GAZETTE Billion Measure to Raise Military Pay
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1 , -r 727 U.S.-Saudi AWACS agreemei nt is re c d nerg Tp t XIE 0 SER ATIOM IS\ WASHINGTON (UPI)--Secretary of State no sharing of AWACS data with other would protect S interests in e Haig yesterday revealed an agreement parties without U.S. consent; and Middle East. RHERESO S III OF E NE9*B! with Saudi Arabia that would give no operation of the planes outside Both the Senate and the Ho':se have the U.S. virtual joint control of Saudi airspace. 30 days to veto the deal. the AWACS surveillance planes the Other vital points provide for Meanwhile, the administration may en our light swtc ned administration wants to sell the U.S. inspection teams to monitor and also have to defend a similar dea replacing, consider instal * - protect the systems, plus the pre- with Egypt, whose defense minist Arab kingdom. solid-state dimmer switcheJ The administration hopes the sence of American air and ground announced in Cairo yesterday th They make lowering light'/}f the agreement will reduce congressional crews operating the planes jointly U.S. will sell President Sadat' a levels easier. dlcan he that the five advanced ra- with the Saudis well into the 1990s. government the Hawkeye early warnin concern a you ca e elegc ity. / dar planes would threaten Israel, However, at least one influential plane. and could be lost if the Saudi re- senator, Ohio Democrat John Glenn, The Hawkeye, which Israel already gime were to fall, like Iran, into says his objections have not been fliec, ic a lees advanced version anti-American hands. overcome. He said the compromise of the AWACS costing $600 million a envisions com- "did not adequately" answer all the The Saudi agreement copy, le than half the coS t of te ARE U YOUR plete data sharing with the U.S.; questions about whether the sale more sophisticate~dA CS. I 6i - Dirst W HINOTON (AP)--House and enatee conferees have one remaining hurdle before they can agree on a $4.5 GAZETTE billion measure to raise military pay. The leader of the House con- Guantanamo Bay, Cuba ferees, Demo. Bill Nichols of Ala- bama, says he's willing to accept a Reagan administration compromise that would give more money to re- Volume 36 Number 189 Friday, Octuoer 2, 1981 cruits than the amount called for in the original Senate bill. But Rep. Sen. Roger Jepsen of Iowa wants to direct even more of the News conference unveils Reagan warning money to experienced servicemen. INDIANAPOLIS (UPI)--The "Indianapol- WASHINGTON (UPI)--President Reagan But the mood of the 35-minute ses- Most of the questions dealt with is News" said a plot to take over held his first news conference since sion was mostly serious as the pres- Reagan's economic program, which the city, assassinate the county June yesterday--the fourth of his ident opened with a reference to the went into effect yesterday. prosecutor and kill a large number presidency. And, as is the presi- proposed multi-billion dollar arms Reagan says the psychological im- of police officers was foiled when dent's style, it started off with a sale to Saudi Arabia. pact of the budget cuts and tax a robbery to finance the scheme quip. Reagan issued a veiled warning to breaks are already being felt, point- failed. The newspaper yesterday "Welcome to my first annual press Israel on its opposition to the ing to an Iron and Steel Institute said a group of 40 to 70 criminals conference," Reagan joked as he AWACS radar planes included in the announcement of an industry expan- planned to extort business owners, mounted the dais in the ornate East deal, and promised he would not let sion Reagan says was due to the pro- use terrorist tactics to kill police Room of the White House. the Arab state go the way of Iran. gram. officers and blow up the city-county Reagan also defended those budget building with grenades. The county cuts against critics who say the re- prosecutor said his office will not ductions will hurt poor Americans deny or confirm the story--but they Stamp increase causes anger and expressed confidence that the did take the threats seriously. tax breaks will spur economic renew- WASHINGTON (UPI)--It's going to cost hike was announced, that it would al. SAN FRANCISCO (AP)--Former Peoples more to mail Christmas cards this appeal the case in the U.S. Court As for congressional reaction to Temple member Larry Layton was . wear, and greeting card publishers of Appeals in Washington. the program, Reagan vowed to keep freed on bail yesterday. But a are angry. federal spending in line by vetoing federal judge says Layton will have the Board of