European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 15, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes sunday december 15. 1985 legislators working to end differences on . Spending Bill Washington aim congressional budget  agreed i .1 defense pc Niimi  mule Tang to resolve  ind Settle differences in i mul Libil  catch jul spending Bill before adjourning for the air conferees Akon Reed on ecu subsidies for col inn ind Rice Lite i Ndu leaving Energy issues As the Only major obstacles pre in tip Lido Pipun of the budget Bill. While the  worked 1 rid ii in anticipation of beginning their Christmas recess sometime next week. President Rea Gan signed a Sio Pap Bill granting the in verment spending authority until monday a Ching. Without that measure the govern ment would have run nut of Money and ground to a hah. Administration officials tried i riday afternoon to re float tax revision legislation that had been sunk earlier in the House by a re publican Mutiny against the while House. The main Roadblock to adjournment has been inability to approve the catch All spending Bill which is necessary because Congress has been unable to agree on Sepa rate legislation appropriating Money for most government agencies. The agreement Friday night on defense issues removed a major obstacle. Conferees on the Pentagon portion of the spending measure agreed on a package giving s29k.7 billion to the Pentagon this year. The House had voted to frce7e spending at last year s $292 billion level while the sen ate passed 5302.5 billion a figure that permitted enough of an increase to cover the expected rate of inflation. The package still must be approved by the entire conference of budget negotiators next week and then be passed b each chamber. The conferees also decided to permit the army to end a 6- car Long moratorium and build new chemical weapons although they said the nerve Gas programs could Only pro Duce artillery shells. The Pentagon also u anted to build a big Cyc bomb a chemical bomb that gels its name from  guidance s Stem but he conferees did ban future tests of the air 1 orc anti satellite weapon. The Senate had voted logo ahead Wilh the program but the House wanted to Hall in. The House Posi Tion prevailed despite a  plea thurs Day from president Reagan. The conferees also voted $275 billion for stir wars research which basically split the difference Between the $2.5 billion voted by the House and the 52.9 billion passed by the Senate. A main dispute in Energy programs is the Senate passed program of $750 million for so called clean Coal technology. The program would subsidies development of new ways to Burn Coal cleanly. Administration officials originally opposed the provision which is strongly backed by Coal Rich West Virginia s sen. Robert c. Byrd. The democratic Leader. But the administration is now willing to approve some Money for the program in re turn for deep reductions in the synthetic fuels corp. Budget said legislative sources who declined to be named the House wants to rescind All but $500,000 of the corporation s a obligated funds but the Senate passed measure retains 53.6 billion. On the farm Bill conferees voted to give Cotton and Rice Farmers traditional Price support Loans Over the next five years Al slightly reduced Levels but would require them to pay Back Only part of the Loans. The attempt to revive the tax Bill which Reagan says is his major legislative priority saw Treasury Secretary James a. Baker travel to the Capitol for a Confer ence with House speaker Thomas p. O n Eill a mass. Baker and House gop Lead ers told o Neill they could produce 34 Republican votes on a second Chance vote on tax Reform. O Neill s Public response was a written statement saying he would give the tax Bill every Opportunity for passage but making it Clear that Reagan would have to round up enough support to pass it. Democrats said thursday thai 50 to 75 gop votes would be necessary to pass the Bill. Update Case of soviet Sailor Washington up a by Darlison group of senators is calling for a special panel o investigate the bungled manner in which . Officials returned a ukrainian Seaman to a soviet freighter when he jumped ship near new Orleans. The inquiry would focus on the Case of the soviet Sailor. Miroslav Medvid and the general problem of foreign Cili cons seeking political Asylum in the United states said Sens. Gordon Humphrey r-n.h., and Alan Dixon. Dell. They told a news conference a Resolution calling for a special panel to conduct the probe is backed by 53 senators 27 republicans and 26 democrats. Report on fatal jump . Tenn. A a parachutist carrying 77 pounds of cocaine around his Waist plummeted to his death three months ago be cause the drug Laden Duffel bags be came tangled in his Reserve Chute a Federal investigator says. Andrew Carter Thornton ii fell to his death sept. 11 from an Altitude of Boul 7,000 feel. Site of harassment Burns a police officer Friday guards a borne that was abandoned by a Black family after be family was harassed by while neighbors three weeks ago. A suspicious tire thursday night damaged the South West Philadelphia Home which was occupied by Charles and Marietta Bloxom and their 7 year old daughter. Reagan pushes for Aid to rebels says clique of very cruel men runs Nicaragua Washington a describing nicaraguan Leader Daniel Ortega As a dicta Tor in designer glasses president Reagan on saturday accused the sandinista of using cuban Aid and terror Isle to turn their country into a Breeding ground for  in some of inc harsh Cal language Ever directed at Nicaragua s in list government. Reagan used part of his weekly radio address to push for additional assistance to the rebels fighting the government of Managua. Nicaragua today is an imprisoned nation it is a nation condemned to unrelenting cruelly by a clique of very cruel men by a dictator in designer glasses and his com rades drunk with Power and All its brutal implications Reagan said. The president apparently was referring to reports that Onega had purchased designer Cyc car while in new York attending the United nations anniversary celebrations earlier this year. In his radio address Reagan charged inc Sandi Islas with repressive actions against roman catholics and jews in Nicaragua and Wilh trampling on human rights. The president charged that 3,000 cuban military personnel now Lead the nicaraguan armed forces and that More than 7,000 cubans soviets East germans. Bulgarians. Libyans and members of the  and other terrorist groups arc turning Managua Inlo a Breeding ground for  the Szalc department said dec. 4 that intelligence information showed that Nicaragua trained and armed As Many As 60 columbian m-19 guerrillas last year. On nov i. 35 m-19 guerrillas occupied the Palace of Justice in Bogota. Colombia. 10th tac fighter so officer Dies of collision injuries Hahn a Germany first it. Sic Phon s. Sirkin. Assigned to the 10th tac fighter so. Died Friday from injuries sustained in a head on collision with a German fuel truck Friday on Highway b-327 near . The Vlahn a and German fire depart ments and ambulances responded to the Sirkin was brought to inc air Force hos Pital Al Vlahn. Ninety five people including ii supreme court justices and All 35 guerrillas were killed during the 28-hour Scigo. Reagan said that such development caused him to believe that the forces fighting for liberation. Be Enlil cd to More effective help in their struggle for  Congress has barred . Officials from giving Aid to the nicaraguan rebels known As contras but it has authorized the government to Send $27 million in non lethal Aid this year. The Reagan administration favors renew ing military Aid to the rebels but has not made i final decision on making a formal request to Congress. Also in a last ditch Effort to breathe life Inlo the tax Reform legislation almost killed by a rebellion of House republicans Rea Gan appealed for bipartisan support for overhauling the nation s lax code. This is one time politics must be put aside on both sides of the aisle. We re on the Edge of a breakthrough that can bring personal income lax rates Down to the Low est level in Over 50  Reagan plans logo to Capitol Hill or Mon Day to help Salvage his tax Reform proposals in a meeting with House republicans