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THE BATTALION TUESDAY, JUNE 19, 1979 Page 7 the nation Study asks for age over youth Experience needed in military Proposition 13 slashes property tax by billions ternationil aragua - ied to puj ^uard corfe to capture Rivas andesi pital there, in day score: struggle Somoza.qt ard garrisoi second larp vest of theq d said mars aat 700 id* Rica Friday contained e miles nori of the soutk tora, popik te Zero," i radio thall ve was lire in the sontl ; north of .isional capit tal would >vert aid countries tol al Libenly United Press International WASHINGTON — The Brookings Institution believes the U.S. armed services — in this age of mechanized weaponry — need graybeards with experience as much or more as they need young, combat-ready troops. The emphasis on youth over experience may be a mistake, with only three out of every five military personnel regarded as being “fully productive,” the institute’s study, “Youth or Experience? Manning the Modern Military, said Sunday. The study said the armed services, “adhering to outdated policies handed down from previous eras, place a greater premium on youth and vigor at the expense of experience,” but there should be some new thinking in this respect. “The ascendancy of technicians and specialists over warriors that has been the result of technological substitution has yielded a more industrialized military institution, a large segment of which closely resembles civilian organizations,” it said. But, it noted, military hiring practices do not resemble those in civilian organizations. Of the 1.8 million enlisted personnel in 1977, 60 percent were 25 years old or younger and close to 90 percent were under 35. In contrast, the study said, less than 25 percent of civilian workers are under 25 and 33 percent of the civilian labor force is 44 or older compared to only 1 percent of enlisted personnel in that age category. The study’s authors Martin Binkin and Irene Kyriakopoulos said a Saturday ion of a national runner to 1 govemmei] vere ev icricans and 1 n to the oupons pay off for two airlines United Press Internationa] Officials at United and American irlines say the Great Coupon Paper is the most successful promo- — —-J on * n history of the business, il Zone in Jl 111 harried ticket agents — on the 130 Herc(«§ r ’ n 8 hue for three weeks — are r? iad it’s over. Hustlers — some of whom have brned small fortunes buying and jelling the half-fare coupons, good |n flights through Dec. 15 — wish it auld never end. ] guard c® iat the ited for is.” comprisec bia, Eciii' xrlaimed Si f belligei In airline terminals nationwide, ey raced a Sunday midnight dead- Ine, collecting as many of the half- ^Ire passes as they could wheedle, ? rm consnM» U y or — , n a t least one case — steal il vvar before the two carriers stopped issu- nents adopcj them. t0 H S ! 1I HM have viewed it as a tremen- :>ns l , u .Bous success,” said United spokes- no irn P'Jjian Bill Davis in Washington. “It govern ™^ as cer t a inly gotten people back on nited. Getting passengers back aboard nited after the hiatus of a long rike was the motive behind the oupon scheme. On May 28, United j nnounced that any passenger flying rith them would receive a coupon p)d for a subsequent flight at half he cost anywhere in the continental Jnited States. Under the pressure of competi- bn, American Airlines matched the ^ Jffer and the great coupon frenzy was on, with many passengers sign- - '.i * f’S up for hops as short as the -minute flight across San Francisco ay to Oakland, Calif., just to get lem. “They want to go to the closest llace and it’s impossible to get them there,” said a a weary American Air lines reservation agent who de clined to give his name. “We’re get ting a whole lot of calls with people asking about them and it’s just too late. Personally, I ll be glad when it’s over.” Odd -even plan goes East Thurs. United Press International WASHINGTON — The chief executives of Virginia, Maryland and the District of Columbia an nounced Monday that they will put a regional odd-even gas sales plan in effect Thursday for the Washington metropolitan area. Virginia Gov. John Dalton, Mary land Gov. Harry Hughes and D.C. Mayor Marion Barry said the plan would take effect at 12:01 p.m. Thursday unless the gas situation improves significantly before then. The decision was announced at a meeting called by Rep. Herbert Harris, D-Va. Under the plan, owners of cars with license plates ending in even numbers will be allowed to buy gas only on even-numbered days and owners of cars whose license number ends in odd numbers will buy gas only on odd-numbered days. A similar plan is now operating in California. Sun Theatres V 333 University 84t The only movie in town Double-Feature Every Week 10 a.m.-2 a.m. Sun.-Thurs. IO a.m.>3 a.m. Fri.-Sat. No one under 18 Ladles Discount With This Coupon* BOOK STORE & 25c PEEP SHOWS 846-9808 Barcelona APARTMENTS NEWLY REMODELED ! ALL UTILITIES PAID and... Individual Heating and Air, Cable T.V., 3 Laundry Rooms, Swimming Pool, Security Guard, Party Room, and Close to Campus. 693-0261 700 Dominik, College Station youthful force “is necessarily inexperienced. At last count, nearly 40 percent of all military personnel were either trainees, apprentices, or helpers. Only three of every five were fully productive.” The authors contend the military can have both physical fitness and experience. Citing research, the study said that although physical capacity diminishes with age, the rate of decline was sharpest after the age of 50. “The emphasis on youthfulness not only appears unwarranted but may also be misplaced,” the study said, adding that the proportion of enlisted personnel in the 17 to 24 age bracket is the smallest in the clerical job category. This pattern is quite unlike that prevailing in civilian employ ment, where clerical jobs are more likely to be staffed by young workers,” the study said. The emphasis on youth also has budgetary drawbacks, the study said, citing reports that in 1974, 37 percent of the men who volun teered left the service before completing their 3-year term, causing the services to recruit more volunteers for each position than they previously did. The study called for a reform of the military retirement system and said the Pentagon ‘should take steps to improve retention among certain experienced personnel, thereby reducing the demands for new volunteers and for the resources now devoted to maintaining a relatively large pool of nonproductive employees.” United Press International NEW YORK — One year after California’s Proposition 13 was passed, despite predictions of catas trophe from many economists, For tune magazine says the controver sial measure is working. Proposition 13, billed as a tax payer rebellion, slashed California property taxes by $6.4 billion. It was followed by a $1 billion cut in state income taxes, and opponents pre dicted massive lay-offs, curtailment of services and recession as a result. In its current issue. Fortune says the tax-slashes stimulated Califor nia’s economy, “enabling it to out perform the country as a whole.” The magazine says in the final quarter of 1978 and the first three months of this year, Californians’ personal income jumped 14 per cent, spurring an upsurge in spend ing. Predicted massive lay-offs never materialized. The magazine says since passage of the measure, 100,000 workers have left local gov ernment, but only about 17,000 of them were laid off. The rest quit or retired and never were replaced, reducing the state payroll by 8 per cent. 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