European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 26, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes saturday. October 26, 1985 House oks program to Cut budget deficit by $60 billion Washington nv1 the la Nus of representatives thursday approved a package of spending cuts that would reduce the Federal budget deficit by about $60 Bil lion Over three years. The package approved by a Vole of 228 to 199. Includes major cuts in Rural and Public housing reductions in veterans pro Grams including a Means test for some medical care cuts in student Loans and a one year freeze in pay for civilian Federal workers. The Senate bogged Down thursday on its own deficit reducing package Ana final work was put off because of a dispute Over attaching a measure to curb textile imports. The Reagan administration has threatened to veto both the House and Senate proposals. Agriculture Secretary John r. Block said thursday that president Reagan was also Likely to veto separate farm legislation to be debated in the Senate in the next few Days because of runaway budget  in a separate move aimed at the budget deficits. House and Senate conferees expressed optimism that they would be Able to reach a Compromise on legislation to Man Date a balanced budget by 1991 an anal Sis of the plan by the staff of the House armed services committee found that it was Likely to result in drastic Auto Matic cuts in spending for military person Nel and equipment contrary to supporters assertions that the budget could be balanced without interrupting the administration s military buildup. The developments in the House the sen ate and the conference committee arc a sign of How much the deficit Issue has taken Over Congress this fall As republicans and democrats in both Chambers seek an Edge in action on the deficit and the 1986 elec Tion year approaches. The deficit reduction packages approved in the House and being worked on in the Senate arc designed to achieve a major por Tion of the deficit reduction promised in the 1986 budget plan. In addition to savings of $55.5 billion in the fiscal year 1986, which began oct. I the plan called for a deficit reduction of$276 billion Over three years. White the Senate Bill would save $85.7 Bil lion of projected spending Over the three years More than the House Bill s approximately $60 billion it includes Many of inc same spending reductions. The Senate package also would permanently extend the 16-Ctnl-a-pack cigarette tax the House includes this Extension in separate deficit reduction legislation that  not reached the floor. Major savings in the military budget and reductions in non military programs arc projected to achieve the rest of the savings promised in Congress budget Resolution for 1986. Many of the provisions in the House and Senate Bills arc similar und it is expected that differences can be worked out in a conference committee after a final Senate vote. But the administration has threatened in veto any Extension of the cigarette tax. It also objects o other provisions that Are in both Chambers proposals including an in crease in payments to Oil producing states from offshore Oil and Gas leases. The administration has also threatened to veto the textile measure that was bogging Down the Senate thursday. Over the Strong objections of the Republican leadership senators sought to add to the deficit legislation curbs on textile imports from 12 countries primarily South Korea Taiwan and Hong Kong. Bob Dole of Kansas the Senate majority Leader put aside consideration of the Defi Cit reducing package after losing several test votes on the textile Issue. Arc raises its rates for hotel suites Gar Misici Germany is the Price of going first class at armed forces recreation Center holds got a Little steeper starting oct. 1 when the rates for hotel suites in creased significantly. The rate for arc suites had been Standard at $30 per Day. Regardless of rank. That increased just Over 15 percent to $35 per Day except for the exclusive Klaus Flora Accord ing to arc marketing officials. Al the Haus Flora near the Abrams hotel in Garmisch the rate for its four single suites increased to s40, and its double suite now rents for $50 per Day. Arc has 31 suites at its hotels in Garmisch Berchtesgaden and Chick Sec. The prices for other rooms at the hotels which were increased last year did not change. The increase stems from extensive renovations to the suites that improved the atmosphere and an in crease in the services provided to the suites said an arc marketing offi Cial. Body unexpectedly recovered from air India crash Cork Ireland a a body was recovered unexpectedly Friday from the wreckage of the air India jetliner that crashed off the Irish coast four months ago with the loss of 329 lives a crash investigator said. It was a total Surprise to us All said Canadian coast guard capt. Donald my Garvey after the body was found in a Sec Tion of the fuselage hoisted to the surface from the Atlantic seabed at a depth of More than one mile. We did not Realise a Forch and that the item of wreckage contained anything other than Normal fillings Mcgarvey said. Pilot of plane lost near Turkey declared dead h Ahn a Germany is the 29 year old Pilot of a 50th tac fighter Wing f-16 that disappeared tuesday near tur key has been declared dead. Capt. Glen e. Dupuis was declared dead thursday Safe said in a statement Fri Day. The statement said the amount of air Craft debris and personal equipment recovered during the search operation