48-28 monday by the Senate. The vote came As the Senate opened debate on a proposed $498.9 billion 1979 fed eral budget. Sen. Harry Byrd. A a. Author of the proposal said that if Congress denied the Money the department of health Educa Tion and welfare would have to tighten up its programs. Byrd said hew s inspector general re ported recently that Between 6.3 billion and $7.4 billion of the Agency s funds went last year to waste mismanagement and  sen. Edmund Muskie a male chair Man of the Senate budget committee who had just delivered a speech deploring con Tress free spending mentality said Byrd s proposal simply would t work. The waste and fraud reported in hew goes far beyond the Agency he said and involves doctors who overcharge for serv ices or perform unnecessary surgery people who apply for Aid though they Are ineligible and students who refuse to repay Loans. Muskie said the budget already contained a $1 billion Cut in medical funds pro posed by his committee As an incentive to reduce costs. But he said a Cut of the size proposed by Byrd would not Correct these problems and also could result in people genuinely entitled to Aid being denied. Muskie said that unless senators Are careful first in enacting and then in follow ing the Budge the protected $35.6 billion deficit could grow to $80 billion. Muskie said the deficit would hit that figure if Congress simultaneously adopted spending totals proposed by the Senate appropriations committee plus tax cuts recommended by the finance  the Points expected to be Dis cussed during the budget debate Are a $19.4 billion income tax Cut $5 Bil lion smaller than president Carter pro posed. This is because the committee believes the Cut could not begin until Janu Ary 1979. Carter assumed it would Star oct. 1,1978. Continued real growth in National de sense spending. Emphasis on Energy programs. A College tuition tax credit which Carter opposes. No reduction in social Security taxes next year. Muskie said Congress should await results of four Federal studies on the subject and that tinkering with the pro Gram now reduces Public Confidence in it. As percent limit on  increases for Federal civilian and military personnel. Targeting half of the government s $13 billion Job and training Effort toward the structurally unemployed those without skills who have difficulty finding jobs in the Best of economic times. Of time vulture culture King vulture Chick rest in the nest for having hatched at the pm Angeles. Zoo. Zoo officials said it was extremely Captivity. April 26, ims the United nations Assembly voted 4w today to Lake immedi ate act Loa to protect the holy cily of Jeru Salem april 26, 1951 russian Deputy pre Mier Anastas 1. Mikoyan signed the first agreement Between the soviet Union and West  25, 1961 dockers struck in in Mon. Crippling the port of London in a massive demonstration of support or the Campaign to Baa coloured immigrants from Britain. Cannot Rule out the possibility that i Vogel May raise the subject of or.  1 Vogel Van Norman s court Appolon Elawyer was instrumental in negotiate in the 1962 Swap of u-2 Pilot Francis Gar Powers for soviet spy Rudolf Abel. Aides to Gilman a member of the Nei York save Anatoly Shch Aransky Commil tee said there was no indication yet c the prospects for Shch Aransky a release. The state department has consistent denied soviet charges that Scharar worked for the Cia and Reston said u department would make no Exchange f the 30-year-old computer program which in any Way would imply that \ go Sharansky was or is an agent of the u government Thompson 42, who says he was born East Germany and served As a major the soviet intelligence service was Consi ered bait As Long ago As 1975 for an change for Lawrence Lunt a con employee for the Cia serving a 30- sentence for espionage in Cuba. His attorney was angered Over three nation Swap but aides to Gili said cuban Premier Fidel Castro has us proposed through Vogel that Lunt. Exchanged for Lolita Lebron. She has by jailed for More than 20 years As one of be eral puerto rican nationalists convict for a shooting attack on the . House representatives in 1954. Reston would not comment on the Dos ability of a Trade for Lunt. " ecologists claim sellout by Carter Washington up end ironic leaders accused president Carter Monu of Selling out on his Campaign promises protect the environment make Aton Power a last resort and boost solar Pov and conservation to top priority. A joint statement by 12 major organi Lions representing mos of the Henvir mental coalition that helped put car into office said his actions in rec months have been the reverse of what promised. Unless he changes said Anthony i Man of the natural resources defer Council Carter will have a hard i winning a second term in  group s statement the president and his advisers speak innovation imagination and  put at the disposal of Conser Tion of renewable Energy resources. J of decentralization the group said joint statement. Instead the Energy department i devoting its imagination enthusiasm commitment to nuclear Power to mass subsidies for development of synth fuels and to efforts to Block citizens u the Energy decision making  the statement was signed by the or friends of the Earth the end ironic policy Center the environmental a foundation environmentalists for employment. The wilderness Sci consumer action now the Sierra c Ralph Nader and his critical mass in project. The environmental , the National Parks and cons Tion association and the National Era league. Club backs safety Bill Ypsilanti. Mich. A the h club of Ypsilanti has announced its port for a proposed Bill that would req annual inspections of buses such at the in which three club members died on Ato Disney world