European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 19, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Usa eur combo readiness Survey drug abuse not worst woe by Dan Synovec and Ann Keay staff writers Heidelberg is commander drug abuse among soldiers has less on combat readiness than do 25 other. A Usa eur Survey of More 300 officers  in administrative removal of inf or unfit soldiers leads the list of iders concerns in the written Survey taken during the first week of  charges of congressional committees and other agencies that usar eur s combat readiness has been impaired to a major degree by soldiers drug and alcohol abuse prompted usar eur personnel officials to conduct the Survey said Brig. Gen. William h. Fills Usa eur Deputy chief of staff for person Nel. Pitts said the conclusions of the various increases wanted tin Hola by Lucia Guajardo staff writer Heidelberg is housing dances Hola increased tuesday with Cost of living allowances in Germany because of the recent Atic dip in the Dollar s buying Power eur officials said Friday. Our finance offices will be working to try to insure that the increase show up in this month s paycheck at5ur finance and accounting Oman , Germany a Safe Nan said barring unforeseen Ems air Force members should see i the Hola and cola increase in their of month  i Hola is intended to offset the Avera Gece Between housing costs in a i location and the Basic allowance fors according to military officials. Housing allowances Are based on the i continued on Page 28, col. I agencies regarding drug and alcohol abuse did not agree with the assessments of Field commanders in  wanted to get to this Issue on some basis said fills and our problem was what kind of Survey to put  he said that a questionnaire devoted Only to drug and alcohol abuse would presuppose what the issues were. So statisticians de signed a Survey to Bury those issues of alcohol and drugs within a Range of wider issues important to commanders and that affect combat readiness fills said. We wanted commanders to look at number of things 39 items and rate them so that we could see the drug and alcohol Issue in an Overall context said fills. According to the Survey the second big Gest concern of commanders is deficient Quality of Junior cos third is troop continued an Page 28, col. It tripes authorized unofficial full cation for the . Armi of forces vol. 37, no. 123 saturday August 19, 1978 i of i and if 21855 a Compromise offered on natural Gas prices Washington up sen. Henry Jackson Friday announced details of a Long awaited congressional Compromise on natural Gas pricing and president car Ter called it a major step Forward for his Energy program. The Compromise which now goes from conference committee to the House and Senate for approval would lift Federal Price controls from newly produced Natu ral Gas by 1985. Over the coming seven years however the Price of such Gas will be allowed to in crease sharply and is expected to double incest. Mondale said chances Are excellent for passage of an Energy program before year s end. But Jackson predicted a razor thin vote in the House and Senate on lift ing Federal Price controls from natural Gas. This is a major step Forward under the f f f t f f a amp pfc airline bag 111 i Lowed to Haar at Manila after bomb sex pm Eta its toilet while the plane was after the explosion 24.mo feet in the air Friday. The blast wounded to Tref put Eafton and burled a Man who was apparently planting the explosive in the plane s toilet through the Iping Hole in the fuselage. Story on Page my. App Bolo most difficult of circumstances. And and the country owe a debt of gratitude to the conferees said Carter Friday after he helped carve out the agreement in a meet ing with key legislators thursday  told reporters natural Gas is one of the most difficult aspects of the Energy package and the agreement is in the Best interests of the  said Carter s argument on be half of the declining Dollar helped Spur the Compromise. We have a hard fight ahead the chairman of the Senate s Energy conferees told a news  vote is going to be razor thin in the House and Senate. He said 13 of the 25house members of the Senate House con Ference committee and nine of the 17 sen ate members completed putting their Sig natures on the Compromise just before Midnight thursday following White House meetings with key legislators. French Hail balloonist Sas Lindbergh Paris a America s trans Atlantic balloonist christened the new Lind Berghs by the French press said thurs Day their next air adventure would come from the romantic pages of Jules Verne around the world in 30 Days. I have a new one Ben Abruzzo announced with Maxie Anderson and Larry see photos. Page 1 Newman of the double Eagle ii. That s to build a bigger balloon and it can be done and we d go to higher attitude and we d go around the world in 30 Days Fly All the Way around the world entirely Circum navigate the  the three adventurers All from Albuquerque. N.m., ended the world s Rritt trans Atlantic balloon crossing in a held i Northern France thursday night. After a night of Champagne and Paris /confinuedonpageu.col. 1