The price of a first class stamp The chairman of appropriations bills that are too to stand trial again in December Service will jump from 18 to 20 cents on Governors of the Postal high. But, at the same time, Rea- on charges of consipiracy in the lost al- Nov. 1st. said that the service has gan served notice that he would be murder of former Congressman Leo most $126 million during the first reluctant to accept further cuts in Ryan. Layton's first trial ended stamp was in That's twice what it cost to mail five months the 18-cent defense spending. in a hung jury last Saturday. a letter six years ago, and five effect. cents higher than only six months ago. The Postal Service Board of Gov- Combined efforts bring produce weekly ernors approved the boost Wednesday, only buy what in an unprecedented move that trig- By J03 Patty Alberti next day. Total time from when the asking that shoppers basic gered an immediate court challenge. plane lands until everything's ready they need for one week." The The need for a weekly produce to go is approximately five hours. order will be reduced or enlarged The board also okayed a one-cent flight was first identified during Lt. Joyce Bolton, commissary of- accordingly. raise, from 12 to 13 cents, in the a command inspection in October 1979 ficer, said the commissary may have The time between conception and cost of mailing a postcard. But That recommendation has finally be- a few problems getting what was reality was long due in part to under the new rates, some second come reality. ordered, but added that this is due having to deal with several commands, class mail rates will drop slightly. Unloading the produce flight takes to varying seasons for different said Cmdr. Stephen R. Wassenberg, The National Association of Greet- about 30 minutes, according to Chief types of produce. supply officer. ing Card Publishers filed notice, Storekeeper S.M. Coomer, commissary For the next few months, the com- While everyone agreed a weekly only two minutes after the price sales division supervisor. He said missary will be experimenting with produce flight to GTMO was needed, commissary personnel stay late to order sizes. "It will be based on there was still the problem of the prepare the produce for sale the patron demand," Bolton said. "We're additional $10,000 per quarter ex- pense the flights would entail. Got a tall tale to spin? Due to the combined efforts of the Supply Department and the Com- missary, the money was found and Visit Jonesboro, Tenn. the Naval Supply Center in Norfolk, Va., was told to begin the flights. Because the produce section in the JONESBORO, Tennessee (UPI)--Do not commissary is small and set in a elieve half of what you hear in a numbering system will con- Jonesboro this weekend. corner, to be utilized. Bolton sug- About 1,200 people will gather tinue that shoppers get their num- around bonfires and under tents to gests and do their regular shopping hear yarns spun at the ninth annual ber their number is announced over National Storytelling Festival. until p.a. system. One of the favorites is Doc Mc- the Connell with stories about how rough it was last winter in East Tennessee. "When people realize we have weekly flights and we're doing our utmost A sampling of McConnell's best to get fresh produce in," Bolton goes: "It got so cold that sounds explains, "people will know they wouldn't even travel outside.If don't have to rush in to get it." anybody said anything, you had to Bolton added that when only small grab a few words out of the air. amounts of an item arrive, limits and take them inside to thaw by the will be set to ensure that everyone fire." has a chance to get it. The numbering system appears to According to Bolton, Other stories include Indian tri- be working. opened at noon yes- bal yarns and African myths. the commissary and by 12:45 everyone in the Following the opening of the fes- terday of the new weekly produce store had had a chance to buy pro- tival tonight, storytellers and SHOPPERS AT THE COMMISSARY TAKE ADVANTAGE will continue to be utilized "There was as much for the listeners move to an old cemetery flights to GTMO. The numbering system duce. as there was for the for a round of ghost stories Satur- to ensure that all shoppers have a chance to buy the produce they last shopper Bolton said. day night. need. (Official U.S. Navy photo.) first," The Daily Gazette Friday, October 2, 1981 Special Announcements CARIBBEAN PHOTOGRAPHIC ARTS: OFFER- EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER 30TH ALL MAC commune ing color portraits at an afford- and Navy GTMO flights will arrive ity able price.