European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 17, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse D Sakharov letter tells of torture Page 2 d Dod bars con Vair from classified projects Page 5 q Wuerzburg beats Nuernberg in big schools final Page 23 the St Riand Jiries authorized unofficial publication fq00miku. Armed forces vol. 44, no. 304 monday february 17, 1986 of a tic Dom am Sun d 8693 a sinking Buck May Widen 0 1uck Vinceton Bureau Washington tithe Dollar slides just a few More pfennig against the test German Mark All serv Iceme Bera stationed in Germany will receive Cost of living allowances for the first thoe since May 1983, according to defense department the Dollar sink to an sex chm rate of 2.30 Marks personnel at full support locate will receive the allowance said Dennis Pike chief of Tho economics and statistics Branch of the Dod per Al and transportation allowance said full support locations Are those area have major commissary and Exchange facilities. He personnel in partial support areas those with smaller More limited facilities began receiving a col when the Dollar hit 2.43 Marks. Service members at no support areas in Germany Goethe cola when the Dollar Sank below 2.68 Marks. Pike said the Dollar s Long slide has already triggered the mechanism that pays cola for virtually All person Nel in the United kingdom and the Pacific the cola situation is More stable than in Europe. Pike said that personnel in Japan have receiving at least some cola for a Long time f Price averages Are so Low that there is no no cola there he said. Should the Dollar hit 2,30 Marks a Fitl at full support locations in Germany could exp Awethe following cola payments an e-3 with two Flarv service and no family members would get Szojmer month. An e-5 with two family members a acpt years service wouldst $16.22 per month. Anti Wilh 16 years service and family members Wojt receive $25.85 per month. An of Withy years service and no family Mem Bers would Jeri 13.85 per month. An o-3 with two family liners and 10 years service would receives27jjprr month. And an 0-6 with 22 years service and Annily members would get $35.32 per cola is based on a complicated formula that can be affected by numerous variables Pike collect Price data from every country annually he said. Usually we collect Price information Only in the Capi Tal cities of those at the same time he said Price data is also collected in the Continental United states. You might Call those our Benchmark prices he said. To come up with our indexes our differentials upon which we base the cola payments we constantly com pare overseas prices to the Benchmark Point is to try to keep the Dollar purchasing Power see cola on Page 28 ill Imelda Marcos left photo congratulates her husband president Marcos. At right Corazon Aquino and running mate Salvador Laurel Call for strikes against the regime. Manila Philippines a Corazo Aquino declared the loser in the special presidential election called on to stage strikes Ante a pro government Media in turn pain against president Ferdine Marcos. Ing at a news conference dressed an outdoor rally Nan a half million peo. Would watch to see whether Quino succeeds in her Campaign. Marcos also announced the Long anticipated resignation of the armed forces chief of staff Gen. Fabian c. Ver 66. He Laidver would be temporarily replaced by it. Gen. Fidel v. Ramos 57, a Deputy armed forces mar news of the resignation Marcos loyalist broadcast Over radios car ried by members of the crowd listening to Aquino brought applause and Horn honk ing at the rally in a downtown Manila Park. The National Assembly where Marcos new society movement party holds a two thirds majority declared him the Victor sturday in the feb. 7 contest for the six " Gatial term. As Well As . Officials and idol pc Bishops have accused Marcos More hib in the election. Aquino has proclaimed a Brasil the see Aquino on Page 28 shuttle decision process May have been flawed Washington not the chair Man of a presidential panel investigating the space shuttle disaster said saturday the process by which the decision was made to Bunch the Craft May have been former Secretary of state William p. Rog ers chairman of the panel also asked that the National aeronautics and space administration exclude from the Agency s separate inter Nal investigation All people involved in the Deci Sion to go ahead with the launching of the space shuttle challenger on Jan. 28. Rogers said in his statement in recent Days the commission has been investigating All aspects of the decision making process leading up to the launch of the challenger and has found that the process May have been Mark Weinberg a spokesman for the commission said president Reagan was in formed saturday about concern Over the decision making process and the request that the space Agency eliminate anybody involved in that process from its internal investigation. Weinberg said Nasa officials have Given assurances that they will comply. Saturday night at the Kennedy space enter in Florida Hugh w. Harris director of Public affairs issued a Short written in the investigation including not Only Nasa officials managers and technician but private contractors working on the shuttle program. The extent of or. Rogers statement snot yet Clear a Nasa spokesman said. Although he said Moore would appear Tobe covered by statement. At this Point he said we Are awaiting word from Nasa Headquarters is to precisely what changes May have to be maae in the data and design analysis task Force a refer ence to the group of Nasa officials who Are aiding the presidential inquiry. The statement said or. William r. Gra Ham the acting administrator of Nasa see shuttle on Page 28
