European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 27, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Would have joined congresses plan go pension change rejected Washington a the House of representatives monday a proposal by Les to put All future servicemen under Congress own pension a longtime critic of the offered his proposal As a hastily written amendment to the billion weapons Bill after Strong sentiment surfaced for revising military which now Cost billion a year and Are predicted to go to billion in the year opponents agreed that Congress should study military pensions for some but Mendel lets not just come in Here Harum scrum and adopt the House voted to Channel an extra million into civil defense in an Effort one lawmaker says could Cut casualties to 20 million in a nuclear in approving the weapons Bill for fiscal the House boosted the civil defense budget by so per cent to the Pentagon had requested Only the action came after Ronald attacked any spending for civil defense As a it makes me feel in sitting on the floor of the House in a its the height of but backers of the move cited a need for american particularly after the recent soviet rejection of a Strate Gic arms William said it would be destabilizing for us to do Noth ing in response to the growing soviet civil defense he argued that civil de sense shelters could reduce american fatalities in a nuclear War Down to 20 its criminal to say theres no Hope of saving lives in a nuclear Whitehurst added the procurement which is Mil lion More than president Carter request passed 347 to separate Bills Are expected to bring the 1978 defense budget up to a record the Senate has not yet acted on the if Congress actually ends up spending the Money after separate votes Are needed to appropriate the funds it would be the most spent on civil de sense since fiscal when million continued on Page 41 five americans evacuated from Ethiopia leave their hotel in downtown Athens tuesday morning for a stroll Ethiopia told of plans to shut Agnew Washington up the state department revealed tuesday it informed Ethiopia of plans to close a communications base Only 24 hours before the Addis Aliaba government ordered the mass expulsion of the installation in question is the Agnew communications base in Field by the United states since the Early 1930s slate department spokesman Hod Ding Carter Iii said monday it had become obsolete and was scheduled to be closed later this on april we informed the Kwh Supian government of our intent to close the state departments press office said the department Sud lie United states was paying an annual rent of for the agnews usefulness was overtaken by technological advancements and Ethiopia Lead been informed by the United states it wanted to enter into negotiations for clo sure of the Basel before september in Linued on cut11 sightseeing in Athens through the they Are left to Jerry chief of planning at the military Mission in Carters style defended a kiss on the ear he  hear of it Washington up1 an assistant who does a Good Job should not expect a kiss on the car from president while House press Secretary Jody Powell said in a defense of his Boss executive conceding that the president is not especially Powell disclosed that Carter has complimented him seven times since they met m the last he was in the past 10 i have never made a secret of the fact that this particular president is not Given Overly to pats on the or stroking his staff or a kiss on the he told report Powell brought up the subject of presidential personality during a denial of a new York times report that likened Carter to his hero Hyman the Story said like the grimaced Admir those around him the president can also be brutally brusque and Sharp tongued with those who displease him or authorized in officus for the 10 april 1977 if 21855 a Carter end meetings Washington a president Carter concluded talks with Jordans King Hussein tuesday and said that it might be better to abandon plans for a Geneva con Ference on the Middle East unless we see some Strong possibilities for substantial Carter talked about Long intransigent Middle Eastern problems with reporters after bidding Farewell to Hussein at the driveway behind the Oval although Carter so i have been encouraged about peace he to raise expectations too High would i potentially very Damag asked about the problem of palestinian representation at a Geneva the president said such matters remain to be worked but he said the one thing i might add on which All the leaders seem is that the More agreement that we can reach before going to the less argument theres going to be about the form of the palestinian rep possibilities vital he i unless we see some Strong possibilities for substantial achieve before a Geneva conference can be convened unless we can see that pros then i think it would be better not to have the Geneva conference at earlier in his Carter had talked firmly about plans for a Geneva meeting in the last half of during his pronouncements while Hussein was he appeared to speak of it More As a Desir Able objective rather than a foregone con after seeing Hussein into a waiting Lim Carter said that it would be a mis take to expect too because differences in the Middle East Are very wide and longstanding he reported that the Middle Eastern leaders he has talked to have expressed a Strong desire to marshal extraordinary efforts in 1977 to move toward the president that after he completes his own round of talks with Middle Eastern leaders next he and his advisers will consolidate our own analysis As a prelude to another Middle East expected in june or by Secretary of state Cyrus Addis Ababa Guy Clyde Webb and his wife Lois Thomas and her Mother photo disagree with Powell said the Story by James Woolen was totally inaccurate and a Complete departure from the facts in the White unfortunately no member of the senior staff was said it is completely untrue i can assure you none of us feels intimidated or constrained to offer dissenting he said that a quote attributed to the resident rejecting a dissent from presidential assistant Hamilton Jordan did not Lake Powell also said that an assertion that the president had instructed his secret service agents to bar staffers from the Oval office is absolutely not the the senior staff has Access to him whenever we he said there is not any restraint upon calling him at night or on weekends except what we impose on on Page 1