European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 26, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 it it the stars and stripes july 1985 soviets still outrun study reports Washington a despite the Reagan administrations massive defense buildup since a study released thurs Day says the United states is no better off in a military matchup with the soviet while the states increased de sense spending by More than trillion in the past five those hikes have done Little More than offset soviet said the report by John a defense analyst with the congressional research the United states is militarily better off in some areas than it was in but is Oneill attack budget plan Washington up president Reagan and speaker of the House Thomas tip Oneill both at tacked a proposed new Senate budget plan thursday that would Grant social Security costo living raises every two years and impose an Oil import Oneill said giving the social Security raises every two instead of would be morally wrong and Reagan re iterated his opposition to any kind of taxes to be used to reduce the including a tax on imported but Senate budget committee chairman Pete who met with his Senate conferees to mull Over the insisted Reagan and Oneill would have to come As part of the both the presi Dent and the speaker Are going to have to Domenici told Oneill repeated that he remains stubbornly opposed to changes in social you just cant put a Hal million people in poverty and Promise something Oneill told savings of billion the new budget being considered by Senate negotiators on the House sen ate conference would freeze the costo living raises next year and pro vide a compensating raise the following it also includes a similar freeze and catchup on tax indexing and an Oil import supporters said the package would Cut billion from the deficit Over the next three far More than the Origi Nal House or Senate Senate majority Leader Robert r supported the telling reporters that it sounds like a pretty Good idea to but Oneill said he was stubbornly opposed to any drop in the costo living allowances this year or next year or any he called the idea morally politically White House spokesman Larry Speakes said he would not comment on specifics until a package is Speakes did not flatly Rule out presidential acceptance of an Oil import but on a walk from the residence to the Oval Reagan told reporters who asked about the Oil import in not for any worse off in other areas compared to the Collins reported in military the report was prepared at the request of a bipartisan group of legislators who have played a key role in military including Sam and John and Les d the chairman of the House armed services Collins reviewed the entire spectrum of and soviet military forces and operations and concluded that the peacetime balance is a whole lot better than most of the official comparisons made by top civil Ian and military defense but in the balance is pretty Collins because the soviets have far greater numbers of men and equipment to throw into a the United states is being swamped by he soviet forces Are heavily weighted toward land operations the military Structure is widely split among sea and air oper he but the soviets need balanced forces a whole lot less than the United states be cause the overriding soviet concern is Protection of the the report the United states has a series of worldwide alliances that mean american forces might be committed far from Collins also scoffed at Many of the cur rent War game scenarios that hold that the soviets might hit the United states with a nuclear first strike or Start a Large scale land War in the soviets Are hype conservative when it comes to committing military forces against the United states and Are Well aware that any attack might Likely Lead to a global nuclear he miniature aircraft flying a photo Stan Horbacz of Kneel Siats taking part in the International the plane in the foreground ing at is among the Aerial Enthus miniature aircraft association flying in is a Model of a p82 twin hospitals License suspended a the state health department on thursday ordered the Transfer of All patients from a Hospital in Western new York state and closed the Hospital for 60 Days after determining that More than 120 medication errors occurred there this the order suspended the Bethesda hospitals operating License for 60 be cause conditions at the facility in Hornell pose an imminent danger to the health and safety of the department the health department said it found More than 120 medication errors had occurred at the 90bed Hospital in the last six it said the hospitals governing medical staff and nursing department failed to take any action to address the problems and protect patient health department spokesman Peter Slocum said the order May Well be the first time in recent years that the depart ment has closed an entire Hospital without waiting for a hearing because of patient care the department began its investigation june 19 after being informed by the administrator that an 82yearold intensive care patient went into insulin Shock june 14 when the nursing staff failed to notice a problem with the infusion of her nutrient the patient became Semi comatose and died june Bethesda Hospital had 55 patients As of thursday Slocum said at a Brief ing at the departments regional office in Rochester that the patients would be transferred to other hospitals in the area if no longer in need of sent Bethesda Hospital spokeswoman Jan Calkins said the Hospital would have no immediate she said a news re lease was being prepared and would be ready later there is one other Hospital in a City of about people located 60 Miles South of prosecutor reportedly drops Case against teamsters Boss Washington a the decision not to prosecute teamsters president Jackie Presser in an alleged phony payroll scheme was made by an award winning career Justice department prosecutor rather than by Politi Cal sources said political appointees merely ratified the order of David who Heads the organized crime Section of the departments criminal said the government who wished to remain Margolis rejected the recommendation to prosecute Presser that was made six months ago by leaders of the departments organized crime strike Force in backed by labor department the sources the investigators had recommended that Presser be indicted by a grand jury there for allegedly putting ghost workers on the payroll of teamster local 507 in Cleve the sources Deputy attorney general Lowell Jensen and assistant attorney general Stephen who Heads the criminal merely approved Margolis decision in the nearly 3yearold the sources the senates permanent sub committee on investigations on wednesday began preliminary inquiry into the handling of the Presser according to the Cleveland Plain dealer recent allegations have been made in the Media indicating a Lack of coordination Between the labor the Justice department and the Federal Bureau of investigation in the investigation of this said William Roth the subcommittee neither Presser nor his lawyer could be reached for comment on the the Presser Case was politically sensitive because Presser has been president Rea Gans Lone major Union