European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 25, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Bush tuesday wednesday. December �5/26, 1990 the stars and stripes Page 7 m receive Washington a Federal workers everywhere from vice president Dan Quayle to the troops in the persian Gulf to the at the White House will pocket fatter paychecks in the new year. There a one exception to the Rule president Bush. A his salary stays Frozen at $200,000, right where it has been for the last 22 years and five presidencies. For several million rank and file military and civilian workers the pay raise is a Flat 4.1 percent. A but thousands of top Federal executives Are getting big raises on the scale of $20,000 to $30,000, thanks to a 1989 Law that lifted a lid on salaries. Quayle a pay will rocket from $124,000 to $160,600. Chief Justice Wiiliam Rehn quist and House speaker Thomas Foley get the same 29 percent increase. Cabinet salaries swell from $107,300 to $138,900/ the Constitution precludes raising a or lowering a the president s pay during his term so Bush has no immediate prospects for a salary hike. A. Bush has a no complaints a says while House spokesman Marlin . A the thinks his pay is adequate. The presidency a still a pretty Good Job a quipped the press Secretary. / a Blue ribbon panel that reviewed government salaries two years ago did recommend boosting the presidents salary in 1993 to $350,000 plus a Cost of living adjustment. Congress ignored the recommendation. Consumer advocate Ralph Nader begs to differ. A a ,. A / .7 a a Nader who lobbied to Block the pay hikes believes Bush should revoke the 1991 raises and Cut his own pay a was a gesture to the american people at a time of considerable sacrifice Tor them.�?�. A at a time of deficit and recession he. Should set an example a Nader said. Presidents have received Only four pay increases in history. 7 experts agree that whatever the salary the presidency is Rich in perquisites from a mansion staffed with servants to the limousines helicopters and Boeing 747 jumbo Jet at his Beck and Call. A the president probably gets the equivalent of another $500,000 in Perks a said lawyer Lloyd n. Cutler who chaired the 1989 quadrennial pay commission. A the Perks make tip for an awful lot of salary a still Cutler said the president s salary is a Way below what it ought to be a if Bush were paid commensurate to corporate chiefs and top lawyers a i suppose you a be Over $1 million a said Cutler a with present budget constraints this president would never ask for a raise were going to fun the $200,000 a was a darn Good salary Back in 1969, said Fred a Kohlweg a pay expert with the office of personnel management. �?o1 be s doing worse and the consumer Price Index has increased nearly fourfold since 1969. If the presidents pay had kept Pace Bush would be drawing $730,000 a year. Put another was. .$20 1,000 today Barcly buys what $55,0 j0 did Hack in 1969. Walton r. Winder a vice president of towers Perrin co. In new York said the chief executives of the nations 100 largest corporations averaged $1.3 million in Cash compensation last year More than five limes their.1969 level. Even Fop University and non profit organization jobs pay More than the presidency Winder said. Vice presidents on the other hand have never had it so Good. When the first Congress fixed George Washington a salary at the then kingly sum of $25,000 in 1789, lawmakers allotted $5,000 for vice president John Adams a 20 percent of the presidents salary. When Bush became vice president he was earning less than 40 percent of Ron Aid Reagan s salary. But by the Lime Bush turned the Job Over to Dan Quayle it paid $115,000. Quayle got a $9,000 raise earlier this year and starting Jan. 1 he will be earning barely.20 percent less than Bush. Perhaps because the vice presidents s a i a by i r and i l i on a Fly inked t o l h a t paid the speaker of the House Congress has shown less reluctance to vote raises for the president s standby than the president. Vice presidential salaries have been raised 18 times a and Cut on four orca Sions in the depression and in 1874,. The first 17 presidents got the same $25,000 salary that Washington commanded. Ulysses s. Grant the 18th president got a $25,000 raise that doubled the salary to $50,000 in 1873 for his second term. A / a a a a a in 1909, Congress forked Over another $254100, boosting the salary to $75,000 when William Howard Taft took office As the 27th president. There it remained for the next 40 years. In 1930, when babe Ruth signed a stratospheric $80,000-a-year contract with the new York Yankees scribes asked the slugger if he thought he should be paid More than president Herbert Hoover a Why not i had a better year than he did a the babe replied Harry Truman the 33rd president became the first $100,000-a-Ycar president in 1949. Do Jglen d. Eisenhower John f. Kennedy and Lyndon b. Johnson got by on the same amount but the salary doubled to $200,000 in 1969 when Richard m. Nixon took the oath of office Quayle members of Congress judges and others at the top of the salary Pyramid Are eligible for Cost of living increases up to 5 percent a year. Firefighter Ron Pearlman far left snatches the child from father. Firefighter saves baby dangled from Balcony Burbank Calif. A a firefighter dramatically rescued a ,4-month-old child who was dangling from a third floor Balcony in her fathers loosening grip. A it was one of the most dramatic things in be Ever seen a said neighbor Mario Frane Hirtzi after the Rescue saturday of the infant and her father. Roldolfo Regaldo 31, had taken to the Balcony of an apartment House at about 3 30 . After an argument with his wife and threatened to jump with the sobbing child police said Spanish speaking officers on the ground tried to talk Regaldo Down while behind a Glass door leading to the Balcony other authorities waited for a signal to jump out and restrain him Ponce said. When Regaldo stood up and moved toward the Balcony ledge officers grabbed hold of him but the baby started to slip from his hand police said. Firefighter Ron Pearlman leaned Over the railing and grabbed the child Pearlman also nearly fell but a police officer held onto him and pulled him and the baby to safety a. A when i went in officers were holding Regaldo a Pearlman said. A next thing i saw was the baby swing still was holding on to her i Felt a i gotta go get the kid so i reached Over the Side and grabbed the child a shirt a there was a tug of War and i heard the shirt tear so i grabbed an Arm a he said a then the father let go so 1 put my other Arm around her butt and pulled her 7 7 after the struggle police arrested Regaldo. They May charge him with the attempted murder of his daughter. Boston apr gov. Michael Dukakis of Clouds from blocking the Sun Over historic Boston Ommon but he signed into Law a Bill to prevent new buildings from shadowing the common for More than be hour a Day. A the Good lord is casting a Shadow Over us All Here Fen As i speak a Dukakis said before he signed the Bill Anding at the Edge of the Park. Commons Are found in Many new England towns. Iuston common was established in 1634, when the Tyr a first settler a Hermit named William Blackstone to sell 45 acres to the town of Boston. Boston common was first used As a pasture for citizens animals. Rater it was a training site for the militia and the site of Public hangings. Today the common is a popular tourist attraction. Its located on Beacon Hill just below the Gold domed Massachusetts statehouse. Senate president William Bulger who represents parts of Boston sponsored the Bill which he said will give Quot a greater Protection for this part of our the Law also applies to the common in the nearby town of Lynn. The Bill a sponsors added Lynn to the measure to bypass a requirement that the City first approve the measure. Boston mayor Raymond Flynn opposed the Bill but went along with it after it was amended lame Dick governor said one thing he will miss when he leaves office next month is looking out on the common from his office window. Dukakis the 1.988 democratic presidential candidate did not seek re election As governor this year. Republican William Weld was elected and1 will be inaugurated Jan. 3
