European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 20, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Gas Bill survives Senate test Washington a the Senate tuesday refused to kill a natural Gas pric ing Compromise supported by preside Tcarter As a critical Section of his Energy plan. But opponents said the fight was far from Over. By a vote of 59-39, the Senate declined to Send the multimillion Dollar Compromise Back to a House Senate conference com Mittee for redrafting a move that support ers said would kill  tuesday the backers of the Compromise picked up a boost when  Allen d-ala., declared her sup port. That left an informal associated pres count on the Bill with 49 votes firmly or tentatively in favor 39 opposed and 12 unde  leading opponents sen. Howard Metzenbaum a Ohio and Senate Republican Leader Howard Baker had predicted that tuesday s vote would be much close than the five-to-10 vote margin foreseen by Senate democratic Leader Robert  tuesday s vote the unusual coalition of conservatives of both parties an Liberal democrats who oppose natural Gas deregulation will have eight Days to be continued on Page 28, col. 3  authorized unofficial publication for the . Armed forces vol. 37, no. 155 wednesday september 20, 1978 15c and Sunda if 21855 a Poison Gas Cloud hits Genoa 3 die applause for the chief president Carter receives a round of applause As he leaves the House Cham Ber on Capitol Hill after addressing a joint session of Congress to detail the Middle East agreements. Following him Are Senate majority Leader Robert Byrd of West Virginia minority Leader Howard Baker of Tennessee sen. Alan Cranston d-calif., and sen. Carl Curtis a neb. A photo Jordan s King Hussein refuses to go along with Camp David accords Washington a president car Ter told Congress monday night that the Camp David agreement has transformed this impossible dream of Middle East peace into a realistic expectation and said that he is sending Secretary of state Cyrus Vance to seek support for the Accord from Jordan and saudi Arabia. Other stories Page 2. But the peace accords hit a Snag tues new pay tables in is tomorrow the official Dod pay schedules for . Military personnel and . General schedule is employees will be published tomorrow in alled it ions of the stars and stripes. Schedules will reflect the 5.5 per cent pay raise slated to become effective oct. 1.the military pay table published earlier this month in the stars and stripes had been rounded to the nearest Dollar whereas the pay rates to be published tomorrow Are More precise. Day when Jordan s King Hussein disassociated his country from the agreements Fol lowing discussions with other Arab  s turndown conveyed by a government spokesman in Amman came jus hours before Vance was to Fly to the Middle East to Brief key Arab leaders on the agreement and seek their support. Jordan is not obligated morally or materially by the agreements signed at the Camp David Summit a government spokesman said in Amman. The statement was issued after Hussein conferred by Telephone with syrian presi Dent Hafez Assad and Crown Prince fahd of saudi  american official who declined to be identified said he was not too discouraged by the jordanian reaction. They Haven t completely repudiate the accords he said. I still think they want to hear what we have to  went in Triumph to a joint session of the House and Senate took their cheer Sand applause and then presented his Camp David negotiating partners Egypt s an War Sadat and Israel s Menachem begin. In turn they stood to receive the ovation of the leaders of american government. Prime minister begin and president a continued on Page 28, Coj. 2 Genoa a a Cloud of Poison Gas from a tanning Plant billowed Over this densely inhabited italian port City tues Day killing three men and sending dozens of persons to hospitals. Police arrested Luciano Curti 30, truck Driver and changed him with multiple manslaughter for pumping a Chemi Cal Load into the wrong Basin triggering the process that produced the Poison. Worker in charge of unloading operations was held for questioning. Hundreds of residents complained of suffering from nausea and headaches after breathing the fetid fumes that spread across a wide Section of downtown Genoa. At one Hospital officials reported doctor Sand nurses Felt sick from the fumes coming from the acid tainted clothes and hair of workers at the Plant where the incident occurred. Officials said the fumes spread from the Bocciardo Plant when the truck Driver erroneously pumped a Load of 25 tons of Chro me sulfite from a tank truck into a Basin containing sodium Hydro sulfite. Both sub stances Are used separately in tanning leather. But their Contact sparked a Chemi Cal reaction that produced Hydrogen sul fide and spewed it into the air. You hardly saw anything in the air butt smelt like Rotten eggs and you suddenly Felt your lungs and stomach filled with y can t Johnny 1 it Ead on Lafayette la. Up a teacher who recently moved to Loui Siana from Texas sent a note to the local newspaper asking Why the school Board pays substitute teach ers Only $25 per  does the Board expect to get for this kind of pay the letter to the daily advertiser asked. The newspaper monday said the one paragraph letter contained seven errors in grammar and spelling including two misspellings of the word substitute. Something sickening said Maria Rossi a woman worker who was hospitalized for  truck Driver was treated at a Hospi Tal before he was questioned and charged with manslaughter. The three dead were workers who were close to the Basin. At least 40 persons were treated at a Hospital. A total of 14 were admitted several in the emergency room. There were about 100 workers in the continued on Page 28, col. 4 payments picture is improving Washington up the . Registered a $3.26 billion balance of payments deficit Between april and june less than half the size of the first Quarter deficit the Commerce department said tuesday. Although the april june performance represented the eighth consecutive quarterly deficit it was still a significant improvement Over the preceding two Quad  balance of payments is a measure of Money exchanged by the . In Trade tourism and service transactions with for eign nations plus government payments abroad. Economists consider it an important barometer of the . S International economic standing. The $3.26 billion deficit in the april june Quarter was less than half the size of the $6.86 billion deficit in the first Quarter and the record $6.97 billion deficit during last year s fourth Quarter. The . Finished 1977 with a deficit of $15.27 billion sur passing by far any full year deficit in Histo  officials have predicted that the 1978 deficit would be in the same Range As last year s. But that target May be hard to reach because the deficit for the first two quarters now stands at $10.12 Bil lion