European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 07, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 24 a a the stars and stripes sunday october 7,1990goverment begins shutting Down from Page 1 Salvage the budget mess. The House and Senate scheduled afternoon sessions although action seemed Remote. The governments fiscal affairs were in a state of disarray after the House Early Friday rejected a proposed $500 billion five year package of spending cuts and tax increases to reduce the deficit. Despite pleas from Bush and their leaders House members killed the package because it included higher medicare costs for the elderly Broad increases in excise taxes including gasoline alcoholic beverages and cigarettes and deep cuts in agricultural subsidies. The budget dispute has prevented Congress from approving any appropriations Bills for the fiscal year that began last monday effectively leaving the government with no Money. Under the Constitution the government cannot spend Money unless Congress passes and the president signs legislation authorizing it. Meanwhile the government shutdown was in full swing saturday morning. Visitors to the Washington Monument and National symbols in the nations capital were turned away. Tourists were also turned away from the smithsonian a museums and Art galleries and the Library of Congress scheduled an Early afternoon closing. Guards at the White House Gates directed baffled tourists to the open air Vietnam veterans memorial suggesting it was the Only one of the dozens of government run memorials and museums in the nations capital not locked up. White House Tours were suspended. Non essential White House employees ranging from press information officers to Cooks were told not to work along with weekend Federal workers across the country. These were the Early casualties of a government shutdown that could become devastatingly disruptive by tuesday a after the three Day Columbus Day weekend a if the budget impasse Between Congress and the White House Isnit broken. Each Agency decides what is an essential service. But generally staying on the Job will be workers dealing with National Security health emergency and other essential services. The military air traffic controllers Border guards medical institution personnel and prison guards also would be unaffected. If a budget agreement Isnit reached by then All but a a essential employees among the 2.4 million member Federal work Force will be told to go Home within a few hours after reporting for work. Budget director Richard Darman on Friday sent a memo to All Agency Heads telling them to be ready to Send Home employees scheduled to work saturday. Only essential employees generally those needed to a protect life and property a will be permitted to work during the shutdown Darman said. A Neucom spokesman saturday quoted instructions sent out by the Pentagon a in accordance with instructions issued by the office of management and budget the department will commence the orderly termination of Agency functions except those excepted activities essential to safety to life property and National Security. A that includes activities in support of desert shield. A this applies to military and civilian employees. A people should report to work on tuesday unless otherwise  the government has shut Down for Lack of spending authority three times before in 1981, 1984 and 1986, although never for More than a Day. The governments authority to spend Money was to initially run out on oct. 1, the Start of the new fiscal year but Bush signed a Stopgap five Day Extension to give Congress a Chance to begin working on a $500 billion five year deficit reduction package he and congressional leaders crafted. But the House rejected the plan Early Friday and Bush refused to go along with another Short term government spending Bill. The shutdown was hitting Home at the White House. The congressional leaders who arrived for their mid Oming meeting with Bush to discuss the crisis found most of the White House dark. Deputy press Secretary Stephen Hart said a reception scheduled monday in the East room for incoming supreme court Justice David h. Souter would be cancelled. And Hart said he and other presidential spokesmen would be sent Home. Manny Strumpf National Park service spokesman in new York City said the staffs at both Liberty Island and Ellis Island have been told to report to work. But administration officials in Washington said they Likely would be sent Home in the absence of a budget Deal. The Park service is prepared to a padlock everything that can be padlocked a Interior department spokesman Bob Walker said. A if a visitor wants to drive into Yellowstone or Shenandoah Park there la be no one there to keep them out a or charge them a toll to get in. But those people would be largely on their own a Walker said. A if their car broke Down there would be no Friendly Ranger to help  a Federal aviation administration spokesman Bob Buckhorn said that a if we have a shutdown essential services remain in place a including air traffic control. However if the deadlock persists there would be a reduction in the number of controllers allowed to work. At the agriculture department employees who normally work on weekends a primarily Forest service workers a were told to be prepared to go Home saturday. Kelly Shipp a department spokeswoman said that Only a handful of the departments 100,000 employees nationwide would be considered essential and expected to report to work during a shutdown. State and county offices of major us a agencies such As the Farmers Home administration and the agricultural stabilization and conservation service would close. Federal meat and poultry inspection however would continue during a general shutdown Shipp said. At the state department officials said All employees Are expected to show up tuesday but that non essential workers would be sent Home. The postal service is not affected because it is not dependent on government appropriations. And there was no immediate Impact on Amtrak although the passenger Railroad receives a Large government subsidy and its operations would be hard hit if the budget impasse is Long lasting. 