European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 23, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday june 23, 1990 the stars and stripes House panel cuts military spending in foreign Aid Bill a a a Page 7 Washington apr declaring the cold War Over a House committee is pushing a $ 15.8 billion foreign Aid Bill that begins shifting the emphasis in americans help from military toward More economic Aid. A the West has won the cold War and we have a right to say so a the appropriations committee trumpeted in its report on the 1991 Aid measure approved thursday on a voice vote. The March toward democracy and free markets in Eastern Europe and elsewhere brings Congress a face to face with the responsibility to reshape our foreign assistance budget a the democratic run committee said harshly criticizing president Bush for drafting a a sleepwalkers  rep. David obey d-wis., foreign Aid subcommittee chairman called Bush a request for $5 billion in military Aid an increase of $300 million Over the current level a particularly quaint Given the changes in the  instead the panel approved just Over $4.6 billion in military Aid to friends and allies around the Globe. Obey mapped out a five year Agenda for changing the emphasis of . Aid beginning this year with a shift of $400 million from military Aid into programs for refugees children and economic development for Africa latin America and Eastern Europe. He had sought even deeper cuts but was forced to add Back $144 million to the military Aid account to buy at least the temporary support of the administration and Republican lawmakers when the Bill goes to the full House next week. There will be plenty of other fights on the Bill including Battles Over . Aid to Al Salvador to cambodian rebels and to International population control agencies. The Bill remains subject to further change when it goes to the Senate. On the most difficult Issue Al Salvador the Bill would withhold half of next years expected $85 million in military Aid. The Fate of the Money would depend on Progress in peace talks Between the government and leftist rebels who have waged a 10-year civil War. If the Feln rebels were to mount a major military offensive or abandon peace discussions the governments military Aid would be restored if the salvadoran government were to take such action it would lose the remaining half of its Aid. The assistant Secretary of state for the Western hemisphere Bernard Aronson met late thursday with key lawmakers of both parties to begin forging a Compromise bipartisan policy toward Al Salvador that could be substituted for that part of the Bill. Aronson brought a counterproposal to the meeting calling for similar conditions on the . Aid Money but restricting a smaller portion of it perhaps 25 to 30 percent. Democrats however were coming under pressure from Liberal members to hold the line and make no concessions to the administration. To win gop support for the package obey also agreed to provide $50 million for the world Bank just less than half of what Bush had asked. Obey has fought what he sees As the practice of giving Money to International lenders that ends up going to bail out Large commercial Banks from Loans made to third world countries. And in another Concession to the White House the panel agreed to raise Aid ceilings for three countries that Host . Military bases. Dressing up Scott Prescott puts a Wash and a Wax on earlier this week. Cafe officials say the a Vintage thunderbird which sits High cleanup is in preparation for the 1990 above the hard Rock cafe in Houston economic Summit in july. Right name right dates. Oops a a Hallie wis. Apr a new Tombstone was supposed to Honor William Lindley Wilcox for his civil War service with the Union army but a government error branding him a Confederate upset some descendants. A it sure is goofed up. He was a Union Man and he was fighting the confederates. He would have really had a fit a said Wilcox a great granddaughter Doris Wilcox Balmer of Chicago. The error on Wilcox a new Tombstone was discovered this past memorial Day by an sex Soldier who became suspicious about the Confederate Marker while placing flags on veterans Graves at Prairie View cemetery. Some people bothered by the mistake questioned whether Wilcox a history would have been altered permanently had the error not been caught. The government has already agreed to replace the Marker. A this is a rather glaring error a said state rep. Leo Hamilton whose District includes Hallie. A a wrong Date or wrong month could occur. The wrong army is not too  Wilcox a Corporal in co e of the 1st Wisconsin Cav died in 1899. The government issued a Flat Marble Gravestone to Honor his civil War service. Over the years the Tombstone in the tiny Northwestern Wisconsin Village of 1,220 people weathered making it difficult to read. In 1986 the cemetery a caretaker ordered a new one from the governments Monument service according to Myron Olson Chippewa county veterans service officer. Erected in 1988, the new Marker made of Granite and valued at $83, contained most of the right facts about Wilcox a life a bom feb. 8, 1827, died oct. 7, 1899, entered the military nov. 2,1864, released july 29,1865. But instead of listing the Soldier in the . Army the Gravestone put him in the Confederate states army Olson said. While putting flags at veterans Graves before memorial Day veterans of foreign wars Post 1038 commander wrong army Jim Gustafson spotted it figuring something was wrong about a Wisconsin Man fighting for the Confederate army. His curiosity put officials to work including a Call to Hamilton who has since contacted rep. Dave obey a wis. Wilcox Balmer said some of her relatives were quite upset by the mistake. She said the error Wasny to caught by the family because an aunt who regularly visited the soldiers grave died in Early 1988 just before the new Marker was installed. Olson said he could understand if Wilcox a descendants were offended. A when you make the kind of sacrifice you do in going to War you believe in the Side you Are fighting on. So it is pretty grave to be depicted on the other Side a he said. George Gulas an administrator for the Monument service of the National cemetery system within the . Department of veterans affairs called the mistake an a honest error that would not tarnish Wilcox a contribution to his  s records on Texas Soldier theft thrown out Denison Texas apr the army said it has thrown out All records of its investigation into the world War ii theft of German medieval Art works that wound up in a Small town in Texas. As a result the army May never know whether a former Soldier from Texas who died in 1980 was a suspect in the theft an army spokeswoman told the Denison Herald in an interview published thursday. The artefacts some of them stored in the vault of the first National Bank in Whitewright have been valued in the millions of dollars by German Art experts. A lutheran Church in que Linburg East Germany is suing to recover the Art work from the Bank and the late Joe t. Meadors family. The Bank had acknowledged the artefacts Are in the vault. A judge has ordered the Bank to allow representatives of the Church to inventory and photograph the artefacts. Meador is believed to have stolen the objects while an army lieutenant and stashed them in his Hometown about 70 Miles North of Dallas. He left the artefacts to a brother and sister. Army military police investigated the theft but the file was apparently destroyed in 1964 when records of All cases older than 15 years were purged said Barbara Parker a spokeswoman at the . Army crime records Center in fort Holabird my. Only records of historical interest survived the housecleaning Parker said. The army abandoned the Case in 1949 when que Linburg became part of East Germany. Army spokesmen have said it is unclear whether the military will reopen the Case. The articles allegedly taken by Meador include a Silver Ivory and Gold reliquary from the 9th or 10th Century a 10th Century byzantine Rock Crystal flask with sides formed like Birds and an Ivory comb inlaid with precious stones. Meadors heirs. Jack Meador 70, and Jane Cook 58, said earlier this week that their unoccupied farmhouse was ransacked monday night by burglars who mistakenly believed the treasure was there