European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 12, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Aimed of 54 million puffers antismoking drive launched Washington api declaring thai cigarette smoking is slow motion Sui education and welfare Secretary Joseph Califano wednesday unveiled the governments most ambitious Effort yet to help the nations 54 million smokers quit the the planks of Califano Campaign in clude a possible increase in the Federal excise lax on a proposed ban on smoking in commercial aircraft and a Call for smoking restrictions in All government buildings and Public he also announced the creation of a new office on smoking and which will oversee the the Campaign will be backed by million in More than double the current spending level for anti reduced benefits urged for military retiring with 20 years of service Washington up tighter rules an needed to curb the burgeoning Cost to the taxpayer of people taking Early retirement from the the congressional budget office suggested reporting on a Survey of the the office said reduction of benefits for Early and other could save Between billion and billion by the end of the service members now can get 50 per cent of their base pay for Lite 5 they quit after 20 and Many Are leaving in Belr late 30s or 40s to take other retirement payments will total billion this year and Are expected to increase by about on third by the year the budget office suggested alternatives to the present system which would reduce benefits 30 percent or More for those leaving service ahead of the mandatory maximum of 30 years or below a minimum age of or would delay retirement payments until age reducing retired pay by 30 percent for the first 10 years after a 20year Veteran gets out would save billion Over the next 21 co withholding payments until age 60 would save Between billion and co but at the risk of toe military not being Able to attract enough career ii warned that any system not consid ered fair by the military could backfire for this All the proposals considered by co would give some eventual pension rights for less than 20 years just Asci Vilian pension programs the Lack any benefits for servicemen who leave with As much As 19 years in uniform has caused criticism of the present military members now make no cont Rev Button toward Belr co said f continued on Page 3 smoking a heavy smoker himself until kicking the habit in announced details of the antismoking program on the huh anniversary of the no famous surgeon generals report on smoking and he presented an outline of the program in remarks prepared for address to the National inter Agency Council on smoking and a federally sponsored group that has declared this National education week on since the surgeon generals report was Issue in an estimated 30 million americans have stopped the report and nine updates Nave shown that cigarettes Are responsible for premature deaths each including at least 90 percent of the deaths from lung health officials say smoking can cause coronary heart Emphy Sema and chronic so the evidence of 14 years cannot be Califano smoking ruins smoking Califano said the his four pronged pro Gram will include education he is calling for increased broadcasts of antismoking comprehensive anti smoking programs in local schools and in Tensive programs targeted toward Young people and nigh risk such As preg Nant toward that he revealed on Page it Union demands generals ouster Over hiring policy january Germany a a state Branch of the powerful Public service Union Oto demanded wednesday that an american general be transferred from Germany because of what it called his ant employee a Union statement said the general had ordered a Survey aimed at replacing German employees with in the statement released at its state head Quad the Rheinland Pfalz Branch of the Union charged thai Lawrence commander of the 21st support come in has repeatedly caused annoyance among German pm the general should rather make a nuisance of himself in the United the statement an army spokesman in Kaiser Lautem continued on Page 2 philippine riot police Lake shelter behind their Shields As residents of san undercover cops a Manila Pelt them with rocks in protest of the destruction of their wooden some 20 men were apri Ilice sure Are a lot of nones around api skip Swenson thought be had the perfect no pretentious personalized License plate when be settled on the computer at the Reno police department thought last who commutes to his Job in los Angeles from his borne received a Bill for Worth of unpaid Reno parking a Call to the department yielded an exit seems Ever time a Reno policeman put a parking ticket on a car with no License he wrote the word and the computer picked it Swenson