European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 4, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Pago the stars and stripes wednesday february 4,1987 House overrides clean water Bill veto Washington the House drawing first blood in the spending Battles facing the 100th con Gress voted overwhelmingly tuesday to override president Reagan s Velo or popular 120 billion clean water legislation. The action on a 401-16 Voie came shortly after Reagan made a final Pica to cop members to support his position thai the Public works legislation it Loo costly. The vote sent inc Issue of the Senate which in scheduled to take its override vote later this week and where even Republican Leader Robert Dole of Kansas All but conceded defeat on the first major spending question before Congress this year. House gop Leader Robert Michel of Illinois urged his Republican colleagues to stand by the president. Michel said that while be had previously voted for the Bill the veto changes the complexity of the Situa  but the White House got no help from representatives John Paul Himme Schmidt r-ark., and Arlan Stang land r-miis., who had been among the republicans most Active in drafting the vetoed Bill i believe president Reagan has listened to the wrong advice.1 Stang land said. This body needs to Send a Strong message to the president and inc Ameri can people thai this Congress won t tolerate delay in the cleaning up of american  Hammer Schmidt said Reagan s argument that the Hill is Loo expensive is reminiscent of that used in 1972 when president Nixon vetoed inc legislation creating inc clean water program Nixon s Vico also was Over Ridden. When he vetoed the Bill last Friday Reagan acknowledged that he faced probable defeat on Capitol Hill. Before tuesday s vote members from both sides of the Capitol said the president was making no Effort to round up votes to save the veto. Dod denies knowing of private iranian arms sales Washington not the defend department monday asserted that an Arti Cle in the new York times about the Pri vate Sale of arms to Iran amounted to a dangerously wrong  the monday article reported that senior Pentagon officials knew More than a year ago that private arms dealers were trying illegally to ship american fighter planet and other weapons to Iran but did not Stop the sales. The times article reported that according to participants in the operation the project was allowed to continue be cause military officials hoped to gain in formation on Iran and to get Access to soviet tanks Iran had captured from Iraq the Pentagon s chief spokesman Robert Sims said of the article it s not True it did t  in a statement issued by the Pentagon press office the defense department said the times Story seem based largely on the allegations of one individual and others who Are or May be under investigation by Legal authorities. The department certainly did not As the times has erroneously suggested confirm that senior intelligence officials knew about but allowed illegal sales to be made to gain information about soviet weaponry the statement said. The article actually said the Pentagon confirmed it knew about the arms sales efforts. Spokesmen for military officials confirmed they received key information about the project in december 1965. The article which was based on an eight week investigation that included More than 4,000 pages of documents and interviews with Iso government officials arms dealers intelligence sources and others attributed 10 confidential documents and participants in the project known As dem Avand the assertion that the efforts were allowed to continue because the Pentagon sought to gain intelligence information. The Pentagon statement said the times seems to be confusing the activities of private individuals attempting to sell arms on the world Market with offi Cial actions of the department. This it a dangerously wrong confusion. The statement concluded As every. One knows any country want to know is much As possible about an enemy s weaponry but that is a Long Way from the times allegations Cost of 1 year at Yale raised to Over $ 17,000 new Haven Conn a tuition room and Board Al Yale University will increase 6,1 percent to si7,020 next year Yale president Mcnno c. Schmidt or. On monday said the increase resulted from continuing cutbacks of governmental support for financial atom and in creased expenses in goods and services and salaries that run Well beyond the Rale of  Schmidt said the University would no change its present financial Aid policy of considering applicants regardless of their financial status although the policy has become an increasing Burden. Yale s financial Aid budget nut year Wilt be si3.2 million a 12 percent increase officials said. In 1987-88, tuition will be $12,120, and room and Board Wil be 14,900. Schmidt said the percentage in crease approved Over the weekend by the Yale corp., is the smallest since 1913-74. The Yale corp. Isl Helvy league school s governing body. Current undergraduate costs for one year Al Yale College total s 16,040 for tuition room and Board. The College Board lust summer said the average Cost of the 1986-87 year at a four year private College Rose 6 percent to $10,199, including tuition and fees room and Board at the school and estimated costs for books supplies transportation and personal expenses. The most expensive school was Bennington College in Vermont with Tulaf costs estimated at si8,350, in the College Board s list Yale was ranked fifth with estimated total costs for 1986-87 of j17,750. Organist Dies in Paris Paris a Edmund Pendleton organist at the american Church in Paris for 40 years and a composer and choirmaster died at his Paris Home after a Long Illic a. His family said monday. He was 86. Earning a Slot in history Benny Williams left of los Clos calif., Tell a news conference in Reno nev., How it feet to win the biggest Slot machine payoff Ever. Williams hit the Jackpot of nearly $5 million on a megabucks that linked 22 Nevada casinos for a super Jackpot. Handing the Winner symbolic Check a Charles Matthewson president of intent soul came technology of Reno Developer of Mega Bucu. Lawsuit cans appearance of garbage pail kids Atlanta a dead Fred and the other garbage fail kids must under go a makeover so they Don l to Cable the Chubby cherubic cabbage Pilch kids according to a  Between Topps chewing Oum inc. And the doll makers. Topps which Marten garbage pail kids Bubble gum cards nickers and other paraphernalia also agreed to pay original appalachian artworks inc. An undisclosed amount of  in the settlement triad Public monday. Original appalachian artworks u Cleveland tia., had sued Topps alleging copyright infringement. The settlement was announced after a weekend recess or the . District court trial. Topps Wilt continue to Market its garbage pail kids products and will make certain agreed upon changes in inc design of How products later his year to remove any likeness to cabbage Patch  attorneys for the companies said in a join statement. The lawyers refused to Dis Cuvi details no the design changes or Llie Cash set Etc men. "1 could scream i m so excited said Xiv a Roberts creator of Chr cabbage i Aich kids and chairman of original appalachian artworks. Topps argued that the garbage fail kids with names Lite in and Frej and baby barfly Are a spoof of he f a wee Patch kids the dolls that became a sensation when they were first mass marketed in 19i 3. Original appalachian artworks which Laid inc garbage Phil Kidi Loo closely resemble cabbage Patch kids sought 130 million in damages. The company argued thai Toppi had grossed More than $64 million from the product. Topps attorneys said Sci profits were about j7.4 million