European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 31, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                No. Cutback dropping Down to he local Barbershop for a Quick him May soon be a thing of the p u far sol. 1st class Brace March of fort Dix n a who owes his neat hairstyle to Wright Storti Barber Jonathan Catt Arino. If the recommended plan to trim activities at the big army base Al Dix goes through military re lated services such As Cox Arno s half dressing shop probably will vanish see stories. Page 9. The sirs and stripes vol. 47, no.256 saturday december 31, 1908 in on we 0 8693 a Faa orders beefed up a sections from staff and wire reports the Federal aviation administration said thursday thai it is requiring tight ened Security by . Air carriers Al 103airports in the Middle East and Western Europe including a Ray or physical in up Codon of All checked baggage. The measures were put into effect in the Wake of the dec. 21 bombing of pan am flight 103, which killed Al 259 peo ple on Board and 1 people on the . Economic Index Down 0.2% last month Washington a the govern ment s chief gauge of future economic activity edged Down 0,2 percent in no vember Afier Bovine risen in the pre Vious month the Commerce depart ment said Friday. The performance by the department s Index of leading economic indicators continued a sawtooth pattern which analysts said was signalling Fiat economic Gro Ali will slow in the new year but the country should not topple into a recession. The Index had risen 0.4 percent in october after having suffered a 0.3 percent decline in september. Since May the Index has exhibited an alternating Pat Tern of increases and declines in each Monib. -.-. Over the past 12 months he Index has risen 1.6 percent less than half the 4.1 percent increase of the previous 12 see Index on Back Page battered defense budget has travelled a Rocky Road Bycie Uckin i Washington Bureau Wash Noton two years ago there was the unveiling of the biennial defense budget Cycle widely hailed by Congress the Reagan administration and inc Pentagon As a Way to put some much needed stability into military fiscal a look Back at it did t work out that Way. The first wrench in he. Works was the economic Summit held in late 1987 Between congressional and administration leaders seeking to avoid automatic Gramm Rudman spending cuts. Those talks resulted in the Pentagon Bein handed an order Early in 1988 10 slash its proposed budget for fiscal 1989 by whopping $33 billion. After hat news had been grudgingly digested by the military Congress went to work and appeared capable of achieving what has become a rare feat passing the annual funding Bills for Al government agencies including the defense department before the new fiscal year began oct i. That almost did t work out  keeping with the general Topsy Turvy flow of the 1988 defense budget deliberations president Reagan vetoed the Penta gon authorisation Bill in what some democrats called a political Man Euver to boost the Campaign chances of. Vice president George hush. Ultima Lily Congress completed the defense spending Bills for fiscal 1989, but the task took lawmakers right Down to the wire on sept. 30, the Day before the Start of the new fiscal year. You could say this was a strange year for the defense budget or maybe stranger than usual since every year tends to to an adventure when you re talking about an Agency with a budget of $300 billion,1 a House. Armed services committee staffer said. Even before news of the $33 billion Cut for fiscal 1989 was announced the defense department already had budget headaches.  in crafting defense spending Bills continued on Page 3 ground in Lockerbie Scotland. The moves will be effective within 48 hours and far exceed existing International standards Faa admin Strator Allan Mcartor said. Many of the measures already arc being followed but until now had not been required All the Lime he said. The Faa s program includes carry on baggage will tie inspected at random. Passengers May not have Access to checked baggage after it has cleared Secu Rity airlines must perform positive match of passenger and baggage to keep unaccompanied bags off the plane. Parcels shipped through passenger ticket counters also must be a Rayed or physically examined. The Faa is accelerating by six see baggage on Back Page Hook line and sinker from ii looks of things president elect George Bush hiked himself a Lunker thursday but Loots As it turned out. Here or Cirinc. Bush s heavyweight catch was realty a mutinied a a that the president elect waved at reporters As a joke. Joining Bush in the joke was fishing magnate Ray Scott who invited Bush to wet a line Al his is Ier Elake in pint Luli All.