European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 21, 1981, Darmstadt, Hesse                                In the same Hubert Franklin brushes his Teeth while 4 a Williodean Steele Combs her s s by Rick Wasser unisex units bring mixed reactions by Elijah Cosier staff writer Stuttgart integration of the sexes in Barracks Here and in other Vii corps communities is drawing mixed re actions from soldiers and commanders who live with it Soldier comments ranged from casual humor to a Soldier assigned to Vii corps he at Kellcy Barracks Here said with Only half a Tongue in Check that when she takes a Shes afraid to look Down because she might see eyes staring Back up at her from under the Shower in her As in Many others throughout Vii the integration includes use of the same latrines by men and there is Little humor in the situation for Melvin Julian with the 1st sup port 1st inf div Forward in goes Julian docs not live in the bar but he has been Adamant in protesting integrated living conditions Dur ing two Field he feels the sleeping which put men and women in the same caused an intolerable loss of dig nity and privacy to both men and he said that even with blankets used As continued on Page 9 Kroesen blames cuts panel told of hollow army Washington up the com Mander of the army in Europe said Friday that 15 years of cutbacks have Cre ated a hollow army that cannot Guaran tee the ability to sustain itself in Frederick Kroesen also told a sen ate panel that although there is general satisfaction with the combat readiness of the troops in West there also is concern about their ability to Cope with a chemical or nuclear attack by the soviet there is he with the growing imbalance Between our tactical nuclear weapons and those of the potential but Kroesen focused his testimony before the preparedness subcommittee of the sen ate armed services committee on what he called a hollow army caused by weak Nesses resulting from peacetime cutbacks in Force Levels and other for almost 15 years the army has been forced to accommodate to demands for reducing the for eliminating civil ians and most recently for relying on Host nations to provide essential the general the result of this accommodation is a combat service support Structure inadequate for the task of sustaining combat of continued on Back Page space shuttle engines fired authorized unofficial publication for the armed forces 307 february if lie daily and sunday if 21855 a Cape a co the flagship of the Fleet of Ameri can space passed a successful and spectacular firing of its three powerful engines Friday and apparently proved that at Lone last it is ready to carry astronauts into that first Orbital flight could come As Early As april barring any More problems in a project already Over two years behind the final verdict on columbian space worthiness must await analysis of the but preliminary indications from the launch control Center were that Columbia had cleared the biggest hurdle yet on its Way to changing the Way America operates in it looks like weve had a very successful firing of columbian three main Hugh the control Center reported seven minutes after the 20second among the happiest observers were the astronauts who Are to take Columbia on the continued on Back Page homesick Reagan visiting ranch first time As president Santa a a very homesick Ronald express ing optimism that Congress will pass his program of budget and tax is Back at is California ranch for the first time As related Page its Only coincidence that i made a speech on inflation last night and turned up Here this the president joked to about 200 people who greeted him thurs Day at Point Mug we know that we will have to go Reagan said he hoped the program he outlined to Congress on wednesday night will take place and take place very quickly the president confessed his homesickness while at the naval station before switching to a helicopter for the last leg of his trip to the Mountaintop ranch for a fou Day Vaca in the he sat on the Edge of his pointing out landmarks to his phys military wife Nancy and staff clearly Happy to be visiting the isolated Retreat where he rides clears Brush and hauls during the five hour journey aboard air Force the president told reporters he was optimistic that Congress will pass his he said he anticipated More Trou ble with the Federal income tax rate reductions of 10 percent per year for three years than with the billion in spending cuts for theres still that belief on the part of Many people that a Cut in tax rates automatically Means a Cut in he and if  Only look at it a Cut in tax rates can very often be reflected in an increase in government reve continued on Back Page