showed thai Dupuis could not have survived the crash in a Bay Aboul 25 Miles Southeast of Adana t Turkey. A Board of officers has been convened to investigate the Accident. Dupuis who was assigned to the 10th tac fighter so at Hahn. Was participating in a weapons training deployment to incur Likay Turkey. Dupuis who had 1,500 flying hours arrived at Hahn in March 1984. He was commissioned a second lieutenant in 1978 after graduating from the air Force Academy. Lie is survived by his parents Alvin and Alice Dupuis of Lafayette la. Opera conductor Dies new York not Joseph Rosen Slock who conducted at the metropolitan opera and was a general manager of the new York City Topci i has died of a heart attack at his Home in new York City. He was 90 years old. Mcgarvey a member of the Canadian learn heading the investigation for the Indi an government said the approximate age and sex of the body had not yet been deter mined. He said the body which was presumably badly de opposed was being taken to Cork for examination. It was the first discovery of a body in the jetliner s wreckage since the initial search operation in the Days after the Boeing 747 crashed june 23, killing everyone on Board. All of the 131 bodies found before Friday have been identified. The aircraft which was on its Way from Toronto and Montreal to Bombay India plunged into the sea 17.0 Miles off the southwestern coast of Ireland. Although the Indian government initially blamed the crash on a bomb examinations of flight recorders and wreckage have failed to produce evidence to pinpoint the cause investigators say. Mcgarvey said the body was found in a Section of fuselage from the from passenger area. Although it was thought unlikely that the discovery would shed any Light on the cause of the crash it could mean More Bod ies will be recovered. Since oct. 9, iwo Canadian vessels have been raising pieces of wreckage from the seabed in an Effort to determine the cause of the crash the third worst disaster in civil aviation history. Mcgarvey said so far Highl pieces of significant Sie have been brought to the surface along with several dozen smaller pieces including personal items such a suitcases. We will be continuing our recovery pro Gram for the foreseeable future the investigator said. The weather is Good and our efforts have not been Hani a Rcd in  Span . To continue talks on troops following week of initial discussions Madrid Spain a Spain and the United states have agreed to continue talks on the future of . Troops stationed in Spain following initial discussions this week. A joint statement issued Friday indicated both sides would study the contribution of the other to european and Western  a second round of discussions is scheduled for december. Spain had been lobbying for the talks which began wednesday Between teams headed by Spanish undersecretary for political affairs Maximo Cajal and . Ambassador Thomar Enders since before the May visit of president Reagan to Madrid. The statement made no direct reference to the reduction of the 12,545 . Hoops and 1,669 civilian personnel stationed at four joint use military bases and six communications Center in Spain. Bui both Spanish Ana . Sources have indicated privately that discussion of troop reduction is the Central Iheme of the talks and studies referred to in the statement. Under a bilateral agreement first signed in 1953 Wilh Gen. Francisco Franco the United states leases three air Force bases and one Navy base from Spain. Prime minister Felipe Gonzalez s socialist government approved the latest five year Extension of the agreement in 1983. Spanish sources have indicated Gonzalez has been seeking some sort of commitment from the United states on the willingness to discuss troop reduction to facilitate passage of an upcoming referendum on Spain s continued membership in nato. Gonzalez has said most spaniards associate . Troops in Spain Wilh the repressive Franco regime and not Wilh the liberation of Western Europe. France s 23 million phone numbers change Paris up the entire Telephone dealing system in France changed Friday night in a move affecting 23 million sub scribers. It was the biggest such switch in telecommunications history following the change by new York Telephone co. Last Jan. 1 when 4.5 million subscribers in the new York City boroughs of Queens Staten is land and Brooklyn were Given a new area code 714. The new French system which went into effect at 11 p.m., Means every phone num Ber in the country has eight digits instead of the previous seven or six. Accomplishing the change meant placing one or two new numbers in front of the existing number according to area. For example every Telephone in Paris now begin with the number 4. In areas outside Paris where six digit numbers were customary the former two digit area code is now part of the new num Ber. The state owned Post and telecommunications pit launched a major and expensive Campaign to inform the Public about the change. The move doubles inc capacity of the network making 50 million numbers Avail Able. Put officials said it should be enough to carry the country Well past the year dealing from abroad has changed for Only the Paris area. Where previously a caller dialled 33 the country code for France i inc Paris area code and inc seven digit number a caller Musl now dial 33-1 and the eight digit number that begin with 4. For example the number for those Call ing the United press International Bureau in Paris from abroad will be 33-1-4770