Show $20 Billion Blow The Salt Lake Tribune Wednesday House Ignores Reagan Overrides Water Veto By David Goeller Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON — The House with scores of Republicans ignoring a final plea by President Reagan voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to override the president’s veto of $20 billion legislation water-qualit- y The vote sent the issue to the Senate which was expected on Wednesday to follow the House’s lead and hand Reagan a significant defeat in the first big spending confrontation of the 100th CoAll four of Utah’s ngress representatives voted to override the veto 401-2- 6 roll-ca- ll Several hours before Tuesday's vote Reagan sent a message to Capitol Hill through Republican leaders that he wanted GOP members to support his position that the legislation is too expensive in times of huge budget deficits Except for the 26 Republicans voting to sustain the veto the plea — which was not accompanied by any heavy White House lobbying — fell on deaf ears Joining the 254 Democrats voting to override were 147 Republicans House GOP Leader Robert Michel of Illinois urged party unity saying that although he had originally voted for the popular legislation the veto last Friday “changes the complexion of the situation” Michel said with Congress and the White House $6 billion apart on spending the cleanliness of Ameri- - Buchanan Joins Exodus From Reagan’s Team ca's waterways was not the issue — "wise and prudent use of tax dollars that's the issue" But Michel's plea was quickly undercut by calls for a veto override by Reps John Paul Hammerschmidt and Arlan Stangeland two key GOP members who helped draft the authorization bill “I believe President Reagan has listened to the wrong advice” Stangeland said “This body needs to send a strong message to the president and the American people that this Congress won't tolerate delays in the cleaning up of American waters” Hammerschmidt said Reagan’s argument that the bill is too expensive was reminiscent of the one used in 1972 when President Nixon vetoed the bill creating the clean water program That veto also was overridden launching what is considered one of the nation’s most successful environmental cleanup efforts The dispute between Capitol Hill and the White House centers on $18 billion authorized by the bill to provide assistance to the states through 1994 to construct wastewater and sewage treatment plants Reagan who last year called for $6 billion in state aid last month unsuccessfully offered Congress a compromise at $12 billion But his foes say even the $18 billion will leave states far short of the $108 billion the Environmental Protection Agency estimates will be required for plant construction by 2000 There has been no battle over the other $2 billion in the legislation Astronaut Doubts Booster Test Proves Safety SPACE CENTER Houston (AP) -Astronaut Robert L Gibson said he doubts that one of a series of tests planned for the redesigned solid rocket booster on the space shuttle will be adequate to prove its safety Gibson who is monitoring the redesign for the astronaut corps said a test of a portion of the solid rocket engine does not include all the stress- - Patrick J —Associated Press Laserpholo Suicide Note From Frosty This hitchhiking snowman along US 1 south of Fredericksburg Va either has his directions mixed up or else a death After two big storms he’s heading to Florida — and certain death — for the rest of the winter Maybe he should try Maine wish Designer of Racing Boats Shot to Death in Miami Boat builder and who designed the sleek speedy Cigarette boat was shot to death Tuesday authorities said Aronow 59 was pronounced dead of multiple gunshot wounds at Mount Sinai Medical Center about 4:45 pm MIAMI (AP) — racer Donald Aronow said hospital spokeswoman Lori At the time of the shooting Aronow was in a car and leaving the Apache Marina the exclusive Williams Island neighborhood north of Miami in Aronow formed a string of high- - performance boat companies: Donzi Magnum Cigarette and Squadron XII The powerful sleek-hulleCigarette boats were used in competitive racing and also were popular with drug smugglers and featured on the television show “Miami Vice" d es the rocket could experience during launch "It doesn’t simulate the flight environment very well” Gibson told The Houston Post in a story published Tuesday “That’s the area I know John Young chief of the astronaut corps has a little bit of concern about” He said the concern was be ing discussed with engineers on the rocket redesign team A flawed solid rocket booster joint is blamed for the explosion that destroyed Challenger and killed seven crew members on Jan 28 1986 The rocket joints are being redesigned and tested before the shuttle flies again Gibson said he is concerned about the fidelity of a test to be conducted later this year at the Marshall Space Flight Center in Alabama It involves firing a small amount of solid propellant loaded into a portion of a booster The firing is to be in a vertical position and would last just long enough to test the rocket joint seal But Gibson said the test does not mimic the stresses encountered by weight-bearin- g struts or braces attached to the rockets ’Max$avers The lowest fares in the sky 80 savings over other airlines' regular fares Up to 25 super saver fares Up to O off By Terence Hunt AP White House Correspondent WASHINGTON February A3 4 1987 6 Bu- chanan President Reagan’s combative chief of communications added his name Tuesday to a growing list of administration sayresignations ing he could work for conservative causes more effectively outside the White House Buchanan who announced last that he month Pat Buchanan would not run for president has seemed frustrated in r his campaign to get the administration to follow a hard-lin- e conservative script Announcing the resignation presidential spokesman Marlin Fitzwater said Buchanan “feels he can better influence the issues and politics of 1988 and the direction of the conservative movement and Republican Party by speaking and writing from a vantage point outside the White House” He will leave the $77400-a-yea- r job March 1 joining an exodus of top administration officials departing with two years left in the administration two-yea- Iranian situation and didn’t want to leave while there was difficulty” He was referring to the controversy over the secret sale of arms to Iran and the diversion of profits to Nicaraguan rebels Forget everything you’ve ever known about air fares Because now all you have to remember is this Continental Max$averssM The absolute lowest fares in the sky That affair produced a Reagan’s National Security Council nastff and cost the president hisPointional security adviser John dexter — replaced by Frank Carlucci — and a top aide on the NSC Oliver North shake-u- p in Period For maximum savings with Reagan has lost his longtime spokesman Larry Speakes and his deputy Peter Roussel CIA Director William Casey political adviser Mitchell Daniels Cabinet secreade tary Alfred Kingon viser Carlton Turner and even the president's doctor T Burton Smith In addition minimum advance purchase just 2 days before you travel And Continental’s full service is included drug-abus- Walking From Alaska To Russia Was a Waste Says Mexican - 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