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WASHINGTON (AP) — Six Republican members of Congress say House Democrats may have outfoxed themselves in their efforts to pocket a pay raise that boosted congressional salaries to $89500 a year The Republicans filed a lawsuit Thursday asking a federal judge to rescind the $12100 pay raise centering their arguments on when a window of disapproval kicked in Congress had 30 days to disapprove the pay recommendations that President Reagan announced Jan 5 The Senate rejected the raises Jan 29 On Feb 3 the day House leaders decided was the 30th they used parliamentary maneuvers to quickly adjourn the chamber without a vote on the pay raise thus allowing it to take effect automatically The following day Feb 4 the House voted to disapprove the salary boost a vote that both sides agreed was meaningless at the time In their lawsuit however the six Republicans said they believed Congress did not receive Reagan's recommendations until Jan 6 the day the 100th Congress was sworn in Although the were White House papers delivered to the House clerk's office Jan 5 the clerk did not officially transmit them to the House until 4:10 pm Jan 6 plaintiffs lawyer William Strauss said Thus when the House disapproved the pay raise Feb 4 it deadline was within the the lawsuit argued "By my calendar the vote was on the last day of the deadline" said Rep Bob Smith "It appears in the clever machinations to slip this by the American people (House Democrats) may have undone themselves" said Rep Robert Dornan Other plaintiffs include Republicans Sen Gordon J Humphrey of New Hampshire Reps Beau Boulter of Texas Jack Davis of Illinois and Clyde Holloway of Louisiana consumer advocate Ralph Nader and the National Taxpayers Union Hefty pay boosts for federal judges and about 3000 top federal officials also were included in the pay package lrJiv 4vt " - VV i V Blair KooistraStanOard txaminer Scouts' anniversary Melanie Shaft was pumped up for Girl all but her feet She was waiting with Scouting's 75th anniversary Thursday as about 2000 other Scouts in downtown she held Washington Terrace Troop Ogden for the celebration which culmi- 606's cache of balloons which obscured nated with the release of green balloons t o quit Pentagon post Hard-lin- er d WASHINGTON (AP) — N Perle the Pentagon arms whose control policymaker views earned him the tie tle the "Prince of Darkness" is leaving the administration Pcrle said Thursday he would resign as the assistant defense secretary for international security policy this spring after "an orderly transition in my office" "I came to the conclusion that there's never a good moment (to leave) there's never a moment at which all of the issues in which one is interested in are resolved ! but I think the direction of the administration on the issues is pretty clearly set" Pcrle said at a Pentagon briefing Perle said he had been asked by Defense Secretary Caspar W Weinberger to continue as a adviser and would do so but intended to pursue the life of a novelist by writing a book about Washington's bureaucracy and the way it works He reportedly has been offered an advance of $250000 to $300000 for such a novel Weinberger said he accepted detractors for his sharp intellect Perle's resignation with "proand an unusually savvy underfound regret" "He has served us all with standing of how to wield influgreat distinction and in a way ence within the bureaucracy He used his appointment in that has done much to define and post within realize the policy goals and 1981 to a the Pentagon to carve out a key achievements of the president" role on arms control issues — the secretary said Perle's departure will strip the frequently to the consternation of administration of an unabashed the State Department Perle has fought any arms conr whose views on the Soviet Union have frequently been trol proposal that didn't call for deep reductions in nuclear weapembraced by Reagan A protege of the late Sen Henonry or that failed to protect America's right to pursue rethe ry M Jackson Perle is credited even by search on Star Wars WASHINGTON (AP) — Dismissing lawsuits that struck "at the core" of independent counsel Lawrence E Walsh's authority a judge says Walsh can forge ahead with his investigation of the affair and the man who tried to stop it: Oliver L North US District Judge Barrington D Parker's rejection of two North lawsuits Thursday cleared one potential obstacle for Walsh but still left him racing to develop a possible "criminal case before North and other key figures are granted congressional immunity An immunity grant would prevent Walsh from using congressional testimony as the basis for a criminal case Turning down North's constitutional challenge to the Walsh probe Parker said "The nation demands an expeditious and complete disclosure" of fhe affair North he concluded "has not suffered an injury of sufficient keenness to warrant the court's intercession" in a criminal investigation Parker said North's challenge "strikes at the core of Walsh's authority to conduct a criminal investigation" and raises an issue of impor"grave constitutional tance" North a fired National Security Council aide is the central figure in the investigation of arms sales to Iran and possible divern sion of payments to the Contras His lawyer Barry Simon declined to comment on a possible appeal Walsh commenting on the ruling said "We welcome the of the prompt determination court that the investigation of