European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 6, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes Friday november 6.1987 15 lawmakers ask Gao to study 28 military bases Washington a a group of 15 House members asked the general accounting office on wednesday to review 28 military bases around the nation to see if activity at the bases can be Cut Back sharply As a Way to save Money and help reduce the Federal deficit. The legislators suggested the action could help Avert what they said is a decision facing president Reagan which involves the lesser of two  they explained that As part of the ongoing talks aimed at developing a budget deficit reduction pack age Reagan May be asked to raise taxes or face cuts in defense spending. While the Gramm Rudman fix explicitly prohibits the closure of military bases they wrote we be Lieve there Are a number of bases whose function can be significantly curtailed and whose personnel can be transferred to other locations without unduly compromising the nation s  the legislators asked for a Gao study to answer a variety of questions about each of the bases. Among the questions Are the current Cost of operations and the costs of transferring functions to other bases. Legislators generally have opposed base closings be cause it would mean the loss of jobs and payrolls i their districts or states. Congress has enacted a series of new barriers to Pentagon efforts to close what the defense department says Are obsolete or otherwise unneeded bases. Those new Laws were passed a year ago after reports that defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger was propos ing the closure of 22 t jes. Rep. John Kyle r-ariz., noted that we Are no recommending that these bases be closed but we think it s time we have an objective analysis of whether some of these savings can come from reductions in the expense of military  letter noted that we believe that keeping these bases open with the absolute Bare minimum staff Nec Essary will allow the Pentagon to save  installations Blytheville fab bombardment win Blytheville Ark. Fort Devens intelligence yer mass. Jefferson proving ground ammunition test Center. Madison ind. Fort Wingate storage Gallup . Army material research Center water town mass. Naval rework facility Alameda Calif. Naval regional medical Center. Oakland Calif. Phil Adelphia naval shipyard Philadelphia naval Hospital also the naval air station Reserve air training South Weymouth mass. Naval air development Canter aircraft technology Warminster a. Mccon Nell fab strategic missile Wing. Kan. Westover fab Reserve Chicopee mass. Vancouver Barracks re serve component training Vancouver Wash. Badger army installation Plant Baraboo wis. Frederick municipal Airport auxiliary Airfield Frederick okla. Riverbank army ammunition Plant projectile production Riverbank  Point Arena ass general support Annex an Chor Bay Calif. Naval Supply Center Supply sup port Oakland Calif. Fort Missoula army Reserve component Trainin Missoula Mont. Bismark bomb scoring site bismark . Ravenna army ammunition Plant Ravenna Ohio naval Industrial Reserve Plant arming . Laughlin fab flight training Del Rio Texas Kings Ville Nas High Trainin Kingsville Texas Shaw fab reconnaissance Sumter . Poindexter delaying retirement until december Dod sources soy by Norman Black a military writer Washington rear adm. John m. Poin Dexter. President Reagan s former National Security adviser quietly delayed his scheduled oct. I retire ment from the Navy and does t expect to step Down now until december Pentagon sources said wednesday. The sources declined to discuss Why Poindexter had delayed his retirement beyond noting he was continuing to work As a special assistant for Long Range planning to the chief of naval operations. Poin Duxler moved to that Pentagon position under adm. Carlisle . Trost after resigning his White House Post last year in the Wake of the Iran Contra affair. There s nothing sinister going on hcs not gain ing anything on his pension by delaying his retire ment a couple of months said one official. He s still doing some work for  Poindexter 51, was authorized in september by Navy Secretary James h. Webb to retire from Active duly effective oct. I. A n by official who asked not to be named insisted wednesday it was not that unusual for a retirement to be delayed after it had been authorized. The administrative work can take longer than expected your Superior might want you to finish some particular project or there could be a medical problem the source said. Asked Why a medical problem would delay retire ment the official explained that Active duty and retired servicemen Are both entitled to use military hospitals but that Active duty servicemen Don t have to wait on a space available basis for treat ment As do retirees. The source added however he did not know specifically Why Poindexter had delayed his departure. Webb in authorizing Poindexter s retirement in september refused to allow him to step Down with the rank of