European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 14, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes sunday May 14,1989 goods limits scrapped for Germany Tours b Chuckel Ncwashington bureaus Washington the army weight restrictions on household goods shipments for accompanied soldiers As signed to West Germany starting june 1. The new policy allows soldiers wit family members moving Back to the United states after that Date to ship their full allowance with one important condition household goods that were Putin stateside government storage count to Ward the weight limit for example a Soldier with a full weight allowance of 10.000 pounds who put 6.000 pounds of goods in storage a government expense before moving to West Germany can ship Only 4,000pounds going Back said capt. Doug Reynolds program budget officer  permanent change of Slatich Kac counts. ,. The lifting of Juv in eight restriction a Jet. I in ill occur  before an increase household goods allowances for All ranks and services goes into effect july  higher weight allowances approved by Congress last year will include spa. Rate limits for personnel with and with it Amily members for the first time. Sinc l?87, the army has limited sol Diers movies a or from West Germany on accompanied Tours to 25 percent of hair full household goods allowance be cause government fun Mitre is available at Many locations. A a  numerous complaints from inc members have prompted thcart1y"tolift the limitation Reynolds thurs Day. The change Coyer accompanied sol Diers  West German locations capt for West Berlin. The  soldiers at Remote Sites. West Berlin personnel will remain under the limitation and continue to gel full government furniture support Rey nolds said. Like West Berlin  unaccompanied personnel who Are authorized to live off Post will not be covered by the new policy and will be subject to current restrictions. The new policy covers All ecu goods except major appliances Wash cars dryers ranges Efrum floors an Kitchen cabinets and Wir Droboc closets Reynolds said sold Effill not be allowed to ship thaw items because communities a incr Ify Are Able to provide them he said.  will not be forced to their full allowance. Soldiers can ship a store household goods in  to their full entitle ment Reynolds Sajt that Means that the weight of the House a foods stored plus the weight of the gods ship Cycan t exceed the total  soldiers must have an effective Date june i or later on orders to take advantage of the new policy. Reynolds said the effective Date is the Date the Soldier signs into a new duty station minus authorized travel time and plus one Day. For example Soldier who signs int the new3uty station on june 10, with Icv flays authorized travel time has Ane Date of june 4," Reynolds said. The effective Date of orders or a Date for soldiers who arc separating or retiring is the last Day of Active duty he  spent on any Type of leave or temporary duty in route to the assign ment has nothing to do with figuring a Soldier s a Date Reynolds  advised soldiers who decide not to ship their full allowance that storage a government expense is authorized in the United states  will be no storage at govern ment expense in Europe Fie said. Sol Diers and their families should be careful not to ship More goods than they can user store in their  in addition to improving the Quality Trefor army families the change will  to shift More govern ment Furm Hideto locations in West Ger Many where shortages exist Reynolds said. News briefs r1 St army i postal clerk gels 5-Yearfprison term Ansbach. West get any a 1st army div postal clerk was sentenced to five years in prison for conspiracy. Forgery Atid false . Leitha Hall of the 127lh postal Del was found guilty april 24 in general  had been charged with falsifying reports of postal Money order Sale and fraudulently Vali dating and negotiating Tiney orders in March. The postal clerk worked at the . Army Post office on Warner Barracks in Bamberg. Hall also was Given a dishonourable discharge ordered to forfeit All pay and allowances and reduced to the lowest enlisted Grade. Court upholds order to extradite Ajab to  Athens. Greece a the supreme Courton Friday upheld an extradition order sought by the United states for a palestinian accused of the1 982 bombing of a pan ant jetliner. Mohammed Rashid had appealed the ruling by a lower court granting his extradition to the United Stales. Before Friday s ruling the High court had put off making decision three limes. Rashid 39, is wanted n the United Stales forthe pan am bombing Over Hawaii in which a Japa Nese teen Ager was killed ipod 15 people were injured. He was arrested in Athens in May 1 988. 