European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 13, 1981, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sagging Economy believed responsible Quality of recruits improves by Fred Hoffman Washington a reenlist ments and recruit key measures of Volunteer effectiveness in the armed improved significantly late last a Pentagon report showed wednes defense officials said they believe the sagging civilian Economy was chiefly responsible for this development in the last three months of an percent pay which became effective last probably helped per Suade More men Ana women already in service to sign up for another these officials but they voiced doubt that the pay raise had much Impact in attracting new volunteers they the raise had not yet been widely advertised during that these officials said the effect of the pay raise on recruiting May become evident in this according to the new Pentagon percent of those eligible to reenlist in october december last year enrolled for an additional term of this was a percent increase Over the reenlistment percentage in the previous year As a the rate of reenlistment is considered important because it affects the level of skill and experience in the armed service chiefs repeatedly have expressed deep concern about losses of sea soned noncommissioned officers to civilian continued on Back Page authorized unofficial publication for the armed forces 299 5c doily Ond Ondoy february 1f 21855 a arms Parley ruled out now Long time Between i Cynthia captive of Iran for nine press conference in new Yorks Kennedy kisses her at a Dwyer was released from a vegas toll 8 198 Hurt Tehran prison after being convicted of a photo Busboy booked in tire Las a a 23year old Busboy who told police he turned in the alarm on the Las vegas Hilton fire has been booked on eight counts of murder in the which sent a column of flame roaring up the Side of the country largest homicide detectives said wednesday night they had arrested Philip Bruce Cline after the room service Busboy made inconsistent statements about his role in the biggest of the four fires deliberately set in the hotel tuesday the Blaze the second Large and deadly hotel fire in Las vegas in three months killed eight people and injured Hospi tals had said that 242 people were but officials later said that figure was Cline told the san Diego evening trib Une before his arrest that he tried to put out the fire on the eighth floor with water car ried in a trash when that Cline he ran Down the knocking on doors to warn the Busboy also was booked on one count of officials had no explanation immediately for the three other formal charges would be filed at an a which officials said would take place before the end of the in the aftermath of the which fire chief Roy Parrish termed definitely a scorch Marks were found on the Side of the Hiltons East where flames burst from eight floor windows and shot to the top of the 30story knotted bedsheets still Hung from broken windows and an army of Security guards continued on Back Page Weinberger will close gap7 with soviets Washington up defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger wednesday ruled out any immediate resumption of arms control talks with the soviet saying the United states must negotiate from a position of greater military strength than it has i dont feel that negotiations or discussions would be particularly profitable at this Weinberger said in an interview with United press International in his Pentagon id like to see quite a differ ent change of attitude on the part of the Weinberger said the american people Are very strongly in favor of closing the Gap in the balance of Power Between Moscow and but he cautioned that mood will have to be because continued on Back Page cafes cuts european item prices Munich cafes announced thurs Day a 10percent Price reduction on All items of european origin in its Al services effective the Price reduction is possible because of favourable Exchange rates for the Dollar on Money an Safe Europe representative All merchandise listed on pages go through g192 of the Cata logs european and Middle East Section is affected by the in pointing out the dollars recent strength against the German Mark and other european the representative said that one exception has been the British which has outperformed the american despite this cafes is including English products in the Catalon Price reduction and giving customers for those products the same Price the representative All orders postmarked sunday or after Are entitled to the lower the repro continued on Back Page