European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 29, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes monday. February 29,1988page 2 if 1 army planning slowdown update motion Washington is _ _ lakes for an army lieutenant to he i moved will be slowed Down 10 meet con Iris signally mandated Hudgel cutbacks the army said. Time requirements fur promotion _ second lieutenant to first  gradually increase from 1 sea the change begins Anu wil1 Ful implemented by the moff october. In  budget limits the  promotion schedules for a  a line with those or Ilic other  with the lion no to anti r More senior offi. Said thursday. Lion slowdowns Inland i9s7 aft Hinly officers in the grades of Captain As an example of How the. Phase in of inc slowdown will work of cars normally due to be promoted during the period april i id april 4 will he pro moved is scheduled. Those due for promotions Between april 5 and april ii will he promoted May 1. And those officers due Tor promo Tion during the period april 9 through april in will now be promoted june i. The schedule will continue until the change is Cully implemented. Once the change 1o 24 months is in place officers eligible for promotion to first lieutenant in " liven month will be promoted on the i ret Junth following he month in which they  months of service. Officers Emht Miens can Call the total army personnel Alexandria va., at Auto on 2 Turkey approves renewal of pact with . On defense cooperation Ankara. Turkey a the Turk ish government saturday approved the renewal or a defense cooperation pact with the United states that was signed by the two countries almost a year ago the foreign ministry announced Premier Turgut pal s Cabinet disappointed by the position or Congress on military Aid to Turkey had been with holding approval of the agreement. Tie fuel gives the United slates a u is to a do in military installations in Turkey including two listening posts that Monitor soviet military activities and nuclear tests. Turkey contends it needs $1.2 billion in . Amis Inre a ear to modern ire its armed forces. Last year the a Czigan administration asked Congress 10 give Turkey $914 Mil Linn in Aid. However. Congress citing budget constraints Cut the request to s570 million c on Gnu reduced that amount to $490 million for the current transportation aide Choice is disclosed Washington a president Reagan on Friday announced his in Tention to nominate Robert l. Petit to he associate Deputy Secretary of transportation succeeding Jennifer Lynn i Orn. Since 1986.i Pettit has been a partner with the Law firm of Wiley rein & Fielding in Washington. Before that he was senior Legal adviser to Mary Dawson n member of the Federal communications commis Sion from 19k2-86, and an associate with the Law firm of Fletcher. Scald &  1978-82. Pettit a 35-year-old native of Springfield. Mo., was graduated from the University of Missouri in 1974 and Dufeu University school of Law in 1977. Fiscal year. The announcement said ilium in ratify ing the agreement the government had considered other aspects of inc relation ship with the United states besides de sense cooperation to did not elaborate. The announcement also pointed out that the United Stales in the agreement had pledged to make it easier for Turkey to repay its foreign military sales credits and also pledged to improve Trade relations Between the two countries. It was not made Public what kind of negotiations look place before the Turk ish government s decision to approve the agreement the 1980 agreement that expired in 1985 was extended until 1990 last March following intense negotiations Between the two countries. But legally the agreement goes into Force after confirmation by the Cabinet and publication in the official Gazette. The announcement said the official Gazelle would publish the government s decision on sunday. Waldheim juror Ivianna. Austria api aficial is a arty chief Fred Sinowia Tasat Lay said he would be ready f jigs would help rom ivc pm fiant Kurt Waldheim from optic non  whose critic Flaim he Locum Coli in 19gflo Austri . Media a Sll Wald wartime past. A firmed in a with Cluj Vienna news Profil thaw made such an Oil the in Ervin is scheduled to Bep Lishco Money. In an austrian cite radio inter View Sif Chiwai ii he would take such a std est of the 1 the Toal Temple pm of the p ical import i r were in the inter but he added that Lusi Cly refer lotions to the prob by stand a As Nolop f  Remai Ritof mias a the Pantego jays to remains of what May Belo am Kean servicemen Missine inti  War Ore to be Doti cred . Officials in Hanoi on cd Nelda and then Transl red to in my identification go oratory in i Pentagon a bounced Fri Hal the vietnamese �