European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 22, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Senators plan random quizzing of officer nominees for promotion Washington up the chairman of the Senate armed services committee said monday his panel will begin randomly examining military promotions to get a better Pic Ture of the Type of people being elevated by the Pentagon. Sen. John Stennis. A miss. Said he will begin instituting a system of random selection of nominees by the committee for confirmation hearings from the list of officer nominees in each military service. We will Call before the committee on a regular basis a Small group of those who Are being recommended for promo Tion so that the members will have an Opportunity to gauge their character their competence and  Stennis said in ii Senate speech. Stennis said that because his committee receives several thousand military officer nominations each usually for pro motion it is impossible to hold hearings on each of them. He said the committee is beginning the series of hearings so that members can get a better picture As to the Type of men and women that Are being nominated and proposed for promo Tion within the services. Each member is interested in the Type of persons both Asto attainments and personalities who Are being chosen and promoted in the various services at the Many  Stennis said. We intend to Call before us in any particular year a full spectrum of nominees from each service from All Grade including generals and Junior officers from various sources and  he said. Besides assessing those being promoted to High rank. Sten Nis said the hearings will give the committee a Chance to obtain facts from officers in the Field concerning the readiness and morale of our armed  the stars ands filpes vol. 3b, no. 66 wednesday june 22, 1977 is Dolly Ana sunday if 21855 a demonstrators Burn a soviet Flag in the Middle of the champs Elj sees at the overseas dependents protesting a visitor Start of protests in Paris against the visit of russian Leader Leonid brei Nev. In the background is the Arch of Triumph. Story. P.2 a photo hiring priority extended by John Hart Washington Bureau chief Washington Sisi the owl serv ice1 commission it Sci tuesday extended or 60 Days the Pentagon s authority to offer dependents the first crack of Avail Able jobs overseas Liat authority was to have expired june 30. A Csc spokeswoman Sam. She said that in the meantime the jus Tice department will be asked for an Opin Ion on the Csc ruling of last August that ordered the defense department to Stop the practice of giving Job priority to dependents the commission chairman. Allen Camp Bell and commissioners Jule Sugarman and Ezra i Oston granted the ext Casion at a Sunshine to pm meeting tuesday the spokeswoman said. This is the third Extension that the Pentagon has won in its fight to save the1 Over seas dependents Job preference practice. Originally the commission ordered the Pentagon to end the practice effective mid night dec. 31, but granted a 3frday delay until Jan 30. And subsequently to june 30. The first two extensions were granted to give the Pentagon Lime to try to persuade the commission to reverse its decision the spokeswoman  position of defense officials on the matter is that the dependent hire program is one of the most useful available in sup port of us. Troops serving in foreign areas they feel that the commission proposal would almost certainly have an and verse effect on the reenlistment rate and would deprive service members of extra family income overseas the commission Riding was prompted by complaints from . Veterans who have chosen to live overseas the spokeswoman said. She said veterans and non dependent . Citizens living overseas claim the Job hiring practice discriminates against them. . Air service talks falter Washington Apt a cutoff in most passenger flights Between America and Britain appeared increasingly Likely late tuesday As . Transportation Secretary Brock Adams said the two nations negotiating teams were deeply  shutdown would Force Many of the 15, 000 passengers who travel daily Between Britain and America in this Peak tourist season to alter their plans. Charter flights that account for a third of the traffic would not be affected if the dead inc passed without an agreement being reached. Nor would an end to the talks affect flights by other airlines such As air India Iran air and Al Al. The air lines however have few empty seats to  used the word no five times in declaring his Adamant opposition to any Extension of the talks to extend the treaty of Bermuda which Grants each nation Landing rights on the other s  differences he said he decided not to agree to an Extension because the philosophical differences Are very deep and if we cannot achieve an agreement then we would be flying without any treaty rights. We would be subject to individual potential harassment on both sides because the rules would not be established. Where we have rules that say what we can do and what we cannot do. Everything runs smoothly he said. When you do not then you Are in a very different Situa Tion and we Are simply not going to go with  the treaty does not Deal with How the air passenger Market should be divided be i continued on \