European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 27, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Inside stripes n wine scandal wont die d refuses Boom 5 n Branske wins Safe Golf 25 the stars and stripes authorized unofficial publication for the armed forces 100 july 1985 is Doniv and sunday d 8693 a Gao report favors longer Tours Washington a the general accounting saying the armed forces will spend about billion this year mov ing people to and from foreign suggests some of that could be saved by keep ing them longer in one the for estimated that permanently increasing or decreasing the prescribed european tour by As Little As one month would decrease or increase costs by about wrote Frank director of gaos National Security and International affairs his dated july 19 and made available last went to Joseph chairman of the House appropriations defense in Alexander Haig then head of the european had the Standard tour of duty for recruits with out their families reduced to 18 months from 30 every indication we have Points to the inescapable conclusion that Tours of duty for firs term soldiers in excess of 18 months contribute significantly to Dis Satis drug disciplinary problems and other Dis tractors that adversely Impact on he wrote in a memorandum to the Conahan suggested this decision should be reviewed in the Light of changes since then in the Quality and pay of new military the length of the tour is supposed to vary with the desirability of the Post in comparison with american standards of local political medi Cal transport see Gao on Page 28 Back in the Saddle a photo president saying i feel Fine presides Over a Cabinet meeting thursday at the White it was the first Cabinet session for the 74yearold president since cancer surgery two weeks from left Are defense Secretary Cas Par Commerce Secretary Malcolm transportation Secre tary Elizabeth Dole and the budget direct David asks Africa to end emergency Washington a the United Stales called Friday for the South african government to end its state of saying that the suspension of civil liberties has failed to end the violence in Black town we Call on the government of South Africa to act with the greatest restraint at this tense White House spokesman Larry Speakes stepping up the administrations rhetorical concerns about in creasing violence in the White ruled it is essential that the government in Pretoria respect the fundamental rights of All South Speakes Reading a prepared he the world is watching How that government and the South african police conduct we want the state of emergency re the spokesman adding that the United will continue its policy of constructive which it says is designed to bring about change in South african racial policies by working with the Pretoria government rather than seeking to punish South Africa through economic and political earlier in South Africa currency plunged in value and Stock prices continued a downward slide in reaction to the state of emergency and a French freeze on police said they had detained 96 More bringing the total in the state of emergency to almost South Africa Rand fell from an opening of cents thursday to cents Fri Day morning a percent drop in 24 it later rebounded to 49 cents in chaotic the Johannesburg Stock exchanges Gold Index fell sharply thursday and has dropped More than 120 Points to since last France and Denmark asked these see Africa on Page 28 nit Iii ice win Wiiiam univ i be its policy of constructive see Africa on a Navy cuts Security clearances by 26 percent Washington not Navy Secretary John clearances was Lehman said at a news conference last month that 90 Lehman said thursday that Navy workers had the Britt the pentagons director of Navy workers held Security and we is Washington not Navy Secretary John Lehman said thursday that Navy workers had had their Security clearances eliminated or downgraded since the arrest of four Navy men on espionage charges earlier this that represents 26 percent of the uniformed and civilian Navy workers who had Access to classified documents before the arrests in the spying aboard the aircraft Carrier where one of the members of the purported spy ring was the reduction was 46 Lehman in an interview Broad cast he responded to a defense department offi Cial who said last week that the navys plan to reduce clearances was the Britt the pentagons director of counterintelligence and Security said the planned cuts would be difficult to that unduly Lehman said of sniders he said the cuts in Security clearances would continue until representing half of the Navy personnel who once held Security have had their Access to classified material eliminated or Down Well reach the 50 Lehman we know we can do we have a real there has been confusion Over the navys Lehman said at a news conference last month that Navy workers held Security and we want to reduce that by a Navy spokesman said that Lehman actually meant that half of the clearances would be either eliminated or by the Navy is referring to a drop in the level of Access a workers Security clearance might drop from top secret to John Walker a retired Navy communications and three associates including his son and brother All of whom had served in the have been arrested in the spy All have pleaded not demos give limit defense budget Washington a a leading congressional Democrat said Friday the time of big defense spending increases is Over in the Wake of a House Senate con Ference committees approval of a billion Pentagon budget for fiscal if there Reading Tea leaves in the White that the Les chairman of the House armed serv ices said of the which would limit the Rise in the defense budget to the expected rate of the panels action also Means president Reagan will Only get half the 100 menu Clear missiles he wanted for deployment in existing minuteman Aspin told a news there is no Way we Are Ever going to build More than 50 he its its spins assessment came after the 39 member conference committee gave voice vote approval late thursday to a Compro Mise package reconciling More than differences in the Pentagon authorization budgets passed separately by the demo crat Crun House and Republican led sen the Bill still faces floor votes next week in the House and along with a new House fight Over chemical weapons which the United states could produce after a 16 year Reagan originally sought a percent increase beyond inflation As part of his de sense during reagans first Congress approved defense increases which annually averaged More than 6 percent above in a time of congressional fears about rising Federal that consensus to approve Large defense increases has been Aspin he predicted that the Pentagon will Likely be limited to inflation adjusted increases for at least the next two or three the biggest fight in the two week Confer ence meetings behind closed doors came Over chemical the Senate approved new while the House reversed three years of defeat for chemical weapons and also authorized pro it attached a number of the nerve Gas Compromise will face a separate vote on the House floor next week see budget on Page 28