European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 8, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Inside Stripe q . Spent More in Germany in 85 Page 2 q Senate panel oks Dod reorganization Page 5 n shuttle probes told of Booster problems. Page 7 the stars and stripes authorized unofficial publication for the . Armed forces vol. 44, no. 323 saturday March 8, 1986 is daily and sunday d 8693 a Reagan sending Habib for talks in Central America Washington a president Reagan Friday named diplomatic trouble shooter Philip Habib As his special envoy to Central America and urged Congress to approve $100 million for anti government rebels in Nicaragua As a Means of putting an increasing level of pressure on the country s leftist government. Reagan said Habib will travel to Al Sal Vador next week to Confer with president Jose Napoleon Duarte on Duarte s offer to hold peace talks with rebels in his country if Nicaragua s leaders hold simultaneous talks with guerrillas in their country. I have no illusions about the complexity of the issues in Central America and the difficulty of reaching a negotiated solution Habib told reporters standing alongside the presi Dent in the White House briefing room. Habib said there Are no plans now for him to meet with nicaraguan officials. The Reagan administration s plan to Aid the rebels in Nicaragua faces growing opposition in Congress. The proposal has been rejected by two House committees and endorsed by a third. Some lawmakers have argued the administration should intensify efforts toward a diplomatic solution rather than resume  shipments to the  said that there can be a Diplo Matic solution for Central America. It is the solution that will come when the Nic see Habib on Page 28 Reagan May veto deficit Cut measure Washington a the White House said Friday that so much spending has been added to Art $18.1 billion deficit reduction package adopted by the House that president Reagan May veto the Mea sure if it is passed by the Senate. The three year package of budget cuts left Over from last year s budget deliberations passed the House thursday by a 314-86 vote putting pressure on the Senate to go along with the Long stalled measure. But presidential spokesman Larry speak is who earlier had stated the administration s opposition to the package said Friday the Bill contained $4.4 billion in program expansions including development of the outer Continental shelf and increases in the superfund for pollution cleanup in Aid to industries Hurt by imports and in medi care and medicaid. This will not significantly reduce the deficit Speakes said. It s become a Christmas tree Bill rather than a Bill to reduce  Speakes said Reagan s advisers would recommend that he veto the measure if it passes the Senate in its present form. Among an array of provisions the legis lation would make permanent the 16-cent a pack Federal tax on cigarettes change the Federal welfare Law Grant an estimated $1 billion in Federal loan write offs to tobacco Farmers and funnel royalties from offshore Oil and Gas exploration to coastal states. A much larger deficit reduction package had been required by the budget Congress adopted last August but As squabbles Over the measure dragged on Over the months its savings have dwindled. The measure has been kept alive by a diverse group whose members All have something to gain. After negotiations Between the House and Senate on a Compromise broke off last week democratic leaders decided to bring a version of the Bill before the full House As part of an Effort to resolve the impasse. The House and Senate had reached an initial Compromise on the measure last de Cember but continued problems Between the two Chambers As Well As objections from the White House stalled a final agreement. The House budget committee estimated the package would save about $6.9 billion in the remainder of the fiscal year ending sept. 30 and save about $18.1 billion Over three years. However the White House office of management and budget has estimated that the savings would be less. A photo striking Twa flight attendants raise fists in protest at Lambert Airport in St. Louis. Twa flight attendants go on strike Over wages new York a trans world air lines cancelled half its flights Friday As it squared off against flight attendants who walked out rather than accept pay cuts the airline says it needs to survive. Twa cancelled half the flights from its Domestic Hub in St. Louis All service from Newark Airport in new Jersey and flights to Copenhagen Denmark Barcelona Spain Tel Aviv Israel and Athens Greece on the first Day of a strike by 5,700 members of the Independent federation of flight attendants. Drawing on 1,500 newly hired flight attendants and an equal number of ticket agents and other employees trained for Cabin duties the airline aimed to resume Normal operations within four Days said Twa chairman Carl Icahn. Half the airline s flights were suspended on Friday Icahn told a news conference in Washington and he estimated Twa would lose As much As $50 million even if it restores full service As quickly As he Hopes. Sally Mcelwreath Twa s director of corporate communications said at least some service was maintained to All Domestic destinations. Its not a Lark flight attendant Nancy Mcguire said on a picket line in Kansas City to. We feel that no matter what the elements we re fighting for our  we re going to shut this place Down Union president Victoria Frankovich said after talks collapsed Early Friday morning. We went As far As we could. Far beyond what other groups in this property were required to  Icahn said Twa sought a Federal court order in Kansas City to keep 10,000 Mem Bers of the International association of machinists on the Job including 3,500 who work at the airline s maintenance base in see Twa on Page 28 sleepy people stuck with taps til dawns Early Light Arlington a. A nightly at 11 o clock a five minute recording of taps serenades neighbors of Arlington National cemetery until one night when a stuck tape player repeated taps almost to the Light of Dawn. We be been Fielding Calls All night from people complaining said a military policeman at fort myer an  base adjacent to the cemetery. There be been too Many to  for six hours until the cemetery superintendent was summoned about 5 a.m., the solemn Bugle music pierced the night air. The sound can be heard a male away on a quiet night said an Arlington county police spokesman who like the military policeman declined to be identified r the delay in turning off the defective tape player said a cemetery spokesman it. Col John Myers was the result of a communications breakdown. Once the proper people were notified it took minutes to turn off the tape he said. In the past a bugler performed the nightly ritual live in the cemetery s Amphitheater. In recent years however it has become the function of a machine which until last night knew when to Stop. To Stop. To Stop. To Stop