European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 19, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes Friday february 19,1998 Reagan submits lean defense budget continued from Page 1 would shrink by s6.z billion. In addition to the manpower cuts the reduced spending would result in the loss of More than 200 combat aircraft and 620 helicopters Carlucci said. The Navy would also lose 16 frigates and one sub Marine.  of 580 ships in fiscal 19s9. That would dash in Mai i i inn line goal of having a 600-ship Fleet this i i shh dial of n for 600 ships is now fiscal 1992. While each service was Wpc cd to Sharel the jj2.5 billion reduction the final formula would let the army off lightly compared to the air Force and Navy. The army budget would be Cut by Only billion. The air Force would lose s10 Hill Ion. Wei Navy would lose the most 312.3 billion Jere other  would come out of do fun a Pentagon official who ask i to be identified said the army is being  of heightened conventional Force co fms in ii Wake of the inter mediate Range  agreement. Details of a posed Force Structure changes include  would lose about 9.000 soldiers by oct. 1, reducing total strength to 772.600. The lowest total in More than a decade. Additionally about 36,000 civil Ian and selected Reserve personnel would be Cut Sav ing More than half a billion dollars one brigade of the 9lh inf div at fort Lewis Wash would be deactivated and in Mission respond Sibili nicked up by a unit of the Washingto guard. The guard s Roland air Derer no Mexico would be re equip Sive Chaparral miss Lac. The service  the planned activation of two its clan entry battalions for the 6th inf div in alas Rose cuts would save 14.5 billion. The retire a local of 620 oh-58 and uh-1 r savings of 12,2 billion. Nary " the Navy s activc31tai  not shrink but a planned increase in end sirwpiijaj�0 would be scrapped. The Marine corps would to a i personnel. Sixteen frigates built in the Early 1 one Poseidon submarine would be mothballed saving $4.4 billion. The 14th naval air Wing at Miramar Nas calif., would be deactivated saving 11.6 billion. Air Force the air Force would lose up to 18,000 Active duty personnel and another 12,000 civilians and selected reserves resulting in 1sj3 million in savings. Funds for the 401 St tac fighter Wing would be Jilin the Wake of Spain  line unit from to Irein   in tuesday that if an alter for the unit can be found in Europe  Force would instead deactivate another similarly sized unit based in the United slates to absorb that budget Cut some 5r-71 spy planes would be deactivated. The budget request docs nol specify numbers but the Cul would result in savings of is 12 million. In addition All 12 air National guard and air Force Reserve tactical fighter squadrons would be reduced from 24 to 18 aircraft by fiscal 1991,. In the procurement area each service would see six programs terminated but again the army would suf Fer less than the other services m term of lost  army would lose Only 1450 million to procure ment cull compared to More Nan is billion for the Navy and $3.2 billion for the air Force. Ims scheduled for termination include the Aquia cd reconnaissance plane eh-40 helicopter ii Flam mortar Copperhead missile. A 6f aircraft. Thena Wihib fair a radar wimp anti satellite missile c-27 aircraft  missile by far the sing wat item marked  " the budget the Pentagon estimates thai $2.1 s billion would be saved by cutting the Midge than. Marine from Page 1 certainly we want to Rescue  gunmen on wednesday blocked the coastal High Way near Tyre and grabbed Higgins As he returned from a meeting with pm Ujiki 1mwtmlpf a Herri s shiite  Saleh an a said he and Higgins had Dis foreign hostages in Lebanon and Tyre meeting. Eng As chief of an observer group at. Peacekeeping Force in Lebanon Lent spokesman Charlese Redman amal political 1cussed efforts in other topics at to Higgins Slach Cito the u slate a Crai said the unit Dicks far the of new instruct the caller Hosia Jucs. He grounds that Hirouth Lebanon was brought out the caller Sal it Aici would continue supplying sol it declined to say if any napping 23 of the other 24 foreign hostages in Leb anon. No one has claimed responsibility for the disappearance of anglican Church envoy Terry Wane. . Helicopters look off at Dawn to join the search for Higgini but were grounded Early thursday by heavy rain. Troops of the . Interim Force in Leb anon known � un1fil, and the amal militia the dominant Force Inch Ilain clothes militia Security men in cars blocked roads along the Litany River from the Mediterranean coast 25 Miles Inland to the slopes of mount  militiamen armed with sub machine guns and Nickel propelled grenade launchers patrolled a i a Milc stretch of the coast from the was Smith Bridge North of Tyre to the scene of the  has commanded the 76-member observer group Lebanon since Jan. 8. The group made up of officer from 16 countries is attached to the 5,800 Man uni Fil deployed in South Lebanon since 1978 10 police the Border with  operates in predominantly Shi Ilc areas whose population frequently have been caught in Cross fire Between israeli troops on one hand and palestinian guerrillas and iranian backed shiite extremists an the tins is Theiner Monen we upped in Soult Lebanon in wow