European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 26, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Fedj Fps  mood More Active types still could Cam enough retire in 20 those in desk jobs would have department is pushing hard for some sort Futory despite the View of service at it would be largely servants contribute 7 per cent of their pay to re says they get that Back in an a Elf two the rest is on the some officers favor contributing to their own nent because it could give them rights to an Lal pension if they decide to leave the service ire forced to by missing a promotion twice in a Between their 10th and 20th under the it they get t of things in the service Are a Young mans says an army if youve been in 10 Uva got to stay a contributory system Means Ould leave and that would open up s close to the situation say Carter is serious in j to end and that office of Nunt and budget experts already arc mapping m to Stop retirees from collecting pensions while or government a 1961 retired regular officers those career tenure in the military get Only part of Ision while working in civil service but re leers and enlisted men can keep it tors crackdown would affect groups of Reti rom a admirals who work at the defense de i in jobs similar to what they did in the and have combined incomes up o to former enlisted men who now work As carriers for the postal now arc close to double dippers not those in secrecy prone organizations such As the which has a sizeable the total also docs it 38 members of members of Congo is and White House probably will Cost Carter some Voles Hose who would lose take it it makes me madder than says one High rank ing double it is perfectly and it keeps Good people in government employ who could make far More Money in private you show me a single one of these critics who  take advantage of it them selves if they but an end to double dipping is Likely to sit Well with voters who regard it As simply another Way for civil serv ants with a military background to squeeze a Little More from the government most double dippers Are reconciled to a coming pay some military people also have accepted As inevitable an eventual change in retirement Bene military pay is a lot better than it used to says one Pentagon when i retire i will be knocking Down about a ill be eligible for a pension of More than a year for the rest of my the median income of the average american family is now around there int any Way the country can afford paying the entire retirement and there int any Way the Public will stand for Harrison is to a special scholarship fund y will be divided among the uni in order to the Stu dying which seems Odd s overloaded with jobless people plans to vase to Edward is possibility of establishing Congo is n his Washington of who in past years has to is a Little Trou t of donating and Hast de Holl its getting to be a the a newspaper is donating his pay raise Money uth oriented activities in his Dis Quayle donated to a no pro to youths on a trip to and Douglas Wai their staffs looking into the rela iming the Money to the thy projects in their congressional Ling scholarships or starting in has established a in which the raise is being d by the fact the House didst says the Money will stay in supreme court rules on a suit id challenging the pay cornus Viding automatic pay hikes Cor by Larry Flag out a program to funnel most or e Money to senior citizens organi h who Rit fosh a to Cut Andrew who last year re turned the Cost of living increase to the this year plans to use the pay As an aide de scribed to put Money into a fund to pay for expenses of his congressional District office Hes now paying out of his own at least one major opponent of the pay increase Anthony Tobey decided to Send a questionnaire to Homes in his District reporting his personal financial announcing he had decided against accepting the raise arid asking his constituents what to do with the keep the Money and spend it wrote a Man from new everybody else in Washington is wasting the taxpayers you might As Well keep up the you worked for you keep it Charity begins at wrote a Man from said an answer from unit Niue Tobey dont be a take the raise As the millionaires Are several respondents said simply Send it to the High Cost of athletes by Mike Hughes United press International Ete Rose once said he would play baseball for a year is not exactly but Pete Rose at least is ready to Rose reached agreement recently his original demand was for t with Bob president of the and for c the moment All is peace in As much As i Admire Pete As a Man and a i cannot say that 1 shed any tears for him during his contract talks with the Ball but i wonder if the paying Public int a Little bit tired of toe greed that is rampant in professional sports Journeyman performers arc demanding six figure salaries and fringe benefits that translate into More the Money has to be found some and you can bet it wont All come from renegotiated television radio the Public is going to have to and probably through the nose to keep Walt fraziers Roll Royce Dave Kingman of the mets is no fete but be cause he can hit Home he figures Hes Worth a Kingman int even a clutch hitter and failed to Bat last yet he wants to be paid More Money than the president of the United but its not fair to blame Kingman or the owners Are at Only time will Tell if the horse trading that took place in the Winter will Benefit i venture supporters of the Yankees and the other Money clubs will buy but base Ball will suffer across the it is not Only in baseball that the owners Are at a random look at some of the other pro sports Muhammad Ali is said to have made about million for the George Foreman Julius Erving had a perfectly legitimate contract with the new York nets the highest in the Aba at the time it was signed but Tore it up because he Felt he deserved More the 76ers paid million for is contract and gave him a Simi Lar but the doctors performance has not kept Pace with his Moses then with Utah of the received a million no Cut contract when he had not even played College he is no superstar in the Joe Namath demands a year although his last Good season was in 69 when the jets upset Baltimore to win the super Bobby Orr received a million multiyear pact from the Black Hawks despite his history of knee he failed to play a full season in Chelca need i go on Jack Jimmy Connors and other superstars in the world of motor sports and Tennis became millionaires by going out and beating the hell out of the but when did the jets and Black Hawks last win anything professional in my has lost its i of i will Ventura no professional sportsman works As hard As an olympic Gold perhaps it is time the paying Public began supporting the it probably would be a lot More fun Ana a lot the stars and stripes Page 15