European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 21, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse The stars and stripes saturday May 21.198b second bbl worker Dies of legionnaires disease London a a second employee of the British broadcasting corp. Has died in an out break of legionnaires disease it bbl Headquarters a Public health office said. Five people ate seriously ill among the 39 known cases of the disease in and around the bbl and at More cases Are suspected the West Minster Public health office said. A 53-year-old Man working As an assistant manager in charge of studios was hospitalized May 10 and died tuesday the office said. A 63-year-old cleaning supervisor Jim mor Gan one of the first cases diagnosed in the out break Between raid april and Early May died a week ago. Legionnaires disease produces symptoms similar to pneumonia and often is caused by bacteria from water cooled air conditioning units. The bbl snid its air systems in broadcast ing House and a nearby building had been disinfected. The disease was diagnosed first in 1976, when 221 people contracted it at the Pennsylvania american legion convention in Philadelphia. Injured by time bomb at Sirc Tonbul bus Termini a Lime bomb hidden in a trait can exploded thursday at a bus terminal and stared 10 to flute police said. Istanbul s police a vhf. Fial Erkan said the bomb went off at the to Tarsi Trazya bus Termi Nal on the european is commenting about the existing Aco Lyrd said. Frankly if 1 were president i would thumb Evjy nose at this legislation. The War Powers act has no by the Law was enacted in 1973, Over the veto of presi Dent Nixon who argued that it was an unconstitutional restriction on his authority. That position has been taken by All three subsequent presidents. The Law requires a report from the president when . Military personnel Are sent to situations of imminent hostilities under some circumstances those troops must be withdrawn after 60 Days or 90 Days unless Congress specifically votes to authorize them i remain. The new proposal would let the troops remain Adf an unspecified length of time trains Congress Voyn to remove them. It also creates a group of is senior con Gressional leaders who would regularly meet with the president to discuss National Security mail presidents have not consulted adequately with Congress prior to making decisions to involve the nation in a situation where hostilities Are train. Immi nent or probable said Byrd arguing hat the new 18 Mcm bar group would change that. The congressional leadership a roil could trigger the War Powers Law by introducing a Resolution to either authorize the troops to remain or to order them with drawn. / sen. John Warner of Virginia ranking Republican on the armed services Corrini Tecc said he believes the change is a Good idea because the current Law has never worked very Well Warner said he does t know whether president Reagan will Back the Evange. It will be up to a administration to look at this and see if they can support it said Warner explaining that administration approval was not sought by the group of legislator who drafted the plan. Byrd said i would Hope the administration won t veto this he said action is Likely Lala his year by Congress sen. George Mitchell id that the War Powers act is a Good example Fine limited ability of human beings to predict Fulu Prev it was written for the i Flam War said Mitchell and has been difficult Tor apply to current situations of Small Brief military Raffies or terrorist situations. The most recent dispute Over the War Powers act involves Reagan s persian Gulf policy of re flagging 11 kuwaiti owned tankers and protecting them with Navy warships. Navy vessels have also been authorized to to Neutral merchant vessels that seek help. I has refused to invoke the Law even though Jve been four separate clashes Between be and Iran. Congress has debated trying to invoke. Has been unable to agree on whether it last year filed suit so Ceil i legislator went to Federal court and than order directing Reagan to invoke the Law. But the Juntas thrown out and the legislator Are now appealing if Mitchell said the lavas Well intentioned but it has not worked. We hav spent countless hours pro posing filibustering and a baling measures to invoke a Law rather than assess Irethe Wisdom of the policy that prompted the sen. Sam Nunn doa. Cd Man of the armed services committee said there an old saying that if something in t broke Don t fix Well the War Powers act is broken and it should b Nunn said the Law encourages conf Walion rather than consultation Between the president and Congress. When forces Are introduced the debate no who con Gress is frequently on procedure rather than Warner said Many of the problems in the current Law arise because every president resents a Dalpino Tion in his Power the Taw was approved in november 1973 when slam prepare Banes at books far Tim aug. Now Silverstein and other school officials Are canvassing the Community to raise funds to mail the roughly so Cartons of books. We Are accepting any donations ii said set Ling a goal of $800 to cover projected postal costs. Individuals or groups ii the project can Contact Sil Venuto at the school at Augsburg military 414 6601 or mail donations to the Tarta Rian Book project aug bunk High school Apo 09178,