2 killed 11 injured in fire that closed Brenner Tunnel Bolzano Italy a r two italian work ers were killed and 1 1 Wenj injured by a sudden fire in a Tunnel on the Blunner Highway Alongie Lillian austrian Bor Deij police said Friday hundreds of trucks lined up at both entrances of the Tunnel after All lairs of the Busy Road linking Italy Austria and West Germany were closed because of the incident. Police said the fire posse by triggered by an explosion spread quickly through the polyurethane cover of he Tunnel and Sci god toxic  terrorist prisoners sympathizers end protest Bonn West Gurmay up jailed member Sand sympathizer of the terrorist red army fac Tion on Friday ended a hunger strike officials  hunger strike started of fcb 1, Wilh groups of two to three dozen taking jims in the prison action. F Justice officials from several West germans tales said lawyers for the prisoners and detainees had informed them Friday of the decision to end the Proesl that was held to support demands Mem Bers of the terrorist organization be had together Inone or two cells. Panama from Page 1 Ord. Calif. Kex. We Are proud to be Here said army col. David Hale a brigade . Col. Jerry Humble commander of the 2nd Lighta Mored inf in told reporters on the flight to Panama i think we re going to be Here until this is  with what s going on Down there any p rodent Ameri can would be concerned said Humble 41,  Roky.  of american military dependents who Uva . Meanwhile the opposition coalition which claims a3-i Victory in last sunday s elections thanked All gov Are in physical danger for political reasons said the source who refused to identify any of the panamanians for fear of  condemnation of the election and the beatings continued to pour in Friday. Mexico with Drew its envoy for consultations of Nicaragua and the soviet Union however condemned the dispatch of  As interference. In Washington the organization of american state permanent Council approved unanimously a venezuelan proposal Callina ror Oas foreign ministers to meet wednesday to Duliss the crisis in Panama. In Panama City most businesses had returned to Normal activities but the opposition reportedly considered More  were backups at occasional panamanian de Cue forces checkpoints where Drivers ,lf6ns were being checked. Noriega s hand picked candidate Carlos Duque Saiddy Ern ments especially those in latin America that a a a in a a tretto the people of Panama in the government protested fraud and violence. Controlled press that the vote was nullified because it again offered to take part in a patriotic agreement that would get the cd ulry out from under of what moral justification Call there be for terrorizing the population with gangs feeding on Hale and false nationalism asked the statement an unusually Strong one from the  presidential candidate Guillermo Endara who was beaten by pro Noriega gangs on wednesday celebrated his 53rd.birthday at a Hospital Wilh presents and cake. He was listed in Good condition  . Military source said that since monday More than 160 panamanians have been Given Refuge at .military installations. They arc Here because they have shown that they the  government wanted to impose its Choice atall costs.1--, Bush had knt a team of observers that said the government rigged the election. At a news conference thursday night All parties inthe government coalition publicly supported voiding the vote which happened while they were Well ahead in official totals. Inter National observers Laid tallies were being counterfeited to cheat the Oppositi proof a 3-1 Victory. Noriega has not appeared in Public since before Las week s election and has issued no statements on inc breakdown of the election process. Me had gone into the elections seeking legitimacy for the regime. Reports said civilian government politicians had told Noriega the cheating was too obvious to continue with any legitimacy. The Only thing that will Knock him out for sure is if the other officers of the panamanian de sense forces decide he s a liability and ask him to leave said one opposition supporter. Papandreou closes parliament quashes report on Bank scandal Athens Greece a Premier Andreas Papandreou decreed the end of parliament s session Friday stifling a commit lec s report on the multimillion Dollar scandal that has shaken his socialist government. Deputy Dyonisios Bouloukos. Committee member and a member of the conservative opposition new democracy party charged that the legislature was closed to avoid the drafting and submission of the report to  but the government said it ended the session in response to the conservatives request. Papandreou and president Christos Sar Zelakis signed the order terminating the current parliament s final legislative session. The 300-member, single chamber parliament had been scheduled to meet through May although the closing had been proposed earlier this week by the new democracy party which noted most deputies were out campaigning for the june 18 elections and would t attend the sessions. But the conservative party Leader Consi Anline miso Lakis had asked that parliament reconvene May 18, when committee was to submit a report on the scandal involving fugitive banker George Koskotas. Under the closure order parliament cannot be reconvened. We have to decide that Wilh inc closure of Par Liam no Pur committee ceases to function since what Ever action we take has no substance said Dimitris Agoropoulos chairman of the 30-Mcmber panel. He is a member of Papandreou s  socialist movement which dominated the committee. The investigative committee was set up in november when Koskotas fled Greece after being indicted in a $200 million fraud forgery and embezzlement scandal. He was arrested in the United states and is jailed i Salem mass., awaiting an extradition hearing. In interviews at the jail Koskotas claimed Papandreou and other officials in his party received millions of dollars in payoffs and authorized the looting of theban of Crete while Koskola was its chairman