European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 17, 1981, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Army asks hiring freeze exemption Washington not the army has asked the Reagan administration to exempt it from the freeze on Federal hiring so that More than civilian workers can be added to the army labor Force Over the next 18 Pentagon officials said the request was sent to Secretary of defense Caspar along with a list of proposed revisions to the 1981 and 1982 military budgets being considered by Weinberger and his those revisions Are scheduled to be submitted to Congress by the end of since officials of the White houses of fice of management and budget have been working alongside Pentagon aides in pre paring those army officers said it was Likely that their proposals would be approved for submission to presi a photo Amy Brown eats almost constantly polishing off the last of 3 dozen doughnuts ailment makes woman ravenous Dent of will have the final say on the budget other army requests included funds for xm1 antiaircraft helicopters and a myriad of such no hardware items As new camouflage uniforms for desert in a recent exercise in american soldiers in Jungle Battle dress stood out against the Sandy Weinberger and his staff have been working on new estimates calling for a billion increase in this fiscal years defense budget of and billion to the 1982 budget to bring it to a total of billion for the fiscal year High on the army list was the request for authority to raise the civilian labor Force to employees from by continued on Back Page unofficial publication for us armed forces 303 1sc and sunday february 1981 if 21855 a Dolla r hitting highest Levels in years from press dispatches London the Dollar rocketed against the worlds leading currencies exploiting what dealers called a magic moment and tremendous euphoria brought on by president reagans economic policies and continued High interest it was another show of strength that meant a Boon for americans we have people taking out their Sav Ings and putting a few tens of thousands into said a Frankfurt trader As assets gushed into the Gold prices showed Little reaction to the turbulence on foreign exchanges and closed slightly lower in quiet european All attention was entered on some of the dollars biggest on Day gains in Here is How the Dollar finished in eur compared to late Friday West German up from and the dollars highest level since when it was Worth she devours 50 eggs daily Swiss up from and the dollars Best performance since december French up from a seven year dutch up from continued on Back Page blast rips site in Karachi As Pope in route Karachi up a bomb blast ripped through a stadium stairway almost 30 feet from where Pope John Paul ii later celebrated mass killing the Man carrying the explosive device and injuring two Christian officials the explosion occurred about 15 minutes before the Pope arrived at Pakistan National stadium to celebrate a mass during the first Stop of his 12day tour of the far John Pauls most ambitious to Vatican spokesmen said they did not continued on Back Page Jackson a frail Amy suffering from a rare metabolic disorder that makes her ravenously has been so weak she was forced to abandon her High school because of her condition which forces the 92pound woman to eat up to 30 dozen eggs a week Brown and her Boyfriend cant afford to go to but things Are looking with the help of a the 19yearold is preparing to graduate from High and Shes engaged to be married to a Sailor whom she met because of the publicity generated by her id say in very she she has been plagued for six years by Mal absorption of the an extremely rare disorder that requires her to eat con stantly to replace potassium in her doctors expect her body to mature Dur ing the next two possibly ending the constant hunger that keeps her weekly food Bill at in still the theres been no she said i still have to eat As much As except that now i have to eat More and More eggs just to keep my cholesterol Levels Brown has struggled to Complete her Edu first by attending classes and now through daily she expects to Grad uate from Jackson High school in and Shes recently become engaged to Ensign Donald who read about continued on Back Page tax series starts on Page 8 today the first of a seven part series de signed to help members of the armed forces with their annual jousting with income tax forms and the internal reve nue service appears on Page 8 the articles by Walter Yohey or Are from his 1981 income tax guide for military which is now available at most stars and stripes Newsstands and