European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 6, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Murder of Hess suspected Page 3 the stars and stripes authorized unofficial publication for the . Armed forces vol. 47,no. 292 monday february 6, 1989 25c daily and sunday d 8693 a raise s veal Cost $380 million Baltimore Sun Washington the actual Cost of the proposed50 percent Federal raise would be at least $380 million per year not the $76 million commonly described byway raise proponents officials said. On wednesday barring an unexpected last minut Eblock by Congress pay raises of about 50 percent will take effect for the nation s top 2,498 executive judicial and legislative officials. According to the 1989 com Mission on executive legislative and judicial Sala Ries which recommended the raises the total net Cost will be $76.7 million per year. We be heard a lot of numbers about the High cos of this adjustment said commission chairman Lloyd Cutler in congressional testimony last week. The actual Cost for the 2,500 people who Are within our responsibility the 2,500 top people is in a full fiscal year $76 million after you netted Back the taxes on the additional increases. This is seven one thousandths Ozone percent of the Federal budget. It is one twentieth of one percent of the Federal  actually the commission s proposal would Cost considerably More than $76 million a year because it would Benefit More than 12,000 government  to the Federal office of management and budget the real Cost would be $380 million a year said bomb spokeswoman Barbara Clay. The congressional budget office which has also reviewed the mat Ter estimates the real net Cost 9f the raises at $406 million per year said co assistant budget analyst Richard Krop. The reason is buried in the Fine print of the pay raise debate. The 50 percent pay hike for the president and Vic president the Cabinet and other top executive officials members of Congress and Federal judges would automatically trigger pay increases of Between 16 per cent and 50 percent for an additional 10,285 top officials in the executive and judicial branches of govern ment Clay said. Including the 2,498 recipients of the 50 percent raise the total number of positions to be granted Auto Matic pay increases is 12,783. The figures do not take into account non mandated pay raises among congressional staffers and bureaucrats expected to occur Over time because of the inflationary effect of the top level salary increases. Consumer activist Ralph Nader an opponent of the salary increase argued in congressional testimony last see raise on Back Page reaching historic Heights scaffolding seems to Rise endlessly in this wide Angle photograph of restoration under Way on the . Capitol dome s historic mural. About 700 scaffolding frames enable artists to reach the mural located 185 feet above the Rotunda  entire building is undergoing major restoration work. Energy firms warned of techno terrorism Washington a the Energy department is quietly advising . Companies of a growing threat of terrorist attack on vital Domestic Energy facilities and is pressing them to fortify their defences the associated press has Learned. At the same time an inter Agency taskforce has been created within the National Security Council to assess the vulnerability of . Energy systems and study ways of minimizing the risk of Supply disruption caused by  Energy related terrorism in the United states would be a particularly significant threat in a military crisis with the soviet Union an internal Energy department report said. However even in the absence of a superpower confrontation there is the possibility that potential third world adversaries could sponsor attacks on the Energy infrastructure in the United states the report said. The report was prepared for Congressi december 1987 but was withheld be cause of its sensitive nature. A sanitized version was released last year. A catalyst for the government s Campaign according to department officials and documents is concern about techno terrorism the use of hard to detect Plas tic explosives hand held missiles elec tronic surveillance gear or other sophisticated devices to carry out politically motivated acts of sabotage. The heightened Alert also reflects Asee Energy on Back Page Japan works on new goal learning to enjoy life of Leisure Tokyo a Japan faces a grim task that May prove More vexing than flooding the world with cars or cracking the computer Chip Market having a Good time. Although older japanese cling to the work ethic that rocketed this country from world War ii devastation to eco nomic superpower status their children have decided All work and no play mad Japan a Dull nation. Shoko Shima 31, works 45 hours week As a translator about average for the japanese. But she also takes time to work out regularly at a health club and play Tennis and Golf. People used to work Formwork s Sake or their family s Sake. But now Many of us work to have free time Shima said. More and More Young people Are choosing part time jobs so they can work when they want instead of being tied to Abig  in some ways Japan today is a nation Bent on enjoying itself the number of official holidays surpasses that of the a United states and Young people s vision commuters spill out of the Tokyo station see Japan on Back Page on a typical workday