European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 20, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes july 1977 local hire Pentagon opposes Bill that would Grant pay allowances to overseas teachers by John Hart Washington Bureau chief Washington i its the Pentagon is opposing a Bill before Congress that would Grant foreign pay differentials and allowances to locally hired Oversea Licach there is no justification for said William Statt director of the Pentagon office of civilian personnel in testimony Given tuesday before the House subcommittee on compensation and employee the panel considering the Bill sponsored by Gladys current regulations do not authorize he payment of a differential or the granting of a living quarters allowance for locally hired Valdes said the intent of those special pays is to provide incentives which help make 11 possible to recruit in the the most capable and highly qualified employ is to serve in overseas Law to halt no fault fee gouge urged Washington in Dpi son russell1 dui said monday a Federal no fault Mso insurance Siuw should limit Cor contingency Eoll thud by Luw yrs in Casta that Mali Malta without during a Senate cum Nutt paralysed rum the Waist a Wii in a of receiving a Sutof court Titi men for her injun fit her Layw Ink his Imam mid Oil Jis Michigan no fault Law Ulluss Rosemary Pryor was left with Only Soin Thini should be done about these ridiculous contingency contracts where there is no doubt that inc company is joing to pay said chairman of inc Senate finance committee and a former plaintiff lawyer National standards the Bill pending before the committee would set National no fault standards re Quiring prompt payment of medical fees and economic loss no matter who was n Spon style for the lawsuits would be limited to instances of wrongful death and very serious Long said judges should hold pretrial hearings to examine the lawyers Contin gency contract and determine what the insurance company is willing to u the company offer is acceptable to the Long he could accept it and avoid further and the judge could make a reasonable award to the Hie judge must be Long since the lawyer has a very definite conflict of interest with his client at thai for he the lawyer might get of a settlement with no trial but could get if the settlement followed a if the Case goes Long the lawyers contingency fee should relate to what the insurance company was ready to Uffer before the Ivan a trial said insurance companies Are not willing and anxious to and Many victims would get nothing without their he its the not the who wont Settle out of court because the victim thinks Hes going to retire on his Barris supported a Federal no fault but the american bar association and the association of trial lawyers of America oppose the they say they base their opposition on the limiting of court suits filed and on a situation where innocent Drivers must subsidies bad there is no justification for payment of recruitment and retention incentives or individual who have already taken up residence in a foreign area for their own per Sonal convenience prior to being employed by the United he added that some people travel Over seas with Hopes of enhancing their employ ment opportunities and thus Nyvold Competition with lob applicant to us while people Are Hind locally according to it Don not follow that they should thereby automatically become eligible for designed As recruitment incentives for employees recruited in Lite United states for assignment he said uttering the allowances to per sons who Are already in a foreign area for their own convenience and seeking employment would be inconsistent with the basis would constitute an unwarranted expense to the Valdes told the panel when persons overseas seek employment with the de sense department they Are fully apprised thai they Are not enl fed to living quarters Post differentials and transportation agreements when they Are pm us Inuko hired locally overseas receive a Cost of living allow Ance if one is authorized for the according to he said the intention is to adjust the compensation of employees serving at it Pok where the Cost of living u substantial Valdes said that the policy governing the special pays does not just apply to teachers of the defense departments de Pendents but to the employees of All government agencies assigned in passage of the Sleuman according to would put school teachers hired locally in a preferred position to other employees hired locally in Ife said that one Section of the Bill would make the pay benefits available to Ere employed in the such a retroactive provision would create a serious administrative problem in determining eligibility for the pay Bene Valdes he further stated that such a provision would be wholly unwarranted since their benefits were not a condition of Ildrem ploy ment when teachers hired locally accepted their Xton March the defense depart ment employed about citizens in foreign end an estimated were locally hired according to he said that teachers were hired locally overseas last year and that of the teachers were dependents and As such were already receiving homing support and transportation entitlement based upon not much Lif left of a Navy reconnaissance plane that crashed into Barracks mss and two injured in crash at the grand naval air the Pilot ejected solely Tram Coffee company cuts its wholesale prices Cincinnati Impi the Falger Coffee the nations second largest monday Cut the wholesale Price Tor vacuum Coffee by 20 cents a Pound and decreased its instant Coffee by 2 cents an the pricing effective immediate reduced the list Price for vacuum folgers to a Pound and a 10ounce Jar of instant to a division of Procter it Gamble attributed its latest Price decrease to declines in imported Green co fee our information indicates that there has been a significant Industry wide de Cline in consumer Coffee sales during the past several said a Kolger spokesman the drop in shelf sales is in excess of 20 per he and is undoubtedly being reflected in the Green Coffee Market since May Folger has Cut ground Coffee prices by a total of 95 but he 2cefll reduction on folgers instant cuff cd marked its first Price decrease on instant since a Frost damaged 73 5 per cent of brazils i97s Coffee crop the Frost in he largest Coffee producing nation touched off a meteoric Rise in world Coffee prices and pushed the retail Price for ground Coffee above a Pound Early this there was no immediate indication whether other major roasters would follow the forger general goods the i roaster based in while reduced the wino resale Price of Grid Coffee by 30 Penis to a Jne kills Coffee of san fran the 3 lists the wholesale Price for its ground co fee at a us but two persons in toe bar Racks were a photo cleaning fluid found to cause cancer in mice Washington a the most commonly used dry cleaning fluid causes cancer in mice and May be harmful to laundry patrons and the National cancer Institute says the Sci due to be published in the Federal Register about Are based on a iwo year test of Perc Joro up to 65 per cent of the male mice who lived through two years of testing got liver cancers forty per cent of the female mice developed Sci Aid 100wo workers could be in addition to customers of the cleaning is dry cleaning spokesmen called Perc Sale and said the Only practical substitute would violate fire Cades in most u Perc is the result would be dirtier according to Charles Rig Enec Uve vice president of uie inter National Kari care Institute