European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 7, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday october 1988 the stars and stripes Page 7 Bill finalized to close military bases obsolete posts targeted in historic moment Washington not House and Senate negotiators agreed wednesday on legislation that will Clear the Way for closing about two do in obsolete Mili tary bases a process a politically Sensi Tive that Congress has prevented the Pentagon front shutting Down any major basis inc 1977. The agreement combines Hills an proved by both houses earlier this  is expected to win easy final approval in Bath Chambers with action Likely by Early next week members of the House and Senate armed services committees describe the Bill As perhaps the most significant piece of military legislation adopted by the tooth Congress. This is an historic moment said rep. Dick Armey a Texas who helped push the measure through a divided House earlier this year. We re actually going to put he National interest ahead of parochial interests this  although the Pentagon has Lon wanted to shut Down obsolete bases us makers whose Stales or districts Benefit economically from the installations have blocked such closings. Legislation adopted in the Laic 1970s has required studies of the environmental Impact any time a base closing is considered. Opponents have used thai requirement to stall or prevent closings. Under the legislation adopted wednesday a nonpartisan 12-Mcmber commission appointed by defense Secre tary Frank c. Carlund must submit a Lyslof recommended base closings by dec. 31. The candidates will be drawn fro about 550 major bases in the United states All of which employ at least 300 civilian workers Carlucci will then have until Jan. 16 to accept the recommendations. If Cartucci accepts the list As expected. Congress will have 45 Days beginning March i to pass a Resolution barring the Clos Ings. Without such a Resolution thu Clos Ings would proceed. Rep. Los Aspin d-wis., who Heads the House armed services committee said the Pentagon expects to save As much As $2 billion a year from the closings. The agreement on base closing proce dures came As Senate democrats and re publicans continued a legislative stale mate that is preventing action on a package of child care measures and a major dig Bill hoping to wrest at least some political advantage from the deadlock the Senate majority Leader Robert c. Byrd do. Va., and sen. Hob Dole of Kansas the Republican Leader traded barbs on the Senate floor wednesday morning accusing each other of impeding Progress and delaying the sen ale s adjournment for the year. Dole said republicans were prepared to work out agreements on limiting debate and amendments on the drug Bill and a Bill making technical corrections to the 1986lax Law but were fed up with what he de scribed As democratic Monkey business in the past week and a half. Parental leave child care and child pornography that s not Monkey Busi Ness Byrd a clotted referring to a pack age of three Bills that democrats have now melded into a single piece of family issues legislation that they want to pass before taking up the drug Bill. What we Sec going on Here is an Effort to kill this Bill and it s not too  . Airlines show increase in on time rate Washington a the nation s leading airlines reported thai 83 percent of their nights arrived on Lime in August he fifth  in which heir on time performance was at least so percent the transportation department reported wednesday. Customer complaints to the department s con Sumer affairs office meanwhile continued to de Cline with about one third As Many received this september As last september and 20 percent fever than were received to july. The on time statistics covered the 13 leading airlines. Their August performance was the Sec Ond beat since the monthly reporting began a year ago the department said. Delta air lines had the Best on time record among the largest carriers with 86,9 percent of its flights arriving within 15 minutes of schedule in August followed by Continental airlines 86.8 per cent and american airlines 8s.9 percent. The Overall Best on time record was Given to two smaller Sun Belt carriers America West 91,5percent and Southwest airlines 905 percent. Pan american world airways and us air reported the worst on time record with one of every four flights arriving late the department  government rules a night is considered to be on time if it arrives within 15 minutes of  tamed by weather Are counted but those caused by mechanical problems Are not. The Salt Lake City Airport had the Best arrival record in August with 91,4 percent of the flights Landing within is minutes of schedule. The Pitts Burgh area Airport where repairs on a runway have contributed to delays Hod the worst record with 71.3 percent of the flights Landing on Lime. The reporting requirements were put into effect in september 1987 after a summer of protests from members of Congress and air travellers about poor airline service and delays. The delays had peaked in the summer of 1986, prompting the government to direct airlines to make scheduling changes at some of the busiest airports but the transportation department s figures showed that during the past summer the on time record of the 13 monitored airlines averaged bet Ter than 83 percent. They have been at above 80 percent since april the department said complaints from passenger dropped dramatically in August to 10 percent fewer than in july and 66 percent fewer than August 1987. During the month the department s consumer affairs office