European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 17, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse Inside stripes d 3hagwan s Rolls royces up for Sale Page 5 a club management class gets cooking Page 9 d so wins Small schools football title Page 25 the stars authorized unofficial publication for the . Armed forces vol. 44. No. 213 sunday november 17, 1985 i of i on Smoy d 8693 a left Ronald p. Reagan son or the president gets his press credentials in Geneva and right president and mrs. Reagan watch during i hair departure from the White House. Reagan confident7 in Geneva from press dispatches Geneva Switzerland president Reagan confident. And upbeat arrived in Geneva saturday to meet soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev for the first superpower Summit in More than six years. Reagan was greeted with red carpet treatment on a freezing night at Geneva s Coiner in Airport after a nearly eight hour flight. Yellow and Pink chrysanthemums and persian rugs adorned the podium where Reagan was to give his arrival remarks. Related Summit stories on Page 2 and in the Dally Magazine in the coming Days and hours All eyes throughout the world will be watching you with Trust and expectation Swiss president Kurt Wurgler said in remarks prepared to Welcome Reagan to a City that held its first Summit 30 years ago. Gorbachev docs not arrive in Geneva until monday and the two superpower leaders do not meet for the i oth Summit since world War ii until tuesday. Reagan will spend his first two Days reviewing the issues that will dominate their eight hours of formal fact to face talks particularly arms control and human rights. Deputy press Secretary Larry Speaks said however the president is Well prepared and there s not a lot of boning up to be done the last superpower Summit was held in Vienna in 1979 when president Carter met soviet Leader Leonid Brezhnev and signed the Salt ii agreement. The mood of the . Delegation was marred sat urday by a Flap Over a published letter from defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger that urged the president to take a Tough line at the Summit on soviet Salt violations. A top administration official travelling with Reagan on air Force one accused someone of trying to sabotage the Summit. Reagan arrived in he Swiss cily that was Well Forti fied for his visit. Swiss troops and police armed with machine guns closed off his travel route and barbed wire was placed around the buildings where the presi Dent was to stay. Speaks told reporters aboard air Force one that Reagan was not Only confident about the Summit his first encounter with a soviet head of government but also particularly pleased with Public Opin Ion polls showing about 70 percent of those questioned approve of his handling of government. The polls also showed a turnaround in favor of his slur wars space defense program formally known As see Reagan on Page 28 Dod of Send Congress pension Cut options by Chuck Vinch Washington Bureau Washington the defense department will soon Send to Congress two options that would Cut military pensions for future retirees by As much As 25 per cent compared to the current retirement system according to a Pentagon official. Both options would reduce the amount of pay that a service member would receive Tor anything less than 30 years of service. One of the options would also Cut the Cost of living allowance cola for retirees. Congress ordered the defense depart ment to submit a report detailing two options designed to trim $2.9 billion from this fiscal year s retirement fund As part of the fiscal 1986 defense authorization Bill. The proposals Are now at the office of management and budget which is required to review All defense department reports before they Are sent to Congress said col. Frederick Pang director of compensation for the defense depart ment. Pang said Congress should have the report within two weeks. The proposals originated last Winter when Congress pushed for j4 billion in pension fund cuts. After striking a com Promise with the defense department calling for almost s3 billion in cuts. Con Gress last july ordered the Pentagon to come up with the two options. Pang stressed that the fact that con Gress required the defense department to come up with these options does t mean the Pentagon necessarily agrees with the need for them. In our report to Congress we said these Are not defense department initiatives he said. Con Gress required this of us. We have done a but that does t mean we agree with Secretary of defense Caspar Wein Berger in a memorandum to the chair see pension on Page 28 German smokers urged not to Light up today Bonn Dpi the government called on smokers to screw up their courage today stub out their cigarettes hide the ashtrays and Pawn their lighters in response to an internationally coordinated health Campaign. Falling into line with a Call by health authorities world wide to make today a tobacco free Day health minister Rita Suessmuth said German smokers should make a Reso Lution to give the habit up or Cut it Down. Suc Mulh said smoking was costing Germany far More in health Bills than the 14.4 billion Marks s5.5 billion the government rakes in from recently hiked tobacco taxes. She said there was concern about the level of smoking in the Federal Republic but fewer Young people arc taking up the habit. Surveys show 37 percent of German adults More than 20 million people still smoke but Only 28 percent of 14 to 20-year-Olds puff regularly. In the late 1970s the juvenile figure was 40 percent. In tips on How to kick the habit the health ministry issued leaflets urging smokers to name a family member or Friend As referee to stiffen their determination to hide All the ashtrays banish cigarettes from the House and throw away or Pawn cigarette lighters and smoking paraphernalia. The ministry also suggested smokers write Down on a card All cogent reasons for wanting to give up and consult it if the urge to reach for a butt got too great
