European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 28, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes saturday september 28,1985 army won t see raise in mid october by Clint Swift Washington Bureau Washington the 3 percent Mil itary pay raise won t be in army mid month checks in october but air Force members could still Sec their raise around the 15th if the House passes the defense authorization Bill by oct. 4. A Navy spokesman said lie could t find anyone in his service s finance Community who could say when the raise would have to be authorized if sailors were to Sec it in their checks next month. Will Stein chief of the army s joint uniform military pay system Branch for Active duty members at fort Benjamin Harrison ind., said his office computes and of the month checks based on data in hand by the 20th of the month. The same data Are used to compute the Check that Servic members receive around the 15th of the following month. That Means it s already too late for oct. I and 15, and the raise would have to be authorized by oct. 20 for soldiers to receive it at the end of october or mid no vember he said. Air Force Cape. Tom Warsdale of the finance and accounting Center at Lowry fab outside Denver said the cutoff Date for mid month checks in his service is oct. 4. Defense compensation officials said that if necessary the raise would be paid retroactively to oct. I the Date on which the defense authorization Bill says the in crease should take effect. The Senate has passed the fiscal 1986 de sense authorization Bill but Many House members have rebelled against the spending total in that measure j302.5 billion. House members who say the total is $10 billion too High have agreed to pass the authorization Bill if they get a Chance to vote on a measure that would order the defense appropriation capped at $292.5 billion. House democrats were huddling thurs Day Over How the Resolution should be worded. No one at the armed services commit tee was guessing for publication when the vote on the appropriations Cap might come or when the House might take up the authorization Bill. Work on the appropriations Bill has been stalled because of the illness of the House defense appropriations subcommittee chairman rep. Joseph Addabbo d . The Senate approved a House passed continuing Resolution wednesday that will permit the government including the defense department to spend at 1985 Levels through mid november. Congress has t passed any of the 13 major appropriations Bills needed to fund government operations after oct. 1, the Start of the new fiscal year. The continuing Resolution assures that military pay will continue without interruption. It also Means no defense employees will be sent Home Early As they were last year when oct. 1 arrived before either a defense appropriations Bill or a Stopgap funding measure had been passed. Under the Resolution pay will continue at 1985 Levels until higher pay is authorized. Once the authorization Bill has be come Law the services can pay the 3 per cent raise without waiting for an appropriations Bill. The Pentagon regularly implements pay raises before All the Money has been a a rated for an entire year and goes to Congress in the Spring for a supplemental appropriation. Military members will see immediate increases Only in pay and the Basic allow ances for quarters and subsistence an offi Cial of the Dod compensation office said. Other travel special and incentive pay in creases would wait for the appropriations Bill. The increase represents about $1.9 billion for the department s 2.1 million Active duty military members. Soviet tells Reagan of expect new arms proposal Washington a soviet for eign minister Eduard a. Shevardnadze told president Reagan thursday his government will make a new proposal to reduce nuclear weapons next week at the arms control talks in Geneva Switzerland. Shevardnadze handed Reagan a lengthy letter from Mikhail s. Gorbachev the soviet Leader. It is something that comes for Ward. It is different from what they have been saying Secretary of state George p. Shultz told reporters later. We Hope it can Lead to a process of genuine negotiations Shultz said. He re fused to provide further details but said the proposal was welcomed by the United states. Referring to Reagan s scheduled Summit session with Gorbachev nov. 19-20 in Geneva Shultz said we have an ongoing process Here to make the meeting As productive As  Shultz characterized the soviet proposal As a counterproposal to what . Negotiators had put on the table earlier in the year to reduce missiles bombers and sub marines on both sides. The principal . Goals Are to achieve deep reductions in the soviets Arsenal of heavy land based missiles and to eliminate the intermediate Range missiles targeted on Western Europe. Shultz said Gorbachev s letter was in Gloria from Page 1 said the Hurricane s Force rapidly weak ened. Destruction along the East coast appeared to be limited to downed Trees and Power lines broken piers and boardwalks. Part of an elementary school collapsed in Accokeek