European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 20, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes sunday. December 20,1987page 4 the birr to Oun Oay. Hub mind. �,.=-. Army May face cuts in personnel _ ,. _.,. U., in i Vir n,.,l i Ihi-1 a Theca com., for All services by the mid-19 0s Washington will the amid May lose  men Anil women from its Active duty Forte in cues i 84 As part of military budget reductions ordered fur the Nusl five years. Pentagon sources say. Attic army currently has 777,1100 personnel in its units worldwide and planned a 10,000-person increase in 1989, which has been cancelled by the $30 billion i9s1 military budget Cut recently agreed id by i Resi Dent Vagan and Congress. With a reduction of 10,000 personnel next year i he army would save another 11 billion from its budget previously planned for 19s1. According to Pentagon sources who spoke on the condition of anonymity Friday. The Pentagon sources said the army has been especially reluctant to Cut the size of its Force because in elected five year ago at the Start of the Reagan defense build up to improve equipment and Quality rather than to grow in size. To save even More Money officials said the army has proposed cancelling its Aquila Battlefield spy drone aircraft. Being developed by the Lockheed corp. And in also Lias proposed slowing production of the Bradley fighting vehicle being built by fac corp. And the Abrams my tank by general dynamics corp. These and other proposed cuts have been Given to defense Secretary Frank Carlucci sources said although some May be changed before going to the White House next month. The suggested 1989 Amy personnel Cut would go a Long Way inward meeting the goal Ofa 100,000-Membcr reduction fun l Nind i goal Iel by Deputy defense Secretary William Howard tall in earlier this month. Taft said that because of the reduced defense budgets agreed on by Reagan and Congress to curtail the Federal Defi Cit the 2.1 million member armed forces will have 10 be reduced by 4 percent to 3 percent by 1994. The Deputy Secretary said he would not be Happy with such cuts noting that the current army is the smallest i 30 years. Digging out la nut exactly the tourist brochure image but Snow does come to califor Nia and Virginia Brissette is Well ii ure of it. The 7j-Ju-old running Springs resident is Clewing her car of the heavy accumulation from a recent storm thai dumped up to 2 fret on the san Bernardino mountains. Bush refuses to disclose his comment to Reagan on iranian arms sales Concord. .  vice president George Bush facing fresh questions about the Iran Contra scandal said Friday he would rather lose the Republican presidential nomination than reveal what he said to president Reagan about the affair Bush officially put his name on the ballot for new Hampshire s feb. 16 Lead off primary after he held a rally with hundreds of supporters and greeted holi Day shoppers. But his politicking was overshadowed by thursday s revelations about his actions and words in the for eign policy affair. A document released thursday by the select congressional  that probed the scandal this year tied Bush closely to the initiative to sell . Arms secretly to Iran As barter for amen cans held h 1ngc by pro Tehran extremists in Lebanon. The document a computer message dated feb. I 1986, was written by John Poindexter then the National Security adviser to Reagan and it said the presi Dent and Bush Are solid in taking the position that we have to try to i a hostages. Responding to questions about the document at various new Hampshire Sites Bush said his support for the plan soured after he Learned the arms would be sold to free the hostages. He did not say when he had that turn of heart. Later on it grew into arms for hos tages. And i said that was wrong Bush said but he refused to say How he expressed his misgivings to Reagan. Earlier. Bush said in a radio interview the Deal was not arms for hostages at that time. The president never would have approved an arms lbs hostages  the nov. 16 congressional report on the scandal found that from the time the arms deals signed in Laic 1985, the Over Riding goal was liberating the americans held in Lebanon. Asked if the memo would damage him in his quest to succeed Reagan Bush said nothing. Absolutely nothing. There s nothing new in  the vice president said he would not play one of the great Washington games of publicly repeating what he and the president discussed in Confidence about the arms sales. One reason inc vice presidency has amounted to something is that the presi Dent knows that 1 won t do that and i m not going to do thai now Bush said. And if the Price of winning my Nomi nation or the election is that i have to go out and violate that Confidence i m not going to pay that  Bush who was cheered by supporters in the so Alehouse. Repealed his assertion thai his Low profile Rale was a plus the stood with the president. If there s some flak with that. I la Lake the bad that goes with  Bush the front runner in most polls of republicans in new Hampshire con dulled a traditional Campaign swing through the capital City a riday. With temperatures in the teens and a Strong wind blowing. Bush met More than 200 supporters who stood bundled on a Brick Plaza. Bush Lacr walked Down main Slect to the so Alehouse greeting shoppers who could break through the thick Circle of reporters and photographers who surrounded him. Artificial heart recipient gets new human heart Louisville by. A a 60-year old Man was listed in critical condition saturday after transplant surgery m which he was Given a donor heart to re place the artificial heart that had kept him alive for 15 Days. Doctors at Humana Hospital Audubon said that although the surgery on Walton Jones or. Went Well they were concerned Aboul continued bleeding. His condition is very guarded and the outcome is at the present time in doubt said or. Roland Girardet the surgeon who led the transplant team. Of piously these things change very rapidly mid we Hope they change for the a clix bin Al the present time i Don t Tomk we Tun be More  Jones u retired photographer Frum Louisville received a Virsik j-7-7u artificial heart dec. Ili a badge to keep him alive fur a Iran spun i Flor Spass surgery failed. Or. William Devries who implanted the pump said Jones would have died without it. Jones had suffered iwo heart attacks in the past three years that severely weakened his heart. A learn of surgeons led by Devries the Only Man in the United Stales approved by the Federal drug administration to implant an artificial heart permanently began removing the mechanical pump from Jones at about 11 . Fri Day and another team began the human heart transplant at Aboul 12 30 . The surgery was not completed until about y . Saturday. The transplant procedure went quite Well and the heart functioned As expected for a transplanted heart Girar Dei said the major problem that was encountered during the operation was the major  Girardet said the bleeding was attributed to a combination of factors the condition of Jones Chest after iwo pre Vious operations the presence of anti coagulants that were necessary to thin his blood while the artificial heart was in place and the transfusion of Large amounts of blood during the operation. This has been a major problem and remains a major problem at the present Lime the bleeding has not subsided  Girardey said. Girardet said a second complication was Overall swelling of Jonas body due to Large amounts of fluid Given to him and the inability of his kidneys to re move All of it. Doctors will Monitor Jones for signs of infection or respiratory problems two serious problems that could develop. Girardey said. Afler the artificial heart was implanted. Jones was approved for a human heart transplant on dec. 7 and was pm iced Al the top of the National Organ donor network. It was the first temporary implant of the j-7-70 by Devries he had not done an implant in More than iwo years before Jones surgery. None of his four Petinu nent implant patients arc still alive. Devries said about 80 temporary implants have been used As Bridges 10 keep Pati Eliis alive until a human heart trans Plant is available. Jones who had never wanted to slay on an artificial heart was evened and eager to get the transplant when he was informed a suitable donor heart was available in Eric said. Humana spokeswoman Donna Kazle said in ii against Hospital policy 10 release informal Ion about Organ donors