European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 12, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 b the stars and stripes thursday september 12, 1991 Senate rejects bid to divert Dod funds to Domestic use Washington up a the Senate on tuesday voted Down sen. Tom harking a plea to show an a ounce of political will and Transfer $3.1 billion from the Fen so budget to 10 Domestic programs. A this would Transfer .58 percent from the department of defense a budget to investing in our human resources Quot said Harkin a Lowa of his amendment to the spending Bill for the departments of labor health and human services and education. A today we re at a Crossroads and we need to make some choices a said Harkin who is expected to announce his candidacy for the democratic presidential nomination sunday. A the old world is Over a new world has begun. The Warsaw pact has disbanded the cold War is Over. In the past month the soviet Union has dissolved and now we need to address ourselves to new choices and to this new  Harkin s amendment faced a major Roadblock however a it was the first attempt to break last years budget agreement. Under the Accord negotiators voted to prohibit Congress from siphoning Money from the defense program into Domestic programs until fiscal 1994. A it does require an ounce of political will a Harkin said in challenging his colleagues. Wellfleet mass. Up a group of 27 Pilot whales beached tuesday morning on Cape cod but rescuers managed to Herd most of the ailing 3-ton mammals Back into the sea later in the Day. Marine scientists said however it was unclear whether the whales would remain at sea or turn around and strand themselves again in a mysterious Ages old rite that researchers cannot explain. The stranded whales were found about Sunrise on the Beach at an area known As Chipman a Cove on Cape cod Bay. Two died before rescuers could drag the rest Back into the water at the next High tide shortly before noon. Dozens of Marine scientists and trained volunteers Cape canaveral Fla. Up a civilian researcher assigned to a March 1992 space shuttle research flight has been pulled off the Crew because of undisclosed medical problems the National aeronautics and space administration said. Michael Lampton who served As a backup a payload specialist during a 1983 space lab research Mission had been in training for launch aboard the shuttle Atlantis scheduled for mid March 1992. The eight Day Mission is designed to study the Earth a atmosphere using a Battery of instruments mounted in the ships cargo Bay. But the Senate a 69-28 vote fell 32 votes shy of the number needed to circumvent the budget agreement. Sen. Jim Sasser d-tenn., chairman of the Senate budget committee supported harking a intentions but opposed the amendment. A if we can breach the budget Summit agreement for this particular appropriations Bill As worthy and commendable As the programs under this Bill Are clearly we can breach the budget Summit agreement for a Host of other Bills a Sasser said. Sen. Robert c. Byrd d-w.va., chairman of the Senate appropriations committee also urged no tampering with the budget agreement he helped Craft. A a we re in one Heck of a fix in this country Quot he said of the fiscal crisis. The amendment follows numerous stump style speeches Harkin has been giving around the country pressing for a Strong Domestic Agenda. He had hoped the $3.1 billion from a obligated defense dollars would be directed to among other things biomedical research breast cancer screening mental health programs president Bush so America 2000�?� education programs Grants for College tuition. Aids care programs immunization programs head Start and of income Home Energy assistance. Wading into the surf up to their waists herded the remaining 25 mammals Back out to sea but four swam ashore again a Short distance away and died before they could be reduced again officials said. A the rest of the whales Are swimming but appear disoriented a said Sandy Goldfarb a spokeswoman for the new England aquarium in Boston which sent a team of scientists to help in the Rescue Effort. The beaching came one Day after five whales were found stranded about 10 Miles away along the Cape s North Shore at Brewster. Three had to be destroyed because of their condition and two others were returned to the Ocean after being treated with anti Shock medication. But in a Nasa statement Lennard Fisk the Agency a associate administrator for space science and applications announced tuesday that Lampton had been a disqualified for medical reasons and replaced by Dirk Frilout a belgian researcher with the european space Agency. The nature of Lampton a medical problem was not revealed and could not be immediately determined. But he will1 continue to support Atlantis Crew As an alternate payload specialist in the space lab Mission operations control . To drop Leningrad for St. Petersburg oct. 1 from wire reports Washington a the state department said tuesday that it will Call Leningrad by its new old name St. Petersburg starting oct. 1. A my understanding of the situation is that the russian federation supreme soviet did pass the name change the restoration of the name St. Petersburg and that they stipulated that it should become effective on oct. 1,�?� state department spokesman Richard Boucher said. The department said however it will continue to refer to the City As Leningrad during Secretary of state James a. Baker Illus visit there this  Motorist shot a Troy Mont. A a Man crawling up a Grassy Hillside after his pickup overturned was shot and seriously wounded when two Hunters mistook him for a Bear officers said. A a he a in this Long grass Quot said a Lincoln county sheriffs detective Doug Johnson. A i suppose its Only about a foot High but it hid the Bottom part of him and he had a Beard and no hat or Bright clothing on and they thought it was a  Dennis Williams was hit in the Chest and in both legs saturday evening by two Rifle bullets he said. Part of his right leg was amputated at sacred heart medical Center in Spokane Wash. Williams 47, was in a serious but improving condition medical Center spokeswoman Pat ser Vine said monday. Williams pickup went off a Road and overturned about eight Miles North of Troy in Northwestern Montana Johnson said. He was crawling up a Hillside on his hands and Knees when two Hunters drove around a curve about 200 Yards away and spotted him. One of the men fired two shots. The Hunters gave Williams first Aid and rushed him to a clinic in Troy. He was later flown to  survives ordeal Gainesville to. A a woman who was beaten robbed and stuffed in the trunk of her car said tuesday that she survived 36 hours in suffocating heat by thinking of . Troops in the persian Gulf. A the heat was terrible. I kept thinking about i he boys in saudi and if they can stand this much heat i can too a Patricia Sewell said from her Hospital bed. A a that a the Only thing that kept me  Sewell 47, was rescued monday afternoon when children at a school in Theodosia near the Arkansas state line heard sounds from the trunk. Temperatures on sunday and monday were around 90 degrees making the trunk like an oven. She suffered three broken Bones in her face and numerous bruises and remained hospitalized tuesday in Mountain Home Ark. Robert w. Eddy 18, of Sherman Texas was charged tuesday with attempted murder kidnapping and robbery. He was jailed on $1 million  prices fall new York a the Price of gasoline at the pump has fallen for the first time in six weeks the american automobile association said. Nationwide the average Price for a gallon of self serve regular unleaded dropped .5 cent to $1.16, for the week ending tuesday the Auto club said. Prices Rose in new England the great lakes the Southeast and the West but they fell elsewhere according to the  recalling vans Washington a Chrysler corp. Will recall and repair an excessive hydrocarbon and Carbon monoxide emissions problem on 96,300 Dodge and Plymouth vans the environmental Protection Agency said tuesday. The Epa said the affected vehicles Are 1987 2.6-liter Plymouth voyager Dodge caravan and ram vans. The recall does not include California vehicles. The Agency said the emissions problem was detected during routine Epa testing. Chrysler agreed to recall and repair the vehicles at no Cost to owners the Epa said. Rescue workers struggle to free two wholes tuesday morning in Chipman a Cove on Cape cod Bay. Whales pushed Back into sea civilian bumped from shuttle Crew