European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 23, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 28 news briefs the stars and stripes sunday october 23,198b plan to Amend Constitution would alter soviet politics Moscow up newspaper saturday primed a draft Law on proposed changes in the Constitution that would dramatically alter the political Structure of he country and require parliamentary approval before soviet troops could engage in conflicts outside soviet Borders. Beside the amendment aimed at curbing the unbridled use of die military in regional con lid such As the december 1979 invasion of Afghanistan the Law Calls far limiting political officeholders to to five year terms the creation of a powerful executive presidency and Mandat ing elections. In an interview published saturday soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev said the changes inthe political Structure were necessary to keep the momentum behind his Reform Campaign alive. The alterations would be implemented by amending the soviet Constitution. They closely follow those proposed by Gorbachev during the special i9ih communist party conference last june and july. Marcos expected to face filipinos charges soon Manila Philippines up philippine officials said saturday they will proceed with their own criminal charges against former ruler Ferdi nand Marcos Bolst Ereain their efforts to recover his alleged vast illicit wealth by a . Indict ment. President Corazon Aquino welcomed Friday saying in and related efforts in other countries should Speed the recovery of some 15 billion to $ 1 i billion that the government thinks Marcos stole during his 20-year Rule of the coun try. Of course we will go ahead we have to said Ramon Diaz who stepped Down in july Ashead of the presidential commission charged with tracing and recovering Marcos allegedly purloined wealth. He has so Many More crimes Here beyond the racketeering charges listed in he new York indictment Diaz said the charges in the United states Are just one of so Many. Marcos 71, his wife Imelda 59 and five associates including saudi businessman and arms dealer Adnan Trhas Pegi were indicted on racketeering charges Friday in new York. Three other people were indicted in the Case on Federal obstruction of Justice and mail fraud charges. Ship from Paga 1 the boat deck and the engine room flooded. The tug Boais managed to keep Trie ship afloat while it was evacuated the Jupiter spokesman said. Students and teachers were flown Back to Britain on saturday aboard four chartered jets after spending the night aboard the Pegasus another cruise ship belong ing to the Jupiter s owners. Some were still wrapped in blankets and Many Heptas they boarded the jets. One of the Boeing 737s was altered to carry stretchers. A greek merchant Marine ministry spokesman said three people were in stable condition Al Piraeus and Athens hospitals. The 471 teen agers and their 15 teachers and chaperones were starting an eight Day educational cruise when the collision occurred 20 minutes after the Jupi Ter left port. The trip was organized by schools abroad based at Havering county Essen England. 1 whale Dies rescuers guide others nearer to open water from fags 1 Nia Gray whales members of an endangered species. The big Marine mammals were about four Miles fro open water. A second ice smashing cargo helicopter was to join the attempt to create an open path for the whales late saturday. It also was to bang a Crane to remove broken ice before in refreeze. The whale nicknamed Bone disappeared beneath the foot thick ice Friday afternoon. By Midnight Fri Day rescuers on the ice near this Small Eskimo town on the Arctic Ocean had Given up Hope Bone might rejoin the others. North slope Borough biologist Geoff Carroll said the whale was presumed dead. Bone Cross Cak and Bonnet became trapped at Small breathing Hole in unseasonably heavy ice More than two weeks ago during their annual migration South. Open water was too far for them to swim with out surfacing to breathe. The missing whale got its name because skin on it snout had been rubbed to the Bone by the rough ice surrounding the breathing Hole. That condition May have led to Bone s death said biologist Craig George once they get a Bone infection they go pretty Quick George said. Something will have to be done about the ice Ridge and soon if the remaining whales Are to be freed said col. Tom Carroll in charge of the Alaska National guard s two sky Crane helicopters on loan for the res we looked for an alternate route bypassing the Ridge and did t find it he said. If there no Way through it it will have to be tackled Early while the whales still Are some ways from it the Ridge lies about a Quarter mile from an area of open water leading to the open sea. The Ridge was believed to be too thick to be punctured by the helicopters nearly five Ion steel reinforced Concrete hammers and demolition expert were on their Way to assess the situation said Geof Carroll. Bone disappeared about the same time rescuers had their greatest Success. About two dozen Eskimo volunteers Many of the Hunters of the Bowhead whale led the whales almost a half mile closer to open water Friday by using Chain saws to carve a string of i o-by-30-foot breathing hotel. The whales have moved All the Way to the 24th Hole the National guard s Carroll Taid. I m not sur How they did it but leave it up to Eskimo Deicers which keep the holes open by agitating the water freed the eskimos to work on new holes. The first huge ch-54 sky Rarie helicopter Lent by the guard worked in the opposite direction from the open water Back toward the whales so As not to frighten