European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 30, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page the stars and stripes Friday september 30,1983 Transfer of class i nearly Complete agreement Cas for cafes takeover in january by Chuck Vinc Washington Burtan Washington the emotional Issue of trans Ferring military package beverage stores la the army and air Force Exchange service is on the Brink of being resolved of Pentagon manpower officials told congressional panel thursday. The civilian manpower chiefs of he army and air Force As Well As the defense department said that the two services have reached tentative agreement Wilh the Exchange service for the takeover to begin in late Jan uary he end of he current cafes business year. All outstanding issues have been resolved Del Bart Spurlock assistant Secretary of the army for Man Power and Reserve affairs told members of the House armed services committee s morale welfare and recreation panel. We have nearly completed the agreement said Karen Kessling acting assistant Secretary of the air Force Tor manpower and Reserve affairs. Bui the hearing was Short on details. Contentious issues such As the Fate of High level management employees within the current class i Structure were no mentioned at All. In the past the Exchange service had indicated that it was reluctant to absorb such employees. On another major stumbling Block at least on the army Side Spurlock said the Exchange service hat agreed to buy out the army s on hand liquor inventory but did not cite Dollar figures. The problem with the inventory hat been ill connection to the payback mechanism Spurlock said. We wanted to ensure that the responsibility of cafes to contribute part of the clan i profit to installation mar funds was not Hamstrung in any Way by the requirement Tor the Exchange service to buyout the inventory up  the Issue of Exchange service contributions to base mar funds under the new class i arrangement has been a concern for All involved said Grant Green assistant Secretary of defense for Force management and personnel. It s an emotional Issue on the uniform Side Green said. If a commander senses that Transfer of class Al or any Revenue generating activity Means a pm of control naturally they la be concerned.11 Green admitted that the service leadership has not done a Good Job of explaining to commanders that the will not lose anything under the Transfer of class a and possibly other Revenue generating activities Toa Afes. We have to be Able to Tell commander Here s what you used to get from running the clan i stores Here s what you la gel when cafes runs  now in Many cases 1 think commanders Are afraid the Money is All to Anglo go into some Blade Hole in dal Las borne Ofa Afes Headquarters. The Exchange service has Given assurances thai bases will receive at trait As much if not nun Money for local mar funds than they do new from a task i salts. Green said. We be just got to do better than we Hare to Date unmaking those lands of guarantees evident to con Mandan he said adding that to percent of the prof it from class i sales will go to base mar funds under the Transfer agreements. Spurlock admitted that the class i Transfer took longer than anticipated. But now thai the arrange ment for this prototype has been struck we can move much More quickly on reviewing other activities for possible Ira Niler he said. But we will be doing it methodically. We win not Transfer activities which won t do As wed or better under cafes than under base  _ it appears that neither service Mil meet a congressional deadline to provide the basics of their Transfer agreements to the mar panel by oct i. An Amy Ohlidal said the formal agreement Between that service and cafes is not scheduled to be signed until nov. I. Kessling did not offer a target Date for when the air Force expects to finalize its clan i Transfer agreement with the Exchange service. House oks $ j.8 billion legislative spending Bill Washington a the House approved a $1.6 billion 1989 appropriations Bill for Congress own expenses thursday an election year measure de void of a pay raise that Many lawmakers had talked about giving themselves. The measure was approved on a 2s3 133 vote and sent to the Senate for final congressional approval. The appropriations Bill was one of five remaining that legislators Are racing to Complete by saturday s Start of Federal fiscal year 1989. If All 13 Are enacted by saturday it would be the first time since 1948 that All of the spending measures that finance government agencies arc in place in time Tor the new year. Members of Congress have received base annual salaries of $89,300 since february 1987. Bui lawmakers have been coming under increasing Public criticism for the Large sums of Money most of them receive for giving speeches to Industry labor and other groups. The amount of the payments called Honorario legislators can keep each year can total up to 30 percent of each representative s salary and up to 40 per cent of each senator s pay. Lawmakers have discussed lowering or eliminating the amount of honorary permitted in Exchange for increasing the. Base pay. After House Senate negotiators working on the Bill discussed the proposals briefly on wednesday they agreed not to address the Issue in the spending measure. President Reagan is scheduled to pro pose salary adjustments for Congress and lop Federal officials in january hit proposal will be based on the recommendations that a special Federal salary com Mission is scheduled to make i december the Money in the Bill represent a 3 percent or 159 million increase Over 1986 legislative spending. Of the total package $506 million is for the House and $341 million for the Senate. The Restis for joint items such As the Capitol police and for congressional Agenda Suchias the Library of Congress. Lennon Star defaced John Lennon s newly installed slur on the vandalism by unknown persons Hollywood s walk of Fame was found look place just hours before the to be defaced thursday Wilh paint and scheduled formal dedication of the Star the scrawled words i buried  honouring the slain beatle. U.s., 11 allies to build manned space station Washington a the unite states and 11 Allied countries signed an agreement thursday to build a $23 Bil lion permanently manned space station designed As the first step toward a Moon Colony or manned expedition to Mars. The facility known As space station Freedom will be designed developed operated and used by Alt of the partners which include nine european allies Japan and Canada in addition to the United Stales. The United states is providing $16 billion for the program and the other partners Are contributing More than $7 billion. The agreement was formalized Ata stale department signing ceremony at which Secretary of state George p. Shutlz presided. Officials said it was a coincidence that the agreement was signed on the same Day that the discovery space shuttle was launched at Cape canaveral. A. A stale department summary of the program said a manned space station is needed to Lay the groundwork for a Colony on the Moon or a manned Mission Tomars. It will provide a focal Point for free world space operations Well into the next Century and will serve As a stepping Stone for human exploration of the solar system the summary said. The station will be used to study in effects of prolonged weightlessness on humans Ana to create a life support sys tem for Long space voyages. Because it is being designed to evolve and grow this station can become the facility which will serve As a Point of Assembly Iasi and departure for future manned missions to the Moon or to Mars the statement said the project will comprise a Combina Tion of permanently manned Man tended and unmanned elements. Accord ing to the current schedule the facility will be ready for permanent habitation inmate 1996. The Basic Structure of the manned base including the Power system and in habitation module will be provided by the United Stales. Canada will provide the hardware for use in station Assembly maintenance and servicing. The United slates Japan and the european countries will construct pressurized laboratories allowing astronauts 10 do research in a shirt sleeves Environ ment. In addition to the United slates can Ada and Japan the other participants Are Belgium Denmark France West Ger Many Italy the Netherlands Norway Spain and Britain. Raythelon to upgrade Navy sub systems Lexington mass. Ray Theono. Has been awarded a $403.3 million four year Navy contract to provide a major submarine combat control systems upgrade company officials said wednes Day. The contract by the . Navy s naval sea systems come includes the design and development of hardware and soil Ware upgrades for submarine combat control systems