European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 14, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday. August 14. 1989 the stars and stripes Page 5 Cheney warns of Money Bill veto b the Washington Post Washington president Bush will have no Choice hut to veto the defense Money Bill this year and sharply reduce the number of men and women in uni form in future years if Congress keeps resurrecting weapons the Pentagon wants to kill. Defense Secretary Dick Cheney warned in firing the first shots in the Battle of the budget which will resume after labor Day. A veto is a real possibility if the House insists Ona defense authorization Bill it recently passed rather than accept a measure close to the Senate version that Bush favors. Cheney said in an interview with the Washington Post last week. The president is clearly prepared to do  he said. Pentagon officials complain the House subjected them to the triple whammy this year by refusing to go along with weapons cancellations financing programs the president did not want by taking Money from ones he advocated and keeping the Tolaf defense budget atthe no growth total of $305 billion rather than raising it to pay for the add on. Lawmakers counter that voters did not Send them to Washington to rubber stamp the Pentagon s budget request but to make their own choices on How the billions for defense should be apportioned. What the Pentagon Calls the main heartburn is sues arc the House decisions to keep the Navy s f-i4d tomcat Jet fighter and the marines v-22 Osprey Verti Cal Takeoff transport plane alive rather than cancel them As Bush recommended. Funds were created by cutting the strategic defense initiative and eliminating the two newest strategic land missiles the midget Man and the rail Mobile my. That s the veto bait said one of the congressional staffers preparing for the House Senate conference on rival defense Aulhorn at inn Bills that is to be convened shortly after Congress returns sept. 6 from its recess. Asked what would happen beyond this year s budget Battle if Congress As is Likely refuses to approve Bush s request to increase the defense budget in real terms by one percent in fiscal 1991 and 1992 and by 2 percent in fiscal 1993. The usually ebullient Cheney turned glumly silent. After a pause the Secretary replied then we be got a big problem even tougher than the one that i d rather have capable forces even if they re smaller. Dick Cheney required him to cancel weapons to accommodate con Gress demand for a Zero growth budget for fiscal 1990. In those circumstances he said my Bias is to re Duce further the sic of the Active duty army Navy air Force and Marine corps. This would get people off the Pentagon payroll resulting in immediate savings in spending without forcing the military to go wifi out modern weapons. Many career budget officers at the Pentagon say there is no Way to avoid deep manpower cuts during Bush s firs term Given Congress refusal to increase defense appropriations and the How wave of Bills falling due in the mid 1990s from weapons ordered in the Boom years of the Reagan administration. The army the largest service will take the biggest hits they predicted. At present the army is just Over half its Vietnam it s like being in Wii without getting Hurt Millbury. Mass. A Rob Russell cased into the gun Turret adjusting his helmet and closing the Hatch Over his head. As his buddy. Nils Anderson positioned their tank. Russell reached Forhia Sammuli Tion a bucket of racquetball a. As he took  at another Lank the High school freshman joined hundreds of others in what has be come this summer s hottest amusement Park attraction tank tag. It s addictive said Russell 14, of Sudbury. As he and Anderson prepared for their sixth ride in the tanks at the Millbury amusement Center about 35 Miles West of Boston. It s a lot More realistic than a computer game said Anderson 33, a computer Programmer from Fra Mingham and you can t get  the country s newest War game has sprung up a about 20 amusement Parks including ones in Orlan do Fla. Myrtle Beach. . Wildwood . And Sandiego do cons of others arc expected to follow suit. Tank tag s popularity has soared since its debut in Allentown. Pa., last summer. It was invented by Rob Ert Plarr president of Domey Park and wild water kingdom in Allentown. It s like being in world War ii without gelling Hurt said Plarr. It s just like the gladiators in roman limes. This is the first Lime in history you re part of a shooting  More than Iso amusement Park owners from around the world have scheduled visits to the Allan town facility this month to inspect tank tag As a potential attraction for their own Parks according to Plarr. He said a group of South koreans visited last week to Sec if they could install tank tag and a waterway game at some of the