European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 4, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Inside stripes walking Home to Ohio Page 28 d new England flooding worsens Page 3 a Mote Gooden checks into drug clinic ,. Page 25 d jazz great buddy Rich dead at 69 Page 28 Utho Iid unofficial a ctr Ion of Tim . My Foi ii vol. 45, no. 349 saturday april 4, 1987 i i he 0 8693 a a wife defected by Chuck Washington Bureau Washington soviet officials say can Soldier based in Germany defected to the Sov Union with his wife and has been granted Asylum. Pentagon european come and . Army " have not been Able to confirm the report. Ujj soviet foreign ministry spokesman Crumady Gera Simov said at a news briefing  we Flam e. Roberts and his wife  p. Neumann of Germany were granted Ayyub because they were afraid of being  progressive views,1 according to Ait Assod la press report from Moscow. Gerasimov Jaii Roberts had been persecuted while station in Germany the a reported. He did not  of when or How the couple entered the Sorf Tunion nor did he give roberts1 rank or Hon several states in Rush towed double Nickel bythe several sum efforts immediately into High muted Prei increase Speed limits shifted thursday As the Senate overrode president Rea an s veto of the �88 illion Highway and transit  measure permits Sta. To increase the limit on Rural l of  65 Mph and Neww Exico  Carthers wasted no time. Sailing  and the slate s chief Mihwa administrator Lonsberry run a Djey 55 Mph sign on in stale 25 Southeast of Santa be and replaced it wire Ding 65 Mph. A the Speed limit on new Mexico s apprqirmately950 Miles of Rural interstate highways Wilmo up As Uon at the new signs Are posted to Raberjr said add ing that the Job could take up to 10 Days or in pm Angeles where the vote meat an additional5870 million for the planned Merb rail system mayor Tom Bradley was ecstatic a Boul the override Ole spokeswoman Ali Webb said Florida also is moving rape do to end the double Nickel limit it is our intention to begin immediately planning for conversion to Safe limits up to 65 Mph where appropriate said transportation Secretary Kaye Henderson. Among other Silies of caring to raise the Speed limit without state in mation Are West Virginia Mississippi Texas Nevada North Dakota and Kansas. A fight was expel Ltd in Kentucky Over whether the new limit would Raf Liiro legislation. In South Dak in where the legislature voted Las week to allow tie increase pending passage of the fed eral Bill her a limit was expected to be in effect Mayi said trares donation Secretary Richard Howard. Colorado 5x0 has approved a 65-Mph  Minana and Iowa Bills increasing the Speed limit Hale won approval of one legislative body and arc  to get Quick action by Ifju other. The jillion is awaiting legislation in states  Minnesota and Georgia. But higher speeds on Rural Jbf ways arc i winning unanimous Suppon. Law Mars expressed fears that Highway deaths would incr a As a result the number of Deal Jon the highways is Down mainly because of tha few state seat Bell Law said Tennessee rep. Roflo Robinson chairman of the House transport Yjih committee Robinson Wax supports the higher Speed limit said the stale Shoup delay its implementation of 65 Mph zone until Awn Sny As 80 More stale troopers Are hired to help Enuce the new . Richard Celeste new Jersey gov. Thongs h. Tan and Connecticut gov. William o a have threatened to veto legislation increasing 5 Mph Limite override also produced what one lawmaker collective sighs of Relier at state houses across the nation because of its funding of mass transit project thai Reagan had  House overrode the veto Early in he week but the Senate upheld it in a vote wednesday. On thurs Day however the Senate took the matter up again and overrode the veto by vote of 67-33, exactly the two thirds majority required. Mast state official were jubilant citing the salvation of multimillion Dollar Highway projects and the Savin j of thousands of jobs threatened by the  me put it this Way there Are collective sighs of Relief Over Here said Michael Sobolowski. Public affaire manager for Theuan in Minnesota  of trans won 1250  Massachusetts the Bill funds 90 percent of a $3.1 billion project calling for  Highway to replace a 30-year-old, traffic in skua Cleat a Highway into the downtown area and a few Boston Harbo Tunnel linking the downtown Areep Logan International Airport. The $850 million approved for to highways will support about 20,145 jobs in  and relate activities officials said. The of  a saying Roberts and his Nyji Ripani a honeymoon in turkmen a a ten soviet Republic that Borders Iran and of Ustan. The Tass news Agency said it would release Zograph of them Friday Are three . Soldiers named William  Usa eur a private first class and a Warram finer both with the 2nd army inv rest. The other Atuf Ridant colonel is assigned to the staff of the .  at West Point. Al three have been accounted Tommy officials said. Pentagon officials arc widening to Carch one possibility said a Pentagon source is a de Evan Roberts 22, assigned to the 3rd in 79thqu to i Giessen Germany who has been awol sine 2. He is listed officially As a deserter. After checking the personnel Field the department see defect on Page 28 a refund love faster Washington a the  lax returns is 18 than at la time a year ago indic wait for rends the in Cal re said thurs through la Friday 52.8 Mil individuals Hawl cd returns million rec Iva during the year. But the Zahas prices turns this year up percent. That leaves a kick  returns Don from end of March i986.%uriniod of 1985, when processing to a crawl.26 million returns. Most people who a getting refunds in Abom until closer to the Prillo wait six weeks or our 10 service processing probe Batdorf said thu successful tiling the i Sweek up More Ian 5 Perce time last  the Agency dropped to Jaq of under 6 Mill Down  far in ik7, refunds have 31.6  an increi3 percent pm a year ago. The More than j�5 billion and Avera the in expects More than turns Lof hied this year. J of in no lower Al a Shorterage service couples an from the 54 in period last42 million re million Unpro-.2 million at the comparable Peri problems slowed ick log was More than lied this year have Bee weeks. Those who Wail Ling deadline May have a tie iks says. I tors port no significant. In spokes Nan Larry in. Thaw becoming a very 5.1 Melon returns  the same ing rate Tor the week certified for if More than ads totaled1795 apiece illion re Safe boxing at Bent water page2o