European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 30, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                August t985 the stars and stripes Page 7 congressman dispute Brazil trip facts by Norman Black Washington a the night before he left on a military transport plane to Brazil As the Only congressman Bill assured an air Force officer that four other lawmakers would be travelling with the de sense department Alexander has denied the Pentagon the air Force said wednesday the statement was poorly worded but that it believed that More than one congressman would be the in its also said it had no record of Alexander Ever requesting that a smaller plane be used for his in any it the Only plane readily available and prepared for the trip was the one that had been re served for five congressmen by House speaker Thomas As a Alexander left Andrews on 14 aboard the military version of a dc9 Airliner with his Daugh Ter and seven other attended by a doctor and four military but no congressional use of the which can carry up to 42 Cost taxpayers Alexander wednesday denied the Pentagon he said the Only military officer he had dealt with was an air Force who he identified As Gordy Ben and he knew on for certain by the the makeup of the Dele a an air Force spokesman denied the service knew a week in Advance that Alex Ander would be the Only congressman travelling on the the Peter said the Pentagon statement was poorly worded because Alexander want that explicit when he was approached by Bendick on the eve of the what Bendick had was the data from Alexander on who we understood was going on the trip As Well As the request from Sloan so he went Back to say do we have anybody and what Alexander said til have the appropriate people our escort officer assumed from that there would be More than one Congress Sloan but the Dod statement was wrong in saying Alexander specifically assured us that All the other manifested congressmen would be travel also said he had initially suggested to Bendick in late july that he wanted to request a smaller Sloan and the Pentagon both agreed there was no record of such a the fact remains that there was not one Alexander Why do you need four or five congressmen when one will do i decided that the goals of the trip could be achieved with Only one Mem Ber of i accept full responsibility for that the purpose of the trip was to study alcohol one ills 7 letter said Alexander would be accompanied by Ronnie Butler Toby and Dan the four other congressmen or their aides have denied Ever planning to make the Alexander said Flippo had said he would go but then changed his Flippo confirmed there was a three or fou Day period there when i told him i would be part of his but i then informed his office before the recess that i would not be travelling with the recess began up photo Arkansas Democrat Bill Alexander in Wake of Gas takeover bid Carbide to slash make safety improvements a Union Carbide plagued by a series of Poison Gas leaks and a hostile take Over announced wednesday a major reorganization that will include cutting White Collar employees and making safety improvements while saving about Mil the work Force which amount to about 15 percent of carbides salaried will be completed by Early 1986 and involve reductions by voluntary sever Ance plans and Early Tom a company said he did not know if any of the reductions would involve carbides work Force numbers More than employees around the including employees do but Failla said the plants affected by the Job cuts have not yet been Dick a company spokesman in characterized the moves As part of a major plan to carbides announcement was preceded by a request to the new York Stock Exchange for a temporary halt in trading of its Carbide chairman Warren Anderson said the company will take million from its 1985 earnings and use Money from its employee pension fund to buy Back As Many As 10 million outstanding shares of these Are very defensive said James an analyst with Lufkin Jen Treyve been done partly to Avert a they could have done these things but i think they were forced into biting the Bullet and doing everything at once with the threat of a Gay has been buying Carbide Stock since an 11 Gas leak at carbides Institute Plant that injured 135 the leak initially depressed carbides Stock but the move by Gay has caused it to As of Gay said it had acquired percent of carbides outstanding Stock and was considering the possibility of a business combination Between Gay and Union Carbide closed wednesday at per up a and was the most Active Issue on the with More than million shares changing As part of the Carbide said it would spend million to establish new Levels of environmental Protection and Carbide has been under fire for a series of chemical leaks from its plants beginning with the 3 Methyl is Cyanate leak in that killed at least Carbide plants in West Virginias chemical Valley along the Kanawha River have experienced nine leaks since Anderson said carbides reorganization package and Stock buyback attempt would claim a total of Mil lion in 1985 earnings and reduce after tax earnings by about per he said Union Carbide was taking the Steps to improve its competitive position and financial when All the changes Are he company costs will be Cut an amount equivalent to some million in pretax he described the subsidiaries to be sold off As non strategic businesses and Veteran actress Ruth Dies in sleep at Home actress Ruth Gordon file photo Apac Tress Ruth whose stage and screen career spanned 70 years and included a supporting actress Oscar for Rosemary died wednesday at her marthas Vineyard summer she was she passed away peacefully in her said state trooper James Metta she was found by her husband of 43 Garson a producer and a her screen credits include inside Daisy wheres and Harold and about the love Between a teenage boy and an old which attracted a devoted cult she was the Friendly neighbor Devil worshipper in Rosemary and she played Clint Eastwood Mother in every which Way but Loose and any which Way you she won an emmy award for an appearance on the to show taxi in she also wrote two myself among others and my an a As Well As three Gordon was born in Wollaston on daughter of a factory she left their Home in Quincy at Riding a train to new York City with a Bill pinned to her i want i was 5 feet i didst know anyone in new i didst have any i didst have any she once but she i wanted to be an i was going to be an in new she studied at the american Academy of dramatic after a she said she was you have worked you have been you have a pleasant per but we dont think youll Ever be an so dont come she first appeared on stage in 1915 at the Empire theater in new York City when she had played nibs in Peter her stage hits included a a dolls House and the in which she played the original Dolly the play was the basis for the musical she had one a son from her 1918 marriage to Gregory lawmen reap marijuana crop at Eglin fab Eglin up authorities said wednesday that million Worth of marijuana was uprooted and destroyed this month in three raids at this sprawling military although no arrests were made in any of the authorities Are getting closer each time and already know of another Field they plan to seize and Burn when the time said marshal Driscoll the latest raid occurred tuesday when about a dozen lawmen with 15 Gallons of fuel and a Bulldozer went to a Remote area some five Miles from Duke Field and torched marijuana plants with an estimated value of it took marshals and military personnel about two hours to yank the plants up to 16 feet tall bundle them in stacks of 10 and Burn them in a Oglesby said Eglin fab Security officers were tipped off about the Patch by an unnamed source monday