European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 17, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                He inside stripes d Csc of d plan to it pow data pages pc a get jump on St Pava Day Page 5 q Weinberger in Spain for talks on Orcea Page 28 au1hoiiii10 unofficial  45. No. 331 tuesday March 17, 19b7 of th1 . Mio for ii 0 8693 Marsh halts army plan Lor lottery by Chuck Vinch Juhl Nettan Baroni Washington plans to establish an army lot Lery overseas to raise Money for the service s morale welfare and recreation programs have come to an abrupt halt following a decision by Secretary of the army John o. Marsh or. To postpone the project. Army officials have not killed the plan but a spokes Man said it s been placed in limbo indefinitely. I would t look for further word on this any time soon he said. The spokesman discounted reports that the army leadership decided to scrap the project because the air Force declined id join in sponsoring it the air Force Angle really never entered into it the spokesman said. It was just a question of whether this ii what s Best for the army and for our soldiers and we just Don l think a lottery is of such importance that it has to be on the from Burner right now. An air Force spokesman said it. Gen. Thomas Hickey the service s personnel chief decided not to involve the air Force a the program because Many of ill members think it s immoral. Top army leaders also questioned the morality of a lottery for troops and feared it would encourage Gambl Taf Bui a lottery would probably be far less Likely to see lottery on Page 28 Hope that Snow is pasture sized its a held of gut Jehu Olinc horses on a Snow covered Meadow near Woerz the White Blanket. Hopes for an Early Spring were Burg Germany try to find a Bill of greenery under cooled by snowfalls sunday night and monday. Dodds funds appear Safe acting chief says by Dave Walczak education writer bad Kissinger Germany the new acting director of the department of defense dependents schools predicted monday thai the system s $700 million budget for fiscal 1988 will survive almost intact Bob Rauner appointed five weeks ago said Only marginal adjustments would be made in the request. The Dodds budget is keyed on requirements the enrolment of kids in schools Rauner said. Even in the con text of Gramm Rudman the budget has been developed on the basis of need Congress appropriated $624 million for Dodds in fiscal 1987. Rauner said Congress May make mar Ginal adjustments which he defined As 2 percent to 3 percent of the total but he refined to be More specific would you bet your next month s paycheck on what 3 subcommittee of the Senate budget committee is going to de cide Rauner said Rauner an economist was director of the defense department office of economic adjustment before his Dodds appoint men. He plans 10 return to thai Post when a permanent director is appointed Dodds has been without a director since Beth Stephens who died earlier this month resigned before the begin Ning of the school year. Gerry Bloom served As acting director before accepting the Post of Pacific Region director. Rauner received word of his appoint ment from Chapman Cox assistant Secretary of defense for Force management and personnel. He said Cox told him Rauner if you can handle that economic adjustment stuff and All those irate officials and sur Vive then i think you can go Over to Dodds and be acting  Rauner who is attending a five Ajr workshop for Germany Region administrators said he plans no major upheavals during his tenure. "1 have no Agenda for Dodds in terms of academic issues. But that does t mean there in t an Agenda. The parents and Stu dents will provide that  schools districts and regions ran us see Dodds on Page 26 Art see Page 9 Barbara Walters admits Liaison role in Iran arms Deal reports indicate Washington Jap presidential spokesman Marlin Fitzwalter said monday the White House received documents generally fitting the description of notes that Abc to journalist Barbara Walters reportedly relayed from iranian arms Sale middleman Manucher Ghorbani far. Fitzwater told reporters that the memos received by the White House in december and january were passed on to the Tower Board investigating the Iran Contra affair. Fil Waier made the disclosure As he also signalled Hal the president has decided to hold a news conference soon. The president has t held a news Confer ence since nov. 19. The White House has made All the decisions it is necessary to make to hold a news conference the spokesman said. He added that the Date will be announced a Day or two in Advance of the event. There were reports that president Reagan will held questions thursday night. The first word that Walters had acted As a conduit Between a key player in the iranian arms Deal and the White House came from the Wall Street journal. The paper reported in monday s edition that the television personality after inter viewing Ghorbani far passed some of his private statements on to the while House at his request. Walters declined to detail the information she had received from Girior Himfar the principal iranian middleman for he secret sales of . Arms to Tehran. She said however that some of it dealt with alleged payments 10 iranian officials Ghorbani far asked that certain statements be sent on to Reagan the newspaper said. The White House did receive two documents that generally fit this description Fitzwalter replied when asked about the mamas portrayed in tin Jour Nal hop. He also said thai the note were read by Reagan the journal quoi etl Walters us a i ing she fell it was important thai the information reach the president and die agreed to pass it on. She a so said she is Pipari Reg 10 broadcast hitherto unreleased in Ornu lion in her dec. 11 "20-20" mimic with Ghorbani far and saudi business Man Adnan Klias hog i. Walters interviewed inc iwo men k is than three weeks after the Iran a in leu Alt Iii hit the headlines. Afler Ward wallers Drew up ,1 memo sea Walters on Page 2b