European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 21, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Inside stripes d israelis clash with arabs again Page 2 d gis playing roles from past Page 8 d huskies Triumph in Independence bowl Page 21 authori1ed unofficial publication for the u s hmm to Voi .15. No 247 monday. December 21. 1987 d 8693 a final touches being put on budget Bills Washington Al l congressional leaders met with president Rea Gan s lop advisers an sunday in put the finishing touches on a pair of budget Bills and an attached Agre Mem to provide new Money fur the Contra rebels in Nicaragua. Meanwhile the House and Senate were poised to pass emergency spending authority late sunday so thai hundreds of thousands of government workers would not he sent Home monday. The extended budget talks had led the government technically out or business be ginning saturday although weekend effects were minimal. Leaders in both Chambers expressed Confidence i hat final action would come monday on the two major fiscal Bills a $600 billion spending Bill and a lax and entitlement measure thai combined would meet Congress commit Lenl to reduce Lilje Federal deficit by j30.2 billion this year. They re moving toward solution but they re no there yet House speaker Jim Wright of Taxa. Said sunday. The speaker and other congressional lenders were meeting with while House chief of staff Howard Baker. Treasury Secretary James a. Baker 111 and nation Al Security adviser Colin Powell. The legislative logjam lingering three months past the beginning of fiscal 98 i appeared to he near an end with the tentative Compromise on the con Aid Issue. Although con Aid was just a Liny pan of the record spending Bill it was among Ilie most Conlen Lious with Reagan promising a veto if he did l win new subsidies for the rebels. White House and congressional bar Gainen agreed 10 provide $8.1 million in non military Aid to the contras including $3.6 million in food closing shelter see budget on Page 2b americans sceptical an ties los Lii d americans no longer see the soviet Union As an evil Empire and they approve of the treaty Banning intermediate Range nuclear missiles but they Are he Silano Ghoul closer tics Between Washington and Moscow according to a new National poll. The los Angeles times poll published in the Early edition of the sunday paper also found president Reagan s Summit meeting with Mikhail Gorba Chev raised the president s Persona popularity to Heights he has not seen since the Iran Centra affair surfaced 13 months ago. One in four republicans questioned in the nationwide Survey said that if conservative gop senators blocked Rafica Tion of the inf treaty " his Issue alone would he enough to Vole for the demo cratic presidential candidate m i4sx. Also. Republican1. B an &-1 ratio and democrats by 15 to i said they would be More Likely to Vole for a presidential candidate who supports the treaty. Seventy two percent of the 1,826 peo ple interviewed said the treaty should be ratified compared to 11 percent who were against Calif Calion with 17 percent undecided. But the american Public May not be ready 10 Teniera new Era in soviet Ameri can relations. There Are a number of specific prob lems that this new feel Good foreign pol icy is not going to sweep under the car Pel times poll director . Lewis said. When asked whether they believed the United slates will be Able to verify Wilh any accuracy whether the russians Are comping with the treaty More people thought compliance could be verified Lam though u could nut hut by Only tie percentage Points. Parrot turns Stool Pigeon hol Ston api a stolen patrol blew the vol utile on a Bird Napper. Lellot police the name i Sittg the apartment of 14-year-old Pronai input Hobby Larm i Cuin. The patrol Kri Cid the tilt Iceni with phrases such is hello. Piura and hello line inc Ollices said Mccuin Enlil them he had Oilen the Bird from someone he id nol cd Only us Little necking reports of stolen parrots see Parrot on Page 28 Sruti Fth nor by i places Are hard to come by As military personnel turn in is in the Wake of u fut line Dollar despite budgeting Low Buck still hurts editor s note this is the first of to articles in the Dulber in Kurppe. Next week Vul s at Ifju fat the Huek in 83? Stuit writer there will probably he Little Joy in Christmas this year for a.i.i". Ken Nulli Sheldon. ing was t so Treal either a a record Low Dollar forced him so Send his family Home just before the Holiday season set1 related stun Philil Piipke 3. I Lis gelling into a Pine Type St ii Aluin to where at the end of every Julay. I was finding my in Luckini account balance was gelling less and less and die Spanje Ahtam a Germany airman said. In no Ember tie hid ins Wile hid 3.oionih-old my Farewell and put them in a plane to North t prot no. A months Earls. Fialk up three More \ ii term of the declining Dollar. Talk about the hike Ujj s is old news. When the Grei ii Ucli dropped to a Ihen Reci ird Law of i.s3 Marks in january life Sivles changed. Automatic adjustments to Cost of Lii ing and housing allowances went into a met ind people started lightening Hells. Hut the Dollar Haven no the Ameri can military eur Minnum its Iowa v there for Pru Lection. As Long is things did l gel much worse Bui they did. Friday Len Dollar closed .11 Marks. In recent mooih1, u reached Tuv luvs Jauis oilu1 1110 Pean currencies Siul in in even lower forsnnu1. I Uroic Ulli a in Dulkis is no Lone i 4 Luo plus in have or others. H is downright frightening Sheldon ilm it fit tin Iii Tinl the earn Aivil Vitul a Mug or Kanun no ban a stereo clip ipod it tills uie a us no inst Uirt no i even conto mud on Pirjo 2
