European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 23, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes monday january 23,1989 new go Bill still open for sign  by Crystal Laureano staff writer Servic members have until june 30 to take advantage of a second Chance to sign up for the Montgomery i Bill. The new i Bill named for its Spon Sor rep. Sonny Montgomery d-miss., targets  who came on Active duty Between july i 1985, and june 30, 1988. Initially recruits had the Chance to sign up Only during their first three weeks of enlistment. By forfeiting $100 per month during the first 12 months of Active duty service members could receive from $9,000 to $10,800 depend ing on the length of Active service Iran appeals to . Nicosia Cyprus a Iran on saturday called for the unite nations to put pressure on Iraq so that a permanent truce in the per Sian Gulf War can go into effect. A commentary broadcast on Tehran radio and reported by the official islamic Republic new Agency said a deadline should be set for putting into effect a .security Council Resolution that Calls for troop withdrawals prisoner exchanges and peace talks. A .-Mcdiated cease fire inthe eight year Gulf War took effect aug. 20, but peace talks that opened in Geneva five Days later broke Down immediately. The commentary monitored i Nicosia said the Way to ensure Progress in the peace talks was for the United nations to apply corrective discipline to Iraq. Sikhs Lynch 3 hindus Amritsar India up sikh militants dragged three hindus out of a House in Punjab state an lynched them warning we will hang 1,000 hindus to avenge the executions of two sikhs convicted in the assassination of prime minister Indira Gandhi police said sunday. This is the third incident of it kind since Satwant Singh and Kehar Singh were hanged on Jan. 6. Police said six extremists lat saturday entered the Village of amme Kalan 30 Miles South of the sikh holy City of Amritsar an dragged two hindu Brothers and a male relative from their Home. The three were then hanged on a nearby tree police said. Case against Marcos Manila Philippines a the government said saturday it will still try to recover billions from Ferdinand Marcos even if Hedges. A key senator said Marcos May be allowed to return if he gives Back Money he allegedly stole and apologizes publicly. The government will not be prejudiced by Marcos death Justice Secretary Jedfrey Ordonez told re porters. And it would be doubly difficult for his heirs or any appointed administrator of his estate to touch his alleged Swiss Bank  Ordonez made the comment Fol lowing reports from Hawaii that the ousted philippine president sin declining health and suffered a collapsed lung thursday. Concern Over Marcos health prompted a Federal judge in new York to postpone until next month hearing on whether Marcos is too ill to be arraigned on racketeering charges. Toward College tuition and expenses. Lawmakers decided to offer a second Chance to sign up after military officials testified at hearings that they did t adequately promote the new i Bill when it was introduced. To be eligible for the new Bill service members who fall within the july 1, 1985, to june 30, 1988, period also must have remained on continuous duty with out a break in service and be on Active duty during the open period not be participants in the loan repayment program and not be military Academy graduates or Roth scholarship graduates. Service members must be Able to con tribute $1,200 before leaving military service either by payroll deduction Lump sum payment or a combination of the two. Interested Usa eur soldiers can Contact their education office for detail about the program an official said. Personnel offices Are responsible for  Complete their application for submission to financial officials said it. Col. Peter j. Monahan with the personnel division of 1st personnel come. All Safe personnel eligible for enrolment have been identified and will receive letters about the program said capt. De Worley of Safe Public affairs. Air Force personnel who want to enrol in the program should Contact their education office he said. About 300,000 recruits have enlisted Over the past three years. The congressional budget office estimates about 10percent of them will take advantage of the second Chance. Pentagon opposition to the provision cited the Cost of benefits that would re sult from the Extension. Supporters How Ever say better educated veterans will land higher paying jobs and pay More taxes Back to the government than they would without the additional education. House speaker Jim Wright a Texas has estimated that the ratio of tax dollars coming Back to the government is. Money paid out in education benefits is 20tol. Solidarity s leaders agree to meet with authorities on legalizing Union met a Gdansk Poland a Solidarity on sunday accepted a communist party offer to hold talks on legalizing the outlawed Trade Union movement and said the negotiations should begin As soon As  they would be the first formal talks Between Solidarity and authorities since the Union was crushed in a december 1981 crackdown. Solidarity the first in dependent Trade Union in the soviet bloc was outlawed a year later. Asked if the agreement Between the Union and authorities