European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 25, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Pago 4 the stars and stripes Friday october 25, 1985 diplomats longing for luxury cruises left High dry by state dept. Decree  i in i s diplomats wanting to cell ii ill Lenin  , i i oui Cal Fli Abele ii or Momi Hight strolls in i Mississippi  a in no lunch r do in at  expense. Hie slate department Lias decreed. Moving into the ape of Jel aircraft the department  issued new Trail rule1 tunning pub Cly funded Ocean cruises i Long standing practice that congressional investigators say added nearly $400,000 to stale l  and . Information Agency employee relocation costs Between october ill and september m. As of monday employees warning in Lake luxury cruises Between the United Stales and overseas posts were required to dip into their own pockets for the usually big Price Gap Between an i Cean liner and an Economy Seal on a Jet aircraft according to John con Dayan Aclang Deputy assistant Secretary for operations. Chin Detvan old the a Ulusc government operations legislation and National Security subcommittee wednesday that the new rules also require employees to use vacation  for the extra time it takes for Ocean travel. In its investigation the general accounting office said not Only were state department and Usia person Nel getting free cruises they were getting extra vacation because the Days aboard ship were considered to be non productive but on duty time that was costing taxpayers an average of $200 a Day. Subcommittee chairman Lack Brooks a Texas said he i jmj it coincidental the  were made Only two Das before he revealed the results of the Gao probe he ordered in month fit after learning that lax dollars paid Lor a Isia employee s si2.7 to trip on the Delta Outcen a Mississippi riverboat. The changes reflect nothing Mure than common sense. And Are years  said Brooks calling the cruises a flagrant misuse of the taxpayers  the Gao. Terming them an excessive and unnecessary expense said that Over the three years 102 cruises involving 252 people Cost taxpayers $556,232. It said if the employees and their dependants had used air travel. Inc total Bill would have been $100,047 and pos Sibly less. The Gao also said because of poor accounting procedures the state department and Lisia As of last january had Given people $12.3 million in Advance travel payments thai were not reconciled either by documentation of actual expenses or refunds of unspent Money to the government. C on Dayan who said the bookkeeping is being improved said the new rules had been in the works since Early this year in a move to end a practice he said was Lough to justify but used by Only 2 percent of the Diplo Matic corps. In its investigation the Gao found 48 trips on the Queen Elizabeth ii at an average Cost of $6,084, nearly four limes the average air plane Cost of $1,665. All but one of the cruises were five Day Atlantic Crossings in luxury class. The other was a $13,761, 24 Day trip for two people from Bangkok Thailand to Honolulu that the Gao says could have been made by air in two Days for $2.000. The costliest trip cited by inc Gao found a family of Tuur on a 26-Day journey flying from los Angeles to Colombia and taking a voyage along the cast coast of South America to Uruguay. The Gao said it Cost $21,956 $18,396 More than a one Day flight. The Gao said according to foreign service officers prior approval from superiors for Ocean voyages was not required. The officers said ship travel was known to be More expensive but was considered a fringe Benefit and a restful and relaxing Way to travel the Agency said. Investigators said the previous travel regulations conflicted Ott one hand permitting Ocean voyages but also requiring employees to use the most direct and expeditious routes consistent with Economy and to exercise Good judgment in the costs they  Juan Mccabe. An associate director of the Gao said that during the investigation very few people tried to justify this travel on the basis of its merits. The typical rationale is it is permitted therefore it is allowable. C on Dayan said ship travel predates the Jet age and historically we have been extremely careful not to give the perception that we were discriminating or favouring either ship or air travel  Senate postpones $ j .9 a in arms sate of Jordan Washington a the Republican controlled Striate with president Rea Gan s reluctant permission voted 97-1 thursday to Shelve the controversial $1.9 billion arms Sale to Jordan until March i unless Jordan and Israel open meaningful peace talks before then. With the Republican leadership telling Reagan defeat was inevitable the president agreed wednesday to Lite 120-Day delay Senate sources said. The goi1 leaders told the administration the would move on their own to delay action on the Sale in order to head off a Reso Lution that would bar in outright. Only sen. Christopher Dodd. A Conn. Voted against the delay and he did so on procedural grounds. Absent were sent. Bill Bradley d-n.j., and Mark half iced r orc. Shortly before the vote Jordan s King Hussein told reporters in Amman that the conditions and delay imposed by the Senate were unacceptable and Akin to blackmail. I Hope the King did t say  said Senate Republican Leader Robert Dole of Kansas. It just in t  we arc not trying to blackmail any one Dole said. We Are keeping open a window of  and sen. Richard Lugar r-lnd., chair Man of the Senate foreign relations com Mittee told the Senate Hal the re solution is intended to let people have a Little More time to give peace a  Hussein told reporters the arms Sale is intended Only to meet Jordan s defense needs and is not linked in any Way to the peace process. One would t like to use the word Black mail but it s totally unacceptable he said. I have made it abundantly Clear to our friends in Washington that unless the agreement Between us and the United Stales is implemented in the manner agreed upon. This peace talks is the last we would do to try to secure this particular package he said. Hitting teacher draws 3 years sixteen year old Tina Walker of Carlisle ark., listens glumly to a reporter s questions in the Lonoke county jail. She has been behind bars for More than three months for Hilling her mathematics teacher. Tina was sentenced to three years after being convicted of Sec Ond degree Battery oct. 9 following a one Day trial. The Case is one of the first applications of a state Law allowing a felony Conti Clion for physical injury to a teacher  permitted Only in cases Imo Hinc serious physical injury or a deadly weapon. Gay vets suing american legion Over Parade denial new York a a group of homosexual military veterans said the denial of a Permil for them to March in next months american legion veterans Day Parade under their own Banner was a denial of their Freedom of expression. Jyh Gay varas association tiled suit wednesday in . List incl court against the american legion to gain a spot in the nov. 11 Parade. This is not like Gimbels asking Macy s for permission ii it Chc than giving Day Parade said Willia Hibsher lawyer for the Gay organization. This is an official veterans Day Observance and All veterans regardless of race origin or sexual Orie Lalion should be Able to  the association charged the american legion several of its constituent posts and the City of new York with violating homosexuals rights to Freedom of expression. The group said the legion which sponsors the annual event had declined to permit any group to carry a Banner identifying its members As homosexuals we Don t feel we re discriminating said Anthony Tuccillo adjutant of the legion s new York county Post who rejected the homosexual group s application last Casimir Sojka a lawyer for the american legion and a member since 1946, said the decision to Block the Assoc a t on from marching was made because All they re looking tons recognition of their of n sexual perversion. 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