European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 4, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday february 4, 1686 the stars and stripes Page 5 Gramm Rudman hits old soldiers7 Home facility plans to furlough some workers to drastic spending cuts ordered by Congress Are hit Ting the nation s old soldiers Home forc ing periodic staff furloughs even though the Home operates on private funds and while the United states soldiers and airmen s Home Here has enough Money to operate at full strength its 1,000 staff workers apparently will Start periodic furloughs within a month under the new Gramm Rudman budget balancing  will continue to Roll into a Truit fund for the Home for 2,100 former sol Diers and airmen administered by the Treasury department. But the Home w Miles North of the Capitol will be barred from spending it on the military pension ers who arrive at its doors when they Haven other place to go. A spokesman for the Home who asked not to be identified said it May be Able tout into effect its contingency furlough plan without residents noticing any de crease in services. Theban Calls for employees to be furloughed a total of nine Days Over the seven months starting March 1."we re in a unique situation the spokesman said because we Don t rely on taxpayer dollars Here. But we have to abide by bomb s office of management and budget guidance and they be told us we have to comply with Gramm  Edwin l. Dale a spokesman Lor bomb said the Home is not being singled out for making Gramm Rudman  like them will be affected he said. It s a matter of interpretation of the Law that was recently resolved by the Gen eral accounting  said the question was How con Gress meant to treat spending by agencies that collect fees or have other sources of income to offset their budgets. Since such agencies Are not specifically exempt he said the decision was that Gross outlays by an Agency Are subject to sequestering under the Law. In other words spending Money above Gramm Rudman Levels is barred. Dale said numerous agencies were affected including the Panama canal com Mission which relies on toll income the . Forest service which Sells Timber and agencies such As the . Park serv ice and the securities and Exchange com Mission that collect fees. Ill Grant that not Many Are totally self financing As is the Home but that does t make any difference he said. The Home has a budget of $33 million for operations and maintenance plus $50 million for capital improvements. Under Gramm Rudman which is designed to balance the Federal budget by 1990, de sense department agencies will have to reduce their spending by 4.9 percent this year. Among sources of funds for the Home Are fines imposed on soldiers and airmen interest from the the fund and a monthly deduction from paychecks of soldiers and airmen. Residents must pay the Home 25 per cent of their retirement pay or pension. The Home estimates income this year will total about s52 million More than enough to cover the operating budget. But we be still got to take the reduction the spokesman said. And we re a very labor intensive Agency. Seventy per cent of our budget is labor costs. So that s Why we have a furlough plan sofa Sleeper rep. Richard Armey a Teu. Sits o in office Coth he met As bed after a cog told be no loom Cut the Beds Anu ume 1st the Hoan Tymu Slon. A Flat Tern Congo Nama. Armey his attempted to sate bogey by not Maliti Hilliii a second hone in Wash Fob. He normally spends two rights week i the capital turned Back at Hospital vef in wheelchair killed on Road Miami up a disabled 75-year-old Veteran stranded in Miami by a bureaucratic mix up was trying to go 160 Miles Down is. Highway 1 in a wheelchair to get Back to his key West Home when he was run Down by Acar. William a. Miller still had 149 Miles to go when a car slammed into his wheelchair and killed him Early sat urday. He was hurled 100 feet and died instantly of a broken neck paramedics  wore a military Field jacket and clutched a Blan Ket around him to keep warm. He had a Nickel and five pennies in his pocket. The Driver who has not been identified panicked and fled the scene and then called his lawyer about an hour and a half later. Attorney Joel Hitchborn said the Driver a clean Cut Young Man who does t do drugs a hard working College kid was to surrender monday to the Florida Highway patrol. It was like an apparition Hirschhorn said. A wheel chair in the Middle of the Road. He thought he was seeing things. Then he tried to swerve. It was unavoidable. He cannot talk about it without weeping. He is literally crushed Miller suffered from arthritis anaemia and kidney prob lems and his right foot had