European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 14, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                I Page 6 the stars and stripes . Thursday july 14,1994perry says More bombers needed Washington apr a Clinton administration plan to. Reduce the bomber Force sharply is being sidetracked under congressional pressure. Defense Secretary William Perry said tuesday that he now supports a larger bomber Force than the administration previously endorsed but he still opposes building More b-2 stealth bombers. The new stand appears to respond to the Senate passed defense policy Bill for fiscal 1995 that orders the Pentagon not to scrap or Mothball any of its 95 b-52 or 95 by bombers. The fiscal year begins oct. 1. Testifying to the Senate appropriations defense subcommittee Perry also said the military a 1996 budget proposal will contain an increase in a Quality of life funding for troops and Money for. Training. Perry  new Pentagon study a has a in the stars and stripes 10 years ago july 14,1984 a business at Het Len Ikon a returned to near normalcy a Day after police in Athens cleared striking greek employees from the . Installations front Gate. 20 years ago july 14,1974 a John d Ehrlich Man. President Nixon a former Domestic affairs adviser faced up to 25 years in prison and a $40,000 Fine for being convicted with two others in the break in at the office of Daniel Ellsberg a psychiatrist 30 years ago july 14, 1964 a the Republican National convention began and Arizona sen. Barry Gold water appeared assured of a first ballot nomination As the party a presidential candidate a a a 40 years ago july 14,1954 a the . Air Force said it would need $7.6 billion to build a global system of air bases for its strategic bomber Fleet. The figure was Down $2 billion from a previous estimate. 50 years ago july 14.1944 a the distinguished service Cross was conferred on 25 officers and men of the 101 St airborne div 17 presented personally by the 1 St army com Mander u. Gen. Omar n. Bradley during a ceremony at the Normandy front. A 50 years ago today july 14 194 4 the soviets exo Ang the r a summer offensive. Aunchm armoured attacks oort and South of Broay in Poland. . Sobers capture Pont Hebert in Normandy but intense German resistance slows the offensive to a crawl. In Italy,.the germans abandon Chianti and Tern Ciola without a fight. British troops wipe out the last japanese pocket on the ukr us Imphal Road in far Eastern India. Source 2194 Days of wat w. H. Smith publishers inc tha world almanac of world War ii Bison books cup1981 much larger bomber Force entailed in it than some of the figures quoted in earlier administration proposals. Lawmakers on defense related committees had sharply criticized president Clinton for proposing to Cut the bomber Force from 184 to 107 next year. Asked about previous plans to place 26 by bombers in Reserve Perry said the current proposal a is to fully maintain the bombers a including installing upgrades As they come  the upgrades Are part of an air Force program to convert most of the bomber Force for delivery of conventional rather than nuclear weapons. The Senate authorization Bill passed july 1, added $150 million to retain the option of buying More than the 20 b-2 bombers already ordered by the Pentagon for $44.4 billion. Perry said buying More br2s a would be desirable but unaffordable.�?�. Instead Perry said the Pentagon must steer its Money toward military readiness a term that takes in everything from the morale of troops to the number of Miles a tank is driven each a car. A while it propose a to keep Overall defense spending essentially level in 1995,. The administration sought a 6 percent increase in operations and maintenance and a 20 percent increase in depot maintenance two key readiness indicators. Perry said the Pentagon will pay special attention to Quality of life matters including pay housing and recreation. He said he is concerned about reports that some enlistees arc relying on food  Perry criticized several changes Congress made to Clinton s defense plan he said nothing about House and Senate approval of a 2,6 percent military pay raise compared with the 1.6 percent boost the administration proposed. The subcommittee is considering a $2436 billion defense spending Bill passed last month by the House. Sen. Daniel Inouye do it Waji the subcommittee chairman predicted a Senate vote aug. 2. The House and Senate then would work out differences and have a Bill ready for Clinton by fall. Also tuesday congressional auditors said Only 3,702 airfields outside North America Are Strong enough for the wide body c-17 cargo plane to land on a much fewer than the 9,900 airfields