European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 7, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stabs and stripes saturday May 7,1994 n at a glance first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton has confessed to to talk show Host la Rry King about her hair problems. See Story on Page 9. A Quot m a a i Quot a a r Quot a a Russia plans program Russia is working on a partnership program that would turn the country into a Bridge Between nato and asian Security alliances. A a a a a a a pages. Did lags Perry says the Pentagon has been slow in harnessing developments in information technology defense Secretary William Perry says. A. A a a. A Page 6 identity revealed scientists have confirmed that Henry Miller really is Kevin ports who was kidnapped 18 years ago Page 7 a a a. A ban faces hurdles a ban on certain assault style weapons still has a Long legislative journey ahead of  Page 8 american arrested an american employee at Gar Many s main nuclear research Center has been arrested for spying for communist East Germany. A Page 10 shows find religion religious Faith is gaining newfound respectability on prime time television. A Page 12 Index Abby Ann Landers .24 classifieds. 25-29 comics. 22-24 commentary. 15 crossword. 24 faces a no places. 21 focus. 17-20 Horoscope. 23 Jumble 28 letters. 14 Money matters.16 religion. 12 sports. 29-36 to listings. 35 weather. A 13housefrom Page 1 by the full House in its Overall budget plan. Democrats chided their hawkish Republican counterparts by noting that they have supported some of the budget cutting resolutions that limited what would be spent on defense. A you can to go around saying a Cut. Cut Cut a arid then say we done to have enough for defense a said rep. Dave Mccurdy d okla. / a a a a a 7. Even As the committee worked into the night the full House approved a defense budget limit. Clinton had requested $263.7 billion in defense budget authority. The House budget Resolution set the figure at $263.3 billion and the committee said its Bill meets that reduction. Over the initial objections of Sci sums the panel approved a total of $3.7 billion for the aircraft Carrier. The final Price tag is expected to be $4.5 billion and the vessel will take about seven years to build. The recommendation Marks a major Vic tory for Virginia lawmakers. The Nimitz class vessel numbered cvn-76, will be built at tonne co a Newport news shipbuilding amp dry Dock co., the largest private employer in Virginia with 21,000 workers Tenn eco officials hovering outside the committee room said winning the Carrier protects 5,000 jobs. And according to a Navy estimate the Carrier project affects 120,000jobs in 40 states. The committee recommended funding for four c-17 transport planes instead of the six sought by Clinton the Pentagon could make up the difference by buying wide bodied commercial aircraft for Mili tary Airlift the committee said. The Pfob ice plagued c-17s Cost $534 million each. The full committee approved a 2.6 percent military pay raise compared to Clinton a proposed 1.6 percent raise. The change will Cost an estimated $550 million. The committee also moved up a pension increase for military retirees at a Cost of $376 million. Defense Secretary William Perry billed the fiscal 1995 defense budget As the first comprehensive Post cold War spending plan. It would Mark the 10th consecutive decrease in defense spending since 1985, the Peak year of the Reagan defense buildup 7. About $12 million has been a prop ated for the stars and stripes newspapers said George Withers a spokesman for the House armed services committee. The $ 12 million to be moved to the stars and stripes was transferred from the morale welfare and recreation funds of the army Navy and air Force said another committee aide who did not know the exact amounts projected for each Branch. The aide could not say if the $12 million was a separate arid additional appropriation or if it represented simply a $2.4 Mit lion increase Overall from this years appropriation. This year the european and Pacific editions jointly received $9,6 million in appropriated funds from the army. Gen. Gordon r. Sullivan army chief of staff recently estimated the newspapers would need $10 to $15 million More on top of the $9.6 million needed to meet operating expenses. The additional Money will replace revenues lost when the stars and stripes Bookstore operation is transferred to the military exchanges later this year although t he armed services know How much Money they will have in fiscal 1995, the defense department must determine if and How it will pay to keep the stars and stripes publishing said Jordan Erizer director of the american forces information service the newspapers Parent  a a we done to have Perry a position on the Issue a Rizer said. A there is a working document within his office and its going through the review process. But until we have that arid the language of the defense budget we wont know  Many of the realities of a leaner More diverse military were apparent in the committee Bill. The committee approved $300 million for . Participation in peacekeeping missions previously those funds have come exclusively from the state department. The Bill includes language protecting sexual harassment whistle blowers and would provide $714 million to the military for counter drug operations. With some Liberal democrats objecting the committee approved a  drafted by rep. Robert Dornan a  to allow the military to honorable discharge personnel who Are his positive or who otherwise could not serve overseas or in combat roles. The proposal would of feet about 3,500 soldiers sailors and airmen.7 athe Bill would Purchase no air Force fighters no army tanks and Only six Navy ships compared with 29 ships in the 1985 defense budget. It also would reduce the Active military Force to 1.53 million a decline of nearly 30 percent Over the past decade. 