European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 8, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday. December 8, 1991 the stars and stripes a Page 5bush signs defense budget into Law Washington apr president Bush signed into Law Friday a $291 billion military budget Bill that denies his request for More b-2 stealth bombers but provides the highest Ever spending on the anti missile strategic defense initiative. The president in a statement released by the White House As Bush travelled to Hawaii for ceremonies marking the 50th anniversary of Japan s attack on Pearl Harbor said the Bill provides for a defense a sufficient to meet foreseeable threats to the National Security and generally supports his defense priorities. The House and the Senate passed the measure last month. Bush said he was particularly pleased by the Laws ski provisions which include $4.15 billion in research and development Money and for the first time set a target Date for deploying a defense against Long Range ballistic missiles. The Law orders the defense department to develop for deployment by 1996 a Force of 100 ground based interceptor missiles at grand Forks n.d., capable of defending against a limited attack on the Continental United states by Long Range missiles. Bush wants to go further to put anti missile weapons in space As part of a system that could protect not Only the United states but also other countries around the Globe. The 1992 Law is a step in that direction although it specifies that no space based weapons would be part of an initial antimissile system. In his statement. Bush said he objected to several of the Law s provisions but would a respect the intent Quot of the provisions a was far As  particularly troubling Bush said was a provision that requires him to work out new agreements with Germany Britain and the other member countries of the North Atlantic treaty organization on sharing the Cost of Basing . Troops on their soil. That provision which also would apply to Japan and South Korea reflects a growing concern in Congress that the United states Well off allies in Europe and Asia Are paying too Little for the . Contribution to their defense. Bush said the provision undercuts his constitutional authority As the chief maker of foreign policy. He said he would interpret this provision of the Law As a recommendation rather than a requirement. The president also raised constitutional objections to several other provisions of the Bill including ones that restrict his options in redeploying certain intercontinental ballistic missiles and prohibit the spending of . Payments to nato for the construction of an f-16 fighter air base in Italy. Bush made no mention of the Law s denial of his request for $3.2 billion to buy four new b-2 stealth bombers which he earlier had said was one of his highest military priorities. The Law does provide $1.8 billion to buy spare parts for b-2s and for the other costs of keeping the b-2 Assembly line from shutting Down. It also provides $1.6 billion for stealth research and development. The Law % Iso reduces the number of Active duty serv ice members by 106,000 to a total of 1.88 million repeals a ban on women Hying combat missions in air Force Navy and Marine corps planes and provides $12 billion for the nation s nuclear weapons production Complex. In the stars and stripes years ago 10_ dec. 8,1981 a president Reagan said the United states has evidence that libyan Leader Moa mar Gad Hafi has dispatched squads of hit men to assassinate . Officials. 20 years ago dec. 8,1971 a the Indian army s Eastern command announced that Pakistan s Large base at Jess Ore 24 Miles inside East Pakistan fell into Indian hands after heavy fighting. India and Pakistan also were reported to be locked in a massive tank Battle in Kashmir where India admitted the loss of strategic Chamb. 30 years ago dec. 8,1961 a Katan Gese forces fired on a . Air Force transport plane flying . Equipment and reinforcements into the embattled Katanga now Shaba capital of Elizabethville. The five other transports were ordered Back to their bases pending consultations on Security arrangements. 