received 1397 air travel complaints. Hawaiian airlines had the worst complaint re Cord with 1257 complaints for every 100,000 Pas sengers flown in september followed by pan am with 11.45. The department released the september complaint figures with the August on time statistics. Her Good scene located lost cents Chicago a a Bank Teller who mistakenly handed out 125,000 instead of $250 put police on the scent after realizing the customer Small cd like a certain chinese restaurant police said. The customer who turned out to be a Busboy at the three happiness restaurant had been sent to Lakeside Bank on tuesday to get change for $500 half in coins and half in is Bills. The Teller grabbed $100 Bills by mistake put themis a counting machine and gave the Man $250 in coins plus $25,000 in Bills said sol. John Roberts. When the mistake was discovered the Teller was unable to name the person to whom she had Given the Windfall. But her nose gave police the Lead they needed. The Young lady who made the error recalled the individual who came to get the change had a certain odor Aboul him characteristic of one of the restaurant sin Chinatown Roberts said. The Teller picked the Orcsi aural telling police the Aroma came from the cooking oils used there. Police recovered the Money from the unidentified Busboy who had hidden it at a relative s Home police said. Authorities were prepared to charge the Busboy under tows governing theft or mislaid property but theban declined to prosecute to preserve Good relations with Chinatown customers Roberts said. The restaurant s manager Michael Moy said wednesday the 25-year-old Busboy had been fired but he was sympathetic toward the Young Man who undoubtedly considered his find Lucky  the mistake was from the Bank not from the boy Moy said. After the Teller discovered her error she went to the restaurant to speak to the Busboy but he denied any Rale and police were summoned Roberts said. Jim Porcaro a Bank spokesman said of the Teller he would not identify it was an oversight that was Cor  holocaust museum Corner unveiled Washington map president Reagan wednesday unveiled the Cornerstone of the holocaust memorial museum near the Washington Monument and renewed his Challenge to the soviet Union to relax restrictions on jewish emigration. I want to ask the soviet leaders a question where arc those exit visas where arc they Reagan said in his speech to about 1,500 persons at the museum site. The museum being built with private funds on land donated by the Federal government is expected to open late in 1990 to commemorate the holocaust i which 6 million jews and other persecuted people were killed in Germany under Adolf Hitler. Reagan pulled a fold con to unveil a chunk of Pink North Carolina Granite that will stand at the Comer of the museum. He said the museum will examine the nature and meaning of the continuing curse that is  "1 think All of us Here Are aware of those even among our own countrymen who have dedicated themselves to the disgusting task of minimizing or even denying the truth of the holocaust Reagan said. This act of intellectual genocide must not go unchallenged and those who Advance these views must be held up to the scorn and Wrath of All Good and thinking people. We know that the United nations whose peace keepers were honoured Only last week for their service to the world has yet to repeal its infamous Resolution equating zionism and racism. We know where such intellectual infamy can  then he added in these Days of glasnost we hear talk of liberalizing altitudes toward Judaism in the soviet Union he said. But he said there arc still Lens of thousands maybe even hundreds of thousands of soviet jews who wait to leave the soviet Union. And Here As we Lay this Cornerstone and vow that the jewish people will never stand alone against tyranny i want to ask the soviet leaders a question where arc those exit visas where arc thcy7" Penthouse interview surprises Bradley Washington a Bill Bradley new Jersey s straight laced and studious senator has unexpectedly discovered himself Between the covers of this month s Issue of Penthouse Magazine. The democratic senator s spokesman says Bradley was misled by an interviewer who said he was working for family  Bradley was very surprised spokesman Nick do Natiello said wednesday a Day after the november Penthouse hit the stands. The Issue s cover featuring the pet of the month also bears the teaser sen. Bill Bradley the crisis beyond politics the Penl House interview features a Page and a half full color photo of Bradley in from of the Capitol dome. The actual interview by new York writer Glenn Plait in is limited to Bradley views on environmental issues. Donatiello said Plaskin was granted the interview in the senator s office with the understanding that the environment would be the sole topic. Plaskin said he was working on assignment for family Circle but offered the interview to other publications including Penthouse and Playboy after his original assignment was cancelled. The writer said he called Bradley s staff to suggest that he might offer the interview elsewhere. I made it very Clear to Bradley s office that 1 wanted to sell it to Playboy or Penthouse Plaskin said. I do believe that sea Bradley was surprised. But that was t the intention he said. But Donatiello said those publications were never mentioned 10 me or to anyone in our  he said Bradley will not give interviews with that whole genre of magazines and has turned Down Penthouse before. The interview look place nov 24, Donatiello said. Penthouse reports Bradley and Plaskin spoke last