independent counsel continue without interruption or disruption" Meanwhile a similar challenge to the independent counsel law mounted by lobbyist Michael K Deaver a former aide to President Reagan remained alive Thursday The US Court of Appeals granted Dcavcr an emergency or- - if - J v' j Richard N t v Perle US offers Soviets new missile inspection plan WASHINGTON (AP) — The Reagan administration is offering the Soviets a new inspection pbn as part of the effort to nuclear missiles eliminate medium-rangfrom Europe while also appealing to US critics for more time to negotiate arms reductions The US plan was presented Thursday to the Soviet Union in Geneva where the sides arc trying to work out a treaty The Soviets already have accepted the inspection to help veriprinciple of is the major stumfy compliance which bling block to an agreement The proposed pact would require dis to Weather forecast vy7 mantling over the next five years of 268 US weapons based in West Germany Great Britain Belgium the Netherlands and Italy along with the 243 Soviet weapons targeted on Western Europe The latest US verification proposal has three parts First would be confirmation by inspectors of missiles deployed followed by inspectors watching the missiles being destroyed The final stage would be stationing US inspectors in Asia where they would watch the 100 Soviet missiles as they are moved there with the Soviets given the same riht to check on US weapons The chance of measurable showers is 50 percent this evening decreasing to 30 percent later tonight and early Saturday then increasing to 50 percent again lato Saturday2A would possibly be put in Alaska State Department spokesman Charles Redman said he was making the details inpublic because there is "a great deal of terest in this question" and because the Norinformation Soviets already had the mally the two sides don't rocal details of their positions On Capitol Hill Richard Perle a major administration figure on nudcur policy told a House Foreign Affairs subcommittee the next "six to eight months arc critical" in the effort to work out arms reduction treaties Perle who announced his resignation which Inside Dridgo12A today Comic512'13A Busineso6-7Classified56-18- later Thursday as an assistant secretary of defense urged Democrats who control both the House and Senate not to force administration actions such as continued compliance to the SALT II arms treaty The same pica came from Kenneth Adelman director of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency as he testified at the hearing "It is ironic that those in the House and Senate who talk most about arms control and who arc most critical of us for not doing more ore those who in my mind arc the birgcst threat to getting a good agreement'' said Adelman Cro55orc713A Dear Abby8D Cditoria!s16A Horoscope13A Lctters17A Loca!1-3- Movieo4-7Natona!3-5- Deaver and North contended that investigations by independent counsels are unconstitutional because the counsels arc court appointed by a Criminal investigations must be conducted by the executive branch under authority of the president they argued In other developments: Reagan's chief legal adviser Peter J Wallison said in an interview that he was rebuffed by Vice Adm John M Poindexter when he tried to learn details of scheme in the the days after its disclosure Wallison who is leaving his post today said in a New York Times interview that Poindexter told him: ""I'm sorry we've had all the legal advice we need from the attorney general and you really don't have a role in this" The board of the National for Democracy Endowment which provides grants to promote "democracy abroad planned to act today on a recommendation to remove its money from an organization mentioned in connection affair with the President Carl Endowment Gershman who made the recommendation said there is no evidence the Washington-baseIssues Institute for misspent its grant money But he added he did not want his financed agency to be tainted by affair the Phone rates likely to rise itM " dcr good through next Tuesday that prevents the independent counsel in that case from seeking a grand jury indictment By Monday attorneys for Deaver and independent counsel Whitney North Seymour Jr are to file legal papers arguing their positions Seymour on Feb 25 announced his intention to seek a perjury indictment but he has been stopped twice by temporary court orders the first by a lower court judge the day the suit was filed WASHINGTON (AP) — A advisory panel on Thursday backed a plan to raise telephone charges by up to $150 a month over the next two years to help subsidize phone service for poor people v irtually assuring approval by the Federal Communications Commission The plan to raise the subscriber line charge to $260 in June $320 in September 1988 and $350 in April 1989 was approved unanimously by the panel The increased charge which shifts more of the costs of the local telephone network from rates to subscribers to is reduce expected rates by at least 15 percent over the next six years rates have dropped about 30 percent since the subscriber line charge was imposed at $1 in June 1985 Some of the estimated $17 billion in savings that would accrue would be used to subsidize the cost of telephone serv ice for poor people under a new program he program would pay half the cost up to $30 of telephone installation charges for households Obituarles4C Peopie12A Scoreboard4Q TVIi5tmgs15A Utah4C Sports1-5- Wcekcnd1-8- Worlc7S-8- |