European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 1, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes Nasa apologizes for lobbying Effort Washington a Nasa has apologized to congressional tenders for an ill advised and inappropriate Effort 10 lobby Congress 10 Block a major Cut in the space Agency s budget Nasa officials said monday the Agency acknowledged thai ils office of Industry affairs sent a memorandum to contractors aug. 17, asking help in lobbying Congress to keep its budget intact despite a Federal Law Banning lobbying with appropriated  a Fletcher administrator of the National aeronautics and space administration sent a Tetter apologizing to several members of the Senate appropriations committee. This action was ill advised and inappropriate and we arc requesting the return of All copies outside the Agency Fletcher wrote. I Locasc accept my apology Loyous and the members of the subcommittee for this lapse in judgment on Nasa s  lobbying Effort was disclosed monday by aviation week  spokesman David Garry to said the Agency acknowledged the action was improper and has taken All Steps to remedy this  he said no disciplinary action was planned against those who issued the letter. Garry to said the letter to contractors followed a sub committee action that could Lead to a Cut of Al billion from the Agency s $9.5 billion budget request for the next fiscal year. Nasa said the Cut could Lead to can cel ing the space station or other programs. The Magazine said such requests for Industry lobby ing Are frequently made but Are not put in writing so that no record exists. State department stands by yellow rain charges Washington Nic state department contradicting a new report said monday thai it stands by its 6-year-old Contention that the soviet bloc has used chemical weapons in Asia. Spokeswoman Phyllis Oakley said the administration has no reason to change its earlier conclusions1 despite new claims that government investigators have decided that the initial allegations were made in error then Secretary of state Alexander m. Haig or. Firstraised the Issue of soviet use alchemical weapons Yel Low rain in a speech in Berlin in september 1981. Haig contended that the alleged use  against rebel forces and refugees in Laos and Cambodia violated International agreements governing chemical warfare. An account in the fall edition of foreign policy mag teachers Coll Detroit strike after folks fail Detroit teachers struck Michigan s largest school District Mon Day a Day before classes Yvere to begin for Detroit s 193.000 pupils. Weekend talks failed u produce an agreement for the 11 Suo member de troit federation of teachers which last struck in iw2. Union officials , no contract no  Jit presi Dent John Elliott told cheering leathers gathered at the University it Detroit Campus. The teachers voted monday morning to strike following the Union recommendation to reject the so lion District s contract offer. Teachers were to report to schools monday said Marilyn Shreve. A District spokeswoman. She said she did no know whether classes would be held tuesday the Union Souchel pay raises of approximately 6,5 percent a year in a iwo or three year contract in line with in creases won by suburban teachers. Said Rollie Hopgood a spokesman for the Michigan federation of teachers. District officials citing a 327 million deficit have said they cannot afford raises. Teachers also struck monday in five other districts and strikes continued in two districts said Katie Catts a spokeswoman for the Michigan Educa Tion association. The seven districts have a total of 933 teachers and about 17,000 pupils the Union said. Zinc released sunday accuses the administration of Rush i no to judgment against the soviet bloc based on prelim nary vide Nee that was never carefully corroborated the report said the administration bypassed High level scientific advice and instead chose to pursue a strategy or maximum Public  titled yellow rain the Story collapses the report was written by Julian Robinson of the University of sus sex Jeanne Guillemyn of Boston College and Matthew Meselson or Harvard University. The account was based largely on recently declassified documents. Private researchers have disputed he administration s allegations for years but the foreign policy account says that flaws in Haig s original theory have been uncovered by government experts who visited the area at the end of 1983. Richard r. Bun then a senior state department official who had urged Haig to go Public with the Alle gation said he thought at the time that the evidence was persuasive. I wanted to gel the Story out and Slop the  Are people in government who always urged you to wait a White Burl who is now the ambassador to Ger Many raid in an interview with the Washington Post. According to the administration he toxins allege to have been found in samplings do not occur naturally in Southeast Asia. But the Magazine report said new evidence indicates the opposite. The investigators said the yellow material suspect Edlo have been sprayed on the victims by military air Craft actually was made almost entirety of pollen dropped by honeybees. The puce is not As fas As the Ken Lucky Derby but spectators Root just the same for their favorite compel itar ducks Derby at the Duck stakes Rice at the Montgomery county Fairgrounds in a the bunt my. The feathered four Are not inter std in shot to the triple Crown but instead anticipate treat at the finish line. Ford picked As target for possible Daw strike Dearborn. Mich. Athe United Aulo workers has chosen Ford motor co. Us its strike target in this year s National contract talks  president Owen Uil bar said monday. Bieber told the 300-Meniber Council of general motors corp. Workers that the decision was Best for the Union and for workers at both companies. The decision Means bargaining which began in late july with both companies will intensify at Ford during the countdown toward a sept. 14 contract expiration deadline. If no agreement is reached by the deadline the Union could strike Ford. Pm. Meanwhile will be Able to sit on the sideline and watch without in Media it fear that 19sb Model production will be interrupted. The Union would turn ils Atten Tion to pm once it has reached an agreement with Ford. A general motors has built the contract the Ian two times. I feel it s time for f urd to put Tuge Uii r a ton or it we can All live  mid Joe Welever. A representative of local 112 in Mii Umee Ohio. Lofever said he believed the i a could gel a better contract at Ford because there Are less prob i i at  Jerome Melillo a member of tin Union s bargaining i in i i tee that has been it of inline with Ford Viii Laird nude u Heller Large a Vaum. Of us higher profits and became Ford could belter meet the Union s Job pc eerily demands. The a Lynul bargaining Unsinn Trees that have been negotiating with the Nill Tun i two brr so automakers Tor the weeks reported Mim Ujj in Punj Troi and com Pony offers to Ilic Jud in Enoltt a Lim worker Council ii tid a 200-nu-Niher porn worker . A meeting of the Haw s 23-Memtk r exec live Hurd was so Het Gueci la follow ii larger meetings. The Daw has rejected two t in Oiler and  displeasure w nil Flint s nil Tvr in a Munch of bargain ing. Moth three Jer control is expire Ai Midnight sept u