40 years ago dec. 8.1951 a the United nations proposed a new truce inspection program and in an abrupt about face promised to discuss withdrawal of troops from Korea later in the armistice talks. Communist negotiators tentatively rejected the program but agreed to study it further w o n l d v a 11 fifty years ago today 8 do. 1-941 the United states and Britain declare War on Japan. Japanese air raids destroy most of the . Planes in the Philippines the first japanese troops land in the islands. In North Africa the germans begin to Retreat from Obruk. Sailor s family files $10 million suit against Abc Over Iowa blast Story Cleveland apr the family of a Sailor the Navy mistakenly blamed for a battleship explosion that killed 47 people a including the Sailor a filed a $10 million lawsuit against Abc inc. On Friday. The suit claims Abc news purposely inflicted emotional distress on the family of Clayton Hartwig who was killed in the april 19, 1989, explosion in a gun Turret of the Iowa. Abc citing unidentified sources reported on May 24, 1989, that Navy investigators found circumstantial evidence indicating Hartwig had been upset that a Homo h sexual relationship had ended and had planted a Detonator in the turrets powder Magazine. The Navy a initial findings that Hartwig a 25-year-old Cleveland native might have caused the blast were criticized by Congress and denied by Hart wigs family. A subsequent Navy investigation found a no Clear and convincing proof that Hartwig was to blame and apologized to the family in october. Hartwig Abc spokeswoman Katherine Mcquay declined to comment because the matter is in litigation. But Abc Pentagon correspondent Fred Francis who reported the stories said they were accurate accounts of what the Navy believed at the time. The suit filed in Cuya hoga county common pleas court seeks $10 million in punitive damages and an unspecified amount in compensation family attorney Kreig Brusnahan said. A suit against the Navy also is planned Brusnahan said. Brusnahan said he distress resulted from a a number of unsubstantiated leaks to Abc news by the United slates Navy implying that Clayton Hartwig was a troubled homosexual who took his own life that he was suicidal  was despondent that he was a mass murderer and that he was  those leaks have never been substantiated he said. A the Navy acknowledges a As a matter of fact it insists a that it never accused or. Hartwig of being a homosexual and never accused him of being involved with a fellow Sailor Brusnahan said. Francis is not named As a defendant in the suit but Brusnahan said he plans to ask the judge to compel Francis to reveal his sources. Francis said he would resist such an order. A my sources i would protect As 1 Kathy Kubicina Clayton Hartwigs sister discusses lawsuit filed against Abc. Would protect any source who gave me accurate and confidential information a Francis said. 3rd Escapee in bedsheets getaway caught Ca id Tuci a / a a get it i _. 1 a it 11. _ _ Fairfield Calif. A the third of four men who escaped from a jail with the help of some official blunders was recaptured Friday in los Angeles authorities said. Murderer Michael Waggoner 27, was arrested by los Angeles county sheriffs officials after he came out of a House they had under surveillance authorities said. Waggoner was being held in los Angeles on $1 million bail and was scheduled to be returned to the Solano county jail Early this week. He faces charges of rape in connection with an attack a Day after the nov. 2 escape. The four prisoners escaped by tying bedsheets together and lowering themselves to Freedom. They got some unintended help from a series of official blunders. A dispatcher urged the men to try again As they were scaling a Fence outside the jail. The dispatcher mistook the men for teen age trespassers who occasionally get into the area. Authorities said guards failed to perform a bed Check the night of the escape and the inmates weren to discovered missing until Early the next morning. The Only Escapee still at Large is William Rice 32, charged with rape and attempted murder. One Escapee was arrested monday and another turned himself in three Days after the escape. Airline company and takes off on Sununu woes source a world almanac Book of world War ii  books corp., 1901 Boston a if Richard Nixon was Good enough to use for an airline and then Why not John Sununu that appears to be the marketing style of Virgin Atlantic airways a Brash and sometimes irreverent British company. On Friday Virgin ran full Page advertisements in several newspapers poking fun at the former White House chief of staff who came under fire this year for abusing his travel privileges. In one Case Sununu took a government limousine to a stamp auction. Virgin tells readers in the ads that it offers free Airport limousine service to business class customers. A so if you re travelling on business you done to have to worry about upsetting your Boss a the and says. The advertisement prominently displayed clippings from wednesdays news papers with the news that Sununu had resigned. This Isnit the first time Virgin has jabbed at a politician. Several years ago it ran ads showing Nixon hashing the 1 a a sign with his two fingers. In a Tongue in Cheek message the airline implied Nixon was actually giving a signal for Virgin. A at least he knew the Best Way to get to London a the and said