European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 5, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                1w August t977 if 21 855 a House rebuffs Gas tax boost Allyson of Wilmington or Pures Lor a Hurd Landing alter Susnir Lookout below control of her skis during a or Alicc jump on Thi tape Allver near Wil la Sun was not injured in the associated Artst Phon audit will search for phantoms army orders recruit probe Washington i a11 the army or dered an audit of re Ruiting Ricords across the country Wojie Sdiey m a result of a scheme in a York Rix Ruiting office inflate enlist it Wii i phantom re officers in i hts area told a  last week hey Hud padded enlistment records Mill the wait Levi of puny to meet recruiting goals this they were unit of great pressure to Mart the goals and that their super ours Lou cd the other Way when they made up phony Namts and submitted them As Kukonu head of the army recruiting said re cords from All of the 13 recruiting com mands in the Nur Thuarl Are being checked for possible discrepancies Between uie number of acc rails reported and the number of enlistment contracts in he records still be checked in is other recruiting commands in each Region of the country out of a total of 57 nationwide As a result if the Albany Cise i do not know of any Nahir cose at this print in Korr stir he said he saw several years ago that phantom recruiting was possible and warned recruit ers against try ing it its like stealing rations in combat Yuu just Doni the general said Itic Case in Albany was a weaned by Utah wit Wright in an Anonymous Iclet Sam Forrester said the army investigation will be conducted by the inspector general under his command and than reviewed by the army inspector general i feel an obligation to clean up my own the general asked if the probe  carry More weight if it were made by outside invest Kurr Okler anything that Guys wrong in tin1 United states recruiting command is my total responsibility if my reputation for truth and veracity int suf Lucient to satisfy my id by very lie acknowledged that Mitru tiits Are under pressure to meet enlistment goal and that with the i Ungerer la an Al vol Untener Force its urn a scramble Fatm he every Job in the army puts pressure on a and the pressure on recruiters Doest require them to falsify recruiters Are paid up to a month extra and Wear a special badge if i con Inu Edun Page col Carter plan sought hike of Nickel Washington Puli the House by a vote of 139 to 82 thursday Defeated a pro fused Vlcko Lagallo increase in the Feder Al tax on it was a major setback Tor president Carter and the House who pushed a Gaa Lux increase As a key Clement in pending Energy Carter Origi Nally proposed a standby tax of up to 45 cents a related Story an Page another gasoline lax proposal this one for four cents remained before he but its defeat was considered cer Tain in Light of the negative vote on the Nickel Croc eods Tram the five Curt tax would have been divided evenly Between mass transit and  Highway Roi Strussion and the current four cents tilt Iii Only fur interstate this Urmilla was intended to make Shu tax Mure attractive than the our cent j 141x111 pain Hijii of which would have Billon is reportedly is killed Washington Tylli a proposal Luj end Ihu free shipment of goods la Post exchanges overseas was killed by Senate and Huus conferees according to informed sources and a proposal to replace military personnel currently serving As managers if Post exchanges and officers clubs was the sources they added thai the figure will be reduced la 201 full time positions and wartime the conferees also agreed to keep 300 enlisted aides for general reject ing a proposal to reduce these to and Sis 5 million was retained for armed serv ices the sources said these proposals were among final provi Sion of an approximately billion de sense appropriations Bill which Ute conferees will present u the Bill ruts Sjoo million from intelligence and pro Vides million for an additional de the sources the Eon crees failed to reach agreement monday evening on deleting billion Tor the procurement of five by bombers after president Carters june 34 decision to kill the program the House will be asked to debate and tote in the proposed deletion the Senate has staff assistants to the conferees said it could be possible for both houses to Vole in the measure before Congress recesses As it now according n for the Bill will provide 449 million for the development of cruise missiles which the administration sees As a substitute for the by bomber