European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 9, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday october 9,1990 House modifies budget Senate mulling Over plan Washington a Congress seeking to head off the chaotic effects of a government shutdown met in a rare Holiday session monday As lawmakers weighed a democratic Compromise budget that would scale Back proposed increases in medicare fees. The House weary and bitterly divided passed the new budget plan Well after Midnight and sent it along to the Senate. To offset the medicare savings and still achieve a $500 billion deficit reduction the proposal could Lead to tax increases even beyond the original $134 billion proposal. The Senate has been marking time Ever since the House voted Down the bipartisan agreement put together last week by president Bush and congressional leaders. Senators were convening late monday afternoon in Hopes agreement could be reached before the government shutdown takes hold tuesday after the Columbus Day weekend. Bush who was at the presidential Retreat at Camp David md., a has been involved in phone Calls a spokesman John Herrick said monday. A a we re assessing the action the House has taken right now. We re monitoring it from Here a Herrick said. The most noticeable effect of the shutdown during the weekend was the locked doors on the smithsonian museums in Washington and closed Parks and recreational facilities across the nation. But tuesday a government shutdown would take wide effect sending hundreds of thousands of Federal workers Home on unpaid Allied naval Stop search by the associated press British australian and american warships upholding the Trade embargo monday forced two iraqi ships to Stop and submit to searches. They fired warning shots across the Bow of one ship to halt it in the Gulf of Oman. The freighter was empty and allowed to continue presumably to Iraq British defense officials said. No shots were fired at the second iraqi ship in the Gulf of Oman and it was still being searched late monday they said. In other developments in the persian Gulf crisis a a kuwaiti official said his nations gov emment in exile will ask the United nations to allow an Airlift of Medicine into Kuwait City to help people who Are critically ill. A we Are very concerned about people who Are dying because of a Lack of medical supplies a Suleman Mutawa the governments planning minister told reporters in London monday. A the iraqis allowed More kuwaitis to flee their captive Homeland and newly arrived refugees on the Border in Khanji saudi Arabia told Bleak tales of life in their capital. One refugee sunday said resistance to iraqi forces virtually ended after the occupiers began executing suspected resistance members sometimes in front of their families. The warning shots directed at the iraqi freighter marked the first time a British warship has fired shots to enforce the embargo and indicated a new teamwork is developing in the naval blockades operation. Furlough and their services to the Public stopped. In an attempt to avoid this democrats sought to develop a plan acceptable to the Senate and Bush a ant popular enough to gain the support of rank and file members who rejected the original plan. Senate leaders signalled they could accept the House Sian. A i want the process to move ahead said Senate Republican Leader Bob. Dole r-kan., who called it a a very Small departure from the original bipartisan package. After bitter debate the House plan was approved 250-164 and the House then worked until 3 45 monday morning to approve 305-105, an emergency spending Bill that would end the government shutdown that began saturday when spending authority ran out. Bush had vetoed a previous emergency Bill but it Wasny to Clear what course he would take monday. House republicans voted against the democratic plan 136-32. Democratic leaders had redrawn the original bipartisan budget to entice More liberals from their majority party and they gave it overwhelming support and passed it despite fractured Republican opposition. A with All my heart i believe the country is at stake. These deficits cannot go on a said House majority Leader Richard Gephardt d-mo., culminating the debate on the revised budget. Because of the budget dispute Congress and the president have failed to enact the constitutionally required spending Bills for fiscal 1991, which began oct. 1.forces in Gulf 2 iraqi ships three British frigates fired at the Al Masitti in the Gulf of Oman the British defense ministry said. Royal marines then boarded the 5,885-ton vessel with a coast guard team following them the ministry said in London. The second iraqi ship the Tamur was stopped off the omani coast and was being searched by Royal marines the ministry said. . Warships had been playing a dominant role in enforcing the  naval blockade. But in recent weeks British Canadian australian and Spanish warships have joined in the interceptions. The United states has the largest number of warships in the Region and american ships alone have challenged nearly 2,000 commercial ships by radio to inquire about their destination and cargo. In Only a handful of cases have warning shots been fired the first by . Warships inside the persian Gulf on aug. 18. About 130 ships have been boarded and a few have been diverted Manly by the . Vessels. Up editor Dies in fall Washington up Douglas Tweedale 32, an editor with United press International in Washington and a former foreign correspondent in Central America and Argentina