Hutchinson News (Newspaper) - July 15, 1991, Hutchinson, Kansas Pentagon may have 1National Briefs war cash From wire reports Page 2 Hutchinson News July 15,1991 By Peter Copeland Howard News Service WASHINGTON - The Pentagon so the cost of the war against Iraq that it might even have money left over when the allies kick in their a congressional study has The study also raises questions about the Pentagon's supposed war including fuel bills for troops who never went to the Persian Gulf and an alleged charge of for lobster our the cost estimates are high and a substantial part of the costs incurred will not translate into funding We believe funding requirements will not exceed the amount pledged by our the General Accounting Office concluded in the draft of a report that still has not been The Pentagon is likely to brand the GAO report partly because it doesn't let the military claim losses for equipment destroyed in the war if the equipment is not going to be Although the GAO report doesn't offer a cost estimate for the war and concedes that the true cost is extremely difficult to it predicts the total will be less than the billion promised by the allies and will not reach the billion predicted by the The report does not mention the human cost of the The GAO report chides the Pentagon for not including the value of fuel and food donated by Saudi Arabia and other countries into its cost estimates and for not deducting money saved because other operations around the world were cut back during the Internal reviews the military services already had weeded out some bills from military units for such things as cellular film and air the report One unnamed installation for lobster tails for a general officer's farewell dinner as an operation The lobster tails were questioned by the internal review but allowed to remain as an operation the report Paul the GAO official who prepared the report between September 1990 and July 8, would not provide any details of the lobster James a Pentagon sure when GAO issues the we will be The administration has estimated the incremental cost of the deployment between August 1990 and April of this including costs of at Additional including redeployment of the troops and repairing would bring the total to The GAO disputed that total and said that while destroyed equipment clearly is a of the much of it will not be replaced anyway because the military is being The report also accused the Pentagon of including the higher costs of fuel for operations unrelated to the of not including the billion received in goods and services from the allies and of using inflated prices when one military agency billed the report said the Pentagon is claiming billion in operating support beginning in even though money for spare parts and maintenance is in the regular Pentagon EPA shelves campaign because of Styrofoam The Associated Press BOSTON - A cheeky Environmental Protection Agency public service campaign - dubbed to Destroy the - got a good reception from the then it got The aimed at fostering good environmental was ended two months after its New England kickoff last year because of trademark infringement on Dow Chemical The public loved television spots a smirking announcer who advocated destruction of the Earth by overusing paper towels and leaving lights on and pouring out used motor oil in back said the regional Julie to destroy the Earth with your No Drive the announcer Pamphlets and bumper stickers were Radio spots went Then problems One of the satirical overuse cups made of a Dow Television spots indicated Styrofoam kills really couldn't document Belaga said of the fish We really had not done our The campaign infringed on the and EPA didn't have enough money to change the public service she Television and radio stations were asked to withdraw The EPA also halted distribution of pamphlets and bumper Fire sends cruise passengers scurrying The Associated Press MIAMI - A fire on a cruise ship in the Bahamas sent passengers and crew scrambling toward lifeboats but the small blaze was put out with no Coast Guard and cruise line officials The fire began about 2 a.m. in the auxiliary engine room of the about 40 miles northwest of said Coast Guard Petty Officer Simone The with 1,120 people on was returning to Port Canaveral from a three-day said officials at Premier Cruise the vessel's iti Larry Lundy to its Board of Larry Lundy Vice President Restaurant Development Inc. 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Illinois prison under lockdown after cellblock unrest 111. - More than 2,000 state prison inmates were under lockdown Sunday after violence that left one prisoner dead and three guards one locked up tighter than a said Brian a Department of Corrections Associated Press photo during the Mrs. Pageant Saturday night at Coffeyville Community Trouble began at Statesville Correction Center when an inmate stabbed a guard captain on Fairchild The inmate continued attacking the guard after a warning shot fired by a guard in a The tower guard shot and killed the who was not Police investigate slayings of grandfather CULVER Calif. - A man police described as a film producer and his son were shot to death and Arizona police who sought to question the man's father found that he had been Roland 45, and his son 20, were killed Thursday by shots fired from a car that pulled alongside their car at a stoplight here in suburban Los said police Sgt. Manuel On police in Paradise found the body of 71-year-old Arthur inside his He had been shot in the A police source told The Arizona Republic the cases are but authorities were reluctant to link them we can say is that it was Culver City police Detective Hank Davies said of the shootings Former director of a five-state commission faces theft charges Neb. - The former director of a five-state nuclear waste commission accused of taking more than from the compact faces trial in federal court Raymond 