The Whitehouse Budget

          The following items were approved in the 14 volume US Budget, agreed upon by the House and Senate Committees, and approved by the White House:

          $240,000 grant for development of a two-headed Stethoscope.

          $615,000 for renovation of a skating rink in Plattsburg, NY.

          $26,500 grant for improving the packaging of fly paper.

          $112,350 for brass polish for Marine Corps band servicing the White House.

          $84,425 printing allocation for posters to commemorate Bernard W. Trencher, the first settler of Muskegon Heights, MI.

          $1,200,000 special allocation to the Dept. of Agriculture to commence a feasibility study of commercial applications of peach seeds.

          $312,500 for a sculpture and memorial tablet of Princess Diana, to be erected in Lake Ozark, Missouri.

          $770,000 grant to the College of the Pacific to study the effects of the 1994 devaluation of the Mexican peso, and it's effect on the US ball bearing industry.

          $2,075,000 to establish The Skateboard Hall of Fame in Palo Alto, CA.

          $425,000 special allocation to the Smithsonian to purchase the baseball hit by Babe Ruth as his 60th home run.

          $3,000,000 allocation to the District of Columbia to promote a Miss District of Columbia Pageant in year 2000.

          $5,325,000 allocation to the National Institute of Health to study alcohol consumption on college campuses.

          $12,600 to replace the waffle irons in the Congressional dining room.