European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 20, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The vol. 52, no. 216 50 saturday november 20,1993 d 8693 a 3-year accompanied Tours survive assault by legislators by Chuck Vinc Washington Bureau Washington deficit reduction advocates in the House have dropped a proposal to have the military switch fro three year accompanied Tours in Europe to one year unaccompanied Tours and have scaled Back other aspects of an ambitious plan to Cut Federal spending. Reps. Timothy j. Penny d-minn., and John r. Kasich a Ohio made the Cutsin an Effort to boost their plan s chances of passage in the House following stepped up attacks by Clinton administration officials and House leaders. The original plan aimed at cutting fed eral spending by $103 billion Over five years but revised estimates now put the Cost savings at $90 billion according to the House budget committee. Along with scrapping the Short tour pro vision Penny and Kasich modified their proposals to freeze annual Cost of living in creases for military retirees until they reach age 62 and raise the retirement age for fed eral civilians from 55 to 65. As the plan now stands those provi Sions would apply Only to new military enlistees and Federal employees who began service after the plan became Law. Penny and Kasich also softened Lan Guage that would have required . Allies in Europe and Asia to pay an additional $5billion to support american troops stationed in their countries. That provision is now expressed in the plan As a nonbinding sense of the House  Penny Kasich plan has become a see Tours on Page 2 boy 4, tumbles from fourth floor but cheats death by Effie Batman staff writer Kitzinger Germany four year old Adam Valente beat the Odds this week when he fell from his fourth floor bedroom window in a american housing area and survived with Only a compound fracture of the wrist. My neighbors knocked on my door said his Mother Samantha Valente. I did t even know he  she was filled with dread As she ran Down the stairs in the Marshall Heights housing area. I did t know what i d find. Thought he would be dead she  said she had jumped into i did t know what i d find. I thought he would be dead Samantha Vaiente Adam s Mother the " " Shower wednesday morning while Adam and her20-month-old son Matthew watched Barney on to. Out of the bathroom she noticed that Adamas not in front of the to. She said she looked in the bedroom and saw that the window was open. She did not realize immediately that any thing was amiss but she called her husband artwork to ask where the window key was. The win Dows in the Valents apartment have keys that allow the window either to be tilted open from the top or to open fully from the Side. Valente was on the phone when a neigh Bortold her that her son was outside crying. She said that doctors told her that Ada might have fallen like a cat on All fours and that s what saved him. He landed on grass and see Bov on Page 2 american airlines passengers hangout in the terminal at Miami International Airport on thursday after a strike bythe flight attendants Union caused delays or cancellations. Vacations Are no Day at the Beach for travellers hit by american strike Dallas a passengers holding tickets Nostri rebound american airlines scrambled to Book flights on other airlines Friday As the busiest travel week of the year approached. Horrible the whole Day at the Airport said Juanto Yrulegui who spent the first Day of his vacation at Miami International Airport trying to get to Santodomingo. On thursday american s 21,000-member flight attendants Union began a planned 11-Day walkout timed to coincide with the thanksgiving holidays. It launched the biggest . Airline strike in nearly five years. Passengers were delayed or stranded throughout the United states booking and rebooting flights that european flights affected in Europe at least nine american airline flight left Germany and England for the United states on Friday without passengers because of the strike. See Story on Page 3. Sometimes never got off the ground. I worked my Tail off for this vacation and this is the Way it s turning out Alan Tingley of Salem n.h., said see strike on Page 2