European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 8, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Crisis in tha a Adlfy xxx related stories and photo pages 3, 28 Andi stripes authorized unofficial publication for the . Armed forces Good morning vol. 49, no. 177 monday october 8, 1990 a a 25c daily and sunday d 8693 a Deal predicted on budget plan Washington apr democratic leaders on sunday predicted a new budget agreement before the government shutdown takes full effect on tuesday and said the pact would ease proposed medicare cuts and excise tax increases. During a rare sunday session bipartisan talks continued around the Capitol while outside leaders of both parties blamed each other for the shutdown that closed Federal tourist attractions and other weekend programs nationwide. Neucom also hits impasse the . Military in Europe has adopted a wait and see attitude As Congress and the White House scramble for a budget Compromise. Unless the impasse is broken the Pentagon will be hit tuesday with an across the Board reduction of 35.3 percent in All funding accounts except military personnel which president Bush has exempted. The european come in Stuttgart issued a Brief statement Over the weekend advising civilian employees to show up for work tuesday As scheduled unless notified otherwise. Officials did not say whether  notifications were being planned. A spokesman at . Army in Europe Headquarters in Heidelberg said the command was in a holding pattern. A we will respond to the situation based on guidance from Washington a the spokesman said. Pentagon spokesman Pete Williams warned late last week that a the Impact would be very  the impasse could result in furloughs of civilian workers and reductions in All types of military operations and training not related to the per see Neucom on Back Page House speaker Thomas s. Foley d wash., said president Bush a veto saturday of a Bill designed to keep the government operating during the negotiations was a a bad mistake that had slowed the talks. The president was a saying we ought to rebuild the fiscal House of this country and then he sets the House on fire for awhile to get our attention a Foley said. But vice president Dan Quayle appearing on Abc tvs a this week with David Brinkley program said Bush was not the problem. A the problem is Congress a he said. Quayle predicted that 90 percent of the budget Deal Bush unsuccessfully lobbied for last week would remain and with changes it would pass. A we now know what the problems were with the old one a agreed sen. James Sasser d-tenn., chairman of the Senate budget committee. A the new budget agreement in my View will address the problem of the Overly Large medicare cuts. And also will address the Revenue part of the package a said Sasser also appearing on Abc. It was unclear sunday How Many of those changes would be made explicitly in the revamped package. In an attempt to make the initial budget vote easier congressional leaders sunday circulated a a fill in the Blanks version of the Defeated budget that was devoid of specific spending Levels or tax increases. That would leave Many of the explicit decisions on tax hikes and spending cuts for later. A a there a not a dimes Worth of tax increases not 10 cents Worth of cuts in the budget Resolution a Foley said of the new see budget on Back Page army staff sgt. Darnetha Elmore left and Navy Petty officer 1st class Patrice Davis embrace their brother army spec. Loris Elmore during their reunion. Siblings turn Gulf duty into a family reunion Dhahran saudi Arabia apr Navy Petty officer 1st class Patrice Davis says a military career might not be for everybody. But her family is the sort recruiters dream about. Of the eight children in the Elmore family of Charleston s.c., six Are in . Military service and three Are assigned to saudi Arabia. On saturday Patrice the oldest at 28, held an emotional reunion with her sister army staff sgt. Darnetha Elmore 25, a member of an intelligence unit and her brother army spec. Loris Elmore 21, a paratrooper. It was their first meeting since All three became part of the More than 170,000 americans deployed under operation desert shield following iraqis aug. 2 invasion of Kuwait. There were grins and hugs As the Trio met at a hotel in Dhahran where Patrice known to friends As a Emo a works in the joint information Bureau operated by the saudi information ministry and the . Military command. Then they went off to Patrice a room to talk family and Call their Mother Sandra Back in Charleston. Patrice normally based in Alcan see reunion on Back Page brigade starts from scratch in desert by Vince Crawley staff writer with the 12th aviation brigade in saudi Arabia a the officers of the Wiesbaden helicopter unit did no to get much desert training in Germany but they re adapting to saudi Arabia. A a it shot. Well so what in a a Soldier and get paid Good Money for this a said it. Col. Paul Murtha executive officer of the 12th aviation brigade. A was we stand Here right now we re virtually 100 percent ready for Battle a he said glancing at charts on his Headquarters Wall. A a it a exciting. A Little scary a he said. A but that a what our business  his v corps brigade is the Only army combat Maneu ver unit from Europe to serve in operation desert shield. Murtha could no to talk about his Peoples Mission Here except to say that the brigade can cover a very Large part of a Battlefield and strike deep behind enemy lines. There Isnit much Sand in Germany but Murtha said most of his pilots have flown at the National training Center in californians Mojave desert. The 12th brigade which includes Apache tank killer helicopters arrived Here about a month ago from Wiesbaden. A the fact is our Homes remain in Wiesbaden a Murtha said. A fall our families Are still there my cat and dog remain there a covering  a Long distance by rail and ship Wasny to something that the staff officers had planned on when they trained to defend West Germany. Murtha said he was one of Only two officers in the brigade with experience in the fairly dangerous chore of loading equipment onto Railroad cars. The brigade took a train to Italy then a boat to the arabian Peninsula. Murtha said the cold War training helped his people approach saudi Arabia with the right attitude. A we were sitting up there for 40 years against a hostile enemy that was shooting people who came across the  although desert conditions can be hard on Helicon continued on Page 3