European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 4, 1981, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Looking Glass is 20 years old command Post constantly Over Offutt air Force a like a silent a strategic air come flying command Post has been airborne above soil for 20 years ready to assume control of american de sense forces should ground commands be knocked out in an enemy operation looking Glass celebrated its 20th anniversary tuesday 20 years of flying 24 hours a every Day of the air Force officials say the Mission has a perfect record of reliability and Lew a Sac information said monday there has never been a time since that the nation did not have a fully ready combat command Post a staff of about 20 officers and commanded by a make up the flight Crew and Battle staff of each which lasts 8 to they Are As signed to the 55th strategic reconnaissance Wing at though generals throughout continued on Back Page  authorized unofficial publication for the armed forces 290 15c doily Ond Sundog february if 21855 a Meyer says hiring freeze is hampering Washington a president reagans freeze on government hiring is hampering the army readiness to the army chief of Edward said testifying before the Senate armed services Meyer said the army is losing about civilian employees per month and about of these positions Are affected by the presidential defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger has requested an exception for positions related directly to but has not received a Meyer these Are the people who Are out there turning wrenches to fix tanks and the people who Are out there issuing he the effect of the he is that soldiers Are taken away from their regular jobs to do work normally done by civilians and that maintenance of equipment suffers in some the committee is conducting hearings on the armed services budget proposed by the president Jimmy Weinberger reexamining Neutron bomb from press dispatches and s s Washington Bureau Washington defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger said tuesday he is re examining the possibility of deploying Neu tron weapons in Weinberger said production and deploy ment of the Neutron bomb is certainly one of the things we should what i think was wrong was the presi Dent Jimmy Carters sudden decision not to deploy Carter scrapped development of the Neutron bomb after americas european allies had approved its Weinberger said the which produces less of a blast but More radiation than conventional nuclear could strengthen european defense experts said the weapon would kill people but not destroy i think that the Opportunity that this weapon gives to strengthen tactical nuclear forces is one that we very probably would want to make use Weinberger said at his first Pentagon news conference since becoming defense chief 14 Days turning to military pay and Weinberger said the defense department is still examining whether the per cent increase of last fall is having an effect on retention of military preliminary indications look that he Weinberger declined to give any percentages Dod might be considering for a military pay raise in saying the department was looking at All elements in the compensation including the continued on Back Page the great White weigh these children Are enjoying a ride on a trunk line As a 19yearold Bull pulls their sleds Over Sno Cov eted Fields near the bavarian Village of Shenka belongs to a Small travelling circus that is waiting out the Winter months in the country before hitting the Road a photo