European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 19, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 a a the stars and stripes monday. March 19. 1990 stateside parachutes entangled 2 Canadian jumpers die Zephyrhills. Fla. Apr two Canadian men were killed when they became entangled during a parachuting Man Euver and smashed into a Field police said. They were identified As Anthony Larocque. 31, of Edmonton Canada and Peter Ganan naw. 36, from lash bum Saskatchewan said John Powers of the Pasco county sheriffs department. Witnesses said the two men had jumped with a group from 12,500 feet Over the Zephyrhills Parachute Center and were attempting what is called a canopy relative  in the exercise one Chutis works Down the lines of the second Chutis until his feet Are on the shoulders of the skydiver below him. The two men became entangled however and both chutes  tried to deploy their Reserve chutes at about 200 feet but were too Low and hurtled to the ground. Powers said. Larocque and Ganan naw were taken to separate hospitals but were declared  recalled by Saab to Correct lamp problem Detroit apr Saab Scania of America inc. Is recalling All 25,000 1986 through 1990-Model Saab 9000 cars with automatic transmissions sold in the United states to Correct a potential overheating problem in a lamp switch. Saab also said that among those cars were about 14,000 1988 through mid-1989 models recalled to install a bracket to prevent chafing Between a throttle Cable and one of three Brake fluid lines. Saab sent letters to owners of those cars on March 5. Saab has mailed notifications to owners in the larger recall saying an electric circuit would be modified to eliminate the possibility of overheating. The company the . Importing and marketing Ami of Saab Scania a of Sweden said in a news release received Friday in Detroit that it was aware of no accidents or injuries associated with either problem. Repairs would be performed  history comes alive with cemetery offer Nashville Tenn. Apr for the right customer burial plots alongside some historical figures from Nashville a Early Days could be like heaven on Earth. Ron Luck is offering 11 plots at the old City Etc try for $ 17,000 each. The Price of rubbing elbows with City founders is a bit More than the $700 to $ 1.000 at most other Nashville cemeteries. These plots have been in the Luck family since 1865 and offer resting places near figures such As James Robertson Nashville a founder and Mable Lewis Imes founder of the Fisk Jubilee singers. Luck is advertising the plots in newspaper classified ads under the a Antiques Quot heading. Bush reportedly ready to of big defense Cut new York up a president Bush will accept a Cut of up to $ 11 billion in the 1991 defense budget tripling an earlier proposal and coming close to figures being proposed in Congress the new York times reported sunday quoting unnamed senior government authorities. According to the paper the officials said Bush is willing to accept a Cut of s10 billion or s11 billion about three times the $3.2 billion he proposed in january. Bush s acceptance of a larger total Cut would be a critical development in the unfolding debate Over How the government will Deal with the virtual collapse of the Warsaw pact As a military entity. Such a Cut would put the 1991 budget at about $296 billion unchanged from 1990. And Force the Pentagon to Swallow about $10 billion in Cost increases attributable to inflation the times said. For the coming year congressional democrats and some republicans have proposed cuts of up to $ 13 billion and All savings would be expected to go toward meeting the deficit reduction target set by the Gramm Rudman act. The times said senior officials reported that the administration is ready to acquiesce to a reduction equal to that proposed by lawmakers because it will have to greatly modify its offer to win congressional approval. A the administration is behind the  said sen. John Mccain a Ariz. A the fact is that we All know beyond any possible doubt that the soviet Union Isnit about to launch an attack. A but their budget does no to reflect that. If Thev done to move. Congress will define the Issue a said Mccain a member of the armed services committee. A a senior administration official who refused to be named said the cuts were made possible by the a a irreversibility of change in the soviet Union. A a it a not perestroika or Gorbachev that has changed our needs a the official said a but the fact that the soviets Arentt going to plow through countries that Are unfriendly to them in order to get at Europe. Where we had enemies we now have a big fat Buffer in Poland and  defense Secretary Dick Cheney predicted Bie cuts would create havoc with personnel and training leaving the armed forces unprepared. Quot a if the cuts Are at that level and it looks As if they Are going to be a Cheney said a then there a going to be real trouble. You can to lop off $10 billion without cutting Back on personnel or on readiness. You la end up hollowing out the forces making them undermanned under trained ineffective which is what everyone says they want to  . Trails industrialized nations in care of children panel finds Washington apr the United states trails its foreign competitors in the health and care of children and fares poorly in a comparison of child poverty rates a House committee reported sunday. The report by the House select committee