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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 27, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes Friday july 27,1990 Dod faces Cash crisis. Washington overhaul its manage investigators said sense departments savings and loan Cris ters that have require the general acco Wagon is planning to can to afford operate billion $ of dollars in Sions on incomplete it a the Lack or acc Sion makers was a York City Chrysler crises a Charles Bov Ler general and head armed services com a a similar Lack of a the Pentagon must ent system congressional Ines Day likening the de financial situation to the and other financial discs Federal bailouts iting office said the pen build weapons the nation an inventory system with Cess parts and bases Deci formation. E financial data for Deci ical problem in the new rp., and savings and loan a the nations comp Rol the Gao told the House Jitter. A Mancial data exists in the defense department today a Bowsher said. The Federal government bailed out new York City in the mid-19�js and Chrysler in 1980. Means for handling the multimillion Dollar savings and loan scandal re still being devised. Rep. Les Aspin ip-wis., armed services committee chairman asked Bowsher How far he would go in Compaq Fig Dod management to the nations Well known financial disasters. A in this Case you for it not have the formal government bailout because you would have bailed out on an annual by Quot Quot to the nearly $300 Gress approves each he added Quot any Money into the s and it.,. Its us e you a Bowsher said referring Ion defense budget con me you push too much a people Are going to sing in the air Force that Spei. _ the accounting was a bad As new York City its really  a % 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 s planned spending for individual programs exceeds that amount by $100 billion. A the department s five year spending plan needs to reflect fiscal reality and recent world events a 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. 7 news Brief preme with the stabbing de Ith of a woman Soldier assigned to the Field. Spec Michael t. 43rd air defense death of 20-year-oh to Community Spok Ivon assigned to it Belstadt died from Chest and Abdomen Rosius 24, of he Btry 8th in try is accused in the june 2 pfc Tammy Sivon according i woman Babs Angel. The 123rd medical det at Gie multiple Stab wounds in the Brolus 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. Gaining open production quotas. Travellers returning from the Border area Between the countries said there were fewer weapons on display and convoys of troops were headed North. Diplomatic sources based in the persian Gulf said. Had agree. Troops Back from the countries disputed Border Start Iraq had agreed to pull some of the estimated 30,000 troops Back from the it. Ing at Dawn thursday. Iraqi newspaper officials said they received instructions from the ministry of information wednesday night to halt criticism of Kuwait As part of an agreement to defuse the crisis Over Oil production and Border lines. An iraqi official speaking on condition of not being identified confirmed that Iraq and Kuwait representatives would Start direct negotiations in the saudi arabian port of Liddah on saturday or sunday. Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak sent his adviser Osama Al Baz to Iraq and Kuwait to help organize the talks. Diplomatic sources in Cairo Egypt said the meeting will be Between Oil and financial experts to define the differences Between the countries Ana make Sugges concessions tons for solving them to the respective foreign ministers the Kuwait news Agency reported. In Liddah the 46-member organization of islamic conference urged the two member states to resolve their differences peacefully. It said any escalation of tension might bring foreign intervention in the Region especially from  iraqi source said president Saddam Hussein stood by his demands that Kuwait Cut Oil production  for Oil Iraq claims was pumped illegally from a Field that straddles the countries a demarcated Bonder and forgive billions of dollars in Loans. Saddam demanded that Kuwait compensate Iraq for $2.4 billion Worth of Oil he claims was stolen since 1980 from an Oil Field along the countries disputed Border. The disputed Ramaila Oil Field extends two Miles into Kuwait but Iraq claims it owns the entire Field. Kuwait had insisted that Iraq withdraw forces massed at the 100-mile Border before any negotiations take place Gulf diplomatic sources said on condition of not being identified. Saddam last week threatened to use Force against countries pumping More than their open set output quotas. Saddam claims Kuwait and the United Arab emirates deprived his nation of $14 billion in Revenue by depressing the International Price of crude Oil. Senate Clear and convincing and far More troubling than sen. Durenberger admitted negligence Lack of Wisdom or asserted Mispel Llred Reliance on others a Heflin said. The committal findings will be referred to the Federal election co Hussion and the Justice department for further invest Gaffen but there have been no allegations of criminal wrongdoing. A no one in this chamber is approaching this vote lightly a said sen. Orrin a. Hatch a Utah. A the stones of denouncement Are easier to cast than they Are to  Heflin a former Alabama supreme court Justice said there was a convincing evidence that sen. Duren Quot engage amp Jan a Patt violated statutes in a pattern of rules ing Berger knowingly and wilfully in unethical misconduct which viol and standards of conduct. The ethics committee said Durenberger i could 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 spacing fees he improperly kept during 1985 and 1986/ the fees were for 113 speeches Durenberger said were promotions for his Bookson health care and defense issues. The committee concluded they were Normal Honor aria speeches Sut act to Senate limits. Durenberger whose political fortunes have suffered at Home told the Senate just before Heflin spoke that he would not contest the committees recommendation and earlier agreed make restitution. Durenberger sgt at a desk at the front of the Senate chamber listening to the proceedings with his hand on his Chin a i ask your forgiveness a Durenberger told his colleagues Ger the vote. Quot for future challenges i need your  Durenberger a 12-year Senate Veteran was elected to fill the unexpired term of the late sen. Hubert Humphrey. He does not face re election until 1994. Bases from Page 1 the local level and we intend to do plenty of that with the German Side and with the other Host nations a 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 Ana 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. A the declaration after the Summit was pretty Clear that we want to use arms control As a Way to reduce the level of confrontation a Galvin said. A utne 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 All of us a Gavin said. A we already know of course that arms control Means smaller forces he said. He pointed out that natos a Overall aim is to bring the soviets Down to parity and to willing to take reductions in order to make that  he said he expects that diplomats in Vienna Austria will reach a conventional forces in Europe agreement by years end Quot i Don t mean that there wont be any glitches Quot Galvin said of the imminent . Troop reductions and withdrawals from Europe. A you done to do an operation As big As this without some pm who Don sure your record looks  you some airlines not shipping pets because of heat by the stars and stripes the heat wave that is scorching parts of the United states 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 there s really nothing we can do about  the airline is not taking aay 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 Quot 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 0 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 Sard. A a it a not because we Don t want to. Its in the interest of our passengers a 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 Large Section of the United states. Temperatures in Arizona were Well Over 100 degrees earlier this summer and remain in the upper 90s in Phoenix and Tucson. The temperatures have been in the 90s this week in Texas Florida Arkansas Louisiana and other Southern states. The airlines spokesmen said passengers who want to travel with pets should Check Well in Advance so other plans can be made for housing the pets or shipping them later  
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