European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 04, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes sunday september 4,1977 . Plans mixed Force of bombers and cruise missiles to replace by Washington up the unite states has settled on a changeable mix of penetrating bombers and cruise missile Sas the joint nuclear attack Force to replace the by bomber that president Carter rejected Pentagon research director Wil Liam Perry said he told Congress in secret sessions. Perry s testimony endorsing the mixed Force behind closed doors of the Senate military research subcommittee aug. 25 Fea dropping Price freeze on crude Oil Washington a the Federal Energy administration announced Friday that it will let . Crude Oil prices Start rising again ending a 14-month Price freeze. The Agency scheduled Price increases i september october and november which it said would add up to no More than two tenths of a cent per gallon on gasoline another refined products. After november said the Fea crude Oil prices will be allowed to Rise in step wit the rate of inflation. The allowed Price increases Are lower than permitted by Law but the Fea announcement said higher increases would Only give Oil producers Windfall profits without stimulating additional Oil production. The Price ceilings now being Unfrozen apply to crude Oil brought into production some time ago while the latest Domestic Oil discoveries Are permitted prices equiv Alent to unregulated world Market prices. Under a Law passed by Congress Therea was required to limit . Domestic Oil to a composite Price of $7.66 per barrel As of february 1976, and could allow it to increase afterwards by As much As 10 per cent a year. Divided into three tiers the Fea said the Law would allow a composite Price of $8.99 per barrel by next november but the Fea s decision would limit the actual composite Price to about $8.52 per barrel to avoid Windfall profit for the companies. Instead of setting a single Price of $7.66 for All Oil produced in the United states the Fea divided it into three tiers so called old Oil was allowed a Price of$5.25 per barrel new meaning More recent Oil got $11.28 per barrel and new new Oil meaning Oil just entering production was allowed world Market prices As an incentive to exploration and develop ment of new supplies. But the Fea found in mid 1976 that it estimates of the amounts of Oil in each category were a Little off base making the actual composite Price higher than in tended. Error being corrected to make up for this unintended Over charge the Fea froze the two specific Price ceilings on old and new Oil and even rolled Back the new Oil Price a total of 65 cents per barrel Early this , the Fea said the error has been corrected and the Price can be allowed Torise again in keeping with inflation. The Fea said the Price of old Oil which was $5.17 per barrel in August can go to $5.20 per barrel effective As of sept.1 to $5.23 in october and to $5.26 in no  Price of new Oil $10.97 in August goes to $11.23 per barrel in september$11.49 in october and $11.75 in november. And 29 cleared up what congressional Lead ers called confusion Over the administration s Post by  june 30, Carter announced he was scrapping the $25 billion by saying he would keep the 25-year-old b52 As a bomber to penetrate stiff soviet air de lenses and Speed up work on cruise mis Siles tiny and relatively cheap  planes that can be fired from a stand off position outside enemy Borders an hit targets with great accuracy. Carter s decision caught the Pentagon unaware and confused and sen. Thomas j. Mclntyre d-n.h., the subcommittee chairman was one member who was Wor  have been disturbed since the by Deci Sion by the ambiguity and Lack of clarity of the Pentagon s plans for the future bomber Force the senator told  was unclear from several Public statements whether they intended to depend primarily on standoff cruise mis Siles or whether they intended to mix air launched cruise missiles with a continuing Strong Force of penetrating  two months of confusion Perry had been at work weaning the air Force generals away from Hopes the by would be revived and convincing civilian theoreticians they had to get the cruise missile tested and flying a final version won Teven be selected until september 1979. Basically said Perry we re going for a mixed Force of both Penetra prs and cruise missiles. The senior partner is going to continue to be the penetrating bomber until the Early 1980s 83 or 84 and inthe latter part of the 80s, the senior part Ner is going to be a cruise  what you get for that is a synergistic effect Perry said in an interview explaining that with the costs involved the soviet Union will have to decide either to fight bombers or cruise missiles and risk letting the other one by. Or build two different systems Perry said. The mix significantly complicates the Job of air  in addition congressional sources said a penetrating bomber like the b52 could reach parts of the soviet Union that currently Are out of cruise missile Range. President Carter suggested the by could be replaced by wide bodied passenger jets carrying cruise missiles but Perry said there were no solid plans yet and the b52 would do the Job for some time. After the hearings Mclntyre said i greatly relieved to have Learned in our hearings that the department now clearly has settled on the concept of a mixed Force of penetrating bombers and standoff cruise missiles As a Basic planning objective for developing our future  who s walking whom there seems to be some dispute be tween 2-year-old Abel Kahn of Prince ton n.j., and his dog Sam As to who but total Cost zooms is leading the Way on their daily walk. After a mild standoff they marched of with Abel again in control. A photo schools colleges due slight enrolment dip Washington a total enrol ment in the nation s schools and colleges will drop slightly this school year to 60.3million students even though total costs will increase $12 billion Over last year the department of health education and Wel fare predicted Friday. The annual Back to school forecast prepared by hew s National Center for educational statistics estimates that total school enrolment this september will Leone half of 1 per cent less than last fall s 60.6 million students. Expenditures for All Levels of education Public and private Are expected to reach$144 billion during the 1977-78 school year compared with about $132 billion for the previous period. The jump in expenditures was attributed to higher costs and salaries. The Center said an estimated 3.1 million persons will be employed As teachers this year in addition to 300,000 who will work As superintendents principals and staff members. These figures remain about the same As last year. The government pointed out that Al these figures added together mean that education will be the major occupation of 63.7million americans which is about three out of every 10 persons in the country. The report also said a record 3,150,000 students will graduate from High school in1978, slightly More than the 3.1 million who graduated this year. In the Case of higher education mor Bachelor s and higher degrees will be awarded in 1977-78 than in any previous year the Center said. This includes an Esti mated 969,000 Bachelor s degrees 356,000 master s degrees and 35,000 doctorates. The Center said total expenditures for Public schools and colleges will be about $117 billion while privately controlled institutions will spend about $27 billion. The Center said decline in total enrol ment is primarily because of decreasing numbers of students in kindergarten through eighth Grade reflecting a continued decrease in the number of children five to 13 years of age. The number of children in these age groups enrolled in school this fall will Beabout 33.3 million compared with 33.8 Mil lion last year. Abortions in military still funded Washington a the . Government which refuses to pay for poor women s elective abortions continues Topay for abortions at military hospitals and to underwrite abortion costs for civil serv ants and their dependents Joseph a. Califano Secretary of the department of health education and Wel fare ordered on aug. 4 that medicaid payments for elective abortions cease immediately ending the medicaid abortion payments to poor women. There were about 300,000 medicaid financed abortions last year. Tie Only exception permitted by hew i where the attending physician certifies that the abortion is necessary to save woman s life. However a defense department spokesman said the Pentagon continues to pay for abortions at military  spokesman said the most recent Fig ures available show there were 12,687abortions at military hospitals Between sept. 1,1975, and aug. 31,1976.the Pentagon s policy is that such abortions can be performed for medical Rea sons or for reasons involving mental  grounds Are broader than the hew Rule. Where a state Law is More restrictive than these guidelines military personnel Are to adhere to that Law unless it conflict with supreme court decisions on the subject. Overseas commanders can set abortion policies on a country by country basis. Civilian employees of the Federal govern ment and their dependents receive Indi rect Federal payments for abortion through federally financed insurance pro Grams or health maintenance organizations. No estimates were available on the number of such abortions. The whole question of federally finance abortions is coming again before con Gress. The Senate position is that abortion should be funded in cases of rape incest or medical necessity a term opponents say i vague enough to permit abortions under nearly any circumstance