European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 16, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Inside stripes d 3 killed in crashes of 4 military jets Page 7 q the Centaur program Nasa s big mistake. Dally Magazine d Price of super bowl tickets could hit $1,500 Page 21 the stars and ipes author died unofficial full it on of the  1imdd oct vol.45, no. 271 Friday january 16. 1967 06693 a 8.3 percent go pay hikes sought Cox Cas for compensation raises to match private sector Over 2 years Chapman Cox Bas of to by Din Stoa by Chuck Vinch Washington Bureau Washington claiming thai service members deserve fair and competitive compensation that keeps Pace with private sector gains the Pentagon s manpower chief vowed to push hard for military pay raises totalling s.3 percent Over he next two years. Chapman co speaking Al a press conference late wednesday said it s Only fair for Congress and the country to give compensation raises that Are comparable to the private  he said military pay caught up with private sector wages in 1982, but a Gap of about 9 percent has opened since. To continue to attract and retain Quality personnel we need improvements in compensation and our qual Ity of life he said we really Don t have any recruiting and retention problems right now because of that pay Gap but i m is ill not comfortable with a Cox said. I would be very upset if we did t get a 4 percent military raise next fiscal  other than pay raises there Are few big ticket personnel items contained in the two year defense budget official not upset by Buck s nose dive Washington up the White House found no cause for alarm thursday in inc recent drop in value of the Dollar and dismissed suggestions the volatility of the Market May Lead to a free fail. We Don t have any particular concern about one at this time said White House spokesman Albert Bra Shear. Currency markets will from Lime to Lime react sometimes quickly rather violently to outside forces such As rumours in the marketplace. As a general Rule they Are rather Short lived and they will respond to the Basic underlying economic conditions he said. Brashear s comments came in response to a continued decline in the value of the Dollar in the midst of hectic trading attributed by some analysis to indications the administration wants to see the Dollar drop further and faster to remedy a huge Trade deficit Brashear again denied any attempt to talk Down the Dollar though a Treasury department official discussing the matter wednesday hinted the administration might want to Sec a downward trend if other countries most notably Japan and Germany do not take Steps to stimulate their economies Twa Jet hijacking suspect arrested at Frankfurt Airport an employee at he Frankfurt currency Exchange re cords the lowest rate far the Dollar in Over sit years. Request submitted to Congress Jan. 5. We re under an atmosphere of constrained re sources a Pentagon official said. We be got to be realistic. Considering the current mood of Congress we think the personnel program we be presented is fair within that constraint  the Pentagon has asked for about $211 million in new Cost compensation items. About one third of thai is for a request to repeal the variable housing allow Ance offset lawmakers reasoning that service members should not get More m housing allowance than they pay out enacted the offset plan last March. It Calls for service members receiving More in via than their actual housing costs to pay Back half the difference. You can t just look at rent and reimbursement to determine the Impact of this offset on individuals Cox said. There Are other factors that Congress Hain t taken into  a Pentagon official said that via is paid based on a Survey of the average housing costs in each of 400 military housing areas m the United states. Thai s an average he said. Thai Means you have see pay on Page Zub Kohl concerned about Low Dollar Bonn up Chancellor Helmut Kohl said thursday he is concerned about the fail of the . Dollar to a six year Low. Kohl told the Bild newspaper the decline in the Dol Lar s value against the Mark poses problems for Ger Many As a Leader among the world s exporters. I am not without concern Over the recent Dollar developments Kohl said. For us As one of the biggest Export countries the Sharp decline of the Dollar doubtlessly poses prob lems he said. That is Why we Are watching Dollar developments very closely. The developments Are not free from  the Dollar was fixed on the Frankfurt currency Exchange thursday at 1.8350 Marks the lowest rate since oct. 1, 1980. The . Currency has now lost about half its value against the robust Deutsche Mark since the Dollar hit a decade High of 3.47 Marks in Early 19b5. See today s conversion Rales Page 27. Kohl s statement reflected the belief the Sharp Rise of the Mark against the Dollar will curb the German Export Boom. Frankfurt a police have arrested a Sui Peci in the 1985 hijacking of a Twa jetliner to Beirut the Frank Furt prosecutor s office said thursday the lebanese Man was. Carrying what authorities suspected were explosives. In Washington a Justice department spokesman said the . Government will attempt to have the Man brought to the United states and put on trial Lor air piracy. The hijacking which involved the murder of a . Navy diver was one of the most despicable acts of International terrorism Ever carried out against americans and we would like to see him face the music said Justice department spokesman Patrick Korten. Kortyn said that discussions Wen under Way involving Richard Bun the . Ambassador to Germany regard ing the dispatch of this individual to in