European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 16, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes april 1985 budget for Gold plated bases draws fire Washington a the pentagons proposed construction budget is filled with plans for Gold plating military bases with Auto Hobby swimming pools and religious education a private research group the proposed fiscal 1986 construction budget includes requests to spend million at 12 military bases that were recently included on a list of possible candidates for closure released by Barry the military construction at Sel Dom receives the sort of Public scrutiny that the much larger weapons procurement budget said retired rear Eugene Carroll the Deputy director of the Center for defense but careful analysis of the construction budget reveals the same Gold plating of military bases that drives the costs for new weapons to record almost 6 or of the 1986 Mili tary construction budget will go for such nonessential facilities As Auto Hobby band rooms and he the Center for defense information is a nonprofit research Institute based in Washington that specializes in the study of military the group says it derives most of its support from the Sale of publications and individual its Board of directors includes several re tired military the centers latest study focuses primarily on Tion proposals for bases in the group says it found plans for a Auto Hobby a million religious education for an arts and crafts shop and million for new recreation centers and the report did not identify the bases where the Penta gon sought to build these in we Are apparently preparing to Settle in for another 35 the group citing such requests As million for a Chapel and religious education Center and million for a family housing management at bases we find the same pattern of digging in with no operational it in there is another childcare facility for in million will be spent on Barracks and unaccompanied enlisted the will be building a new High school at Clark air base in the Philippines for the Center said it also spent time reviewing the budget for any requests involving 22 bases in the United states that were described last month by Goldwater As possible candidates for by the pentagons own of the the group 12 were listed in the fiscal 1986 budget As scheduled for construction projects Worth these figures raise some interesting questions either the has been wasting hundreds of millions of dollars on military facilities that could be closed or the Secre tary of defense is not serious in designating these As facilities that could be the group concluded by saying it did not intend to argue that troops stationed overseas should not have adequate housing or education and dining it we Call upon the Secretary of defense and other officials to take care in their when it is claimed that no reductions can be made in Pentagon spending without jeopardizing National the pentagons own budget requests show that there is fat in the budget and that cuts can be made with no detriment to our a copy of the centers study was provided to reporters the Pentagon did not respond to requests for com Pentagon spokesman Bill Caldwell said he had not seen the report and would have to defer comment to the office of Lawrence assistant Secretary for installations and Korbs office didst respond to a request made through Caldwell for defense department spokesmen said saturday that officials still had not read the satellite from Page 1 oxygen earlier to prevent the bends when they return to Normal air pressure after the planned Leestma earlier told Bobko to expect Tel Printer messages later monday explain ing How to put together a Fly swatter that we might use on the end of the Arm for the in Seddon practice operating the robot Arm in the ships payload discovery return to Earth would come on Friday instead of wednesday As originally planned and officials said the shuttle had plenty of supplies for an additional two Days in the syncom built by Hughes aircraft and insured for apparently failed to turn on saturday moments after its launch from the shuttles open payload Bay and remained stranded in a useless engineers speculate the lever on the Side of the costly spacecraft failed to engage syncom timing system As which prevented the relay stations rocket motor from starting 45 minutes unless the rocket motor can be the spacecraft will remain in Howearth to operate the satellite must be stationed Miles above the the astronauts began their Mission Fri Day on a successful note with the launch of a communications satellite owned by Tele sat Nasa officials said sunday a second rocket firing was successful As Well and the million relay station had reached its final Reagan from Page 1 certainly look at the White House officials suggested earlier that a visit to a synagogue also was possible in an Effort to balance the presidents appearances during his today state which follows the Western economic sum Mit in Reagan created a stir at