the mammals. The aircraft designed to haul heavy cargo used a Concrete Block suspended from its cargo Hook to punch four 15 to 20-foot holes in the ice at f5-Yard interval. The second sky Crane meanwhile abandoned the repeatedly frustrated Effort to drag a 185-ton, icebreaking hover Barge 230 Miles from the Oil Fields Al Prudhoe Day. Airlift from Page 1 list of examples. Among them two passengers Fiew an army aircraft from the forces come flight detachment near Atlanta to hous ton and Dallas. The aircraft Fiew empty Back to Atlanta. The Bill was 12,000 above what commercial flight would have Cost. An air Force aircraft flew three passengers from new Orleans to Luke fab Ariz. In left Arizona wit two passengers and flew them to san Diego then an to Andrews fab my. It returned to new Orleans with four passengers. Total costs were at least 44,715 above commercial prices. The Navy sent an empty aircraft from new or leans to Corpus Christi Texas to pick up two officer who wanted to go to Andrews fab my. The Jet re turned empty to new Orleans resulting in costs of$3,700 above commercial rates. The Osa program run independently by the serv ices to move personnel and cargo and provide Pilot training has been riddled for years with weak manage ment and poor record keeping the Gao said adding thai none of the services Fallows Pentagon guidelines for operating the program. Official policy states that personnel must use com Mercial aircraft within the United states except if commercial flights Are unavailable or if military flights would be More economical. Auditors said the services routinely assign higher priorities to travel requests than they should. The re port showed that 45 of 53 army requests for priority two travel defined As when scheduling constraints preclude other forms of transportation should have been rated As priority five the lowest on the scale because commercial transportation was readily Avail Able. Some army flight coordinators gave priority two status to requests because they were unaware of Dod rules for the program while some air Force and Navy officials approved priority two flights based solely on passenger tank the report said. Auditors said thai inconsistent reporting by the services on the actual number of Osa missions in 1987 prevented them from determining the extent of the waste. Premature destruction of records further complicated our efforts the report said. Dod rules male that Osa travel records be maintained for a year. Air Force officials for example usually kept them on file for Only about a month. The report said deficiencies in Osa accounting Are not new. A Pentagon inspector general report in 1982 listed similar findings As did a 1986 memo from Dep Uty defense Secretary William h. Tall in to the serv ices. It s important to address these issues in Light of the administration s emphasis on the elimination of fraud waste and abuse tall wrote. Abuse will not be condoned and the perception of abuse must be must be no real or even perceived squandering of defense the defense department said evaluation of Theosa program cannot be based on Cost alone because of the valuable training the flights afford military pilots. But Gao auditors said we believe that Coil effective training and transportation of Dod personnel Are mutually attainable the Gao report said military flights Are usually More economical than commercial flights if the air Craft Are loaded at or near capacity but the air Force. For example had an occupancy rate of Only 24 percent in 1987. The defense department generally agreed with most of the Points made by the Gao. Officials Ltd efforts Are under Way to establish centralized Osa re Cord keeping and scheduling thai will track the total number of flights and their Cost and minimize Lon trips with few passengers. A new memo from defense Secretary Frank Cariucci also will be sent to the services re emphasizing the need to comply with Dod policy on official travel Congress from Page 1 professionals who were seeking Torrec Lions for hundreds of errors and ambiguities in the overhaul enacted in 1986. The end of the 100th Congress marked the retirement of six senators including the president pro tempore John Stennis of Mississippi who has been a member of the chamber for 40 of his 87 years. Also retiring Are Sens. William Proxmire d-wis., a 30-year Senate Veteran Robert Stafford a it Dan Evans Lawton Chiles d Fla and Paul Tribler a. Legislation sent to Reagan on Friday included a Compromise that would further re strict lobbying by former executive Branc officials and apply lobbying restraints to for Mer members of Congress for the first time. The legislation would bar departing Mem Bers of Congress from lobbying their former colleagues in either chamber for one year. 4 a s1,5 billion authorization for corps of engineers flood control and navigation projects in 12 Stales three House approved Bills aimed a focusing the government s Long Range aviation research boosting the commercial satellite Industry and bringing order to Federal superconductivity efforts. The aviation proposal directs the Federal aviation administration to step up in research an aircraft safety including fire prevention and the problems faced by aging planes. A congressional Gold medal was authorized to be min Ted in Honor of Arti Andrew Wyeth assorted measures passed by Bot Chambers that proclaimed National Juke Box week Uncle Sim Day National Light House Day National skiing Day National earthquake awareness week and National asparagus week. A measure calling for a memorial Hoa Oring women who served in Vietnam. Legislation ordering the government to ban the Sale of Lawn darts a game that is