eel and the second american military officer abducted in  became the 2jth foreigner and ninth american held hostage there. The foreign hostage held longest i Lebanon is Terry a. Anderson Chic Middle East Cor respondent for the associated press. He was abducted March 16,1983. A Var group Bujold be sent to the americans. William Higgins has  n d d i Tonly come out after he is tried on a did i i is one of the directors of the Cia in pm Iggins is now out of Brinit after he in the  a written statement and a photo graph of the cattle will be issued soon. Then he Hung up there w As no win to authenticate i he Clai m immedi the pro iranian grups islamic jihad islamic jihad for the liberation  revolutionary Justice and i Luly warriors Hatch aimed responsibility for kid from Paga 1 tuesday and wednesday consulting friends support ers and family members about his decision. He said his two children urged him to slay in Ilas Long As you be got half a Chance while his wife Hal tic contended conversely thai Liming and Grace arc a big part of life and  s a Point at which you just Don t emulate Harold Stassen forever he added in reference to the perennial Republican presidential Candi Daic from  finished Sim out of a seven Man Field on tuesday in the new Hampshire primary garnering s percent of the Vole. Only former sen. Gary Hart of Colorado received less. Babbitt left open the possibility he might Lake an other shot Ai the presidency in 1992. It was a great try and i Don t regret a minute Ofil he said. Tio knows maybe i la tide Back Inlo Lown  budget from Page 1 Chiles said Congress would not agree to sell off As Many government assets As Reagan wants. In thursday s budget message Reagan conceded the new docent in Kun does not fully reflect my priorities nor.  articular member of  but citing give and Lake on All sides Congress the goal of deficit reduction spending reduction must be  the two year budget pact struck with Congress last november in the Wake of the Stock Market collapse sols limits for both military increases and social pro Gram culs and restricts new lairs to the 114 billion already passed for 1989 by Congress. The new Reagan budget contends that the Cooj omy has shown few signs of serious damage Fror october s Slock Market plunge and Khatib Boom in exports holds out the Promise Leonti Nudd economic expansion. A in fact the new Reagan Budt assumes a declining Rale of inflation falling in inf Rales and economic growth of 2.4  and 3-5 percent Nel year. This  than forecast by  analysis and private forecast ers but close to their predictions than in previous years. A if Romh is even one percentage Point less than Reagan s forecast the deficit would Rise an additional s6.3 billion in 1989 and s18 billion in 1990, the budget report conceded. Reagan s new budget proposed military spending authority of 1299.3 billion in fiscal 1989 and actual outlays for the year of $294 billion up from $291.4 billion in 1988 in budget authority and j285.4 billion in outlays. That increase which does t even keep Pace with lost year s 4,4 percent increase in inflation represents the smallest military spending increase every pc ingress by Reagan. It is Likely to  in some of the military forces any Janris programs cd save grown sub Olamiju i tie became Prest re avast Fri cycles a number of Favorule and minisiraiigu0np9hi%reducing government pro no i act inc include the abolition  Corn Lamerce commission the economic pct mull administration Small business administration Loans Urban development action Grants and subsidies for Amtrak Tail passenger service and mass transit systems. In addition. Reagan again proposed the late of naval Petroleum reserves and some regional Power Market ing authorities including the Alaska Power administration. At the same Lime the president laced his 1989 re quest with a number of items certain to be politically palatable including nearly 12 billion in spending authority to combat the Scourge of aids a j8 per cent increase Over 1988 Levels. In addition Reagan who last year caused con Gressional const Malion by proposing Sharp cuts in education spending proposed a s1.5 Billioni Suav " in education outlays a use of 8 " inflation of the new  st.6 billion in spending aul Huip Egnute the nation s air control of he million increase for the superfund by write clean up hazardous wite Silex other new proposals for spending authority in Kea Gan i 1989 budget a request for s43? million More than double last year s budget for Federal prison construction to relieve overcrowding. A 13 percent increase to j3.9 billion for drug Law enforcement and treatment programs. A request for is 1.5 billion for space programs including the program to Orbil a manned space station and to improve the performance and reliability of the space shuttle. Spending of s363 million to begin construction of the superconducting super Collider the largest Kij Cince project Ever undertaken. 3htect up Law enforcement efforts with a focus on Whit of crime. Organized crime and terrorism. Full  s2.5 billion five year program to combat acid Hairr although the budget Majl would come in under the si36 billion deficit tfcfc.5pified by the Gramm Rudman Law pan of a Ink would be accomplished with the Sale of Federal rata including about s12 billion in Federal Loans