European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 6, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The free Agency Issue see Page 13 d strike sunday in the nil Page 23 d 87 peace prize candidates. Page 3 d Reagan Halls pact with canadians Page 7 the  authorized unofficial publication for Thi . Armed foiice1 �,-.,vol. 46, no. 171 tuesday october 6, 1 987 d 6693 a 4% military pay hike by no Means assured by Chuck v1nchwashington Bureau Washington although the sen ate approved a 4 percent military pay raise Friday the increase is not a sure bet. The Senate and House Silt must Ham Mer out differences in their respective versions of the defense authorization Bill including the size of the pay raise. A Senate armed services committee staffer said monday the higher raise is still by no Means  the pay raise is one percentage Point higher than the one passed by the House in its version of the Bill. While several senators had expressed support for the bigger increase Many on Capitol Hill thought it would not survive the Senate s final vote which was 56 to 42. Other personnel items contained in the Senate defense authorization Bill were officer cuts. The Senate remain committed to a reduction in officer strength of 2 percent in fiscal 19sb and 3percent in fiscal 1989. The House has voted to postpone a decision Tor a year to give the Pentagon More time to justify Why it Nee is As Many officers As it has. The general accounting office was set to release a report to the House armed services committee on the Issue Friday. However the Gao postponed the report until it can add new information that it has just received from the Pentagon. Household goods. The Senate has agreed to a household goods weight in crease of 1,000 pounds for e-7s and a stand 1,500 pounds for e-9s. The House declined to include he increase in it version of the Bill. Pentagon officials have Long claimed that Scricc members Bear a significant portion of per Manint change or station see pay hike on Page 28 court rejects Challenge to military drug tests Washington a the us pc or court monday turned Down a Challenge to the military s use of ran Dom compulsory tests to Deled drug usage by members of he armed services. The court without comment refuse to hear arguments that such testing Vio lates constitutionally protected privacy rights. Related Story. Pane 4. Use of random urinalysis inspection for members of the military not suspected of drug abuse was challenged by Calvin Cox an air Force sergeant whose test in 198$ at Homestead Fla. Dis closed cocaine use. Cox subsequently was convicted in a special court martial demoted and Givena bad conduct discharge. He also received a two month prison sentence Cox s conviction and sentence was upheld by the . Court of military appeals last april 8. In the Appeal acted on monday Cox lawyers argued the indiscriminate and Broad use of urinalysis contraband inspections to ferret out illegal drug abuse where As Here there is no objective Evi Dence linking Cox in illegal drug usage coupled with the use of the evidence obtained in criminal proceedings renders such an inspection unreasonable under see tests on Page 28 Dodds to use police officials in drug program  writer bad k1ssingen, Germany copying a Success Ful program in los Angeles the overseas school system will put military Law enforcement officials in class rooms in a test to curb student drug abuse. Twenty four army and air Force Law enforcement officials underwent the first of 10 Days of training monday introducing the military members and school officials to the drug abuse resistance education pro Gram Weie officials from the los Angeles police department and the los Angeles unified school District. The presence of police officers provides the magi to the program said Johanna Goldberg dare coordinator for the los Angeles school District our teachers arc not prepared to Deal with drug see police on Page 28 Marine Pilot missing in Gulf copter crash Washington a a Marine helicopter re Luming to the command ship la Salle after a routine night operations flight crashed in the persian Gulf Andone of the four Crew members was missing Early Mon Day the . Central come reported. The crash of the helicopter occurred late sunday and did nol involve any hostile activity in the War torn Gulf Region the Tampa Fla.,-based unt ried command said in a statement released in Washington. Three Crew members were recovered from a life raft by one of the la Salle s Small boats and were reported in Good condition but search and Rescue operation for a fourth Man continued involving helicopters. See crash on Page 26 blowing time comes Early App Toto a plow clean the southbound Lane of the Tunnac stale Parkway id Ausle Rutz , monday morning after Columbia county received More than 10 inches of Snow. The Eirl let snowstorm an record Stock new York and parts of new England blanketing some Areu with 20 inches. See Story Page 5j