European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 17, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 28 the stars and stripes sunday. November 17, 1985 Volcano victim quenches his thirst a resident of Ajari fro Colombia Friday likes or Igor of water from puddle while we Hong to be moved to higher ground by a helicopter working to Rescue victims from wednesday s eruption of the Nevada Del Ruiz Volcano. The Volcano devastated this andean town and 13 Vil Lages by triggering an Avalanche of mud that killed More than 21,000, a govern ment communique reported. Reports Cale As Many As 4,000 bodies have Beta recovered. Pension fron Man of the John Chicks of staff outlined his opposition to the selection of Ufa Litins we Are required to provide to the Fleess should not be construed to mean department supports either options Berger wrote. To the contrary the Fol warding report will state that we arc 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 Popli if they Don t want to he said. 1 a staffer on the House Armel maces committee s subcommittee our military personnel and compensation be Fol that the committee would prot amp to least hold hearings on the the current congressional Sfa Effii ends around Christmas. The arc called structural and " go nation Pang said. Right now 5.5 percent of your base pay per Rof service toward retirement up to 30 ars so at 30 years you get 75 percent of your base pay and at 20 years you get 50 Pang said that under each of the options the yearly percentages would change. Under the structural plan service members would get 2.15 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 an retiring before 30 years of service win pension Money than u a Stem. Who put 20 years Rcv yet 43 of Lori heir base pay instead of so Cha wrong said. We be High five provision into the Pang said r All pc Pletl ame in before or 1980 have pay Utcy on the base pay Ortiz Cut final. Wycheck. Anyone who came in a tember 1980 is under what we Call the three system meaning their retirement 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 . The Multi pliers would be Pang said. In d be 2.2 pay per year up to 20 year of to percent for each year after 30 a service Mem still get 75 percent of base pay 50 years but Only 44 percent after 20 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 40lh 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 Guve duty to help make up for All the that your retirement pay was one Jiw the Chi Pang said. But you will not pc Joncy Back for All the years where Youv Shmae Point under. It s a one time restoration Tobars not Pang said that Hajji cd to the retire ment system of who entered Active duty before sep hirer 1980, the pension under both these about 25 percent less after All the ious provisions Are figured in. 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Among those expected to be signed is a new cultural Accord to provide for exchanges of artists scientists students and academics. Work on it was deferred after the soviets poured More than 100,000 troops into Afghanistan in late 1979. These Are Tough minded people who Are quite the advocates of their the g h presidential aide said under briefing rules that barred use of his name. He s not oing there with Scales on his eyes thinking e can get a these Are not Sweet innocent people with whom he s dealing the aide added. In the 1970s, primarily under former president Nixon and Secretary of stale Henry a. Kissinger tensions were eased under a policy designated by the French word the Centrepiece was a set of agreements to reduce nuclear weapons As Well As defences against them. Reagan met for an hour in the Cabinet room Friday with defense Secretary Cas Par w. Weinberger Secretary of state George p. Shultz and Robert c. Mcfarlane the presidential National Security adviser reviewing Summit issues. Weinberger in a letter to Reagan on wednesday urged the president to avoid committing the United slates to All parts of the a ratified Salt ii treaty and to avoid a commitment to a restrictive interpretation of the 1972 anti ballistic missile treaty the Washington Post and the new York times reported saturday. Weinberger said continuing to adhere to All parts of Salt ii could hamper Rea Gan s ability to respond to soviet arms Vio lations the reports said. Reagan was urged Friday by 39 senators to resist soviet efforts to sidetrack the ski. The $26 billion research program is de signed to determine whether the United slates and its allies can be shielded with laser beams or other futuristic technology against soviet missiles. Ardam in. I 4am so 14 61 30ayia.brrnn. In b terrier Haven. In Brittl. In or Vidad by Rardain Dinar worldwide Olgr Cairo cd duty in cd a Tunkl. I Juru islam. I Lii Don. 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