European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 13, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 a a the stars and stripes Friday july 13,1990 arms tests Washington apr defense Secretary Dick Cheney has cancelled plans to test chemical weapons As a result of the recent  agreement to destroy the deadly armaments in the future a Pentagon spokesman said thursday. A a All of these decisions Are in keeping with our intent to get ready for the bilateral destruction agreement with the soviet Union a spokesman Pete Williams said. The agreement signed june 1 by president Bush and soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev must still be ratified by the Legislatures of the two countries expected next year. But Cheney is making decisions in preparation for the agreement Williams said. The defense chief has made cuts in the 1991 budget being debated in Congress. Specifically Williams said Cheney has a eliminated Money for production of the Bigeye bomb and cancelled testing for the Navy a technically troubled program that had been scheduled for this fall. A decided not to ask for production Money for the army a 155mm artillery Shell. A opted to end testing of the army a multiple launch rocket system after tech Nicast aspects Are checked out. A difficult Rescue firefighters and Rescue personnel pull 52 after it crashed into the Rocky Walls of year old Pilot Floyd Henry Duncan or. Ogden Canyon Utah. Duncan was from his downed Light plane thursday trapped More than 30 minutes As rescuers stood in the icy Waters of the Ogden River to Cut him free of the wreckage. A passenger in the plane was killed. A a once we get a Good set of data on How that works we will Stop the program and there will be no production funds requested for that a simply research and development funds to finish that analysis and testing program a said Williams. While plans Are under Way to scrap chemical weapons Williams said some will remain in the Arsenal a simply to maintain a Small part of our deterrent capability because we believe that is a prudent thing to do insofar As chemical weapons arc concerned a he said. In Money terms Cheney is eliminating $66.7 million from the Bigeye bomb $74.3 million from the artillery Shell program and $27.8 million from the rocket system program but Williams said Money will be needed after the chemical weapons programs Are killed because a it takes some Money to cancel a contract. You can to just Call up a contractor and say a in a sorry never  Williams said the defense department will continue to buy chemicals used in the binary weapons a weapons that use two harmless chemicals that Are dangerous Only when combined a in order to finish testing at a Plant in Pine Bluff Ark. Officials want to make sure they can Bro Ducc binary weapons in Case the to itch states a should need it should something go wrong with the  on a related matter Williams said . Officials have temporarily stopped verification tests at the Johnston atoll chemical agent disposal system about 700 Miles Southwest of Hawaii. A they want to take Stock of what has happened so far a Williams said adding there were a some positive Monitor readings after a chemical weapons test. Bush wins Praise from lawmakers for successes during 2 summits Washington apr president Bush gave congressional leaders his personal review thursday of the nato and economic summits winning Praise for going slowly on soviet Aid and moving quickly on fighting farm subsidies. However one congressman said the history of farm supports in this country suggests they a will live  White House spokesman Marlin Fitz water indicated the president had not yet called soviet president Mikhail s. Gorbachev to fill him in on the Summit. Bush said wednesday he had sent Gorbachev a Cable indicating the results a were positive As far As the soviet desires went Quot and planned to Call him in a few Days. Bush Back in the White House from a week of sum Mitry on two continents met first with his Cabinet which greeted him with applause. Then joined by his secretaries of state defense and Treasury Bush gave More than a dozen top Democrat and Republican lawmakers a rundown on the London and Houston summits. A it was basically upbeat a rep. Dante Fascell d-fla., chairman of the House foreign affairs committee said of the Brieff ing. Fascell said the United states had a accomplished what it set out to do Quot in London in revising the Western alliances military strategy and showing a that the soviets need not fear nato. House speaker Thomas s. Foley said the economic Summit which concluded wednesday in Houston a made some Progress. There Are still obviously some unresolved issues with respect to Trade. But in general think it was a successful  on the question of soviet Aid Foley said the president reiterated his belief a that additional economic reforms Are necessary. I can Only say that i done to dispute the presidents statement at this  Bush kept a Low profile thursday ignoring reporters questions. On wednesday night however flying Home from Houston he said a a we re very satisfied with both events. We be got a lot of work to do now but they went  the United states won a commitment from its six economic Summit partners and the european Community to revive the general agreement on Tariff and Trade talks by trying to find ways to Cut farm subsidies. Bush also withstood pressure from West Germany and France for coordinated Western Aid in response to soviet president Mikhail s. Gorbachev a Appeal for help. Rep. Bill Archer of Texas the top Republican on the ways and Means committee said Bush was a eminently Cor rect on the soviet Aid question. A the was almost alone in that and ultimately 1 think negotiated a Good arrangement a said Archer who represents Busny a adopted Hometown of Houston. A a we re not ready. To just jump in there with massive economic Aid a before the soviets move closer to a Market oriented Economy Fascell said. Bush also said in Houston that he will ask Congress to dismantle . Farm subsidies if other countries agree to lower their barriers. Asked if Congress would buy that Fascell said a if you follow the history of farm Price supports in this country its been very difficult to conclude anything except that farm subsidies will live  Fascell said there was no question the subsidies should be reduced but added Quot we done to want to destroy our agriculture in the  Foley said Quot there is great reluctance on the part of our trading partners to dismantle their subsidies. The european subsidies a go far beyond anything the . Does with respect to agriculture Quot the speaker said. The Bush administration says such subsidies should be eliminated because they skew International trading and Cost taxpayers and Consumers billions of dollars in government payments and higher food costs. In watchdogs look Bock on a successful year Washington apr Federal inspectors general initiated 5,639 successful prosecutions and recovered $726.9 million As a result of investigations of fraud and abuse during fiscal year 1989, a presidential panel said thursday. The presidents Council on integrity and efficiency which coordinates activities of the watchdogs assigned to government agencies said the prosecutions resulted from investigations of contractors program participants and government employees. Some of the investigations were conducted by the inspectors general independently and some in cooperation with other Federal and non Federal agencies. The largest number of prosecutions 1,444, involved the defense department. The department of health and human serv ices was next with 1,278. In the nine years since the Council was established there have been 32,902 successful prosecutions the report said. The report said the Money w As in the form of recoveries made during an investigation legally ordered fines and penalties restitution and out of court settlements. The defense department accounted for $472.9 million of the total. In addition the report said that 2,851 disbarment exclusions and suspensions were taken during the fiscal year As a result of fraudulent or abusive practices by individuals and companies doing business with the Federal government. It said 2,514 personnel actions ranging from firings and reprimands to demotions were taken against Federal employees. Administrative penalties for fraudulent claims or statements totalled $115.6 million the Council said. It also estimated that recommendations by inspectors general resulted in $48.7 million in savings and avoidance of unnecessary expenditures