European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 2, 1981, Darmstadt, Hesse                                And the Home of the Brave with clippers in Marine Johnny a former hostage in cuts Down the win tattered Amer ican Flag that flew Over his parents House in Balch while he was in Mckeel told reporters last week that he would be Fine As soon As he could go Home and Back to Chas ing his wish came True sat the Dallas Cowboy cheerleaders were on hand to Welcome Mckeel Back a seasons first big snowstorm hits Midwest by United press International Snow spread through the upper missis Sippi Valley to the Western great lakes sunday and Gusty winds whipped up nearly a foot of Snow that shrouded much of the Plains As the first major snowstorm of the season hit the Middle at least six Highway fatalities were blamed on icy roads three in Nebraska and three in Northern Illinois escaped what had been Given Advance Billing As the first blockbuster snowstorm of the Only about an Inch of and some freezing glazed Chicago but heavy mixed with fell in the Detroit area at mid morning As the storm curved on a northeasterly bitter cold spread Over parts of the mid the Mercury plunged to 8 above Zero at a record Low for the Low temperatures from new eng land to the Carolinas dipped mostly into the folklore enthusiasts waited to digest mondays annual made by various groundhog about the Fate of the tops Turvy Winter of most groundhog Day observers will be watching for the legendary Punxsutawney continued on Back Page the stars and authorized unofficial publication for the armed forces 288 15c Ond sunday february 1981 if 21855 a suit settlement reported jeep crashes Cost am million Detroit up deaths and injuries in rollover crashes of some jeep models have Cost american motors More than million in court settlements since 1973 and at least 17 other suits Are Pend the Detroit free press said Haig delays Stockman plan for big slashes in foreign Aid Washington up Secretary of state Alexander Haig has delayed budget director David stockmans proposals for severe cuts in american foreign Aid and will soon defend the program to president Rea officials said stockmans proposals to Cut nonmilitary assistance by billion would be the greatest reduction in american foreign Aid since world War the proposals place the forceful Haig and the Youthful Stock director of the office of management and on a collision at fridays Cabinet Haig persuaded Reagan to delay action on the pro posed cuts until Haig can return to the White House possibly this week to defend the Aid officials foreign Aid is not the responsibility of David a official it rests with Secretary Secretary Haig will make his views known to the president at the appropriate the Washington Post reported Stockman proposed that president Carters proposed billion foreign Aid program for fiscal 1982 be Cut by reductions were proposed in direct Aid to third world the peace corps budget and contributions to multilateral development and to such International organizations As the food for peace Haig was understood to be preparing a sweeping defense of the objectives of Amer ican foreign policy and How they can be accomplished through a dependable and ample economic assistance Stockman has been out loud with his the official Secre tary Haig will have his the conflict within the new conservative administration Over foreign Aid promised a major debate Over the future of american foreign in a in the past there has been about As much of a sensible and rational debate about foreign Aid As there has been about our welfare an offi Cial declining to speak on the it needs a hard Reagan has set the Economy As his top Issue and promised major cuts in govern ment spending to help control but some officials Are worried that the adminis in its efforts to reach its will jeopardize american foreign policy by gut Ting one of its chief components economic another official said the state depart ment expects some reductions in foreign Aid but not a simple across Leboard it is not the free press said in a copyright Story that am is appealing a ver dict and has paid still other jeep Accident victims on the condition they do not re veal terms of the the data came from a study of court files and interviews with safety experts and company the information indicates the automaker is having difficulty defending itself against jeep safety in response to the newspapers am called the jeep cos special vehicles designed for special not for every the jeep cj5 and cj7 Are narrow track Utility vehicles with a High Center of am estimates that some jeep cos Are on the Road in the United a study released last Spring by the University of Michigan Highway safety re search Institute found that such vehicles particularly jeep cos Are especially prone to Roll Over during certain driving the study also found the jeep cd design did not adequately protect passengers in rollover accidents and concluded the Sta crash worthiness and occupant Protection features of Utility vehicles need to be while conceding the jeep has a High Cen Ter of am challenged the Institute tests and maintained Drivers must avoid excessive Speed during the company refused to say How Many jeep cases have been but the newspapers study indicated at least million has been paid in out court