European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 24, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Tuesday. May 24, 19bb the stars and stripes Page 3 when 5-j-ear-Iifd Mary Hay a invited la do her part tin a mural created by giving Art the Brushoff children at a child Detuelo Menf Niiler she was splashing Success. The a Tough is of senior airman John Bush and Hisle Nurmi of Raf fainted England prod thai creative painting ran be Tun Uvyn Ifil s Messy. Platform adopted for soviet reforms Moscow and the communist Pony Central committee monday adopted a new platform for implementing Sovil Leader Mikhail s. Gorbachev s eco nomic and social Reform ,. Yegor k. I Garbov the no. 2 Kremlin official Laid a foreign policy meeting the Central committee had chosen Gorbachev the party general Secretary to pre sent inc blueprint to an important party conference nest month. We have every reason to say that today s plenum has worked out a platform for the party to use in forc ing ahead to the All Union party Chov said Afler the meeting of the Central committee the party s Ajo plus member Pourcy Nti tic in body. I Gachev said inc Central com Millic had a very interesting and Lively debate and Ihnn adopted the the is formulated by the ruling politburo for the june 28 party conference. These he said. Thoroughly an Alyze developments since an april 19s5 party plenum Laid the theoretical basis for Gorbachev s reforms. The platform also makes a number of important suggestion and proposals relative o the implementation . Glasnost and the implementation of a healthy political atmosphere Migachev Siirid the announcement of inc plenum results by Liga Nev could be one More sign that the 67-year-old Ide ology chief is not in serious pc i Lical trouble. Reports of ,1 major policy dispute Between Gorba Chev and i Gachev surfaced in Moscow last month reports suggested Ligac nov had endorsed Public Amiott in March of an article in the newspaper Sovic Skaya Rossiya that questioned whether Gorbachev s reforms had gone too far. Migachev has riven speeches reflect ing a More conservative approach than Gorbachev. I Gachev is chairman of the commission on foreign affairs of the soviet of the Union one of the two Chambers of the supreme soviet the nominal parliament. He reported on the plenum at the opening of a joint meeting of that commission and ils counterpart in the other supreme soviet chamber the soviet of nationalities. The commissions arc considering who la or to recommend ratification of the treaty to eliminate medium and Shorter Rance nuclear mis Siles. Plenary meetings of the Central committee often Lake place the Day before inc supreme soviet holds its semiannual meetings. The legislature begins a meeting tuesday thai May include Rai cation of the intermediate Range nuclear missile treaty signed by president Reagan and Gorbachev at the december Summit in Washington. The plenum took place six Days before Reagan is scheduled to arrive in Moscow for his fourth meeting with Gorbachev. Gorbachev is expected id a the june 28 special party conference to tighten his hold on inc party App Ralus and to Roui party officials hostile or indifferent to his ambit Youj Reform program. In speeches earlier this year Gorbachev also has said the june conference will consider reforms to strengthen the Legal and judicial systems. Gorbachev Lias called for creating a system to re place aging party officials and has been especially Crit ical of the in year Rale of president Leonid i. Brezhnev As a period of stagnation and corruption Brezhnev Dirdin 1982. Dmitri a. Liso Volik chief of the . Section of the Central committee s International department has said the party will consider limiting inc communist party Gen eral Secretary to two or three eight year terms. Gorbachev said in an interview last wednesday with the Washington Post newspaper and news Eek mag a inc that he endorsed he proposal. Glasnost eases stress on some upscale soviets new York a glasnost has cased pressure on some soviet couples who have a taste of the Good life not unlike their american counterparts the yuppies reports Money Marine. In ils june Issue the business mag Azine profiles a Moscow couple Valentin and Ludmilla Kaganovich. Who enjoy inc trappings of Western Joung. Upscale professionals. Both arc dentists whose combined an Nual earnings of 13,100 rubles about s22,- 4p put them in the lop 3 percent of All Sovil families. The couple pays the equivalent of $39 a month rent for their apartment on fashionable Gorky Street. They own a country Home a new car and a color Tele vision set and Var. Which Cost s2,Sio, or about Sis months wages for he aver age soviet worker. Kaganovich charted the Way for his family s High Standard of living by operating a private dental practice while for is years continuing to work at a state run clinic. Isl. Before Gorbachev people treated me like a Bandit can when i worked like a Tiaga Novich said now people treat me with still besides a High i Neomy living the Good life in Moscow requires Good von no Lions the Magazine reports. In a City where Consumers face Short is of so Many things Money can be relatively worthless without a network of friends and acquaintances with whom to barter. If you have friends working in shops they la Sci Nice things aside for said mrs. Kaganovich
