European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 18, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse Q army reveals big changes for special forces Page 5 n getting a taste of the Middle Ages pages 14,15 Foj today s Dollar buys 2.49 Marks rates Page 27 the stars and stripes vol. 44. No. 244 wednesday. December 18. 19 8693 a Congress passes last minute Bill to keep . Government afloat Washington a Congress facing the p of pct of Federal workers being sent Home. Tuesday rushed to pass a Slop Gap Money Bill to temporarily finance most government operations while legislators tried to revive an omnibus $370 billion spending measure. On a 334-74 vote the House quickly passed the Bill keeping the government Al Foat until Midnight thursday and sent it to the Senate. Much of the Federal government opened for business penniless tuesday and con Gress plans to adjourn for the year were in shambles after the House late monday rejected the omnibus Bill which would have restored the flow of Money. White House budget director James c. Miller Iii said employees were reporting to work As usual tuesday but were being or dered to engage in an orderly shutdown of affected agencies. Miller said non essential employees would be font Home after lunch if Congress was Wui on the Way to passing an acceptable measure. He said he believed a measure would be acceptable to the president. House speaker Thomas p. O Neill or. D-mass., said tuesday the Money crunch would be temporarily cured with a Short term continuing Resolution to stretch the agencies spending authority until Midnight thursday. And Senate majority Leader Robert see Congress on Page 28 caskets net by mourners special guard Dover apr Del. A a 123-Melibr Honor guard stood Vigil at a cavernous hangar the Flag draped caskets of More victims of a military crash in Newfoundland were resumed to . Soil of of related Story Page 2. A cargo plane carrying 35 bodies landed at mid morn ing and three More planes carrying 35 bodies each were scheduled to arrive later tuesday said army capt. Ken Smith. A dc-8 chartered from Arrow air crashed thursday at Gander Newfoundland killing the Crew of eight and 248 members of the 101st airborne div who were re Luming Home alter six months of duty with the International peacekeeping i orc in the Sinai. Two shipments of 10 bodies each arrived monday. A few mourners were on hand for the Hist arrival during which an army bund played hymns and officers extended condolences in a solemn one hour ceremony in the huge hangar known As memorial i Lall. There were no speeches for later arrivals but the same band played at each subsequent half Lump ceremony and the entire Honor guard remained on duty to Salute the resuming crash victims. President Reagan and his wife Nancy attended a memorial service monday at fort Campbell by. Head quarters of the 101st airborne. The bodies arc being brought to Dover Bee base houses the largest military mortuary the will be identified autopsies will be perform bodies prepared for burial and Transfer a wishes of Pineir families base officials s in monday s ceremony army of soldiers for their service in the " their duty As soldiers took family. Their tasks were Ujj they did them superbly or racy said army Secretary Joh to. Marsh or. Our hearts our to apr. Our prayers go out to those w suffer the most Bynch a loss. We shall seek to Comfort them a their Griel army the Iver fully thank them or assuage f staff Gen. John a. Wickhamjr. Said deeply saddened that the soldiers trip see mourners on Page 28 families military officials and an Honor guard Are present As crash vict a photo bodies arme at Dover fab Del. Army air Force pm Erfurt i,621 drug sanctions san Antono Texas a eighteen months after starting an unusual appeals program the army and air Force have overturned disciplinary sanctions against 1,621 current and former service men accused of illegal drug use. The sanctions were imposed in 1982 and 1983. Spokesmen for the two services said 2,817 other appeals arc under consideration As a result of the program which was started in Junco How in line with i recommendations headed by maj. Gen. Davic that panel concluded urine to servicemen Between april 198j november 1983 were no or legally supportable purposes. C Henrion an army Pentagon the com Mission found that Tom in writ a de Al is using Mari were performed by. But the commission also con that because of the Way samples and cd and a second confirmation the results could not be defend both the atm and air Force say they in testing procedures to ensure for example that Law yers can document who handles a urine Sample every step of the Way. According to . Perdue spokesman for Brooks fab in Texas the panel also recommended several changes in Stan Dards including an increase in the amount of Trace chemicals of marijuana that must be selected in urine for a Posi see drug on Page 28
