European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 4, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 a a a the stars and stripes saturday August 4,1990 rejects 4.1 % by Chuck Vinch Washington Bureau Washington a the Senate on Friday rejected a last ditch Witort 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 s 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 Towk 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. Quot the request save 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 a Aue. 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. Quot my opinion is that the amendment would result in other Cut 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 i believe we could accommodate 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 recommendation 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 i percent military pay raise but committee aides said it St amp Nimi Good Chance of being knocked Back to j.5 percent when the House begins debate on the Bill after the August congressional recess. Invasion of Kuwait sends Stock prices plummeting new York apr Stock prices plunged in afternoon trading Friday amid continued tension Over iraqis invasion of Kuwait. The key Dow Jones average of 30 big Industry. At stocks was Down about 118 Points in sustained Selling shortly before 2 . The Stock Market was battered by fears that higher Energy prices worldwide resulting from the iraqi invasion would trigger inflation. My 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. 1st class Joyce Nei Isons assigned to he co 6lh area support a group said spokeswoman Hilda Goodhand. Nelsons was also changed 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 Are related to a series of thefts from local exchanges that occurred from september 1989 to april 1990. Shoes clothing and Hummel figurines arc 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. To 30,000 More by Chuck Vinch Washington Bureau Washington 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 amp Bill was drafted two weeks ago. 1 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  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 worlds largest debtor nation . Defense commitments overseas must be reduced now he said. Quot we arc undermining the strength of America a he said. A the greatest threat to out National Security is our economic vulnerability we cannot continue to pay everyone else a Bills when we can to pay our  sen. Sam Nunn Chapman 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 Conrad s amendment would have saved $380 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 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. A i do not believe it is appropriate for Congress to impose unilaterally without agreement of the exec Utvic 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 stay on the course outlined by his committee of steady gradual troop reductions in Europe Over the next few  from Page 1 Iraq was difficult. A Oil Wasny to so easy for us to make the kind of statement we made yesterday a because soviet relations with Iraq had been Good for decades he said. Shevardnadze said the invasion a contradicts the principles of new political thinking and the principles of civilized relations Between  a report on soviet to news said Quot the statement contains an Appeal to the International Public to come out together in condemnation of the act of  the soviet Union and the United states have condemned the invasion on their own. Bakery a plane arrived in Moscow from Mongolia Friday More than an hour late because a tire blew when in landed fur refuelling in the siberian City of Irkutsk. Baker Cut Short his state visit to Mongolia for the Moscow talks. Meanwhile shelling and gunfire Friday Shook portions of Kuwait a capital. Indicating a last ditch attempt by kuwaiti forces to hold out against the More powerful iraqi army. World reaction toughened against iraqis invasion. President Bush met with advisers amid concerns Iraq would try to push into saudi Arabia. A nato source said the United states had alerted allies it had Quot contingency plans if the iraqis pushed beyond kuwaiti territory. The state department said iraqi troops were within 5 to 10 Miles of the saudi arabian Border. The aircraft Carrier Independence backed by six . Warships headed to the persian Gulf to Back up eight warships already there. France also announced it was sending a second warship to the Gulf. Major nations including some heavily dependent on iraqi Oil Friday followed the superpowers in announcing measures aimed at pressuring Iraq to withdraw from Kuwait. Egypt broke with major Arab nations and joined in the condemnation. In other developments a a missile landed on saudi territory near the convergence of the saudi iraqi and kuwaiti Borders diplomats in saudi Arabia said. No injuries or damage were reported. A some american Oil workers were missing after apparently being rounded up by iraqi soldiers during the invasion. A Jordan a King Hussein said an Arab league Summit would be held in saudi Arabia on sunday to discuss the crisis. Iraqi troops backed by 350 tanks and air cover swept into Kuwait before Dawn thursday and penetrated As far As Kuwait a Southern Oil Fields near the Border with saudi Arabia the worlds biggest producer of Oil. The nato source speaking in Brussels Belgium on condition of anonymity said the United states informed allies during a special meeting a that it was aware that Iraq May have designs beyond Kuwait and informed the allies that it has drawn up contingency plans of action to respond to that  he said american officials did not explain what actions were under consideration. Details of the situation in Kuwait an Oil Rich Sheik Dom on the persian Gulf were hard to come by. Telephone operators in Bahrain said it appeared phone lines were Cut Friday afternoon. A curfew was in Force All ports were sealed the Airport remained closed and the three main land Crossings into Kuwait were impassable said a British embassy official reached by Telephone in the morning. Saddam invaded Kuwait after two weeks of threats stemming from a dispute Over Oil and land. Saddam accused Kuwait of stealing Oil from a Field that includes land both sides claim. He also blamed Kuwait for a drop in world Oil prices saying it cheated on organization of Petroleum exporting countries production Levels. Oil is iraqis main Revenue source and the invasion could double iraqis Oil supplies. Within hours of the assault Kuwait a ruler Sheik Jaber Al Ahmed Al Sabah had fled his Palace reportedly for saudi Arabia. Despite seemingly impossible Odds the sheiks government vowed to fight to win Back the country. His radio station beaming from an unknown location appealed for help from the Arab world. The official Iraq news Agency Friday said Quot massive demonstrations Quot were held in Baghdad and other iraqi cities to support the invasion. A