European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 16, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Pow Mia they re not forgotten see Page 3 the Siars and Ahlzen Uno Flcik Chi in Tion Fos the . Med once vol.47,no. 161 Friday september 16, 19s8 Good month not d 8693 a Hurricane nears . Coast residents of surfs de teams Board up their windows and doors before heading for High or ground. Cancun Mexico a the most intense Hurri Cane on record surged toward Texas thursday after battering the Yucatan Peninsula with 160 Mph winds leveling slums  Mcling posh resorts and forcing Lens of thousands to flee. Hurricane Gilbert which has left nearly one in four jamaicans homeless slackened somewhat As it roared Over land but the storm was beginning to gain strength Over open water As it moved toward the . Gulf of Mexico coast with sustained winds of 120 Mph. The storm was headed West Northwest and dumping up to 10 inches of rain said National Hurricane Cen Ter director Bob sheets. At 3 . Thursday the Center of the storm was near latitude 22.3 North and Longitude 92.9 West or about 380 Miles Southeast of Brownsville Texas the nation Al weather service said. Brownsville was Given a 21 percent probability of being hit though a Hurricane watch was in effect along the entire Texas coast As Well As the northeastern mexi can coast from to Tampico. Sheets said the Hurricane was expected to hit land mid Day Friday and that its sustained winds would certainly increase to 130,140 Miles per hour on thursday. Meanwhile thousands from Southern Texas to Louisian a s bayous shuttered Homes and shops packed up livestock and fled to higher ground thursday As the Hurricane roared across the Gulf toward the . Coast. This is it killer storm said Gordon Guthric director of the Florida division of emergency of manage ment. "1 feel sorry for anybody wherever this hits. Grocery stores ran Low on bottled water batteries continued on Back Page Low Dollar slows Dod building plans by Chuck Vinci i Washington Bureau Washington lawmakers have slashed some overseas construction projects because the defense department did not pay enough attention to growing shortfalls in foreign currency fluctuation accounts. The House and Senate on wednesday approved an $8.8 billion fiscal 1989 Mil itary construction appropriations Bill. And the spending measure includes s70.8 million to reduce funding Short Falls caused by the Dollar s three year slide against major world currencies even though the Pentagon did not ask for the Money. The conference report on the Bill said lawmakers were displeased that the Pentagon has not requested foreign cur Rency fluctuation funds but instead re Quested Large increases in overseas construction. The conferees scaled Bac construction so the currency fluctuation accounts can be shored up the accounts cover budget shortfalls caused by a drop in the Dollar s value. The House passed the Bill by a vote of 386-26 and sent it to the Senate which approved it two hours later on a voice Vole. It now goes to president Reagan for his signature. The Bill is an increase from the jb.3 billion construction budget that was approved for this fiscal year but is less than the $9.7 billion requested by the administration. Projects that were rejected include a s 5 5 million Hospital Complex and a $7 million school upgrade in Seoul Korea Post offices in Vilsick West Germany and Raf bin Walers England physical fitness Cen ters in Hohrn fils West Germany Ander sen fab Guam and Raf Fairford eng land and dormitories at Lajos Field azores and Raf Alconbury England. Even so Many other Quality of life projects overseas including schools medical facilities child development centers and Barracks made it into the legislation. The Bill contains 13.3 billion for family housing construction but Onty two overseas projects were approved 88 units at Hohenfels and 260 units at Clark a Philippines. Conferees working on the Bill turned Down a Burden sharing proposal to can cel All construction projects in Japan unless the government of thai country agreed to finance extra costs resulting from the yen Dollar Exchange  Bill contains $70.3 million for Navy and air Force construction in the Philippines bul no Money can be spent until the Pentagon provides a report on the status of base rights negotiations and a certification that based on the negotiating status it is prudent to proceed with the projects lawmakers limited family housing contract cleaning funds to $30 million because they believe strongly that cur rent costs Are excessive and mat manage ment improvement is  the legislation allows from j20q to $220 in cleaning Cost per household compared