European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 15, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday. April 15,1989 the stars and stripes Paga 5 Bush s Contra Aid Bill flies through House. Washington not the . House of representatives approved a $49.7 million package of Aid to the Nicaragua rebels on thursday with Little truce of the partisan rancor Hal marked congressional de Bate on such issues in inc last eight years. The Senate began debating similar legislation Al the same time and sen. William l. Armstrong r-colo., said it would be approved. The Fin is  he said. This Bill is on a fasl  congressional action on the Bill gives president Bush his first major political a Mclory in foreign affairs. But the debate strongly suggested that there was still no consensus on Contra Aid and that the Bill simply represented the Best Deal Bush could obtain. The Hill would sustain the contras through february 1990, when Nicaragua tentatively is scheduled to hold elections. The Money would be used to provide the contras with food clothing shelter and medical care. It could also be. Used to pay for their return to Nicaragua if the rebels named to take part in the civic and Bush will visit Lockerbie site Washington Al i president Bush will visit Lockerbie Scotland where a pan am jumbo jetliner crashed after being blown apart by a terrorist bomb an administration source said thursday. Bush plans to Stop in Lockerbie on the Way Back from a nato Summit in Brussels Belgium and visits to Italy England and West Germany he is scheduled to leave Washington May 26 and return june 1 or 2. A White House official said Bush wants to thank Llie people of Lockerbie for their help in searching for victims cleaning up afterwards and helping relatives Rafter the  official said Bush is considering the visit  in t a done  however another source also speaking anonymously said push would make the Stop. A White House Survey team already has visited Lockerbie and1 an Advance team is expected to Stop in arc within the  week for further planning. The bombing of pan am flight 103 on dec. 21 killed 259 people aboard the plane and 11 on the ground in Lockerbie. Bush recently met at the White House with a delegation of relatives of victims of the pan am flight  a expressed pleasure at Bush s Deci Sion to visit the town. Francis Park a member of the Annandale District Council which includes Lockerbie said As a former tier himself i m sure he will have a close Affinity with everyone involved in the  the local Church of Scotland minister the Rev. James Annand who took part in the Public memorial service for the victims of the bombing said Bush s visit would be an historic occasion for Lockerbie and for Scotland. "1 can understand Why he would want to visit the town-1 have been told by americans that the crash created the biggest Shock in their country since the shooting of president Kennedy Annand said. Political life of their Homeland. The Vole in the House was 309 to 110. The Bill was supported by 152 democrats and 157 republicans. The measure was opposed by 99 democrats and ii republicans. Supporters of the legislation said it marked an end to the Contra War in Nicaragua and a return to bipartisanship on a foreign policy Issue tha caused bitter disagreements in the Reagan years. The Bill car Ries out an agreement negotiated with congressional leaders by Secretary of stale James a. Maker. Concluding general debate on the Hill the sneaker of the House Jim Wright said it s n Chance for a new beginning in Central America an Opportunity to put to rest inc old hostility and mistrust. More than 15 Liberal House democrats spoke out in opposition to the Bill saying that the contras should be disbanded end that the Money should be used to shelter homeless people in the United slates rather than homeless contras in Honduras. It s time to Send humanitarian assistance to Clove working relationship in Why Mcurch a graduate student in uni maj science at Mississippi state University in Stur Kville ims a Buss from int Nolc a research subject Mcgurer s re search is aimed at Inderst Iddinn him hormones Hal respond to Dkl affect animal Fertility. Scepticism greets Eastern s claim it can survive without new owner Miami Al a Eastern airlines claim that the. Debt Ridden company can return from bankrupt As a significant Carrier Wilho i a new owner or its striking unions met with scepticism thursday from labor Lead ers and some analysts. Company officials say their goal  rebuild East Ern As a smaller More efficient Carrier but iome analysts say that might  the airline s creditors and a  he the . Eastern president Phil Hakes announcing the col lapse of a $46-1 million by out proposal