European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 21, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars  stripes sunday August 21, 1988 budget deficit for july Rose to $22.94 billion stateside Washington up the Federal government ended july with a $22.94 billion deficit the biggest monthly shortfall since March the Treasury depart ment reported  government took in $60.69 billion  spent $83 63 billion mostly by reducing the government operating Cash the department s monthly budget statement  created a monthly deficit of $22.94 billion  brings the total budget deficit for this spending year which began oct. 1, to $ 142.03 billion the report said. It was the largest monthly deficit since March when the Gap Between income  outlay reached $29.28 billion the report  year to Date deficit is a 0.6 percent improvement Over the same period last spending year when the Gap had reached $142.91 billion by july the report  administration projects it will end this spending year on sept. 30, with a $ 152.35 billion deficit. That is an upward revision from last month when the administration was predicting a $146.7 billion shortfall. The revision was issued july 28 in the administration s mid session review which also revised estimates of economic growth up to 3 percent for the year from the previously estimated 2.4  department estimates the budget deficit will be Cut to $ 122.69 billion in the 1989 spending year. Private  congressional economists however pre dict the deficit could Rise to $160 billion easily Eclips ing the $148.01 billion budget deficit piled up for fiscal 1987.the government borrowed $3.7 billion from the Public in july through Treasury notes  Bonds an reduced its operating Cash by $15.7 billion the report  brings total Public borrowing so far this spend ing year to $128.14 billion 1.2 percent ahead of the same period last year the report said. Nurses of 6 California hospitals reject pact with 20% pay boost san Francisco a nurses at six private hospitals rejected Friday by a 2-1 margin a tentative contract that would have boosted their pay 20 percent Over three years  halted a 2 v2-week-old strike that closed some emergency  65 percent of the 2,200 striking nurses voted on the offer said Maureen Anderson spokeswoman for the California nurses association. The strike is growing stronger which is unusual she  nurses negotiating team had recommended the contract but not unanimously according to the Union which had sought a bigger pay  spokesman for affiliated hospitals representing the six struck hospitals criticized the rejection Asun reasonable  totally  Henry the hospitals chief negotiator  offer not Only would have made the nurses Amon the highest paid in the nation but also exceeded the Union s settlements with other hospitals in the area. Responded Anderson they re also paying lower than any other hospitals in the  agreement was reached Early thursday after negotiators sat through two consecutive 17-hour bar gaining  pact called for raises of 7.5 percent 6.5 percent  6 percent Over three years bringing salary for top nurses on the night shift to about $50,000. The Union had originally sought raises of 11 percent  10 per cent Over two years. A lot of people out Here Are disappointed nurse Gary Cardiel said thursday of the tentative agreement. It s a slap in the face  i Don t think i m going to vote for  the hospitals affected by the strike Are St. Francis children a marshal Hale St. Mary s  mount Zion in san Francisco  Seton medical Center in Daly City. In addition to the nurses 1,700 Hospital service workers honouring the strike have stayed off the Job. John g. Williams Board president of the affiliate hospitals acknowledged that the hospitals lost patients during the strike but he could not provide num Bers or an estimate of How much the strike Cost. But Anderson  income for the hospitals was50 percent below Normal  that the institutions were further Hurt financially by paying up to $56 an hour to substitute nurses from Texas  Florida. It was just an economic Nightmare for them an Derson said thursday. It was just a lot of red tape  a lot of Money for  gasoline leak blows tops off mass town s sewage system Gloucester mass. A a series of sewage system blasts that sent manhole covers flying 40 feet in the air ripped up a Street  Yards  prompted the evacuation of 200 people was caused by leaking Gaso line officials said. The rapid fire underground explosions blew off 20to 40 heavy manhole covers said mayor William b. Squillace who declared a state of emergency for about two hours Friday no injuries were reported. It sounded like bombs going off. It was one Man Hole right after the other said Gas station owner John Curley. Smoke  flames were visible after the explosions Friday but officials said any fires in the sewers apparently extinguished themselves. Fire chief Barry Mckay said authorities suspect that the gasoline leaked out of a tank being removed