vice Admiral pending the completion of the Iran Centra investigation. Poindexter asked to retire from Active duty in late August with a Friend saying he wanted to leave the service with his head held High and before any Iran Contra indictments were returned. At the time. Pentagon sources disclosed poin Dix tar had asked to retire with the three Star rank of vice Admiral which be held while working at the White House rather than the two Star rear Admi ral s rank he was reduced to upon leaving his Post. Poindexter made the request to retire at the higher rank As a matter of principle believing he was entitled to the extra Star in retirement because of his service in a three Star Job at the White House one source said. According to the Navy a two Star rear Admiral with 29 years of service can retire with a pension of $52,764 a year. A three Star vice Admiral with the same amount of service can retire with a pension of $53,016 a year. Stateside killer turns himself in after fleeing prison Aiken . A a Man convicted of killing his first two wives and accused of slashing the Throat of his third wife while she visited him in prison turned himself in tuesday. Bobbie Barrett apparently fought with hit third wife Mary when she visited him sunday in the boiler room at Central correctional institution said South Carolina corrections depart ment spokesman Hal Leslie. Leslie said such visits arc not permitted. Barrett is accused of attacking his wife and stealing her car and fleeing. Mrs. Barrett was treated and released from Providence Hospital. Barrett 55, has been serving a life sentence since 1979 for slaying his second wife Justine in Aikin county. He also was convicted and imprisoned in co Lumbia for the 1966 slaying of his first wife but he was paroled in the late 1970s, Leslie said. Dog Dies after burglar throws it in clothes dryer Enfield . A a 4-year-old Chihuahua died apparently trying to protect its owner s property after a burglar threw the dog into a clothes dryer and turned it on. I Don t see How anybody could do that said Cynthia Furman who found her dog. Tiny in the dryer when she came Home for lunch tues Day. She said the family s other dog a 6-year-old Springer Spaniel named Bagel was cowering in the Corner of the laundry room with scrapes on its stomach. Tompkins county sheriffs deputies said they have no suspects. They said the laundry room was ransacked but nothing was stolen. Furman said she believes her two dogs pre vented the burglar from going through the rest of the House. Deputies said the burglar probably entered through an unlocked door in he laundry room. 15 horses die 18 saved As fire sweeps stable Gary ind. A at least 15 horses were killed wednesday when fire swept through a Sta ble but As Many As 18 other horses were led to safety by nearby residents. Authorities said locks placed on stalls by horse owners prevented the Rescue of Many of the animals. Gary fire department capt. John Miller said the cause of the Blaze is unknown but arson is not suspected. Thirty three horses were housed in the stable by several owners. Miller said. None of the own ers had insurance on their animals he said. The tire was reported by a Motorist who noticed smoke while driving past the wooden Sta ble Miller said. The fire fuelled by Hay and a Breeze was burning heavily when firefighters arrived but it was under control within an hour a fire official said. $469,000 awarded widow in Navy surgeon Case Lancaster . A a Federal judge has ordered the government to pay a widow $469,996 in connection with an operation performed by a Navy surgeon convicted of involuntary manslaughter and negligent homicide. Lily s. Grubb. 69, was awarded dam Ages for economic tosses mental anguish and funeral expenses for her husband. Army maj. William Frank Grubb jr., who died aug. 8, 1984, at Bethesda naval Hospital in Maryland. There in t enough Money in the world to pay for Frank or make up for the lonely hours she said tuesday. The Only thing i can do is use some of the Money to glorify the lord. Frank would have liked to see that  . District judge Joe Anderso awarded the sum last week to mrs. Grubb who along with her son. Williamf. Grubb Iii of Greenville had sued the Navy for $5 million in damages. Government lawyers admitted that Donal Billig. A surgeon and Navy com Mander was responsible for Grubb s death after a heart operation performed by Billig. Billig was convicted in 1986 of two counts of involuntary manslaughter and one of negligent homicide in the deaths of patients after open heart surgery. He is serving a four year prison sentence at fort Leavenworth Kan. His request for parole was denied in july. Billig was nearly Blind in one Eye hid his visual Handicap and continued to perform Complex heart operations de spite numerous warnings that he was kill ing patients according to prosecutors in his court martial. Anderson awarded mrs. Grubb $469,996, including is 17.996 in economic losses $350,000 for mental anguish and emotional pain and $2.000 for funeral expenses