European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 10, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday december 10. 1987 the stars and stripes Pago 7 Senate panel trims go pay raise to 2% Wasl in gun invt military Siml government civilian workers willed on a 2 percent pay raise under a shift billion spending Bill recommended tuesday by inc Senate appropriations committee. The House version of inc appropriations Hill Lead specified a .1 percent raise. The wide ranging budget package for fiscal i9hh include. $7.6 billion of inc spending Cuis required by inc budget Compromise Between Congress Anil inc while House. In approving the Bill. Isth com Mittee decided nut to consider any amendment including one to provide additional non military Aid to the rebels fighting the government or Nicaragua. The Bill covers financing for most government agencies and programs but not for nest programs that pay benefits. The committee Bill did keep language approved by the House that would deny Federal pay increases nest year to Mem Bers of Congress the president the cab Rihm other top level government executives and the judiciary. It would also reduce a pay raise for military and other civilian workers to 2 percent. The committee also dropped from the legislation amendments included in the Louse s s5m3 billion version thai have been the object of a Veio threat by 1 Resi dial Reagan. These included reinstating of the requirement that radio and television stations give Lime for presentation of opposing views on Public issues and delaying i or eight months the deadline for enforce ment of Federal clean air standards. Many of inc amendments however Are expected to be offered again Hon the Hill is taken up on the Senate floor either late this week or Early next. The Senate Hill like the House measure would also allow resumption next year of Aid to Pakistan which was Cut offal inc end of september with the expiration of a presidential waiver. The waiver had Al Lowed Aid to continue although Pakistan had not signed the treaty on abstaining from nuclear weapons and did not allow inspection fits nuclear facilities to Sec thai in was not making nuclear weapons. In addition to Reagan s threat to veto the House Bill administration officials said tuesday that he still had some problems Wilh the Senate version. The director of the office of management and budget James c. Miller 111, reiterated the president s threat to veto a Hill that docs not continue Aid i ilk Nicaragua rebels who have been reefs in Abo Iii $1 million a nip la in non military assistance under legislation hint expires lice. 16. Meanwhile the Senate leadership pre pared to begin debate on separate legis lation thai includes the s9 billion of lax increases that were also pan of the Bud get Compromise reached just before thanksgiving. This legislation will also contain the 14 billion in spending reductions in programs like medicare and farm Price supports that were also agreed to in the budget Compromise. Together. These two pieces of legis lation would carry out the j30 billion of deficit reduction that the agreement promised for the 1988 fiscal year which began oct. I. Over two years. Inc agreement is to reduce the projected fed eral budget defici1 by $76 billion. Sister of hostage urges letter Campaign on behalf of captives k. , up Peggy say the sister of hostage Terr 1 Anderson tuesday marked inc 1,000th Day of in a brother s Captivity in Lebanon by calling on americans to Pul pressure on lawmakers As a Christmas gift to the  once the most Nuis Pukin of the hostage relatives. Say recently resumed to the spotlight alter several months of silence and said in is Gratifying that Ilie Quick to forget american Public Mill remembers her brother. There seems to be Good support out there for what we re trying to do now and that s address this As a human rights Issue a humanitarian Issue rather than a political one she said. The Batavia n.v., resident travelled to Washington for he Start of a four Day trip that was to include an appear Ance on inc Oprah Winfrey show in Chicago on wednes Day and an appearance on nigh watch on lbs thurs Day. Before leaving for Washington say said Iacre was no end in sight to her brother sea Privily. She called for a Holiday idler writing Campaign targeting Congress and president Reagan and urging stopped up action to free All the hostages being held in inc Middle East. We re asking As a Christmas gift to the hostages that people write to Luicir congressmen and senators and to the president and just say we care about these men and find a Way to bring Ihm Home say said. Anderson 40. Chief Middle East correspondent for the associated press is inc longest held hostage in Lebanon. He was kidnapped from a Beirut Street March 16, 1 985, by members of Fth pro iranian islamic jihad. Fire and destruction employees of the Pennsylvania Gas and water cum pan escape from the historic Market Square build ing in Williamsport ph., As the Halls collapse in the Wake of a fire sunday morning. The Blae destroyed seven downtown businesses and left 30 people Home less. The cause of the fire has nut been determined. Concern Over agent Orange called Witch Hunt Washington a1 a veterans group claims in court papers filed tues Day that it had uncovered internal documents showing that a Hegji ranking vet Erans administration official dismissed concern about the health threat posed by agent Orange exposure As amounting to a Witch  the Vietnam veterans of America filed inc papers in Federal court saying it had obtain cd the paper written by the a s chief agent Orange official or Lawrence Hobson through the Legal Dis covery process ii charged lha the documents were evidence of Bias and bad Faith by a officials in the controversy Over the agent Orange herbicide. The group which is suing the a seeking compensation for agent Orange exposure produced copies of the paper entitled dioxin and Wilch Craft and bearing Hobson s name. In it. Hobson blamed the Nadia disgruntled Vietnam veterans and a fringe of scientists and doctors for disseminating this Black magic about agent Orange. A spokesman John j. Sulu zen said he was not aware of inc Locum Cal and Hobson could not be reached for com ment. The Pap said the Caulion of Good scientists and physicians made them unable to Stem the outcry and me Witch Hunt Over agent Orange. It said con Cerns Over dioxin. An ingredient had assumed the properties of Black magic pervasive unpredictable and malevolent in the minds of Many  Mary r. Stoul president of the Veter ans group said. This paper confirms our suspicion that the a has never in tended to abide by the Law As Laid Down by Congress. Certainly no objective per son would have made these comments in Light of the Strong evidence including the a s own studies linking agent Orange to specific  agent Orange was the name for a herbicide sprayed by . Forces to defoliate Jungle areas used As enemy cover during the Vietnam War. An ingredient dioxin has been linked to cancer and some vet Erans contend their cancer and other ail meals Are linked to their wartime expo sure 10 agent Orange. The a contends there is no medical or scientific evidence supporting a link Between agent Orange and cancer or most other health problems. Reprimand removed from heroic mailman s file satellite Beach Fla. A a letter of reprimand a mailman received for stopping a rolling car from Hilling an elderly woman and gasoline pumps has been stricken from his file a postal service spokeswoman said. After review ii was Houghl that the letter was not appropriate for inc incident the spokeswoman. Joan Thibault said. It s like in never  Gary tray rofl 37, was using a Telephone near a convenience store Asl month when he saw a car rolling backward. He lost his fooling trying to jump inside Lin ear but grabbed its steering wheel and prevented an Accident and possible injury to the woman. The 37-year-old Carrier was thrown from the car injuring his leg and Elbow and tearing rib ligaments. Following the incident a letter dated nov. 1 7 charging Craycroft with an unsafe act mulling in personal injury while on duly was placed in his file. However after review Melbourne postmaster Mascon and regional managers decided to strike the it tier from his file. Thibault said. Craycroft credited publicity about the reprimand Wilh speeding up the handling of his complain Ghoul the letter. Asked if he would All empt heroics again Crayon if said when it first happened Wuh the flak 1 was gelling from everybody i Houghl Orgel it. Next Lime the car can Roll Bui after you hear All the support from All Over the country i d do it again. Mccause it s won it la know that people really do  he said