European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 10, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse Thursday october 10, 1985 the stars and stripes Page 5 claims of tougher military Are questioned witness Cifes Only modest improvements was Iii i \ in i la military official ,.i. America s tight in no Johnc is much Luigi Hei thanks to a $1 trillion defense buildup Dut it is hard to Tell if taxpayers got their Mono s Worth. .1 budget expert told i Mir Russ Rudolph Penner. Head of inc congressional budget of fice said Broad quantitative measurements show nil Max list improvements in the is. Military after four years of accelerated defense spending under president Reagan testifying before the defense policy panel of the House armed services committee. Penner said there is a huge Gap Between what the military officers Tell us Aboul the improvements in various facets of the military and u we can they feel much better about it than our numbers Sug Gest they should he said. But Penner told the lawmakers it s hard to test the Validity of their because Uherc crisis today no direct comprehensive measure quantifies the likelihood that . Forces together with those of our allies. Nfiu.1 Vir Are wild prevail in .1 Lulu do clop such the hearing was the him in a series called in Kip i a Aspin. L -\vis., chairman it the armed services commit tee to review what the military buildup bought and How to mesh the military with efforts to balance the Bud gel and promote us. Foreign policy and National Security when Reagan took office in i i. He announced a five year plan to slip up defense spending to rebuild . Military might. Although Congress pared his by decl requests somewhat. Inc Pentagon gotten Aboul is trillion Over the Pas four years. As examples of what that Money gone for pc incr cited figures indicating the number of military aircraft bought Between fiscal i9s2 and fiscal 1985 Rose per cent Over inc 1977-11x0 period bul their Cost Rose almost 75 percent. For tanks the number bought Rose 30 percent but the Cost Rose 151 cautioned however. Simple counts of weapons systems do not reflect improvements in Quality or sophistication that the new weapons although per unil weapons costs Rose Overall during the i xi-9s5 period pc incr said thai since i Cost closer id and. In some crises luvs declined Urcla tic in under questioning in Aspin. He said Lylial weapons have get in be a lol better i jus life inc Cost. Mil a Little belter in Advance of the hearings. The Pentagon a Seal cent saying inc Quality of the is. Military improved Aspin in a weekend press release said there s a considerable question Aboul what we be gotten fur our Money. Has the administration just been throwing Money Al the problem the Pentagon said. Our military strength i proved Over the past four years Bui there is much to two committee republicans. Dill Dickinson of Ala Bama and Jim courier of new Jersey criticized Aspin in opening remarks suggesting his comments show he already passed judgment on the we be already the hanging and now we re going to have the trial to justify Dickinson said. Fri oath read to jurors As spy trial ends an ill a pcs Limore ended in i he up of Richard a. Miller with jurors he irinus inc he Tichik a Hon lie in i i Apcel prom Isip never to Tunac Ruiu Liori cd disclosures of the Agency s documents. Juror were later taken to a parking lot which Miller used As a Ronde Vulus Point with his soviet Lover the Case is expected to Jio to the jury i riday or monday after final arguments by attorneys. The oath signed by Miller which was read to jurors by . Attorney Robert Plonner stated As a condition of employment. I a acc to comply with these Miller 4x, is charged with Classi fied documents to his Lover. of Rod Nikov fur transmission to the soviets in Exchange for a promised $d5. My in Cah and Gold. Ohorodnik in and her husband , have pleaded guilty to espionage and Are see ing prison terms Rhoe Leach. He ear old Homecoming King of is. Cloud ha., High school and his 71-year-old Queen Ginger slew never too old Art Lead the Homecoming Parade. The couple was invited to be King and Queen by the school s student Council which helped support a program loft de the needy Afler the local Council on aging ran Oul of Money for the program. Sands or time $3.25 Mil Ion in damages sought sept plets Mother sues doctor clinic los Angeles up a woman who gave birth to Soplu pics after Laking Fertility drugs filed a multimillion Dollar malpractice suit against her doctor and his clinic tuesday blaming them for the pain Ful loss of the four infants who died. Palti Frustaci who captured world Atten Tion with the rare multiple birth May 21, filed suit with her husband Sam. In Superior court seeking at least s3.25 million from he Tyler medical clinic and its owner or. Jaroslav Marik. The Suil docs nol specify damages but attorney Brown Greene said the couple is seeking at least $1 million in medical Bills and s2.25 million for compensation of non economic after talking to other doctors we have come to believe that 1 was nol treated As i should have been inc Mother Lold a news conference. If i this catastrophe would never have occurred. I cannot begin to put into words How painful in been to lose four children. Each one was precious and unique and i hair loss will be with us and with their Sisters and Brothers for the rest of our lives. You simply cannot imagine How our lives have been totally and radically the suit specifically accuses inc doctor of not informing the parents of the full risks of multiple births of administering excessive doses of Fertility drugs and of nol properly testing the Mother before her pregnancy. A receptionist Al Tyler medical clinic said Marik was nol immediately available for comment. Patli Frustaci. Who reportedly suffered from kidney problems and stress since she began carrying the seven fetuses told reporters she still believes in Fertility drugs if they arc correctly used. Tecsi properly administered and monitored est amazing drugs can bring a family the tremendous Joy we have found in our Chil Dren she said. Greene said thai under the medical Mal practice Protection Law the parents and their surviving children who Are seriously ill. Can receive Only s250.000 each in compensation for emotional damages. He also said he would try to collect that amount on behalf of each of the four Chil Dren who died one Al birth and three within Days of their delivery. All three surviving sept plets have now gone Home to Riverside after four months treatment in children s Hospital of Orani e county. Jackie Brainard. A publicist for the Cou ple said mrs. Frustaci was treated with the Fertility drug personal Al Tyler medical clinic before the birth of the couple first child Joseph now 18 months old. She said the parents who Are mormons returned to the clinic because of a desire to round out their Small in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. Oct. 10. 1945 the chief of staff. Gen. George Marshall lifted the lid on an Arsenal of terrifying new weapons and warned an America entering the atomic age that it must prepare or to present mass destruction he urged intense scientific research and development and a Parma Neil peacetime Cili in army. 30 years ago today. Oct. 10. 1955 in Berlin. Adolf hit Ler s personal Valet just released from soviet Cap Lively told what happened during the dictator s last hours in Berlin Klein said he watched a roaring gasoline fire consume the bodies of the fuehrer and l a Braun. 20 years ago today. Oct. 10. 1%5the 1a. Dodgers blanked the Minnesota twins 4-0 for their first Victory in the 1965 world series. The twins led the series. 2-1. 70 years ago today. Oct. 10, 1975andrei Sakharov father of the soviet a bomb but now his country s leading dissident won the 1975 Nobel peace Prie for his fearless Campaign for i ii Ian rights
