European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 24, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes sunday january 24,1988 Many in Navy face tour extensions by Chuck v1nch Washington Bureau Washington beginning in april Many Navy members will face in voluntary extensions of to to four months in current assignments but most members moving to or from overseas jobs will not be affected a Navy official said after april the a Cal move you make will be delayed by two to four Moths said or nor. Scott Wilson a Navy person Nel spokesman. That applies even if you arrive Ai a new assignment in March of this year for example and will not Bede to move again until 1990." the one Lime action is designed to re Duce the service s reassignment costs by $25 million this fiscal year Wilson said. The move will accommodate a $15 million Cut made by Congress in the Fis Cal 1988 budget and some extra Bills left Over from fiscal 1987, when reassign mint costs Rose is a result of the persian Gulf Lanker escort operation he said. But Wilson Laid the policy will go beyond fiscal 1988 and will affect reassign ment moves Over the next few years. Since Congress did t pass the fiscal 1988 budget until almost three months into the fiscal year the Pentagon had to work under fiscal 1987 spending guide lines from october through december 1987. The budget that eventually emerged from Capitol Hill had lower spending limit causing a Lane degree of Belt lightening among All the services Tor the rest of this fiscal year which runs through next september. The army and air Force already have announced programs to release about20,000 service members from each serv ice up to three months Early to reduce personnel costs hit fiscal year. The actual length of the Navy Exten Sions will be decided on a Case by Case basis Wilson said. At this Point we can t say How Many people would be delayed for two months three months or four months he said. Noting that the policy will affect mor ale for personnel at sen Wilton said the Navy will make an Effort to keep Exten Sions for those on lengthy sea hours to minimum. We Don t want to extend people any longer than we have to he said. There will be a number of exemptions to the policy Wilson said. Personnel who already have orders in bund for moves in april or beyond will Tiol be affected he said. In addition officers exempted will in clude those who Are going to or from overseas assignment going to newly constructed ships going to or from com Mand jobs or joint duty assignment entering nuclear Power training or leaving decommissioned ships. Enlisted personnel eligible for exemptions include those moving o and from overseas assignments and joint duly jobs going to newly constructed ships or military detachments on military sea Hal cored Chipi or leaving decommissioned ships. Those who Are ordered into or already Are in training lasting 10 weeks or More when the april launch Dale for the policy arrives also will be exempt Wilson said. Wilson said the policy differs from put efforts to reduce the number of re alignment moves because it will carry Over several years and actually will lengthen the Lime Between moves. Pre Vious programs were designed to delay moves until the Start of a new fiscal year which Only saved Money on paper. Contra from Page 1 Aid for heir forces in Reserve during cease fire negotiations with the sandinista government the Washington Post re ported in saturday s editions. A Contra official not identified by the news briefs Post said such a request would be a expression of our Good will for effective cease fire talks but he stressed that con Gressional approval of the Aid was vital to guarantee sandinista compliance with their commitments under the Cen trial american peace Accord. The Tetter by House democrats was a Strong signal to the while House lha support for a renewal of Aid to the rebels Reagan s highest foreign policy priority has eroded following efforts last weekend by the five Centra american presidents to breathe new life into a regional peace Accord. A crucial Issue is whether the package includes lethal military Aid and Reagan has said he wants to make subsistence a minor part of the proposal co make it More palatable to lawmaker. Signers of the letter included rep. Buddy Mckay of Florida John Sprat and Robin tailor of South Carolina Mike Andrews Jim Chapman and Albert Busl Manle of Texas. Bart cordon and Bob Clement of Tennessee Bill Richard son of new Mexico Jim Sallery and Dan Clockman of Kansas Richard Suu imps of Idaho David Price Tim Valen Tine and Martin Lancaster of North car Olina Tom Mcmillan of Maryland Lindsey Thomas of Georgia and Larry Smith of Florida. Marine corps Mundy nominated for third Star Washington a president Reagan has nominated Mai. Gen. Carl e. Mundy or. Of the Marine corps for a promotion and new assignment and the air Force will soon gel a new auditor general the Pentagon said. Assuming Senate confirmation Mundy will receive his third Star and the Post of Deputy chief of staff for plans policies and operations at Marine Headquarters the Pentagon said. Mundy 52. A native of Atlanta will replace la Gen. John Phillips in the Job. Mundy is currently serving As the Dirac or of Floc operations division in the plans policies and operations department. Air Force Secretary Edward c. Aldridge meantime has selected John w. Boddice to be come his service s not auditor general. Boddie will replace Jerome k. Stolarow who is retiring on Jan. 30 after 31 years of Federal service. Boddice