European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 28, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes tuesday february 28,1989 nation fresh out of Cash  a Nir a. R  u a for. Rut. Of Osh \.  -. Vin Alvior More h ,. Tiv a a i t " a a. . Loser  o of aimed any in Lenin in  Uuu---3 1an assault on president Bush or his budget but Ati cd that the while House is follow ing a most unorthodox approach to deficit negotiations. Sasser was the principal speaker at the opening ses Sion of the midwinter meeting of the National Gover nors association. The administration was not represented at the ses Sion because Richard Darman White House budget director declined an invitation to appear. All the governors understand we have to take our fair share of cuts to Deal with deficit reduction and we be done that said democratic gov. James Blan Chard of Michigan. But he went on to say that the states were hard pressed to Deal with new obligations mandated by the Federal government without funds to pay for them. We can t take continued mandated automatic expenditures he said. Gov. Gerald Baliles of Virginia a Democrat who is chairman of the governors association opened the session by pointing out that the Federal budget item for interest on the debt now exceeds spending on All Domestic discretionary  ice of Puick some of the   by the new admin ration Pilic s arly she fore that interest rats will decline to 5.5 percent in sneer raid that while be administration predicts a our a budget by 1993, the concessional Budge Tull inc forecasts a $75 billion deficit or the same year. Blanclard a former member of confess said he is confused by the process being used to reach a budget agreement. We re confused ourselves this year Sasser  is a most unorthodox  the Tennessee senator said the administration Sim ply left Many budget areas Blank and Lei to it to Congress to suggest where cuts ought to be made. It s a Little like you going to your state legislature with your budget and just taking about half of it and throwing it up in the air and saying of fellow Hereit is you solve it " he said that in his negotiations with Darman resort of shadowbox around on this program and that program. It s a very unusual budget  Sasser said that while Bush is asking for a line item veto a budgetary tool that Many governors have he refuses to offer the Congress this year a line item  the sad reality of our fiscal circumstances is that there s substantial pain to be portioned out to the american people and i m sorry to say that the portion of that pain Likely to fall to state and local government is once again very substantial Sasser said. Iran Confra figure Secord arrested on suspicion of driving while drunk Reston a. A Richard v. Secord one of four men facing criminal charges in the Iran Contra affair was arrested on suspicion of Drunken driving police said. Secord a retired air Force major Gener Al was arrested Early sunday morning after officers saw his car weaving on a Highway in Reston a Washington d.c., suburb according to Pete Kirby Fairfax county police communications supervisor. Secord was charged with driving while intoxicated and taken to an adult detention Center where he appeared before magistrate Kirby said. A court official at the magistrate s office said he did not know whether a court Date had been set. Secord Secord has an unpublished Telephone number and was not available for com ment. Secord was charged in the Iran Contr affair in March 1988 along with former National Security Council aide Olive North former National Security adviser John Poindexter and Secord s former business partner Albert Hakim. Secord an arms dealer who helped North sell weapons to Iran and divert the proceeds to the nicaraguan contras was charged with conspiracy theft wire fraud and conspiring to pay North illegal gratuities. North is the first of the defendants Togo on trial. His trial was scheduled to resume monday in . District Courtin Washington. Penny pinching sex postal worker Dies leaving $249,746, no heirs Lansing Mich. A a former postal worker who pinched pennies by living in Yucas and spending As Little As $6 a Day on food die with $249,746 in eight Banks across the country and no apparent heirs. Howard Thomas Drummond s $49-a-Weekroom at the Lansing Myca had no bathroom and he bought three $1.99 breakfasts each morn ing saving two of them in a Knapsack for later meals those who knew him recalled. While his Raggedy clothes and miserly Way of life kept his wealth secret Drummond apparently attended to his Fortune said Paul Rosenbaum the state appointed lawyer handling drum mond s estate. Rosenbaum said Drummond who was 77when he died Jan. 28 in Sparrow Hospital after suffering a stroke has no known family and unless relatives Are found his Money will go to Michigan s general fund. To my