European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 2, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                One Agazine Dpi a o a Frankfurt Alpo Rity hiked Ranee offering Arvisa. Page 24 ripes authdhi1id Una ficus  l of vol. 45, no 347 thursday april 2, 1987 panel like or sin . Ahmed topic Al d 8693 a by Chuck v1nch Washington Bureau Washington the House armed services committee will Proba Bly postpone a planned 2 percent i Ion in officer strength for one i give lawmakers More Imet Friy the Impact of the Cut a  staffer said tuesday up the delay aka Ould give  time to prove their contemj0nnat officer cuts of 2 percent 1988 and 3 percent in fiscal 198ltt? military combat col Ivy i _ Atli Eifolla. A unable to do in Mac air tags on Capitol Hill in recent Congress mandated the cuts along with a requirement for a 1 percent reduction this fiscal year that is already being car ried out As part of the fiscal 1987 de sense authorization and. The House and Senate armed serv ices committees must agree to a delay before it could Lake effect. One staffer said it is unlikely inc Senate committee will do that. Sen. John Glenn a Ohio is the driving Force behind the officer cuts. Glenoid other lawmakers have expressed that the officer corps has grown to of  to enlisted strength hmm by apparent changes in the Force str pc Hal would justify such growth. A the House armed Sam Mugni Mil tee will probably make a a Scisi see delay on Page baby m awarded to father judge says contract binding Hackensack n j. Up a judge tuesday ruled a signed contract carries More weight than another s love and rejected surrogate Mother Mary Beth Whitchead s bid to reclaim baby a the daughter she was hired to Bear for a childless couple. Bergen county Superior court judge Harvey Sor Kow awarded sole custody of baby m to her father William Stern and ordered Whitehead s Legal rights Ashe Mother or the year old girl severed and terminated immediately. Minutes after the decision Stern s childless wife Elizabeth legally adopted the child in the judge schambers. She and her husband have named the girl Melissa. Mrs. Stern said she fell sorry for Whitehead who remained secluded in her Brick township n.j., Home after what May have been her last visit with baby m just 90 minutes before the ruling was announced. " have empathy for her mrs Stem said. She gave us a Beautiful  the landmark decision if upheld on Appeal mean Whitchead will be blocked even from applying for the right to visit her youngest daughter. She s not a Good custodian to her two older Chil Dren. She would not be a Good custodian to baby a Sorkow said in a severely wonted 120-Page decision read in court Sorkow deciding the nation s first custody dispute Over a child born of a surrogate parenting agreement ruled the $10,000 contract Between Whiehead and Stem was Legal. The surrogate parenting agreement is a valid and enforceable contract under the Laws of new Jersey he said. Mrs. Whitehead was anxious to contract. This court finds she changed her mind reneged on a contract the judge rejected the argument that the fee amounted to baby Selling illegal under new Jersey  can t Purchase that which is his Sorkow said of Stern the fact is the Money to be paid a surrogate is not being paid for the surrender of the child to  the $ 10,000 fee is being held by the court clerk. Sor Kow directed that Iago to Whitehead if she accepts it. The judge ruled that the right to enter a surrogacy see ruling on Page 24 a Fatalo Elizabeth and William Stem right with lawyer Edward j. O Donnell after winning custody of baby m. House rejects Reagan veto of Highway Bill Washington up House republicans abandoned. President Reagan tuesday and joined democrats in voting to override his veto of an 188 billion Highway Bill fearing that he president s action would cripple summer construction and jeopardize thousands of jobs. The Issue was to be taken up wednesday in he Senate. The vote was 350-73, with 102 out of the 177republicans in the chamber voting against Rea Gan. They were led by gop Leader Bob Michelob Illinois. Reagan regarded the Vole to override his veto As a test of his emergence from the Iran Contr scandal but some congressional leaders accused him of simply picking a Light with Congress. Two thirds of the lawmakers voting in each chamber must agree to override a veto. Hie real Battle was to be in the Senate. Democratic Leader Robert Byrd reminded lawmakers government by veto is not leadership. It s confrontation while House chief of staff Howard Baker said during a visit to Congress he is guardedly optimistic that the Senate will Side with Reagan. The five year Highway spending Bill bogged Down since october when the old Highway pro Gram expired would let Stales raise inc 55-Mph Speed limit to 65 Mph on Rural stretches of inter states about 70 percent of the nation s 42.500-mile interstate Highway system. Reagan favored the espied limit provision bul he opposed financing for 152 local Road and Bridge projects in inc Bill. Committees differ on extent of pay hike by Chuck Vwashington Bureau Washington a pay raise for service members and Federal civilians would be limited to 2 percent effective Jan. I under a Senate budget commit Lee plan. However inc House budget commit tee which is working on its own Yejo " of the budget Reso ution Atoji a has agreed to  serv  Ukia Uii lians effective Jan. The administration requested $312 defense spending in fiscal  in err for military personnel crease for civilians. The committee Are off to a Stow St in drawing up their Bud House  Kamph pm democrats draw Imp Lele plan for consideration although the two sides were scheduled to meet wednesday to try to reach an accommodation a staffer mid. The House committee plan which would allow for 1288.7 billion in defense spending was approved Only democrats ". 1. The entire committee by the 13-9, with no Republican in the Senlac the principal pts. Consideration was drawn up by sen. Lawton Chiles d-fla., the committee chairman. The plan would give the Pentagon about j2bq for defense spending next fiscal year a staffer said. A vote on the plan could come in the next few Days he said. Another plan offered by sen Ernest Rollings , would provide for a much hither level Fly Dort my lion Lif and civilians but the staffer said hat plan has Little or no support in the comes pay raise recommendations Siagas of inc commit the proposals arc approve House and scrim1, Only inc Overall spending limits Niv binding on  thai an.1 charged with work ing out details of the defense budget