European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 9, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 stars and stripes sunday february 1986divers search for shuttle satellite rocket Cape canaveral Fla. A Navy divers probed inc Ocean Bollom 16 Miles cast of challenger s launch site saturday Tor a new piece of wreckage the upper stage rocket that was to have propelled a communications satellite into stationary orbit. The 17-foot by 10-foot rocket was believed to be in one piece and was being considered a hazardous object because of is Normal Load of 27,400 pounds of solid propellant said cmdr. Arthur e Norton a Navy spokesman. The rocket would have propelled the satellite into permanent orbit 22,300 Miles above the Earth. Norton and National aeronautics and space administration officials said there was no word on recovery efforts of other underwater sonar targets which May in clude the Crew compartment and solid fuel rocket boosters of the spaceship that exploded on liftoff Jan. 28, killing the seven astronauts on Board. The preserver a Navy Rescue and Sal Vage ship capable of lifting up to 10 ions joined four Nasa vessels that Are using sonar and robot submersible to locate shuttle wreckage that has sunk to the Ocean floor. The preserver carries 22 hard hat divers who use helmets and pressure suits to operate in water up to 230 feet deep. A surface search conducted by the coast guard was called off Friday since any remaining surface debris has now been car ried Well out of the local area by winds and current a Nasa statement said. The preserver s divers include members of an explosives ordnance disposal unit. The water depth at the search site is 100 to 120 feet. The divers will be taking photos and using these with sonar images to identify whatever they May encounter said Norton. He said the upper stage rocket weighing about 32,000 pounds was spotted by sonar soundings. The 11-Day surface search conducted by coast guard Nasa air Force and Navy vessels and aircraft covered 172,500 Square Miles of the Atlantic. More than 12 tons of wreckage were recovered Nasa official said. The pieces Are being used in attempt to find the cause of the fiery explosion. Other than the Crew Cabin the most sought after piece of wreckage is the right solid fuel rocket Booster. Video and still photographs appear to show a Tongue of name spurting out from its Side and the speculation is that it ignited the liquid fuel in the external fuel tank and caused the shuttle to explode in a fireball. Budget from Page 1 court ruling by late Spring. Friday s ruling will not Block the first sh.7 billion round of spending cuts which takes effect March i. The Law bars any interference with the reductions until the supreme court has acted. Gramm Rudman Calls for a deeper Sec Ond round of cuts to take effect at he Start of inc next fiscal year oct. I if the deficit now an estimated s208 billion exceeds si44 billion. President Reagan last week submitted a budget that Calls for a deficit under $144 billion without increasing taxes. It would slash Domestic programs while increasing defense spending. His proposal has received an icy reception on Capitol Hill. The Gramm Rudmann Law Calls for across the Board cuts to be divided equally Between Domestic and military spending. Politicians from both parties along with Reagan were unanimous in their resolve to Cut spending regardless of the ruling. Reagan said the decision docs not invalidate the Law nor does it diminish the determination of this administration or the responsibility of Congress to meet the. Deficit reduction targets. Whatever the outcome we intend to go Forward with our plan to bring the Federal budget into balance by 1991," Reagan said saturday in his weekly radio address from the while House Oval office. The president reiterated that this would be done without undercutting the Progress we have made in defense without cutting social Security or essential support pro Grams and without raising your  Senate majority Leader Bob Dole of Kansas said i Don t believe this lets any body off the Hook. The politics would Dic Tate we make the hard  Senate democratic Leader Robert c. Byrd of West Virginia agreed. The pressure  such that con Gress would have to meet Thoice deficit reduction targets that Gramm Rudman envisions he said. The three judge court eliminated the Auto Matic deficit reduction feature of Gramm Rudman on the grounds that it violates constitutionally mandated separation of Powers be tween the president and Congress. The ruling on that Issue was a Victory for the Reagan administration. But the court rejected the administration s argument that individual members of Congress Lack Legal standing to