European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 10, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes Friday March 10.1989 phone Book size Bill Tom Scon s Surprise when he received a 124-pa c Telephone Bill far sm.178.s4,the tugboat crewman of i Lampion a. Who made a or cult tit d Call by radio to his wife in new York believes an eavesdropper used Hird number at to Security office is investigating the incident. Senate panel oks Bill to raise minimum wage Washington a Trie Senate labor and human resources committee approved legislation wednesday to gradually raise the minimum wage j1.30 an hour to j4.6s after rejecting a Bush administration plan Tor a smaller increase coupled with a reduced " raining  president Bush has said he would veto legislation raising the minimum above s4.2s an hour and Tol Doop leaders wednesday that in the words of press Secretary Marlin Fitzwater his proposal is fair and firm and his last  sen. Edward Mkennedy the committee chairman said he was hopeful we can reach a Compromise thatis fairer to the working poor and that president Bush will  the minimum wage now $3.35 a hour has not been raised in eight years. Kennedy a mass predicted a veto would be Over Ridden the committee approved the increase on an 11-5 vote with Republican Sens. David Durenberger of Minnesota and James Jeffords of Vermont voting with the panel s nine democrats. The approval came after democrats joined by Durenberger rejected the White House proposal to raise the hourly minimum 30 cents each year for three years o $4.25. The House subcommittee on labor standards has scheduled a thursday meeting to draft legislation Simi Lar to Kennedy s Bill. Rep. Augustus Hawkins o-catif., chairman of the House education and labor committee plans to have the panel consider the $4.65waee, which he has said he support. Bush s proposal Long opposed by democrats and organized labor would establish a. Training wage of s3.35 an hour and allow employers to pay newly hired workers at thai rate for i hair first six months on the Job. Love bugs toe partner line in a cultures study shows Ann Arbor Mich. A there May be 50ways to leave your Lover but there arc Only to major ways to choose one a University of Michigan researcher who studied 37 cultures worldwide said wednesday. The two differences arc based on which sex you arc said David a Buss a psychology professor who directed  mate selection project the five year study to be published in the March Issue of behavioural and Drain sciences suggests sex differences in mate selection Art virtually Universal and probably rooted in evolution. Fifty scientists studied More than 0,000 people of both secs from 37 cultures m 33 countries to rate the desirability of 31 characteristics in a mate Buss said the two Basic differences emerged in All cultures. Men worldwide place greater value on males who arc Young and physically attractive he said women prefer mates who, older have Good financial prospects and Are ambitious and industrious.". However the findings suggest both men and women from All cultures value kindness and intelligence i partners More highly than income or physical appear acc Bliss said Cross cultural similarities in choosing a mate May result from patterns Sei by Man s ancestors including woman s traditional dependence on a Man for food shelter and Protection he said. Animal studies have confirmed inc theory that females prefer males who Bear greater gifts hold better Crri Porjes or display higher rank Buss said. When i first found these sex differences in samples within the United Stales people were sceptical that they would be found across cultures he said. I was sceptical As Well. But after the data from 37 cultures were Analysed statistically i was surprised at How pervasive the sex differences were Western european and North american men included in the study preferred males who were at least one year younger Buss said. By contrast men surveyed from Greece Iran Colombia and Bulgaria opted for males who were three to four years younger White nigerian and zambian men preferred women six or seven years younger. Women from Indonesia Nigeria and Zambia most emphasized inc earning potential of their prospective grooms he said dutch British and Zulu women placed the lowest values on a Man s moneymaking abilities. American women considered finances important but not crucial. The value placed on chastity varied widely from culture to culture. Buss said. Men from 23 of the 37 cultures considered marrying a Virgin More important Han did women both sexes in China India Indonesia Iran Taiwan and Israel stressed the value of chastity the study found. But most Western europeans said  experience was irrelevant in a potential mate Buss said. Stateside Northrop s 50 h birthday marked by cake flyby los Angeles up Northrop corp. Marked its 50lh anniversary tuesday with birthday cake Tor its 44,000 employees and flyby salutes from a new Lthrop t-38 supersonic Jet  company founded March 7, 1939, entered the aviation business with its n3-pb, a military seaplane bomber built for the norwegian air Force. Since then its has grown into a maker of some of the most advanced weapons systems. The company is the prime contractor for the . Air Force s b-2 stealth bomber and also sup plies the key Clement of the guidance system for them  at Northrop facilities in Souther California and in three other locations around the country celebrated with birthday cake and some watched As a t-38 Jet flew overhead in Salute said Northrop spokesman Jim Hunt. Alabama considers lottery to fight drug pushers Montgomery Ala. A the stat Senate is considering a Bill that would tight. Drugs with a Jackpot a $75,000 lottery involving those who turn in major pushers. The Bill which was passed by the Senate judiciary committee7-0 on wednesday Calls fora sheriff and District attorney to certify the names of informants. The governor would draw a win Ner each year. Stiff penalties proposed for disrespect to Flag Washington a rep. . Mont Gomery a miss. Proposed legislation wednes Day that would set a $ 1,000 Fine and a one Yea term in jail for anyone displaying the american Flag on the floor or  proposal by Montgomery chairman of. Tit House veterans affairs committee would expand a 1968 Law providing penalties for publicly mutilating defacing defiling burning or romping the tag. Montgomery said he was angered by a Chi Cago Art exhibit. Citizens throughout the coun try desire that the Flag be treated with great re Spicl he said. It certainly docs not belong  an exhibit at the school of Art Institute i Chicago consists of the Flag a Wall display of pictures of Flag draped caskets South korean burning the Flag and a Yankees go Home sign and a Ledger for comments on a shelf below the photos. Denver voters to decide whether to build Airport Denver a a referendum will be Hel May 16 to decide whether to build a $3 billion Denver Airport mayor pc Scrico Pena announced wednesday Pena and several Council members had opposed the vote. But this week concerns mounted thai a petition drive to Force a referendum could push Back inc project s construction timetable. And upset financing  said the Vole s outcome would be considered binding on City government eve though the City is ready to break ground this summer on the Airport the nation s biggest such project in 15 years. He said the referendum would no delay groundbreaking. Completion of the Airport is scheduled for 1993. Dod waste control program failing Gao says Washington a the defens department has been largely unsuccessful in developing and implementing program to Minimise hazardous wastes at military bases the general account ing office said wednesday. The Agency an investigative Arm of Congress found that the services have made varying degrees of Progress in implementing programs to reduce hazardous waste so percent by the end of 199 a clearly the Pentagon s efforts to reduce the amount of hazardous waste generated have to Dale been unsatisfactory said rep. Vic Fazio. D-calif., one of iwo con Gressmen who requested the report the study found thai the army the Navy and the air Force report annually on hazardous wastes to the Pentagon but the report docs not require the information be correlated with the workload of major military installations. In addition the Gao found a number of inconsistencies and inaccurate meth ods of data collection making the information unreliable. It s the same old problem we have found in every of her aspect of Dod s hazardous waste program somehow the message never gels through to inc base commander or others responsible for Day to Day waste management activities said rep. Mik Synar a okla. The Pentagon is spending s 500 Mil lion in fiscal 1989 to clean up the old hazardous waste dumps and other sit Sand More than $100 million a year Dis posing of newly generated hazardous waste. The Gao report recommended that the Secretary of defense establish a stand Ard methodology for collecting and re porting hazardous waste within the department