European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 12, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Glenn s panel Cool to idea of More brass Page 2 the Star and tripes authorized unofficial publication for the . Armed forces vol. 47, no. 116 Friday August 12,1988 d 8693 a25t daily and sunday Senate oks Pentagon budget a is proposal focus number of families overseas Washington a the Senate voted 90-4 passage thursday of its second Pentagon budget Bill which includes an election year message to Japan and Western Europe to pay More for Allied defense and sets new restrictions on defense consultants. A provision calling for a 10 percent Cut in the total of american dependents living overseas with service men was rejected by the Senate 59-36. Sen. Phil Gramm a Texas opposed the dependents ceiling because i can t think of anything More damaging to the morale of our troops than to limit  but sen. Bennet Johnston d-la., said enough is enough. We have 413,000 dependents worldwide. That is far More than any other nation in  president Reagan last week vetoed the democratic controlled Congress first defense Bill because he objected to its cuts in his proposed Star wars budget and restrictions on nuclear arms control policy. The $282 billion defense budget Bill was the last major item keeping the Senate from starting a nearly four week recess. When Congress returns after labor Day House and Senate negotiators will meet to Iron out differences Between the defense Bills passed separately by each chamber. The House version approved two months ago contains neither of the major provisions voted thursday. One difference will be the Allied Burden sharing see budget on Back Page in remembrance of Wall s victims miss Dank Usa Chrissy Jureczko Chicago native represents Dank the lays a Wreath thursday at the Wall in German american National Congress remembrance of those killed trying to and 52 million americans of German escape East Berlin. The 21-year-old descent. See related Story on Page 9. Dupuget do a m Lasi cd Del i i Jua a k 4.1 % pay hike for is civilians appears of be in the bag for next year we a hunk it nah Annrob orations Bills but Reagan s recently Chuc Vinc Washington Bureau Washington military person Nel and government civilians Are All but ensured a 4.1 percent pay raise next year thanks to a congressional end run around the now defunct defense authorization Bill. The pay hike approved by a House Senate conference committee on wednesday is included in a funding Bill for the Treasury Post office and other government agencies. Assuming presi Dent Reagan signs the Bill As expected the pay raise would take effect Jan. 1. Military pay raises usually Are handled through the defense authorization and appropriation veto of the authorization measure sent the raise into temporary limbo. Lawmakers vowed to protect the in crease but the exact manner in which it would be enacted was Uncertain. Tentatively Congress will try to wrap the vetoed defense authorization Bill together with the defense appropriations Bill which has yet to be worked out because the Senate has t passed its version. When something like this happens one Way to get around it is to tack the legislation onto some other appropriate vehicle a Senate staffer said. In this Case the Treasury Bill was Handy so the see hike on Back Page Navy suspending Captain in Viet boat people incident by Norman Blackcap military writer Washington the Navy said thursday it would temporarily relieve the commander of the amphibious trans port Dock ship Dubuque after allegations that the ship failed to give adequate Aid to a Boatload of vietnamese refugees who reportedly later resorted to cannibalism to survive. A Navy statement said capt. Alexan Der g. Balian would be relieved of his command perhaps As Early As thursday. The commanding officer of the  Dubuque. Will be temporarily As signed to the commander naval surface group Western Pacific pending results of an inquiry into the sufficiency of the assistance provided by his ship to a Viet namese refugee boat in the South China sea on june 9, 1988," the service said in a Brief statement. Balian will be replaced by capt. David Wetherell who was flying thursday to the persian Gulf for the change of com Mand the Navy said. The Dubuque encountered the vietnamese refugees while it was steaming toward the Gulf. The Navy stressed thursday that Balian was not being relieved for cause in a disciplinary move but rather was being replaced temporarily on an administrative basis until an investigation is completed. But they Are going to relieve him said one official who asked not to be named. The question is obviously should he have rendered More assist Ance the allegations raise serious ques  the Navy and the United nations High commission on refugees Are investigating reports of murder and cannibalism that surfaced earlier this week in a philippine newspaper. The vietnamese boat people eventually were rescued off see incident on Back Page Usa eur s photo contest winners.  ,.". A