European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 27, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                D conferees debate cutting officer strength Page 2 d future May be brighter Tor nuclear fusion Page 6 d Complete world series wrap up see sports the stars and stripes unofficial Public Aton for the u 1. Ahmed Force vol.46. No. 192 tuesday october 27. 1987 08693 a Gorbachev stance puzzles . Resolve to continue with ski emphasized Washington a presidential spokesman Marlin Filz Waler Iii id monday we Don t really know Why soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev refused to set a Dale for n visit to the United Stales. Filz water also said i Hope the general Secretary did t make a miscalculation in underestimating 1 resident Reagan s resolve to stick with his strategic de sense initiative or Star wars missile defense sys tem. The spokesman briefed reporters shortly after Rea Gan during a  session with congressional leaders brushed aside a question Aslo who her he fell Gorbachev was playing games with him. If he is he s playing solitaire Reagan said. Filz water said monday Thill while the United state Sis setting no deadline for a Summit with Gorbachev in this country suffice it to say we think Selling a Date As soon As possible would be belter than putting it off i think it s fair to say we Don l really know Why Gorbachev hacked away from committing himself to a visit to Washington Filz Walcer said. Whether or not there arc internal reasons in the soviet  Hal make it difficult for him to pursue a Summit. Don l  Reagan met with officials sunday to receive a report on Secretary of slate George Shultz s recent meetings with soviet leaders in Moscow said a statement issued by Fitz Walcer Stock prices continue to fall Dow average drops 156.83 new York a Stock prices tumbled again monday a week after their record dive As foreign markets plunged and the Dow Jones Industrial average fell about 157 Points in one of its worst one Day losses. Slock prices fell in Tokyo and Lon Don and the negative sentiment continued in new York where declining is sues outnumbered advancing ones 14 to i. Abo in new York monday interest rates fell and inc Dollar moved off inc lows in reached in overseas trading. Analysts suspected Central Banks had intervened 10 support the . Currency. See conversion rates on Page 27. In Washington president Reagan and congressional leaders said they called a truce on Public criticism and agreed to push for a speedy agreement on measures to reduce the budget Defi Cit in talks thai were sparked by last monday s Slock panic. The Dow industrials fell 508 Points a week ago by far the big Gisl one Day decline in history As the value of All stocks fell by More than half a trillion  Dow average fell 156,83 Points to 1,793.93 monday in inc first Day of continued on Page 28 if " v visitors Are tamed my from the London Stock Exchange gallery. The spokesman gave no other i Lails except to a that Reagan s chief of staff Howard Dakar jr., his Deputy Ken dub Stcin and Colin Powell Deputy to National Security adviser Frank Cartucci attended. An arms control treaty applying to missiles mostly based in Europe was the projected Centrepiece of inc next Summit meeting Between Reagan and Gorbachev. The two have met face to face twice before in Geneva in november 1985 my in Reykjavik Iceland in october 1986. Carlucci. Who accompanied Shull on his trip to Moscow said sunday that soviet leaders indicated they would prefer to reach an arms agreement with the see Gorbachev on Page 28 Iran official Calls for War against . Kuwait a an iranian Leader called monday for a nationwide mobilization for an All out War against the United slates. Meanwhile senior iraqis met with kuwaiti officials to discuss coordinating Arab stoles defences against Iran. Iran s official islamic Republic news Agency quoted Interior minister Howato islam Ali Akbar Mohtashemi As calling on people in every iranian cily and Vil Lage to be prepared for a full fledged War with the United states in the per Sian Gulf. Since we Are facing a Savage enemy we should mobilize All our resources and manpower to Deal effective blows against it the United Stales Mohtashemi leading Radical was quoted As telling regional governors in Tehran. He branded the americans As weak and  he declared that an slight blow would intensify president Reagan s political problems Over his deployment of the Navy task Force in the Gull to Proiet shipping from iranian at tack. The Irna report came As Iraq s first Deputy prime minister Taha Yassin Ramadan and foreign minister Tariq Aziz wound up several hours of defense talks with kuwaitis in the Wake of three Irani an missile attacks on Kuwait in the last 11 Days. State run Kuwait radio said without see War on Paga 2b Appato 3% go pay raise reportedly of d by panel by Chuck Vic Washington Bureau Washington lawmakers meet ing to Hammer put differences in House and Senate versions of next year s de sense authorization Bill have tentatively agreed to a military pay raise of j per cent effective Jan. 1. 1988, according to congressional sources and depending on the size of the final defense budget the administration May get the authority to raise the Basic allow Ance for quarters by As much As 5.7 per cent giving Scricc Meinberg an Overall increase in income of 3.5 percent. The pay raise was one of several personnel items discussed by House and Senate conferees wort Ingon the authorization Bill. Once the conference ends both Cham Bers must approve inc final package and it must be signed by president Reagan to become Law. Sources said Ibe conference should wrap up its deliberations by midweek. Under the proposed plan the increase in quarters allowance is linked to the site of the defense budget said a House source who asked nol to be identified. Thai total depends largely on whether Reagan is willing to Swallow the tax in crease advocate Toby Congress to help re Duce irn.1 budget deficit. It s really tied to what the president  the House source said if he agrees to the lax hike hell get j296 Bil lion in defense budget authority for fiscal 19ss. If he vetoes a lax hike defense budget authority Wil be s289  under the %2 it billion defense Bud get the president would have inc author Ity to raise the  quarters Al Lowance As much As s.7 percent the source said. That would be equal to a 3.5 percent pay hike for most service members the source said. Increasing the quarters allowance has been done in the past most recently bythe Carter administration 10 hold Down the Overall Cost of military compensation while still giving Mast service members a raise in  the bad rather than Bate pay save Money became not everyone Geu the allowance according to Pentagon compensation officials. It does t go to people living in Barracks on ships or in military family housing. It also will not Albect the retired pay of  in fiscal 1988 or the compilations Lor re Calis Lenl bonuses. Increasing Basic pay by 3.5 percent would Cost about twice As much As a 3 percent increase with the additional bad hike the official  House source said in would be up to Reagan to Divide whether to shift see pay on Page b8