former olympic games Sites in Seoul. Plarr a former Marine who addresses everyone As sir or a  expanded his Basic tank game idea to the water games. The tag game uses two to four Small scale compute Rizco made to order tanks that arc mounted on tires instead of treads and powered by Hydraulic Honda engines. The tanks which Plarr says Cost from $20,000to $40,000 each arc designed for two people one who drives the tank by pressing a Gas powered pedal on the floor and the other seated in the Turret. Each pays $4.50 a ride. Bill miss logic. A ride operator at Millbury mass amusement Park prepares for a round of tank tur. The game includes 10 simulated guns placed along inc perimeter of the tank tag area. Participants who choose not to ride on the tanks can stay behind the protective netting and fire balls paid for by the bucket at the  balls shot from a tank Turret or from one of the outside guns Ca n go Al 60 Mph. I think it s kind of cute said Vicki Suhl 38, who watched her son. Josh. 9, fire at the Lanks from the perimeter. It s a bigger version of  Only restriction on participants is height you must be at least 4 /. Feet tall to crawl inside a Lank. In Allentown. More than 50 percent of the participants arc women and children said Plarr. People want to touch fed taste. They Don t want to be put in a car. They want to drive themselves said Plarr. This is a do it yourself  War size of 1.5 million men and women. It is to shrink further to a Force of 764,021 people by the end of the coming fiscal year. The air Force already reducing manpower to free Money for such costly weapons As its stealth bomber and fighter also is shrinking dramatically. The air Force has gone from an Active duty Force of 905.000 in1968. The Vietnam War Peak to 571,000. Plans Call for the service to shrink to 567,474 by the end of fiscal 1990. The Navy which had 765,000 men and women i uniform in 1968. Is scheduled to be reduced to 591,541 by the end of fiscal 1990. The Marine corps totalled 307,000 in 1968 it will number 197.159 at the end of fiscal 1990 under inc lowered Force Levels. Cheney declined to predict How much the armed forces will shrink Afler 1990 because of budget constraints and the apparent ending of  War. But he did say that he is determined to avoid going Back to the hollow forces of the 1970s where the emphasis was on Quantity of people and weapons rather than Quality. I d rather have capable forces even if they re  i would preserve the fiction of a larger Force Cheney said. He said former battalion com Manders reinforced his Bias in favor of going Small rather than hollow by telling him recently we re member when we had insufficient Manning and Large vacancies in our roster of officers serious drug prob lems Lack of equipment Lack of spare parts equip ment that would t work inability to train. We never want to go through thai  Cheney said. I be come away from those kinds of discussions generally with the View that we ought to maintain the most capable Force possible. And if that Means somewhat smaller forces so be  Sands of time in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. Aug. 14. 1949 the Vatican announced thai priests would not be allowed to administer the Sacra ments of baptism confirmation and Matrimony if communists or pro communists were involved in the ceremony. 30 years ago foe a. Aug. 14, 1959 Archie Moore retained his world Light heavyweight title Afler defeating Canadian Chal Lenger Yvon Durelle by knockout in the third round of their Lilly fight in Montreal. 20 years ago today. Aug. 14. 1969 an estimated 2 million new yorkers got a glimpse of the Apollo 11 astronauts Dur ing their ticker tape Parade and at ceremonies Al inc United nations and City Hall. 10 years ago today. Aug. 14, 1979vietnamese officials told visiting . Congressmen that they planned to permit 10.000 refugees to leave legally each month to Slop the mass exodus from the country by boat. 3 Farmers attacked by youths in . City new York not three Farmers setting up their stands at the Union Square Green Markel in Man Hattan were attacked about 6 30 . Saturday by a group of youths who had just icel an All night discotheque police said. Patrick Tyler 25, a poultry Farmer from Columbus . Was beaten on the head and his nose was broken. His father in Law Kenneth Hanley came to his Aid and was also beaten police said. Hanley. 53, was treated at St. Vincent s Hospital Center where he required 13 stitches to close a Cut on his left car John Gorynski 36, of Cochecton Center. N.y., was kicked to the ground and beaten by two youths a Farmer worker Isabellc Lozano told police. Gorzynski was Token to St. Vincent s where a doctor said he had scrapes and bruises but no serious injuries. The police said the formers told them the youths fled into the Union Square subway station. No one was arrested