European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 10, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Jage 2 the stars and stripes Friday february 10, 1989 w. I Washington a House speaker Jimwright said thursday he has known for a month that the Public would t accept enactment of a Cong res s anal pay raise without a vote but could t convinced is colleagues. Wright defended his handling of the pay raise proposal overwhelmingly Defeated tuesday. I be known for weeks that ultimately there would be a vote Wright told reporters. I tried to suggest. I. There would be a vote. I be known for four weeks that 50 percent was t going to  the raise would have become Law wednesday unless both houses voted to Stop it. The Senate did so last week but Wright had devised a plan to let the raise become Law but schedule a vote thursday to scale it Back to 30 percent along with a ban on speaking fees. Raise opponents however forced Wright to sched ule a vote tuesday and House members under tre lie Nous Public pressure rejected the increase 380-48 when confronted with taking a Public position. The Senate passed the same language later in the Day 94-6. J Wright told reporters thursday that it was already too late to avoid a vote when he devised his 30 per cent strategy a week ago. But he added if i had called for a vote sooner members would have said i Giveaway their pay  Wright also said reforms in the practice of members of Congress accepting Honor aria would not be consid ered anytime soon nor would the House take up an other pay plan in the near future whether for judges lawmakers or the executive Branch. I be known for four weeks that 50 percent was t going to  speaker Jim Wright had the congressional pay raise debate turned out differently House members most Likely would have been voting thursday to deny themselves Honor aria As the speaking fees Are known. They May also have been deciding to limit the time members could spend at a conference in Hawaii or elsewhere to give a single speech. And they May Well have been closing a loophole that permits House Mem Bers in office before 1980 to convert leftover Campaign Cash to their personal use. The reforms vanished with tuesday s vote on the pay raise. I both the House and Senate were moving to restrict outside income if they could get a pay raise. Not any longer. The reforms now would mean a loss of income and members Are in no mood to take a pay Cut. I Don t see us tackling it Honor aria very soon said a House leadership aide requesting anonymity who described the changes for Reform As somewhere Between negligible and  the Senate voted unanimously last week to ban speak ing fees but made the action contingent on congressional salaries rising from $89,500 to $ 135,000. In the House bipartisan negotiators had fashioned package that included the Honor aria ban the travel restrictions and ending the Campaign Cash loophole another outside income restrictions. C9mmon cause the self styled citizens lobby will continue to fight the Conraria system said its president Fred Wertheimer. The group supported the Defeated pay raise plan along with an Honor aria ban. Our View is this is riot legitimate Money he said. The system is corrupt arid unacceptable. We will press to end the system. It s going to be a fight. I can t Tell you How Long it s going to take. I do not think the system will survive in the Long  the Senate allows its members to retain $35,800 a year in Honor aria and the Houie permits retention of $26,850. Hews updates saudis readmit Amin Manama Bahrain a saudi Arabia has readmitted exiled ugandan dictator Idi Amin after he slipped Back into East Africa for three weeks Arab diplomats in the kingdom said wednesday. But one Diplomat said Amin will doubtless lose his last Refuge if he continues political activities an statements. The diplomats reached in Jidida saudi Arabia said Amin returned to the port City about a week ago. The Burly 61-year-old Amin fled to Libya after he was ousted in april 1979 by his main political rival Mil ton Obote. When libyan Leader col. Moa mar Qadhafi rejected him eight months later he was granted political Asylum by saudi Arabia. Peace plan rejected Beijing up cambodian resistance leaders on thursday rejected As unacceptable key peace proposals supported by Vietnam to end its occupation of the coun try. The leaders of the three Resis Tance factions fighting a decade Long guerrilla War against Viet namese occupation also gave their strongest assurances yet that the Khmer Rouge would not regain Power in Cambodia. The statements by the leaders came after they met to map strategy before a conference on cambo Dia later this month in Indonesia. Dancers thank City Baltimore a a soviet dance troupe gave a free performance to thank the City that helped feed and House them after investors ended their support forts . Tour. At the show s end the dancers had a suitcase con Taining $4,000 in donations. The dancers want the people of Baltimore to know this is from the Bottom of their hearts said Rob Ert m. Pomory president of the Lyric opera House where wednesday night s Benefit performance was staged. The Donetsk a troupe of ukrainian Ballet dancers mostly under the age of 25, played to nearly empty houses in Baltimore last weekend. But when word of their plight got out patrons of the arts Rose to the occasion providing meals and Money for hotel Bills. I Pentagon finds no need to establish program for pathological gamblers by