European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 27, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes Friday july 27,1990 a Quot Cash crisis Gao says Washington apr the Pentagon must overhaul its management system congressional investigators said wednesday likening the defense department s financial situation to the savings and loan crisis and other financial disasters that have required Federal bailouts. The general accounting office said the Pentagon is planning to build weapons the nation can to afford operates an inventory system with billions of dollars in excess parts and bases decisions on incomplete information. A the Lack of accurate financial data for decision makers was a critical problem in the new York City. Chrysler corp., and savings and loan crises a Charles Bowsher the nation s comptroller general and head of the Gao told the House armed services committee. Quot a similar Lack of financial data exists in the defense department today a Bowsher said. The Federal government bailed out new York City in the mid-1970s and Chrysler in 1980. Means for handling the Multi Ilion Dollar savings and loan scandal Are still being devised. Rep. Les Aspin d-wis., armed services committee chairman asked Bowsher How far he would go in comparing Dod management to the nations Well known financial disasters. A in this Case you wont have the formal gov emment bailout because you would have bailed out on an annual basis a Bowsher said referring to the nearly $300 billion defense budget Congress approves each year. He added a any time you push too much Money into the system people Are going to spend it its surprising in the air Force that the accounting was As bad As new. York City its really bad.�?�. Specifically Gao the investigative Arm of Congress said the proposed military budgets for fiscal 1990 to fiscal 1994 total $1.5 trillion but the Pentagon a planned spending for individual programs exceeds that amount by $100 Bill Ion. A the department s five year spending plan needs to reflect fiscal reality and recent world events Quot Bowsher said. The Gao also said the defense department has wasted tens of billions of dollars on weapons systems because they were not fully tested before Purchase. News Brief go charged with murder in death of woman Soldier Wurzburg West Germany a amps a army officials have charged a Gie Belstadt army Airfield Soldier with premeditated murder in connection with the stabbing death of a woman Soldier assigned to the Field. Spec Michael to Brosius 24, of he Btry 8th in 43rd air defense arty is accused in the june 2 death of 20-year-old pfc. Tammy s. Ivon according to Community spokeswoman Babs Angel. Ivon assigned to the 123rd medical det at Gie Belstadt died from multiple Stab wounds in the Chest and Abdomen. Brosius a native of Erie pa., is assigned at Gie Belstadt As a Patriot missile crewman. He has been in pretrial confinement at the army jail in Mannheim since his arrest saturday. No trial Date has been set. R in unanimous Senate vote Washington Apfl the Senate by a 96-0 vote formally denounced sen David Durenberger on wednesday for a knowingly and will fully violation its rules and ordered him to make restitution of up to $ 123,000 for funds he received improperly. Durenberger r-minn., made no attempt to fight the vote to denounce him. Speaking in a quiet voice he pledged to strive to become a first a better Man and then a better  the somber judgment marked Only the 24th time in 201 years that the Senate has disciplined one of its own. After rendering their verdict Many senators lined up to shake Durenberger a hand. Some embraced him. Republican Sens. Larry Pressler of South Dakota and Malcolm Wallop of Wyoming did not vote. Durenberger and fellow Minnesota Republican Rudy Boschwitz voted present. Durenberger was disciplined for violating limits on Senate speaking fees and gifts misleading the Senate on real estate transactions involving his Minneapolis condominium and converting a Campaign contribution to personal use. Sen. Howell Heflin d-aja., who chairs the Senate ethics committee set the stage for the dramatic vote when he solemnly accused Durenberger who watched from a front Row desk of violating Public Trust. A the evidence of knowing and wilful misconduct is Clear and convincing and far More troubling than sen Durenberger a admitted negligence Lack of Wisdom or asserted misplaced Reliance on others a Heflin said. The committee findings will be referred to the Federal election commission and the Justice department for further investigation but there have been no allegations of criminal wrongdoing. A no one in this chamber is approaching this vote lightly a said sen. Orrin g. Hatch Ruiah. A the stones of denouncement Are easier to cast than they Are to  Heflin a former Alabama supreme court Justice. To i j i. Duren of. Rules and standards of conduct. The ethics committee said Durenberger should reimburse the Senate $29,050, plus interest for improper reimbursements he received while staying in his Minneapolis condominium during official trips from 1983-89. It also said he should  $93,730, less state and Federal taxes previously paid for speaking fees he improperly kept during 1985 Ana 1986.Frank from Page 1 House floor As his Fate was debated surrounded by his democratic