European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 21, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                G 3 new army commissaries opening in Germany Page 2 d White House denies split with Bush Over Panama Page 5 re House now considering closing some overseas bases Page 9 n Mava eliminate nuggets gain Western finals Page 21 author need unofficial publication Pom the . Al mfg vol.47.no.34 saturday May 21, 1988 coed morning d 8693 a Pentagon orders strict limits to avoid busting 88 budget by Wii Jam j. Bartma Washington Burma Washington the Pentagon trying 1o avoid busting Sis already tight budget ordered an across the Board freeze Friday in purchasing and overtime pay and an extreme limit on civilian hiring throughout the defense department Tor at least six weeks. We Are trying to get at n Short discretionary spend ing thai can be deferred for the Sii Wick period that this is in place William h. Taft in Deputy Secretary of de sense said. For defense personnel worldwide Tail said the decision Means if you were planning to decorate your office wait until july. I you were planning on buy ing some. Equipment. Lawn mowers Fork lifts things that we do tend to buy quite a bit of televisions calculators typewriters and so Forth. Keep going with what you be got and. Defer  the Only areas exempt from the freeze Are intermediate nuclear forces military readiness programs and essential medical Anil safety programs. Many of the actions tall outlined arc already in effect at some local commands that Are also trying to make do on tight budgets. The Pentagon decision no makes them  said the spending freeze is the result of spend ing figures which for several months have Eicem did the limit necessary to meet the military s �8b budget of j277  re about j2.5 billion. Over at the moment. Continued on Page 26 Senate votes Down amendment linking inf to other treaties Washington a the Senate Friday overwhelmingly rejected an at tempt by conservative critics of the . Soviet missile treaty to link the pact to alleged soviet cheating on five other arms control agreements. In a series of five votes the Senate killed piece by piece the amendment proposed by sen. Steve Symms a Idaho. Symms amendment noted that run Gart has told Congress the soviets arc violating the Salt 1 and Salt 11 arms limitation treaties a 163 pact Banning open air atomic tests a 1925 Ocneva protocol Banning chemical weapons and the 1972 anti ballistic missile treaty. His proposal would have required that the administration certify the soviets arc in compliance with All these pacts before the intermediate Range nuclear forces treaty could have taken effect. Conservatives using Senate rules insisted on five separate votes rather thana single Roll Call. In the tallies the Voles to kill Symms proposal were 85-11, 87 see treaty on Back Page is armed is Squadron fakes Allied Boese Ager by Joe  Burcu eut1n, West Germany a 1starmd div eight Man team from Schwa Bach West Germany. Friday captured the Allied category in the annual Bose lager Light armoured  com  1st so 1st Cav 1st army div team racked up 5.415 Points to thwart the Hopes of last year s Winner the 1st so. 11th army Cav regt. Of Fulda West Germany the Fulda team scored 5,220points for a second place finish among the 12 Allied countries participating in the nato category. Top finisher in the German army category was the Panzer recon in 4 team which ran up 4,795 Points in the eight event contest sponsored by the German  annual Competition ranks with the Canadian army trophy As a top level test of skills among nato forces in Europe. Two dozen teams competed inthe we Klong tournament. Months of preparation went into Jet Ting the two . Squads ready for the Competition according to team representatives. The Competition  and menu skills As Well As abilities with tracked vehicles and ground to air  be got to have Well disciplined soldiers who Are very Weil trait cd and who Are  said 1st la. David Breuhan. A coach with the 1st army div  could never Force someone to do  Breuhan said noting the High level of physical training. The key 10 the 111 army div team wings a first place finish m daytime Light armoured . The events were scored differently based on the importance Given them. Members of the 111 army div team were dejected after finishing the obstacle course Friday the Only Day that rain interfered with the Competition. The team logged a Lime of 2 34 to place fourth Well behind the 1 Ith army Cav regt learn that was generally acknowledged to be its chief rival. However the ill army Cav regt see Boeselager on Back Page wreckage of Jet Tine training Mission Friday morning. The Pilot wow mine no withheld was killed in the crash. Debris from the  Duni ged a farm building. Tho residents of Gule Loh West Ger Many look Over the wreckage of i Brit ish of Force Hurrier Jel lighter that crashed shortly re Tayag off on a Rou