European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 7, 1981, Darmstadt, Hesse                                February the stars and stripes Page 5 foreign Aid Cut demos say Washington a Twenty nine democratic members of the House appealed thursday to Reagan administration budget chief David Stockman to recon Sider his proposed massive Cut in for eign calling the plan unwise and Short in a letter to a former Michi Gan Republican congressman who now Heads the White House office of manage ment and the democrats declared that it was in americas National interest to continue a Strong and far reaching nonmilitary foreign Aid Stockman has proposed cutting by about billion the Carter administrations suggested billion budget for foreign Aid in fiscal year which begins the cutbacks would be largely aimed at reducing contributions to the International development association and other Multila teral lending in their authored by Paul Simon of the House democrats said the Stockman plan would involve the most severe budget cuts in our foreign Aid pro Gram since its we believe that such a move is unwise and the letter they criticized stockmans Call for concentrating american Aid on a Small number of countries considered of key importance to the United this the democrats would seriously jeopardize Pur relations with the majority of developing countries and would impair our strategic stability within the International italian film director Dies Gardone Italy a Mario an italian who directed More than 50 films from the 1930s to the died in this North italian town from friends Neutron policy unchanged despite says Washington a a state department spokesman said thursday that de spite speculation to the contrary there is no change in the United states policy on the Neutron bomb and that no decision has been made on whether to develop the William that a decision on the controversial weapon is of a lower priority in the Reagan administration than is the matter of proceeding with the modernization of Thea Ter nuclear forces in and he stressed that while a decision to produce a Neutron weapon rests with the United states any decision to deploy it in Europe would be made Only after close consultation with americas the future of the Neutron weapon arose anew on tuesday when Secretary of de sense Caspar Weinberger told a news con Ference that he is leaning toward recommending that it be developed because of the Opportunity it gives to strengthening theater nuclear Weinberger stressed that no decision would be made without close consultation with the nations allies in who asked not to be identified by said press accounts of Wein bergers comments has caused some concern among european they said the United states is trying to allay that no Western White House Reagan designates ranch As principal residence Washington Dpi president Reagan has designated his 688acre Cali fornia ranch As his principal residence and will Likely make his first trip Back As presi Dent on it was Learned a White House source that Reagan does not think of his Rancho Del Cisclo As the Western White in the manner of Richard Nixon la Casa Pacifica he Reagan did sign the documents that Are required by Law to designate his principal a source he did designate the the source there is no plan to Call it the Western White a source said Reagan has pencilled in his first trip to California As president for the Day after his scheduled eco nomic address to but it could British prime minister Margaret Thatcher is scheduled to visit the White House so any trip to the West coast could last Only a few Nixon former Home at san Csc Monte was dubbed the Western White House be cause of his frequent visits and the Security improvements made to the property at government China cuts Back trainees Tokyo up China is recalling at least 150 technical trainees from Japan As part of its decision to scale Down its ambitious modernization according to chinese reports monitored two youngsters compete in the tubing event in the Winter games of the 1981 new York special olympics at the holi ice tubes Day Mountain ski area at youngsters from throughout the state took the which Are concern by providing the full text of Wein bergers the Neutron an enhanced radiation is designed to be fired As a missile or As an artillery it is intended for use As an antitank device to offset the soviet unions thru Coonc advantage in tanks on the european it is in tended to Stop a tank attack by killing the tank Crews with minimum Impact on West Ern forces or nearby it became controversial after being de scribed As a weapon intended to kill people while leaving cities and buildings former president Carter raised the level of controversy to a higher pitch when he first won West German support for its deployment on German soil and then reversed saying it would not be developed after Weinberger told his news conference that if the Reagan administration docs decide to go ahead with the Neutron weapon we would try to persuade them the allies that we had a greater degree of constancy this time than we seemed to have had deployment obviously is a concern not Only for us but for our Dyess and what Secretary Weinberger stressed and what you will Sec when you read his testimony is that he stressed is that we would not make any decision on deployment without consultation with our As to policy on the Neutron War Dyess said Only that there has been no and 1 would stress something that even More important in our View and that is while we the Reagan administration arc reviewing the whole question of theater nuclear Force inf one thing we know already and that is that we strongly support the decision that the allies took in december 1979 to deploy the longer Range systems and then to negotiate with the Sovi Dyess was reminded that the Carter administration took the position that the 1979 inf decision made the Neutron bomb a moot he was asked whether that is also the position of the Reagan adm Nistra we have not advanced to that Point the whole matter like so Many other Complex matters is still under and were still Early in the in saying that the inf decision the joint decision of december 1979 has first that is a firm decision of this and that the decision of december 1979 has top he of time sponsored by the Joseph Kennedy foundation to help develop the skills of the mentally photo in the stars and stripes 30 years ago today 1951 a British aviation Jour Nal declared that recent models of russian Best Jet plane can outman Euver and out Speed the Sabre Jet fastest fighter in the Western 20 years ago today 1961 West German defense minister Franz Josef Strauss has warned against creating gaps in Western Europe defense by military disengagement in Ger 70 years ago today 1971 Alan Shepard became the first Man to hit a Golf Ball on the he used a special six Iron and two theatre Distant balls that he had smuggled aboard the apollo14