"Other guy's" sacrifice trims Reagan's budget, some say WASHINGTON (UPI)--While finding ways that in a speech to the National be so lucky, and Senate budget Reagan left essentially untouched. to shrink the federal budget, League of Cities yesterday, blast- leaders say they will push for even Those proposals also include President Reagan is also discovering ing special interests for threat- more cuts, some of which will reducing by $250 million a supple- some basic truths about human nature. ening the nation's economic reach into what Reagan has called mentary nutrition feeding program Reagan aides say that while recovery. the "safety net" of programs for for low-income pregnant women and Americans are all for slashing the He told the municipal officials, the poor and elderly. infants. budget and chipping away at govern- "We are all in the same boat, and The staff of the Senate Budget However, Pentagon sources say ment intrusion, they don't want we have to get the engines started Committee has compiled a package there will be plenty of money their own pet interests affected. before the ship goes over the of 65 spending cuts that could be allocated to improve America's In other words, let the other guy falls." added to Reagan's $44.5 billion military might, that the make the sacrifice. Reagan promised to retain the proposal. administration will request an While House News Secretary function of the popular urban The Senate proposals include a additional $38 billion for defense. Jim Brady puts it this way: development action grants, though three-month delay in inflation That would reportedly include "America probably has a schizo- it would be combined with another adjustments in social security outlays for the B-1 bomber, phrenia when it comes to reducing grant program and with reduced benefits, supplement security another nuclear carrier, and the budgets." overall funding. assistance and veterans pensions, upgrading of an Indian Ocean naval Reagan pretty much agreed with But some other projects won't all part of a group of programs base. GAZETTE Guantanamo Bay, Cuba March 3, 1981 Volume 36 Number 42 Tuesday, U. S.military advisors in El Salvador increased to 54 WASHINGTON (UPI)--The United States man Army teams of training advisers those supplying arms to the "The most plausible long-term has upped the anti in El Salvador. to El Salvador, plus another $25 insurgents. political solution to the crisis." The State Department says it has million in military aid. Said the American statement, The additional American military decided to expand its group of That's in addition to the $25 "violence is the enemy of all assistance announced by the State armed military advisers in the million in economic and military democratic change, of individual Department does not require con- troubled Central American nation to assistance already on the books. rights and of economic progress. gressional approval. 54. Included in the aid package will Those who are responsible for State Department officials say Washington also says it will be additional helicopters, vehicles, violence and terrorism with arms that while they'll continue to double its financial assistance radar and surveillance equipment, support from Cuba and other "consult" with Capitol Hill, to the junta in San Salvador, to as well as small arms. communist countries are the real their legal experts decided the $50 million. State Department spokesman William obstacle to peace and progress." war powers act did not apply in State Department officials say the Dyess said the American advisers That comment was coupled with this case. decision to boost the level of aid will not leave their garrison areas, another statement urging the Even so, yesterday's action followed intelligence reports indi- and will not be involved in combat Salvadoran government to proceed as prompted a group of 44 House cating that communist insurgents are patrols. But he said they will rapidly as possible with free Deomcrats to send President Reagan massing for another offensive. be armed, and are under orders to elections, calling those elections a telegram of protest. So, after consulting with con- defend themselves if fired on. gressional leaders, the government In announcing the increases, announced it will send four five- Washington pinned the blame on $150,000 a substantial sacrifice? Recently, the acting chairman have been paid $175,000 and six of the Synthetic Fuels Corporation, vice presidents would have received John Meatee, told Congress that he salaries from $95,000 to $150,000. had made a "substantial sacrifice" Meatee was hired as the corpora- when he took the $150,000 a year tion's general counsel. government job. Besides his salary, he also Last week, President Reagan received a