European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 30, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Inside strides a. Mar w 49ers win super bowl sports Section d Honecker sent to prison Page b d red army facing big problems Page 9 o glasnost Glitz Page 14 the a and Fries  unofficial Quilic Tion f0 emf. . A d Fod ctr Good morning vol. 48, no. 288 tuesday january 30. 1990 25 oily sure def d 8693 a $1.23 trillion budget proposed by Bush Washington a president Bush monday sent Congress a $1.23 trillion budget for next year that slows the growth in military spending in response to dramatic changes in the world and Calls for no general tax in crease As part of a plan to Cut the fed eral deficit by half. Bush proposed hefty spending increases for the 1991 fiscal year in space exploration cleaning up the environment and the head Start preschool program. He also recommended cuts in medicare College student Loans and farm subsidies among other Domestic programs. Bush s budget the first one he has written from scratch was certain to provoke Sharp debate in the democratic controlled Congress. With an Eye toward future growth and expansion of the human Frontier the budget s chief emphasis is on investment in the future Bush said in a written see budget on Back Page 35 . Bases 1 2 abroad due to close Sembach a not on list by Chuck Vinch Washington Bureau Washington defense Secretary Dick Cheney on monday recommended closing 35 Domestic bases and 12 Over seas bases in a move aimed at trimming Pentagon spending. He named another 20 bases in the United states and two overseas for realignment. We cannot responsibly reduce the de sense budget without looking at bases Cheney said at a Pentagon news related stories Page 3 briefing to unveil president Bush s pro posed �295.1 billion defense budget for fiscal 1991. The recommendations come As the Pentagon begins implementing the re sults of a study last year that identified 86 Domestic bases for closing. Sembach a. West Germany was not among the bases named monday Al though the stars and stripes quoted sources last week As saying the base was on a list of proposed closures. Cheney said the new overseas recommendations Are deliberately modest be cause the administration does not want to pre empt the conventional forces in Europe negotiation process. We re con strained in part under this budget by the cafe timetable he  we have a cafe agreement there will be further base closings Over seas he said adding that one of the first on the list would be the facilities for the 2nd army div fwd in  Germany. Its Parent unit at fort Hood Texas is being proposed for deactivation in fiscal 1991.even though the Pentagon is going slow on overseas bases to avoid Short Cir cuiting current negotiations Cheney said global and regional trends make it pos sible for us to adjust some of our Over seas  overseas bases listed Lor closing Are  a West Germany inca Makri naval communications Sta Tion and Hill Nikon a Greece Comiso air station Italy Perhac a and Eskis Hir munitions storage site Turkey Raf Fairford Raf Grenham common and Raf Withers Field England and Kwangju Suwon and Taegu air bases South  two bases that would be realigned Are the naval communications station at san Miguel the Phillip incs. And naval air station  has the Power to close Over seas bases on his own and said the ones see bases on Back Page the following european bases were named As pan of proposed military closings worldwide. England Raf fair lord Raf Greenham common Raf Wethersfield West Germany Wei Brincken a Italy Comiso air station Greece hell Nikon a Nea Makri Navy communications station s4s Susan Harris army of manpower would be lowest since 50. _.1 a _ j ,.jT-j1a., in of a arc or a Rhino in Sean o pc Csc. The Patby Chuck Vinch Washington Bureau Washington defense Secretary Dick Cheney on monday unveiled a proposed $295.1 billion spend ing plan that would Cut the army and air Force 10 their lowest manpower Levels since 1950. Cheney said the fiscal 1991 budget represents the first Steps in the . Response to momentous changes in Eastern Europe and the soviet Union. The budget request is 2.6 percent below spending Levels for the current fiscal year when inflation is taken into account and $22.4 billion below the defense spending plan envisioned by president Bush eight months ago. Despite growing Calls by some lawmakers for deep cuts in defense spending to provide peace dividends for social programs or deficit reduction Cheney said any reductions should be carried out in a careful orderly and prudent manner. A lot of people calling for a peace dividend have never seen a defense program they liked Cheney said. It seems to me that the peace dividend is  while agreeing that some cuts Are in order changes in the nation s defense strategy Are not Cheney said calling this the worst possible time to contemplate such changes. There is enormous uncertainty about political developments in the soviet Union he said. The Prospect i have to plan for is a sudden reversal in current soviet trends in military and foreign  Cheney said that when inflation is factored in de sense spending Levels have been shrinking since 1985, but no one has  by 1995. Defense spending will be at its lowest level since before world War ii when measured either As a share of the nation s Gross National product or As a portion of total Federal spending he said. The proposed budget would Cut troop strength by 38,000 people mostly in the army and air Force bringing those two services to their lowest manpower Levels in 40 years according to Sean o pc Csc the Pentagon comptroller. Coupled with the 54,000 people being Cut this fiscal year troop Levels would be at their lowest Point since 1980. When president Reagan began the largest peace time military buildup in the nation s history. The budget proposal Calls for deactivation of two army divisions based in the United states the 2nd army div at fort Hood Texas and the 9th inf div at fort Lewis  troop reductions and unit a activations also would allow for withdrawals from Europe but Only after a conventional forces reduction treaty with the soviet Union is ratified officials said. For example the brigade size Clement of the 2ndarmd div in Karlstedt West Germany could remain in Europe even after its Parent unit at fort Hood is deactivated an army official said. Cheney admitted that the biggest change in terms of Seo army of on Back Page