European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 11, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday december 11, 1985 the stars and stripes o \ Page 9 Jed service members bad changed by  Hoster staff writer Heidelberg the . Comp Rol Lor general has ordered a change in Bisic allowance for quarters for All Servic Mcm bars married to each Uther. Under the change Only one member can continue to draw the bad Wil Pendents rate unless the two live because of duty assign cats Rel finance officials  Musl receive i Haj Rex a i Ghoul do regulation applies to two mar who live together even if they Haimm pm i in before their marriage Are assign stations or arc not assigned family Mcnol quarters a Usalj spokesman said decide Vutich of receive the bad with depend fits Rnic. If they cannot agree the higher rate will go to the More senior member the spokesman said. The change among military members in Europe mostly will affect those in the army. A Safe finance spokesman said Only a few air Force couples Europe were " the Navy Al paying in accordance with the effective in August some co us we Jav Cray ments of bad for at 1  and will be required to repay the Money for example two married soldiers with dependents and in the pay Grade of e-5 each received bad with dependents rate of 5309.30 or a total of $618.60 under the of system. Under the Nev s Stem the couple will get Only 5520.20 since one will Jents Rale of $309.30and the other the without dependents rate of 5210.90. The difference of $98.40 per month Means the couple owes  up Vern mint $295.20 for the three months. Bad rates vary by pay Grade so some couples May incur a larger debt than Jirs officials said All Scricc ruling must immediately inf Only talc irvining finance office in order in  overpay ments and for corrective a started. Log a wont have of return overpayment by Brenda he staff writer Heidelberg about 1,300 soldiers in eau rope who received a total of $850,000 in rent plus overpayment last year will not have to return the Money because applications for remission were approved usar  finance officials said. Rent plus which was chanced seas housing allowance inf a a de signed to reimburse hrs for actual rental cup Csc Diwi maximum rental  vary Between pay location. Several thousand overpayment were Hon Usa eur during an inter la to Sta we found that nume being overpaid because of diff font Pretat ions of the Compton the methods said of Fulp Vdonohue. Usa eur Tancinco. Some messages con Taining changes to the guidance were not received and input for the allowance was made under the old system resulting in the  although the army made the mistake Donohuk said that does not relieve the Soldier of the debt. The Soldier should have been notified and Given options on How 10 debt. If no no collected automatic Al we  mint used a com Mand remission i called project Green. The pro Lowed for each command to submit a cations for remission for those overpaid soldiers instead of every Soldier submitting an  if the application for remission is approved the debt is forgiven. And Soldier who has not settled the Debi or had his command a Tail Jan iuautif1 " in of command to determine the status of the overpayment. Donohuk said. Soldiers who had the Money automatically collected from their pay before they were granted a remission must request a and waiver in order to get and of the new  allowance guide lines Are  a he h will make the entitlement Easie Donuhue said. The changes noun cd in the next two weeks will effective april 1, troop Cut talks continue in Spain or Spanish and . Negotiators monday opened  two Day talks on the reduction of . Troops in spurf%�s5uriinces by prime minister Felipe Gonzalez that if there fwd i agree to reduce its military presence his go Verm would Sec that the cuts were made unilaterally. Before monday s session began. Foreign minister fran Cisco Fernandez Ordonez told reporters he hoped the unil exl states would agree this month to begin formal negotiations to reduce its military presence in  the . Team headed by ambassador Thomas o. Eiders has avowed any direct reference in pub Jug statements to troop reduction saying the u " tended to study the contribution of the Usu Spain to Western  a the first round was held. The current talks were scheduled to end there Are an of ratify 12,000 . Military personnel and 1,40qwrflfanj on four bases teased from Spain under a afr tement made with Gen. Francisco Franco in 1953. There Are air bases at Torrejon outside Madrid and at Zaragoza to the Northeast one naval station at Rota on the South Atlantic coast and a firing Ninga at Moron do la fro Mcra in the Southwest. Gonzalez maintains the troops arc a carryover from tlu1 " Franco times and most arc not acc my i a in context with Spain  the North Alanh in the past  prime minister has made i  u.s7wwgree to troop Job skin will unilaterally id we i a military cooperation treaty. The Extension of the treaty was approved by his government in 1983. Some of his critics says Gonzalez is pressing for the reduction As a Trade off to spaniards who arc to vote in a referendum next year on the