European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 30, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Poge 2 the stars and stripes april 1978 amid rising political shops la Rome have begun Selling bulletproof taking no chances vests to private prices Range up to Tor the vests that weigh up to theres a waiting list of Sev eral shopkeepers up army women Milestone a step up for Clarke Washington up Clarkes Job was done away with Friday rather than marking the end of an it was a step up for her and on other Milestone in the integration of women into the army she will be reassigned to the command of fort once known As wac but now a coed Mili tary Post for military police which also houses training units for men and officials said Clarke is Likely to be pro social Security pay will increase by Washington a million social Security beneficiaries and recipients of Federal Aid for the Blind and disabled will receive a percent increase in benefits in the checks they receive at the end of june or beginning of the size of the automatic which is tied by Law to the rising Cost of was announced Friday by the social Security the increase Means die maximum monthly social Security Benefit for a worker retiring this year at age 65 will Rise from to and the minimum Benefit for a worker in the same category will go from to j the average monthly social Security bin evils for an aged both of whom receive will increase from 407 to the nations million beneficiaries of old survivors and disability Money from the social Security Trust fund should receive their first monthly checks with the 1978 co Stoming increase included on july monthly payments to the 43 million Reni Pitts of the federally run supplemental Security income program for the Blind and disabled will increase from to for individuals and to for beneficiaries of the ssi which is the Only federally operated welfare should receive the increases in checks they get on june some states supplement the ssi payments with funds of their so recipients May already receive payments higher than the maximum listed Fay the the Law requires that inc states continue to pay essentially the same supplements they do now without taking advantage of the Federal increase to decrease the level of their own Federal Law requires that whenever the consumer Price Index rises by 3 percent or More during certain measuring social Security and is checks must increase by a comparable the social Security administration said the 1978 increase will Cost the social Security Trust funds 2 billion in fiscal which begins ocl 1 moved to major a rank that nor Mally goes with the the promotion would make her the first two Star woman officer in the armed an army band string quintet played in the background during the and the army chief of Bernard was among those her Post As director of the women army corps was formally abolished at the Pentagon enlisted in the army in Secretary of the army Clifford Alexan Der said a separate corps for women sol first established in is no longer necessary because women Are now accepted in Roth training and As West Point and Are assigned to the army occupational branches such As the Engi signal and adjutant generals Only combat jobs remain closed to formal abolition of the wac As a Sepa rate Branch of the army will come when Congress passes legislation now under con the myths about what women can and cannot do need to be overcome and Over come said the myth naysayers and fool daggers Are out of touch with Clarke told both male and female Mili tary brass at the ceremony that our women officers Are today competing for battalion and brigade commands alone with she called alexanders remarks a warn ing to those of you who think you can re looking for ways to curtail the growth and strengthening of the role of women in the although the wac will no longer be a separate women in the army arc expected to grow from their present strength of 53 300 to around by 1943 Northwest pilots go on strike Minneapolis a about Northwest airline pilots went on strike the country seventh largest Fine said it would use no Nofee supervisors to continue Skeleton sense Between Paul and go when the strike began at am there was Little air traffic in the Bah where it was late Fin fully loaded flights were ing an estimated no new talks Between Northwest and be air Une pilots association have beat Northwest spokesman rot Erickson said the Union proposed a Njg action session saturday but the company by fused to resume talks unless the strife it called the list of issues is simply too Talfe the time remaining our open in has Gene a nor Toni Pilot and spokesman for l pilots on duty were to Fly to their scheduled wait near the Alp Lualter 24 hours and then go Union spoilt men picket lines went up in seven inn around the Paul Ali Ped and Northwest 142 flights Dally the Minneapolis based airline 142 flights daily carrying about unit sengers to and from the Paul its air system coven pm Miles in 17 states As Well As Hong Kong and the Erickson said the company my by to continue four roundtrip flights by the tween Chicago and the twin flights Are planned to other he Tiki at Issue in the Northwest strike n working and a statement from the airline late Meta said the breakdown in caused by Alpas refusal to i written list of unresolved issues and i j sit Ion on these open issues to Rote Harris of the National mediation Erickson said Harris asked both and management for such listings Day he said Northwest but that Alpa provided no Kragness said that under the Northwest pilots would to less than comparable other temperatures l h m n  a h Amarillo Anch mgt 41 h att Vollm to Attinosi n 0 71 4i a 41 70 u n m 74 b u u 80 40 t7 x a a v 70 n n m 41 70 h u h Honolulu Houston 57 a Austin 67 77 47 in Billings it 74 Birmingham 1 41 but Nurali 41 u 44 is u u 17 u Behilo k u Burlington Chicago Cincinnati of Wittland Columbus of Lett Worth of Triton Denver on Dutral Diu la Takh sir