European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 7, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday May 7,1987 the stars and stripes Page 3 4% go civilian pay hike of d by panel by Chuck Vinch Washington Bureau Washington the Senate armed services committee tuesday finished in version of the fiscal 1988 de sense authorization Bill thai includes a 4 percent pay raise for service members and civilians that would Lake effect Jan.1,1988. The Senate Bill Cut president Reagan s defense request from $312 billion to 1302.7 billion but the budget " solution being debated in the Senate would limit defense spending to $297 billion necessitating further cuts in the authorization Bill. Sen John Glenn a Ohio was the leading advocate of the 4 percent raise said a Senate staffer. There was virtual. By no opposition in the committee the suffer said. But the raise is far from assured said the staffer because the House armed services committee approved Only a 3 percent pay increase and pushed Back the Date that it would take effect to april 1,1988, to save More Money. I m not sure we can sustain the higher raise he said. Ii is expensive and it s a High profile target. I d guess that the Compromise would be a 3 percent raise effective Jan,." the difference in the pay raise proposals As Well As other variations in the two Bills will be worked out in conference. Another area of Contention is Likely to be officer cuts. Pentagon officials have been trying to prove that recent growth in officer strength is directly related to increased combat capability. Secretary of defense Caspar Weinberger submitted a report last month supposedly document ing that growth but most committee members appear unconvinced. The Senate commutes Bill would make the Pentagon stick to the reduction timetable included in the defense authorization act last year which Calls for a three year phased reduction with a 2 percent Cul in fiscal 1988 and a 3 percent Cut in fiscal 1989. The House voted to postpone those cuts for one year to allow the Central accounting office time to study the Issue. The Pentagon report is virtually use less the staffer said. Most of the staff on the Hill is willing to be convinced but the Pentagon has yet to prove i to  several provisions appear in both the House and Senate versions of the de sense authorization Bill virtually Assur ing approval. They include Hospital user fees. Glenn adamantly opposed this and most committee Mem Bers agreed said he Senate staffer. The House also flatly rejected the proposal which was included in the defense Bud get request by the administration not by Pentagon officials. Health care. The Bills put a Cap of $1,000 a year yer military family on out of pocket health care costs under the civilian health and medical program of the uniformed services. Career sea pay. Both Bills granted a Navy request to increase sea pay for senior Petty officers while slightly decreasing payments to other Grade i. Aside from the pay raise and officer cuts several other differences ure Evi Dent in the two Bills. They include Active duty strength. The Senate committee effectively granted the administration s request. Navy strength would Rise by 6,200 personnel. The army would increase by 100, the Marine corps would stay the same and the air Force at that service s request would Lake a Cut of 8,150. The House committee Cut the Navy s request by 1,000 and directed the Cut to be made in the officer corps. Navy couples housing allowances. The Senate Bill would allow sailors As signed to sea duty to continue receiving. Housing allowances if married to another service member. The House Bill Calls for the defense department to draw up a program for changing housing allow ances for service couples next year. Spouse employment. The Senate Bill would give preferential hiring treatment to spouses of Active duly members in All civil service pay grades. Currently the preference applies Only to applicants for jobs in the Grade of Gss and above. The House Bill does t contain that proposal and in fact contains language placing spouses behind veterans in terms of Hir ing priority. Victim balances life with Hope realism from Page 1 first students to go Public with the fact that i was sick. My medical studies put me in a Good position to talk to  Barry Learned to speak German in High school and College in san Diego tie decided to study in Germany after spending a year Here As an Exchange student. Barry was studying at Dusseldorf University when he tested positive for the aids virus in 1984. Soon after he started talking openly to students about the disease and set up smal groups for information and counsel ing. They eventually evolved into the Duess Oldorf chapter of aids Hilife an education and counselling group there is no reason to fear this disease now that we know How it is transmitted and How to protect our selves Barry said. Aids a caused by a Sims thai attacks the body s immune system making it vulnerable to infection. It is spread by sexual Intercourse and blood to blood con tact such As the sharing of Needles or the transfusion of contaminated blood. Those at highest risk Are homosexuals and intravenous drug users. For people who Are sexually Active the condom is advocated As the Best Way of preventing aids. When i Learned i was positive