European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 9, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Authorized unofficial publication for the . Armed forces. Vol. 36, no. 174 is Dolly and Ondoy sunday october 9, 1977 t if 21855 a Senate oks $364-million military Bill Washington a the Senate passed a $364.5 million supplementary Mil itary spending Bill Friday that provide Money to develop missile carrying aircraft to replace the cancelled by  measure was approved 66 to 1. Key features of the Bill which now goes to the House include $20 million to develop the Fri 11 fighter bomber As a Long rang cruise missile Carrier with the Range of the by and the Load capacity of the b52. Yanks tie Al series at 2 games Kansas City up the new Yor Yankees baseball s million Dollar babies won 6-4 Over the Kansas Cit royals saturday to tie the Best of five american league playoffs at two game apiece. The Yankees built an Early 4-0 Lea against Larry Gura but had to Call on their Ace reliever Sparky Lyle to choke off fourth inning royals rally. The fifth game and deciding game was to be played sunday at Kansas City. After a run scoring single by Grai Nettles had Given the Yankees a 5-2 led in the fourth the royals routed de Figueroa in their half of the inning on Fred patek s run scoring double and another rib double by Frank White off reliever Dick Tidrow. Lyle was summoned after Tidrow walked Hal Mcrae and blanked the royals through the  Rivers opened the game by hit Ting Gura s first pitch for a double off the right Centerfield Wall moved to third on Nettles infield hit and scored when thur continued on Page 24, col. 4 it also would provide $15 million to begin development of a future cruise missile carrying aircraft to replace the b52, probably using a modified version of one of the wide bodied aircraft now in commercial use . Airlines the Bill originally called for $5 million for that purpose but another $10 million was added on the Senate floor. The added funds according to the amendment s sponsor sen. Henry Jack son d-wash., will enable Pentagon plan ners to carry out research on future penetrating bombers As Well As missile carriers. Sens. Edward Kennedy d-mass., a Dcharles Mathias r-md., sponsored another amendment in which Congress asserts its readiness to make either cuts or in creases in the cruise missile development program. The proposed research on missile carry ing aircraft developed from hearings held by a Senate armed services subcommittee in August following president Carter s decision to cancel the by bomber , Carter reaffirmed his Deci Sion on the bomber in response to a move in the House to restore $1.4 billion to the budget for putting the aircraft into production. I am convinced that the decision was Correct one and that the cruise missile carried by b52s or specialized aircraft is the Best Choice for the foreseeable future Carter said in a letter to rep. Robert Carr . Thomas Mclntyre d-n.h., the panel chairman said that after some uncertainty about the course it wanted to take the air Force decided to opt for mixed Force that would include not Only the aging b52 Fleet but the use of other air Craft both As stand off cruise missile carriers and As penetrating  praised the mixed Force concept As the answer to developing a Long Range strategic threat against the soviet Union comparing it with a football team with a Good passing attack and a Good running  sen. Long is pessimistic it s Viet vets turn now the cookie lady of the Vietnam War Miriam Ann Jackson rests in her South Charleston w. Va., Home after revealing her identity because she is lonesome and wants to correspond with former soldiers. A South Charleston . A the mysterious cookie lady of the Vietnam War who sent care packages to thousands of servicemen says loneliness has prompted her to reveal whose is. Miriam Ann Jackson said she waste one who sent batches of cookies fruit cakes and letters to More than 2,500 Vietnam servicemen. She said she found their names through newspaper listings but kept her identity secret. Along with the baked goodies each Serviceman got a form letter saying i am an old maid and have quite a bit of spare time. I like to use this time writ ing letters and baking cookies for my boys in the  it was signed aunt  those who wrote to her Post off icebox address would get another letter and More baked goods and their name were put into records at her South Charleston  in 1966, she sent More than 2,500 letters and received response from 562 servicemen 350 of them from West Virginia. She said she Sentmore than 3,000 dozen cookies and cakes and spent about $7,000."i Don t know where i got the idea continued on Page 24, col. 4 Outlook dim for Energy tax plan Washington a the chairman of the Senate finance committee said Friday he doubts that the Energy taxes proposed by president Carter but rejected by his panel can be revived on the Senate . Russell Long d-la., said that his present strategy to look toward a House Senate conference committee to Salvage at least some of the tax proposals May not succeed  might not be As simple As some might expect. There s a Good Chance Pecan work it out but no guarantee Long told  s panel on thursday killed off the last of the president s Energy tax propos als rejecting 14 to 4, the proposed tax on factories and Power plants that use Oil and natural  earlier votes the committee also rejected the president s proposed taxes on crude Oil and on fuel inefficient Automo Biles. Long said not one of the taxes proposed by the president and passed by the House could Muster a majority vote in the Senate if a vote were taken now. He said he does t think any serious efforts will be made on the Senate floor to re store any of the tax proposals. Senate leadership tactics now Are to forget about these taxes for the time being and to approve a Bill that Only contains tax incentives. I envision a Bill that will involve literal continued on Page 24, col. 3