European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 22, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes Friday. September 22. 1989 unmarked site proposed at Arlington Bill would increase cemetery s capacity by Chuck Vinci Washington Bureau Washington a Bill approved a the House veterans affairs commit tee would give More veterans the Opportunity to he interred in Arlington National cemetery by allotting them to choose an unmarked site for burial of their ashes. The National military cemetery located on the Virginia Side of the Poto Mac Kivor on the former estate of con federate Cien. Robert e. . Is becoming cramped for space. An official with the army s military District of Washington which oversees cemetery operations said casket space will run out around the year 2020, while storage space for urns in an area known As the columbarium will be full around the year 2029. In addition the average age of the nation s veterans is rising. According to statistics of the depart ment of veterans affairs there Are nearly 6 million veterans age 65 or older a figure that is expected to reach million by 2000. But the House Bill would allow Veter ans who qualify Lor burial at Arlington to choose the unmarked site said an aide to rep. Charles Bennett d-fla., the chief sponsor of the Bill. The Bill docs no contain specifics but one proposal voiced at a recent congressional hearing Calls for the ashes to he located in a single area with the names of All the deceased carved on a Large memo rial Stone the aide said. The general idea is to have a kind of greensward the aide said. It May be that few people will want to do this at first but then As the cemetery becomes full in the next Century veterans May choose this option so they can have their ashes placed outdoors rather than in the  the ashes would be buried under the turf or in a Small Hole the aide said. The army and various veterans organisations have insisted on a proper Cere Mony and interment for anyone who chooses an unmarked burial to address concerns that it would end up seeming like a mass grave the aide said. Until restrictions were enacted in1967, any honorable discharged Veteran could be buried at Arlington. Now Cas Ket burial is limited to sen  who either die while on Active duly serve at least 20 years on Active duty or Reserve status or have been honorable discharged for 30 percent or More disability before oct. 1, 1949. Service members who hold the medal of Honor. Distinguished service Cross air Force Cross Navy Cross. Distinguished service medal or purple heart also can receive casket burial. Spouses or dependent children under 21 of any Scricc member meeting one of those criteria also can be buried in the cemetery. Any veterans with honorable Dis charges their spouses or dependent Chil Dren can be cremated and have their ashes placed in i he columbarium. The 612-Acrc cemetery now has almost 205.000 remains in caskets and More than 9,300 sets of ashes in the columbarium said Thomas Sherlock cemetery his Torian. The Bill goes to the House floor next week where no opposition is expected. The same legislation sponsored by sen. Bob Graham d-fla., has been introduced in the Senate and also will be considered there next week. . To ask for end to superpower travel bans Washington a the United states will pro pose to the soviet Union the lifting of virtually All restrictions on travel by diplomats Trade representatives and journalists a ban imposed during the stalinist Era hush administration officials disclosed on thursday. The open lands initiative surfaced As soviet for eign minister Eduard a. Shevardnadze opened High level talks with president Bush. He carried with him still secret proposals from the soviet government that Cou a accelerate reactions in the superpowers nucleus missile arsenals. Currently nearly 90 percent of the soviet Union is off limits to americans reflecting the suspicions that marked Josef Stalin s Rule. The United states responded through the years to the curbs by imposing similar restrictions on a Large part of the United states. The Washington times first reported the proposal to remove the travel restrictions in its thursday editions. The Fri has approved the proposal and it is ready for Secretary of state James a. Baker Iii to present to Sheva Dnad a during their talks Friday and saturday in Jackson Hole wyo., the officials said. If it is adopted however. Soviets would still have to Register their travel plans with the state department s office of foreign missions. This is designed to address Security concerns said the officials who spoke on condition of anonymity. In practice americans and soviets occasionally Are granted permission to enter prohibited zones. For in stance soviet ambassador Yuri v. Dubinin was permitted to visit off limits parts of the United states several dozen times an official said. It was