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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 4, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes sunday january 4, 1987 a photo face from the lab no it s not scene from the latest Friday the13th" movie. The gnat feh countenance is an image of a Hamu face u viewed by a magnetic ounce Lin fing Fri scanner. The Fri Fame on Hydrogen moms in water molecules andean tee through Banes. Activists assail proposed raise for . Officials Washington a consumer advocate Ralph Nader and an unlikely ally conservative activist Paul Weyrich teamed up Friday to denounce dramatic salary increase proposed by a Federal commission for 3,000 Cabinet officers members of Congress and Federal judges. They called Tor a massive outpouring of protest around the country if president Reagan includes the proposed raises when he submits his fiscal year 1988 budget proposals to Congress on monday. Nader told a news conference that such raises would be an immense congressional salary grab1 that would be obtained through a Sleazy Back door unconstitutional  a nine member Camm usion said Las month thai salaries of the nation s lop official should be increased from $88,800 to $160.000 a year for Cabinet members from 177,400 to $135,000 for members of Congress and Heads of government agencies and from $81,100 to s130,000 fur Federal trial judges the commission said the alternative to the increases estimated to Cost an additional j150 million a year would be to risk the Quality of our government s most precious asset its  but Nader said those official already Are earning More than the amount earned by 98 percent of the american people and their performance is not to Sterling As to warrant anything other than a pay Cut Weyrich who Heads the coalitions for America said that in his 20 years in Washington i be seen a lot of outrages but this one lops them All under procedures in place Tor the first Lime he Laid the raises proposed by the commission and submitted by the president do not have to be approved by con Gress but instead will become effective automatically unless both houses of Congress act within 30 Days to Vole them  Weyrich said he urged lawmakers to bring the pay raises to a vote in the House and Senate but he has been unable to find a single member willing to do so. Studies indicate possible decline in drinking binges by americans Atlanta a surveys in 11 Stales and Washington d.c., indicate a possible decline in Drunken driving and in drinking binges Federal health research ers said Friday. The surveys conducted in 1981-83 and 1985, asked respondents whether they had in the previous month driven after having too much to drink or whether they had recently had five or More drinks on one occasion. The National centers for disease control said Fri Day that while caution must be exercised in interpreting changes in behaviour based on limited surveys the findings would appear to indicate decreases i Drunken driving and Binge drinking at least among some groups in some Stales. "1 think these numbers suggest that there May be some change going on in the prevalence of Linese two types of alcohol use said or. Rob Anda a researcher with the Atlanta based cd they suggest there s a trend especially in Binge  among males Between 18 and 34 the group wit the highest prevalence of Binge drinking and Drunken driving according to the cd Washington d.c., and nine out of 11 slates reported decreases in Binge drinking Between 1982 and 1985. The largest drop was in Kentucky where 14.9 percent of the men 18-34 reported Binge drinking in 1985, compared to 36.9 percent in the previous Survey. In surveys of men aged 18-34 in nine slates and Washington five surveys found increases Between is 1-83and 1985, and five reported decreases. Patterns were evident in surveys of Drunken driving among Middle age men and Young women. And 10 sur Veys found drops in Drunken driving among males 35 54, and seven out of 10 found drops in Drunken driving among women 18-34. Patterns were even More noticeable in the surveys in 11 states and Washington on Binge drinking. De creases were reported in 10 states among males 35-54, eight states among men 55 and up 10 states among women. 18-34, nine states among women 35-54 and seven Stales among women 55 and up. In previously reported statewide totals ii of 12 states reported drops in Binge drinking and seven out of 10 reported decreases in Drunken driving. Surveys on were taken in Arizona California the District of Columbia Florida Georgia Indiana Ken Tucky North c Arolina. Tennessee and West Virginia. Montana and Ohio added surveys on Binge drinking. State Sidt police chief gets Tough on reckless Driver himself Charleston . A police chief Reuben m. Or Cinberg charged himself with careless driving and paid a s60 Fine after he ran into the Back of another car while he was an swering a Call. It s department policy he said. Just be cause you re responding to a Call does t mean anything. You be got to get there  Oreen Brj said he bumped into the Back of another car Friday As he was heading to the scene of a minor traffic Accident. He said he turned on tin Siren and flashing lights and the car in front of him pulled partially off tie Road and stopped. I turned the wheel to go around her and just did t Clear Greenburg said. He said the other car was driven by a daughter of the chief of Public safely at the Citadel Mili tary Academy. 1 St quake of new year hits Southern California Palm Springs Calif a Southern California s first ea.1hquake of the new Yea struck in the desert 17 ii Iilo Northwest if Palm Springs on thursday measuring a modest 3.6 on the Richier scale a California Institute  
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