European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 17, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                28 the stars and stripes sunday november 17.1985 Volcano victim quenches his thirst a resident of Armero Colombia Friday ground by helicopter working to Rescue devastated this andean town and 13 Vil men communique reported. Reports Indi takes a drink of water from a puddle victims from wednesday s eruption of the Lages by triggering an Avalanche of mud Cale As Many As 4,000 bodies have been while waiting to be moved to higher Nevada Del Ruiz Volcano. The Volcano that killed More than 21,000, a govern recovered. Pension from Page 1 Man of the joint chiefs of staff outlined his opposition to both proposals. The selection of the options we arc required to provide to the Congress should not be construed to mean that the defense department supports either option Wein Berger wrote. To the contrary the for warding report will stale that we Are opposed to this significant degradation in military retirement benefits for the men and women who will serve in the  Pang said thai once the office of manage ment and budget clears the report it will be sent Back to the Pentagon and then forwarded to Congress. He added that Congress has no time limit in which it must act on the report. They Don t have to act at All on either option if they Don t want to he said. A staffer on the House armed services committee s subcommittee on military personnel and compensation said that the committee would probably at least hold hearings on the proposals before the current congressional session ends around Christmas. The two proposals Are called structural and combination Pang said. Right now you get 2.5 percent of your base pay per year of service toward retirement up to 30 years so at 30 years you get 75 percent of your base pay and at 20 years you get so  Pang said that under each of the options the yearly percentages would change. Under the structural plan service members would get 2.is percent of their base pay each year up to 20 years and 3.2 percent for each year after that up to 30 years. So retirees would still get 75 percent of their base pay after 30 years. But anyone retiring before 30 years of service would get less in pension Money than under the cur rent system. Retirees who put in the minimum 20 years would get 43 percent of their base pay instead of so percent Pang said. We be also put a High five provision into the structural option Pang said. Right now All people who came in before september 1980 have their retirement pay computed on the base pay of their final paycheck. Anyone who came in after sep tember 1980 is under what we Call the High three system meaning their retirement pay is based on the average of the highest three years of their earnings Over the course of their  Pang said that if the structural option is enacted by Congress All people who enter Active duty after the Date it becomes Law would be under the High five system. Under the structural option retirees would continue to receive full Cost of living allowance adjustments. Pang said the defense department supports the principle of full Colas because it protects the buy ing Power of  under the combination option the Multi pliers would be slightly different Pang said. It d be 2.2 percent of base pay per year up to 20 years and 3.1 percent for each year after that up to 30  a Servic Mcm Ber would still get 75 percent of base pay after 30 years but Only 44 percent after 20 years instead of so percent. The amount of the pension future retirees would receive is almost the same under both proposals. But the major difference Between the two is that compared to the full cola provision in the structural plan the cola under the combination plan would be computed at one percentage Point less than the consumer Price Index with a one time restoration on the 40th anniversary of a service member s entry into Active duty. At that time your buying Power would be restored to what it was after 20 years of Active duty to help make up for All the years that your retirement pay was one Point below the Chi Pang said. But you will not get Money Back for All the years where you were one Point under. It s a one time restoration and it s not  Pang said that compared to the retire ment system of service members who entered Active duty before september 1980, the pension under both these options would be about 25 percent less after All the Var ious provisions Are figured in. 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Louis St. Petersburg san Lake Colv san Dileso san Francisco san Juan Seattle Syracuse Tucson Washington Wichita Reagan from Page 1 the strategic defense Ini Atic ski. Reagan and his wife Nancy left the White House saturday morning amid a flurry of pomp and color with members of the Cabinet and several Hundred invited guests on the South Lawn wishing him Well waving tiny . Flags and holding aloft posters Reading Good Luck and our prayers Are with you or.  at Andrews fab md., the president Shook hands with vice president George Bush before boarding his plane for the eight hour flight. In a significant step before his departure word was received that 10 soviets with rela Tives or other ties in the United states would be allowed to emigrate said state department spokesman Bruce Ammerman. Eight Are married to americans one has relatives in the United states and another holds dual .-soviet citizenship he said. All were on lists of russians from divided families submitted by the state depart ment to Moscow in Advance of the Summit meeting. A department official who Rippke on condition of anonymity said the United Stales would continue to insist on release of the others As Well. The president has declared a principal goal of the superpower meeting u easing suspicions and mistrust Between the two superpowers in their first Summit in More than six years. He will propose the broadest people to people Exchange Between the United states and the soviet Union in More than six years. Virtually ruled put by . Officials is any breakthrough in arms control. Administration officials have described differences Between the two sides As too deep to Bridge at the Summit. A senior Reagan adviser meanwhile told reporters at the while House on Fri Day it would be fanciful to expect solutions across a wide Range of issues although some agreements would be concluded in Geneva. 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