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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 27, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page ?8 the stars and stripes Friday. June 27, 1966 m House vote blocks Navy Home port plan Washington a the House vol cd wednesday to Block the Navy s plan 1o build be ports in new York Harbor and puget sound As part of the service s plan to disperse its growing Fleet. The decision came on a 241-190 vote deleting si4d million for the two ports from a Bill appropriating s8.1 billion fora wide Range of Pentagon construction projects. The Bill also is the vehicle forthe latest fight Over Aid to anti Nicara Guan rebels. The Senate has yet to act on its ver Sion of the measure and since hat chamber has supported the Home port ing idea wednesday s House vote docs not mean the program is dead. Differences Between the House ver Sion and what he Senate eventually hews Bric is passes will have to be resolved by a con Ference committee. By a 221-209 Vole the House on wednesday night approved s100 million of mostly military Aid to rebels fighting10 overthrow the government of Nicara Gua reversing its defeat of a similar package three months ago. The House then continued debating other amendments As it worked toward final passage of the measure. But it was Home ports not rebel Aid thai stirred up most of the debate in inc Early hours of consideration. When Reagan took office one of the main goats of his military buildup was increasing the number of Navy ship from 430 to 600. The service also proposed strategic Home porting which envisioned new Potis around the country. Navy official said the existing ports were just about full and also argued that dispersing chef Leet would make the Navy lets vulnerable to a Pearl Harbor style  Navy plans to base new ships along the Gulf coast put the reconditioned world War ii battleship Missouri in san Francisco base a new aircraft car Rier at Everett wash., and House the battleship Lowi at Staten Island  for bases other than those at Staten Island and puget sound was Notin the current Bill. The House measure also include Money for creation of the army new Light  had $610 million in construction projects at fort drum n.y., which would be the site of one of the army s new Light divisions Mobile fighting units which could be airlifted to Distant hotshots. The army proposes to base two of the divisions in Alaska and at fort drum. The Bill also included $18.3 million for final construction of roads and silos for the my nuclear tipped missile at Warren fab in Wyom ing. Congress has limited to so half Ihen umber wanted by president Reagan the number of the new missiles thai can redeployed. All the my weapons Are to be based at Warren with the first 10 to be come operational later ibis year. S41 million for various projects at Lark a and Subic Bay naval base the two . Bases in the Philippines. The Pentagon had requested $72 million to upgrade facilities there. S63 million in construction for four bases for the new b-1 bombers. Panel votes to take action to impeach Federal judge Washington up the House Judic iary committee in its first such action since the watergate scandal in 1974, unanimously vote two articles of impeachment against . District judge Harry Claiborne thursday saying his lax evasion conviction is an open and shut Ca Sefor removal from the Bench. The panel voted 34-0 for articles accusing Claiborn 68, of Misbehaviour and High crimes and misdemeanours warranting impeachment for filing false lax returns in 1979 and i960. Impeachment by the House is a formal charge equivalent to an indictment and can Lead to remo Val from office after a Senate trial. If the process goes that far Claibore would become the first Federal judge forced o it the Bench in 50 years. Ireland puts divorce ban to test with referendum Dublin Ireland a Ireland put it staunchly roman Catholic tradition to the test thursday As it Voled in a referendum on scrap Ping its 49-year-old  ban on divorce. The government worried by an opinion poll predicting a 53-45 defeat for the Reform it initiated issued impassioned last minute Appeal for a yes vote. First results were expected about midday Fri Day with a final outcome Friday night. Igan plans to invite Melkum Leader to . A Calif. Not presi-1 about strains with mex Sis plans to invite presi to a meeting in the Santa Dent Reagan _ Ico and its eco Dent Miguel do la United  wednesday Sai put in the next few Days Wou Lity of a meeting in California in who arrived in Santa Barbara Wib Rief vacation it scheduled to return Nia around aug. 15. Invitation going " Bif blast from Page 1 Bassadore to Spain Samuel Haddas arrived in Madrid on an Elai flight from Tel Aviv. Perez said the bomb was hidden in a toiletry kit inside a suitcase and exploded near Al Al s Security checkpoint before the bag was checked in for the  said a Man holding a Spanish passport was arrested at the scene and was being held for question ing. He did not identify the Man but police said be was of Arab  said a passenger appealed Loel Ai staff to be acting suspiciously when a Security agent opened in passenger s bag smoke began spewing out and the bomb pm  
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