estimated by the air Force. The report comes after the House and Senate approved a Pentagon plan to buy 14 More c-17s in the next two years for a total of 40, the $21.3 billion Cost of the program translates into a Price tag of $533 million per plane. Space Center Houston a sex in space has proved successful forthe japanese Mcdara fish aboard the shuttle Columbia scientists expect the Experiment to help them design space borne fish farms which one Day might provide astronauts with an alternative to freeze dried food on Long trips such As to Mars. A a four adult Mcdara a two male and two female a were sent into space for. Columbian a two week Laboratory research Mission to see if they would mate successfully in weightlessness. They have producing at least a dozen eggs in the first four Days of the flight. The eggs Are expected to Hatch late this week or Early next. A. The shuttle also brought 340 med aka eggs on Board before blasting info orbit. At least four of them have since hatched and one tiny Newborn is already swimming. Meanwhile six japanese goldfish Are being studied for clues to motion sickness in space. Five of them have had Gravity sensing organs in their inner ears removed in Hopes of clarifying the relationship Between the organs and the malady suffered by about half of All astronauts. Columbia set to return Home july 22, also is swimming with red bellied newts 126 jellyfish and 11,200 baby sea urchins. In All the seven astronauts arc helping researchers Back on Earth with More an adult Newt and rows of Newt eggs Are shown in a tuesday telecast from Columbia. Than so experiments. Face tension of molten metals. Most Arentt very glamorous. Suck Ely a Experiment which he said a we cannot possibly Hope to compete could Lead to better Metal products con Wilh the goldfish and the med aka but we tinted aboard Columbia on wednesday will try a joked Julian Szeksly a Massa along with studies involving Crystal a Husetis Institute of technology re growth and the properties of Gas bubbles searcher studying the viscosity and sur in space. Incestuous pair charged in Tot s abuse Detroit a since she was 16,  has borne her own father seven children. Five Are in Foster care two Are dead and she and her father Are in jail. But neither the incestuous relationship that has continued for at least 11 years nor the unusual deaths of their two baby boys is the reason they Are jailed. Williams 27, and her father Walter Williams 54, arc charged with child abuse for allegedly failing to feed their youngest Chila properly. The 11-month-old girl weighs a Mere 11 pounds and has grown Only 2 inches and 5 pounds since birth authorities said tuesday. The father and daughter could get up to four years in prison if convicted. A this appears to be a classic Case in which this family needs intervention a not to mention the moral Issue of a father impregnating his own daughter on seven occasions a Hillsdale county prosecutor Mike Smith said. About three weeks ago police took the girl away from the couple who live on the outskirts of Montgomery in sout Central Michigan. When police went to pick up the four other children to put them into Foster care the family was gone. A a they were found sunday living in a tent near Hastings. The couple remained in jail tuesday under s20,000 bail for the father and 510,000 for the daughter. Authorities were investigating the deaths of the boys. One died in 1986, with the cause listed As sudden infant death syndrome. But after talking with a paediatrician who reviewed the baby a autopsy Smith believes the child might have suffered from malnutrition. The other child died in 1991 of a Skull fracture. No charges were brought after the parents passed lie Detector tests. Smith said the. Circumstances surrounding the death Are unclear. Smith said he is also pursuing a psychological examination of Lori Williams to determine whether she is involved voluntarily with her father. A a it a kind of a bizarre social relationship Here. I think its incumbent upon us to get to the Bottom of the psychological makeup of the daughter a he said. Incestuous marriages Are illegal in Michigan but incestuous relationships Between consenting adults Are not he said. He does no to know Why charges were never brought when Lori Williams first became pregnant 11 years ago in another undetermined county. Sex with a child under 16 is a crime. At the time Lori was diving with her father and Mother and five siblings Smith said. The statute of limitations on sexual abuse is six years. Walter Williams left his wife in the Early 1980s and took Lori with him Smith said. It was unclear tuesday where the Mother or other children live now. The couple never divorced