represented a Vic tory Solidarity Leader Lech Walesa said i am a practical Man and practice will show How far poles can go in  his comments came during an Impromptu news conference held after Soli Darity s leadership accepted the govern ment s offer. Walesa took a few minutes to address 5,000 people who attended amass in Gdansk. The Solidarity Leader appearing Jubi Lant said the Union could be ready with in two months 19 hold its first nation wide Congress since martial Law was declared in december 1981. In a statement sunday after the conclusion of nearly two Days of talks by the Union s leaders Solidarity said it is willing to respect polish Law As Well As the Union original 1980 statute. It called on the government to respect the conventions of . International labor organization guaranteeing Trade Union freedoms. On thursday the polish United workers party or ruling communist party announced a new stance endorsing More than one Trade Union organization. The party offered to legalize Solidarity under terms to be negotiated if the Union respects the Law and agrees to help re form the Economy. Solidarity said the government Hasmet its conditions for beginning talks on the Union s legalization and on the social and economic problems facing Poland. Solidarity called for agreement on a Reform program to confront Poland a dramatic economic ecological and material  formal talks were first proposed bythe government during a wave of strikes in August but Walesa had demanded that the party make a political decision to legalize Solidarity before he would join the negotiations. Soviet commander admits failure in honorable Afghanistan Mission Kabul Afghanistan a a senior soviet commander acknowledged sunday that Moscow feels a sense of fail ure As it ends its nine year War to bolster Afghanistan s marxist government Buthe denied the red army withdrawal had begun. We have not succeeded in everything we planned to do Here maj. Gen. Lev Serebro political officer at the soviet military High command in Kabul told Western correspondents. We came Here with an honorable task with open hearts he said sunday. We Are leaving and we have a sense of not having accomplished our Mission to the  Serebro denied that soviet troops had begun to pull out of Afghanistan Buthe said the red army still aimed to be gone by the feb. 15 deadline set in a .-brokered withdrawal agreement. His Contention that the remaining 50,000 soviet troops have not yet begun to leave contradicted estimates by West Ern diplomats in Kabul that the withdrawal started in Earnest at the beginning of january. In addition afghan troops can be seen Manning former soviet posts on the perimeter of this besieged capital. Afghan rebels fighting to topple the marxist government Are entrenched on the outskirts of Kabul. Serebro said soviet officers Are work ing to keep open the key Salang Highway leading North to the soviet Border. Hundreds of fully equipped soviet troops have been boarding giant Ilyushin 11-76 transport aircraft Landing and de parting daily from Kabul s Airport. Serebro acknowledged there could be some instability when the soviet Union pulls out completely leaving the afghan government to Fig lit for survival against moslem rebels with a conscript army that Western observers contend is unreliable. Serebro s Surprise meeting with the Small group of Western reporters Here came after a news blackout of several weeks by the soviet military command. As concern mounted Over an economic blockade and violence in the capital when the soviets withdraw West Ger Man diplomats left Kabul on saturday following orders from Bonn s foreign ministry. Earlier last week the British embassy in Kabul warned britons and nationals of six other countries for which it has diplomatic responsibility to leave without delay. Israel disputes syrian theory on bomb Kuwait a Syria s defense minister alleged that Israel duped an american Soldier into carrying the bomb that blew up a pan am Jet Over Scotland last month. Israel called the charge i  an agent of israeli intelligence mos sad handed him the bomb Laden bag to carry in return for $300,000, claiming it was diamonds Worth $500,000 needed to be smuggled into the United states Mustafa class said in an interview published saturday in Kuwait s daily Al Abas. Reached in Damascus Syria class confirmed the newspaper reported his statements correctly but he refused to give additional information. In Israel foreign ministry spokesman Alon Leil said it is ridiculous and Mali Cious. This Story shows How the syrian leaders Are not serious toward Israel an peace in the  Britain s sunday express newspaper in an unattributed report Jan. 15, said . Government investigators Are looking into the theory the bomb went aboard the plane with a Soldier involved in a Diamond smuggling ring. All 259 people on Board pan a flight 103 were killed and 11 people on the ground in Lockerbie Scotland die when the Boeing 747 fell from the sky dec. 21. The flight originated in Frankfurt West Germany and stopped in London in route to new York. Representatives of the Palestine liberation organization have talked of a mos sad connection suggesting Israel planned the attack to throw blame on the Plo and undermine a new dialogue betwee the Plo and Washington