European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 29, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes wednesday apr 29,1987 Senate republicans to offer their own budget proposal Washington a moderate republicans inthe Senate breaking with gop strategy in the House and the White House plan to offer an alternative Bud gel that would boost military spending. Sen. Pete a Doc Nof r-n.m., announced Mon Day he Wilt propose a fiscal 1988 budget that also would have a smaller tax increase and greater Domestic spending Cut than the plan democrats Are pushing this week in the Senate Domenici living to win White House support for his efforts said he will include provision president Reagan has been touting including More presidential Power to rescind spending programs and a two Yea commitment on military spending this might be the Way to open the door to the while House and the president becoming involved said do Enid senior Republican on the Senate Bud get committee. Committee chairman Lawton Chiles a Fla Mon Day said such involvement was crucial to reducing the government s huge budget  democrats deficit reduction plan includes tax increase of at least $11.3 billion More than twice the level proposed by the White House while cutting Mili tary spending far below Reagan s , whose budget his been rejected by lawmakers of ooh parties in Congress has turned away entreaties from democratic Leaden to hold a budget Summit with congressional  s Effort in the Senate to be joined by several of his moderate gop colleague would be i Sharp contrast to what happened in the House there republicans decided it was politically smarter to setback and attack whatever the democrats produced. Domenici decided to become involved against the advice of some aides and Senate colleagues who prefer the other strategy. Domenici believed it was the Belt Way to prevent severe cutbacks in military spending said staff aides who spoke on condition of anonymity. Domentco in a speech before the Senate on Mon Day said the democratic plan would cause America to Flop Back to the pre-1951 priorities with a unilateral Retreat on  the democratic drafted plan would sharply restrain Reagan s Pentagon program allowing about 1284 Bil lion in spending compared with about $297 billion inthe president s plan. Budget authority the total of new government commitments extending pan the one Fis Cal year would be $289 billion in the Chiles plan compared with $312 billion under Reagan s budget Domenici bos not released details of his proposal but a defense budget authority figure of about $305 billion would fit tie description he gave during Hus Peech monday. Domenici s plan like the Democrat would fail to reach the goal of a $ i of billion deficit in fiscal 1988 u mandated by the Gramm Rudman Law. Both would reach the Law s ultimate goal of a balanced budget in fiscal 1991, but Domenici s would include a increases smaller than the Democrat pro posed but higher than Reagan has endorsed. Chiles said the $ i trillion budget drafted by his com Mittee would reduce the deficit Iby $37 billion leaving $134 billion in the red in the fiscal year that begin oct 1. The budget itself is an internal congressional document not subject to the president s veto. However it serves As a guide for spending and tax bilk sent to Reagan s desk. Reagan 200 Security workers tested for drugs at Tva nuke Plant Chattanooga Tenn. A More than 200 denied Plant Access and will be disciplined  Plant Security employees were tested for drugs monday As the Tennessee Valley authority expanded screening after several employees tested positive last week the Federal Agency  clerical and uniformed Security workers with special unescorted Access to the Tva s Sequoyah nuclear Plant were being tested As its drug probe continued. Nuclear regulatory commission refutations pro Hibit disclosure of the number of Security workers at nuclear plants but Tva spokesman Mike Harris said More than 200 were being tested at Sequoyah. Test results should be ready in about five Days officials said. These Are the people who Are charged with the Security of our nuclear plants and they must be free of drugs to be Able to perform their duties at any time Tva general manager William f. Willis said. The mandatory testing of Security worker comes i addition to random testing ordered for Alt Tva employees and outside contractors with unescorted Access clearance at the Agency s nuclear plants. The random testing expected to affect about 8,000workers, is to begin As soon As procedures Are written and approved Harris said. The program was announced last week. Employees found with drugs in their systems will be Denie individually officials said. Last week urinalysis on 26 Sec Quoyah employees under investigation by the Tva s inspector general s office showed 14 were using drugs including marijuana cocaine and amphetamines officials said. That testing was part of the investigation that began earlier this month after a Security lieutenant at the twin re actor Panl near Chattanooga admitted using cocaine. Six of those who tested positive were Security work ers and the rest were technicians or trades and labor employees officials said the investigation is continuing at Sequoyah and ii to move later to the other