European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 18, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse Panel still weighing pay grandfathering okd by John Hart Washington Bureau chief Washington presidents commission on military compensation thursday to Grandfather tag of a Illery personnel who have started their Leeond enlistment or completed the initial term of obligated service in the Case of of the decision menus that the sender people concerned would be guaranteed the right to Complete Ihler military careers under the adding retirement still remaining for the commission to agree on lire the major issues of deterred compensation and Severance the commission wants to see More staff proposals before making final recommendations on the specific details of these among commission chair Charles Zwick directed the com missioners and their staff to Roll up their sleeves for reaching final recommendations on the unresolved issues by March the commissions report is due to go u the president by March Zolck said that he fully experts the commission to meet that alter the March 1 meeting we should to ready to go into a drafting Mode of the he rites for Barker Mia since 44 reburied with military honors Story and photo mford age 19 race caucasian height 73 inches weight 138 he served in Europe during world War ii Ullh the 401st glider inf 101st he entered the Netherlands sometime on or after Day m june disappeared and was presumed dead during combat near Barker was officially muted As missing in action an after the his name stayed on the Mia list with the thousands of Oiher am Crinan soldiers whose remains were never after More than m the name is still carved on an Honor Roll for mias one of the Many american cemeteries in last a Netherlands Road Survey team located the presumed re Mains of an american Soldier in a tune Inch grave under Stone Marker at midd Laar and immediately notified officials from the army memorial affairs last Iho department of the army officially identified the last at ardennes american near Uel Tord Barker was rebuked with full military honors As requested by his Raal of his personal effects As Well As the flan which draped the coffin and Choloa nips of the funeral service were turned Over to Francis superintendent of ardennes for registered mail shipment to barkers Mother in the barkers body Lay in state Al the cemetery Chapel overnight and the ceremony be flan the next morning with the a protestant six Graves Register attn specialists from the hot support comes memorial affairs activity m led by sgt Isiah continued m Page the commission agreed to recommend variable housing allowance Ivha but remained Nuie on a fair Market rental i fms proposal for service members occupying government via would provide supplemental Money to the service members Basic allowance for quarters bail on a regional basis in High Cost housing for would equate the continued on Page 31 u1mchiico unofficial Foi 1he Tomii 304 february 1778 1fz1855a Carter reports Good Progress in Coal Parley upi1 Carter said Friday Good Progress la being Mode in settling the nationwide Coal declaring the welfare of our nation de pends on the Success of the at a news conference beginning his three slate trip to new Carter said that ally ouch no agreement has been negotiators realize the tremendous responsibility on their shoulders the future of the the future of Tol led bargaining the future of the Coal and the welfare of our nation depend on he said he had asked the bar gainers and labor Secretary Ray Marshall to stay at the table until the final agreement is reached because Carter wants u avoid the necessity of taking More serious Carter has indicated he does not want to invoke the Taf Hartley act to get the miners Back to but that if he will take More drastic Carter said his top priority for 1978 Stilt would be the and made another Strong Pilch for his billion tax Cut tax Reform speaking in new Carter said he particularly wants to get rid of two major foreign tax Breaks deferral of tax on profits earned abroad and special Export tax Breaks under Dummy corporations called Domestic International Stales corporations this amounts to subsidizing corporations to Export jobs he he also spoke strongly in favor of a plan to Cut in half tie amount of tax deductions that businessmen can Lake for business lunches commonly matted the three Mart sol As for the famous three Martini i dont care How Many martinis you have at but i do care who picks up the Carter All of Carters tax reforms Are in Seri Ous trouble in resuming to us Coal Carter said he Hopes negotiators can Hammer wit an agreement within a few or by sat urday afternoon at he said the nation cannot stand As much As another week of shutdown Coal Carter said he Hopes to avoid new prob lems from divisions within the United mine workers Union by keeping members of the Union bargaining Council in close pro Xinu continued on Page z fags Nixon insecure new York pull one of Richard Nixon closest says the former president while campaigning would slip away in the Middle of the night to Flea bitten Coffee shops and when tired Otten would appear to be according to excerpts of his the ends of disclosed thursday by Newsweek a Haldeman said Nixon used to disappear in the Middle of Ihen ight during Campaign i would Eal for him at his hotel room in a Small midwestern City in the morning Anil find that he was some time in the Early Dawn he had gotten out of bed and slipped Ullh a nervous secret serv ice Man tailing wed search All Over town until we found the candidate looking Haggard and wan in a Flea bitten Coffee continued on Page i
