European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 26, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday april 26, 1986 the stars and stripes pages Dod reports 86 savings of $2.2 billion denies charges of slush fund of offset Gramm Rudman cuts by Norman Black a military writer Washington when the defense department prepared its fiscal 1987 budget Early this year it had identified $2.2 billion in savings in this year s spending plan a spokesman said thursday. Those savings occurred despite Large reductions to the Pentagon s budget under the new Gramm Rudman balanced budget Law thanks to Low inflation and manage ment efforts to save Money added Robert Helm the Pentagon s comptroller. Robert Sims the Pentagon s chief spokesman disclosed the figure thursday. He dismissed suggestions that the defense department purposely hid the extra Money in the 1986 budget to Cushion expected cuts to the fiscal 1987 request. That is flatly not True Sims said. These amounts were clearly reflected in our fiscal 1987 budget request. There is no $2.2 billion slush fund hid Den by the department Sims said. According to Helm some_$507.8 million was saved on procurement construction and maintenance thanks in Large part to lower than expected inflation. He said $400.7 million was saved in personnel costs and $1.325 billion was saved through Sav Ings in the Cost of purchasing spare parts and performing heavy overhaul work on aircraft and ships. Sims and Helm said the department Al ready has asked Congress to approve the re programming of the $507.8 million to help pay for High priority projects during this fiscal year. The department also has informed con Gress that it will use the $400.7 million in personnel savings this year to pay for Spe Cial pay raises for various types of Hazar Dous duty Helm said. Congress authorized but never funded those raises. The remaining $1.325 billion was used in formulating the fiscal 1987 budget request now pending on Capitol Hill Helm said. That 1987 request would have been even higher without the savings he added. President Reagan has requested $320.3 billion in budget authority for military spending in fiscal 1987, compared to $286.1 billion for the current year. The administration initially requested $323 billion for military spending in fiscal 1986. Congress reduced that to $297 Bil lion then imposed an additional $11 billion in cuts under the new Gramm Rudman Law to reach the $286.1 billion total. Defense Secretary Caspar w. Weinberg or has complained repeatedly about those cuts saying they threaten the Security of the United states. The fact that savings totalling $2.2 billion were found even in the Wake of the gear no  cuts however prompted criticism on Capitol Hill. Sen. Charles e. Grassley a Iowa a member of the Senate budget committee said the Pentagon s admission would make it easier for him and his allies to fight for a fiscal 1987 ceiling of $295 million recommended by the committee. That figure was calculated on the basis of Zero growth in the Pentagon s budget next year after allowing for inflation. The squirrels in the department of de sense Are socking away billions to Cushion against budget cuts said Grassley. Sims said the fiscal 1987 request would have been even higher without the savings. He said Congress had been informed of that in february when the budget request was unveiled and that a letter summarizing the savings was provided to Congress by Wein Berger on March 3. I think any casual Reading of the letter will indicate that Praise is in order for our management and also for the Economy which has resulted in lower inflation Sims said. What you be got Here is a Case where things that were estimated to Cost a certain Price Cost less either from Good manage ment or because prices went Down. If you can Sharpen up the budget pro Cess Well enough to Tell me what the Price of Oil will be and what inflation will be then we can Sharpen up our process. I be told you primarily that it s the Good management of the Economy which has resulted in a lower inflation rate and that is where we find most of the  heroes honoured for life saving Good deeds Pittsburgh a a Farmer who rushed to help a state trooper struggling with a prisoner Over a gun was among 16 people honoured by the Carnegie hero fund commission on thursday. Maybe it s a Little different Here than other parts of the country but out Here when somebody s in trouble you give them a hand Edward f. Person said from his Home in Moultonborough . You think about the consequences later. Luckily nobody got  person and 15 others from 10 states and Canada will be honoured with a Bronze medal and $2,500 for risking their lives to save others. Of the 16, three died in their Rescue attempts. The non profit commission has honoured 6,985 americans and canadians since it was founded by industrialist Andrew Carnegie in 1904. Person 31, said he had just returned to his family s vegetable and poultry farm on aug. 14, 1984, when he saw a police car pull off the Road and heard cries for help. He rushed to the car and found trooper Kathleen m. Harte struggling with a Pris Oner in the front seat. Person leaned into the car and placed his hands Over the gun to keep it from going off. Harte Man aged to break free and both she and person fled to safety. The prisoner escaped in the police car but was tracked Down two Days later and committed suicide. It s not