md., a suburb of the District of Columbia. The National weather service said it had reports of damaged Homes on Jamaica Bay on new York s Long Island and a police station in ,., lost its roof. Low lying areas were flooded and More than 700,000 customers lost electricity from North Carolina to Connecticut. Connecticut gov. William o Neill put 2,000 National guard troops on full Alert closed Banks and ordered non essential pub Lic employees to stay Home before the storm truck. Bus and air travel were curtailed and High winds forced closure of the Gold Star Bridge Over the thames River. Ahead of the storm torrential rain fell Well Inland with up to 6 inches falling in the Southern poconos in northeastern Penn Sylvania where Small Rivers Rose. Philadelphia mayor w. Wilson Goode said 50 City streets and roads were flooded and 15 were closed. In Stamford conn., the army corps of engineers raised a 35-foot-High steel storm Barrier in the Harbor for the first time to protect Low lying Homes and boats. Rhode Island gov. Edward Diprete ordered sever Al Bridges closed. In Massachusetts the giant doors of the Hurricane Wall protecting new Bedford Harbor were closed sheltering hundreds of boats. The Walls were built after Hurricane Donna devastated new Bedford and its Harbor in 1960. Northeast utilities in Connecticut declared a precautionary Alert at its connect Cut Yankee nuclear Power Plant at Haddam neck because some support buildings were not designed to withstand 100-Mph winds said spokesman Tony Castagno. More than 560,000 people along the Eastern Seaboard As far North As Massachusetts had fled Inland As the storm hit the outer Banks of North Carolina during the night and then barrelled northward. States of emergency were declared in North Carolina Virginia Maryland Connecticut Massachusetts Delaware Rhode Island and new Jersey swells 10 to 12 feet above Normal Cut off Many roads to new Jersey s Barrier islands As the Eye of the storm passed at mid morn ing said Gerald Thornton director of the Cape county county Board of freeholders. Three major utilities said about 60,000 customers in the state lost Power. Atlantic City s Casino operators were expected to lose thousands perhaps millions of dollars in business As gaming tables shut Down. A foot of water stood in the posh lobby of resorts International Casino hotel. Only one window pane was broken at the All Glass Atlantis hotel and Casino. Parts of the City s famed Boardwalk buckled. The storm also lashed resort towns to the South on Barrier islands in Delaware Mary land Virginia and North Carolina. Classes were cancelled in North Carolina Virginia Delaware Maryland new York new Jersey Southeastern Pennsylvania Connecticut Rhode Island and Massachusetts As schools were turned into shelters. Hundreds of military aircraft and dozens of ships were moved from their Home bases to protect them from the storm. Gas from Page 1 unleaded Normal $29.10. In the Netherlands regular will climb to $1.16 a gallon and Premium to $1.20 a Gal Lon. Diesel will Cost si.14 a gallon. A 200 liter Book of Premium will Cost $63.40, a 200-liter Book of regular $61.20, and a 100 liter Book of diesel $30.10. Elsewhere in Europe these prices were in effect As of sept 24 Spain mogas at $1.10 per gallon Premium at $1.20 a gallon Campsa coupons at $1.22 per gallon and the 100-liter Coupon Sheet at $32.20. Athens Greece Premium at $1.01 per gallon. Crete Premium at $1.04 a gallon. In the United kingdom Premium re Mains at $1.23 a gallon and diesel declined to $1.06 a gallon. These prices arc effective oct. I. Regular Gas in Adana Turkey Sells for $1.25 per gallon. In Italy regular will sell for 84 cents a gallon super for 89 cents a gallon and die set $1 a gallon. Greece and United kingdom prices May change at any time because of local Market currency fluctuations. Aids from Page 1 years according to statistics. The Long incubation period for the Dis ease poses problems in controlling its spread Benenson Laid. Research indicates the disease can take two to six years to Manifest itself he said. Military personnel who suspect they have come in Contact with the virus can ask for an el1sa test it the test will identify almost any body who has the antibody Benenson said. Further testing follows if the Elisa test russian and had not been translated yet. But he said Shevardnadze had described it As giving or. Gorbachev s views on arms control and other issues due to come up at the Summit. Shultz said the soviets requested a two Day plenary session at the talks in Geneva next week to outline their new proposal. Reports attributed to soviet sources have suggested it involves a 40 percent reduction in launchers and warheads linked to restraints on Reagan s plan for an anti missile shield. The president has refused to limit re search testing and development of the pro Gram known popularly As Star  Shultz indicated Reagan told Shevardnadze he would not give ground. He told reporters the president s position in private was the same one he takes in Public. 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