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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Sunday, February 1, 1987

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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 1, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday february 1.1987 the stars and stripes beware of  travellers in Medrand South Africa pm one of Many Road signs bearing he framing of Boll re Ligaj Wen erect prot the a retd Ornis of the threatened he Geld Senate comm tree rejects proposal to shift fun Tor Federal Paw Ike Washington Reagan ministration plans to shift million dollars around the budget to cover Jer Al workers pay raises were attach on two fronts from the Senan Keppro privations committee and Fri Folkne chief of the american  govern ment employees. The appropriation by Milter on thursday rejected if administration plan to move $28.sjpjlign from the agriculture Dupar trifle j emergency food program to copy part of the 3 percent Federal pay sen. Our fun Bur Dilc d-n.d., said the adj nation s proposal would affect Sterc Cal of the food program s  year and Means that the going to have to eliminate the elderly and marginal income families depend on this program to supplement their diets Burdick said. The damage caused by the proposal would be compounded because the commodities used Are in surplus and i they Are not donated to this program they will be left to sit in storage go unused incur storage costs for the government and May get discarded in the end Burdick said. Meanwhile Kenneth t. Blaylock president of the american federation of government employees criticized presi Dent Reagan s proposal to divert $258 million from other programs to pay for the raises which Federal workers received earlier this month. The administration planned to get the Money for the pay raise from 25 differ ent accounts that it no longer considers Yin Dale for the office of Man ambient and Bud get. Those accounts  transit food programs and occur a safely programs he said. Congress voted the pay inc year bul did not provide funds to i it. Dale said that under the Gramm Rud Man deficit reduction Law new programs cannot be paid for unless accompanying reductions Are made in other accounts. Dale said the package of fund defer rals was assembled after consultations Between budget director James miller111 and leaders of House and Senate appropriations committees. An additional $56 million would come from Urban Mas transportation administration programs and $2.4 million from an occupational safety and health administration training program. Dale n record Washington a the unite states accumulated a $169.8 billion Trade deficit in 1986, its largest Ever bul a Sharp improvement in december kept i from soaring even higher the govern ment reported Friday. The Commerce department said americans imported $10.7 billion More than they exported in december Down from the $19.2 billion deficit reported the previous month. The Reagan administration had con tended the november figures were a Fluke and the Trade imbalance is casing under pressure of a weakening Dollar la had predicted an improvement in the deficit this year in the Vicinity of $30 billion. There have been declines in the deficit in five of the last six months. Still the total 1986 deficit was $21.3billion higher than the 1985 deficit of $148.5 billion a disappointment to the administration and some private analysis who earlier had expected an improvement in Trade accounts in 1986. Americans imported $387.1 billion in merchandise in 1986, up 7 percent from the previous year. Exports Rose by 2 per cent to $217.3 billion. Agricultural exports during the year declined 10.7 percent to $26.1 billion reflecting lost markets to . Farmers partly due to world surpluses. Agricultural imports increased 5.3 percent to s23.2 billion. As before the United states ran its largest deficit with Japan a record $58,6 billion in 1986, the largest Trade imbalance Ever posted Between iwo nations. It was up from a $49.7 billion Defi Cit with Japan the previous year. The next largest deficit was with the 12-Nalion european economic Community $26.4 billion up from $22.6 billion the year before. The United slates ran a $23.3 billion fit with Canada up from $22.1 bit i $15.7 billion deficit with Taiwan up it i 3.0 billion and a $10.7 Bil lion Dolbt twill the organization of Petroleum leaning countries Down from Norway a Cut Oil output Oslo Norway to the slate Council Friday approx la measure tout Oit production by 7wercent from february through the end june the Banner says 2 top soviet dissidents to emigrate Moscow up two leading soviet dissidents psychiatrist analogy Kryagin and computer program Mer Sergei Hodorovich will be released from prison soon and allowed to emigrate with their families Cycle a Bonner said Friday. Bonner s husband Nobel peace prize Winner Andrei Sakharov had appealed to soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev for the release of both human rights activists in a letter last february calling for a general amnesty for political prisoners. Several Days ago the wife of analogy Kryagin was summoned by the committee for stale Security the Kab and told that if she filled out emigration forms for herself and her family her husband would be re leased from prison and they would be allowed to Emi grate Bonner said. Yesterday the committee told the wife of Sergei Kho Provich the very same thing she said. Bonner s report came the Day after Samuel zips chairman of the Ami zionist committee said soviet authorities approved applications for 500 soviet jews to leave the country in january As part of a general policy of re evaluating emigration. Of staff sergeant sentenced for indecent acts Bidav Odiehl . Bureau Raf Ben Waters England an air Force no Friday pleaded guilty 10 and was convicted of sodomy indecent acts and attempted carnal knowledge with a girl under the age of 16, an air Force Legal official said. Staff sgt. Myles a. Baloc a 25-year-old Pincu Draulis technician was reduced toe a Given a bad conduct discharge and will serve 30 months in prison according to maj. David Walford the base s Dep Uty Slaff judge advocate. He said Balfe was Given a stiffer sen tence by the judge but a or canal agreement made with Balfe s defense counsel and maj. Gen. William , the 3rd air Force commander and the convening authority Means Balfe will receive the lesser sentence. Balfe who is from Mank Jio minn., elected to be tried and sentenced in the general court martial by a judge atone rather than a panel of military members. Walford said judge h. Col. Steven under passed a sentence that included a five year prison sentence reduction to a i and a dishonourable discharge. Watford said the Only portion of the sentence thai was added to the a trial agreement was Baloc s reduction to e-1, Baloc who is married faced a Maxi mum sentence of 96 Yean in prison Adi honorable discharge and reduction to Al. The seven year Veteran was assigned to the 81st aircraft generation so. He has been stationed in England since May 1983. Walford said carnal knowledge under military a is defined As sexual inter course Ivich a girl who is other than one s wife and under the age of 16  
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