European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 14, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Inside stripes singing opera Oversea see stripes Magazine n ship hijackers Ace trial monday Page 2 d flyers Lindbergh declared dead Page 17 n today s Dollar buys 2.59 Marks Page 23 a a the stars and stripes sui%d3 authorized unofficial publication of the . Armed of mics vol. 44, no. 210 thursday november 14, 1985  Ond d 8693 a House oks debt hike proposal sent to Senate Washington a the House answering White House threats that the government will Stop issuing new checks Friday because of its credit crunch wednesday passed a Short term hike in the Treasury s borrowing limit. The measure now goes to the Senate. Approved 300 to 121, the House Bill gained support from both Republican and democratic leaders seeking to relieve the financial crisis until after president Reagan meets with soviet Leader Mikhail Gorba Chev next week. The government would continue to function but it would temporarily Stop pay ing its Bills presidential spokesman Larry Speakes said. We Are not going to Issue checks that will  the Treasury out of Cash cannot borrow to meet the government s obligations be cause it already has reached its debt limit of si.824 trillion. An administration re quest for a new debt ceiling above $2 tril lion has been blocked by partisan fighting Over a balanced budget plan attached to the measure. The Senate meanwhile attacked a Sepa rate pressing problem by giving final con Gressional approval to a Stopgap spending Bill allowing the government to open for business on Friday. That measure approved by the House see debt on Page 24 Israel s prime minister says hell fire Sharon Jerusalem a prime minister Shimon Peres did wednesday he intends to fire right Wing Cabinet minister Ariel Sharon who has attacked his peace moves with Jordan. Sharon s dismissal could bring Down the fragile coalition government. Political factions were trying to work out a Compromise to preserve the coalition Between the prime minister s labor party and the conservative liked bloc to which Sharon belongs. After a Cabinet meeting that lasted nearly three hours ministers were divided on whether a Deal could be struck. An aide to Peres who spoke to reporters on condition of anonymity said the prime minister read the Cabinet the letter of dismissal he had drafted and told the meeting he planned to fire Sharon from his Post As Trade and Industry minister. The aide gave the impression Peres did not intend to Back Down on his decision to fire Sharon who has accused Peres of being weak and  but the aide did not Rule out a Compromise. Helping hand in the storm Ai elderly Man is helped of his feet after falling in the of in Munich. The season s firs Beaty snowfall blanketed the bavarian capital wednesday paying havoc with the City s Busy traffic and forcing cancel lation of 11 departures and 12 arrivals at the Airport. Airport officials said 24 other outgoing flights were delayed up to three hours. More than 8 inches of Snow were on the runways. By israeli Law a Cabinet resignation or dismissal cannot take effect until 48 hours after a formal letter is delivered. Communications minister Amnon Rubinstein whose lib eral Shin i faction is Allied with labor said Peres did not give Sharon the letter of dismissal at the Cabinet meeting. Israeli television predicted there would be no decision before thursday. Sharon tried to ease the crisis earlier wednesday by offering a partial apology. He expressed regret for any see Sharon on Page 24 Winter storm weakening in Central Rockies by the associated press a huge Winter storm blamed for at least 21 deaths weakened wednesday in the Central Rockies after drop Ping More than 2 feet of Snow in Arizona Utah and Colorado and shutting off Power to thousands in Salt Lake City but it still threatened the Western Plains. It s been quite a storm said National weather service meteorologist William Alder in Salt Lake City. Up to 29 inches fell at some Utah ski resorts. Since May we be had just big storms not Small  eight inches of Snow fell during the night in Box elder county. Utah and at Lander wyo., with 5 inches at Kimball neb., and an additional 4 to 8 inches was expected in the mountains of Colorado. The National weather service cancelled Winter storm warnings for the Central Rockies and replaced them with travellers advisories but a storm warning was issued for the Nebraska Panhandle. Steady Snow fell in the Colorado mountains but Den ver Only got a dusting. Elsewhere Light Snow fell from Eastern Nevada and Southeastern Idaho through the mountains of Utah Northern Arizona and Northwestern new Mexico. Behind the storm cold air continued flowing into Southern California with a Low of just 38 wednesday at coastal Santa Barbara and 42 in los Angeles and the Reading at Lancaster in the Mojave desert neared wards fab fell to 27. Tuesday brought the first Snow seen in 36 years in parts of Riverside 50 Miles cast of los Angeles. Five missing hikers were being sought wednesday in san Jacinto state Park 100 Miles cast of los Angeles the Riverside county sheriffs department Saui. All but about 10 of some 100 Ulk Hunters still stranded by a 4-foot snowfall in Washington s Cascade mountains had been contacted by late tuesday after searchers see storm on Page 24