not known How the soviets would respond. But the open lands proposal obviously had in mind the More open policies of soviet president Mikhail s. Gorba Chev. Even before Bush received the message Shevard soviet foreign minister Eduard Shevardnadze talks to reporters upon arrival at Andrews fab my. Teen girl to lose $28,000 prize because sheer s coat was dyed Columbus Ohio a a teen Ager who showed the Ohio stale fair s grand Champion steer will lose her Blue ribbon and $28,000 prize because a Patch of its coat had been dyed officials said  Ohio expositions commission approved 10 0 thursday an agreement reached with the family of 17-year-old Susan Slickly whose Angus Cross steer Hank won the prize in  message is not to cheat at the livestock show at the Ohio stale fair said Jack Foust Gen eral manager of the  said officials could not prove suspicions that Hank had also been shown under the name Carl at an Illinois farm show in july a violation of the  there was no question officials said that a White spot on Hank s belly had been dyed Black which is against the rules. Under the agric mini inc Shealy family admits to no wrongdoing but the girl from Tiro will not get her prize Money and must give up her first place ribbon. She and her family also were barred from Competition for five  shows have become increasingly lucrative for farm children who raise Champion livestock. Hank was sold for $28.000 at the fair aug. 14. Hank s credentials came into question when fair officials received a tip five Days later that Hank might be Carl a second place steer at a farm show in Illinois on july 24. Investigators said Black Dye had been used to cover a swirl of White hair on Hank s belly. A Simi Lar White Patch can be seen in a photograph of Carl. Hank was impounded when the investigation began so pro bars could wait for his hair to grow  family of 12-year-old Jeremy Simmons who exhibited Carl at the Illinois fair has also denied any wrongdoing. They said Carl was destroyed after the Illinois fair. Nadza brought from Gorbachev the two sides had made significant Progress on three fronts human rights chemical weapons and breaking the ice cur Tain that has divided alaskan and siberian eskimos for More than 40 years. Mikhail Gorbachev s letter contains some very important proposals specifically mostly on arms control and on reducing the military standoff Between our two countries he said through an interpreter. And those proposals i have no doubt serve to remove most of the obstacles holding up Progress and an  at separate arms control sessions meanwhile the two sides moved closer to an agreement to Exchange data on their chemical weapons program and to open stockpiles and plants to inspection by the other Side. Left for Baker and Shevardnadze to resolve were de tails about the extent of the information to be swapped and whether . Chemical weapons stored in West germ any would be included in the inspection proposal. We re quite optimistic a . Official said. They also arc due to sign an Accord for regular visits Between the yupik and inupiaq eskimos of Alaska and Siberia thereby shattering the so called ice  the Kremlin forbade travel across the Bering Strait in 1948. Baker at a news conference tuesday announced that to Start the Ball rolling on strategic weapons negotiations the United states would withdraw its proposal for a ban on Mobile missiles. The move has limited consequences. The administration already is asking Congress to fund the development of the Midge than Mobile missile. And in the Geneva negotiations the United states has Long take the position that a ban would be dropped after ways to keep track of the elusive weapons were perfected. Still Baker offered assurances the administration had not taken a wait and see approach toward Moscow. House passes 3-year Nasa Bill Washington a the House passed a three year. $35.4 billion authorization Bill for the nation space programs thursday including $127 million next year for work on an aerospace plane the so called Orient  the Senate appropriations committee last week voted to deny Nasa any funds in 1990 for the Aero space plane. If the Senate goes along the differences will have to be worked out by a committee represent ing both houses. The Bill approved 398-14, authorizes $12.8 billion for Nasa programs in the year beginning oct. I $9.3 billion the following year and $13.3 billion in fiscal year 1992. The 1990 authorization is $648 million  the Bush administration requested but $2 billion More than was appropriated for the current year. Included in the authorization is $2.1 billion for the $30 billion space station that the nation Hopes to put into orbit by the mid-1990s. The House already has appropriated $12.26 billion for Nasa in the 1990 fiscal year of which $1.66 Bil lion is for the space station a 13 percent increase Over the current $ 10.68 billion budget