European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 5, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Thursday March 6, 1987 the stars and stripes Page b lotto Winner owes prize to pet cat Lansing Mich. A Jamesp ford1 cat died but not before picking the lottery numbers that yielded a $732,94$ prize state officials said Belleville resident won half the Michigan lotto Jackpot feb.25, he said he numbers he played were chosen 18 months ago by his cat Steve. The animal died about nine months said he and his wire grel Chen wrote the numbers i through40 on slips of paper. They dropped them on the floor and retrieve the six slips pawed by Steve and then started playing those six num. Bers. Thai is All pretty bizarre Foresaid. I wish i had the cat Stilt. I think i could rent it out and make some Navy staff reorganization to cancel some 1,600 jobs Washington a the Navy on tuesday became the second military service to announce a reorganization fits Headquarters Staft unveiling plans to merge military and civilian offices an eliminate roughly 1,600 jobs. You need constantly and periodically to go Back and Clear out the underbrush pare Down the Billet Structure and reduce the bureaucracy said Navy Secretary John f. Lehman or. We believe this reduction will certainly improve our efficiency. We see this As a positive Good and we Welcome All three military services Are under orders from Congress to streamline their Headquarters operations under a reorganization Law approved last year. The Law dictates several major changes including the merging of the military and civilian offices within each service hat have previously played separate role in procuring new weapons. The air Force said two weeks ago thai its reorganization will eliminate roughly 2,000 jobs from the staffs of its various commands. The army is scheduled to unveil its plan for complying with the Law later this week. Lehman noted that he Navy began he Type of reorganization called for by he new Law in 1985 with the elimination of the naval material corny a super procurement office that oversaw All of the offices handling equipment Pur chases. That move eliminated 2,400 head quarters jobs freeing personnel who could be assigned to operational units within the Fleet Lehman said. The completion of the reorganization called for by the Law will eliminate an other 1,600 jobs 250 in the Pentagon and 1,350 at various headquarter unit sin the Field or about 15 percent of he total Lehman Navy expect to Complete the reorganization by oct. 1 and should Beable to avoid dismissals of civilian employees through Normal turnover leh Man added. Military officers affected by the reorganization will once again removed to operational Uniti. The new organization imposes sense of accountability Lehman said because program managers Are give their orders and left alone to do their jobs while simultaneously enjoying immediate Access to the Navy s top Leaden when problems arise the Navy s office of the inspector Gen eral which is responsible1 for conducting audits and investigations is also being moved from under the chief of naval operations to report directly to the Secre tary Lehman said. Shows 7 astronauts in space suits Senate unveils challenger mural artist Charles Schmidt and his challenger Muni. Up Pana Washington a a mural honouring the seven astronauts who died when the space shuttle challenger blew up last year was quietly unveiled tuesday in the Senate Wing of the . Capitol. The Oval shaped painting shows the seven men an women in space suits grouped in front of the Chal Lenger poised on its launch pad. Christa Mcaulffe Concord n.h., school teacher who was the first Ordi nary american to be launched into space carries Globe in her arms. The portraits of the challenger s Crew now fill an Oval deliberately left Blank in an elaborately painted Senate corridor a Century ago to leave room for the depiction of events in the nation s future. A similar Blank Oval was filled a dozen years ago Bya painting commemorating the first Apollo Moon land ing. That one is immediately across the corridor fro the new work other Blank spaces were filled much earlier in the Century by paintings of the Wright Brothers air plane and the spirit of St. Louis the plane used by Charle Lindbergh to make the first Solo trans Atlantic flight in 1927.this Century s paintings Are in a corridor named for and decorated in Florid 19th Century style by con slanting Brumini an italian immigrant artist. The challenger exploded in a Ball of fire shortly after Takeoff from Cape canaveral on Jan. 28, 1986. Plans for a painting honouring the Crew were announced by Senate leaders a Short time later. The mural was executed by Charles Schmidt a pro Fessor of painting and drawing at Temple University in , who was joined at the unveiling by Senate curator James Ketchum said he worked from about80 photographs of the astronauts As Well As seven live models and two space suits supplied by the National aeronautics and space administration Schmidt said he painted Mcauliffe holding a Globe because i read thai she was taking a Globe into space with her in her role As a teacher and 1 wanted to set the other Crew members shown Are flight com Mander Francis r. Scobee shuttle Pilot Mike Smith it. Col. Ellison s. Onizuka Ronald e. Mcnair Jud Resnik and Gregory Jarvis. Federal fudge sued Over no suf order Pittsburgh a when a Federal judge or dered John Gagliardi to Stop suing people Cagliari of suburban Clairton sued the judge Gagliardi filed suit in . District court on Mon Day against judge Donald Ziegler and clerk of courts Catherine Martrano contending thai they denied him his constitutional right to sue. After Gagliardi filed seven lawsuits against More than 60 people in less than six months Ziegler issued an order in october barring him from suing anyone else in Federal court without the judge s approval Gagliardi s suits had accused state and Federal officials of conspiring with Bell of Pennsylvania to conceal evidence that the Utility destroyed new equipment inthe late 1970s in order to overcharge the Public. He has served Ai his own attorney in the ruled that Gagliardi s suits were frivolous vague and charges that Ziegler s order issued with out a hearing renders him a second class , who is immune from lawsuits As a Federal judge allowed the suit to be filed. Federal agencies told to find ways to Cut paperwork Washington a a presidential task Force has Given administration department Heads until March 20 to come up with ways to Cut paperwork by20 percent Over the next four years according to a letter released letter by Wendy l Orarn executive Dirac for of the presidential task Force on regulatory Relief was sent to 40 Federal department Ana Agency Heads including each Cabinet has mandated that the government reduce paperwork burdens by 5 percent a year for the next four years the letter noted. The Congress has Given us a challenging task one the administration lakes very seriously said Cramm s letter. To comply with the congressional mandate the task Force is asking each Agency to Lake a broader and More in depth review of All existing paperwork requirements it imposes on the Public. Gramm included 25 pages of suggestions on How to reduce paperwork. The department of agriculture for example is being asked to consider replacing paper food coupons with electronic Stamps. The department of defense is asked to look More closely at us acquisition management systems with an Eye toward Stream lining and reducing the number of technical data required. Panasof time in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. March 5, 1947 a 50-year military political and economic Alliance Between Britain and France was signed in Dunkirk France. British foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin and French foreign minister Georges Bidault said the treaty would guarantee continue Friendship Between their nations. 30 years ago today. March a 1957 Biller demonstrations erupted in Jerusalem after Premier David Ben Gurion gave a final go ahead for an immediate withdrawal from the Gulf of Aqaba area and the Gaza strip. 20 years ago today. March 5, 1967 a presidential commission i Texas urged changes in the military draft including a limited lottery ending student deferments and Lak Gib year Olds first. J0 years ago today. March a 1977 a Tate Winter snowstorm rag ing at blizzard intensity in some areas swept the upper great lakes Stales for the second consecutive Day
