European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 27, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes monday june 27,1988 Tass report Doubter. Islamabad Pakistan apr in French embassy said s Ullay it doubled a report Buff he official soviet news Agar tha two frenchmen i kill i afghanis an. Is sent the samcymcs5 i two months ago. And it As totally wrong said  Eric of Cir. Fhe so the a Muhphy was still inquiring but had Joi Aind Noah Ine to  Tass claim. Tass on Friday claimed two French  training afghan an cof Raunisi guerrillas were kills when government troops attain a rebel base in  province.  poll Pari a fear of con  immune Defi  Las changed the  ofu4 percent of a group lbs French my polled by the Ine Nouvel of Crateur. Years ago of 4 percent icy had change the Way Twy live because of aids. Men appeared More Otic Mcd Lan women about  in the disease 20 percent com ired to 8 percent. Bombing in Italy Bolzano Italy a a four Pound bomb exploded in front of a government Oil ire building in inc Center of this regional capital Caus ing property damage bul no casual lies investigators said. It was the third blast in recent Days in Italy s allo adige prov Ince torn by ethnic tensions be tween its German speaking and Lillian Spca Kine inhabitants. An official of the local govern ment said German speaking separatists were suspected in the alack. Congress asked to lift Gap on funds for via payments Chuck Vinch Washington Pentagon officials hoping to avoid a second Cut in variable housing allowance payments this fiscal year Tare asking Congress to lift a spending acc on the via budget. Deputy dec ass Secretary William h. Taft in recently ser Sellers to lawmakers detailing a Money nth Eblem in the via account but Congress Cinat staffers would not say what action ii Lanned. We re looking at it said one Gaffer. We re hopeful that a to gel some word soon said a  compensation official. Congress seems to be receptive to our probe the via fund is being squeezed be cause lawmakers put a fiscal 19sfccciling of is. I billion on the  go to More than 900,000 Seal Sci inc members who live off base. In january via was adjusted to within the budget and about 60 be of recipients had their allowance cd slightly. At the same Lime Dod Esti mated How much would be needed to make payments for inc rest of the year. We tried to make our Best guess but As it turned out we were about 2 percent off the official said. That has caused the current shortfall in inc 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 aver two or three months. The total cuts would Range from $25 to $75 per member de pending on Grade. Bul military officials arc 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 mom the compensation official said. Al want is for Congress to lift the via ing and to never put another one and Well handle it from there by ramming Money from other Soui the spending ceiling  because of the numerous Varia los Dic Tating the amount of via a re a bar will it location pay Grade lumber of family members.  of in vials to estimate How Juch will be ded to make the pay nets in any one fiscal year. Occasionally Hios estimates Are off slightly but of has t been a problem in the past Birse there has never been a spin Dinapol the compensation offi Cial said Khe fund appeared to be run Ning shorn Money from of her accounts could reprogrammed into via rela Tivey Sily. There Are some lawmakers who Al the costs for via arc getting nigh that it s being paid to Loo Many Joule in too Many places the official lid. So they Pui a limit on spending for this 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 while the Laws that de Termine who will gel inc allowance she said. For example in i98s Congress directed Dod to begin paying via to Servic members beginning assignments in Alaska and Hawaii. Those Stales previously had come under the overseas housing allowance and have the highest via Rales in the country the official said. Democrats net to Draff platform Dukakis Jac Soti avoid rules debate special leave available to some in Greece hell Nikon a Greece environmental and morale leave now is available to military members defense department civilian employees and heir command sponsored family members at Hal Nikon a. Mel is the leave program thai pro Vides periods of respite to enhance performance motivation and morale when on Mel orders sponsors and dependents travelling together have priority Over Active duly military members on space available nights an air Force spokesman said. Mel travellers Are eligible for up o two trips per year in hat status. If de Pendents travel without sponsors they Are eligible for one trip per year but they have a lower priority than Active duty military on Ordinary leave. The program formerly had been Avail Able to military members Slali once at Siles in Turkey and Crele. Of her employees eligible for Mel in clude full time american red Cross personnel department of defense dependents schools teachers and their families and non appropriated fund employees who were recruited from the United Stales and arc on duly with the armed forces. An air Force spokesman