European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 19, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Inside stripes d family gets the Kissoff from 7 d expanded list of Mutual business d us Reurs Best wage ring wars in 25 the stars an authorized unofficial publication for the armed forces 32 May 1985 is Dally and sunday d 8693 a Weinberger budget freeze sets bad example for allies London a defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger says a congressional freeze on the defense budget will make his task at the next few Days nato Ministeri Al meeting in Brussels much More diff the daily Telegraph reported sat the nato Japan and Korea will wonder Why it is after years of our urging them to increase their defense con we find it necessary to go Back to a Zero rate of Weinberger was quoted As saying in an interview in Washington with the the Senate has approved a budget plan for the 1986 fiscal year that would freeze military spending at the 1985 with an increase to allow for while the House budget committee has approved a plan that does not make any allowance for Weinberger said the United states had been calling attention to the fact that we All nations should do including to build up the paper until Weinberger we have been Able to say we have done a great Deal and we have argued very strongly in the absence of doing we would be giving a lot of ammunition to Congress to take such very unwise Steps As pulling our troops out of with our own Senate voting to go Back to a Zero rate of except for inflation that will make my task much More Weinberger also voiced concern about soviet moves to deploy its new ssx24 to picketing past the passengers a photo United airlines pilots Carl fein left and Donald Paffrath picket at Seattle Tacoma International while passengers stranded by the airlines pilots strike Jam the ticket trying to confirm their flight bile strategic nuclear missiles and the soviet naval and air buildup at the former base at Camanh Bay in the United states is trying to get the soviet Union to see the missile As a serious development at the Geneva arms but the soviets so far have shown no interest whatsoever in even discussing ways of reducing the threats and the destabilizing in fluence of this Weinberger was quoted As on the Geneva he said strategic defense was on the but he added that the space based strategic defense initiative research program should never be bartered away for and the presi Dent is very firm it would not the paper democrats budget plans under attack Washington a billion package of proposed budget cuts drafted by opposition House democrats came under attack Friday by White House budget director David Stockman and Senate majority Leader Robert we made some Tough we terminated some a Kansas re said of a rival package of cuts approved by the Republican controlled the Only real area of reduction in the House plan is in the defense he Stockman said in a letter to Dole that the democrats were offering a cynical concoction of exaggerated numbers Gim micks and political United rivals big winners in strike by the associated press the first weekend of a strike by More than pilots against United the nations largest air found Pas sengers scrambling at airports around the country to make alternate with Many of United flights other As would be Are the big its like said Glenn to a spokesman for Western air lines in los where United suspended All but seven flights and cancelled service to 13 of the 14 other cities it serves in limited service continued at san american airlines set up special in areas at los Angeles for people with United said american spokesman Lowell and they were he All of our transcontinental flights Are Duncan our Hawaii flights Are the new Yor Chicago routes and Chicazola routes Are very United has been forced to Cut Back its operations with Only 165 or 11 percent of those normally getting off the ground the airline there was nothing to indicate that the strike Over a proposed two tier wage sys tem for pilots would be a Short United says it will continue to Fly with nonunion workers and those who defy after five straight Days of bargaining in talks broke off Early and no new negotiations were the who have not struck since had worked without a contract since april in where United carries about half the passengers coming from the main officials asked the transportation department to allow foreign airlines to pick up some of the on Only three of the Normal 42 flights arrived at or departed from we Are very concerned about the state of Hawaii Economy and the capability of Domestic carriers to provide additional flights during the said John Waihee in a Telegram sent Friday to transportation Secretary Elizabeth tourism officials say a prolonged strike could Cost the state tourist Industry million a week in direct thousands of ticket holders scrambled to get seats on other carriers out of Chi Cagos Ohare International United Home where 80 percent of its 320 Normal daily flights were in the airlines 2 Hub the airline got Only 22 flights off the ground 177 United flights leave Stapleton International air port with a similar number of Arri in the new York City All 12 United flights out of Kennedy International Airport were and Only nine of 48 scheduled flights at Laguardia and new airports got off the United said it expected to keep four of its 14 flights running out of Logan inter National Airport in but that was Small Comfort for those whose flights were United spokesman Chuck Novak said new pilots will be hired in the next Tew Days As permanent replacements for the company is already screening applications from the other airlines and other said another Joe federally mediated negotiations be tween the company and the air line pilots association which represents United pilots stalled Friday Over unit eds proposal to Start new pilots at lower salaries and slow their the Union says the two tiered system would create animosity among pilots and jeopardize safety United says it cannot otherwise remain