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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 18, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 26 the stars and stripes saturday. October 18,1966 House oks drug counteroffensive Washington up the House nimbly skirting the volatile death penalty Issue overcame a stalemate and passed a $1.7 billion Ami drug Hill Friday Send ing ii to the Senate. I say Lei the word go Forth from this Congress 10 the drug traffickers and Kingpins of the drug underworld be Ware the counteroffensive has begun said rep. Jamie Quillen r-tenn., shortly before the vote. The House Vole actually sent to the Senate two different versions of the elec Tion year Ami drug Bill. One includes the death Penally for those convicted of some drug related murders and the other docs not. The american people backed with Tough new penalties and powerful new tools provided by a United Congress Are coming after you Quillen said. We in tend to Block you at every turn and Pul you to night. We intend to defeat you and we will Sec this War against drugs through to the finish and we will  the omnibus Bill written in response to recent Public opinion polls showing concern about drug abuse among Ameri cans authorizes jf.7 billion for expanded efforts at enforcement interdiction treatment prevention and education programs. With two versions the Senate can choose which to debate although Senate Republican Leader Bob Dole of Kansas is certain to bring up the one without the death Penally to avoid a threatened filibuster by death penalty opponents. The very unusual procedure As House majority Leader Jim Wright of Texas described the Compromise was necessary to appease House death penalty support who had insisted the House hold firm in its prior support for the death penalty. Members Are Given an Opportunity to maintain Fidelity with their convictions. Wright said of the Odd arrangement. It was creative  sen. Carl Levin d-mich., a death pen ally foe said the awkward House proce Dure gave the chamber a Chance to shoot two bullets out of one  Levin and others noted the Senate Compromise wednesday to replace the death penalty with mandatory lift prison without parole was removed front the legislation. There was a technical problem who the wording he explained Wright Laid after a leadership meeting thursday that the House agreed to Thi Senate position on reducing funds fit some anti drug programs while seat negotiators accepted the stronger hot language on Money laundering. He said the Senate Abo agreed House provisions allowing coast aftan personnel on Navy ships. The got guard has the Power to arrest it drug smugglers aboard any ships by the Navy but Navy personnel arrest Powers. House attempt to give military arrest Powers for drug Taw comment purposes were excluded the final  rescued p/7of downed in Lebanon radio says Jerusalem up an israeli helicopter swooped Down Over Lebanon rescued a Pilot whose warplane was shot Down by Arab guerrillas and flew him to safely As he dangled from the chopper s Landing skids Israel radio said Friday. In what the military called a Quick and daring operation thursday night the  cobra helicopter slopped briefly on the lebanese coast so the air Man could be lied securely to the skids then skimmed South Over the Mediterranean sea on a 30-minute flight Back to Israel. The dramatic account of the Rescue came a Day after the Pilot and a fellow flier were shot Down during a raid on a palestinian refugee Camp near the Leb anese port of Sidon. There were conflicting reports from Lebanon on the Fate of the missing israeli airman a navigator. Some reports thursday indicated the navigator was already dead As he floated to Earth in a Parachute. But in Sidon Friday a spokesman for anal the main shiite moslem militia in Lebanon said the airman was captured alive in an Olive Grove and held by amal gunmen. Israeli military jets and helicopters searched throughout the Day for the missing airman As israeli gunboats patrolled up and Down the lebanese coast line Israel radio reported. The air raid on the Liyeh Liyeh Refu gee Camp thursday afternoon Israel s 13th in Lebanon this year apparently was in reprisal for a grenade attack that killed one person and wounded 69 wednesday night just outside Jerusa Lem s walled old City. At least four people were reported killed in the airstrike. The invading israeli warplanes flew into a Hail of anti aircraft fire and one  phantom f-4e Jet was hit by a shoulder fired soviet made Sa-7 rocket forcing its two fliers to Parachute out of the stricken aircraft according to re ports from Lebanon. The Jet crashed in a Ball of flame near the guerrilla targets in Liyeh Liyeh is Rael radio said. Israel radio said both downed fliers were wearing electronic Horning device the Pilot who was not identified nuni aged to hide in the Nigger terrain East of Sidon until the two Man f helicopter located him just after i fall. As israeli helicopter gunships changed fire with gunmen to around the perimeter of the zone the two Man cobra swooped i Over the Bill for the Rescue the i said. The Pilot grabbed onto skids and apparently Clu the Aid of a harness As soared up and then clattered about Miles to the coast where it landed i one of two crewmen quickly lashed tightly onto the skids. Bill from Page 1 changed to include jobs in the grades of os-4 and above. Here arc some of the other personnel and compensation items in the Bill jury duty the Bill exempts Mil itary