European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 5, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Weapons Bill May 1977 the stars and stripes Poge 7 Senate panel approves million More than Carter wanted Washington a the Senate armed services committee approved tuesday a billion weapons procure ment and research authorization million More than recommended by presi Dent chairman John an that a proposed year end reduction of military personnel and civilian employees in the defense department would Cut million out of the billion defense budget proposed by president the committee added million to the billion requested for procurement of Navy the addition included 6 million for procurement of nuclear propulsion items for a fourth nuclear Carrier pending future determination whether to proceed with More Large carriers or develop a greater number of smaller the committee subject to con Currence by both the Jouse and that the Secretary of defense be directed to evaluate the costs and effectiveness of carriers of various sizes and types and report Back to Congress by for authorization of the selected mix next the million was designed to pre serve the option of proceeding with another Large nuclear but Stennis said it was not to be regarded As a final commit tee decision in favor of building another ship of this for the committee recommended authorization of the construction of two Trident submarines and an attack Summa a conventional destroyer to carry the Aegis Aird Fease two other de eight guide missile two Fleet oilers and three Ocean the committee proposed a Stennis on the navys proposed sub Marine communications project known As allowing million for development of a project requiring less Stennis said the proposed full scale fund ing was Cut by million on grounds that the National Academy of science has not yet determined environmental questions and the defense department has not finally chosen a the Navy has proposed an underground Antenna system for seafarer covering approximately Square mites on the upper Peninsula of Michigan where it has been opposed by residents in a referee the Senate committee also denied fund ing for flight testing of a proposed close air support the As re Quested by its David Lindsay who is also a newspaper acquisition of the adapted initially from the world War ii is opposed by the air Force As the committee reduced the Navy quest for the f14 tactical aircraft from 44 to and added million for procure ment of a7e full funding requested by the Carter administration for five by two Tri Dent submarines and research and development of the xm1 Lank was a the army request for 859 m60 tanks was reduced by 210 the committee added million to the million requested in the Carter budget for civil the in passing 8 billion procurement authorization Bill last added million for civil the House passed Bill totals million More than the Carter budget for military procurement and research and in approving an Active duty military strength of a reduction of by the committee included language requiring an Overall reduction in the number of generals and admirals by 4 per cent a year for the next two this would require a two year Cut of about 88 flagrant officers on Active the committee also included language requiring a 6 percent Cut Over the next two years in the number of High level civilians in civil service grades 12 through in other the committee approved the procurement of 10 More minuteman Iii intercontinental ballistic missiles in fiscal 1977 to keep the production line added million to the fiscal 1978 Bill for procurement of 360 non nuclear Lance and added million for Hawk missile ground Battery new feud keeps tuna Fleet docked san Diego a the american Luna idled for months in a dispute Over the killing of ended its preparations to put to sea tuesday be cause of renewed feuding with Environ the environmental defense fund said its members could not accept the Compromise worked out by Alan which would have put observers on All i shift boats and allowed porpoises to be killed in the next 20 the environmental defense fund and tuna Fisherman have been working on a Compromise Arre Emend that Ston could present to Congress to Amend the 1972 Marine mammals Protection which provides a Legal basis for limiting the number porpoises that can be accidental victims fishermen have refused to sail since february because o the 1977 limit of porpoise fatalities and a intal ban on killing any of the Eastern spinner species imposed by the National Marine fisheries air breathing mammals that swim with sometimes arc caught in fishing nets and an attorney for one of the Environ mentalist groups said burp lists were killed last year by i s fishermen no restrictions Are placed on foreign the Compromise worked out by Cran Ston and agreed to by fishermen would tuna fishermen wives and Cannery workers picketing in support of i hair men and i hair photo permit the Icci dental killing of As Many As i the Eastern spinner por we spec Cranston become were n it listed an Indan we urged the tuna Fleet to put t sea despite the Lack of final with the lie snid both sides had Good Faith and that he believed the tuna Fieri now sail any agree men would like a period of time i to said Stan represents Skippers of the president of the punt la stay Here e a Public n Hull iks in Iii to sup Promise As its he 140 boat a the i until my from dans port his Eun in an attorney for environmentalists was quoted As saying the next in any Toni Promise to allow tuna fishing probably is up to in the As a result 01 uie me i ii in us stores has clean break with old policy leading italian red gets visa to speak in Washington a the drier and irm Phr Tameni in Ifni View ministration is breaking to Multi i by a i i link n visa a Lillian n who flirts to Zuikis n Riny in Ini a Iii nine it