European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 2, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes saturday August 2,1936 panel seeks to slash Aid for All but four countries Washington a a House committee would give Only four countries Israel Egypt Pakistan and Ireland the amount of foreign Aid next fiscal Yea sought by the Reagan administration. The tour counties would receive a Tola of $6 billion nearly half the $ 13 billion foreign Aid Bill approved by the House appropriations committee on a voice vol thursday. The Bill for the fiscal year that begins oct. 1, is Aboul si.4 billion less than this year and $2.5 billion less than the package proposed by president Reagan. Rep. David r. Obey d-wis., author of the measure said the cuts were dictated by the Gramm Rudman deficit reduction Law. Obey chairman of the appropriations foreign operations subcommittee said that James c. Miller the president s budget director had sent him a letter strongly objecting to the Bill but that he understood the Teller was withdrawn after it was pointed out that the reduction was legally required. Rep. Bob Livingston a la was the Only committee a Phoi dwon t hold water rep. Les a Coln a Orr shows off a Star wan umbrella id an unidentified woman. Ii wag being presented to timbers of Congress by the physicians for social responsibility. The group designed the umbrella which is full of Boles to dramatize what they say is the ineffectiveness or the strategic defense initiative. Member to oppose earmarking nearly half the foreign id for four countries saying surely the world is bigger than Israel Egypt Pakistan and  because the total of the Bill is limited giving the full amount to the four countries Means that less is left to be shared among about 115 other nations As Well a such programs As the peace corps refugee and famine Relief child survival . Export subsidies the world Bank and . Agencies. Obey did the Bill leaves it to the administration to decide How to apportion the Money among other recipient countries. A congressional source who asked not to be identified said he expected the Bill to be taken to the House floor before Congress begins a recess in two weeks. The measure would then be sent to the Senate and the final foreign Aid package will be worked out by negotiator from each House. The administration sought s3 billion for Israel $2.3billion for Egypt $669 million for Pakistan and $50 million for Ireland. Jazz pianist Wilson Dies by the los Angeles tines pianist Teddy Wilson whose disciplined passion demonstrated that jazz could be both elegant and exciting died thursday in new Britain conn., after making masterfully swinging music for much of this Century. He was 73 and had been ill for some time following intestinal surgery said los Angeles times jazz critic Leonard Feather. Although he Spertal most of his career As soloist or Leader of his own Small combos Wilson probably will be Best remembered for his four year stint with the Benny Goodman orchestra at the Peak of the swing Era of the 1930s. He played first in the Goodman Trio with Good anon clarinet and Gene Krupa on Drums and later with the full band. The Trio was later expanded to quartet and sextet and featured such other jazz stars As Lionel Hampton on inc vibraphone and Charley Christian on guitar. In joining Goodman Wilson disproved the notion that the american Public would not accept a Blackman playing with while musicians. Equally adept in a big band s rhythm Section or a soloist Wilson also was an outstanding accompanist to vocalists most notably Billie Holiday and Mildre Bailey. Bui he shone brightest in Small ensembles led by Goodman or himself. Jazz writer John Mcdonough once described Wil son As the ultimate chamber music  he continued to tour almost up to the Lime of his death performing with his Trio or As soloist through out the world. His most recent visit to the West coast was in 1983 when he did a series of one nigh lers in Northern California often he was accompanied by his sons Theodore jr., a bassist and Steven a drummer. Fast Lane condolences suit Detroit Detroit a a drive through funeral Home that stays open past Midnight caters to the bereaved Bui Busy in the motor City by allowing them to pay their last respects to go. They drive up sign a condolence card pull ahead tothe viewing window for a moment of silence and exit into traffic. Elapsed time 30 seconds. The concept has been in use at the Frank Given funeral Home since 1971. It s just the same us a drive in Bank said owner Frank Givens. There s a Box on the right where you drop your card in and then you View the remains an then you drive  the deceased is displayed in a casket tilled Al a 4s-Degrc? Angle toward the viewing window. Two bodies can he displayed simultaneously he said. Al s