European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 12, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 24 the stars and stripes thursday december 12, 1985 plane crash kills wife of Star wars general . Calif. A the wife or air Force it. Gen. James a. Abraham Sork Dirc Clor of inc Agency thai coordinates Star wars research was one of three people killed when a single engine plane crashed in the of Cora Nevada. Barbara Jean Northcott Abrahamson 45, was aboard the plane that crashed sunday into the Snow covered mountains Iso Miles Northeast of san Francisco Pentagon officials said tuesday. The other two victims a male and female were not identified. But Pentagon sources who asked not to be named said they believe the other victims were mrs. Abrahamson s brother the Pilot of the plane and the Pilot s wife. One body was recovered by sheriffs helicopter tuesday and flown to inc Placerville Airport for a county Coroner s examination witnesses said. Inc other two remained in the wreckage. A ground Rescue party had Sei out tuesday to try of reach the wreckage near the 9,000-foot level of 10,000 fool High Pyramid Peak in the rugged desolation Wilder Ness. Search efforts were hampered by heavy Snow falling at the sit. A ground search team planned to approach the area Early wednesday the Al Dorado county sheriffs department said. Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger issued a statement saying he was deeply saddened to hear of mrs. Abrahamson s tragic  Abrahamson cancelled a scheduled appearance tuesday before the House foreign affairs committee in order to participate in the search. He arrived at Placer Villa s Small Airport where he was met by e. Dorado county sheriff Dick Pacileo. The two men conferred briefly at the Airport then left together said Deputy sheriff Irving Christensen. American express of offer new car loan program by Bob mover staff writer a new variable interest car loan pro Gram is being offered at american express military banking outlets throughout blur pc Starling thursday. Bank customers in West Germany inc United kingdom inc incl Horlands and Greece will be eligible for the loan pack age which includes rates ranging from 11 percent to 12.5 percent depending on inc duration of the loan. The new program which applies to new1 cars Only was worked out with department of defense approval after nearly a year of study. Ii was announced in Frankfurt by Martha Hill manager of Public affairs for military Hanking in Europe. Combined with the loan continuation program introduced earlier in the year car buyers now May take Loans with them when they return Home. Hill said. Prior to the loan continuation program. American express car Loans were made at a single rate on the condition they be paid off before leaving Europe. For years Federal credit unions serving military customers in Europe have offered variable interest car Loans that May be carried anywhere in the world. From thursday to dec. 31, interest rates on new cars will vary from 11 per cent to 12.5 percent with a Down payment of at least 10 percent required on All Loans. Interest for 48 months financing will be 12.5 percent for 36 mor is 12 percent for 24 months 11.5 percent and for 12 months 11 percent. Future rates May vary by the month. But once Loans arc processed rates will be constant for their duration. American express will announce Jan uary loan rates by the end of december. The financing rate on used cars remains 15 percent. The maximum period for a used car loan is five years. Russian from Page 1 would like to question Leon Tiv Aboul $37,750 Worth of French francs found on him after the Accident. But the bearded emigre is saying Noth ing. Leo lev is in a bed at the general Hospital at Hemel Herf Stead a town 25 Miles North West of London. Hospital administrator Frances Sam Nahatis said she is certain he is faking unconsciousness and she wants him out. After consulting several doctors including n psychiatrist Shanahan said the Hospi Tal decided .0 Send a Conte Back to France a soon As the British embassy in Paris supplies his Home address. She said the Cost of the trip by private ambulance will be taken from the $37,750 he was carrying. In its main news program tuesday night the British broadcasting corp. Showed Tele vision pictures of icon lev lying in the bed with his eyes shut. Shanahan said tests had shown he could hear people and understand what was going on. She said he did not respond when offered anything to eat but food and drink left at his bedside was consumed when no body was looking usually at night. He first was admitted to the stale run National health service Hospital for two Days of observation after the Small rented motorcycle he was driving collided with two cars in the nearby Village of Mark Ste on nov. 16, police said. Police say they believe he arrived in Brit Ain on a Cross Channel ferry nov. 15. He was discharged from the Hospital but police said when they took him to Hemel Hampstead magistrates court to face a traffic charge in connection with the Acci Dent he slipped to the ground apparently pretending to be unconscious. On nov. 20, police took him Back to the Hospital. Plan from Page 1 Weinberger