European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 06, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday May 6, 1989 the stars and stripes Page 5 Senate House of $1.2 trillion budgets Washington a the House and Senate approved on thursday $1.2 trillion budgets upholding a much criticized agreement with president Bush to reduce the deficit without cutting spend ing or significantly raising taxes. Each Cham her rejected several at tempts to overhaul their blueprints for tax and spending policy in fiscal 1990 and then ratified the packages strongly in their final votes. Military spending was set at $299.2 billion about the same As this year and $4,2 billion less than needed to keep Pace with inflation. Total Pentagon obligations including those which spread past the end of fiscal 1990, were capped at $305.5 billion. About $17 billion would be set aside for foreign Aid. Both Chambers voted during their de Bates to increase spending for veterans health care Well above the president s re quest to address problems in that sys tem. The House approved its plan 263-157, after budget committee chairman Leon Panetta d-calif., called it the Only Choice for us to fulfil our budget responsibilities and avoid  the Senate then passed its version 68 31, after some minor tinkering and much grumbling that the deficit reduction in it was inadequate. It s clearly an attempt for this administration to be Able to muddle its Way through its first year said sen. Lloyd lint san a Texas. Both Chambers on thursday overwhelmingly rejected More ambitious proposals to freeze government spending and Cut further into the deficit. The House also soundly Defeated a proposal to rut red Ink by taxing imported Oil a Day after the Senate went on record against a gasoline tax boost. As Laid out by the White House agreement the budgets claim to shrink the Federal deficit to just below $100 Bil lion As required by the Gramm Rudman Law. They would allow Federal programs to grow but especially at the Pentagon at less than the rate of inflation. More than half of the nearly $28 Bil lion in claimed savings would be from higher revenues sales of government assets higher fees for government serv ices and $5.3 billion in unspecified tax increases. It s minimal manageable done collaboratively said sen. Pete v. Domenici r-n.m., senior Republican on the Senate budget committee who argued that the Long term fruits of the new spirit of bipartisan cooperation were Immia  sen. Bennett Johnston d-la., said the Rosy economic assumptions used to calculate the lower deficit figures were somewhere Between unlikely and pre  while some May have been frustrated it appeared most were willing to go along in putting off any More ambitious Defi Cit reduction efforts until later. Newt Gingrich of Georgia the new no. 2 Republican in the House urged everyone on our Side to vote for the bipartisan  the Senate meantime appeared re signed to its own version of the plan. Majority Leader George Mitchell d Mainc noted that the Senate was accomplishing in two Days what often has taken two weeks or More. The House and Senate must reconcile their competing versions of the budget before it becomes final. That should be an easier task than usual this year be cause the Broad outlines for Federal spending were set in the bipartisan agreement. And Justice for All this unidentified student being led away l u policeman was one of 35 suspected drug dealers arrested at  Terson Ili ii Tion. The stanislaus county Dru enforce ment Agency said 22 students were among those arrested at the school. Vietnam War leaders urge new Mia pow status Washington a retired army Gen. Wil Liam a. Westmoreland urged Congress thursday to toughen the Pentagon s standards of accounting for missing american soldiers and give families More input into decisions to classify soldiers As dead or missing. Westmoreland who was . Military commander in Vietnam from 1964 to 1968, said Many families of the 2,364 americans not accounted for since the Viet Nam War arc plagued by the uncertainty of the Fate of loved  Westmoreland and retired Navy adm. Elmo r. Zumwalt commander of the . Naval forces in Viet Nam from 1968 to 1970, endorsed legislation by rep. John g. Rowland r-conn., to revamp the govern ment s accounting system for missing soldiers. Rowland speaking at a news conference complained that most of the unaccounted for americans in Southeast Asia have had their official status changed from missing or prisoner of War to killed in action regardless of individual circumstances surrounding the  our government has declared pos and Las As dead based solely on the passage of time. This is wrong said Rowland. Rep. Robert c. Smith r-n.h., said the killed in action classifications represent a strange inconsistency in government policy since the defense Intelli gence Agency continues to investigate reports of miss ing soldiers. The missing service personnel act of 1989 would set up three member panels to investigate cases and would require that at least 50 years pass or that no evidence exists that reasonably suggests that such a person is alive before classifying a Soldier As dead. . Officials would also be required to attempt to search the area where the Soldier was last seen and try to review records of the foreign government involved. The measure would not automatically reverse classifications from dead to missing but families would bellowed to request a review. Families also would have the right to Challenge a classification in court. It. Col. Keith Schneider said defense department officials had not seen the Bill and would withhold com ment. Retired tugboat Captain claims final a. Lotto share Middletown a. A a re tired new York City tugboat Captain and his family staked their claim thursday for the final share of a record $115.5 million super 7 lottery Jackpot. Henry g. Ronneburg of Wilcox pa., presented what is apparently the 14th winning ticket in last wednesday s game which offered the largest lottery prize in North America. It took awhile for it to Dawn on me that we had the winning ticket Ronneburg 66, said after filing his claim for $8.3 million payable in 26 annual instalments. We were numb added his wife bar Bara. The Ronny bergs were accompanied to lottery Headquarters by their son. Henry 31, and his wife Jane 28, of Williamsport their daughter Darlene Widirstky 37, and her husband James 35, of Long Island,. And Darlene s son Richard luding 22. Ronneburg said he decided the $317,524 annual share would be split four ways among the three couples and the grandson. They re just struggling Barbara Ronneburg 67, said of her children. Ronneburg said he bought 50 tickets and has been playing lottery games on and of for several years Ronne Brj a native of Norway who has lived in the United slates for 44 years said he worked on tugboats in new York City Harbor from 1947 until 1984. In the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. May 6,1949 some 65,000 workers went on strike at Ford motor co. Plants in Detroit to protest the alleged speeding up of Assembly lines by company managers. 30 years ago today. May 6. 1959 the National boxing association lifted sugar Ray Robinson s world middleweight Crown because the five time Champion had failed to defend his title for More than a year. 20 years ago today. May 6, 1969 in ceremonies in Stuttgart West Germany Gen. Lyman l Lumnitzer relinquished command of Neucom a position he had held since 1962, to Gen. Andrew j. Good Pasler a Deputy commanding general for the . Command in Vietnam. 10 years ago today. May 6, 1979 Margaret Thatcher Britain s new prime minister announced her selections for Cabinet including William Whitelaw As Home Secretary and sir Geof Frey Howe As Chancellor of the exchequer