European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 19, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Inside stripes d army squeezing baloney out of regulations Page 8 q Are mandatory drug tests constitutional daily Magazine d Hamas retains middleweight championship sports Page 21 the St is and Lpes autnori1ed unofficial publication i. Ahmed Foice vol. 45. No 184 sunday october 19, 1986 d 8693 a Congress wraps up budget Washington apr the 99th Congress All but finished its work Friday night after the House and Senate agreed on an unprecedented $576 billion catch All spending Bill breaking a stalemate that had forced a partial government shutdown. The ill tempered bleary eyed legislators wrapping up two weeks past their original oct. 3 adjournment Dale also approved a sweeping rewrite of immigration Laws and agreed to a popular package aimed at com bathing illegal drugs. Although the House find Senate finished the bulk of their legislative business Friday night Congress was not formally adjourning for he year until saturday. For a time Friday the members of the House an Senate seemed like party guests who would never leave As disputes persisted Over the omnibus spending Bil needed to finance government operations and pro Grams for the fiscal year that began oct. I. James c. Miller Iii. Director of the while House office of management and budget said president Rea Gan would sign the measure. The impasse on the spending measure left the government technically without spending authority Fri Day prompting the Reagan administration to order about 500,000 Federal workers classified As non essential to go Home. No important government serv ices were interrupted however. The inability of lawmakers 10 agree on the omnibus spending Bill had been a principal obstacle to their exodus from Capitol Hill. But As the Day wore squabbles resolved themselves As lawmakers decided that they were More interested in going Home than carrying on the fight for pet projects. But there was plenty of frustration on the Way. The increasingly restive House heard rep. Part b. See Congress on Pago re Congress at a glance cuts in officer corps of Dod a Folk mud in take Meta teat Ike measure to pre old by Kenan. The room toted taken to cab0t� on 378-16 for the and Pat 6ad.f i Snitt moved Rte Brett. At1qn the saute i the Scute a. Choice on own. Provita Tor toxic waste Frauem re veto override in lems rat non feta Latina to retire the Natl my Putter Tot of Tot to Den toxic ule Davac both cd Haven cad Orenett the of in and it do n into Orr by. Water projects cflesrerafme4 to frat or Bih Star Nvart la 1970. The so a a the Treab to pc top per Forf Futon. K we a dby a 3 it us we teat to the White mini Boot later by 84-2 Seulen Lall. Washington Washington Cher of officers a dental Gram for family members and opportunities for Mill spouses Are among the personnel Issue contained in the fiscal 1987 authorization Bill for the department of defense. Expressing concern Over the fac the officer corps has grown at snore twice the rate of the total Forca a theban five years. Congress has Fred the Pentagon to reduce their Nus by 6 per cent Over the next three fam years. The plan Calls for Janof i percent or about 3.100 offi Cortor the fiscal year that began would be Fol Lowed by cutsjr7 percent in fiscal i9s8 and 3 per Ceann fiscal 1989, but the plan allows a Clary of defense Caspar Wein Buger to decide How to spread the cuts among the services a Pentagon spot Mian said it s too Early to Tell How pave cuts will be have Babcok Ai balancing officer accession Fly selective Early retirement and Sevnia ratio of officers to enlisted fill we wan to maintain in the5us he said. Provided Sis million for program Tor family member Khz program was contained i last year St bul was not funded by the . Under the Prabion have up Loti Der month taken out of their pay. In real the insurance company would pay of the Cost of routine fillings in t the Bill expands hiring prof cnut for military spouses. The military act of a s5 said spouses would receive see Ood on Page 28 kicking up their heels i pm Barcelona take to the streets to Celey Nom Kemont Imbt Spain s so cd l dry ill boat the 1992 summer olympics. Barcelona beat oat Etc other Honor i tog Spain its first experience Pic h