two nuclear plan. Officials were to decide later whether la require mandatory tests for All Security workers with clearance at two other Tva nuclear plants and employees insensitive jobs such As reactor operators. The Tva has not generated nuclear Power  was shut Down in. August 1985 for safely improvements. Agency officials have said they Hope to restart one of the Plant s reactors in. July. Safety concerns also led Tva to close its three re la school wins academic decathlon Grapevine Texas a John Marshall High school of los Angeles took lop honors monday in the 1987 . Academic decathlon the Texas least from John Foster Dulles High school of sugar land placed second followed by University High school of Tucson  is the first school outside of Texas to win the National Competition since 1983.1.1. Pearce High school of Richardson won three straight years until 1986. But the school was unseated in the state compe Ilion this year by Dulles. David Florcy of Marshall High school was the lop individual achiever answering Conelly 89 percent Ochis questions including interview speech and essay competitions. Although Storey entered the event As one of califor Nia s two a average students he outscored All the a and a students. Thirty eight High school teams were in the Competition which began Friday in the Dallas area. Each team of six students includes two a students two a students an two students with a a or below average. They took written tests in economics Fine arts Lan Guage and literature science social science and mathematics. In addition each student wrote an essay was interviewed and presented two speeches. Beside Florey eight other students surpassed the8,000-Point Range marking 80 percent of the total pos sible. They were Michael Calvin of Ohio Ann Sacra of Arizona Ethan Mckinney of California Samir Jain of Arizona Ben Wolf of California Carma Gorman of Minnesota Matt Pearson of Texas and Matthew Elstin of California. The event was sponsored in part by world Book inc. Stateside Cleveland diocese using cameras to catch Thieve Cleveland the Catholic diocese or Cleveland stung by More than Al million i thefts fro tour churches has set up video surveillance cameras that have caught five trusted parishioners stealing from the collection late authorities said diocesan officials worked with Law enforce ment authorities Tor 17 months after they be came suspicious about dwindling collections. They will ask us to investigate anytime there s a Strong indication a theft has occurred said inspector Edward Kovacic chief of Detec Tives for the Cuya hoga county sheriffs depart ment. They will not Back  Baltimore musical groups invited to soviet Union Baltimore a three musical group from the Peabody conservatory the nation s oldest school of music have been invited to tour he soviet Union next fall school officials say. The invitations come on the Heads of an announcement that the Baltimore symphony orches tra wit visit Moscow and Leningrad next  conservatory groups jul perform in mos cow and Leningrad Tor 10 Days beginning nov.26, in Toun that Mark the first time in More than 20 years that an american music school has sent performers to the soviet Union. Navy Captain named to space Center Post space Center Houston a Daniel  has been named chief of the Astro naut office in one of four new administrative assignments Given to members of the astronaut corps the Johnson spare Center announced , a Navy Captain is he first of the shuttle Era astronauts to be selected to head he astronaut office. He replaces John Young who was appointed special assistant to the Cente director on april is. Other appointment announced were Henry w. Hartsfield Deputy director of Light Crew operations Karol a Bobko. Assistant to the director for operations. Steven a Hawley Deputy chief of the Astro naut office. 86 toll from pneumonia flu estimated at 67,000 new York a More than 67,000americans died from influenza or pneumonia last year More than in any year since 1969, a insurance company estimates. The company also bund variations betwee states in death rates from the diseases for 1979-81. Two influenza outbreaks and the gradual aging of the population contributed to the National 1936 death to Stanley Kranczer senior research associate at metropolitan life insurance co., said  the april june edition of the company s statistical bulletin Kranczer wrote that four rather than the usual three influenza viruses caused influenza in the latter part of t9sfi, Fol lowing a major influenza b epidemic that peaked last february. Kentucky Man arrested for chopping police car Greensburg a. A a Man was being held monday after he chopped the red Strobe Light off a state police car authorities said Ronald Lee Hoffman 34, of Crystal ky., was arrested saturday and charged with criminal mischief after the incident at a service station in Ros Traver township stale police  said Hoffman Learned from a station attendant that the Cruiser was being serviced took � Machete from the Van he was driving and chopped at the Light until it fell  was arrested less than an hour later and was being held monday in the Westmorelan county jail on j 5,000 Bond police said. Hoffman told police he fulfilled one of his fantasies by hacking off the Light state police said