European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 27, 1967, Darmstadt, Hesse House oks go pay raise Javid Shah in Iran that s Long live the it s the greeting to which the newly crowned Shah of Iran and his Empress Are responding from their Carriage As they Are hailed by multitudes after their Coronation. The event set off a period of Celebration among the Shah subjects throughout Iran. See full Page of pictures Page 17. A photo parallels civilian increases Washington a the House voted thursday to raise the pay of the 3.5 million . Military service men. The Bill now goes to the first year Cost was Esti mated about $633 provision was included which is designed to see that the Mili tary gets future increases com parable to those granted Federal civilian employees. If a House approved three stage boost for postal and other Federal employees holds up this provision could mean a $2.7 Bil lion annual Cost for the military pay boost package in 1969. The Bill provides a 4.5 per Cen increase for servicemen in the current fiscal year which trans lates into a 5.6 per cent boost in Basic pay. The balance would redistributed among such things As allowances reenlistment bonuses and separation pay. It would be retroactive to oct. 1.a four Star general who now gets $2,001 a month in Basic pay would go up to $2,113 under terms of the Bill. A private s pay would be increased from $90 to $95 a month. Shah takes Crown Tehran up Shah Moham mad Reza p a h 1 a v i placed Aje weled Crown on his own head thursday and another on the Brunette bouffant hair do of his Beautiful Empress in Corona Tion ceremonies for which Iran had waited 26 night the capital blazed with millions of lights set into Victory Arches above the main streets and in Public squares As iranians began a week of Day and night event was a doubly Happy one since it coincided with the Shah s 48th birthday. Tens of thousands of visitors swelled the capital s Normal population some of them peasant who had walked for weeks from Distant provinces to be present when the Shah accepted the Crown to symbolize that he no rules Over a prospering land and not the nation of beggars he inherited. The Shah refused a Coronation when he ascended the throne in 1941 because he said he could no reign happily Over illiteracy and poverty. Since then he has fought against entrenched inter ests escaping two attempted As cont. On Page 2t to col. 2j weather partly Cloudy with isolated showers. De creasing cloudiness saturday. Frankfurt Heidelberg High 52, Low 48. Temperatures recorded thursday get 4 4 am pm 61 68 Adana p 61 72 Athens p 46 70 Valano c 46 63 Berlin p 50 63 Frankfurt p 52 55 London p 4 4 am pm 43 68 Madrid c 48 68 Munich c 59 59 Paris p 48 52 Prestwick r 50 72 Rome p 66 73 wheelus Csc Clear cd Cloudy p partly Cloudy a rain. 2nd weather Wing the stars and stripes unofficial newspaper of . Forces in Europe North Africa and the Middle East vol. 26, no. 192 if 21855 a St daily 10 sunday Friday october 27, 1967 waste at Job corps Center disclosed in Gao report Washington a a government report circulating on Capitol Hill under a confidential Label presents a picture of High Cost waste and disciplinary problems at a Job corps Center in California. The office of economic Opportunity Leo says the paper is not secret at All that the Agency itself had made it Avail Able to members of Congress and that conditions have been corrected. On the other hand the copy made available to a reporter says the general accounting of fice Gao had submitted its findings to the Antipoverty Agency had received no response and Felt Congress should be in formed for its guidance. The re port says that after two years of operation the estimated Cost of the California Center had jumped from $12.8 million to $25.5 million the dropout rate was 55 per cent and Only 8 per cent of the enrollees were place Din jobs related to their training. Furthermore in one Short period dismissal was r e c o a mended for 93 enrollees on disciplinary grounds ranging from assault robbery and extortion to use of marijuana and s col l curb the violent few gop leaders demand Washington a the Republican congressional Leader ship called on Public authorities thursday to put the violent few among demonstrators on notice that their actions no longer will be is no right to act against the Public safety by anyone anywhere any time for any reason the Senate an House gop leaders declared in a statement. They said they were talking not Only about anti Vietnam War demonstrations such As the one Here last weekend but racial rioting and and other violence and violations of Law. Rep. Gerald r. Ford of Mich Igan the House gop Leader read the statement at a joint news conference with m. Dirksen of Illinois cont. Of Page col. 5 an official says military controls news by Otto Doelling Frankfurt a a new complaint of military control of the news was voiced thursday by the managing editor of the american forces network an in Europe. The complaint by William Slat Ter came Only five months after defense Secretary Robert s. Mcnamara issued a memorandum prohibiting news management and meddling with the news by official information outlet serving american forces. Slatter formerly a news editor at Wasu to in new Orleans told a reporter that the new sat an is controlled in so Many ways As to defy the he has been with an for three . Louis a. Breault chief of Public affairs at he Usa eur said or. Slatter s allegations Are ridiculous. L we at Heidel Berg exert any influence Over an news at All it is in the direction of accuracy and integ , in addressing a local press luncheon Slatter said that an editors were hampered in reporting certain news dealing with the . Troops in Europe without first obtaining clearance from the military Hierarchy. An news director David my Natt of Knoxville term., Slat Ter s immediate Superior commented to the Best of my knowledge there has been no Case of out right censorship of hard new since the Mcnamara but a station source said it cont. On Page col. 3