by former baseball commissioner Peter Ueberroth said wednes Day the company a minions gradually rebuilding to a Carrier with about 18.000 employees and 130 to 150 planes flying to 60 to 80 cities. That would be Down from a pc strike work Force of 30,000 flying 250 planes 10 1 to cities but larger than its present 4,500 employees and Light schedule amounting to 10 percent of pre strike operations. We Are going to continue to bring in new recruits and continue to build ours stent said Hakes. A March 4 strike by Eastern s machinists joined by its pilots and flight attendants virtually grounded this airline and forced it to seek bankruptcy court Protection from creditors. Union leaders scoffed at bakes statement that East Ern could bring in enough ree Rujals to replace strikers. And analysts said negative publicity Over the strike and proposed restructuring plans May hinder Eastern s chances of climbing Oul from s2.5 billion in debt and a  nearly . A smaller airline could t generate enough Revenue to satisfy creditors the said. Bit her new ownership or a liquidation Sale of Eastern s assets Are More realistic ways to save the airline some analysts said. Wally Haber. A general chairman for he machinists Union claimed a decline in passenger traffic last month Al Eastern s sister Carrier Houiston based Continental airlines indicated consumer distrust of Frnnk Lorenzo chairman of Parent Texas air corp. Land and detroit., to Chicago Pittsburgh and Youngs town said rep James a. Trafican jr., a Ohio. An other Democrat rep. John Lewis of Georgia said his constituents need the Money for housing education and health care. Some conservatives also objected to the Bill saying Congress should provide military Aid to inc contras or at least specify conditions fora resumption of weapons shipments. They asserted that the sandinista had never made concessions to their political opponents except under military pressure. The Bush administration promised Congress that no Aid would be sent to the contras after nov. 3d unless hush gets letters approving such assistance from four congressional committees from the speaker and the minority Leader of the House and from the majority and minority leaders of the Senate. Such an arrangement would be unconstitutional it Congress Pul it into Law. But Baker contends that it is permissible because it is nil in the legislation flight 103 to Cost pan am $50 million Frankfurt West Germany a the dec. 21 terrorist bombing of a fan am jetliner Over Lockerbie Scotland in which 270 people died will Cost the airline about $50 million a company official said thursday. That estimate includes loss of the Boeing 7 17, a drop in passenger traffic on some routes and the anticipated Cost of lawsuits filed after the flight 103 crash said Petert. Mchugh pan am s senior vice president for Market ing. We Don t have the exact figures yet but we expect that sum to be about $50 million Mchugh told re porters Al a press conference Here. However he said bookings have rebounded some what Asa result of Eastern airlines strike in the United Stales which amounted to. Increased earnings of j 50 million Mchugh said the company s existence was no threatened by inc losses As a result of inc locker big crash because pan am had a Cash Reserve fund of $28. M Ilion at the end of 1988. According to Mchugh the airline expects to spend about is 5 million this year to improve Security plus an additional $6 million for installation of More e scan devices. Pan am spokesman Harold Koscil later said the e scan devices Are capable of detecting plastic Ceplo. Sics such As those used in the Lockerbie  pan am bookings decreased by 10 percent during the first Tiu Arler of this year because of the Lockerbie Erash said Siegfried Ruffert head of pan am s office in Frankfurt. We believe that this will change and thai the Situa Tion will normalize by summer Ruffert said. In the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. April 15, 1949 eight people were killed and dozens injured when an earthquake struck a wide area of Washington Oregon  Columbia. 30 years ago today ,. April 15. 1959 in a speech to the Academy of political science in new York vice president Richard m. Nixon proposed strengthening the .disciplinary1 functions of the world court. 20 years ago foday. April 15, 1969 new York jets quarterback Joe Namath was arrested within sight of his Broadway Joe s restaurant in Miami and charged with speeding and Drunken driving. 10 years ago today. April is 1979 . Military officials disclosed thai soviet military adviser had joined government troops in battling a growing insurgent movement in Afghanistan and that As Many As 100 soviets had been killed in the fighting