personnel from jury duty in states the District of Columbia puerto Rico and All . Territories including Guam if it interferes with their military duties or adversely affects unit readiness. Pcs moves the Pentagon must draw up procedures to schedule Perma nent change of nation moves for person Nel with school age children so that the moves Don t interfere with school sched Ules. Family separation allow Ance personnel who make Perma nent change of station moves to com Mand sponsored assignments but elect not to bring their families Are no longer entitled to family separation allowance. Foreign language pay personnel certified As proficient in a foreign language identified As necessary for National defense can receive up to 100 a month. Personnel can get the pay if they Are qualified in or assigned to a military skill requiring the language. They can also get the pay if it s determined that Dod May have a critical need at some future time for the language in which they re proficient household goods if serv plan from Page 1 the Money crisis. It seems to me that rather than Clos Down the government it would be Hoove the president to slay Here in Washington and Call off his trip to North Dakota and Call in sen. Dole and the leaders of the other body Wright said. Reagan himself was put on the political hustings Friday campaigning in North a Kola for incumbent sen. Mark Andrews who is in a Lough ran for reflection. The $376 billion spending Bill cover ing virtually the entire government s operations for the fiscal year ending sept. 30, 1987, was passed by the House wednesday night. Reagan endorsed the Bill though he took exception to a couple of House amendments the Senate was fighting to remove. White the Senate ratified the Basic package on thursday it was held Short of final enactment primarily by Sens. Al Fonse d Amato r-n.y., and Daniel p. Moynihan d-n.y., who filibustered to save an air Force contract for Fairchild Republic co. Fairchild was seeking to build t-46a Trainer jets. However sen. Barry Gold Waitr r-ariz., and other opponents said the air Force did t want the plane and they stood firm. Senators finally settled the Trainer Issue by adopting Compromise language permit Ting Fairchild to use some suspended 1986 Money to prepare for a future Fly of com petition that will decide which Trainer the air Force ultimately buys. Though i am not enthusiastic. I certainly at least gives us an Opportunity to compete in a Fly off that i believe will demonstrate that the t-46 is the answer for our training said d Avalo who 13 Banks will lend $6 billion to Mexico new York a thirteen private Banks have agreed to lend Mexico 16billion to Complete a $12 billion eco nomic Rescue package the Loans announced thursday had been agreed on in principle sept. 30 by the Bankers and Mexico whose foreign debt is projected to reach $103 billion by year s  Loans will complement $6 billion in new Aid arranged with the International monetary fund the world Bank and other International agencies and industrialized governments. Under the agreement $43.7 billion of previously restructured debt will be pay Able Over 20 years with seven years of Grace. Conceded he would have been Able to get Only eight to ten votes if the matter had come to a floor Vole. Two other major financial Bills also were awaiting final action but agreements Robeen reached and Speed passage was expected possibly As a single  r House passed by a Vole of 30s 70, a Compromise $11.7 billion deficit reduction measure that included the Sal of the Conrail freight Railroad and other assets increased income lax enforcement and a variety of new fee for government services. The Bill sent to the Senate was companion to the giant fiscal 1987 spending authorization. It was designed to help meet the it 34 billion deficit limit in the Gramm Rud Roan budget Balanc i Glaw the deficit measure also promised to put of until next year a Fig i Over whether to restore automatic spending cuts Loire Gram a Rudman statute. New Gwinm rudins language bad been attached to a Bill to increase the National debt an action needed to give he Treasury enough borrowing authority to meet Iti obligations. But rather Man launch into a major new Battle with Congress Hying to adjourn lawmakers agreed to authorize Only enough new debt to carry the trea sury unto May that would give Gramm Rudlun proponents another Opportunity to push their amendment ice members household Good or hold baggage shipments exceed their Wecht allowance they can now elect to have 114 costs for non temporary storage of the excess weight automatically taken out of their paychecks. Another provision authorizes a return shipment of household Good and hold baggage for service number whose Ami lies were scheduled to accompany them overseas but were unable to do to if that inability was unexpected and Unco Trot Able. The same provision coven Atup ment of privately owned vehicles. Turks put Ece Vit on trial again for politicking Ankara Turkey a Edu Premier Bulent Ece Vit went on toil i Day on chaise of participating a politics by addressing a Campita i ing of the democratic left party iia led by his wife. The prosecution charged that 1defied a ban on participating in politics when he attended dad meeting of the party on sept l. Fone hour after he was acquitted in. I Ante trial on similar  and 100 other former figures cannot join Lead or be with political parties or run for elective  
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