European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 1, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 a a the stars and stripes wednesday August 1,1990 it a a Quot As a Little off the top Suzanne Dodge keeps an Eye on the drop off As she trims the grass monday on the roof of her Lafayette  Home. The House is built into a Hillside to save Energy. Besides the grass on the roof it has rooms that extend 5 feet underground. T crisis Mobile Ala. Apr Republican newspaper ads blaming democrats for the savings and loan crisis triggered outrage among democratic governors tuesday As the National governors association ended its annual meeting with a round of partisan Finger pointing. Democratic governors approved a Resolution among themselves calling for the appointment of a special prosecutor to investigate the a amp a debacle and charging that the Bush administration a has moved slowly to prosecutes amp a fraud. It went beyond a policy statement approved later by the full governors association a democrats and republicans a calling on president Bush and Congress to name an Independent commission to investigate the savings and loan collapse. The a amp a bailout is expected to Cost taxpayers As much As $500 billion. The governors accepted a Republican amendment offered by gov James Martin of North Carolina that softened the statement s language a bit to say the commission should not delay action on the a amp a crisis and should have no Power to Grant immunity from prosecution for witnesses. Democratic governors were Quick to denounce newspaper and sponsored by the Republican National committee th3t blamed congressional democrats for the a amp a debacle. The ads ran in the Mobile Register on monday and tuesday. One of the ads pictured 12 congressional democrats including resigned House speaker Jim Wright and Sens Alan Cranston of California and Bob Kerrey of Nebraska. It said a you wont see these democratic a leaders around Mobile a and a a they re the Guys who let the a amp a problem explode into a $325 billion National  Ohio gov. Richard Celeste chairman of the democratic governors called the ads a a deceitful and a the most outrageous distortion of the  he blamed republicans for upsetting the Normal spirit of bipartisanship at the governors conference and said the Bush administration has failed to provide leadership on the a amp a crisis. In the governors final bipartisan meeting demo votes to borrow another $322 billion Washington apr the House voted tuesday to let the government go $322 billion deeper into debt next year As the White House and congressional negotiators failed to break their 12-Wcek-old standoff Over deficit cuts. The Extension of the government s authority to borrow Money or which should see it through the next year came on a 221-205 vote. If adopted by the Senate Rind signed into Law the provision would allow total Federal red Inojo swell to $3.44 trillion by sept. 30, 199k sweetening the measure was an overwhelmingly popular amendment to Stop using the social Security systems huge surpluses to make the annual Federal deficit look smaller. That provision a approved 413-15 a would Lake effect in 1992, when the program that provides benefits to the elderly and disabled is expected to run an $88 billion surplus. It would not affect next years Federal deficit now projected to reach $169 billion not including the Cost of the Federal bailout of the savings and loan Industry. If not for the expected $76 billion surplus social Security should amass next year the 1991 budget shortfall would be $245 billion. The social Security measures sponsor rep. Byron Dorgan d-n.d., said the provision would Force lawmakers to make a awful choices wrenching choices to confront the governments mounting deficits. A i understand that Quot he said. Quot but the Choice we be always made in the last decade is to do  opponents said the provision would merely Comoli cat the work of budget Summit negotiators. House minority Leader Bob Michel r-1ii., said it dismisses the budget talks As a a sideshow something to circumvent a  air Force has new Basic policy to Cut dropouts from Academy air Force Academy Colo. Apr freshmen who endured six weeks of Basic training will get their first Chance to drop out saturday under a new air Force Academy policy to Stem a rising Early attrition rate. The new program fore of freshmen to stick it out through Basic training. The policy at the Academy since its inception in the mid-1950s had been to allow freshmen to quit at any Lime. Last year a surprising 149 students a 11 percent of the freshman class a decided to quit soon after arriving. The dropout figures Ted administrators to require this years freshmen to stay until they completed Basic training. The Only exception was for those with physical disabilities. Maj. Steve Daniels director of research said the Academy wants freshmen to build a sense of a com Cadet life is like Daniels said. The class of 1994 had 1,210 men and 181 women alien it entered the Academy on june 29. Twelve men and eight women have left because of physical disabilities. A. 1 Hose who stay alter saturday will go through an acceptance Parade on monday. Academic classes for the Cadet Wing begin aug. 9. 1 he . Naval Academy allows its cadets to resign Inkin 3vhc u so a Lary acad a. Cadets my Quot stay at least tour weeks. Cratic gov. Michael Dukakis of Massachusetts a the Defeated 1988 presidential nominee a called the ads Quot garbage Quot and said a we had enough of that in 188.�?� the ads were regarded by democrats As an escalation in the growing partisan rancor Over the a amp a crisis As the fall elections approach. And it represented the most biting partisan dispute to erupt at a National governors meeting in half a dozen year Republican gov. John Mckirnan of Maine said democrats have been trying to use the a amp a crisis As a political Issue. A republicans want to make sure people realize there a enough blame to go around a Mckirnan said. Democratic National chairman Ronald Brown in Mobile for the governors meeting said the ads were a sign of a absolute panic by republicans Over the a amp a debacle. He compared it to Bush a use of Willie Horton the Felon who attacked a Maryland couple while a on furlough from a Massachusetts prison against Dukakis in 1988. A a they re kind of Willie Horton izing the a amp a Issue a Brown said. Celeste said a if there a a Willie Horton in the a amp a crisis its Neil  that was a reference to the president s son who is charged with violating conflict of interest regulations while he was on the Board of a Colorado savings and loan. Some republicans criticized the ads timing during the conference. James Thompson of Illinois said the ads a have no place at this  democrats also pointed the Finger at new Republican National committee chief spokesman Charles Black. At the inc spokeswoman Leslie Goodman dismissed democratic complaints and defended the ads. A any time a Bunch of democrats gel together in the same place there is a propensity for a lot of hot air and distortion of the facts a she said. A we just want to keep giving our Subtle reminders of their  the Call for an Independent commission came on a near unanimous voice vote despite White House comments on monday that Bush would ignore the  sd1 research Washington apr researchers working on a possible Star wars anti ballistic missile defense reported tuesday they be sharply reduced the weight and increased the targeting capability of a rocket propelled projectile that could be the key to the space based system. Officials from the strategic defense initiative project showed videotapes and models to tout a a new generation of space based interceptors which would be used to Home in on enemy missiles fired at . Targets. The test conducted last week at Edwards fab calif., a proved that very stable accurate target tracking can be maintained while the rocket engines fire and the projectile Maneu vers to track a target a the researchers said Quot this hardware is space capable at this Point Quot said Lloyd Stoessell the ski official managing the interceptor program. During the test the projectile flew and mane Vered for 14 seconds inside a test building at the air base. A window was opened and a Mirror stationed outside so the interceptor could locale a target in space As the projectile moved inside the building Stoessell said the interceptor a tracked a moving target a which he said was a satellite but the official said he did not know whose satellite it was. The new test showed great improvement Over one conducted last year because the projectile s weight was reduced from 220 pounds to slightly less than 40 pounds Stoessell said. Weight reduction is vital to reducing the costs of operating such a system in space. I he test results were announced acc a House armed services panel slashed nearl/$2 billion trom president Bush a fiscal 1991 Soi request. In a closed door session the armed stances subcommittee on research and development approved spending $2.9 billion on the anti missile shield. \