colleagues from Massachusetts. Other members stopped by to  the five term lawmaker on the Back. He said in Advance he would not contest the ethics committees recommendation. Frank has admitted using his office for fixing parking tickets for prostitute Stephen l. Gobie and for writing a. Misleading memo helpful to gobies probation. A we have set aside All of the color All of the filth and examined the facts Quot rep. Julian Dixon d-calif., who headed the 10-month ethics committee investigation of Frank said in arguing for the reprimand. Quot it is not Barney Franks lifestyle that should be judged Here today but rather what he did or did not do in his official capacity. Another committee member Republican rep Fred Grandy of Iowa said a we do not enhance or enshrine family values by damning individuals whose lifestyles differ from our own. We Are Here to prosecute not  the House has censured 22 members in its 200-Yetr history and expelled Only four. Six previously had been reprimanded. Dannemeyer who needed a two thirds vote and had not been expected to succeed in his expulsion move asked the House a Are there standards in our society that we will affirm for ourselves and our children that a the  rep. Bob Doman a Calif a said he had not intended to support expulsion for Frank but changed his mind. A i am going to vote for expulsion because he did no to have the Honor and decency to resign a lie said. Dannemeyer accused the ethics committee of failing to see Frank As a lawbreaker. A he said Frank know that Gobie was operating a prostitution ring in the lawmakers apartment a conclusion that was contradicted by the committees finding that Frank was unaware of the business. Frank originally paid $80 for sexual relations with Gobie and then hired him in 1985 As an assistant paid with personal funds. Frank said he fired him 1987 after learning of gobies activities in the lawmakers  from Page 1 the local level and we intend to do plenty of that with the German Side and with the other Host nations Quot he said. Quot obviously we re going to listen very carefully to Host nations opinions about base closings. We have done that already. Of course you done to live with your neighbors As we have with the Host nations and not know what their desires Are. A and we will continue to regard their decisions As part of the  in the interview Galvin also talked about the historic nato Summit held three weeks ago in London. Quot the declaration after the Summit was pretty Clear that we want to use arms control As a Way to reduce the level of confrontation Quot Galvin said. A the declaration made a statement that we no longer consider the Warsaw pact nations As  the Summit also called for a change in nato s strategy of Forward deployed forces a and we Are now on the . Side looking at what that Means to Alloi us a Galvin said. Quot we already know of course that arms Contro Means smaller forces be said. He pointed out that natos Quot Overall aim is to bring the soviets Down to parity and be willing to take reductions in order to make that happen  said he expects that diplomats in Vienna Austria will reach a conventional forces in Europe agreement by year s end. A a �?o1 done to mean that there wont be any glitches Galvin said of the imminent . Troop reductions Ana withdrawals from Europe. A you done to do an operation As big As this without some problems Ahe acknowledged that a there will be some people who will leave the military involuntarily. And it Jwj done to want to be one of them. You have to Matte sure your record looks  airlines not shipping pets because of heat by the stars and stripes the heat wave that is scorching parts of the United Stales Means pets might have to be left behind in Europe when americans go stateside. Airlines Are telling passengers that pets cannot be transported to areas where the heat puts the animals health at risk. A we do have a pet embargo because its too hot and too dangerous to Fly pets across the Atlantic a said a spokesman for american airlines in Frankfurt West Germany. A a there a really nothing we can do about  the airline is not taking any pets on its daily flights to Chicago or Dallas he said. A a it a too  however a British airways spokesman said his airline a has no embargo whatsoever on pets. But Jurgen Berg Mann said British airways accepts animals Only for Point to Point flights. A spokeswoman for Delta airlines in Frankfurt said Delta is not taking pets on some flights depending on the final destination and the Type of air plane used on connecting flights. Some older air planes used by connecting airlines May not be adequately equipped to handle pets in hot weather the spokeswoman said. A if s not because we done to want to. If s in the interest of our passengers a the spokeswoman said. If pets Are transported she said a at the end of the Day it will be a very sad  the heat has been stifling in a larg Section of the United states. Temperatures in Arizona were Well Over Jiuu degrees earlier this summer and remain i the upper 90s in Phoenix and Tucson. The temperatures have been in the this week in Texas Florida Arkansaw Louisiana and other Southern states. The airlines spokesmen said Gers who want to travel with pets Check Well in Advance so other a is Ltd be made for housing the pets or Snipp them later