European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 28, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes april 1977 Senate votes no on gop tax Cut plan Washington up the Senate wednesday voted against a proposal to double individual tax cuts in a pending lax handing republicans a floor defeat but giving them an Issue to use against president the sbto39 defeat of a proposed Bil lion a year tax Cut portends defeat for a series of gop lax amendments ranging from an even bigger billion Cul to tax credits for Home if they democrats will Vole against a tax Cul for All  Vole against said a Republican the gop sponsored by John and Jacob would have Cul lax rates on the first of taxable thus concentrating Relief in Middle and Low income Standard deduction the Bill already contains billion a year in cuts for taxpayers who use the Standard i billion Over two years in business tax incentives and various smaller amendments such As a oneyear delay in the abolition of sick pay tax defeat of the gop amendment came on a party line vote with Only three republicans against Mark William and Milton five democrats voted with the republicans Joseph John Thomas William and Donald Mich the republicans used several Days of deltaic to Challenge Carter and question his lop lieutenants about the sudden withdrawal of his tax from the standpoint of fiscal its a mistake to offer a rebate and with draw it and offer nothing in its said gop Leader Howard the Javit Danforth forces argued More stimulus was needed because unemployment remained too and americans needed a tax Cut because inflation had pushed them into eve higher tax brackets through higher Dollar incomes without an increase in real the government collects an extra Bil lion a year through the inflationary Danforth democrats argued a tax Cut now would make tax Reform More and said Carter would veto any Bill including the cup and theres not a Chance on Earth it would be said finance com Mittee chairman Russell democratic Leader Robert Byrd of West Virginia announced he wanted to Complete the Bill this Leigh nuke Volcano erupts in Iceland Reykjavik up the Leigh nuke Volcano erupted wednesday forcing evacuation of 150 men from a Thermal Power construction site scientists at in Northeast ice said their observations were hampered by a howling the 150 workmen were ordered to the Village of 12 Miles to the North East villagers there said the tremors Are the strongest they have Felt since novem Ber 1975 when the Volcano erupt cd that the lava flowed away from the Ihen Nal expects no return to draft soon Europe 13 Rmer Cloudy win Job Vilf  v and Frankfurt Low tour Var 40p m turn our Ondar m a Urei if Ort cd Vve Dowidar Icet 4 4m 40m 14 Al 4 4 no p p m to r 41 13 p 43 r p partly 19 p r s r army recruiting Boss optimistic continued from Page 1 he two years Inlo inc Al Volunteer Congress reduced the overstaffed recruit ing Cut advertising funds by Mil lion and ended two year he the advertising budget this year is pm in More than High school graduates were the highest rate Ever and those who fell into inc limited train ability category fell below 9 Forrester one of the most important things the recruiting come has done in the last couple of years is to precisely identify individuals for a known he everything is matched up so Well when a recruit joins the he gets the training he Forrester adding if we dont fulfil the he walks in and i want to get you Haven kept your end to the and he does get the cases of this occurring Are Forrester pointing out since january about have been re 792 of these have complained of breach of contract and Only 272 of these turned out to be valid after Forrester called this a Tough year for re Competition is heavy among the services and with colleges and universities for the High school he its a Lough audience out As Ive weve got a Good product to he we Are essentially get Ting the Quality and Quantity we want for fiscal year Forrester said the big decline in the number of 17to 21yearolds is not expected until when the postwar baby Boom he said also that the improving Job Market is not As big a problem for recruiters As Many he said the army offers recruits Compa Rable training and educational opportunities while they Are to service and when they gel out and 30 Days vacation each he said women make up about 5 per cent of the total and by the end of 1978 there will be of them in by the time the seven drop off in Poten tial recruits occurs in the army will have built up its recruit capability to the Point where it can make do with a smaller number of people because of a smaller toss rate he the charge that the army is recruiting a lower Caliper of men is erroneous and the crime rate in the army is he a military Leader in Europe cited to him recently the closing of a confinement Center because there was no longer a need for he Eugene Forrester i think that is a direct result of the Quality of people in the he he added that the reenlistment rate of about 25 per cent is essentially the goal the army inefficiencies found in Europe Apo system jail wet Rwy so continued Page i firsthand the unresponsive military mail system in the subcommittees invest Galinn report was critical of seven areas transit time from the to Europe Long there Are insufficient personnel to enable the system to work facilities Are Small and in poor and Lack Normal support areas such As parking lots and loading an insufficient amount of and that which is available such As stamp lock and simple Mai processing machines Are in shoddy condition because of Long years of use to replace workout Over seas military postal chiefs must Send old equipment Hack to the and wait for its which leaves them without mechanical assistance during the period of when new equipment a it is usually a rebuilt old a number of mailers thai reap prof ils from such As Mon Gomory and wrap their articles in such Flimsy containers that they arc More often than not ripped open and damaged before they arrive in 2 killed in crash of f4 near Stuttgart Germany a air Force f4 phantom crashed wednesday afternoon near Aboul 18 Miles Northwest of killing the two Crew members the Jet was on a routine mis a Safe spokesman the spokesman said names of the Crew could not be released until positive identification is obtained and relatives Are Noti fied the plane was assigned to the 50th tac fighter Wing Al Hahn a Board of officers will be appointed to investigate the cause if the the spokesman said there is no formal method to communicate with the department of defense or the postal service when mail arrives late or Wilson the members of our sub committee would never have believed How poorly the military mail system is being run if they had nol seen in for themselves firsthand Al our overseas military postal Wilson and other members of inc sub committee said they have pledged to do everything possible to remedy problems of the Wilson said he plans to Issue a detailed report of the investigation a member of Wilsons staff said tues Day youre going to hear a lol More Aboul the military mail Wilson plans hearings with officials from Dod and the postal with air and surface carriers invited to Al those members of my subcommittee can voice their concerns directly to those in and hopefully establish new procedures that will belter serve the needs of our military personnel Wilson no Date was set for the but congressional sources expect they will be scheduled this responding to the Paul Dod director of transportation and warehousing said we arc aware of certain but we arc interested in seeing specific find Ings that led to the charge of Gross inefficiencies As reported by congressman Hyman said thai he had testified last 21 before the subcommittee about problems with equipment and Venice Stan Dards we will investigate these Hyman when the subcommittee issues its detailed Herron Dies Honolulu a retired army Charles an 1899 West Point graduate and once commanding Gen eral of the army hawaiian is dead at South african police fire on Black students Johannesburg up police fired Al crowds of Black students protesting township rent wounding Jan police chief for the african suburb of said Visser said police used shotguns and teargas to break up a crowd of about gathered around the Morris Isaacson High school in is Miles Southwest of during the police in riot gear and police riot squads in camouflage uniforms kept a close watch on the High school where the students met wednesday morning and agreed to their parents not to pay controversial rent these Range from Between 30 and 40 per cent in some areas to 80 per cent in others and Are due to become effective May police officials said a policeman was injured during a Stone throwing incident and two a Man and a bad been no further details were Avail spokesmen for railway and bus com Muter services said trains and bus serv ices were not although groups of Black youths had tried to use Force to keep some bus Drivers from going out on their Visser said the unrest in the township was easing off by late he said police were twice forced to fire their revolvers during the Day once when a policeman was slowed by a group of Blacks and again when youths plundered a cold drinks wednesdays baseball american league Niew my ill ii 0 Detroit air on to 1 Martinet Hamilton Sim Downing Crawford Arroyo u i Loal Soo Malm Lemon Gamota Detroit Thompson May National league is Louis 4io on on i it i Chi Ciao 001 Oil 3 10 i Carroll 19 and Del p Reu Knel i and Cardenal