European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 27, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse Bicycling in Germany stripes Magazine the stars and stripes unofficial publication Foh the . Ahmet .voll4a.no.lo thursday. April 27, 1989 5t Day no Surel a d 8693 Gorbachev overhauls key Moscow Al Mikhail a Gorbachev has dropped a Quarter Insl senior members of inc communist party s lop policy making body and in stalled his own men Anil women. a Central commute meeting tuesday the soviet president refolded the body s membership in a Man Euver Espe cled to make it easier for him to carry out his Campaign for Reform. Seventy four of the committee s 3d i full members retired including former president Andrei a. Gromyko and other holdovers from pre Gorbachev Days. Twenty four people were promoted to full Mem Ben hip. The committee also retired 24 of its non voting members and 12 members of the Central auditing commission Thich handles party finances. Party ideology chief Vadim a Medvedev told a news conference that All 74 had volunteered to step military lost a substantial voice in the Central committee at least nine senior officers were dropped and just one officer was promoted from candidate stat us to full membership. The changes left the Central committee with 251 full members chief Georgy p. Rau Movsky told the news conference. Medvedev said the number of committee members mini ii increase or decrease later. The next Opportunity to mid voting members would be at la party Congress in i to i bin non voting members could be added at any Central committee rec Tirb. The Central committee meets several times a year it set policy goals. It. Also is empowered to make changes in the politburo which is the ruling body for the the party and soviet society. A stronger hand for Gorbachev in the committee s could make it easier for him to brine supporters into the ruling body. The retiring officials issued a joint request that re see Gorbachev on Back Page super 7 reaches super payout Penn tapes u new Penn sol Tunia lollerj1 Sill p an ears of no gotta Toni Wanh Congress. Pc lagon official say the Way has been cleared for boosting household goods weight allowances for most ranks. There Are no More issues to be re Sohd said a military compensation official m the Pentagon. The system is ready 10 the plan which establishes separate weight limits for married and single soldiers is contained in con Gress fiscal 1989 defense authorization act which went into effect oct. 1, the weight limits take effect july i we want to make sure arc aware of what that implementation Dulc Means the official said. To qualify for the higher allowances the Effic live Date of a member s i cd orders Musi be july 1 or later. Also at least one portion of the transportation of the shipment packing pickup delivery., whatever must occur on or after july 1, the official said. If both of those conditions Aren i met the member won t qualify for the higher who hive made permanent change of station Moes to areas that die special weight limitations imposed in area where there is an abundance of government furniture will be under the same limitations when leaving those areas. Personnel officials with the . Army in Europe said soldiers who were authorized Only 25 percent of their full allowance when they made the move to West Oer Nany will still have that limitation after july although it will be 2i percent of the increased allow Ance. For instance the limit for married soldiers in Grade e-6 has increased from 8,000 to i ,000 pounds. Those Iol Dicris who were limited to 25 few recent of inc full Saa shipping on Back Page