been amputated said or. Jim Lauridson assistant Dade county medical examiner. Miner was picked up by key West police last month and taken to the Monroe county social services depart ment. The department sent him to the veterans administration Hospital in Miami providing him with a one Way bus ticket. Henry Kokenzie director of veterans affairs for Monroe county said Miller did not need hospitalization. He accused social services agents of sending Miller to Miami because they feared he would be a financial Bur Den to the  Louis Latorre director of social services said state and v a social workers recommended the trip. They said have him come up to Miami we jus wanted to see if he needed hospitalization Latorre said. An administrator at the a Hospital refused to com ment. Papers found on Miller s body indicate the a Hospital referred him to the Dade county office of emergency assistance on monday because he wanted to go Back to key West. The Agency could not help him due to the amount of people ahead of him but asked him to come Back tues Day and take a number. It was not Clear where he spent the next few Days but he apparently decided to try to make it Back to key Weston his own. Church support urged for aids victims los Angeles up archbishop Roger Mahoney ended a weekend prayer Vigo for aids sufferers with a Sermon that the Catholic Church must help victims of the deadly disease instead of turning away from them., about 800 people attended the mass sunday in the Church of the blessed Sacra ment on Sunset Boulevard in the heart of Hollywood. We wow of the very sad very difficult and terrible diseases around the world es-5sa%the sense of hopelessness that sur rounds those who suffer from aids a Honey said during a 15-minute Sermon. He consoled the gatherers stressing that the chaos must minister to homosexuals regardless of its belief about their a restyle. Even in the midst of this suffering and pain we must find a reason to look up Mahoney said our ministry must be con stantly reaching out to those in  the collection during the service was donated to the aids project los Angeles Community organization helping to counsel and treat aids victims their families and friends. The ornate Spanish style Structure was the site of a weekend prayer Vigil for aids victims that was patterned after a centuries old religious response to an the outbreak of the plague a Church official said. Organizers hoped the 40-hour Vigil would symbolize Christ s love for All people the Rev. William Thorn said saturday. The particular Foch on this Devotion i for the Relief of aids he said. The Vigil began Friday night with a mass and concluded with the mass cd by Mahoney. The present custom of holding devotions in different churches throughout the course of year was first adopted by the diocese of Milan in 1537 As a response to a serious outbreak of the plague Thorn said. Incur own area aids is reaching those epidemic proportions  the Parish of the blessed sacrament encompasses a huge area of los Angeles and West Hollywood populated by More than 90,000 people. Thorn said. It u at least 20 percent homosexual. Dad blows his top Over topless daughter = m / a a a Hurt Fly Titia ran for Tai fat Numi Whf no to Norv. Inez tmopui.". 19. Whose work  Only of . And toy shorts said she ran for the restroom whens a saw her father approach saturday. Assistant manager Joe Rocco apprehended Ted Cito Pinsly 50. My father Yon know is lust very possessive Type Chio pins said. He s just a Little bit out of it when he gets angry. Some people can t control themselves when they get angry. I want to forget everything that happened. Sure i Baa a bad Day Chlopinski said saturday after be was freed on $25 Bond. The shop opened in december despite some protests by neighbors and City officials. Sands of time in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. Feb. 4, 1946 the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima caused 306,345 casualties a report released by supreme Allied Headquarters in Tokyo said. The report said 13,983 persons Are still missing and 9,428 still have serious injuries. 30 years ago today. Feb. 4,1956 trance has accepted an invitation to join the United states and Britain in talks on ways to prevent an out break of War in Palestine. ,. 20 years ago today. Feb. 4, 1966 a soviet made rocket landed on the Moon according to Moscow press reports. The Landing of Luna 9 enabled the . To set up the first direct Contact Between Earth and the Moon. 10 years ago today. Feb. 4,1976 the latest Louis Harris poll shows Ronald Reagan still gaining on president Ford for the Republican Nomi nation for president with the margin be tween them razor