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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 11, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10 the stars and strips May 1977 reductions May reach billion Brown tells military of possible budget cuts Washington a defense Secre tary Harold Brown is telling the armed services they May have to trim spending plans by billion to billion Over a five year Brown delivered the message As he Laid Down guideline for spending for fiscal the first year for which the Carter administration will present its own budget and outline its own five year defense pro Gram the first years bite would Cost the Navy line air Force about is Bil Liiva to billion with a similar curtail ment annually fur die succeeding four Pentagon sources Kvin with such Pentagon offi inflation and growth would make the fiscal 1979 defense budget bigger than projected spending of billion for fiscal the services will try to negotiate for More Money for themselves in an Effort that will end in a fiscal 1979 Carter defense budget reaching Congress next but service officials also Are consider ing what Steps to take if Brown holds them to less spending than they arc planning under the five year program approved during the Ford the services May be forced to or possibly some weapons procure ment programs and perhaps reduce sumo of our emerging programs Are going to be said one senior offi there probably will be less Money available for procurement and More emphasis on spending to Nike sure our pre sent forces Are in top shape and fully there were indications the Navy might delay production of its new fib fighter plane for one or two research and development work on advanced weapons might be some older ships might be retired ear Lier than scheduled and the Money now used to run them could be shifted to improving the readiness of the remaining ships in the the number of planes in various typos of Nuval a squadrons could be officials the army could delay Mechan izing an additional infantry although officials say such a step would retard efforts to strengthen ground forces oriented atypical gift Nora in front of the Church she attended irom the time she was now owns the Church was moved from its original location near to her backyard As a mothers Day gift from her Egger right and her toward defense of Western the army advanced attack helicopter already could be delayed so could the army problem plagued program to build a new armoured infantry assault officials the air Force also is concerned about the future of some of its weapons programs if Brown pulls the purse string despite Browns initial the Carter administration could alter its plans on defense spending before making its rec  to Congress next a continuing or of nuclear arms limitation negotiations might Lead the administration to accelerate some projects such As the new Mobile my intercontinental Range Dod vouched for Story Russ studying Energy Magazine says Washington up aviation week and space technology Magazine told pres ident Carter monday the defense depart ment vouched for the accuracy of its Story that the russians Are developing an Energy beam that could destroy nuclear missile a Pentagon spokesman denied that officials confirmed the truth of the other defense sources said objections to the Story were made on the grounds that its detailed technical information might reveal intelligence gathering secrets aviation which has extensive sources in the military Industrial reported a week ago that the soviet Union is developing a charged particle beam de signed to destroy intercontinental and submarine launched ballistic missile nuclear the Buck Rogers device was described As using an explosive possibly no to drive particles through a magnetic changing the particles into a beam of almost pure the Magazine said an object hit by the beam would absorb its Energy and officials tried to Knock Down the Story almost defense Secretary Harold Brown said it has no basis in available the Central intelligence said director Stansfield does not be Lieve the soviet Union has achieved a breakthrough which could Lead to a charged particle beam weapon capable of neutralizing ballistic aviation weeks editor and Robert countered in an editorial that offered to publish any corrections Carter could it is apparent from his response that his acquaintance with the subject is extremely recent and his initial briefer were less than Hotz president Carters briefer did not Tell him that the aviation week Story had been offered to the appropriate Pentagon officials for review for both accuracy and Security Well before some changes were requested by the Pentagon on Security and but not were none was requested on the air Force Guy Hairston although they submitted the article for we elected not to provide them a technical review and a comment on he a Pentagon source acknowledged there were objections that the Story might pro vile information to the Uganda stowaway a honduran new York a Federal immigration officials said monday that the 14yearold boy who claimed he fled Uganda is not from that country but from the language police had thought was an african dialect apparently was just Gibber Hes not a Hes Luis Antonio Sambula Cacho from said Maurice head of the regional office for the immigration and naturalization Kiley said the who Speaks Spanish and a Little in entered the country in new York City on april 29 As a Stow away on an unknown officials said he had boarded the vessel in on april the whole Story was a Kiley Kiley said natives of Uganda were brought in to talk to the youngster and he  talk with the boy finally told investigators the it was quite an absurd Kiley pointing out that the born in Trujillo and a resident of could not explain where he had acquired american made when found last dazed and wandering the streets of the youth said his parents had been murdered in Uganda and he managed to get to new York by stowing away on a his including an account of How his parents had been killed by British was met with scepticism at then police began to believe no kid can be that Good an said a Veteran police ser Geant before the Kiley said no action would be taken on the Case for a our concern is to see that Hes taken care 18 in House want Brown out As pcs chairman Washington up eighteen House members monday urged president Carter to seek the Resig nation of outspoken George brawn As chairman of the joint chiefs of time and general Brown has displayed a Lack of disregard for the Basic rights of americans and a virulent Antisemitic the congressmen said in a letter to he is not fit to continue in his position of great Power and they the letter cited Browns recent interview remark on governmental surveillance if any Cut Lien in this country is so concerned about his mail being read or is concerned about his presence at a meeting being id say we ought to read his mail and we ought to know what the hell he has signing the letter were Newton and i democrats Clar ence Long and Parrot a Paul Joshua Ell Theodore Eliza Beth Jonathan Benjamin Matthew Charles Stephen Solan and Edward an Thony Beilenson and Pete William James and Robert  
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