European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 19, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse N sinking Dollar hurting car sales in Europe Page 3 d cohort battalions will Trade places this summer Page 9 g today s Dollar buys 2.23 Marks other rates Page 27 the stars and stripes authorized unofficial publication Fob the . Armed forces vol. 44, no. 334 wednesday March 19, 1986 ise Doniv Ond sunday d 8693 a Reagan aides split by decision to still sell discount cigarettes Washington not the Issue of whether cigarettes ought to be sold to military personnel at Cut rate prices has divided High members of the Reagan administration As a result of a ruling by de sense Secretary Caspar w. Weinberger that the practice should continue at least for now. I was of course terribly disappointed when i Learned of the decision said the surgeon general or. C. Everett Koop. "1 had been working behind the scenes at the department of defense to get the Weinberger while continuing the Dis count ordered the military to begin a Campaign to discourage smoking. Personnel will be reminded of the health dangers of smok ing whenever they get medical and dental examinations some restrictions will be placed on where smoking is allowed and anti smoking literature will be added to programs already in effect to discourage the abuse of alcohol and drugs. Associations of present and former Mili tary personnel opposed the end of the cigarette discount out of concern that it might Lead to the cancellation of other discounts which have Long been viewed As one of the benefits of a military career. Opposition also came from the cigarette Industry and congressmen from tobacco growing states. Professor Richard Daynard of North Eastern University Law school in Boston Heads a project to encourage lawsuits against the tobacco Industry. He said of Weinberger s decision "1 think it s a Little Good and a lot Daynard said the Good came from the restrictions against smoking in closed Quad see cigarettes on Page 28 after the bombing . Presents marcos7 papers to Philippines Washington a the United states tuesday turned Over to the new Philippines government 1,500 documents detailing the financial holdings of former presi Dent Ferdinand papers were Given at the state department to Jovi to Salonga chairman of the commission on Good govern ment. The panel was appointed by incoming president Corazon Aquino to investigate Marcos wealth which has been estimated As High As $5 billion. The documents were provided to Salonga by Michael Armacost undersecretary of state for political affairs said Debbie Cavin a state department spokeswoman. The action came a Day after a Federal judge in new York refused to intervene in a request to prevent Aquino s government from obtaining the documents which Marcos took with him when he left Manila last month. The state department is also expected to provide the documents to a House subcommittee which has been investigating the extent of Marcos . Holdings. The House foreign affairs Pacific subcommittee was expected to receive the documents later tuesday after it issued a subpoena for monday judge Dominick Dicarlo of the . Court of International Trade ruled that two Marcos aides who sued the customs service last week to prevent the Transfer did not have standing to sue on the former Lead see papers on Page 28 an official looks at the wrecked sixth car of a High them were hospitalized for smoke inhalation. The Corn Speed Paris Lyon train after it was blasted by a bomb Mittee of Solidarity with Arab political prisoners and the near Brunot France. Ten people were Hurt and three of Middle East has claimed responsibility for the bombing. Mitterrand asks Chirac to form government Paris up1 president Francois Mitterrand tuesday asked rightist Leader Jacques Chirac to serve As France s new prime minister and Chirac said he would quickly give an answer presidential spokes Man Jean Louis Banco said. The president of the Republic called on or. Jacques Chirac to study the subject of forming a new government he said in a Brief statement at the presidential Elysee Palace after Chirac and Mitterrand met for More than two hours. Or. Chirac will give his answer to the president As soon As possible Banco said. Chirac 53, Leader of the Neo gaullist rally for the Republic party apr and mayor of Paris left the Elysee without making any comment after the meeting with the president. Later arriving at the City Hall he said he had told the president he would give him his decision As soon As Chirac was believed to have been the preferred Choice for prime minister of the Center right Alliance that sunday won a three seat majority in the 577-seat nation Al Assembly France s parliament. The Alliance is composed of Chirac s apr former president Valery Giscard d Estwing s centrist Union for French democracy and right Wing independents. If Chirac accepts it will be the first time since Gen. Charles de Gaulle founded the fifth Republic in 1958 that France has a president and prime minister from opposing see Chirac on Page 28 by Chuck Vinch Washington Bureau Washington a congressional subcommittee has approved changes in the military retirement system that Are aimed at keeping service members in uniform past the 20-year retirement minimum a Pentagon official said. Under the plan approved by the House armed services military personnel and compensation subcommittee service members retiring after 30 years would still get 75 percent of their base pay just As under the current system the official said. But anyone retiring before 30 years would get less than under the current system. The change would affect Only those service members who enter Active duty after the Bill has made its Way through Congress and gained president Reagan s Signa Ture. The subcommittee opted to leave the 20-year minimum for retirement intact the Pentagon official said. But the new plan would give service members Only 40 percent of their base pay if they retire after 20 years rather than the current 50 percent. The official said retirement pay for service members with Between 20 and 30 years of service would be prorated see changes on Page 28