one of those things either one of us really care to talk about said person who rarely sees Harte unlike person d. Robert Young jr., 14, of Forest Hill la., has become close friends with a woman he helped pull from the rapids of Buffalo River near St. Joe ark., on May 26, 1985. The youth was canoeing with his family and friends when his vessel overturned. Velma Messer 37, a non swimmer was among those who went overboard. Young held Messer s head above water and struggle to pull her to Shore. His father helped him bring her to safety. They were friends before but now they re real real close his Mother Marcia Young 41, said thursday. We have a Pool and he s told her she has to come Down this summer to learn to  also recognized were Mary Elizabeth Brayboy 44, of Baton Rouge la., who prevented two co workers from being shot by an enraged employee at their office in Carville la., on March 29, 1984. Kerry e. Cochran 30, of Parkersburg w.va., who rescued a truck Driver from his burning Rig near Knightstown ind., on feb. 20, 1985. Gloria Duncan 27, of fort St. James British Columbia who saved a woman from being stabbed to death along a Rural Road near Pinchi British Columbia on May 14, 1984. Bertha Flores 30, a temporary staff worker at a Home for adolescent girls in Brawley calif., who helped two residents escape when fire engulfed the building on feb. 15, 1984. The Calexico calif., resident died while attempting to Rescue her 5-month-old son Victor from the building. The infant also died. Kurt Lee gain 18, of Seldovia Alaska who saved two boys from drowning in a Lake in Anchorage Alaska on sept. 8,1984. Samuel m. Graves sr., 60, of Fairfield ala., who died after trying to save a child from a burning Mobile Home in Brighton ala., on Jan. 5,1985. Oscar e. Harper 42, of Athens ga., who saved a 4 year old neighbor boy from being shot to death by a Man who had just gunned Down the child s Mother at their Home on sept. 7,1985. James l. Hoban Iii 33, of Bear del., who saved a Man from drowning in the Atlantic Ocean near Chincoteague va., on july 7,1985. Kenneth Levi Jackson 30, of Cape Breton Island in Nova Scotia Canada who Dove into the frigid Waters of the Georges River in Nova Scotia on april 12, 1984, to save a woman from drowning. Robert Pacheco 40, of Westport mass., who saved a Man from being struck by a falling Crane in Jersey City n.j., on Jan. 18,1984. Tomas r. Pepin 33, of new Britain conn., who died while trying to save a woman from drowning in a Stream near Matunuck r.i., on sept. 8, 1985. Both were carried by the Swift current into the Atlantic Ocean. The woman survived. Anthony t. Sena 19, of san Bernardino calif., who tried to save a woman from being stabbed to death in the convenience store where he worked in san Bernardino on april 14,1984. The woman later died. Neal t. Wholey 19, of West Hartford conn., who saved a 13-year-old girl from drowning in the Connecticut River near Rocky Hill conn., on june 28,1985. John Woodhouse 22, of Edmonton Alberta Canada who rescued a Man from a burning car in Edmonton on feb. 3,1985. Sands of time in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. April 26,1946 police in Rome theorized that the ghouls who stole Benito Mussolini s body from a grave in a Potter s Field in Milan were former members of the Black brigades that fought beside the germans in Northern Italy. 30 years ago today. April 26, 1956 Adlai Stevenson lost to favorite son rep. John Mccormack in the Massachusetts primary and took a Back seat to president Eisenhower in the Pennsylvania and Alaska races. 20 years ago today. April 26,1966 sen. Wayne Morse d-ore., said president John Kennedy told him about 10 Days before Kennedy was assassinated that he had ordered an intense review of . Policy in South Vietnam. 10 years ago today. April 26, 1976 women will continue to outnumber men in the next Quarter Cen Tury but they be got a Long Way to go before they attain educational economic and occupational Equality with the opposite sex a major census Bureau study shows. Group of Arab americans to seek hostages release Washington a a group of Arab americans is planning a nationwide petition drive aimed at gaining support for the release of the hostages in Lebanon the organization s chairman said Friday. Former sen. James Abourezk head of the american Arab anti discrimination committee said he intends to initiate the petition project at his group s Board meet ing in Detroit this weekend. We re going to try to reach As Many Arab americans As possible said Paris Bouhafa the committee s spokesman. Abourezk appearing on Abc to s today show said he does not know who is holding the american hostages. That is one thing we have to do he said. We have to find them and then go on to try to convince them that people who think like they do and people of their blood in this country Are interested in seeing the captives released he said. Abourezk said he Hopes the captors will free the hostages because it seems to me that the suffering has gone on too Long and those people Are not involved in the struggle in the Middle  they ought not to be made to suffer not their  Abourezk also said he has no information about possible retaliation against the hos tages for the . Air strike on Libya. One american hostage Peter Kilburn 61, a librarian at the american University in Beirut Lebanon was found shot to death april 17, along with two British teachers