had accepted a budget reduction plan earlier in the year that called for 3 percent growth in fiscal 1987 and said the president still intends to propose such an increase. The budget mane vering moved into High gear at the Pentagon As Congress nested an agreement to eliminate the Feder Al deficit by fiscal 1991. Officials repeatedly complained Aboul the Impact on defense spending claiming that the Pentagon would have to take 50 percent of the cuts even though it accounts for Only 28 percent of the budget. The budget balancing plan would revise the congressional budget process and re quire automatic spending cuts if Congress and the administration fail to meet a series of statutory ceilings on budget deficits. In fiscal 1987 and beyond inc president and Congress would attempt to work out spending priorities to reach the target and avoid any additional mandatory cuts. In fiscal 1986, however which began oct. 1, the House Senate negotiators have willed on roughly $11.7 billion in automatic cuts to begin the declining path for deficits. With the equal distribution Between Domestic and military programs the Pentagon would have to trim its spending this year by roughly s5.8 billion. That Cut would come on top of another potential reduction that the department has been facing All year. Troop from Page 1 agreement to begin negotiations in the be ginning of next year on renewal of the two governments Mutual defense agreement which expires in May 1988. In those talks the two sides will adjust the . Presence in Spain to the level they judge necessary the statement said. Both sides also must be in agreement on the ability of Spanish troops to take Over . Voles before any cutback according to tuesday s communique. A senior . Military official told United press International. Us Day some . Cutbacks would be possible in 1988 in Back up positions. We re talking initially about administrative and support roles he said. But in the longer run Given the will there Are a number of combat roles the Spanish air Force and Navy could fill in a conventional War. The Senate has authorized a $302.5 Bil lion budget for the Pentagon this year but the House has backed a total of $292 Bil lion. The two have yet to resolve their differences. But because of the mechanics of the Gramm Rudman budget balancing measure the Pentagon will still face the same $5.8 billion Cut regardless of which base number is selected. The official said the $5.8 billion would be an actual Cut in outlays. The Pentagon unlike most Federal departments does not spend All the Money it u authorized annually because of the length of time it takes to produce weapons. Thus in order to actually trim spending by $5.8 billion the official Laid the depart ment s budget would have to be Cut by $15 billion to $20 billion. In any Given year for example the Navy might spend $200 million toward construction of a Trident missile submarine the official said. But to save that amount the total budget authority for the submarine or roughly $1 billion would have to be Cut from the budget. Late news Washington api the Suie finance committee wednesday unanimously approved president Reagan s nomination of Atli r. Bowen u Secretary of health and human Aelcea. If confirmed by the full Senate Bonen will succeed Margaret m. Heckler a has Secretary. Heckler is tearing the Post to become ambassador to Ireland. We d love to have Spain defending the Strait of Gibraltar and a significant portion of the Mediterranean he said. He said he did not think the United states would agree to a cutback in the key 401sl tac fighter Wing of 72 Juls stationed at Torrejon a outside Madrid. If we Send an air plane Back Home we be lost that if there s a War he said. Other major . Installations in Spain include an air  at Zaragoza and the naval base at Rota. Temperatures tax from Page 1 would slow the Economy a bit for two or three years but eventually would produce economic growth. But Many Republican leaders disagree. In a written report 11 of the 13 republicans on the ways and Means committee said the democratic Bill would decimate National capital formation incentives and complicate the taxation of . Companies doing business abroad. Democrats defended their Bill As equalizing taxation of various types of business. The tax system can reduce the efficiency of the econ omy by not taxing All business sectors similarly the committee report stated. Although Reagan s own Bill and the demo cratic plan Wokf repeal the 10 percent invest ment to credit the Republican measure would preserve a 5 percent credit for invest ment in .-Madc machinery. The Republican plan would have a lower corporate tax rate and a More generous depreciation deduction than would the democratic Bill. The rival Bills Are modelled after Reagan plan. Both would lower individual and corporate lax Rales raise personal exemptions reduce or eliminate some deduction and cred its give Moil americans tax nits and strike 6million families from the tax Rolls. The democratic plan would shift $140 billion of tax Burden from individuals to business Over five years the republicans plan would Cost businesses $101 billion. 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