European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 12, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse The St trs and tripes vol. 53, no. 117 500 Friday August 12,1994 d 8693 a 2.6% pay hike endorsed other defense issues the defense authorization Bill also h adds about $300 million to the military operations and maintenance accounts and other spending accounts that fund readiness related programs. B approves a $270 million emergency supplemental appropriations Bill to fund ongoing . Relief operations in Rwanda. � rejects a administration proposal to have the defense department assume $300 million in various peacekeeping costs that had been borne by the state department., b of umps More Money into equipment modernization efforts the Bill protects key programs like the f-22 and f/a-18 aircraft and authorizes $3.6 billion for a new aircraft carrier.,lawmakers also approved $2.4 Biticon for Sixc-17 transport planes and another $2.7 billion for three guided missile destroyers congressional conferees Bock defense a for of sea 7 995 baseball strikes a by Chuck Vinc Washington Bureau Washington service members chances of getting a 2.6 percent pay raise next year climbed late wednesday Henhouse and Senate negotiators finished work on the $263 billion defense authorization Bui for fiscal 1995. The raise effective Jan. 1, was approve Dover the objections of the White House which sought to freeze military pay this year and limit the fiscal 1995 raise to 1.6 percent As deficit cutting measures. The measure for the fiscal year begin Ning oct. 1 still must be approved by the full House and Senate and signed by the president. " much of the work on the defense authorization Bill was finished More than a week ago but two issues held up its final approval by negotiators. Lawmakers wrangled Over whether to include a measure that would authorize lifting the arms embargo against the bosnian muslims a move president Clinton said he opposed because of its potential for disrupting peace negotiations in the Balkans. The House version of the Bill had a pro vision to lift the embargo but a similar measure was Defeated during debate see pay on Page 2 appears to be a sad certainty new York a baseballs most exciting sea Sonin years was almost certainly coming to a halt after thurs Day night s games. Talks Between players and owners broke off wednes Day and no further meetings were scheduled before to Day s strike deadline. Vice president Al Gore speaking during radio interviews said the Clinton administration could t Stop a walkout. Unfortunately it looks to me As if they resort of on a collision course Gore said. Hope i m wrong about that but it sure does Loo that management negotiator Richard Ravitch still insists on a salary Cap and Union head Donald Fehr says players never will accept one. The owners offered a 50-50 split of reve nue in Exchange for the Cap and say they la refuse any agreement without will continue to Hope that maybe As Don put it in the meeting lightning will strike and one of us will have Good idea that can Bridge this Gap in the next Day and a Nair Ravitch said after a 2v$-Nour meeting m not Fehr saying the atmosphere reminds him of the 50-Daystrike of 1981, was even More gloomy. At this Point i see no reason to believe anything of see strike on Page 2 see related a. Stones photos in dust busters a Dav catty senior airman Contina Botkin left watches As army1st it. Stan j. Sliwinski wipes the top of his water bottle to try to control the dust an impossibility in the Goma Zaire area. The lava based soil As Fine As Tal cum powder gets into everything. See related photos Story on pages 4 and 5. Fes "9 v off single soldiers moving into family housing seepage inside today Bill would ban smoking on International flights to arid Fronzi knifed states tops in Blue entertainment on the go see Page 17