Challenge the Law. The court left intact a Fallback provi Sion of Gramm Rudman that requires con Gress itself to vote yes or no annually on a spending Cut target. The panel said it is unconstitutional to Delegate the task of ordering deficit reduction to the comptroller general who Heads Congress watchdog Agency the general accounting office. The comptroller general is appointed by the president to a 15-year term and Only can be removed by Congress. While acknowledging that its ruling May hinge on a technicality the court said the Constitution consists precisely of a series of technical provisions that Are More important to Liberty than superficially  the Gramm Rudman Law is being challenged by 12 members of Congress and by the National Treasury employees Union representing retired Federal workers who have already Felt the measure s  of living increases for Federal civil Ian and military retirees were suspended last month by the Law. The court on Friday said the increase should be reinstated but it allowed them to remain on hold pending supreme court re Marcos from Page 1 me very sad for our people if the Philippines was abandoned by the United states its longtime ally because of an elec Tion that was thought to be unfair. He said . Military Bates in the Philippines Are vital to regional Security. He added that if they were eliminated his country would probably have to make some sort of modes Visendi with the other Powers in the  the United states is concerned thai Domestic turmoil in the Philippines would jeopardize the key Pacific Basin bases. Be fore the election. President Reagan indicated the United states would significantly increase military and economic Aid to the Philippines if. The elections were fair and were followed by economic political and military reforms. Without speculating on possibilities Lugar said if Marcos emerged the Winner of a seriously flawed election the repercussions Are Likely to be  in another development a helicopter carrying two of the Ober Vars was fired on but not hit while flying Over the Southern is land of Mindanao Friday one of the Mem Bers quoted us. Marines aboard As saying. But sen. John Kerry d-mass., a Vietnam War Veteran could not confirm the Craft came under fire. The other member on Board was retired adm. Robert la. Long the us. Navy s former Pacific commander. The official philippine news Agency re ported that the death toll in election related violence since dec. 6 stood at 80 in 202 incidents. Aquino told a news conference the elections had been violent and shameful in terms of fraud and  she warned that while she would not re sort to violence she would Lead daily demonstrations against Marcos should he try to snatch away her Victory. A political Novice who had spent recent years As a housewife Aquino entered poli tics after the murder or her husband and key Marcos rival Benigno Aquino. Marcos who has held Power for 20 years Bubba from Page 1 Cream and Beer. Pc so testified the last time he saw Bubba the sedated hog was sitting on the Side of a. Road watching the Warden s car drive away. Where is Bubba asked Phil a Csc Gran attorney for the thornes but Dun Ham said the agent did not have to answer until he decides whether Bubba is  game animal or a domesticated pet. Thome a Surveyer told the court How he found Bubba while on a Rattlesnake Hunt nearly 10 years ago and gave it to his two daughters to raise. We Siegrun introduced into evidence 19 photographs depicting How Bubba had be come a family member even donning a party hat to help the family celebrate Spe Cial occasions. There was Bubba sleeping with a Teddy Bear. Bubba celebrating birthdays and new year s Eye. Bubba asleep next to the Thome daughters. Assistant Texas attorney general Reed Lockhoof who represents the wardens told the judge he did not question that Bubba. Was domesticated but in View of Texas game Laws that does t mean a Hill  a Ostegren objected strenuously when Lockhoof said i have a problem with a feb. 15. Deadline for filing briefs. Well Bubba has a problem too. He s starving Westgren countered. The thornes Are demanding that wildlife agents be ordered to show exactly where they released Bubba and that the judge Issue a temporary injunction permitting them to keep Bubba. Lockhoof argued that wild game Ani Mals belong to the state of Texas there fore the thornes Are not the owners of the Javelina. Human heart replaces woman s mini Jarvik. Tucson Ariz. A a woman kept alive since monday with an artificial heart in not wll i slowly spreading Northwall throughout Iha no Gnu. Hal Tampa Paluras from in. Itans to Tow 20s, tows from Naar ? Sunset sunday sa2, Sun Lia monday 7 41. Outlook for monday Cloudy Sta Mph Snow h a afar Suhm