European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 6, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Pago 2b the stars and stripes Friday february 6.1987 no Progress made in  talks Madrid Spain a a fourth round of talks Between Spain and the United slain Over a reduction of Ameri can troops stationed in this country ended wednesday with no apparent Progress. Neither Side would give details on a new . Proposal o satisfy Spain s re quest in december for a substantial reduction in the 12.500 . Military personnel stationed Here under a 1953 treaty. Ambassador Reginald Bartholomew the head of the . Delegation said a comprehensive and positive proposal had been put on the negotiating table. He said it represents a maximum Effort to reach an agreement with a Friend and an  Maximo Conjal Secretary general for foreign policy and head of the Spanish team said the . Proposal was a Long Way from the Spanish  earlier. Foreign minister Francisco Fernandez Ordonez told reporters there would be no treaty renewal without a agreement on troop reduction. The reduction sought by Spain rep resent about a 40 percent Cut in Overall . Military personnel. The current five year Extension of the treaty expires in May 1988. A fifth round of talks is expected to be held in late March most Likely in Madrid. Spain is calling for the withdrawal of the . Air Force s 401 is tac fighter Wing made up of 72 f-16 fighter bomb ers stationed at the joint use Torres Nab outside Madrid. Ii also wants the de parture of a midair refuelling Squadron at Zaragoza a. Under the treaty the , shares four joint use bases with Spain and has number of communications installations around the country. Spain has said it would renounce the treaty in november if substantial Prog Ress is Noi made toward an agreement on troop reduction. The government of socialist prime minister Felipe Gonzalez promised Vot ers in a referendum on continued Span ish membership in nato last Marc thai it would seek a reduction in the . Military presence. Dollar from Page 1 experiencing  John Duckett manager of the Navy Federal credit Union in Naples reports similar trends in Italy. We be never really had a problem with repossessions he said but the Dollar is hurling people for sure. For example we had a customer who to Taleda new porsche he d bought when the Dol Lar was High. He s not replacing it be cause now he d have to add 55,000 Toile insurance Money to buy a new  Duckitt attributes some of the dip in the credit Union s Small loan business Toile credit card program begun Ai base exchanges last year. He said customers who once borrowed Money for a new stereo for example Are now More Likely to charge the sound system at the Navy Exchange. So we re nol seeing a lot of Small Loans and we re not seeing an increase in big Loans because people just can t afford to buy big items  additionally Navy Federal has lost much of its traveler s checks business a sign that Many americans Are staying borne until the Dollar improves. We were doing a phenomenal Busi Ness in traveler s checks. Now that s petered out to just about  Pentagon Federal credit Union de scribed its Auto loan volume As remain ing Good although customers Are mov ing away from models priced in Marks and into those sold for dollars according to Terri Wolfley acting manager at Pentagon s Bre Mcraven Germany Branch. The repossession rate remains Flat she said since Pentagon Loans Are repaid in dollars. Except Tor the people who ire experiencing troubles paying their rent and arc then falling Back on their other obligations the Mark rate does t really affect our car Loans she said. Wolfley said it was not Clear whether the weakened Greenback has had an effect on savings. Statistics from inc credit Union s Headquarters in Washington show inc average savings balance in Europe is normally $1,000 less than accounts held in the United Stales and that trend is continuing. In England where the Dollar has Tost 30 percent of its value in the past year loan defaults Are up slightly to about 1 percent according to John women manager of the eight branches of Keesler Federal credit Union in the United  deposits Are up Matching whal Wooten said is a similar trend in the United states. Extension options under the air Force s new Extension program enlisted personnel and officers can request another full tour at the same location. A tour Extension less than a full tour but at least 12 months and up to 22 months for members with a departure Date from now to Jan. 31,1988. A consecutive overseas tour at a specific base country or overseas theater. No specific Date to return from overseas de Roswit the understanding that a fixed Date can be obtained upon request. A special Extension for retraining special duty separa Tion or retirement. To maintain their current departure Date few airmen extending from Page 1 want the option of returning to the slates. Another 1 percent requested a consecutive overseas Lour and look an indefinite Deros until that match can be made. One percent requested special duty assignments or retire ment extensions. In the future. Air Force personnel will be asked to choose one of the options one year before their Date to