40, of Lithuania has pleaded innocent to federal charges of one count of theft and three counts of money U.S. Magistrate David scheduled trial for Peery's Vince said Sunday that jury selection is scheduled for A hearing on a motion to dismiss state charges of two counts of theft against Peery is scheduled for July 22, Powers Summit Continued from Page 1 anese Prime Minister Toshiki Kaifu and Italian Premier Giulio and invited Bush for Andreotti also met with a Soviet delegation led by Italy is one of the largest investors in the Soviet Union and the Italians have already promised Gorbachev over billion in said Andreotti's Pio Mulroney said the Group of Seven have some hard questions for Insurance Tips from Jardine Insurance Brokers Kline When could every item in your one of your worst nightmares occurs - your house and all of your possessions are totally You are so you can't even remember your own How are you going to be able to make a list of all your personal property for the insurance The best way to document your personal property and its value is by photographs or video keep the photographs or video tape in a sate place away from your 1314 N. MAIN 663-7661 if your economy is in such great and it why do you persist in spending such vast amounts of money refurbishing your Mulroney Major said he had studied proposals but was unclear about how they would be genuinely believe we need to have a dialogue with President Gorbachev before we reach conclusions on Major the G-7 will be able to respond to I somehow doubt said don't believe you will see either miracles or blank checks from the G-7 Mitterrand said he wished that Gorbachev could receive the aid would be necessary for him to enable the economic situation of his country to pick but stressed that it was primarily a job for the Soviets BLUE SKY Cook Flying NICKERSON 422-3875 Crop Care By is not blank check Bush added at the French news He said the summit leaders not do anything that will send a signal that we are shifting our attention away from the fledgling democracies in Eastern Europe in order to help the Soviet Japanese government spokesman Taizo Watanabe said Japan's attitude was based on three whether the Soviet Union could make good use of aid whether Gorbachev was committed to cutting military and an islands dispute dating to World War regard this problem as evidence of lingering on the part of the Soviet said it's wrong to assert we are bargaining the Northern Territories for large financial German Chancellor Helmut Kohl has been the most enthusiastic helping a point underscored by Finance Minister Theo Waigel in an published Sunday in the newspaper Welt am Group funds for implant By Kris Newcomer Howard Neva Service DENVER - A private foundation has armed Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains with money to provide free Norplant contraceptive implants for teenagers in in In a demonstration project believed to be among the first of its kind in the an outreach worker visits clinics and makes presentations bn family Girls who express interest Norplant after the presentation can arrange to get it Since the project got under way in 15 girls under age of have taken Planned Parenthood up on its The program has received in initial so ho more than 100 girls are expected be Norplant costs about per including the cost Insertion by a The first major contraceptive device introduced in the United States since the 1960s, six capsules are implanted just under the skin on the inside of the upper The rubbery each the size of a continuously release the hormone used in larger doses in many The capsules can be removed by a doctor any Left in they induce infertility for as long as five Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains has become one of the nation's largest providers of Anticipating strong Planned Parenthood trained dozens of doctors and launched a fund-raising campaign to help low-income women afford the ' 5 The demonstration project is potentially - so much so that the foundation funding it has forbidden Planned Parenthood from releasing its Opponents of Norplant raised concerns that poor drug addicts and others considered unfit for motherhood may be coerced to use i proponents hope can be used to prevent the birth babies crippled by fetal alcohol syndrome and drug They view it as an ideal form of for teenagers and - women less likely to follow more complicated The demonstration wits designed with the controversy in Planned Parenthood officials Rather than presenting information exclusively about which might be interpreted as an attempt to bribe teenagers with in free the outreach worker makes a family planning is one of the methods included in the educational said Laura Planned grant a patient wants to pursue we start the The 15 substance abusers to receive Norplant so far are between the ages of 15 and 19, she UJ HUTCHINSON COMMUNITY COLLEGE July 1S College Information Available July 1 and ESL 9-11 a.m. July 17 College Information Available July 16 GEO and ESL 9-11 a.m. July 19 College Information Available Open Monday through Friday 10-11:30 a.m. 5-9 p.m. Weekends - Saturday 10 p.m. Sunday 12:30-5 p.m. 665-7013 | The Hutchinson 662-3311 OUTSIDE 1-800-766-3311 Published daily and Sunday at 300 West 2nd Richard E. editor and publisher Department Roger editor 6iti director Kevin director Madge office manager Jim press operations director supervisor Gregg room supervisor Debbie marketing director Mary assistant managing Angle Focus Bob sports ' Rex Christ promotion Mary state Production; George composing room 243 Subscription Single 35c 11.00 In Year 1134.04, plus 6 months plus 3 months plus Mail Out of Year months 3 Matt subscriptions not accepted in delivery * & Suggested Home Delivery By Carrier 53 per plus Motor Route per plus Sunday Carrier and Motor per including Second class postage paid at 67504 01W. 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