two-bedroom furnished acted to cut back on the salaries apartment in Washington, and he was and fringe benefits awarded guaranteed compensation totaling officers of the corporation. as much as $280,000 if he was In a letter to Meatee, the fired in the next two years. president expressed formal dis- Other fringe benefits awarded approval over the salary and benefit all the vice presidents included packages the officers were about to a pension which vested after four receive. years with no employee contribution, The issue had been raised by the liberal moving allowances that chairman of the House Government included mortgage rate Operations Subcommittee, Democrat differentials, six months or more Toby Moffeit of Connecticut. of living expenses, and commuting He had said the officers of the expenses during relocation. corporation were going to get an With Reagan's letter in hand, "extravagent set of compensation Moffett said his subcommittee will packages" unless the president come up with a compensation package acted. more in line with.what Congress corporation's chairman would had in mind. Pictured above, the final stages of the recently completed re- The surfacing job at McCalla Airfield. RMCB-14, Detachment One, from Tampa resurfaced the 300' X 4,860' runway to preserve the Gas demand declines as price ups 20c asphalt base. (Photo by PH3 Mike Kobeck). By SOLANGE DE SANTIS traced to President Ronald Reagan's Associated Press decontrol order. READEX 1-81 to improve fleet readiness He said the rest is due to foreign Shell Oil President John Bookout oil price hikes since mid-December From the CHINFO Newsgram The participants are currently in says U.S. fuel prices may continue and increased costs resulting from the third phase of READEX 1-81, the to rise, and wholesale gasoline earlier effects of the 19-month long A six-week long readiness exer- firing of harpoon missiles. Two of rates could soon be 20 cents higher decontrol program. cise, READEX 1-81, is underway in the three submarines will actually than they were at the end of last Bookout doesn't think the 15 to 20 the western Atlantic and Caribbean fire harpoon missiles. Two of the year. cents a gallon crude oil price in- Sea. three submarines will actually fire In an interview, Bookout said com- crease has shown up at the retail Forty-one ships are taking part in harpoons during this phase. petition among dealers may keep the level. the exercise, including nuclear READEX 1-81 is under the tactical full effect of fuel price increases Shell and most other major refiners prices by one powered submarines USS Hammerhead command of RAdm. Bryan W. Compton, from showing up at the pump. raised wholesale fuel a gallon in the past (SSN-663), USS Sea Devil (SSN-664) Jr., commander, Carrier Group Six, Gasoline demand has declined stead- to four cents move, on top of earlier and USS Batton Rouge (SSN-689). embarked in USS America (CV-66). ily as prices have risen, and Bookout week. That left the average wholesale All Atlantic Fleet nuclear-power- said Shell expects gasoline consump- increases, percent this price of gasoline up 12 pents a gal- Scheduled to end in mid-March, ed guided missile cruisers have been tion to fall nearly four declining six percent in lon since early January. READEX 1-81 is designed to improve included in READEX 1-81: USS Cali- year after According to the trade publication overall fleet readiness by exer- fornia (CGN-36), USS South Carolina 1980. The chief of the nation's eighth "Lundberg Letter," the national av- cising personnel and weapons systems (CGN-37), USS Virginia (CGN-38), USS largest oil company said he expects erage retail price of gasoline was under realistic conditions. The Texas (CGN-39), USS Mississippi (CGN refiners' crude oil costs this quar- $1.32 a gallon as of Feb. 6, up five-phase exercise includes realis- -40) and USS Arkansas (CGN-41). ter to be "about 15 to 20 cents a a nickel from Jan. 23 and about a tic war-at-sea scenarios to test During the exercise the ships are gallon higher than they were in the dime from early December. At mid- anti-sur- visiting several Caribbean ports, and refine anti-submarine, last quarter of 1980." December, OPEC raised crude oil doctrine including San Juan and Roosevelt face and anti-air warfare Of that figure, he said three to prices ten percent or seven cents a Roads, Puerto Rico and St. Thomas, plus naval gunfire and missile fir- five cents a gallon can be directly gallon. ing. Virgin Islands. Tuesday, March 3, 1981 Page 2 The Daily Gazette Special announcements community QUALITY DISCOUNT PHOTOGRAPHY A FLEET RESERVE/RETIREMENT Enjoy group package prices in SEMINAR will be held on March combination with quality work.AA 5 & 6 at 8 a.m. in the McCalla proud Sea Bee Ball demands a Admin.