was killed while washing windows at his sixth floor apartment in Washington a Adams Morgan Section. A safety rope he had tied around himself snapped and he fell to the pavement below. Page 28 a a the stars and stripes discovery sends birthday wish to astronaut s wife space Center Houston apr after restoring some of nasal a credibility with a successful launch and deployment of the Ulysses Sun probe discovery screw tended to experiments monday and beamed Down a birthday greeting for one of the astronauts wives. The men Sang a Happy birthday to Kaye Akers wife of astronaut Tom Akers. In lieu of a Candle they held up a reflective plastic stick used aboard the shuttle As a Light source. A we done to have a birthday cake on Board a said discovery a commander Richard n. Richards. A Unasa does no to let us Start fires except for Tom. He a the Only one who a been Able to Start an authorized  Richards was referring to sundays Experiment involving a Small controlled fire aboard the shuttle. Akers conducted the test. Richards joked that mrs. Akers was celebrating her 25th birthday again. Mrs. Akers whose real age was not available to the National aeronautics and space administration is Mother of two children a 13-year-old son and a 10-year-old daughter. Ulysses meanwhile raced across the solar system on its five year roundabout journey to explore the suns poles. The plutonium powered Craft was travelling at a record breaking Speed of34,130 Mph. Achieving a Polar orbit around the Sun will let scientists study the Sun from a previously unexplored Vantage Point. Its deployment and discovery a spectacular Blastoff this weekend renewed the space Agency a spirits shaken in recent months by failed launch attempts nagging Hydrogen leaks and the flawed Hubble space Telescope. The shuttle is scheduled to stay in orbit until a wednesday morning Landing at Edwards fab Calif. The saturday morning Blastoff from Cape canaveral fla., was the first shuttle launch in nearly sue months. The Columbia and Atlantis shuttles have been grounded since Early summer by Hydrogen leaks. Nasa was embarrassed when workers left a 70-Pound beam inside the engine compartment of Atlantis last week. The beam had caused minor damage when it banged around As the shuttle was lifted into an upright position. Later monday morning Mission specialist Bill Shepherd began another test of an experimental system using voice commands to control television cameras. The astronauts met with Little Success when they first tested it in space sunday. Nasa television showed pictures of Shepherd working with the Experiment which is designed to give astronauts the Opportunity to do More than one thing at a time by freeing them from manually operating the cameras. Prior to launch Mission specialist Bruce Mel Nick and Shepherd recorded simple commands onto computer chips to control the cameras before Blastoff. Melnick had better Luck sunday than Shepherd who even reprogrammed the system with the sound of his voice in space. Shepherd had problems monday and decided to reprogram the system once More. A a it a going a Little better than yesterday but its still not optimum for controlling the cameras with this kind of recognition a he told Mission  from Page 1 apologizing for the army a performance in Vietnam. That War Wasny to lost by our military forces on the Battlefield it was lost Here at Home at the Crossroads of America. A i wanted to make the army something to be proud of again a he said. In succeeding years the theme covered values physical fitness excellence families leadership training and the Constitution. The last one in 1989, was a the  Marsh thought the theme concept was a Good Way to focus a Large institution on one goal. A the idea was to give a Central focus each year to some area that we wanted to emphasize a he said. The themes were never a big hit with soldiers. A i guess i did no to get the Point a said one sergeant. A what does it mean to say this years army theme is physical fitness you a better make that your theme every year or you la be out of the army pretty  from Page 1 police riot squads fired tear Gas to disperse Arab rioters on the mount above. Witnesses said the palestinians regrouped and charged the police. Police opened fire with rubber and plastic bullets and then live ammunition the witnesses said. Police commissioner Yaacov Terner said a they burned the police station. There was no policeman who Wasny to stoned. Their lives were in real danger. They had no other Way but to respond the Way they did. The toll was very heavy but the Israel police had to defend themselves and to protect the thousands of  Terner told reporters that authorities had repeatedly assured moslem leaders that no jewish demonstrations on the Temple mount would be permitted. At the same news conference Milo said caches of rocks and flammable materials were found on the Temple mount. This he said showed that the riot was a a planned provocation aimed partly at distracting the worlds attention from the persian Gulf crisis. The palestinians have largely sided with iraqi president Saddam Hussein in the confrontation Over iraqis invasion of Kuwait. Calm returned to the Temple mount about two hours after the incident but throughout the Day scattered incidents occurred in the old City. Israel radio said it had reports of jewish civilians shooting at arabs. After mondays rioting broke out police closed off the area around the wailing Wall the last remnant of the ancient jewish Temple destroyed by the romans in the year 70