European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 7, 1981, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Read thing pending worst mess since great depression7 Washington up warning americans that judgment Day is at president Reagan appealed thursday for support for his plan to Avert economic Ca Lamity by stimulating the Economy with cuts in both government spending and in come Reagan devoted his first address from the White House As chief executive to what he said was the worst economic mess since the great depression of the he said it was time for a bold change in economic speaking in general the president introduced americans to an increasingly popular school of economics which seeks to revive the Economy by encouraging saving and Over the years we have let negative eco nomic forces run out of we have stalled judgment he we no longer have that we Are out of Reagan appeared on nationwide television on the eve of his 70th Wear ing a dark White shirt and red he sat at his desk in the Oval pictures of his family and an american Flag behind he produced a Dollar Bill and change to continued on Page 27 president Reagan Bucks loss stops Here the tending the Hawks however blustery the army Crews must be sure that the improved Hawk missiles Are always ready Crane seeks fax Breaks for military by Grace Blancett Washington Bureau chief Washington Philip Crane thinks a military career  be so the Illinois Republican has introduced in the House legislation which he Hopes will provide tax incentives to make Mili tary pay More competitive with civilian the servicemen retention or would exempt from taxes 25 percent of military salaries after four years of after eight the exemption would climb to 35 after 12 45 per cent and after 16 50 Crane said his Bill would reduce Feder Al tax collections by Only million this or less than one fifth the projected Cost of billion for recruiting and training replacements for the estimated qualified military people who Are expected to leave the service this for the three crewmen Are Tak ing part in a Drill in Southern other authorized unofficial publication for the armed forces 293 i5c sunday february 1f 21855 a former governor Ella Grasso Dies of cancer up Ella the nations first woman governor elected in her own died thursday of she was a built a 27year political legacy of shrewdness and the cancer that started in her liver and spread to her intestinal tract was the Only rival she faced that she  a spokesman at Hartford where she had been a patient since said Grasso died at her husband son James and daughter Susanne at her Hospital spokesman James Battaglio said the official cause of death was cardiac arrest due to multiple Organ failure and met Astatic cancer of the former president Jimmy vacationing in the Virgin issued a statement through his Atlanta office Prais ing Grasso As an untiring Leader and As Loving and compassionate a person As i have her former constituents from House former Ella Grasso wives to factory workers Felt much the same William who succeeded her As governor 31 after her illness forced her to step appeared before reporters with his eyes red from my heart goes put to the Grasso family and All of her relatives and personal friends throughout the said who had served As her lieutenant my own heart is governors of other Eastern Seaboard states also mourned connect cuts the daughter of italian Grasso was first elected to the state House of representatives in climbed through the democratic ranks and never lost an election in 27 the cancer forced her to resign with a heavy heart Midway through her second while other women have been elected to succeed their Grasso was the first to be elected to the office in any state in her continued on Back Page