is currently the Deputy comptroller of the air Force for financial policy and banking. Police increase pressure on armed polygamists Marion Utah a police stepped up psychological pressure saturday on an armed polygamist clan barricaded in a log House by flashing lights Selling off flares and racing noisy Snowma Buettn Gincas the siege entered its second week. The group responded saturday morning by apparently trying to Block out police spotlights. Two figures Briery scampered from the com Pound with a .fool-by-4-foot piece of plywood and Ihnn with a 6-fool-by-5-fool Blue lamp placing them outside the main House. Also saturday morning a twin engine police air plane resumed continual buzzing of the House flying within 100 feel of its roof. Friday night two or three shots apparently aimed at a spotlight were fired from the Home Stead which has been blacked out since authorities Cut off electrical Power wednesday. Inside the log House were Vickie Singer 44,widow of mormon Church dissident John Singer and Addam Swapp 27, husband of two Singer daughters. Singer and Swapp face Federal charges in the bombing of the Mountain Community s mormon Chapel which authorities believe they carried outto avenge the 1979 shooting of Singer by officers in an 18-Day siege at the same compound. Study from Page 1 that goes with ii Thomson said Gorbachev May shortly produce a proposal of his  nato should reject any Deal that Calls for the Warsaw pact to reduce its forces on less than a 5-to-l ratio Saidie report which was based in pan on computer Simula Lions of How the opposing forces would fare in Battle. Thomson cautioned thai the commonly accepted 2 Lo-1 ratio of Warsaw pact Over nato forces did not Lake adequate account of air Power in which the Sovi ets also enjoy an Edge. The soviets have 2.8 million soldiers Lonato s 2.7 million 52,200 main Battle tanks to nato s 22,214, 24,035 artillery pieces Lonato s 8,974, 5,219 combat aircraft to nato s 3,243 and 2,085 armed helicopters Lonato s 714. According to the International Institute for strategic studies in London. But i Host numbers Don l Tell the whole Story Thom son said. It May seem a Paradox that the bean count imbalance is roughly 2 to 1, whereas the reductions Wecall for in the study arc closer to 5 to i he said. Bui the problem Wilh the Een iral from is that both sides need minimum forces to cover the front and defend  the soviets have forces greatly in excess of that  he said they can create and exploit breakthroughs. We have to Stem those breakthrough and our reserves Are  thus any reduction in nato forces would Creale holes in Western defences thai could be overwhelmed by Warsaw pad units even if their number were Cut Small increases in nato s Capa Bililies would help the balance a to but it would take Large decrease in Warsaw pact forces to have the same result Thomson Taid. The Rand study took a different tack than that taken by a 67-Page report released last wednesday by sen. Carl Levin d-mich., the chairman of the conventional Force subcommittee of the Senate armed services committee i believe an uneasy conventional military balance exists today in Europe Levin said after reviewing testimony and evidence presented to his panel by Pentagon and intelligence officials and outside experts. The imbalance in the numbers of links in Europe Levin said did not Lake into account inc fact that 56.9 percent of the Warsaw pact tanks arc models designed before 1965," whereas Only 19.1 Pyrc Cal of nato tanks Are of that  release of inc reports by Levin and Rand came just before hearings were to begin monday in the sen ate on a treaty to ban All superpower land based mis Siles who ranges of 300-1,300  conservatives argue thai elimination of these . Nuclear missiles leaves Western Europe vulnerable to soviet conventional forces. Closing for inventory stars and stripes Boole lore will be closed monday. Jan. 25, for in glory. Yon can by the surn and Stripe newspaper at cafes Luck bin Burger Kin restaurants or other news vending cutlets and Muchl pea on Ihu Date. Reagan to seek acid ran funding Washington a president Reagan will ask Congress to appropriate the Federal share of a 55 Bil lion program to combat acid rain the while House said saturday. A statement by chief presidential spokesman Martin Fili Waier also said thai Reagan had accepted the recommendations of a task Force that Call for eliminating regulatory barriers to the development of innovative a remissions control  these Steps i water said would be in keeping with commitments Reagan made to the Canadian government which is concerned about acid rain pollution from the United Stales. The president has instructed his advisers to continue discussion with Ribeir Canadian counterparts to Ward completion of a bilateral air Quality Accord the statement said he reiterated his commitment to implement the recommendations of a 1986 Ripon by special . And Canadian envoys. Reagan indicated earlier he supported a five year i billion Federal and Industry Effort to encourage the development and deployment of systems to reduce Power Plant emissions though to cause acid rain. The Stalc Meni said the president will request the full Federal share of the program which would amount to i2.s billion. The recommendations of the president task Force on regulatory Relief Are aimed Al cutting red tape blocking development of new emission controls. Furniture magnate Dies Bassett a. A John e. Batted st., retired chairman of bal sctt furniture industries inc., has died at 86