return from overseas. If they do not respond they willbe Given an indefinite Deros Smith said. The program Wilt Benefit the air Force in More ways than just culling Transfer costs. Smith said. This gives the airman a bigger Opportunity to extend and get an in place consecutive overseas Lour with out us having to find another place for him to go be said. And at the same Lime we can also have them stay indefinitely giving us More continuity in the command another advantage for airmen Smith said is choosing another base for a consecutive overseas tour which they could t do before this program was thought about great Deal and it offers so Many Bene fits that it probably would have been a Good idea even if we weren t on a budget crunch Smith said. However Smith said the air Force s personnel requirements re main Paramount. We will try to match people to their desires if it can t be done then we can approve the Extension but we will by to give them another  Pentagon to trim officer Rolls in 87 by Norman Blackcap military writer Washington defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger has told Congress the Pentagon will comply reluctantly with orders to reduce the number of Active duty officers this year but will study the Wisdom of such cuts. Weinberger in a letter dated feb. 2 tothe House and Senate armed services committees said Ibe four military service would have to Cut 3,100 officers Over the next eight months to comply with a Gressional directive approved last year Weinberger said Ibe Dii clip of rect will be far reaching  of the services had Plann Edlu Krease in offi cer strength. Tha kans the services combined Wei love to eliminate 5,259 officer shape sept. 30. Will leave the services with 305,708 officers by the end of the fiscal year he said Weinberger also said he has ordered each of the services to accept a straight pro rata apportionment of the Nec Essary reductions. That outcome had been anti cog within the Pentagon bul had by the Navy and maa of. Lavy argued it could Milord cuts be cause of the Nurin new ships being Marine corps athe smallest service it Wasto absorb any reductions  b. Cox assistant defense Secretary for personnel said wednesday that it will be up to each service to Man age the reductions. Cox added however thai the Only Way uie services could reduce their offi cer ranks would be to reduce accessions through such programs As Foll car training for enlisted personnel or Colleg Reserve officer training corps classes and to Issue cart eligible attic " m orders to slash officer ranks Werea provision added to inc Tab n s budget authorization Speo-wb1-,-_, that the Pentagon must end fiscal 1937 with 99 percent of inc officers who were on Board As of sept. 30, 1986. Congress also required cull of 2 f in fiscal988and 3percent in fiscal 1989.the Issue of whether the services Are becoming too officer heavy has been de bated by Congress because of a decline in the enlist cd to offus ratio. There Are about 2.1 million men and women on Active duty in the armed forces of whom More than 308,70 0 Are officers. According to Cox the ratio for the four services combined is 5.9 enlisted men to every officer. Waite from pals 1 shooting and they had nothing to substantiate the report. To another development the state department also announced the Reagan administration has abandoned plans for conference on fighting terrorism. The meeting was to have begun Friday in rom and apparently was scuttled because . Allies wanted to avoid a discussion of . M Hilary options in Lebanon. The reduction in forces followed warnings issued by the while House that reporters should not speculate on the possibility of . Military strikes in Lebanon to retaliate for the recent wave of hostage taking. There were reports this morning of some attacks some military action which Are without foundation and which we have denied Sims said. Starting last week the United states assembled a major combat Force off the coast of Lebanon consisting of two Bat the groups built around the carriers Ken Nedy and Nimitz and one Mediterranean amphibious ready group or Marc consisting of 1,900 marines a second Marc with 1.900 marines left Spain on tuesday for the easter Mediterranean sources had said at the time the Pentagon would keep Bot Marc forces on patrol. The sources said thursday however defense officials had concluded there was Little reason to keep 3,800 marines in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Marc Force that sailed from Spain would soon relieve their counterparts and allow the to sail for Home. Rules from Page 1 the image of hordes of nicotine addict crowding designated bathroom stalls of the world s largest office building. Smokers who foul the rules could Fin themselves in trouble the spokesman said. The first two violations bring warn Ings. From there the punishment can escalate to verbal or written reprimands and possibly suspension he said. Visitors to the Pentagon who repeat edly violate the directive May be denied Access to the building he said Post offices closed some military Post offices in Europe will be closed today As employees Cele brate the postal system s personnel recognition Day for the second year