i started practising Safe sex Barry said. I Don t want to have ii on my conscience that i infected  Barry talked openly and calmly in Stow measured sentences about what aids has done and will do to him. Although he looks like any healthy 30-year-old Man Barry has fought infections that often plague aids victims and eventually cause death. He said he still suffers my occasional diarrhoea and sore throats. I m listening to my body. When it says slow Down 1 a he said. His logical approach to any problem or Challenge and his sense of humor have helped him to remain Calm at least most of the Lime. I like to have All the data on the table so i can make the Besl decisions for my  he said. I be found the Quality of life is the most important thing not the gb5 prvs Toxcy Mai o a Osimo american Scott Barry. With the wrong person Al the wrong Lime Quantity. It s necessary to live in this moment i think it s necessary to have a balance Between Hope and realism. There s a time when it s of to give up be cause death is a pan of life but i m not ready to die  Barry first knew something was wrong in 1982 when he had night sweats and swollen Lymph glands. Aids had recently been identified and Barry read everything he could about a series of unusual illnesses striking homosexual men. Barry suspected he might have aids and took the test that enabled doctors to Lell who had been exposed to the virus. Even though logically he knew he would be positive the result still came As a Shock. He chose not to Lell his family in California. I did t want to worry them because i was t sure what being positive meant at that Point he said. He finally told his parents he had aids in 1985 when he became sicker and developed a painful viral infection called herpes zoster also called shingles on his Chest. Shingles often strikes people who do Noi have aids but it is one of the opportunistic infections that lakes advantage of an aids victim s weakened immunity. Aids dealt Barry his worst hand Cyl last summer when on his Way to Spain he developed pneuma Cystis Marinni pneumonia which is caused by a parasite and is rarely seen in otherwise healthy people. There was extreme pressure on my Chesl he said. It got to the Point where 1 could t walk up Steps. I was very sick and went from 175 to 140  Barry has been taking the drug  or at since december. It is the most hopeful treatment now existing for aids sufferers and until recently was an experimental drug he said. It definitely is not a cure Bany said. People who take it More than six months usually need blood trans  the drug works by slowing the growth of the virus but also slows reproduction of vital red and while blood cells he said. Barry who is technically still a student at the University has decided to return permanently to the United Stales this month to be closer to his family his Mother Brenda Reed his father Surv Barry and his three Sisters and one brother. I have a wonderful family and they have been extremely supportive he said. Barry s Mother travelled to Germany to be with him when he received his medal of Honor Al the end of april. Barry will continue to educate people about aids. If there is Ever a cure for aids i d like to go Back and finish my medical  Church leaders dismiss Bakker 2nd minister Springfield to. A former pal club leaders Jim Bakker and Richard Dortch have been dismissed As ministers of the assemblies of god National leaders of the pentecostal denomination announced wednesday. The i a member executive presbytery of the Church announced its decision after meeting by Telephone con Ference Call to consider recommendations from District officials in North Carolina. The Rev. G. Raymond Carlson general superintendent of the Church said both Bakker and Dortch were dismissed for conduct unbecoming to a  he said Bakker s dismissal was for his admitted sexual encounter with Jessica Hann in a Florida Motel seven years ago and for his alleged misconduct involving bisexual  Dortch was dismissed for concealing information about the immoral activity of a fellow minister Carl son said. Both Bakker and Dortch submitted Resig nations from the ministry Marth 19 when Bakker Dis closed that he had a sexual encounter with Hahn a former Church Secretary in 1980. At the same time. Bakker stepped Down As head of his pal club television Empire. Dortch a pal executive succeeded Bakker As Host of the organization s television show until resigning last week in the Wake of disclosures that he had negotiated a financial settlement with Hahn. Under regulations of the assemblies of god Resig nations by ministers Are not accepted immediately pending an investigation at the District Leet. The National Board which heard allegations against Bakker during a regularly scheduled meeting shortly after his announcement referred them to the North Carolina District headed by the Rev Charles Cookman for further study and a recommendation. The District presbyters considered the matter a Sec Ond time during a meeting monday and tuesday in Fayetteville but did not make their decision Public. Carlson said the National Board s action concurred with the District recommendation. Bakker turned Over operation of his si72 million pal ministry based in South Carolina to a new Board headed by the Rev. Jerry Falwell a Southern Bap Lisl from Virginia