7.� a also contributing to this report Stah writers Tim Cahill in new  Mark Kinkade in Darmstadt Germany from Page 1 the Agency gave the defense department special permission to use the substances referred to As a investigation Al new drugs a for the persian Gulf crisis. Rockefeller made his remarks to a gallery of about 200 people Friday As his committee continued its hearings on possible causes of the syndrome. Lawmakers heard from four veterans who All believe they were exposed to harmful gases bacteria and other substances during their military service two Gulf War veterans. Air Force it. Col. Neil Tetzlaff and army Reserve chaplain it. Col Bariy Walker both said their medical problems began after they first encountered the two drugs a within hours of taking  Bromide i was vomiting a Tetzlaff said a by the fifth Day of taking the drug i was vomiting blood and acting silly. On Day six i was incoherent extremely tired and at times  military physicians ignored the possibility of a reaction to the drug he said. And no military or department of veterans affairs doctor has connected his illness to drug Side effects Tetzlaff said. Tetzlaff said he now lives a with a High level of joint and muscle pain a has prob lems with speech memory and sleep and at times has blood in his urine a but the a doctors just Tell me its All in my head that i wanted to make my life this Way a he said. Walkers physical ailments Are similar. A the fact that we were Given the vaccine or drugs was not recorded in our medical records Quot Walker said. A also i done to recall my unit making a list of who was Given the vaccine. And the fact that soldiers got sick was not included in their medical  Tetzlaff said he believes Many of the unexplained heart attacks in healthy Young service people can be linked to . He quoted a medical reference Book saying a symptom of poisoning in general is heart attacks.  while i was in a hospitals a number of Gulf War vets told me of their Surprise when apparently healthy Young people died of heart attacks a he said. A they were amazed that no investigation was done rather these soldiers were simply stuffed in body bags and sent  yet Tetzlaff said he heard that a every. One of the people who died had been taking.   Fra officials say that although to Lac two substances have not been approved by the Agency for the preventive measures used by the defense department the Agency maintains that both Are Safe for humans. A waivers were granted for the two products during desert shield desert storm a the Fra said in a statement to the Senate committee. A the regulation allowing informed consent to be waived was done to allow what was believed the Best available medical treatment or preventive therapy for combat. A the Fra believed the products would be effective a the statement continued a because there was no available satisfactory alternative therapy and because the products appeared Safe for the intended  -7.7, that attitude shows Tetzlaff said that those with the syndrome Are a caught in the same dilemma As the victims of Crossroads and agent Orange a Crossroads was the name of experimental radiation testing in the world War ii  7 a a a a a 7 a a a in the �?T40s radiation Wasny to considered to be harmful and the same goes for agent Orange during Vietnam a Tetzlaff said. A but we know different now.�?�. Rockefeller said his committees investigation and subsequent testimony showed a a reckless disregard for human life by the defense department that shocked me. The use of experimental drugs is troublesome a and he said the defense department is continuing a practice that has gone on for at least 50 years. A this situation is clearly and absolutely unacceptable a he  Page 1 being a the first British Sovereign in history to have returned safely from a foreign adventure by  the pageantry was highly symbolic with one of Mankind a greatest engineering feats ushering in a new Era in the two countries fractious history. Speaker after speaker in Calais hailed it As a Tri it Mph for european Unity. There was no mention that regular train service is still not run Fng through the underwater passage a year after it was originally scheduled to open. The Queen who gave her speech in French said the two nations had put their sometimes volatile past behind them to create a link which mixed French clan and British  is the first time in history that the Heads of state of France and Britain have been Able to meet each other without either of them having to travel by sea or at she said. Pm Vav lat nature separated some 40 million years ago has been a acc urine dream of statesmen and engineers for several   Etc Knect Britain and the Mainland with High Speed Pas Senger trains and with shuttle trains piggybacking automobiles and trucks Between the French and British coasts. There also will be freight trains. Eur Tunnel the Anglo French operator Hopes shuttles can Start ferrying trucks in a few Days. Passenger trains and car shuttles May Start this summer for special guests. But regular scheduled service is unlikely until the fall at an expected Cost of about $300 per car. The services should have been running in March 1993, but technical delays and safety tests caused postponements. The Queen and Mitterrand had scheduled the inauguration months ago and went ahead anyway