European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 4, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 a a the stars and stripes saturday August 4,1990senate rejects 4,1 % military pay hike by Chuck v1nch Washington Bureau Washington a the Senate on Friday rejected a last ditch Effort by sen. John Glenn to boost the military pay raise from 3.5 percent to 4.1 percent in the next fiscal year. The proposal offered As an amendment during floor debate on the Senate a fiscal 1991 defense authorization Bill was voted Down 67-32. The rejection came after Senate armed services committee leaders Sens. Sam Nunn d-ga., and John Warner r-va., spoke out against it. Glenn who chairs the Senate armed services subcommittee on manpower rammed a 4.1 percent raise through that panel when the Bill was drafted two weeks ago but the full committee later news briefs voted to limit the raise to the Pentagon request of 3.5 percent. Glenn a Ohio argued on the Senate floor that the higher raise did not represent a True pay increase because it would Only match the expected rate of inflation next year. He said military pay already lags behind average private sector wages by 11.3 percent and the Gap would increase to 12.6 percent with the smaller raise next year based on inflation and wage growth projections for next year. Glenn used the 3.5 percent raise request to question the Pentagon soft stated commitment to personnel Over hardware. A the request says to me that the Pentagon accepts the fact that pay erosion is something they re Happy to live with a he said. But Warner read from an aug. 2 letter in which defense Secretary Dick Cheney reaffirmed his belief that the 3.5 percent raise is adequate for fiscal 1991. While the difference in costs for the higher raise in 1991 would total $314 million the Long term Price tag would be much higher and might result in involuntary separations to hold Down manpower costs Cheney said. A my opinion is that the amendment would result in other cuts in the manpower accounts including thousands of personnel who would have to be separated a Nunn said. A the problem is not the $314 million in 1991 a believe we could Accomma a Date that a he said. A the problem is its $2 billion accumulated manpower costs Over the next five  Glenn retorted that Cheney is a Flat wrong to say the 3.5 percent raise is adequate. A if we go with that recommend Dalion we increase the erosion of pay even further a he said. A i also done to accept that the higher raise would automatically require deeper cuts in end strength a he said. Any number of hardware programs such As the strategic defense initiative could be Cut to offset the costs of the higher raise he said. The House armed services committee in its version of the defense authorization Bill approved a 4.1 percent military pay raise but committee aides said it stands a Good Chance of being knocked Back to 3.5 percent when the House begins debate on the Bill after the August congressional  Over Oil recession Knock Stock prices Down new York apr Stock prices declined sharply Friday in a convulsive reaction to Middle East Oil worries and recession fears. The Dow Jones average of 30 industrials Down More than 120 Points at its mid session Low closed with a 54.95-Point loss at 2,809.65. Those figures reinforced concern in the financial world that economic activity was weakening More than had been thought just a few weeks  in Stuttgart charged in series of Exchange thefts Stuttgart West Germany a amps a a military policewoman has been charged with nine specifications of larceny a Vii corps spokeswoman said Friday. The charges have been filed against sgt 1 St class Joyce Nelsons assigned to he co 6th area support group said spokeswoman i id Goodhand. Nelsons was also charged with four specifications of making false official statements failure to be at a Point of duty wrongful appropriation of government property and adultery Goodhand said. When arrested the military policewoman said she was taking part in a criminal investigation come operation Goodhand said. Most charges arc related to a series of thefts from local exchanges that occurred from september 1989 to april 1990. Shoes clothing and Hummel figurines Are among the stolen items she said. The specification of wrongful appropriation of property involves a government vehicle the spokeswoman said. She did not elaborate on the charge of adultery. Senate turns Down plan to 130,000 More by Chuck Vinch Washington Bureau Washington a the Senate rejected a proposal Friday that would have required 30,000 troops to be withdrawn from Europe and demobilized on top of a previously approved withdrawal of 50,000 troops. The proposal was Defeated by a vote of 59-40. It was offered As an amendment to the Senate a fiscal 1991 defense authorization Bill by sen. Kent Conrad d-n.d., during floor debate. The Senate armed services committee approved the withdrawal a but not the demobilization a of 50,000 troops from Europe in 1991 when the Bill was drafted two weeks ago. Conrad at times almost shouting raged Over West Germany a announcement last week that it would Bear the costs of keeping soviet troops in East Germany while forces on both sides in Central Europe Are drawn Down. A at the same time West Germany announced it would pay the soviet Union to keep its troops in East Germany we Are paying to keep troops in West Germany to protect against those soviet forces a Conrad said. A it is 45 years after the last great War in Europe a Conrad said. A events have changed the threat there and our own economic condition requires substantial savings. We Are spending Over $100 billion a year to protect Europe and we have to borrow the Money from them to do it. We can no longer afford it Quot with a National debt that has tripled