country s continued membership in nato. Recent polls indicate More than half of the country s voters Are opposed to Spain s remaining in the Alliance which it joined under a centrist government in 1982. Salvage ship hoist finds Italy the Salvage and Rescue ship Oist has salvaged a . Air Force f-16 Jet fighter that crashed near the coast of Eastern Turkey oct. 22, according to a sixth Fleck news release. The plane from the 10th tac fighter so at Hahn a Germany was piloted by Cap. Glen Edward Dupuis. Dupuys whose body was not found was assumed killed in the crash. The hoist used sonar in the search for five Days Ruthc wreckage was found 190 feet below theban the report said. Visibility the divers on the hoist made 120twjlgt he 20-Day Salvage Effort. The hoist is the on pfc and Rescue ship deployed to the sixth Fleet re Felfe the ship commanded by it. Cmdr Odd bad Ford is based in Little Creek a. Gop governors urged of Lead school reforms Wilmington Del. A Republican governors looking for ways to reap greater political benefits from president Reagan i popularity were urged by Educa Tion Secretary William j. Bennett monday to take the Lead in reforming the nation s schools. In a speech prepared for the annual meeting of the Republican governors association Bennett said real Reform in our schools will not come from inside the department of education in Washington or from More spending at the Federal  the Secretary added that real Reform will come from where it has already begun at the stale level from inside our schools and  Bennett was delivering the opening address at the two Day meeting at which poli tics dominated the Agenda. Political consultants and pollsters were on hand to talk to the governors about the hate of the nation and the future of the Republican  the governors also issued a thick Book designed to describe the Republican chief executives As in the forefront of developing innovative approaches to problems ranging from the environment to welfare and Job creation. Titled the new american revolution the document described the top governors As on the cutting Edge of a shift of responsibility from the Federal to the state level. Despite president Reagan s popularity and his two landslide election victories the ranks of Republican governors have declined since his dominance of the political scene began with the 1980 election. There now Are 34 democratic governors and 16 republicans. Entering the 1980 elections 19 of the governors were republicans. Their inability to attract More support in state elections prompted  governors to meet last summer at Blackberry farms in the great Smoky mountains of ten Nessee to talk about what could be done. The group included gov. Richard Thorn Burgh of Pennsylvania chairman of the gop governors association Lamar Alexander of Tennessee former chairman of the group and goes. John Sununu of new Hampshire and Jim Martin of North Carolina. Joining them at the private session were reps. Newt Gingrich of Georgia Connie Mack of Florida and Carroll Campbell of South Carolina. What troubled the governors was that some of the issues that seemed to work Well for Reagan did t play Well for candidates in state elections. Alexander said that whenever the re publicans have a strategy meeting we get a Wagon Load of Washington d.c., opera Tives talking about the Gold Standard and Afghanistan and a lot of other things that can t possibly get a Republican elected mayor of Johnson  doing better in state elections is a crucial element in the gop strategy to win control of the House. Frank j. Fahrnkopf jr., chairman of the Republican National committee argues that republicans arc  in the House because democrats Drew the District lines in most states. Congressional District lines will be re drawn next in 1991, based on data from the 1990 census. Fahrenkopf is devoting party resources to a major Campaign to elect More gop governors and state legislators Between now and 1991. Some gop strategists think the party can get a Good Start on that Campaign next year when gubernatorial elections will be held in 27 states with democratic governors and nine with iop chief executives. But a couple of those Republican incumbents could be in trouble. Gov. George Dukmejian of California is trailing mayor Tom Bradley of los Angeles in Early statewide polls. Duck Mician beat Bradley in i9s2. In Illinois gov. James Thompson is heading toward a rematch with Adlai Ste Venson whom the Republican narrowly beat in 1982. Stevenson has developed a far More aggressive style this time and Mich Elle Davis director of the gop governors association said the Thompson people Are having trouble dealing with it. They see a new personality they re up against and they Don t like  she said. The republicans arc particularly optimistic in the West where Reagan and gop candidates for the House and Senate have fared very Well in recent elections. History is on our Side in Western races Davis said. But Chuck Dolan her democratic counterpart said he does t anticipate gop gains in 1986. They re Able to win National elections he said. We be got the slate houses we be got the governors