European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 14, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                 a �?Tw3 a us Arhur troops face More drug tests Page 2 a administration drafts food Labelling legislation. Page 5 a trespassing Law at . Base overturned by judge Page 9 a Chi sox a Perez tosses season s 7th no hitter Page 21 the sir Sand ripes authorized unofficial publication Fob the . Armed forces vol. 49, no. 91 saturday july 14, 1990 25 daily and sunday d 8693 a 50,000in �?T91 Cut in Europe by Chuck Vinch Washington Bureau Washington a the Senate armed services committee approved a $289 billion defense Bill Early Friday that would Cut 100,000 service members from the Active duty Rolls and remove 50,000 troops from Europe next year. Working in a closed session that began thursday morning and ended after 1 . Friday the panel s defense Bill comes in at about $ 18 billion less than the $307 billion budget request unveiled by president Bush in january. The committee As expected agreed to the total its chairman sen. Sam Nunn d-ga., had called for in military spending. Nunn had told the committee to draw up legislation to two numbers a his preferred budget level of $289 billion and the Senate budget committee approved level of $286 billion. The panels manpower subcommittee chaired by sen John Glenn a Ohio pushed for a 4.1 percent pay raise slightly above the Pentagon request of 3.5 percent. But a staffer said the full committee a just  find a Way to pay for it and had to Settle on the lower figure. The raise would take effect Jan. I. The committee Bill Calls for service personnel cuts of 40,000 for the army 22,000 for the Navy 3,000 for the Marine corps and 35,000 for the air Force. A Large Overall personnel Cut was expected but the action to remove troops from Europe was a Surprise. The Bush administration has strongly resisted the idea of unilaterally reducing troop Levels in Europe during the ongoing .-soviet conventional forces in Europe negotiations. The european troop Cut provision was see Bill on Back pages amps Susan Harris an unidentified Man left gets a firsthand look at a Gap that has shut Down the instal Bridge near Kofstein Austria. The above map shows alternate Crossings near the West German austrian Border. A Pitolo traffic Nightmare ahead for travellers by Mary Neth staff writer. An autobahn Bridge collapse in Austria has created chaos on Europe a main motor routes to the sunny South and there is no Relief in sight. On Friday there already were three hour traffic backups on major roads near the West German austrian Border a dilemma that May last All summer. The traffic jams Are the result of the partial collapse thursday morning of the instal Bridge near Kofstein Austria which closed a Section of a12, the instal autobahn. There were no injuries. The expressway through the inn Valley is an important link to the Brenner pass a major passageway across the Alps from Austria to Italy. Experts Are predicting the Section will remain closed for a year. The German automobile club adar is warning of particularly grim traffic tie  this weekend. It advises weekend vacationers to avoid driving in the direction of Austria. Even smaller roads will be clogged warns adar spokeswoman Christine Giesler. Before the collapse of the Bridge the automobile dub already had been alerting travellers to expect delays next week on routes South because of the beginning of school summer vacations in Niedersachsen Bremen and West Berlin and a new wave of East German Traci travellers. Delays have turned to chaos with the collapse of the Bridge adar says. Alternative routes to and from Bavaria include Highway 307 South of the the Ger see through the Achen pass Highway 2 from Garmisch to Miti Enwald West Germany through the Scharnitz pass in Austria and Austria a Fern pass Southwest of Garmisch. From Salzburg autobahn a10 also runs South to Italy. Here is How the adar rates the roads a the Achen pass will be the first alternative route for trucks and buses which will clog it. On weekends it will be particularly heavily travelled by buses Giesler said. The Highway through the pass connects austrian autobahn ai2 with West German autobahn 8 South of m Unich a the Garmisch Mitterwald Scharnitz route Over Zirler Berg is not recommended for people with House trailers or campers. The Road includes a 16 percent incline and is closed to such traffic going North. $ the alternate Westerly route through Garmisch Griesen to the Fem pass in Austria also is not recommended. Beef reaching the pass travellers can act specially heavy vacation traffic f hah Quot 7 South of t lies for civil i aimed. Nosis for travel on a10 South of Salzburg. Bridge construction near Salzburg has caused gridlock. Last weekend nine Miles of bumper to bumper traffic was reported. This route should be avoided at All costs Giesler said. Several cars were damaged when the instal Bridge dropped about 20 inches near a support. Traffic was immediately redirected through the nearby Border cite Kofstein but that has created  details getting through that City. To e congestion the Border is bodies East of hous Rio Mically. S the explosions and train travel also ,an area the Sie of a City cause tracks ran a  spokeswoman Sallie Anderson said from the company a Headquarters a Friday that the cause of the explosion had not been determined. She also said she was unaware of any recent threats against the company