European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 3, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Inside stripes n violence escalating in Coalfield 5 d electronic Battle Magazine n Lopez share Lyga 21 the stlr4andiitripes 47 authorized unofficial publication for the armed forces june 1985 is conv Ona Sondov 0 8693 a Rescue teams seek twister victims by the associated press the National guard patrolled against looting in flattened neighbourhoods during the weekend while teams of Rescue work using bulldozers and searched for More victims of tornadoes that killed at least 86 people in Ohio and hundreds of people were injured and thousands were homeless after the swarm of twisters splintered houses and Trees Fri sent debris flying 100 feet into the air and Cut off Power to hundreds of thou Dole wants mandate to balance budget Washington up Senate re publican Leader Robert Dole of Kansas sat urday urged Senate action by the end of the month on a constitutional amendment to re quire Congress to balance the Federal there has been a lot of talk this week about tax and that but theres one Reform that Long overdue in this town balancing the Federal Dole said in a nearly every including has some kind of mandate for a balanced i cant understand Why the Federal govern ment  have the same kind of require with a trillion billion annual interest payments on that debt and record setting deficits every it Doest take much reasoning to see Why Congress needs a stiff dose of Dole said the amendment would make it tougher for Congress to vote for deficits and higher taxes by requiring a three fifths vote in both the Senate and the in a related Dole said he opposes a constitutional convention to draft a balanced budget he said 32 states already have called for a constitutional convention and two More Are needed before that would be come a real in my Congress should heed the take the initiative on this important Dole its a bipartisan concern that has the overwhelming sup port of the according to the polls and the mail i get from they cant understand Why the government cant bal Ance its Sands of the governors of Pennsylvania and Ohio on saturday declared disasters in the Wake of the catastrophe that left rubble strewn across 22 counties in the two states and Western new in which was hit the 61 people 430 people were seriously injured and Homes were destroyed or according to Dick Thornburg request for Federal As most of the damage was in the Northwest part of the the request cited damage of at least but Thornburgh spokesman David Runkle said its essentially More than theres no doubt about the tornadoes were spawned by a huge storm system that spread from Central on South Over Western Penn northeastern Ohio and South Western new York the weather services severe storm Center in Kansas City forecast partly Cloudy cooler temperatures and Light winds for the Region the rest of the week Federal disaster officials began evaluating the millions of dollars Worth of dam age and putting Crews to work cleaning up the mountains of the National guard was called out in Pennsylvania and the american red Cross set up 27 Emer gency shelters that housed victims in new York and a red Cross statement issued in Wash see twister on Page 28 plane crowded photo by Gus Schueller big Little fast slow civilian planes these and More Are show which opened last week at Lebourget pretty ugly military on display at the 36th biennial Paris air other photos on Page drinking age of 21 now in effect on some bases Washington up military bases in states where the drinking age is 21 have gone dry for soldiers and sailors younger than the Legal As with every there Are but most of them apply to Remote areas where there Are no private vehicles and to bases overseas in countries that put no age limit on alcohol those affected by the new went into effect Are the nearly men and women in uniform who the Pentagon estimates Are Between the Ages of 18 and the Law will apply even in states such As which permits sailors and airmen under 21 to drink on military although the civilian population must be at least one major exception within the United states applies to bases situated within 50 Miles or an hours drive of a state that permits drink ing for those under the reason the lure of  alcohol could entice the under21s to drive to the neighbor ing thus inviting the possibility of a Tipsy return the reasoning so officials decided it would be better to permit drinking on in states where the Legal drinking age is lower than it would be silly to prohibit drinking on base when you can drive off base to get Pentagon spokesman Michael Burch As of May there were 32 states in which drinking by people under age 21 was according to the National commis Sion against drunk a minor exception is for parties that during those no routine occasions when a military unit May Mark the conclusion of particularly difficult duty or the anniversary of a military a group or a the regulation but that sort of said the Regula Tion in typical arcane will be under controlled conditions in order to Fos Ter camaraderie and Friendship in a military environment that will Appeal to the entire spectrum of the military in base commanders Are permitted to request an exemption from the but Pentagon spokesman Peter Wyro said none has been defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger recommended adoption of the regulation to bring the military in line with a Taw signed by president Reagan july that effectively requires the states to raise the minimum drinking age to those states that do not comply with the new ceiling will suffer by having 10 percent of their Federal Highway funds although it is not Clear How the states will respond to this the Secretary of defense intends that this department will act in consonance with the spirit of the fed eral Deputy defense Secretary William Howard Taft in wrote in a memorandum dated although not by the Pentagon s new restriction dovetails with a National Campaign against Drunken prompted largely by the number of youths killed in accidents in which alcohol is a