on children youth and families said the United states has the highest percentage of children affected by divorce and its male youths Are far More Likely to be murdered than those in other developed nations. A what this shows is there Are some very serious questions about the status of americans children when compared to others a said the panels chairman rep. George Miller a Calif. The committee based the report on a new study by the census bureaus Center for International research which compared statistics on . Children with those of 11 other nations. Among its findings a . Children experience the highest parental divorce rate. One in four children live in single Parent families which have higher poverty rates than two Parent families. The proportion of children living in single Parent families increased since 1960 in All 12 countries surveyed but the Gap Between the United states and the 11 others widened. A among six industrialized countries the United states and Australia had the highest poverty rates among families with children 15 percent and 14 percent even after tax and Transfer benefits were applied. A at least 99 percent of poor families with children in the other developed countries received government assistance compared to 73 percent in the United states. A the rate of teen age pregnancy was highest in the United states. A infant mortality rates ranged from a Low of 5 deaths per 1,000 births in Japan to 25 deaths per 1,000 in the soviet Union. The . Rate was 10 deaths per 1,000 births equal to or worse than nine countries. A the United states had a murder rate for male youths four to five times that of other developed countries. But Mexico had a rate twice that of the United states. A the United states compared favourably in rates of a youth unemployment and suicide. Miller said statistics on infant mortality show that the United states does a Good Job of saving ill babies that would have died in less developed countries. But below average birth weights suggest the United states does a poor Job of prenatal care he said. He said the comparisons suggest the United states will not meet goals set by president Bush to make the United states first in science and math education by the end of the 1990s. Valdez cleanup doubts surface a year later Perry Island Alaska apr from a helicopter the wave washed Beach looks As if the worst Oil spill in . History had never touched it. Silvery Sticks of Driftwood poke through a deep Blanket of Snow and smooth Gray pebbles Roll in the surf under the gaze of a Bald Eagle perched in a Shore Side Spruce. But the View does t impress Joe Bridgman of the Alaska department of environmental conservation. Dashing out As the chopper lands he digs into the cobble Beach and quickly finds what he knew he would. A Oil Quot he says. A smell it a the odor of Petroleum wafts through the air As the Hole turns Black with crude Oil an oozing remnant of the 10.8 million Gallons spilled into Prince William sound last March 24 by the Tanker Exxon Valdez. A the beaches can look Beautiful on the surface but you can dig Down in this Case just a few inches below the surface and find lots of Oil. Now is that a threat or Isnit it Quot says Bridgman. A year after the wreck of the Exxon Valdez the question clings like the Oil under this Perry Island Beach. Certainly the worst is Over thousands of dead Birds no longer Wash up on the shorelines As they did last summer. A the beaches can look Beautiful on the surface but you can dig Down. And find lots of Oil. Now is that a threat or Isnit it a a Joe Bridgman but assessing the continuing damage wrought by the nations most extensive a and expensive a Oil spill has just begun. As lawyers argue Over where to place the blame Exxon corp. And government agencies debate How to clean up what a left and scientists track wildlife populations first Steps on the Long Road to recovery. Any Hope of a Quick solution faded last summer As Oil from the Exxon Valdez spread across 1,100 Miles of alaskans wild Southern coast. A cleanup army of 12,000 workers polished rocks by hand blasted beaches with hot water and sprayed fertilizer to promote the growth of Oil eating microbes. But when Exxon suspended its $2 billion cleanup i mid september it had recovered Only 5 percent to percent of the Oil spilled officials estimate. About 2 percent to 40 percent is believed to have evaporate cd that leaves 50 percent to 75 percent of the Oil in the water on the Ocean Bottom or on beaches. Some was soaked up by seabirds eagles and be otters whose carcasses remain Frozen in an Anchorage storage Yard awaiting their Day As physical evidence i court. Many of Prince William sounds 3,000 Bald Eagle suffered and at least 151 died most poisoned by scat engine the oily remains of some of the 34,400 Dea seabirds recovered. Scientists say the actual death count is much higher estimating that up to 90 percent of the seabirds Cagri in Oil Sank from sight or drifted out to sea. Exxon note the spill did not wipe out any species and says Surv ing animals and Birds will rebuild populations up that May take up to 70 years for some hard hits Hir colonies say researchers for the . Fish and Wildhat service. A we never claimed that the spill put any animal o the endangered species list but that a missing in Point a said fish and wildlife spokesman Bruce Bai ten. A a it a still the greatest human caused wildlife Cirisa. Ter that this Agency knows