European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 04, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Authorized unofficial publication for the . Armed forces vol. 36, no. 139 daily Sun a sunday september 4,1977 if 21855 a Nixon asked Haldeman to destroy tapes by James m. Naughton Washington not former presi Dent Richard m. Nixon thought he had directed . Haldeman to destroy All but the most historic of the White House tap recordings in april 1973, three months before watergate investigators Learned of their existence Nixon told David Frost in their final television  the ultimate bureaucratic lapse of his presidency Nixon said he could have been spared the agony of the resignation had his instructions which he conceded might have been ambiguous been carried out by Haldeman then the White House chief of staff. If i had thought that on those tapes with the possibility which there always was that they would come out that there was conversation that was criminal i sure As the Dickens i could use stronger expletives but not before this Home audience i sure As the Dickens would have destroyed them Nixon said with a touch of  disclosure in a 90-minute program scheduled to be telecast thursday night inner York and on varying evenings this week in 54 other cities seemed to represent the quintessential Nixon denying any personal wrongdoing imputing to other the deeds that culminated in his Resigna Tion on aug. 9, 1974, and through it All leaving an intriguing Trail of anecdote and  an almost mawkish monologue that served As the end piece of 7va hours of conversation Frost began airing last May Nixon theorized in the latest instalment that "there1 d have been no watergate if former attorney general John n. Mitchel had not been preoccupied by the mental and emotional problem of his wife continued on Page 23, col. 1 congratulations mrs. Janet Bernal of Frankfurt has some words of Praise for daughter Kim after the 8-year-old passed a test which May make  the youngest girl to Ever earn a very martial Honor. See Page 8 for the details. Is Jeff Whitted Young pm by John Hart Washington Bureau chief Washington . Is rep. Les Aspin d-wis., Friday urged defense Sec Given Young enlisted families and see travel entitlements for them. Aspin wants Brown to include travel entitlements for the Junior enlisted in the by rotary Harold Brown to remove the Shaft 79 defense budget proposals. In a dear Harold letter Aspin pointed out that when the services Transfer a Gen eral they pay All the costs of moving his family and household goods but Youngen listed personnel have to pick up the Tab Shepherdsville ky., police fire at a car driven by Michael Fullmer 16, of Kokomo ind., after Kentucky stat police sgt. Herbert Gibson was snot trying to Stop a suspect while trying to question Fulkner about $20 robbery. Fulkner who was Cap tured after ramming through two police barricades in a High Speed Chase and crashing into another vehicle was charged with attempted murder. Gibson shot in the Throat was reported in serious condition. A photo themselves or live far from their  year Aspin sought backing from the House armed services committee to earmark $190 million to pay these travel costs for the Junior enlisted grades. His proposal lost by one vote in committee. Under present regulations the military will not pay the moving costs for families of the three Bottom enlisted grades or ofe4s with less than two years service. Aspin said there were 275,000 persons in those grades. In his letter to Brown Aspin said the present system saves Money but it does so by placing the Burden exclusively on the lowest paid service members. The real Issue Here is  is not a compensation or pay item it is a reimbursement for expenses Acost of doing business he added. We pay to move the families of generals making$50,000. We should t Shaft the private making $7,000."he explained that the original rationale for not paying family moving costs was to discourage Young enlisted men from mar  All that went out the window years ago Aspin said. We now even have pro Grams for a Man and wife to join the serv ice  military is spending More than $2.5 billion this year just to move people from one Post to another. The Way to save Money is to move personnel less frequently. We should t be seeking savings by shafting the lowest ranking  Pentagon spokesman noted Friday that the budget process is under Way including provisions in the personnel  until this process is completed i would be inappropriate to address any specific area he said