European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 24, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                January 1978 the stars and stripes Page 5 go retirement costs top billion Washington up the Cost of military an Issue thai has become the subject of increasing debate and will go above f 10 billion a year for the first time in this years to military retirees in fiscal 1978 and offi Ciau estimate the yearly total will in crease by about a third by the end of the Century i the system remains a number of proposals have been made in recent Yean to revamp he retirement most of them focussing on he pre sent feature which allows military person Nel to retire after 20 years service and receive half their Basic pay for this Means some retirees leave the service in their late 90s or Early 409 and go to other jobs while collecting the military has argued that Early retirement i necessary to keep a Young fighting but members of a presiden tial pay commission have gone on record Ai recommending delaying payment of these benefits Una age is or later and will make that recommendation in Congress win have to act on whatever recommendation is but there appears Little Chance they will do go inv an election Yea retirement is also closely intertwined with the entire pitch work military pay system that has grown up Over the years and needs further complicating the billion governments civil rights activities f would be boosted to million set aside for weapons Washington iup1 the proposed new Energy department budget Forte 1979 fiscal year year billion for nuclear with funds ear marked for the Neutron bomb As Well As Tor Trident and minuteman 3 missile War Energy department officials said the Money fir the Neutron bomb will be spent Only if Congress and president carte rap prove the controversial new the inclusion of defense funds in the Energy budget is a Holdover from the Days when the no abolished atomic Energy commission handled both peaceful and military applications of the dec programs were taken Over by the Energy research and development and which last year was merged into the Energy Energy officials said funding Levels for individual nuclear weapons programs in their budget Are they said All the proposals together totalled Lvi billion in upending and 18 billion in new contracting officials said the weapon related pro Grams include Trident and minuteman tactical nuclear bombs and mis improved ship propulsion research on arms control developing economical ways to safeguard bomb Grade nuclear material and production of com Grade by Anderson Washington up predicting a push in the courts for More school de Segre president Carter monday asked for 1987 million for Federal government civil rights activities inf Seal the figure represents an increase of 1160 million Over the current in his budget Carter said the Justice department anticipates a significant increase in school desegregation court cases in the coming although substantial compliance has been achieved in recent Carters billion marked for intelligence work Washington it Jpn president Carter has promised to make Public this year the total amount of an intelligence budget that will run Between 17 billion and but you could spend the entire year sift ing through the Fine print of budget Docu ments without finding out How he reaches that that is because this As in years spending figures for various ele ments of the nations intelligence operations will be hidden away under other names in budgetary nooks and crannies of other while Carter has said he would make Public an Overall figure and his Cia direct Stansfield has the and Carter plans to reduce space shuttle ships to 4 up science editor Washington up1 president Carter told Congress monday be has decided to Cut Back us space shuttle seeking funds for four Orbital transports the president said in his proposed fiscal 1379 budget that procurement of a fifth shuttle can be considered to future years if one lost in an Accident or if space traffic the shuttle is the key to the nations Mure in space it is a reusable ship that will haul satellites to ant from orbit and Pope Paul pushes for Unity with nonfat Hoik christians Vatican atty up Pope Paul i sunday on roman catholics to forget past insults and divisions in the search for Unity with Nan Catholic Chris speaking at his regular weekly noon Blessing from his apartment Balcony Over looking a sunny St Peters the 80 year old White Robed pontiff said we must look upon our separated Brethren no Catholic christians with reverence and sympathy forgetting historical in sults and seek relations with them of Friendship and of human and Christian carry manned laboratories to conduct space it is to begin test flights into orbit net year and the administrations new plan is to have four shuttles in operation at Cape and Vandenberg air Force by june Carters proposed billion spending plan for the National aeronautics and space administration for the next fiscal year includes Money to Start work on a joint Nasa and european space Agency Mission in 118 to investigate the suns Polar regions for the first this is expected to help scientists better understand the link Between solar radiation activity and earths another new satellite Mission to be started in fiscal 1979 will study the effect of the suns rays on earths vital Ozone Radia Tion the spending plan also requests Money to begin wort on a satellite system to Mea sure variations in the flow of beat Between the atmosphere and the budget does out seek funds for a  Mission that scientists had proposed to land two roving robots on Man in ust the next Opportunity would be to proceed in 1911 with a to Flor Missioni aimed at 1mb Carter said in his budget that the emphasis in planetary exploration in 1979 will be on capital bang on the returns from ministration remains opposed to a detailed intelligence officials say to do so would be to risk telling enemies too much about How the United slates gathers thus allowing them to set their own spend ing priorities on operations aimed at foil ing the the Senate intelligence committee this year is planning a secret debate on whether Fuller details should be Opin Ion Amon the senators is said to be closely the administration will oppose further Public but some Basic information about intelligence Community spending has already leaked much of the funds Are hidden in the defense departments billion budget because he Pentagon actually is the nations biggest consumer of Intelli gence and biggest spender in search of sources say us biggest part of the intelligence budget goes not to the but the pentagons National Security which does electronic eavesdropping on other nations around the world and cracks foreign it la also responsible for coding official communications and keeping them secure from sources say Asa gets about w billion a similar amount is said to go for spy satellites which Lake detailed photos from hundreds of Miles in they also come under the As does the de intelligence which does Mil itary assessments of intelligence information and which gets about 11 Bil Tim which handles human spying overseas and has about career employees in addition to its thousands of paid agents and gets about other parts of the intelligence Community which Are counted in the Overall Fig ures include portions of the nuclear monitoring and the stale depart ments Intel Fence and research mishap cuts Amtrak runs Baltimore api Amtrak rail serv ice Between Baltimore and Washington was halted after three cars of a Conrail freight derailed in a Tunnel Arouh of Balti there were no reports of because of icy Road Amtrak officials said no alternative transportation Between the two cities would be budget the department will devote an increased proportion at its resources to student desegregation cases in Large met Roppol Utaji Carter asked for Tel million for Justice to enforce equal educational opportunities for Public school and said Pmj million would be spent by Justice and the department of education and wet fan in an Effort to reduce racial isolation and discrimination against employees in Public schools and Carter also said the equal employment Opportunity commission will place greater emphasis on investigating Pat terns and of employment discrimination rather than concentrating on individual me asked far 1104 in Carter asked corms million for the 11 Federal agencies charged Wuh implementing the civil rights rules prohibiting discrimination in Federal contracts Aix subcontract and in federally assisted construction Carter also said that in the area of fair the Justice department is consid ering the use of testers to determine whether fair housing Laws Are being test of testers Are persons who assume All the characteristics of an alleged victim of discrimination except race and then test a real estate or rental agent to determine if the alleged victim was turned Down solely because of he asked for million for Justice to enforce ant discrimination housing Laws and million for Hud to promote and enforce fair housing in addition to questions race and women Carter said the Justice department will also direct its attention in 1979 to civil litigation involving injustices and substandard conditions in correctional mental hospitals and juvenile the Sonds of tune 19uwbistm a Barchi caused Tor a with Honti before Ike so vets develop atom and prime a Luera Eageat attire assailed the soviet police system in a speech Jho Atatim the imminence another ust Pinsl Dot Nina Crimin comma to Urup labor Aaion income tax eur Nhuom sad fed enl bar right mini they file str Tallard it  seem eos with the j North korean naval sched Ike b Adla off the it matted the first time in Man Taka lot that an naval Ihry had been captured