European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 11, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Inside stripes veterans Day Sec Fages 3,8 and 9 g officer reductions face delays Page 2 q game show Talent search Page 8 d jets thrash  21 the a is am filpes vol. 46. No. 207  unofficial fun tuition fat Thi . Ahmed Pouch wednesday. November 11, 1987 08693 a go pay hike could fall to Federal budget a by Chuck Vinci Washington Bureau Washington Servic members and Federal civilians could have heir Jan. I pay raise reduced or even eliminated and retirees could get a smaller Cost of living allowance increase As pan of a drive to Cut the Federal deficit. Conferees negotiating the fiscal 1988 defense authorization Bill have agreed la .1 3 percent Jan. I military pay raise. The continuing Resolution that currently funds the government in the absence of regular funding Bills assumes a 3 percent raise for Federal civilians As Well. But an economic Summit Between administration officials and key lawmakers trying Lomm $23 billion from the Federal deficit could change that said a House aide monitoring the meeting. Two options that have been discussed Are freezing military and civilian pay at last year i Levels and delaying he effective Date of the pay raises until april 1, the aide said. But right now. It looks like the option getting the most scrutiny is reducing the size of the raise. To 2 percent he said. Summit representatives aim have talked about cutting the 4,2 percent Cost of living allowance increase for military and Federal retirees scheduled to take a Fleck dec. 1 by either one or two percentage Points. The aide said Retiree Colas Are frequently the tar get of congressional budget cutting efforts. In 1986, retirees lost a planned 3.1 continued on Page 28 Reagan says he wants no further Dollar slide Washington Dpi president Reagan said tucs say he neither expects nor wants to see a further decline in the value of the Dollar which some administration officials Sec As a key to reducing the huge . Trade deficit. Questioned by reporters during a photo session with israeli president Chaim Herzog. Reagan said of the Dol Lar s slide against major foreign Curren cies with the remark we re not doing anything to bring in  i Haven t discussed that with any of our people yet he said. I Don t look for a fur ther decline Don t want a further  the statement by Reagan came Only an hour after the while House issued an ambiguous statement taking Issue with a report in the new York times thai the administration welcomed the weaker Dollar which makes american products cheaper overseas. Sales of German Murks to is. Personnel for personal use will be it the Rale of 1.64 wednesday based on a Price fix ing Al midday and allowance for Standard handling charges. See other currency rates on Yufit 17. The times quoted an unidentified official As saying the administration wants the Dollar to Drift Drift Drift  the terse statement i tired by while House spokesman Martin Filz Waler said Only that those quoted by the times were not speaking for the adm Nistra  the statement added that the United states continues to consult with the other see Reagan on Pago 28 leading candidate ninth circuit court cd a Anthooy Kennedy is cranny by the front runner to become president her s latest nominee for the a pm court. Kenne who was brought to Washington saturday la be latent and for the second Tine in two weeks m called Ibe hading  for the Jot by Hile House spokesman Marlin fit Rater. Spain to let . Pact lapse says talks should continue Madrid. Spain up1 Spain notified the United Stales tuesday in will not renew a 34-year-old de sense pact opening the Way for the withdrawal of the american military Force from Spain unless a new agreement is reached the foreign ministry said. In a note delivered to the . Embassy in Madrid. Spain said in would allow the treaty to lapse on its expiration Date of May 4,1938. The note stressed that the notification does not hamper negotiations from continuing Between the two countries and in Calls for a new Legal framework in line with new  the trealy first signed in 19s3 under the dictatorship of Gen. Francisco Franco allows the United slates to station 12,500 military personnel in Spain and use three air bases a naval base and nine com Mun Kali ans flail ii  notification opens up a six month period for drawing up in new pact but if no agreement is reached the United Stales would have to withdraw ils military presence by May i�b9. The note says Spain has undertaken the negotiating process with the United Stales in a constructive Iping in Hopes of reaching a stable and balanced bilateral Accord As befits friends and  dispute Between Madrid and Washington Cen ters on the socialist government s demand Fiat 72 f 16 fighters Al Torrejon a outside the capital by re moved from Spanish  a seventh round of Laski thai ended Friday spam rejected a . Offer to withdraw 24 of the planes. In see Spain on Page 28 deserter s Girlfriend tells paper of hardships suffered in .s.r. From press dispatches Hamburg the pregnant German Girlfriend of a us. Soldier who defected with her to the soviet Union said in a newspaper interview monday the couple resumed partly to escape repulsive food Roach Ridden quarters and quaint soviet customs such As wife swapping. In an exclusive interview with the daily Bild news paper Petra Neumann 24, also complained that her i Boyfriend was forced to work As a Snake handler in the turkmen Republic even though he told soviet authorities he abhorred snakes. Firemen . Military policemen arrested pvt. 2 Wade Roberts 22, in a Frankfurt pizzeria Shonley after he and his Girlfriend returned from the soviet Union on an air plane last wednesday. A spokesman for the . Forces said at the time that Roberts would receive Ihu same treatment As any other deserter but Neumann who is expecting Romcro child and is seeking a divorce from her husband. Peter Neu Mann 34, said Roberts was assured by the . Embassy in Moscow before his return thai he would not be charged with desc Ion you will nol be charged with  she quoted an embassy official As telling Roberts after the couple led to Moscow from i hair apartment in Turkmenistan. Roberts faces a possible jail sentence of two Yean for being absent from his unit without leave. A sen tence for desertion could amount to 12 Yean. Neumann smuggled Roberts in the trunk of a Volks sea deserter on Page 28