European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 26, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 2 the stars and stripes sunday june 25.1988 news updates toss report doubted Islamabad. Pakistan a the French embassy said sat urday in doubled a report by the official soviet news Agency Tass thai iwo frenchmen have been killed in Afghanistan. Tass sent the same message two months ago and it was totally wrong said embassy spokesman Eric a Ornick. He said the embassy was still inquiring but had obtained Noth ing to substantiate the Tass claim. Tass on Friday claimed iwo French military advisers training afghan anti communist guerrillas were killed when government troops attacked a rebel base in Soulhas Lorn Zabul province. French sex poll Paris a fear of contracting acquired immune deficiency by Drosc has changed the sexual behaviour of 4 percent of a group of frenchmen polled by the Magazine Nouvel observe cur. Two years ago Only 4 percent said they had changed the. Way they live because of aids Accord ing to the Magazine hat appeared on Newsstands appeared More concerned than women about being infected by the disease 20 percent com pared to 8 percent. Temperatures f g 5e � Bystol a Tai o f fun if i t la c a cow ctr urd i h Taicia Algu irim t Iii fu04vl to Nihi ,16ttenauto,h 9 01fl 9 100 of 97 june 24 u i964 6 a 69n 61 inuwmludtail.1 udftibrmhchukluhh.1 iwdlk.v4 Pitann puiw.1 of Nitri Olu Roan 64 � 92 66 Pinto ecu fan Washl Kyj 72 9b 40 1d? if e 9467 w19 7591 b m ftang.1 e4lt Liu cite Ijen hrs no Ines 71 Wisn to 106 10 1uraz 102 71 7 � 76smmpeflc 5j a Dix lilt. I 1q7 u srr4ud4.e 73ivtwi-sl ?.c 9? Mikil 100tuumj 11ko Wati Berft 79 win in Dilt 10hilr.crleutt, Ranii s4n fijis4n Uini t l Fri Diml Tritt. C or b Flor Tun ctr 0 72 h la Tom. To t 64 77 my. M u . C 44 is vim. C Buuri t i u u form Jimim cum Orif Phi Khnom tender a mkt european weather laxity a Ifon an a Mimi no a too h Viiu i a a in a n non own n it Klun Cora m Hunt vat n hmm ilium i 1h Nollet a Iwig until in Tut a i in � Emmi St-4lf 1 10. Him Sun a a 1 com scr Man Day Down Mettr nil turn by Nikon 1m i twi gtd Mattly we no in by in it or a ism ckn4 Fil Nung vim. Wlsh is miss 94 to Itu ii n u7? u it 54 i kghln�1 it Utu it. I Ham i Congress asked to lift Cap on funds for via payments by Chuck Vinc Washington Bureau Washington Pentagon officials hoping to avoid a second Cut in variable housing allowance payment this fiscal year Are asking Congress to lift a spending Cap on the via budget. Deputy defense Secretary William in recently sent ice tors to lawmakers detailing a Money problem in the vhf account but congressional staffers would not say what action is planned. We re looking at it said one staffer. We re hopeful thai Well get som word soon Aid a defense department compensation official. Congress seem to be receptive to our problem the via fund is being squeezed be cause lawmakers put a fiscal 1988 ceiling of s 1.1 billion on the payments which a to More than 900,000 stateside serv ice members who live of base. In january via was adjusted to slay within the budget and about 60 percent of recipients had their allowance Cut slightly. At the same time Dod Esti mated How much would he needed tomake payments for tie rest of the year. We tried to make our Best guess Butas it turned out we were about 2 percent off the official said. That has cause the current shortfall in the via account. Plans have been drawn up for a Sec Ond Cut in via this fiscal year to handle the $27 million shortfall either a sin Gle Cut or instalments spaced Over two or three months. The total cuts would Range from $25 to 175 per member de pending on Grade. But military officials Are optimistic that Congress will lift the ceiling because Dod s proposed solution does t involve any extra appropriated funds. We Don t want any More Money the compensation official Aid All we want is for Congress to lift the via Ceil ing and to never put another one on us and Well handle it from there by reprogramming Money from other the spending ceiling created problem became of the numerous variables Dic Tating the amount of via a member will gel location pay Grade number of family members. That forces military officials to estimate How much will be needed id make the payments in any one fiscal year. Occasionally those estimates Are of slightly but thai has t been a problem in the past because there he never Beena spending Cap the compensation offi Cial said if the fund appeared to be run Ning Short Money from other accounts could be reprogrammed into via relatively easily. But there arc some lawmakers who feel that the costs for via arc getting too High that it s being paid to Loo Man people in too Many places the official said. So they put a limit on spending Fortis fiscal year. And the Pentagon is caught in a Dou ble bind lawmakers put the Cap in place to rein in via costs but those same lawmakers write the Laws that de Termine who will get the allowance she said. For example in 19ss Congress
