European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 21, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                D Safe will maintain readiness Donnelly says Page 2 d Weinberger chows Down with the troops Page 9 d Naples teen clinic closed by commander Page 28 the staffs and stripes authorized unofficial publication for the . Armed forces vol. 44, no. 336 Friday March 21, 1986 so Dolly Ond sunday q 8693 a House defeats Contra Aid Bill Washington a the democratic controlled House of representatives thursday voted Down president Reagan s request for $100 million in military Aid to nicaraguan rebels. The vote was 222-210, with 206 democrats and 16 republicans voting against the Aid and 164 Republican Sand 46 democrats voting for it. But the vote does not mean that Reagan s efforts to win renewed . Military Aid to the Contra rebels Are dead. To win votes away from Reagan the House democratic leaders promised a new round of votes april 15 on a rang of alternatives for aiding the contras. Key democrats have acknowledged privately that con Gress is almost certain to approve some form of Aid for the rebels fighting to overthrow Nicaragua s leftist govern ment. White House spokesman Larry Speakes said following the vote that Reagan will press again and again until this Battle is won until Freedom is Given the Chance that it deserves in Nicaragua. The american people have begun to awaken to the danger emerging on their Doorstep and one Day in the not too Distant future that awareness will come Home to the House of  the dramatic vote followed two Days of often bitter debate that ended with House speaker Thomas p. O Neill or. Saying Reagan s plan takes us further Down the Road see Contra on Page 28 up in arms a photo Amy Carter daughter of former president Jimmy car Ter holds hands with other students shortly after they were released after being arrested for protesting against the International business machines corp. Wednesday. Carter and 13 other College students in Providence r.i., were arrested on trespassing charges during an anti apartheid protest against the company s business Deal Ings in South Africa. Apaches May Fly soon Blackhawk still probed by Charlie Bowden Munich Bureau Garasich Germany the army s ah-64 Apache helicopters probably will be flying again by next week but the grounded Blackhawk Fleet will await the findings of an Accident investigation team the army s top aviator said thursday. Maj. Gen. Ellis d. Parker commander of the  army aviation Center at fort Rucker ala., said the Apache is barely a tenth of the Way through the Normal maturity Cycle for a new helicopter about 100000hours of flight time. That s when we consider a system pure so we re a Little a More cautious when we find anything that Breaks prematurely Parker said. If that same Bolt had broken on a Huey it s been in our inventory so Long we would have simply replaced that Bolt and we d still Fly the  Parker made his comments following a presentation at the 6th annual convention of the army aviation Assoc a Chirac returns As of France after 1 Paris a French president Francois Mitter arid thursday named rightist Leader Jacques Chirac 53, a prime minister of France. Chirac s appointment was announced formally by Jean Louis Bianco the president s chief of staff from the Steps of the president s Elysee Palace office after the announce ment of the formal resignation of the socialist Cabine headed by Laurent Fabius. Chirac is returning to the premiership 10 years after resigning the Post because of conflicts Over Power and policy with an ally former centrist president Valery gis card d Estwing. The members of Chirac s new government were sex Tion of America Usa eur Region. We Don t consider it a major problem he said of the Apache. Since that Bolt did break and it did t Cost us anything As a precaution we put the Fleet Down. We Hope to have the Fleet Back up if not this weekend then the Early part of next week the Apache was grounded March 12 after an army test Pilot from fort Rucker experienced flight control difficulties. He was Able to land the helicopter safely. It was the second grounding in a month for the Fleet of about 70 attack helicopters. The other grounding followed discovery of cracks in some Rotor Blades. They were blamed on an improperly designed maintenance tool an the order was lifted feb. 20. The Blackhawk Are a Little different Story Parker said. The Fleet was grounded following a crash March 11 near fort Rucker that killed an instructor Pilot and two see apaches on Page 28 prime minister 0-year absence petted to be announced by Bianco later. The Leader of the Neo gaullist rally for the Republic apr which led the Center right Victory in sunday s legislative elections Chirac accepted the new Challenge after 48 hours of difficult negotiations. He had to form a government acceptable to Mitterrand who reportedly rejected Chirac s first choices for foreign defense and Interior ministers and also evenly balanced Between the apr and the five party Union for French democracy coalition. They jointly have Only a one seat margin Over the 289 absolute majority in the National Assembly. By Brenda Hoster staff writer Heidelberg All services Embersine full support areas of Germany should see a Cost of living allowance in their end of month pay while those already drawing the extra Money will see a slight increase Mili tary officials said thursday. The decision to implement the allowance in full support areas was made by the per diem travel and transportation allow Ance committee in Washington a usar eur resource management spokesman said. A Safe spokesman said the Deci Sion also applies to the air Force. Full support areas Are military communities with unlimited commissary and Post Exchange facilities. They Are the last to receive cola which is implemented for full service areas when the Dollar Falls to 2.30marks or below. Cola recommendations Are based on a review of the average Exchange rate for the most recent seven Day period compared with the current rate of Exchange the Day the committee meets the spokesman said. The committee meets twice a month. If the average is lower by 3 percent or More than the current rate those already receiving a cola will see an  cola varies according to service Mem ers rank time in service and number of family members the Usa eur spokes Man said. For example a sergeant e-5 with four years of service and two family members will receive an additional $14.48 per month. A Captain with eight years of service and three family members will receive $25.84per month. Leave and earning statements should reflect accurate information in order to receive the proper pay the Susareu spokesman said. Sometimes the Soldier s duty assign ment is different from his unit Headquarters he said. The Soldier s place of duty should be reflected on the leave and earn Ings statement not the Headquarters he or she is assigned to. In other cases soldiers May have a change in the number of command sponsored family members which is not reflect Don the leave and earnings  cola payments for military personnel in no support areas began in october. Serv ice members in partial support areas began receiving the additional Money March 1. Personnel in other countries who have been receiving cola also will receive an increase. Payments to service members in Italy will increase 2 percent to 4 percent Belgium Denmark and Luxembourg 4 per cent Switzerland 10 percent the nether lands and the soviet Union 6 percent