European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 7, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Vol. 53, no. 20 500 saturday May 7,1994leaders Tunnel Calais France apr Queen Elizabeth ii crossed the English Channel by luxury train Frk Day to join president Francois Mitterrand in inaugurating the $15 billion Channel Tunnel the first land link Between France and Britain. The two Heads of state Side by Side in a Light rain Cut a red White and Blue ribbon at the French end of the a sch urine Quot the High Point of Daylong celebrations in both countries. A we now have a land Border Madame Quot Mitterrand told the Queen. A Calais is no More than half an hour from Folkestone a the two later got into the Queens Burgundy Rolls Royce and drove slowly onto one of the new shuttle trains for the journey Back to a second ceremony at the English terminal in Folkestone. A. A.  British co chairman of the project sir Alastair Morton congratulated the Queen for see Tunnel on Page 2 House pane i o k s f95 defense plan Bill to raise military pay fund Carrier from staff and wire reports Washington a the House armed services committee approved a $263.3 billion defense budget that continues a 10-year trend of cuts but gives the Navy a major Victory by funding a new aircraft Carrier. The committee Bill would reduce the number of c-17 transport planes requested by president Clinton approve peacekeeping funding raise military pay by 2.6 percent and allow soldiers who test his positive to be discharged. It also Calls for about $12 million to be transferred from morale welfare and recreation funds to the stars and stripes said George Withers press Secretary for the committee. A v committee members across the political spectrum warned that the Bill fails to provide a Force Able to fight two regional wars simultaneously a fundamental Clinton administration goal. They disagreed on whether that matters. A a we do not need a larger Force Structure if we manage the forces we have intelligently a said rep. Ronald Dellums d-calif., the committee chairman. A i would have liked to have seen a smaller military budget.�?�, Republican committee members failed in a  add nearly $7 billion to the fiscal 1995 defense plan. A we Are dangerously dose to being unable to meet threats to National Security a said rep. Joel Hefley re Colo. A a a a a a a a a a Quot a few minutes before Midnight thursday the committee voted 55-1 for the Bill with rep. Bob stump r-ariz., being the Lone dissenter. The measure moves to the House floor while the Senate works on its defense Bill. Any move to substantially change the defense budget Bottom line was tightly constrained by limits already set see House on Page 2 experimental drugs May be cause of Gulf vets ailments by Cindy Killion Washington Bureau Washington a what was meant to prevent disease during the persian Gulf War could instead be the primary culprit behind the mysterious persian Gulf syndrome. The defense department secretly gave a hundreds of thousands of soldiers experimental drugs and vaccines a sen. Jay Rockefeller d-w.va., said in a Senate hearing Friday. Rockefeller is chairman of the Senate veterans affairs  Long term Side effects of these drugs Rockefeller said cause the headaches rashes by Dave Melancon Wurzburg Bureau Wurzburg Germany a . Soldiers continue to prepare for a historic amen can russian peacekeeping exercise m july despite reports that the Mission May be cancelled. Government sources in Moscow said in late april that russian president Boris Yeltsin might Cave in to Den funds made by opposition legislators that he cancel the exercise. Yeltsin reportedly ordered the russian defense ministry to reconsider the  Friday in Moscow russian defense min mood swings memory loss and fatigue that some 20,000 veterans have reported since returning from the 1991 War with Iraq. Both the Dod and the food and drug administration deny the connection. Two drugs in particular were Given to virtually All personnel during the War the botulinum toxoid vaccine an injection that is believed to protect against anthrax and  a Pill thought to give Protection from nerve agents. Neither drug is approved by the Fra but see drugs on Page 2 exercise rumours ister Pavel Grachev defended plans to hold Maneu vers with the United states in the ural mountains this summer saving the a purely symbolic exercise is needed to draw Russia and the United states closer to each other. A if we really want to remove the enemy image from our Heads and move on toward partnership we should go ahead Quot with the joint exercise he said. Meanwhile soldiers from co a 1st by 15th inf regt and the 103rd military intelligence in As Well As others from the 3rd inf div Are v see exercise on Page 4 s&5 Kichool Ahrons a Maple Leaf goodbye Canadian troops stand in formation Friday during ceremonies in Lahr Germany to commemorate their pullout Grom the air base in the City. Band members of the 1st in Royal 22nd regt were flown in from Canadian forces base Val Cartier in Quebec to participate in the ceremony at the City Hall and the Parade through the  today Perry says 1995 base closings to continue As scheduled a a a seepage sex Arkansas state worker sues Clinton for sexual harassment see Page 9 Paula Corbin Jona Arole models Odds students mimic legislators in Model Senate seepage 18-19