European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 14, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Inside stripes g army to keep control of Patriot in Europe Page 3 q surveillance drone gets go ahead Page 5 n German opinion of . High study shows Page 9 the Sims and stripes authorized unofficial publication for the . Ahmed forces vol. 44, no. 301 Friday february 14, 1986 in Doii and d 8693 a Weinberger asks to shut Down 3 military bases by Norman Blackcap military writer Washington defense Secretary Caspar a Weinberger challenged con Gress on wednesday to prove its willingness to save Money by authorizing him to shut Down unneeded military bases with just two months notice. He selected As starting Points three facilities in Massachusetts Pennsylvania and Colorado in the Home districts of prominent House democrats who have criticized Reagan administration military spending increases. Weinberger in a letter to sen. Barry Goldwater r-ariz., chairman of the sen ate armed services committee added he was prepared to demonstrate How the authority would be used by shutting Down the facilities within 45 to 60 Days if con Gress would provide the needed $300 Mil lion in expense Money. Targeted for closing were a Large Sec Tion of Lowry fab in Denver the army materials technology Laboratory in Watertown mass. And the Philadelphia naval Hospital. Sen. Gary Hart d-colo., a member of the Senate armed services committee noted quickly that the facilities Are in the House districts of three frequent Pentagon critics House speaker Thomas a o Neill jr., d mass. Rep. William Gray d-pa., chairman of the House budget committee and rep. Patricia Schroeder d-colo., a member of the House armed services committee. Rats who imbibe tend to survive new study says Chicago Dpi Beer drink ing rats developed less cancer than rats drinking Only tap water a University of Illinois study showed. The study found Laboratory rats Given commercially available Beer had about 50 percent fewer cancer Ous tutors of the Colon and Gastro intestinal tract than rats drinking tap water the University said in a news release. It would be a great leap in Faith to say Beer decreases the cancer risk or protects a person from cancer because rats Are physiologically different from humans said or. Richard l. Nelson who designed the study. About one in 20 americans devel Ops Colon cancer he said. We Don t know Why Beer drink ing rodents developed fewer tutors. Follow up studies must be done Nelson said. Human studies several years ago see Beer on Page 28 Secretary Weinberger is trying to put his most effective critics on the defensive said Hart. It won t work. Anyone who has passed an eighth Grade civics class knows the Secretary is making a statement not about the budget but about politics. Clearly Secretary Weinberger is not interested in cutting the defense budget Hart added. He seems to be playing a game of  Security and not National  said Gray spokesman William Epstein chairman Gray thinks they re playing politics with the budget. He finds it far More than coincidence that out of the More than 1,100 military bases we have Secretary Weinberger can find Only three to close and they just happen to be in Philadelphia Massachusetts and Colora do. We re not going to stand for  Andrea Camp Schroeder s press Secre tary said the congresswoman was suspicious of Weinberger s motives. She quoted Schroeder As saying it was t motivated by politics it looks like it was motivated by stupidity. They Are not really closing the base but just Transfer ring its functions to other facilities and paying $200 million to do so. Only Cap Weinberger could come up with a plan to spend Money instead of save  an aide said o Neill could not be reached for comment. Pentagon spokesman Robert b. Sims see bases on Page 28 hearts for Liberty Sis photo by Tracy biker miss Liberty otherwise known is teacher Roxanne Sully provides advice to Kathy Woolen left and Sonji Squyres As they make Valentines to Bene fit the real statue of Liberty. See Story on Page 3. Drug use by gis has dropped sharply since 1980, study says by Chuck Vinc Washington Bureau Washington the number of service members who use drugs has declined from 36 percent in 1980 to 13 per cent last year according to a preliminary defense department Survey on drug and alcohol use in the military. The Survey showed that marijuana use was highest among the lower enlisted grades with 19 percent of the personnel in grades Al through e-3 reporting they had used marijuana within the past year. Three percent of those surveyed reported some degree of lost productivity at work because of drug use compared to 10 percent in 1980. Twelve percent of the personnel surveyed considered themselves heavy  heavy drinking was defined in the sur vey As having five or More alcoholic drinks per occasion at least once a week. Some degree of lost productivity due to alcohol was reported by 27 percent of the respondents compared with 34 percent in a defense department health affairs spokesman said the Sharp drop in drug use is due primarily to the mandatory urinalysis testing by Dod. There Are other reasons such As in creased random searches by military police and dog teams and local education programs about drug abuse but it s Pri Marily the f Access of the urine tests that is the reason or the decline the spokesman said. The statistics showed that women were three times More Likely to use drugs than drink heavily. Four percent of the females surveyed fell into the heavy Drinker category while12 percent admitted using drugs. Single service members were 2 i times More Likely to be heavy drinkers than mar ried service members accompanied by a spouse. Singles were almost three times As Likely to use drugs As their married counterparts. The Marine corps had the highest number of heavy drinkers with 15 per cent while the army had the highest number of drug users with 17 percent. The air Force generally had the lowest figures among the services with 8 percent falling under the heavy Drinker category and 7 percent using drugs. This is the third Survey in a series that began in 1980. The defense department has hired a civilian firm to do the Anonymous surveys. Military officials never see the individual Survey sheets. We Don t Deal with the names the health department spokesman said. We just Deal with the total aggregate  this year about 20,000 military personnel worldwide took part. Officials said the final results of the 1985 Survey would not be available until the end of March