European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 16, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Inside stripes q 3 killed in crashes of 4 military jets Page 7 d the Centaur program Nasa s big mistake daily Magazine d Price of super bowl tickets could hit $1,500 Page 21 at Tho Leo . To Pencil t $1,500 e 21 vol.45.no.27i moby. January 16, 1987 to d 8693 a 8.3 percent i pay hikes sought bbb Cox cos for compel action Dpi to match private seder Tver 2 years Chapman Cox official not upset by Dujam Jetse dive Washington Kupij the wino cause for alarm thursday in the recent value of the Dollar and dismissed suggestions the Vola lilith of the Market May Lead to a free tall. We Don t have any particular concern about one at this time said White House spokesman Albert Bra Shear. Currency markets will from time 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 an 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 hectic trading attributed by some analystsju0ir. Lions the administration wants to see incl or drop further and faster to remedy a huge Whit. Brashear again denied ag0nmpi to talk Dow the Dollar though and usury department official discussing the Maui wednesday hinted the administration migh Ufemio see a downward trend if other countries most notably Japan and Germany do Bureau i Washington Cla Minand the Pentagon s hard for military pay nest two years. Conference Kaichay said it s "onlyrawj�ongrcs5 and the entry to give compensation ble to the private sector he said military pay caught up with Priva wages in 1982, but a Gap of about 9 has pc since. To continue to attract and retain Quality personnel we need improvements in compensation and our qual Ity of life he said. We real Don t have any recruiting and retention problems right now because of that pay Gap but i m still not comfortable with in Cox said. "1 would be very upset if we did t get a 4 percent military raise next fiscal year other than pay raises there Are few big ticket personnel items contained in the two year defense budget a photo an employee at the Frankfurt currency Exchange re cords he lowest Rale for the Dollar in Over six 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 atmosphere the Pentagon has asked for about 121j million inner Cost compensation items. About one third of that is for a request to repeal the variable housing allow Ance offset. Lawmakers reasoning that Servic members should not gel More in housing allowance than they pay out acted the offset plan last March it Calls for service receiving More in via than their actual 3 pay Back half the difference. Ujj Guk at rent and reimbursement to determine the Tallut Ellhu offset on individuals Cox said. There Are Hub con that Congress has t taken into pc a Pentagon official said based on a Survey of the average housing costs Shtok of 400 military housing areas in the United Silies that s an average he said. Thai Means Yoa see pay on Psge i Kohl concerned about Low Dollar Bonn up1 Chann. Thursday he is conc Jaid w Elsall of he . Dollar to a Ujj by Bild newspaper the decline in the Dol Mie 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 Hel decline of the Dollar doubtlessly poses prob jul tid that is Why we Are watching Dollari develop of com closely. The developments Are not free from r Trie Dollar was currency sex. Change thursday at 1.83ltfvhhllhe lowest rate since oct. I 1980. The . Currency now lost about half its value against the robust Del Hmark since the Dollar hit a decade High of 3.47 Mph 198 5. See today s conversion rates be 17. Kohl s statement reflected the belief the Sharp Rise. The Mark against the Dollar will curb the German Export Boom. Suspect in Twa Jet hijacking arrested at Frankfurt Airport Frankfurt a one of the alleged hijackers of an american Twa Jet liner who vanished in Beirut after the 1985 Airport drama has been arrested in Germany a state prosecutor said thurs Day. Shortly after the hijacking the Reagan administration offered a Reward of up to$250,000 for information leading in the capture and prosecution of the Atacia it. The United states has indicted the alleged Twa hijackers on charges of air piracy and murder in Bonn the . Embassy declined comment thursday on the arrest of the lebanese Man in Frankfurt on have no comment to make on that said embassy spokesman Robert Holh. There had been no arrests in the hijacking Rase until tuesday. Jodwin sch rotors a spokesman for the Frankfurt prosecutor s office said authorities believe the Man was preparing fur a terrorist bomb attack when arrested upon arrival at Frankfurt inc National Airport on a Middle East airlines flight front Beirut. The 22-year-old suspect who was not see suspect on Page 28 Pyrope remains partly tempera Jeffes London a packs scavenged near Czecho an villages soviet tanks pulled Del ers from 6-foot snowdrifts and Dicks were called out to Cluj streets As Europe hound in Wither a Safe fsr at least 200 deaths this a Pkt s related Story photo. Were urged to stay Horn a Eca use some roads were buried under Snow. In France churches open film shelter the homeless. In pre 28 members of a military id suffered frostbite after playing some British no what Milder meteorological end in sight to gripped the continent since Las temperatures dipped to 27 thursday in Dublin 23 degrees in see frigid on Page is