just the same As looking in a shopping win Dow he said. Givens 81, got the idea from a similar operation i Atlanta he said a group of women employees at Gen eral motors corp. And Chrysler corp. Automobile lungs heard of the Georgia service and asked him 10 consider doing the same thing. They said it would help them and they would help me Givens said. This Way they can come by after working late shifts and then go Home. They Don t Havel gel up  the drive through stays open until i a.m., he said. No special permit was required from the state lop Ovide the service he said. He simply renovated one Side of his building to accommodate drive up traffic when the service first was offered in 1971, about on body a week was displayed in the 5-foot by 10-foot win Dow. Now that the Novelty has slackened Only about 10 loi5 bodies Are displayed yearly Givens said. The drive through service is offered at no extra charge by the funeral Home. Family members of the deceased also can have visiting hours held in a Sepa rate room inside the building he said. The fast Lane condolences Are just As meaningful Asa visit inside the funeral Home Givens said those using the drive through service have their names logged in a Book next to those who go inside the Fune rat Home. Stateside cases of apples Are sued because of quirk in Law Rockford 111. Fun the . Al Boraev f at flee has tiled suit against 672 cases of apples claiming they Wen Over processed with a preservative and unfit for human consumption a spokesman said thursday. A quirk in the food drug and cosmetic act makes us sue the product not a company or person i spokesman at the attorney s office said. The cast Ibe United state i. 672 cases or evaporated apples was filed last week in Federal court i Rockford. The attorney s office discovered evaporated apples processed by Del Monte corp had been exposed tooling to a preservative the spokesman said. So we sue die apples and Wail for the company to either admit the apples Are theirs or sit and do nothing in which Case we order the apples destroyed,1 he said the apples Are sitting in Del Monte Rochdale Plant and cannot be packaged for Sale until the matter is resolved. Wreckage of Navy dirigible found on floor of Atlantic Beach Haven. . A Marine archaeologists have found the wreckage of the Navy dirigible Akron which crashed a half Century ago killing 73 men officials said thursday. The wreckage was found wednesday strewn Over about a mile on the floor of the Atlantic Ocean East of Little egg Harbor said Jim Loria expedition Leader for the National underwater and Marine Agency team. The explorers used sonar during the sin Days they searched an 8-Square-mile area for remains of the 78&fool Airship. The team includes Clive Cussler the group s founder and author of the Best Selling Book raise the titanic Lota s team plans to return this fall for exploratory dives around he wreckage. He said he is not sure if any artefacts have survived but any found will beg Ven to the Navy. Home prices fell slightly in june Trade group says Washington a existing single family Homes became slightly More affordable in june thank to a $900 drop in the median Price that offset Small increase in mortgage Rales a Trade group said thurs Day. The National association of realtors said ill monthly affordability Index increased a Fiill percentage Point 10 101.4 percent meaning that More than half the nation s families could qualify to buy a median Price Home in june. The Index said that a family with a median income of $28.625 had 101.4 percent of the income needed to qualify for a mortgage to finance 80 percent of a medi an Price Home. Lenders generally require � 20 percent Down payment before underwriting a conventional mortgage. In june the median Price of an existing single family Home was $82,300, Down $900 from the previous month. Interest rates increased from 10.15 percent inlay to 10.21 percent in june according to figures compiled by the Federal Home loan Bank Board. Hepatitis b virus finding May Spur aids vaccine Pasadena Calif. A scientists have pin pointed the part of the hepatitis b virus that infects the liver saying their discovery raises Hope for possibly developing an aids vaccine. They say it also bolsters the Chance of developing a cheaper belter hepatitis vaccine. A segment of a protein called pres on the Surfac Coaling of the hepatitis b virus was identified As the binding ate that attaches the virus to the ceh it attacks much like a plug that fits into a socket the researchers reported in Friday s Issue of the journal cell. If the scientists also can locale the binding Sites used by aids and other viruses to infect cells u might be possible to develop vaccines against such diseases said the new York blood Center and the California Institute of technology scientists