European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 8, 1981, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes february Reagan signs Bill to raise debt limit Washington a president sitting alone in his private signed his first piece of Federal legislation increasing the governments authority to borrow his press Secretary said later that Rea Gan was grateful to congressional republicans and democrats for handing him a Victory our first time at the legislative but sorry that the spending policies of Previ Ous administrations had forced him to ask for the spokesman James Brady quoted the president As this win made me feel very very grateful to both sides of the aisle for this Reagan called final passage of the billion debt limit on Friday a prompt and responsible response to his calf for an in crease in the old billion ceiling that is due to be exceeded in a few i was sorry that the inherited policies made this Brady quoted the president As but at least we can now proceed to pay the write the checks and go Forward to change those out dated Brady also announced that Reagan signed a directive saturday giving the Heads of about 100 no Cabinet Federal agencies no More than 13 Days to work out reduced spending plans with administration the presidents memo said that he plans to submit to Congress All his proposed changes to former president Jimmy car ters proposed budget for fiscal 1982 by March he those proposals will include reductions in virtually every Agency for fiscal and the Brady said that Reagan posed for his official photographic portrait at the White House on one Day after celebrating his 70th one who cared Doug Waldrop sits dejectedly in Thelma quails car after desperately trying to save the woman life by administering cardiopulmonary quails collapsed and her heart stopped during morning rus hour traffic on main Street in hundreds of motorists ignored the sight of Waldrop desperately pumping the woman Chest in an Effort to revive and simply drove around the woman lying in the Busy up photo safety group compares traffic fatalities higher speeds for Rural areas opposed Chicago a the National safety seeking to discourage renewed efforts to lift the 55 Mph Speed limit in some Western says traffic deaths in sparsely populated states Are proportionately higher than in most of the United the nonprofit Public service Organiza Tion produced statistics Friday to respond to controversy Over the 55 Mph Speed limit in Yata named head of japans joint staff Tokyo a the government of Japan on Friday named Tsugio chief of staff of the maritime Sel defense to succeed pro out going chairman of the joint staff Council of the defense the in a regular appointed Masaru commander of the Sel defense As successor to a Cabinet spokesman said Takeda will retire on one Day earlier than Origi Nally opposition parties demanded earlier this week that Takeda be dismissed for his mag Azine article criticizing japans defense pol scheduled to retire on 17 upon completion of a two year tenure of duty As chairman of the joint staff said in the article that defense now less than one percent of the should be expanded to a significant level of about three he also said the Sel defense Force might find it difficult to remain strictly on the defensive in Case of an attack on wide open space states in the in a Bill supporting repeal of the Speed limit imposed nationwide after the 1973 open Oil embargo has been passed by the state Vincent Council said in Wyoming the states mileage death rate per 100 million vehicle Miles is while the National total is he said the rate for traffic fatalities per population in Wyoming is compared with a National rate of the statistics for population motor vehicle death rates Tell the Story of the need for a National 55 Mph Speed limit better than anything said Wyoming population death rate of is the highest in the Tofany said that Wyoming rate is Fol Lowed by new Mexico nevadas Montana and arizonans All wide open he said that any political decisions affecting Speed limits will significantly change the councils forecast of a slightly declining traffic fatality rate on a Popula Tion basis for the the Nebraska legislature endorsed an amendment Friday increasing the Speed limit to 65 Mph on interstate while Oklahoma George nigh threat ened to veto Bills restoring his states Speed limit to 70 fatality statistics were not available for either Tofany said automobile manufacturers estimate that by 1986 at least 50 percent of All cars bought in this nation will be what we today consider a Small there is also a tendency to make trucks bigger to carry larger payloads in the inter est of fuel he this Chang ing vehicle mix will increase the hazards on our smaller cars give motorists less Protection in Tofany with More smaller cars on the Road now than in it is critical to hold Down Tofany said according to Council the death toll for 1980 would have been to higher if the Speed limit had been raised to 65 Mph or 70 even if roads Are designed for higher the human Factor is not designed for higher said the fact is that at 55 Mph the Driver is in better control of his vehicle than he is at higher and there is less Wear and tear on the vehicle and on the Tofany said that it has been proved that a uniform National 55 Mph Speed limit reduces risk of death or injury in an conserves gasoline and gives Drivers better control of their 5 tons of Walrus Ivory seized in five state raids Alaska up fed eral officials simultaneously raided locations in five states and seized five tons raw Walrus Ivory valued at almost possibly the largest confiscation of illegal animal products in the country Keith area director for the fish and wildlife said the 000 pounds of Ivory originated in where some Walrus roam icy Waters All the Way up to the Arctic no arrests were but authorities said they expect some in the near Atlanta due More help from the Fri Washington up the Reagan administration has ordered the Fri and other Justice department agencies to help solve the brutal and senseless slayings of is Atlanta children and the disappearance of two vice president George Bush announced in a written Bush said that based on a report from the attorney Gener als which sent two officials to Georgia to discuss the crimes with Atlanta the Justice department planned to take four actions Send Law enforcement assistance administration officials to Atlanta to pro vide technical assistance in the i Vestiga dispatch officials from the office of juvenile Justice and delinquency Preven Tion to Atlanta to provide expert advisory assistance to local officials and concerned members of the expand the efforts of the Community relations service to coordinate and encourage activities of responsible Community develop a Community information network to improve Public neigh boyhood activities and Rumor control and work with police and Community groups on handling potential crisis order the Fri to discuss with Law enforcement officials in Atlanta their re quests for additional equipment and technical Bush said Reagan asked that he be kept fully informed of the Progress of the invest police put kidnapped baby father in jail a Ronald to protesting that he had no involve ment has been jailed on charges of kidnapping his baby police i dont know Why there doing this to Hocum said before being booked Fri Day on charges of cruelty to a juvenile and filing a false report with the 17monthold Lori was found sobbing and wandering alone in a shopping Center tuesday after Hocum re ported getting a Telephone Call from a Man who said he was freeing the girl because she was too pretty to had gone on television to make a tearful plea for his Childs and about eight hours later she was two other men have been arrested in the and a fourth alleged to be the in Truder who took the child from her Home is being sought on a warrant charging kid we have reason to believe Hocum was involved in the planning right from the said Jefferson Parish sheriff Harry there was no indication that the Childs Susan was aware of any Lee Hocum said she  believe her husband was imply he loves that she Donkey Weathers quake Naples up a Small White Don key spent 69 Days trapped in its stable in the Mountain Village of Castelgrande after an adjoining House collapsed in Italy 23 Rescue officials have report the officials said the Donkey was finally freed after being kept alive by italian Earth quake Relief troops who fed it daily with Hay and water pushed through a Hole in the