said the Pri Mary Benefit of the program is that Eligi ble dependents usually family members May now Fly Wuh Oul their sponsors once a year. Most often that is to and from the United Stales or to Germany Spain and Italy he said. By the associated press Michael Dukakis and Jesse Jackson look Steps saturday to avoid a Conlen Lious debate Over dam Coralic party rules As party officials met to draft a platform that Dukakis will stand on. Re lated photo Page 7. The two dam Coralic presidential rivals reached an agreement to eliminate beginning in 1992, provisions that Jack son said prevented him from getting As Many delegates As he deserved according to Dukakis spokesman Tad Devine. The new rules being worked on by party officials in Washington Are now virtually assured of ratification by to party s National convention in Allan a Cal month. They would Cut the numb of super delegates by nearly half require that All other delegates 11 other slates be awarded in pro Porti Voles they receive. Meanwhile in Denver the platform panel is Laking up a Prev binary draft document pledging that off corals would restore competence Wing and incorruptibility to the Federal executive Branch and gel it working a fairly for All  Dukakis we vacationing saturday in Massachi Sehron Friday he said Bill Bradley  in being the one loan Folie no. 2 spot on the ticket. A he a stacked by Republican a Cote Bush twp said we Don t need och taxes we need a president who is hold the in gains Congo is  a who was in pm Ftp Rico sat has complained the jigs Delegate this year does not reflect his that the polls. Senate gop Leader Bob  broadcaster Pat of Yertson whipped by Bush in the Battle for a delegates who will pick the rept denial nominee in new Orleans in August praised the vice president party Unity rally Friday in Cincinnati. The Republican party is United we arc not about to Sec the country go for a mediocre Liberal like Michael Duka Kis said Robertson. I d accept the nomination but in s already gone quipped Dole. Former Secretary of state Alexander Haig or. Said saturday that Bush is the candidate of Safe  Haig said god help us if Michael Dukakis wins. He is the candidate of Rad ical and dangerous  Dukakis said thursday he supports $115 million in new axes to make sure the slate s fiscal base is solid and  he announced that he would sign a 140 million Figarelle Levy and thai he favors raising another $75 million by bringing the state s tax code into line with Federal tax Law changes. In Denver a 16-Membcr drafting panel unanimously approved a preliminary version of inc proposed democratic platform Friday in Advance of sat urday s meeting of the ibs member plat form committee., some differences still divided the Dukakis and Jackson Camps bul Campaign staffs said they were continuing their negotiations. The preliminary document avoids Dis us Sion of higher taxes a freeze on Penta i spending or a palestinian Homeland. 11 to More stable defense budgets Calls inting a drug Czar and says South a terrorist state. Without mention Tion it endorses Freedom of re  Blank a jew by Case faces spun barges tapes supposed of a lawyer for Man who said heal Sharpton Are aces Federal charges slice and perjury his26, was arraigned a magistrate in . Dis la Battan. New York. Us edly made from Wil Tawana Brawley i was hired by the Blank and the a of obstruction of lawyer said Satui Samuel saturday Bufo strict court in my Cleasent Ati Omey Leonard Joy re leased an Mil affidavit that said eight cassette Lajos and two reel tapes supposedly Mac by Mcclease from wiretaps in the Horn and office of attorney c. Ver non a Jan were Blank. To reels looked As if they had in used the court papers said. Ease who claimed Sharpton Hipfl him on feb. 3 to place a recording device in Sharp Lon s own Home and in Mason s Home and office was arrested Friday and charged Wilh obstruction of Justice and perjury. Mcclease a former Navy technician now under Federal Protection had said the wiretaps revealed that the two Black activists doubled the 16-year-old Braw Ley s Story that she was gang raped in november by at least six White men one of whom nosed a police like badge. The arrest came a Day after Sharp Ion and Mason filed a complaint with the Manhattan District attorney s office charging Mcclease Wilh illegal wiretap Ping and breaking and ensuring. They also demanded that Mcclease be arrested. Mcclease claimed Sharpton hired him to record the conversations so that if the Case was exposed As untrue Sharpton could protect a self by releasing selected portions Mohe tapes. Both Sharp Ion 3ml Mason accused the government of due Fig the wiretaps and said they would apr for gun permits to protect themselves. Mcclease said lha in february Sharpton Mason and attorney Alton Maddox conceded thai pkg Black teen Ager s Story that she was ducted and raped was a fake. Mcc Casc said thai on on ape handed to the grand jury the thre advisers arc heard saying the Story was Bull but we re in Lew deep Mcclease had said he recorded Sharp Ion Mason and Maddox discussing the kidnapping not to be a kidnapping but was actually a four Day party in the area