European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 1, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Vol. 46, no. 287 monday. February 1. 1988 0 8693 a o greeks turks agree to seek closer ties Page 3 d Rogers highly critical of inf treaty. Page 5 g Indiana defeats 2nd-ranked Purdue Page 21 Back in . Junta it Obj left i in american whose plane he forced Doit Over Nicaragua Debar from the prime Jet thai touched Down ill los Angeles  Airport Lite saturday night. He was  by los. Senate candidate Bill press right who i Portl dlr Nigut Laneil Denby s re lease. Story in pan is Baker says Reagan still backs Meese Washington a president Reagan has no plans to ask attorney general Edwin a Csc to resign for his role in an iraqi Oil pipeline project because no proof of improper conduct has been presented a top White House official said sunday. The president. Has said he continues to have full Confidence in his attorney general White House chief of staff Howard Baker sail "1 see no reason on Earth for inc president to take any action unless and until ii s made to appear Ilia or. Meese has done something  Case is the latest in Serin involving Reagan administration officials. More than 100 people who have served under Reagan including some of the president s closest advisers have been investigated for wrongdoing during his seven years in office Meese has been one of Reagan s closest associates since his Days As inc governor of California. A Csc s attorney James Rocap has said Mcnese had Only a limited involvement with inc pipeline project and has not broken the Law. Baker s comments came amid a report sunday in the new York times that while House officials have been told by the Independent counsel probing the mat Ter that the attorney general played an important and sustained role in the is billion iraqi project which never came to fruition. A close Friend of Melesc. E. Robert Wallach had a financial interest in the iraqi project. He sent he Ai Gorncy general a memo citing a plan to pay off a lop israeli official in return for a guarantee that Israel would no bomb the pipeline sources closet the investigation have confirmed. The sources spoke on condition they not be identified the 1977 foreign corrupt practices acl generally forbids companies and individuals from making pay. Ments to foreign government officials to secure help in obtaining or retaining business. Under thai act the attorney general is responsible for prosecuting Ameri can citizens or companies that try la bribe foreign officials. Baker refused to comment sunday on details of the investigation in capt to say Independent counsel James c. Mckay had briefed him Ana White House counsel . Culvahouse on the matter and that he had in formed Reagan. The chief of staff also refused to say whether Cagan had had any knowledge of the pipeline plan which was abandoned in Early 1586. Asked if there has been any discussion of Mees stepping aside As inc investigation unfolds Baker shot Back there in t  kind of a Siren no would in Send that based on  accounts based on Rumor that the president would ask him to stand aside or resign Baker  person is innocent until proven guilty. And the president i think has a High level of commitment to  whether he believed the controversy would develop into an investigation on the level of the Iran Contra affair. Baker said i see no evidence of  but pressed on whether inc Meese Mailer presented major political problem for the president the Eric of staff acknowledged it s always a problem when you have the allegation that someone has acted Ina pro  it s not As big a problem Asil would be i you Start pitching people to Lions without proof. Thai would be distinctly unsettling he said. The to Shinton i Ost reported sunday that an in formed israeli source said Meese was one of several . Officials who had Contact Over a period of Yea with israeli officials about the pipeline pro Cal. We considered Meese a competent member of the government of the United slates and for us any a see Meese on Bach Page embattled Ariz governor refuses to quit will run in recall election Phoenix am. Us l gov. Evan median has decided to Campaign l11 up his Post in a recall elec Tion rather than resign from office Arizona s Secretary of hate announced saturday. Mecham s decision was contained in a letter delivered Friday to Secretary if state Rose Molter Dwigh instructions that in was lobe opened at 6 . Saturday. Saturday was iric deadline for Mcclians la respond to mofford s Holifi Castun that he must resign or face a recall election forced by a grass roots movement thai gathered the signatures of 300.000 registered voters dissatisfied with the state s first Republican governor in 12 years. The governor s Brief letter said in part i was legally elected and 1 intend to fulfil my responsibilities As governor. Until those same people Vole me  Mcchamp wrote lie has broken no Laws and see quit on Back Page Post allowance costs jump in Wake of Dollar s collapse by Crystal Lauveano staff writer Heidelberg in the Midi of an unresolved decl the foil of the Dollar is causing a dramatic surge in Post allowance costs to Usa eur a command resource management spokesman said. If the current level of port allowance were to continue through oui the year uie total cosi of Post allow. Ance would be almost s29 million said la. Col. Jim Graham. That s How much funding we have to Gener ate somehow 10 finance that  Levels of Post allowance for cowl Iii employees Are Trig bored by Dollar conversion Rales set by Utt stale depart t the most recent Post allowance increase in Germany occurred Jan. 17 after the Dollar fell to a Low of 1.47 Marks below the  of 1.61  yearly Post allowance for a civilian employee with family members and an annual income of$28,000 to s29,w increased to ,950 from the pre  allowance clarification Rales Are computed every pay period and if the Dollar stays at current Levels the Post allowance rates will decrease to the pre Jan. 17  the stale department issues that Post allow Ancelin becomes an entitlement and there is no Way see collapse on Back Pago Campaign Veteran Kumku sen Bob Dole it Tonui of world War ii. Hills to speak in members of the lows churl of the veterans of foreign win saturday in a Molann. The de Points Register has and Pishl Dole ind Illinois Sun. 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