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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 2, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 24 news owners the stars and stripes thursday october 2,1986 Senate schedules vote on overriding veto Washington up Senate Republican Leader Robert Dole wednesday said the Senate would vote thursday on whether to Back president Rea Gan s veto of a Bill calling for new sanctions against South Africa a vote republicans said Reagan will lose decisively. With his bid to kill the sanctions Bill crushed in the House of representatives Reagan named a Black ambassador to South Africa tuesday and sent Secretary of state George Shultz to Capitol Hill to seek support. But the Effort apparently had no Posi Tive effect. He has lost said one Republican senator closely involved in the conflict with the White House. Reagan has argued the sanctions arc punitive and would Hurt Black workers instead of influencing the South african government to end its racial separation policies and negotiate political rights for the Black majority. Instead Reagan offered to order limited sanctions. Labovites vote to phase out nuclear plants gradually Blackpool England up Britain s labor party wednesday voted to gradually phase out the nation s nuclear Power plants Over decades if it wins the next election. The vote was a defeat for the militants in the party in particular National Union of Minc workers presi Dent Arthur Scargill. He wanted to have the plants phased out during the life of the next five year labor government. That proposal was approved by delegates to labor s annual convention but by Jess than the two thirds majority needed to include it in the party s election platform. If labor intends to win the next general elec Tion we have to say we re going to Stop nuclear Power. And avoid the terrible consequences of chernobyl Scargill told labor delegates. Labor s annual convention possibly the last be fore the next general election also adopted platform planks pledging to apply sanctions against South Africa and to seek an end to . Terrorism against Nicaragua. Tax from Page 1 budget committees to Cut Federal deficits so that Auto Matic across the Board spending cuts would not be triggered. The language they adopted to protect Mili tary benefits requires that if Congress approves a new Benefit after sept. 9, 1986, the legislators will have to specifically exempt it or it will be taxable. The Law identifies the following As tax exempt vet Erans benefits medical disability and combat Bene fits professional education moving and storage group term life insurance and premiums for survivor and retirement Protection plans. Also mustering out payments subsistence uniform and housing allowances overseas Cost of living evacuation family separation and burial allowances death gratuities travel for consecutive overseas Tours and emergency assistance. Also family counselling defense counsel burial and death services educational assistance children s Edu cation family member dental care some temporary lodging travel to a designated place travel in lieu of moving family members student travel family Mem Ber travel for consecutive overseas Tours and travel of family members to a burial site. The conferees said they intended the list to be exhaustive but the Secretary of the Treasury could expand it if a Benefit is found that should have been included. The Benefit would have to be a Cash reimbursement excl Dable from Gross income sept. 9, 1986. The Bill includes a clause that states that military members who receive a housing allowance Are entitled to deduct mortgage interest and property taxes. The irs also had threatened that provision. The House passed the Bill last week 292-136. The Senate approved it saturday 74-23. The president has said he will sign it. Farmer Heinrich Lessle watches members of co a 249th engr combat in unload an army track of 90 Bales of Hay they transported from a farm near Karlsruhe Germany. Lessle lost Bis barn in Neckar helping in a time of need Katzenbach in a fire sept. 5 and had no Hay left to feed his livestock. But thanks to the donation by other banners and the i transport his cattle now can eat for at least a week. Germans activate unit to support . Combat troops in Case of War by Daryle. Green Kaiser Lautem Bureau we Bruecken Germany the German army wednesday activated the third of six special Reserve units dedicated to supporting the Large number of . Combat troops which would come to Germany during a conflict.  support unit 8, commonly referred to Asu commando 8, was activated Dur ing ceremonies at the German army s Nieder Auerbach Cavern. The wartime Host nation support program is something unprecedented in its kind and scope in nato said maj. Gen. Gerhard Brugman commander of the German territorial Southern come. Six . Divisions will come to Germany if need be with All their weapons and their Crews but without a sub Stantial part of their support. And the scheme is you provide combat Power we provide  the unit will be Able to recall approximately 9,000 people to support the 21st support come St signal come and 56th Field artillery come with additional Security ammunition and Petroleum Oil and Lubrica Tion handling units. A commando 8 is the first of two units that will support the 21st support come. The units were established under the .-German 1982 treaty on Host nation support during crisis or War said it col. Jack d. Hoschouer Deputy assistant chief of staff for civil military operations 21st support come limitations on the number of nato personnel stationed in Europe and the need for increased support of combat personnel in Case of War Are the reasons behind the a commandos Hoschouer said. From Page 1 military language. Alluding to the House provision he said we cannot permit the armed forces to go into hot Pursuit to arrest drug traffickers. Nor he added could the armed forces meet the House deadline of sealing . Borders against narcotics smugglers within 45 Days. Both measures authorize Money for the increased War against drugs but separate appropriations Bills would be necessary to actually spend the funds. Often Congress does not appropriate the full amount authorized. The congressional budget office said the House Bill authorizes $6.1 billion through the 1991 fiscal year and the Senate Bill $3.2 billion through the same period. The Senate measure would give the Secretary of defens Ethree months to prepare a list of actions the . Military could take to increase anti drug efforts by civilian Agen cies and specify equipment that would be used. Congressional committees would have to review the list the House Bill would give the president 30 Days to deploy military equipment and personnel to halt smugglers at the Borders and arrest them when in hot Pursuit talks from Page 1 Ter Miranda 23, and son Caleb 16, and friends and associates. J. What can 1 say Daniloff said. I m overwhelmed. Well i m awfully glad it s All Over. I never knew what was going to happen  said he was eager to get Back to being reporter and was gratified the air for a superpower Summit had been cleared. Secretary of state George p. Shultz meanwhile said Reagan had accepted Gorbachev s proposal for a two Day informal meeting beginning oct 11 because the name of the game Here is to solve  Reagan and Gorbachev Are also expected to discus the . Order that 25 soviet diplomats stationed Iii the United nations be expelled. Indeed Gerasimov said the dispute Over the order which the soviets say is illegal and could Lead to Reta filiation will be resolved at the Reykjavik Iceland meeting. The added that some of the 25 most of whom have returned to the soviet Union wont be ordered out immediately but eventually they will leave be to cause they re Here on Tours of  a i  
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