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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 22, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday january 22. 19b7 the stars and stripes Page 7 Puppy helps lost toddler keep warm la Crosse vis. Al a Barefoot toddler who wandered into the Woods from the family farm in weather just above Freez ing was found alive two hours later cuddled up beneath his la Brador retriever Puppy. Joe Lollman 2. Suffered cuts on his face and had numb feet but was not seriously injured As a re sult of his adventure monday la Cross county sheriffs dispatcher Alan Tiedt said. Stores of searchers had joined the Hunt for the missing boy. The son of Douglas and Susan stall Man after he wandered away from his Mother while she was doing chores near the Bam he was found about a mile South of the main buildings on the farm near the town of Washington. Coco the wonder Dois was Lay ing on the boy keeping him warm and did not move until he boy was picked up tied said. After he Call went to police about 150 people joined the search through the Cornfields and Woods. A sheriffs department tracking dog picked up the boy s scent. Tomahawks pass test Navy says fort Walton Beach. Fia. A three unarmed Tomahawk cruise missiles were tested successfully this week Over the Gulf of Mexico Florida and Alabama the Navy said tuesday. All three 18-foot missiles were launched from moving vessels in the Gulf flew about 700 Miles and landed by Parachute in the Eglin fab test Range said Bob Hulsapple a spokesman for the Navy s cruise missiles project. Each missile carried a Dummy War head he said but was capable of delivering a nuclear  the tests the missiles used tar rain contour following radar. The radar system compares a scenes of known maps to the missile s actual location and adjusts the missile s course to match the maps. Since dec a 1985, the Navy has tested seven tomahawks at Eglin in Florida s Panhandle Holsapple said. On monday two missiles were launched from a moving surface ship and from a submerged submarine he said. On tuesday the third missile was launched from a submerged submarine. The missiles Cost about ,3 million each. They can carry weapons from a 1,000 Pound conventional warhead to a Small nuclear payload. Astronauts to get chutes Way to bail out of shuttle shuttle debris storage debris from he Jan. 28,1986, challenger disaster is lowered into an unused min Tucman silo at Cape canaveral fla., where it ill be permanently entombed. Washington up in a major change prompted by the challenger disaster Nasa has decided to give Astro nauts parachutes and a Way Lormil out of n disabled space shuttle to avoid a potentially fatal ditching at sea. The escape system would not work however for a launch failure like the on that doomed challenger and killed its seven Crew members on Jan. 28, 1986. Rear adm. Richard truly the associate administrator for space flight for the National aeronautics and space Admi Nis ration. Announced tuesday that the three remaining shuttles will be modified so their Cabin hatches can be Jetti soned by explosives in an emergency. Truly a former shuttle commander and Navy test Pilot said every Effort would be made to provide a bailout Hatch for the next flight scheduled for feb. Is 1988, in the discovery but that there May not be time. He also noted thai he and other official have not yet decided whether to provide astronauts with Liny rockets hat would pull them away from a disabled ship. Astronauts fear that if they just jump out of a shuttle the 200-Mph-plus wind Speed might carry them into the Wing or a rear control rocket pod. One of the problems with simply jumping oui the Hatch right now is you re probably going to run into the Wing or the oms Orbital mane vering system pods said astronaut Bryan o Connor in a recent interview. He was the astronaut representative in a Nasa study of Crew escape possibilities. However engineers Are concerned that such rockets mtg i create More hazards than benefits. Astronaut Richard Covey who is As signed to the 1988 Mission said last week that he and his colleagues place a very High priority on a bailout system. The other members of the Crew Are Frederick Hauck George Nelson John lounge and David Hilmers. Lawsuit filed to Block pay increases scheduled for members of Congress washing run fill two a this in Hurt Hnnry Ai Narrai no Lii enl Rii a in t77 4 11 Washingto a o new Hampshire lawmakers and the National taxpayers Union filed suit tuesday in an attempt to Block a $12,100 congressional pay raise scheduled to take effect feb. 5. The lawsuit would also jeopardize Large raises proposed for thousands of other High ran King government officials. At Issue is a 1985 Law that allows con Gressional salary increases to Lake effect automatically unless rejected by both houses of Congress disapproval is unlikely said sen. Gordon Humphrey and rep. Robert Smith both republicans from new Hampshire. Thi is a Back door Way of raising the pay of members of Congress Humphrey told a news conference. The hypocrisy of accepting a 15 percent pay raise while calling for spending cuts Speaks for  to take a pay raise without a vote is wrong said Smith. If the 15.6 percent increase recommended by president Reagan takes effect As scheduled the pay of senators and representatives would increase to �89,500 a year. Lawmakers already received a $2,300 Cost of Livin adjustment at the first of the year bringing their salaries to 177,400. The suit filed in . District court Here says the 1985 Law violates the Sepa ration of Powers by giving the president too much Power. If the Congress thinks they deserve a pay raise Fine let them come out on the floor and vote on it said James David son chairman of the 150,000-Membcr National taxpayers Union. The suit would also Block proposed salary increases for 11,000 other govern ment officials ranging from 2.6 percent for supreme court justices to 13 percent for Cabinet officers. Irs lifts claims against 3 children s Bank accounts Portland Ore. A the internal Revenue service tuesday lifted claims against the savings accounts of three children whose parents owe $4,500 in Back taxes. Irs spokesman Dale Potts said the claims had been filed against the children s accounts which total is 73, because they were held in Trust under their Mother s name and social Security number. Each Day we file thousands of levies mostly by mail polls said. The levies Tell the Bank to freeze any account for a 10-Day period then Send sufficient assets to satisfy the tax liability to the  the children s parents Debra and Michael Hulse were notified by their Bank Friday that irs liens had been filed against heir accounts and their children s accounts they telephoned the irs on tuesday to rectify the p Ablam. Mrs. Hulse said her 2-year-old daughter Chelsea had $40 in birthday gifts in her account her son Rick 14, had $120 in savings from jelling sheep he raised As a4-h project and her son Russell 17, had $13 left in his account after buying a car and paying for repairs. The couple lost their 1,200-Acrc farm in Dufur. About 80 Miles cast of Portland in 1984 and subsequently sold off farm equipment to pay debts. The irs declared that the proceeds of the Sale was income and sent them a s10.000 lax Hill of which $4,500 remains unpaid. Mrs. Hulse said she and her husband have borrowed enough Money to pay the remaining taxes. Last week the irs told 10-year-old Shannon bums of san Jose calif., that she could keep her $694 life savings. Tax collectors had threatened to seize the account which the girl accumulated Over two years by collecting aluminium cans doing chores and banking gifts to help cover $ 1,170 her father owed in taxes. Her father an unemployed Carpenter had to prove to the irs that he had not put the Money into her account to hide it from collectors. We re not interested in penalizing children said irs spokesman Chip Maurer. Bui a lot of people with collection problems try to hide their assets in their children s   
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