European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 27, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday september 27, 1991 the stars and stripes c. Page 5 \ it America rediscovered the sleek replicas of three Viking ships sail into new Yorkus Harbor wednesday under the watchful Eye of lady Liberty. The cruise past the statue of Liberty was the end of a trans Atlantic voyage that began in Norway. The trip commemorates Viking explorer Leif Eric songs voyage to North America nearly 1,000 years  to vote on Thomas Washington apr the Senate judiciary committee announced wednesday night that it will vote today on the heavily debated nomination of Federal appeals judge Clarence Thomas As an associate Justice of the supreme court. Committee chairman Joseph r. Biden jr., d del., set 10 . For the vote on the 43-year-old conservative accused by critics of concealing his views during a week of Senate hearings. Supporters countered that the critics Are merely concerned that confirmation of Thomas who Rose from poverty in the Rural South to graduate from Yale a Law school would reinforce the courts conservative majority. Judiciary committee approval would Send the nomination to the Senate floor for a vote on confirmation. If confirmed As critics concede is Likely the former chairman of the equal employment Opportunity commission would become the second Biack to serve on the High court succeeding retiring Justice Thurgood  starts 1992 Stopgap budget game by Janet Howells Tierney Washington Bureau washing Ion a caught in an end of your budget bind the House is expected to approve a Short term spending Bill to keep the government running past monday the end of Lineal l j a a House staff member said thursday. I he Bill would give Congress until oct. 26 to finish Woik on the fiscal 42 budget. The current fiscal year ends monday. Without the Short term appropriations the government would have to shut Down until Congress approved funding. A this is nothing new a one House staffer said. Quot it s a regular state of attains and u will probably happen again in the  a spokeswoman at the while House press office on thursday would not speculate on whether president hush will approve or veto the Short term funding. 1 ast year Bush vetoed a similar Stopgap funding a Eaxie known As a continuing Resolution which Congress requested to give lawmakers time to work out disagreements on the final budget. 1 he result of Bush veto was a three Day government shutdown Between oct. 6 and s last year costing taxpayers at least $3.4 million a general Ace Yunling Ottice report said. Gao is Congress investigative . I he financial Impact was caused primarily by Revenue lost at the smithsonian museums National Parks and visitor centers which were forced to close Over the Columbus Day weekend. Employees who were furloughed were later paid for work time lost during the shutdown investigators said. Quot temporary funding was eventually approved keeping the government functioning until Early november. At that Point Congress approved its final fiscal 1991 spending legislation and Bush signed it. A in the last 10 fiscal years there have been nine appropriations funding gaps a a the Gao report said. A at least four of the gaps resulted in some disruptions in government services and included some agencies sending employees Home or telling them not to report to  to avoid such disruptions in the future investigators have recommended that Congress enact permanent legislation that authorizes agencies to incur obligations but not spend Money until final spending Bills Are  has not acted on the recommendation. In the stars and stripes 10years ago sept. 27,1981 a in a two hour concert the rolling stones opened their first . Tour in three years to the thunderous Welcome of 90,000 fans at John f. Kennedy stadium in Philadelphia. Meanwhile feminists picketed outside the Gate. 20years ago sept. 27,1971 a British officials rejected the soviet unions demand to rescind an order expelling 105 soviet officials from Britain for spying. They said they were prepared to meet any soviet retaliation. 30years ago sept. 27,1961 a soviet foreign minister Andrei Gromyko rejected president Kennedy a proposal for an immediate ban on nuclear tests and blamed the nato Powers for the current increase in International tension. 40 years ago sept. 27, 1951the biggest Jet fighter Battle of the korean War raged Over North Korea As ceasefire talks remained deadlocked. The Aerial Battle involved four different clashes and a total of 256 planes. Postal service plans to eliminate 47,000 additional jobs by 1995 Washington a the . Postal service has eliminated 37,000 jobs since 1989 and plans to Cut 47,000 More by the Middle of this decade postmaster general Anthony Frank said thursday. A in six years we Are reducing by 84,000 career employees. That obviously is a major major reduction a Frank said. The cuts in workers will reduce the postal service roster to 703,000 people from a a High water Mark of 787,000 in june 1989, Frank said. This is being done at the same time mail volume and the number of Homes served Are increasing he said. All the reductions so far have been done by attrition a and we Hope we can continue to do that. That a our plan a Frank said at a news meeting. Increased automation of mail sorting has made the cuts possible he added. The effect of this reduction will be an annual saving of $4.3 billion prank said with savings already amounting to $1 billion per year. That will help hold postal rates Down he said. The Agency however is seeking an increase from the current 29-cent rate to 30 cents a a difference than Means $850 million a year he said. Frank said he expects another increase in 1995, but his goal is for that to be the last one this decade. Prank added that he is continuing u push for improved service including 9 percent on time delivery and less tinn waiting in lines in Post offices. The american postal workers Union which has jurisdiction Over Many of tin jobs eliminated so far has been Sharp critical of prank particularly Chally Nging contracts with private firms to hand some work. A system of Remote bar coding will pm ploy about 12,000 private workers fran i said. Under the system a worker looks a images of a letter on a television screen and types the address into a compute terminal which imprints the bar code of the letter. Magic Johnson seeks school official s ouster Detroit apr professional basketball Star Earvin a a magic Johnson called wednesday for the resignation or removal of a school Board member who described him As a a big dumb Black kids during his school years in Lansing. William Carter has apologized for making the statement during a sept. 12 meeting but said his remarks were taken out of context. He said wednesday that he  resign. Johnson who plays for the los Angeles lakers of the National basketball association said he and his family were Hurt by Carters remarks. A not Only were his comments hurtful to myself and my family but especially to the children of Lansing Michigan if not everywhere a Johnson said in a statement released by the lakers. A i feel it is inappropriate and dangerous for a Man with his ideas and feelings to be in such a powerful and influential Public position a Johnson said. A should or. Carter choose not to resign i would ask that the Lansing school Board seek a recall election against him  Carter 66, said he Wasny to surprised by Johnson a reaction. A if i was in magic a shoes i guess i would say the same thing a he said wednesday. Carters comments came As he argued for spending More Money on athletic programs. He said  lie was trying to make the Point that athletics help keep a lot of children in school but that a i tried to make my Point in a disgustingly offensive