6 Joan Baran a spokeswoman for the . Customs service in new York said customs agents Are considered essential and would work this weekend. A everything will be business As usual a she said. If the president fails to sign a continuing Resolution by tuesday then non essential employees mostly clerical workers could be sent Home Baran said. A nobody likes to be told they re nonessential a she  arrives in saudi Arabia by the associated press japanese prime minister Toshiki Kaifu arrived saturday in saudi Arabia for talks with King fahd and saudi Arabia recalled its ambassador to Jordan diplomatic sources said. Kaifu arriving in the saudi summer capital of Liddah released a statement expressing respect for saudi efforts for development and political stability in the Middle East. During his two Day visit Kaifu is scheduled to meet with King fahd Crown Prince Abdullah and other saudi officials japanese diplomats said. Japan has committed billions of dollars in Aid and Loans to Mideast countries affected by iraqis aug. 2 invasion of Kuwait. On saturday the recall of the saudi ambassador to Jordan Mohammed Al fahd Al Isa was another indication of souring relations Between the Arab neighbors Over the Gulf crisis in which Jordan has demonstrated pro iraqi sympathies. The saudi action is tantamount to a freeze in relations Between the two kingdoms. At the United nations on Friday Iraq told members the United states and its allies were trying to control the worlds Oil reserves but the . Ambassador dismissed the charges As lies. Iraqi foreign minister Tariq Aziz in a prepared text to the general Assembly accused the United states and its allies of bringing the entire world to the Brink of a devastating warts in a quest to control the Middle East soil. He said the United states and its friends a Are seeking to gain control Over the Oil reserves in the Gulf so As to have a free hand in manipulating the needs of the world and especially the needs of the people of the third world for this important  . Ambassador Thomas Pickering called iraqis address a an insult to the iraqi people who deserve to be told no More  soviet Deputy foreign minister Vladimir Petrovsky rebuked Iraq saying we cannot but feel some satisfaction at the unprecedented Unity in the Security  contest sets sights on Nessie Drumnadrochit Scotland a pouring rain and a thick Mist failed to Dampen the enthusiasm of Loch Ness monster Hunters hoping to claim a $477,500 Reward. But there was no sign of the legendary beast on saturday As the first major search in three years began. National Odds mailers William Hill organization Ltd. Put up the Cash for the first person or team to discover a conclusive evidence of Nessier a existence. Four groups Are taking part in the two Day search of the Lake in the scottish Highlands. They Range from serious contestants to publicity seekers. William Hill has offered an additional $2,865 prize for the Best search method. Former Rock Singer screaming lord Sutch head of the monster raving loony party said his secret weapon is a whistle that produces the mating Call of monsters. Tongue in Cheek he announced he would use Haggis a a scottish delicacy consisting of chopped offal and Oatmeal cooked in the lining of a sheep a stomach As bait to lure the creature to the surface. Andy Gray the managing director of a scottish company that supplies sonar equipment for the North sea Oil Industry is taking a More scientific approach with sophisticated underwater radar. A typically this system can work at 1,000 meters 3,280 feet beneath the sea a he said. A if Nessie comes within our search scan we will find  the Loch is754feet deep 23 Miles Long and a mile wide. The legend of the Loch Ness monster dates from the year 565 when St. Columba castigated the creature for attacking a Follower. In modern times More than 4,000 sightings have been  from Page 1 launch time. The delay was caused by a minor weather problem and a last minute technical glitch. Discovery a Mission is scheduled to last four Days with a Landing on wednesday in California. The launch will not be affected by the expected shutdown of Many Federal agencies because funds for the Mission already had been set aside officials said. After the spacecraft settled into orbit Mission control in Houston told th6 astronauts a there Are a lot of smiling faces Down Here on the  a a there a a lot of smiling faces up Here too a replied Richards. A you All did a great Job getting us off the pad this morning. We  ask for anything  the launch came after months of frustration for Nasa. A mysterious Hydrogen fuel leak still unsolved forced a series of launch cancellations for space shuttles Columbia and Atlantis. Nasal a last previous launch was april 24, when discovery took off. Another embarrassment came Over the summer Whei Nasa engineers Learned that the $1.5 billion Hubble space Telescope had been manufactured with an Erro in its Mirror that gives it a blurred View of the universe the error was not found until after it had been deploys m space by discovery last april. And last week Nasa was embarrassed again the workers left a 70-Pound Metal beam inside Atlantis engine compartment. The beam caused some mine damage when it clanked around inside As the Spac Cral was lifted and rotated by a Crane. The smooth launch on saturday was a boost of nasal a morale launch director Bob Sieck said. A a we re obviously pleased a he said. The mood among space workers he said a is one c euphoria or Relief. Its certainly Good to be Back. O orbit. The team worked real hard for this. They got thei Reward a finally.�?�. Sieck said discovery had Only a few minor problems i its countdown toward launch. Lie said the Craft is a the flee Leader right now because it got us Back to flight  besides Richards the Crew members Are Pilot Robe d. Cabana and Mission specialists William m. Shep Herd Bruce Melnick and Thomas d. Akers