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Ahmed Youcis vol. 44, no. 294 Friday february 7. 1986 it dons mov d 8693 a Congress gets Reagan program Washington up president Reagan thurs Day sent Congress a  plan of action to enact his conservative agent Home and abroad calling for no major new  new Laws to unleash business from regulatory  president also said he will ask Congress for moral and material Aid for rebels seeking to overthrow the marxist government of Nicaragua and for Aid to rebels trying to accomplish the same thing in Angola although he said details of angolan assistance will have to be worked out with  also reiterated support for a list of in enacted social goals including a constitutional amendment tallow prayer in schools tuition tax credits for parents of children in private schools and a new program to give parents education vouchers to Send their children to schools of their  also renewed his Call for legislation Banning use of Federal funds for abortion but although he did not say he favors a constitutional amendment a senior administration official said he stands by his previous support of  promised to defend vigilantly and energetically the civil rights of All americans but indicated he would eventually Amend a 21-year-old executive order on affirmative action to make sure quotas Are not used. Instead of schemes that impose arbitrary numerical requirements which really help no one and insult All who have worked hard to qualify for the jobs they seek wended to focus instead on providing True Opportunity to compete for employment in the marketplace he  said . Ability to influence events in South Africa is limited but apartheid in our View is  biggest thrust of the message Lay in a variety of ils to build a solid foundation for a decade of proposal see Congress on Page 28 . Copter downed in Lebanon Sunn moslem militiamen with weapons at the Readys Iod guard wednesday Over a downed . Helicopter near Eldon Lebanon. A Hail of militia gunfire Force the Pilot to make an emergency Landing which set the Craft afire. The three italian crewmen and three scandinavian passengers were released wednesday night. Twas the first time lebanese militiamen had shot Down a . Helicopter since the . Interim Force i Lebanon was dispatched on a peacekeeping mandate to South Lebanon in 1978. Gramm Rulfman forcing Dodds of make changes by Mary Hladk education writer the pram Rudman deficit reducing Law is cutting deeply into department of defense dependents schools forcing immediate delays cutbacks or halts to Man programs. See related Story on Page 2. School officials have cancelled summer school sus Pended teacher training programs and cancelled or delayed Many professional  transfers were eliminated but later reinstated. However officials doubt Many teachers will be Able to move to new locations for the next school year. School maintenance and repair projects have Bee suspended except in cases where children s health or safety would be affected. School improvements Suchias adding new carpeting desks or lockers also arc on  fur educational programs have been spared direct  Belt tightening started after officials in the Dodds Washington Headquarters announced hefty budget cuts for the remainder of this fiscal year which ends sept. 3d. Because of the budget balancing Law the Atlantic Region lost $7 million Germany Region s28 million Mediterranean Region $3 million Pacific re Gion $10 million and Panama Region s4 million. In addition the Reagan administration announced$2.8 million in cuts in major Dodds school construction or renovation  the school system s financial picture is unclear. Regional officials arc poised to reinstate cancelled pro Grams or kill additional projects at a moment s notice. Dodds officials in Washington have refused to Dis see Dodds on Page 28 Navy seeks of ease anxiety about terrorism by Clint Swift Washington Bureau Washington a new study of Navy member Sand their families overseas found a great Deal of anger because commanders won t provide More specific information about the terrorist threat. See related Story. Page 28. Sandra Mumford Fowler director of the Navy s Over seas duty support program said the Navy is consid ering responses at three Levels of command to help Mem Bers and their families regain a firmer sense of control Over their  said the Navy asked for the study after family support centers overseas began to experience a new Resis Tance among service members and their families to going off base to explore the countries they had been assigned  did find a unanimous concern with the threat of terrorism and a great Deal of Swiger directed at the Navy for withholding information that would be helpful Bot prior to embarking on the tour and during the time in country the study said. However with the exception of one person the re searchers did not encounter anyone about to go off the deep end emotionally the study said. Participants in the study which was finished in Jan uary said the Navy did not help them differentiate among local Radical nationalist and communist group Sand their different approaches to the . Presence in a country. Nor did the Navy describe the differences be tween local activists and those sponsored by the Palestine liberation organization Libya or Iran the respondent said. While much of this information must be classified and restricted to those with a need to know the sharing with Navy personnel and their families that positive actions Are being taken could serve to Lessen anxieties the study said. When you Don t know what you should be afraid of you get to be afraid of everything a Navy member was quoted As saying in the study. Participants said they particularly wanted information that would help with decisions about family safety transportation or whether to attend local events. The three month study by developmental research associates of Reston va., involved 141 Active duty serv ice members spouses teens and representatives of such agencies As the department of defense dependents schools child care recreation and family support Cen ters base Security and naval intelligence. The participants filled out questionnaires and took part Ingroup discussions or interviews on the Impact terrorism was having on their lives. The interviews were conducted a naval units at London Naples Italy holy Loch Scotland Nam Kari Greece and Simonella Sicily. The study did not systematically Sample Navy Mem see Navy on Page 28