from a Petroleum products distribution Yard. We have a suspect site. There was a company re moving a gasoline tank upstream of the sewer system Mckay said. Stale  Federal investigators will try to determine whether the gasoline definitely was the cause of the explosions in this Seaside Community of 28,000 people 36 Miles North of Boston he said. The mayor declared a state of emergency at 5 30 p.m., but lifted it when the flammable substance that sparked the explosions dissipated. Fire officials sounded two alarms after the explosions  sent six trucks to the scene said fire capt. Louis Aiello. The blasts which Tore up a Street in the City s West end neighbourhood  ripped up several Yards occurred about a Quarter mile from downtown not far from Gloucester s statue of a Raincoat Clad Fisherman at the Helm of a ship. Some manhole covers flew As High As 40 feet officials said. The blasts cracked the Concrete Patio of construction worker Pat Cusick  broke his 35-foot Concrete driveway into chunks the size of Telephone books. At a House across the Street half the front Lawn was ripped up a crack ran along the foundation  the sidewalk was ruptured. The Telephone just lit up like a Christmas tree an people were almost hysterical said police officer Merrill Newman. Clarence Rudolph of the fire department  explosions went Boom Boom Boom up the Street  prompted the evacuation of 200 people from a four Block area. Residents were allowed to return Home after fire officials checked manholes for flammable  Boston Gas co. Worker was stationed in the area to Check periodically for flammable gases. Black fraternity s lease of d by Mississippi Board Jackson miss. A the state College Board on thursday approved a two year lease for a Black fraternity to move into a vacant building on the All White fraternity Row at the University of  20-member Black fraternity Phi Beta Sigma had been restoring a building along the same Street but the Structure was torched by arsonists aug. 4."we think that hopefully by the first of october the Phi Beta Sigmas will be in there University of Mississippi Chancellor Gerald Turner said of the renovation project. Renovation of the Phi Kappa Theta House is expected to Cost $ 15,000 to $20,000, All paid for by private funds officials said. Tuberculosis outbreak in cattle traced to . Herd Washington a an estimated 14,000 cattle in North Dakota Are being tested for Bovine tuberculosis  authorities Are trac ing cattle sold in Iowa Minnesota South Dakota  Texas that might have been exposed to the infectious disease the agriculture department said  Glosser administrator of the depart ment s animal  Plant health inspection service said Federal  state officials traced the suspected cattle to a Herd in Wyndmere . This Herd  two exposed herds were then placed under quarantine  tested for signs of tuberculosis he said. So far 32 animals that reacted to the test have been sent to Slaughter where a number of them showed evidence of tuberculosis on postmortem  Glosser  tuberculosis lesions were detected in Early july during routine inspection at a West Fargo ., Slaughter Plant. Hot bathers get cold shocks from Chilly Atlantic Waters Ocean City my. A Beac goers on the sweltering East coast have been surprised Torun smack into cold Waves along the mid Atlan tic  from Virginia to new Jersey Are unexpectedly cold  the lifeguards at the Assatta gue Island National seashore in Maryland report the coldest Ocean temperatures in 20 years. In Chincoteague va., water temperatures plunged to 58 degrees during the annual wild Pony Roundup last month at least 12 degrees below the Normal temperature Range. Satellite photographs show a band of unusually cold water extending from just South of Long Island along the new Jersey coast to Virginia each  Norfolk va., said Dorothy Kropp a National weather service meteorologist in Camp Springs  blame the subnormal water temperatures on upwelling a natural phenomenon in which warm water is blown offshore by the wind  replaced by colder water from the Ocean Bottom. Record Fine handed out for immigration violations Chicago a a Day labor firm will be fined $60,000 for violating the new Federal immigration Law a reduced Fine that still is the largest Ever levied for such violations Federal immigration officials said. The . Immigration  naturalization service initially fined ready men a company that provides temporary help to construction firms  factories $308,000 for hiring five Ille Gal immigrants  committing More than 515violations in record keeping. After two months of negotiations however the two sides agreed on the smaller Fine it s not our intention to put anyone out of business . Moyer the Chicago ins director said Friday. He  the company is now on the right track  that the settlement demonstrates the effectiveness of the Law. Ready Man president James Heraty said he Felt the Sanction is fair  that his company will try to be a Model company in the Industry