Over the past eight years and the United states saddled with massive budget deficits and the title of world s largest debtor nation . Defense commitments overseas must be reduced now he said. A we Are undermining the strength of America a he said. A the greatest threat to our National Security is our economic vulnerability. We cannot continue to pay everyone else a Bills when we can to pay our  sen. Sam Nunn chairman of the Senate armed services committee has advocated the eventual reduction in . Troops in Europe to about 75,000 to 100,000, but Conrad said he sees no reason to wait. The congressional budget office estimates that Conradus amendment would have saved $330 million from reductions in personnel costs and an additional $350 million per year in operations and maintenance costs. But sen. John Mccain r-ariz., urged a patience and caution Quot on troop reductions in Europe and said additional personnel end strength reductions beyond the committees recommended figure of 100,000 probably would trigger involuntary separations. Costs for Severance pay and other benefits for involuntarily separated troops would add to the defense budget in the Short term rather than reduce it Mccain said. �?o1 do not believe it is appropriate for Congress to impose unilaterally without agreement of the executive Branch further reductions in troops until we can achieve a conventional forces in Europe agreement a Mccain said. A if at this time next year we have not made significant and substantial agreements with the soviet Union i would be willing to support the amendment a he said. Nunn agreed saying if the Pentagon was forced to Cut More than 100,000 troops next year a a we re going to have to Send out Pink  he urged his colleagues to slay on the course outlined by Nis committee of steady gradual troop reductions in Europe Over the next few  from Page 1 Union and United states demanded that All countries Stop arms supplies to Iraq and that Iraq pull out of Kuwait immediately. The soviet Union. Iraqis main weapons supplier Cut off shipments thursday and predicted a Quick iraqi withdrawal. In related developments a Egypt broke the silence among major Arab nations and harshly condemned the invasion. A Jordan a King Hussein met with Sadda Nuin Baghdad then announced that Arab leaders would gather for a Summit sunday to discuss the crisis. He also urged the United states not to intervene militarily. A . Officials sought information on 14 americans mostly Oil workers who Are missing in Kuwait and were apparently seized by iraqi forces. A saudi sources said there was a Good Chance Saddam would meet with the ousted kuwaiti ruler Sheik Jaber Al Ahmed Al Sabah this weekend in saudi Arabia. A the United states proposed that the . Security Council adopt sweeping military Trade and economic sanctions against Iraq for its invasion of Kuwait. A driven by fears of a production drop Oil prices continued to climb. North sea Brent blend the most widely traded International crude Rose $2 a barrel thursday and 86 Ceno More on Friday to close at $23.25. Last month Oil prices were As Low As $16 a barrel. Iraqis invasion followed two weeks of threats and accusations against its Small persian Gulf neighbor. On july 17, Saddam accused it of stealing Oil from a Field that includes land both sides claim lie also blamed Kuwait for a fall in Oil prices saying it contributed to the Oil glut by cheating on its open production quotas. Details from Kuwait on Friday were sketchy. Public communication was severed and a radio station opposed to the invasion was knocked off the air. Its last message was a desperate Appeal fur Fel Low arabs to a Rush Rush to their  the iraqi army faced pockets of resistance Early in the Day according to residents and diplomats. Explosions and gunfire were reported at the country s main military Barracks in the capital and along the coast 15 Miles away. Later . State department spokesman Richard Boucher said iraqi troops were five to 10 Miles from the saudi Border. British foreign Secretary Douglas Hurd said iraqi troops were massing along the saudi Border. Diplomatic sources in saudi Arabia said an iraqi missile exploded Early Friday on saudi territory near the kuwaiti saudi and iraqi Borders. It was not known if the missile was deliberately tired into saudi Arabia there were no reports of injuries or damage in the sparsely populated area. White House spokesman Marlin Fitz water told reporters a we Are extremely concerned about the possibility of Iraq broadening its invasion plans to any other country. They Are close enough to the saudi Border to indicate cause for concern. But we done to know what their intentions or motives  . Officials said Iraq had Lar More troops in and near Kuwait than Are necessary to occupy the country which is about the size of new Jersey. A nato source in Brussels Belgium said that the United Stales had informed its allies that it a was aware Iraq May have designs beyond Kuwait Quot and had made a contingency  saudi Arabia is the worlds no. 1 Oil producer and provides the bulk of . Oil imports. Its troops would Likely be no match against iraqi forces. Iraq has been engaged in a major defense buildup since Saddam came to Power in 1979. Its combined military forces Are estimated at 1 million. The saudis total armed forces number 65,700. An american citizen who fled Kuwait on Friday said iraqi troops appeared to be digging in South of the capital of Kuwait City ready to counter attempts by Kuwait a Royal family to return from saudi Arabia. A for the first 40 Kilometres that we travelled toward saudi Arabia we passed a lot of iraqi troops thousands of them equipped with howitzers missile launchers lots of tanks and even More armoured personnel carriers a said Elizabeth thames 36, of Glenroe Penn