European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 23, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 4 a a the stars and stripes saturday june 23,1990 Powell warns deeper cuts would buckle the military Washington apr the nations top military officer Gen. Colin Powell jumped into the thick of the Battle Over the Pentagon budget Friday saying Quick and severe cuts in military spending would break a the Back of our armed a if you suddenly Cash in your insurance policy to buy a peace dividend you will have neither a Powell said in a speech prepared for delivery to the National press club. The speech was the general a first major address on the debate Over spending for the nations military Arsenal at a time of lessened East West tensions. Powell a former National Security adviser was sworn in As chairman of the joint chiefs of staff nine months ago. In that role he serves As the presidents primary military Counselor and coordinator of the nations military leaders. The general said that even though the Berlin Wall has fallen during that time and the Warsaw pact has nearly evaporated he has been called upon to put uniformed american men and women in harms Way. A i have been reminded again and again since becoming chairman that this is still a dangerous world and that you a better be Able to respond if someone challenges your interests a he said citing Panama the Philippines the persian Gulf Europe and Korea As examples. Powell said that while the soviet Union has experienced dramatic change its military retains the Cap Abil new York apr the food and drug admins traction has approved the drug tamoxifen for treating Early breast cancer. The drug already had been approved for advanced cases. The action roughly doubles the number of patients covered by an approved use of the drug Fra spokeswoman Eva Kemper said Friday. Or. Gerald Murphy chief medical officer of the american cancer society said tamoxifen apparently was already in wide use for treating Early breast cancer. Fra approval a just makes it More feasible for those physicians and patients who decide that a necessary a he said. A a it a Good panel oks top defense nominees Washington apr the Senate armed services committee has approved three of president Bush a nominees to top defense posts including Gen. Michael j. Dugan As air Force chief of staff and adm. Frank b. Kelso ii As chief of naval operations. By a vote of 12-0 thursday the panel sent to the full Senate the nominations of Dugan and Kelso and it. Gen. Carl w. Stiner to head the special operations come. The Senate is expected to approve the choices without dissent. Dugan is commander of . Air forces Europe Kelso Heads the Navy a . Atlantic come and Stiner is commander of the army a xviii airborne corps and fort Bragg subsidies at Issue Cape canaveral Fla. Apr Nasa successfully completed a countdown test thursday for Atlantis and the shuttles five Crew members to prepare for a secret military Mission in mid july. The two Day Drill culminated with a simulated engine Start and cutoff four seconds before liftoff. The launch rehearsal went smoothly said Lisa Malone a National aeronautics and space administration spokeswoman. Atlantis was moved monday from the hangar to the launch pad previously occupied by Columbia. Columbia was returned to the hangar last week for repair of a Hydrogen leak that has delayed the shuttles astronomy Mission until at least mid August. Atlantis Mission will be the seventh of 36 shuttle flights dedicated to a classified Pentagon cargo. Ity of destroying the United states with nuclear weaponry within 30 minutes. He noted that defense Secretary Dick Cheney earlier this week put Forward a plan for cutting the military forces by 25 percent Over five years signalling that a we Are willing to examine any reasonable but Powell also defended president Bush a $303 billion spending plan for fiscal 1991 As a a realistic prudent response to the changing world. That plan the general said will begin to reduce the nations forces Over time. A on this Glide path we will reach a base Force which i believe is not prudent to go below if we wish to match enduring defense needs with enduring realities a Powell said. A we know we will get smaller. That is inevitable a Powell said. But if Bush a budget request is Cut Back significantly a you will Force us to Start breaking Faith with the nations All Volunteer Force. A you will Force us to Start breaking the Back of our armed forces a he said. The general also took aim at those primarily on Capitol Hill who Are seeking More severe cuts Over a Shorter period of time. Although he named no names House armed services chairman Les Aspin d-wis., has been sharply critical of Cheney a 25 percent plan and Senate armed services chairman Sam Nunn d-ga., has complained about a a Blanks in Cheney a budget. Tamoxifen taken twice daily by Mouth is used after breast cancer surgery to reduce the risk of recurrence. Ici pharmaceuticals group of Wilmington del., Sells it As Nolva Dex. Fra had previously approved tamoxifen for women in whom cancer cells had spread to the Lymph nodes under the Arm. Given that approval physicians could legally use tamoxifen for other patients As Well. The new approval granted thursday covers women without any spread to the Lymph nodes. About half of breast cancer patients Are in that situation at diagnosis the cancer Institute says. Up to 30 percent or More of such a Node negative women ultimately have recurrences of cancer the Institute Hudz gets prison term Fine Baltimore apr a Robin Hud a the former real estate agent who claimed she stole from the department of housing and Urban development to help the poor was sentenced Friday to 46 months in prison and ordered to repay $110,000 to the government. Prosecutors had asked . District judge Herbert Murray to sentence Marilyn Harrell to 46 months the longest sentence called for under Federal sentencing guidelines but still far less than the maximum allowed. Harrell a attorney Public defender Anthony Gallagher had asked for a sentence of 16 months half to be served in a Halfway House or some other Community based program. A i have never said what i did was right a Harrell said in court. A in fact if a person steals 5 cents then they should be done with whatever the court sees Harrell 46, was nicknamed a Robin Hudz after she claimed that she siphoned off millions from the Sale of government owned houses and gave most of it to Charity. She has acknowledged stealing $5.7 million and pleaded guilty in january to stealing government property and filing a false tax return. Murray also sentenced Harrell to serve three years probation 624 hours of Community service and $600,000 in restitution for the embezzlement charge. She was also ordered to serve one year in prison concurrently on the tax charge. A some of those funds used admittedly were for Good purposes a the judge said. A but a substantial amount of the whole sum went to you or members of your Harrell told the judge that Wasny to True. A Northern spotted owl now an endangered adds spotted owl to threatened list Washington apr the . Fish and wildlife service Friday declared the rare Northern spotted owl to be a threatened species but held up a specific plan for Protection out of concern for thousands of logging jobs in the Northwest. A the biological evidence says the Northern spotted owl is in trouble a John Turner head of the fish and wildlife service said in announcing the owl will be protected under the endangered species act effective july 23. A we will not and cannot by Law ignore that designation As a threatened species would make it illegal to harm any of the owls or destroy their critical habitat without Federal government approval. An estimated 3,000 to 5,000 pairs of spotted owls survive in the ancient forests of Washington Oregon and Northern California. An Interior department study has estimated that protecting the owls would curtail logging Over millions of acres and Cost As Many As 28,000 logging jobs Over the next decade. A i strongly believe there is room in the world for both owls and loggers a Turner told reporters. Turner said it was a a difficult and painful decision both for the Agency and me the formal Protection plan will not be released until next week. A committee led by Forest service biologist Jack Ward Thomas announced in april that the Northern spotted owl has lost about two thirds of its habitat since 1800. The panel recommended that More than 3 million acres of previously unprotected forests a an area nearly As Large As Connecticut a be set aside to preserve the owls habitat. The endangered species act was passed in 1973 and has been used to provide Protection to the Bald Eagle and grizzly Bear among other animals. Environmentalists have called the decision an important precedent in an even larger fight Over Protection of the forests because the Forest service had earlier decided that the health of the owl was a Good indicator of the Overall condition of the forests themselves. Under one draft Protection plan the Timber harvests permitted on Federal lands in the Northwest would be Cut nearly in half costing the Region 28,000 direct Timber based jobs. Breast cancer drug gets new of