his March 21 news conference by explaining his decision supreme court Roundup to not visit a nazi death Camp As a move to stress americas postwar reconciliation with Germany and not revive bitter Mem ories of the Speakes conceded that the White House attitude has changed in recent Days in response to pressure from jews and things have happened Between now and then that Are he at the same Speakes said the White House has received fewer than 100 Calls criticizing Reagan for his planned visit to where some German sol Diers from world War i and from world War ii Are the decision for Reagan to participate in a Wreath laying at Pitburg was made by it has been described by some other White House officials As a Public re lations in government spokesman Peter Boenisch said consultations Are under Way on possible changes in reagans itinerary and refused three times to say whether there Are Graves of elite Waffen is soldiers in the Pitburg this is a question of secondary import said adding that Rea justices to hear abortion Law Challenge Washington up the supreme court monday agreed to hear arguments in a Challenge to Pennsylvania abortion control which placed restrictions on a woman right to have an the High court will hear arguments in the Case next term and decide if it has jurisdiction to Rule on an appeals court decision striking Down several provisions which imposed penal ties for violating the controversial the High court also agreed to take up a new reverse discrimination Case involving the legality of an affirmative action plan approved by a Union which called for Lay offs of White teachers before Lesse Peri ended Black the court last year barred the layoffs of White firefighters before Les senior Blacks in a dispute involving the fire but has not ruled in a Case involving a disputed the court agreed on monday to decide whether cities and towns can restrict adult movie Heaters to certain the justices will hear arguments next term on an Appeal from the City of which passed an ordinance restricting Heaters that show sexually explicit films to undesirable parts of the Small in other the court agreed to decide whether lawyers have duty to prevent clients from lying on the witness stand and if that duty conflicts with a defendants right to Legal agreed to consider in an Appeal from the Federal government whether it is too late to put a group of Oregon residents on trial for 1975 illegal firearms charges under generals discuss How to prevent repeat of shooting Washington up and so Viet generals have met to discuss How to avoid a repetition of last months killing of an american army intelligence officer by a soviet sentry in East the state department said Glenn commander of forces in met Friday with Mikhail commander of soviet forces in department spokesman Bernard Kalb Kalb declined to discuss the substance of the but said the two generals met to discuss the shooting March 24 of Arthur Nicholson and Means whereby such shootings May be prevented in the the speedy trial provision of the cons Titu let stand a lower court ruling that a transsexual airline Pilot was not protected from discrimination by civil rights in the Pennsylvania abortion the court will hear arguments and decide whether to Rule in a dispute involving the states controversial 1982 the state appealed the Case to the High court after the 3rd circuit court of appeals in Philadelphia struck Down Many provisions of the including require ments that a woman wait 24 hours after counselling to consider the possible emotion Al and physical effects of an the appeals court also struck Down requirements that doctors offer the patient literature explaining the proposed abortion method and alternatives to abortion before obtaining informed the Law went into effect for Only one Day in december 1982 before the appeals court issued an barring the state from carrying it the supreme in its landmark 1973 upheld a woman right to seek an in the court struck Down Many of the restrictions imposed by Ohio on a Wom ans ability to obtain an abortion in the second three months of Gans visit is to demonstrate reconciliation Between wartime and not to Honor any individuals or military the conservative and usually pro american die Welt newspaper quoted government sources As saying a refusal by Reagan to visit the Pitburg cemetery now would cause the deepest concern in Bonn and be a heavy blow to German american april l h 36 54 84 los Angeles 46 77 74 Louisville 8 28 68 Memphis 57 66 81 Miami Beach 49 57 Atlantic 53 Paul 47 70 73 Nashville 61 70 77 new Orleans 50 83 48 new York 38 44 69 Norfolk 41 74 73 Oklahoma City 32 51 61 Omaha 62 68 85 Orlando 55 78 70 Philadelphia 55 59 100 Phoenix 54 72 71 Pittsburgh 54 75 41 50 80 71 40 74 47 Providence 40 50 64 Raleigh 45 71 84 Reno 7 32 61 Louis 28 66 82 Petersburg 37 49 76 Salt Lake City 71 84 68 san Drogo 58 80 84 san Francisco 51 71 58 Seattle 64 71 65 Syracuse 40 58 Kansas 94 Tucson 57 93 Las 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