European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 9, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Aur Homicz in Omicini. Publication for vol. 45, no. 264 Friday january 9, 1987 aimed Pouch d 8693 a inside stripes d rep. Aspen loses House defense Post Page 5 d what s next on car Market in the  Page 13 d Navy Days Creek cargo ship tired at . Helicopter Page 24 4% raise proposed for gis 2% for Dod civilians in 88 by Chuck Vinch Washington Bureau Washington the Pentagon has asked con Gress for pay raises of 4 percent for military members and 2 percent Tor civilian workers for fiscal f 988, Secretary of defense Caspar Weinberger said the Pentagon also proposed in creases of 4,3 percent for service members and 3 per cent for civilians in fiscal1989. Both raises would be effective Jan. 1 of each Yea if approved by Congress according to budget documents released by the Pentagon. Weinberger requested raises for the next two years under the defens authorization act of i486, which require two year Weinberger budgets to be submitted. This is the first time a biennial budget process has Beer used. Tie raises arc needed to build upon the services doctors say Reagan $ Fine Washington a president Reagan s doctor said things could not be better wednesday As the chief executive continued Tob ounce Back from prostate surgery after tests thai physicians said showed him free of cancer. The doctor army col. John Hulton said the president s physicians would visit him in his suite at belch sea naval Hospital on thursday morning and decide on his return to the White House. The president had an excellent Day he said. His recovery continues without any  Reagan s daughter. Maureen Vas died him continued on Page 24 pret Deal Engin at hopi til window. A Cpl. Success in recent years in recruiting and retaining High Caliper personnel Weinberger said. The Pentagon pushed for a raise of 4.8 percent in fiscal 988, but that was reduced by the office of management and budget before the fiscal 1988-89 budget proposal went to Congress a Pentagon spokesman said. A Pentagon official said the larger increase is needed to begin dosing the Gap Between military and private sector salaries. That Gap stands at 9.3 percent Accord ing to one salary gauge the employment Cost Index. But the bomb maintains thai recruiting and retention figures Are the truest measure of the adequacy of military any the Pentagon official said. Private sector salaries will increase by about 4.1 percent Noil year according loom estimates. Recruiting and retention remained High in 1986, but officials predict problems in the Early 1990s As the Pool of eligible recruits shrinks. Pay raises have been 3 percent to 4 percent since1981, the first year of the Reagan administration when service members received pay increases ranging from 10 percent to 17 percent depending upon Grade. The year before they received an 11,3 percent in crease. The fiscal 1987 raise of 3 percent began going to military members Jan. 1, although last week Weinberg or requested si00 million in supplemental funds to pay for that raise. Congress authorized the increase for fiscal 1987, but did not appropriate enough Money to cover it. The $100 million is part at s larger s2.8 billion request Tor fiscal 1987 supplemental Money. Sen. Sam Nunn a a chairman of the House armed services committee last week said the requests would have to be emergencies for his committee to consider them. If the $100 million is not approved the Pentagon would have to find other ways to pay for the raise such As slowing accessions or releasing some personnel a Pentagon official said. The pay raise will not be affected the official said. The authorization act made that raise Law. Now we have to arrange for he funds to pay for  congressional reaction 10 the Overall Pentagon Bud get request continued to be mixed. Sen. John Warner of Virginia ranking Republican on the Senate armed services committee called the request  the incoming chairman of the Senate budget committee sen. Lawton Chiles a Fia said he did not foresee Amajor Cut or a major increase in the Pentagon budget. However he would not predict what the final budget figure would be. Let chief urges caution id gel director James c. Miller i wednesday l Ihfe Vitri Congress not to reject president Reagan s 198oiijilbefore the Ink is dry but democratic leaders about the package. Belated stories pages ? Wilder told the Senate budget Commil Teeth Gan s budget through a co Nam action o uhf spending Cuis and new no tax  reduce the Federal deficit to $ 108 Bil the deficit dragon Jill lain. But Jast year we extinguished  fire. And this year Well throw a Nel our brew Asi Miller said As the Reagan  its budget defense. Lawton Chiles d-fla., disputed the admin Luon s calculations claiming the measures pro posed in the new budget j108 billion deficit l Iio Fth fact that some gymnastics a arithmetic to reach this year s target won t i much if we Don t reach our ultimate goal Chiles duller. L said some of the new revenues pro posed  would be an unfair Bur Den on certain i we in he  of work with you Miller said. We believe Howell Al the in turn Mem Bers of Congress should evaluate Thep Sals on their merits rather than critic Ianas some have done even before the Ink is  France raids libyan site in Chad Paris not French warplanes bombed a i Byan had Airfield in Northern Chad wednesday in retaliation for libyan air raids in the country the French defence ministry said. The plants neutralized libyan radar intall Lions at Wadi Down the ministry said. Several hours later Libya was reported to have bombed the town of Kouba Ulanga. French defense minister Andre Giraud said on French to that the report of the new libyan raid was plausible but he did not confirm that it had taken place. The raids represent the latest Sharp flare up of inter National hostilities in Chad s civil War which has been raging off and on for 20 years. The conflict has Long been characterized by shifting alliances and a persistent Effort by France la prevent libyan influence from spreading into the Southern half of Chad. The balance of Power in the War shifted in recent weeks when the main anti government rebel group led by Chad s former president go Kouni of Eddei broke with their libyan supporters and joined forces with president Hissen Habre. Fighting Between Chad s troops and libyan forces broke out dec 20 in the North of the country apparently when Libya tried to Lake Over territory in the Tiberti mountains. Both France and the United Stales provided Emer gency military Aid to Chad in the fighting last month. The French raid wednesday was in retaliation Tor libyan air attacks on sunday against two towns South of the i6lh parallel or red line which was pro claimed by France in 1983 to prevent libyan backed rebels from marching to Chad s capital. The globetrotters see stripes Magazine