knowledge he just wanted to live his life and be left alone Darnelle Jones room manager at the Myca told the Lansing stat journal in sunday s editions. I think there were people that looked at him and said that s too bad he said i m Fine " according to notes found by Rosenbaum Drummond held a Job in a Bank in Pasadena Calif until being drafted in 1942. He was Hon orally discharged from the army in 1946 an returned to the Bank where he was fired in 1956 after being accused of stealing tape and other items according to the notes. Rosenbaum said Drummond was hired by . Postal service and remained in Pasadena until he retired in 1973. He later moved to Denver where he stayed until 1981, working in the Myca membership office. Then he began roaming the East coast from Myca to Myca opening up Bank accounts along the Way. In Denver he left$67,074.57 when he died and More than $23,000 in Boston Rosenbaum said. By the time he died he was earning More than$20,000 a year in interest and government pen Sions. Rosenbaum is searching for relatives As Wellas other Bank or brokerage accounts across the nation. He said there May be Jnore Money i undiscovered accounts. Stateside company Given contract for work at air Force base Mclean a up bpm International  been awarded a $6.8 million competitive contract to provide Vas Toni integration support to the air Force atiyni1ala"fb, fla.1 be ivc your contract including options was an Poun eel by  c. Williams president of the Diversi fied professional and technical services company head i Erie cd in Mclean  said it will provide extensive technical acquisition and logistics support for the full scale Engi Neering development and acquisition of new equip ment and materials in rapid runway repair firefighting suppression and Rescue and for facilities and Utility systems at the base near Panama City. Antique watch collection stolen from Art museum Baltimore a a collection of 18th-Century pocket watches that filled a Case at the Baltimore museum of Art has been stolen officials reported sunday. The antique English pocket watches valued at$150,000, Are believed to have been stolen Between 3 30 . And 4 15 . Saturday said Brenda Rich Ardson the museum s Deputy director. The watches most of them bequeathed to the museum in 1931, Are Gold. Many Are enamelled and a few Are decorated with diamonds or pearls although som have imitation jewelry. Richardson said she is optimistic about recovering them because there was physical evidence found by police and because there were a lot of people in  the display Case in the european decorative arts gallery was pried open. It had been very Well secured Richardson said. Boy 14, is youngest sent to Nebraska Penitentiary Lincoln neb. A a 14-year-old boy has been sent to the Nebraska state Penitentiary because he s a smart youngster who apparently wants to be criminal when he grows up the judge who sentenced the youth said. The boy is the youngest person Ever to be held at the prison. Buffalo county judge Dewayne Wolf decided to Send Richard Boswell to the Penitentiary after he was convicted As an adult of Auto theft and of escaping from a state institution. I feel very vacant Wolf said in a Telephone inter View. I sat and stared at this kid. He s a smart person. He knows what he wants and unfortunately what he apparently wants is to be a  fire Crew uses bulldozers on Blaze at tire dump Catskill . A firefighters used bulldozers and other heavy equipment sunday to contain a tire dump fire and residents near the dump began returning to their Homes. About 200 families were evacuated saturday night and were allowed to return Home sunday. Residents were advised to stay indoors to avoid the dense Chemi Cal smoke. Officials said the fire was Likely to Burn for several Days but Harold Tompkins president of the Catskill fire company said he thought the fire was  cause of the Blaze which burned about half of the dump s 2 million tires was unknown. The bulldozers were used to separate the Mounds of tires. Smoke from the Blaze could be seen 40 Miles North in Albany. Federal officials tested air samples and determine there was no immediate health threat said Tom june chief of the Catskill fire company. Sex murder suspect Joan Little arrested Jersey City . A Joan Little whose acquittal in the 1974 slaying of a North Carolina jail guard brought worldwide attention has been arrested on stolen property and weapon charges police said. Little 34, was arrested with a male companion at the new Jersey Entrance to the Holland Tunnel which links Northern new Jersey and new York City. She was released on bail saturday police said  noticed the car she was driving was missing its front License plate and a computer Check showed the rear plate was stolen said Mitchell Friedlander an officer with the police Force of the port authority