European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 25, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                 q terrorism incidents not decreasing expert says Page 5 q Senate panel oks cigarette tax hike. Page 6 q charging ahead with credit cards Page 26 1u1moiii1id unofficial publication pm Thi . To Pouch vol. 45, no. 98 Friday july 25, 19bg i ii .4 or d 8693 a panel seeks 3% go pay hike by Cunt Swift Washington Bucta Washington the House armed service committee is recommending a 3 percent pay raise for inc ration s 2,1 million Servic members next year Allf member said thursday. The committee voted to make that of commendation when it sends the defense authorization Bill Tor fiscal1987 Forward for a vote by the whole House. If the committee has in Way the R.I. would Start Jan. 1,1987. The suffer said the decision probably will  citing a need to keep military pay comparable to what Servio members skills would bang in the private sector the Senate armed services committee earlier recommended a 4 percent raise Starling oct. 1. The House Bill would say $1.5 billion is being Sci aside for the raise he  the two versions still differ after each chamber votes on its committee s recommendation they will have to be reconciled in a conference of negotiators from House and  Republican controlled Senate and democratic i Reagan re controlled House split widely Over defense spending i debate Over budget totals. While president r Quested $320 billion for the Pentagon the Senate agreed to $301 billion and the House to 1285 billion. In conference they agreed to $292 billion. Before the budget Bill conference the House com Mittee voted no pay raise As part of its Effort to hold defense spending to the House s ceiling. The report issued v Ith the Senate committee s Bill said using Bureau of labor statistics military pay trails pay for comparable civilian work by 8,3 percent. The committee believes that even in the Light of seven budget constraints being imposed on defense it is essential that military pay not be permitted to fall further behind civilian wages the report said. Dole Calls for s. Africa special envoy Washington up Senate re publican Leader Robert Dole urged president Reagan thursday to come up with Tome new ideas on South Africa such As dispatching a special envoy to Pretoria in an Effort to head off a con a rational Stampede for sweeping Sanc Tion. Dote asked Reagan to come forthwith Tome new credible  he listed As a possibility dispatching one or More special representatives to meet with Turanics in South Africa and re port to Congress in 10 Days. I have again urged the while House to pursue this idea of a special envoy so we can come Down with the right legislation at the right time meanwhile in an apparent bid to Shore up support the president said Btu Day he had not shul out the option of ordering new sanctions to Speed peaceful change and an end to apartheid. We be never closed any doors Rea Oas said in a Campaign Slop in Colum Bia.  hit spokesman Larry Speakes said the president has always opposed Puni Tive economic sanctions against the White minority government but there sen. Robert Dole Are other sanctions that Are not punitive  the Republican Leader issued his lat est Appeal to the White House less than 24 hours after Sens. Edward Kennedy a mass and Lowell Wei Cicer r-conn., offered the Senate the sweeping House passed measure that would ban All Trade sen. Edward Kennedy and require . Disinvestment in South Africa. Kennedy and Weicker proposed the measure As an amendment to a Bill to increase the debt ceiling now being de baled in the Senate. Dole compared the House passe Bill to a Cannon going off you Don t know who it s going to hit but twill hit  sen. Alan Cranston d-calif., a supporter of the Amend ment said it was Strong but not a  Sens. Richard Lugar r-lnd., and Clai Bome Pell d-r.i., said the Senate for eign relations committee now in the third Day of hearings on South Africa intends to put together alternative legis lation that would provide new sanctions against South Africa. Secretary of state George Shutlz appeared before the committee wednes Day and reiterated opposition to punitive economic sanctions against the White minority regime and implore Congress not to lock the administration Mio " he Serai jacket of rigid  shut ran into heated bipartisan opposition to Reagan s South african poli cies from the committee. The Secretary engaged in an angry Exchange with sen. Joseph Biden a Del. Who thumped the table waved a copy of Shultz s statement and shouted i m ashamed of the Lack of moral Backbone to this  Shultz retorted that Biden was advocating violence by saying South african Blacks had exhausted All avenues an were now taking up  army controls inadequate to Cui theft of munitions Gao n Washington not army con Irons ire inadequate to prevent he theft of Large amounts of weapons ammunition and explosives which end up being told on the Black Market congressional investigators report citing audits by army inspectors wit Nesses from the Genera accounting of fice testified wednesday the military could not determine the amount of munitions Tost by the army each year. Controls Are inadequate to detection said a Gao report present panel of the Senate Amu committee. The types of weapons Flat Are flowing onto the Black Majot spare illustrated by the Case of shaa1. Helmer a former army serum who was arrested in Tajn ton july 7 when he ined to sell a norms Cache to undercover agents of the Federal Bureau of alcohol Tobac co and firearms. The agents confiscated anti Linkels land mines hand grenades explosives and other Wear jury tha thelmer reportedly oops Irio sell for $24,000, accorded Migao official Richard he Tagel who testified at . The official is not Man who was arrested. Rray said that in the last year it strengthened controls Over its Stock pile of munitions but an aide to sen. Pete Wilson the California Republican who presided at wednesday s hearings said controls remained Loo lax. While Supply procedures have been changed it is difficult to enforce the regulations an army official and a congressional staff member agreed. The problem of protecting military supplies is Noi confined to the army an has been Well documented for years. But by Small and deadly weapons  ubiquitous. The general accounting office which investigated not just munitions thefts Butalla sorts of management problems in the military Supply Chain reviewed 347 re ports written by its own investigators and those from the Pentagon from 1981to 1985. One such study written Early this Yearby the air Force inspector general found evidence to support the potential exis tence of highly organized theft rings motivated by the buying Power of unfriendly  that report was written after a highly publicized incident in which Supply officials on an aircraft Carrier tried to divert spare parts of weapons to iranian  found no new evidence proving that stolen equipment has gone to unfriendly nations. Pilot flies off handle walks off Jet Miami up an easter airlines Pilot frustrated by the Long Wail for Takeoff in Atlanta told stunned passengers he was sick and tired of Airport delays and stalked off the plane. I m fed up with it the unidentified Pilot told passengers aboard Eastern s flight 141 tues Day night according to thursday s edition of the Tampa  m sick and tired of the delays tired of the wailing. I m hanging it up. You can have it. This flight will be my last  the Pilot walked off bight 141shortly before it was to leave at Lanta s Hartsfield International see Pilot on Page 28