European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 25, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes Friday april 25, 1986 Deaver still has Access of Reagan schedule Washington a the White House con firmed thursday that lobbyist Michael k. Deaver a former presidential aide receives a copy of president Reagan s detailed schedule every Day. Peter h. Roussel a White House spokesman said the schedule provided to Deaver contains no confidential information and is the same schedule distributed to the White House staff. Deaver is not the Only non government official with Access to the schedule Roussel said. It s made Avail Able to some others on the outside he said adding that parts of the schedule also Are handed out to the news Media. Roussel made his comments after the Washington times in a Story in thursday s editions quoted unnamed White House sources As saying Deaver s Driver makes a daily run to pick up copies of Reagan s sched ule. The schedule is much More than a skeletal outline the sources told the times. It shows with whom Reagan meets the subject matter where he will be the time he spends in his residence and other matters the newspaper said. Only a handful of people in the White House itself have this schedule the times quoted one official As saying. It s supposed to be very confidential and very closely  Deaver receives the schedule from Frederick j. Ryan jr., director of presidential appointments and scheduling the newspaper report said. Ryan s office referred All Calls to the White House press office. Deaver s office said he was not in and the staff member assigned to handle questions was unavailable. Deaver who was Deputy chief of staff in the White House and is a Long time Friend of the reagans was Ryan s Boss until he left to set up his own consulting firm last May. In another matter the Washington Post reported thursday that Deaver met with a top aide of Canadian prime minister Brian Mulroney in february 1985 to discuss appointing envoys on acid rain at an upcoming Summit Between Mulroney and Reagan. Among the clients of Deaver s firm is the government of Canada which signed a $105,000 annual contract for the company s representation on issues including acid rain. Under Law former Federal officials cannot lobby on issues in which they were personally involved while in government. According to the Post which cited informed sources Deaver met with Mulroney aide Fred Doucet on feb. 28, 1985. Reagan met with Mulroney in Quebec City on March 17 and 18 that year a session that ended with the two countries saying they would appoint special envoys to discuss acid rain. Deaver was also at an oct. 25 meeting in new York with the two envoys former department of transportation Secretary Drew Lewis and former Ontario Premier William g. Davis the Post said. Deaver has said he was involved in the acid rain Issue As a part of his White House duties and has denied any wrongdoing. He has said he has not talked to administration officials about acid rain since leaving the White House. Canada which believes that much of the pollution that causes acid rain originates in the United states has Long pressed for . Action to reduce Industrial emis Sions. Following a request by rep. John Dingell d-mich., chairman of the House Energy and Commerce commit tee the general accounting office is examining Deaver s role in the meetings. Gao is the investigative Arm of Congress. In addition the office of government ethics is in Quiring into Deaver s lobbying practice. Asked at an april 9 news conference about the criticisms of Deaver Reagan said Mike has never put the Arm on me or sought anything or any  he said Deaver is being attacked because he s so successful and deservedly  mismanagement Cut Nasa safety funds paper says new York a Nasa reduced spending on shuttle safety tests before the challenger exploded because it was suffer ing from budget problems linked to allegedly faulty management practices the new York times reported thursday. The times said its findings emerged from More than 500 audits obtained through the Freedom of information act which were conducted by the space Agency s own office of inspector general the general accounting office and the Penta gon s defense contract audit Agency. It said Nasa Cut or delayed $500 Mil lion in spending on safety testing design and development from the time the shuttle program began to Jan. 28, when the Chal Lenger exploded. At about the same time it said govern ment inspectors repeatedly warned the National aeronautics and space administration that it was wasting Large sums of Money through faulty management. This waste More than $3.5 billion in All in turn helped create budget problems that resulted in the cuts the times said. On the lbs morning news thursday sen. Ernest Hollings d-s.c., and sen. Jake Garnr Utah chairman of the sen ate appropriations subcommittee which funds Nasa called for a More balanced View by the Media of Nasa s problems. Garn called constant reports on Nasa s financial troubles a feeding frenzy by  Nasa employees in thousands of civil service workers per fiscal year 40 1959 60 65 projection Chicago Tribune Chart source National aeronautics and space administration 85 86 it is obvious there is some waste in Nasa said Garn who flew on the shuttle last year. There is in every government Agency. Look at the incredible spinoffs in health and safety and medications and navigation and communications. Let s have a balanced View of what Nasa has  what we really do is look at the attitudes and approach of the policy itself said Hollings. No. 1 in priority is not Cost overruns but responsibility under runs. What you have and that s most disturbing to me is an Atti tude that nothing went wrong. That whatever we did we d do it Over again. This was a preventable Accident he said of the challenger explosion. We be got to change that attitude Over  he added and look at the Congress. We projected a balanced budget for 1984 and we re $200 billion gone there so Don t worry about that $3 billion  Nasa officials contended in interviews that the alleged mismanagement was administrative not technical and insisted it did not result in safety compromises. The Agency issued a statement wednes Day saying some of the problems cited in the audits Are related to activities several years ago and have been  among the times findings on the challenger faulty welds were done and then concealed through falsified a rays by a subcontractor to avoid the Cost of repair. After a reduction in its inspector ranks the Johnson space Center in direct charge of the shuttle flights that were to begin a year later was failing to detect equipment flaws so critical that they could cause loss of life or destruction of the space ship. Nasa misled Congress about costs and schedules for the shuttle and other pro Grams withheld critical documents and Vio lated Federal codes in thousands of in stances. Nasa violated Federal policy by spending billions of dollars on shuttle equip ment that had not been thoroughly tested. By 1976, the shuttle had become a higher risk program in terms of economics and performance than initially conceived the general accounting office said. Alabama to suspend sales of French wines As protest Montgomery Ala. A state owned liquor stores will suspend sales of French wines and champagnes to protest France s refusal to let . Planes use its airspace during the Libya raid a state offi Cial said. The 152 state owned stores will sell out what s in Stock but we re not purchasing any More including what s on order said Henry Gray director of the alcoholic beverage control Board after the Board vote wednesday. We Haven t even talked about How Long it will be yet he said. We be just sus Pended it  the state s liquor stores normally sell about 200 cases of French wines and Cham pagne a month Gray said. Wednesday s action does not affect wine sales at privately owned stores in Alabama. Board member Joe Smitherman who is mayor of Selma said he made the motion because France refused to allow . Al 11 bombers to Fly Over France from bases in great Britain during the april 15 strike on Libya a decision that forced the bombers to go 1,200 Miles out of their Way. Our country came to the Aid of France in world War i and world War ii and it is inconceivable to us that France refused to allow our air planes to Fly Over their country in our Battle against International terror ism the Resolution said. Couple vows to love cherish and lose 200 pounds each Long Beach Calif. A a woman who tipped the scale at 352 pounds and a Man who weighed 341 when they entered a Hospital weight loss program found love in addition to hav ing their stomachs stapled. Darelene Hogan and Jim Hill who each Are on their Way to their goal of losing 200 pounds married aboard the Queen Mary. Now we can do things together mrs. Hill said. I know that when we lose More pounds we can cheer each other on. Now we can go through life stapled  the 30-year-old woman is Down to 257 pounds while her 32-year-old Hus band was 236. They met last summer in the Summit Lite life program at Whittier Hospital medical Center during the six weeks before surgery and had their first Date after their operations. The courtship continued until february when Hill popped the question. I always wanted to meet someone who would love me the Way i am and not the Way they wanted me to be the Bride said. This program brought us  the newlyweds spent the night aboard the Queen Mary which now is a hotel and restaurant before leaving for a hawaiian honeymoon