European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 28, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes sunday february 26.1988 army planning slowdown in promotion of lieutenants news updates Washington Sis the Lime it lakes for an army lieutenant to be promoted will he slowed Down to meet congressionally mandated budget cutbacks the army said. Time requirements for promotion from second lieutenant to first lieutenant will gradually increase from 18 to 24 months. The change begins april i and will be fully implemented by the end of october. In addition to meeting budget limits the action will put promotion schedules for army lieutenants in line with those of the other armed services and with the promotion program for More senior offi cers the service said thursday. Pic Vious promotion slowdowns in 1986 and i1 affected Only officers in the grades of Captain through colonel. As an example of How the gradual phase in of the slowdown will work offi cers normally due to be promoted during the period april i to april 4 will be promoted As scheduled. Those due for promotions Between april 5 and april 8 will be promoted May i. And those officers due for promo Tion during the period april 9 through april 12 will now be promoted june i. The schedule will continue until the change is fully implemented. Once the change to 24 months is in place officers eligible for promotion to first lieutenant in a Given month will be promoted on the first Ofine month following the month in which they achieve 24 months of service. Officers with questions can Call the total army personnel Agency Headquarters in Alexandria va., at Auto on 221-9340. Wii bomb unearthed by germans i1anau. West Germany a an excavator Crew working on the grounds of a plutonium refining Plant found an  world War ii bomb in a Load of soil icy had just dumped onto a truck officials said. 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The bomb was unearthed about 80 Yards from production buildings at the reprocessing facility she said. Manfred Popp state Secretary for the Hesse environment ministry said experts will carefully search the grounds of Alkum for More buried world War ii ammunition before construction work resumes. The Alkum nuclear facility produces highly radioactive fuel rods for nuclear Power plants. Waldheim juror Vienna. Austria a socialist party chief Fred Sinowitz sat urday said he would be ready to quit if this would help remove president Kurt Waldheim irom office. Sinowitz whose critics claim he leaked documents in 1986 to Austri an and . Media about Wald him s wartime past confirmed in an interview with the Vienna news Magazine profit that he made such an offer. The interview is scheduled to be published monday. In an austrian state radio inter View Sinowitz said he would take such a step if this were in the inter est of the  but he added that the proposal exclusively refers. To attempted solutions to the prob Lem of the president and has no top ical importance  remains of mias Washington a the Pentagon says the remains of what May be 20 american servicemen missing from the Vietnam War arc to be delivered to . Officials in Hanoi on wednesday and then transported to an army identification Laboratory in Hawaii. The Pentagon announced Fri Day that the vietnamese govern ment had agreed to repatriate the remains which will be taken to the Central identification Laboratory in Honolulu for identification. It will be the fourth largest Transfer since the end of Fth War. Union set to strike Northwest airlines after failure of All night negotiations f o Kiil tin sit Cuy Cloudy two it r Ger ofw.-?s to o.1.m if in null to " to w i ,.".  i a1 i Frial 17 few nor Iov 23 � 14 oud. Cd 30 f it Ruwim. Toronto t 37 16 urian i 5s 43 Vancouver cd so 41 supplied of to Aswed Lvcy piety . I Cloudy a partly Cloudy a ran. A Row Athens. Greece a the United Stales has lodged a protest with the greek government for failing to protect a . Navy Supply ship during an anti american demonstration on the South Ern Island of Crete an embassy spokes Man said saturday. Four islanders and two american sail ors from the combat stores ship Saturn were injured during wednesday s Dock Side demonstration at Iraklion Harbor. The ship which sailed thursday called at the port to pick up fresh fruit and vegetables for the 6th Fleet in the Mediterranean. The . Embassy has issued a pro test Over the Lack of Security afforded during the incident said the spokes Man who requested anonymity. The spokesman said the protest was delivered to the greek foreign ministry Friday by embassy charge d affaires de Cohen. More than 1,000 demonstrators Gath ered at the port sprayed americans go Home in red paint on the ship s Side set fire to and Cut a mooring line and hurled rocks bottles and flares. Demonstrators claimed that sailors aboard the Saturn tossed the bottles rocks and other objects Back into the crowd. The protest was organized by a local peace group opposed to the Ameri can military presence on Crete. The government is waiting. For the Iraklion port authority s report based on which a reply will be  said govern ment spokesman Yiannis Roubalik. He added that if the findings cast blame on the behaviour of the american ship s Crew during the demonstration a protest will be made to the american Sidethere is an american air station near Iraklion As veil As air and naval facilities for american warships at Souda Bay in Western Crete