European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 21, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes Friday october 21, 1977 pan am cutting Pacific fares Washington up pan american world airways said thursday it plans to Cut the Cost of trans Pacific travel in half next year by introducing in that area the same sort of budget fares now offered be tween new York and London. The new fare plan would reduce the Price of scheduled reserved seat flights to Tokyo to As Little As $259 from the . Mainland and $199 from Hawaii. Pan am said it intends to Start Selling Pacific budget tickets immediately subject to approval by . And foreign governments even though the first flights under the new fare Are not scheduled to take place until Jan. 15. The airline said the new Advance Reser vation budget fares will be offered on flights linking new York los Angeles san Francisco Portland and Seattle with Bangkok Guam Hong Kong Manila Oki Nawa Osaka Singapore Taipei and  the most important route included in the new fare proposal is the one inking the United states with Tokyo. Pan am said its budget fare would Cut the Cost of travel on that route to $349 from new York a saving of 49 per cent from existing Economy fares to $259 on flights from the West coast a saving of 48 per cent and to $199 on flights from Honolulu a saving of 51 per cent. This will allow a k3t of americans to see the Pacific for the first time said Dan Colussy a pan am vice president. It will allow Many asians to see the United states for the first time. And important for us it will allow pan am to fill other Wise empty  Colussy said the budget fare is designed primarily for vacationers who can be flexible about the time they travel in contrast to the business travellers who now dominate the Pacific air Market. Just As in the Atlantic budget fares tick ets must be purchased at least 21 Days in Advance and the traveler can specify Only the week in which he wants to depart. The airline would then notify the traveler be tween one and two weeks before departure of his precise flight number and Date. Pan am s proposal would allow one Way or round trip budget tickets to be Pur chased. Round trip travellers would have to remain at their destination for at least a week and would be notified there of the re turn flight and Date. Colussy said the budget fare proposal was filed with the civil aeronautics Board late wednesday almost three months in Advance of its effective Date to give the . Government plenty of time to approve the plan and to win necessary approval abroad. He acknowledged that getting japanese approval of the Tokyo fares would be particularly difficult because Japan and the United states Are just entering negotiations on a new bilateral air agreement. Professors top executives excluded Senate  retirement age to 70 Washington up the Senate wednesday passed a Bill allowing millions of americans to keep working until age 70, five years longer than they can now in Many cases. But by a vote of 48-45, the Senate excluded tenured University professors and certain High paid business executives from the measure meaning their employers still could require them to step Down at 65. The retirement Bill approved by the Senate 88-7, goes to a conference commit tee to be reconciled with a House version that treats professors and business executives the same As everyone else. Sponsors of the two Bills hoped to reach a Compromise before Congress adjourns for the year. Both Bills would affect the estimated one third to one half of american workers who face mandatory retirement at a fixed age most commonly 65. The Senate Bill would take effect Jan. 1, 1979 the House version six months after enactment. The Senate measure would not change but i bearly know you. Everyone s heard of a Bear hug but Abear kiss a pair of Kodiak bears frolics in a Pool at the Brookfield 111., zoo near Chicago. The Crisp october air and cold water seem not to have chilled their playtime enthusiasm. A photo Safe stresses education values by de Hill staff writer Berchtesgaden Germany is commanders cannot separate readiness programs from people programs said air Force Brig. Gen. George m. Browning Safe inspector general at a banquet address at the Safe education services workshop held Here wednesday night. He continued Europe is where the action is and the Safe education services program is definitely a part of the  awards were presented at the banquet. The Al Boldon memorial award for the Safe education Counselor of the year went to Eileen m. Schwinn from Wei Bruecken air base Germany. Awards for the Best education services programs were in three categories category 1 Large air bases went to Ramstein category 2 medium sized air bases was won by Wiesbaden and category 3 Small air bases went to Raf Chicksands in England. Among the keynote speakers during the workshop was or. Grover j. Andrews associate executive Secretary of the Southern association of colleges and schools. In addressing the question of whether the higher level education programs Here in Europe Are As Good As those on campuses in the ., he said that even within the . Courses vary from one school to an other. What students should expect and what institutions should deliver is programs of unquestionable Quality in my experience of inspecting Safe educational pro Grams Over the past four years those pro Grams have that unquestionable Quality " More than 150 Safe Library and Edu cation services men and women from eight european countries attended the workshop whose theme was the effective manage ment of a Quality air Force european education services  the mandatory retirement age of 70 apply ing to most Federal workers the House version would allow Federal workers to stay on the Job indefinitely. The Senate Bill would allow employers to require retirement before 65 in jobs where age is a Factor and sponsors said that might include Law enforcement officers and air traffic controllers. Collective bargaining agreements requiring retirement before 70 could remain in Force for the life of the contract or until 1980, whichever comes first. A 1967 Law already prohibits employers in private Enterprise state and local governments schools and other organizations from discriminating on the basis of age against persons 40 through 64. Both the House and Senate Bills extend that Law to a person s 70th birthday. Most of the Senate debate was Over whether certain groups should be treated differently. Sen. Claiborne Pell , persuaded the Senate to include a provision allowing employers to continue mandatory retire ment at 65 for highly compensated management employees eligible for pensions of $20,000 a year or More not counting social Security. The exemption for universities was pushed by sen. John Chafee , who said schools should be allowed to retire professors at 65 to make room for younger teach ers and new ideas. By a standing vote with Only three Dis Senters the Senate decided that elementary and secondary school teachers should be allowed to work to age 70, which Many states already allow. 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