William j. Bartman Washington Bureau Washington the Pentagon has killed plans to establish a special pro Gram for pathological gamblers after a two year study of gambling problems among service members showed no need. A search of records for the past two years revealed fewer than 50 diagnoses for pathological gambling a recent re port by the defense department s health affairs Section said. It should be noted however that this applies Only to inpatient treatment there is no practical Means for determining the services out patient  the report ordered by the House armed services committee stemmed from concerns that military club Slot machines could Lead to gambling problems for service members and their families. Compulsive gambling is a psychiatric disorder that involves extraordinarily High rates of suicide and a High incidence of severe depression alcohol abuse and crime. In calling for the study the con Gressional committee said that because compulsive gambling has an immediate association with financial matters its effect on readiness and the Overall mental health of service members has been largely overlooked and  but health officials concluded that it would be an unwarranted dilution of Al ready taxed resources to develop specific treatment programs in military health care or family counselling facilities. There is no sense at present that the problem is More than can be handled by existing mental health services official said. The House committee has no plans to push the Pentagon further on the Issue and private experts said the Only Way to determine if the military has a gambling problem is through a confidential Survey. That in fact is what health officials plan to do. Gambling will be addressed in the military s next worldwide Survey to be conducted in 1991. Additionally the Navy wants to treat compulsive gamblers through its alcohol rehabilitation department if funds Are available health officials said. Pending the 9utcome of the Survey health affairs said it would keep an Eye on the services experience in identify ing and referring for treatment those Active duty members retirees and civilian dependent who show symptoms of gambling problems. Currently the army and air Force have no formal programs for compulsive gamblers while the Navy has two pro Grams in Tjie experimental stage at naval hospitals in California. However the Navy programs Are to be discontinued. When the army and air Force detect a serious gambling problem the individuals referred to the mental health clinic. From Therp a referral is made to either Community self help groups such As gamblers Anonymous outpatient coun seling or if the most severe cases a psychiatric unit. The Navy follows a similar approach but some inpatient referrals Are made to the alcohol rehabilitation department along Beac i naval Hospital. Fog ploys waiting gome with air travellers by de Reavis staff writer Frankfurt West Germany when Dawn s Rosy fingers turn Gray and fog creeps across the land it May be a romantic View from a Home window but it spells trouble and disappointment for air travellers. Wednesday we had 80 inbound and 80 outbound flights cancelled and nearly a dozen rerouted flights said Wolfgang Schwalm press spokesman for Frankfurt Airport. And thursday is starting off on the same foot category Iii meaning visibility has dropped to 400feet." airports Are categorized by their capability to Cope with the safety problems imposed by weather conditions. Frank Furt is a category Iii a a Airport which Means it can safely handle flights vol invisibility from the cockpit is Cut Down to about 400 feet. Bob Carey of the Twa sales depart ment said it has been a bad Winter for fog. I Don t know if it s a record year Ornot but it has caused us  Alfred Kunz passenger manager for pan am has been at the Airport for 20 years and claims he s never seen a worse spell of fog. Compounding the problems the High volume of traffic at the air port. The Airport registers about 800 takeoffs and 800 landings a Day in the Winter and More than 1,000 each during the summer. In the old Days you d be grounded for two or three Days Kunz said. Now we re on the verge of operational limit for the fifth  and International rules governing the distance p Anes must keep Between each other add to the slowdowns. In fog the spacing required is greater and planes often Are put in holding patterns Schwalm said. Kunz sad yesterday for example we had a flight from London due in at 10 35 . It landed at 8 26  unfortunately the Outlook is anything but Bright. The German weather Bureau in Offenbach is predicting another three Days of dense fog. I think we be had a record year for fog Schwalm said. But we Don t keep fog  Soldier gets 20-year term in sex offences Stuttgart West Germany a military c9urt has sentenced a 33-year-old 5th signal come staff sergeant to prison for sexual crimes involving his daughter and stepdaughter. At a Jan. 26 trial at Wallace Barracks the Soldier pleaded guilty to two charges of carnal knowledge in connection with four incidents that occurred Between a gust 1986 and october 1988, Vii corp officials said. The court sentenced the Soldier to 20 years in prison a dishonourable discharge and reduction to the lowest enlisted rank. A pretrial the prison the Soldier behaviour. The the Soldier ties of the stars agreement requires that term be reduced to 10 years if serves the first year with Good and stripes is withholding s name to protect the Ridenti victims