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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 5, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                A r 1 i the Sim Lpes authorize unofficial publication for the . Armed forces Good morning vol. 48, no. 294 monday february 5, 1990 44 25 d�4y and sunday d 8693 a hundreds of thousands seek Reform in Moscow a pre revolutionary Flag flies Over Heads of protesters outside the Kremlin. . Officials favor new plan to Cut troops by Steve Taylor staff writer Munich. West Germany a american officials attending the two Day Chr Kundic defense conference called president Bush s proposal to limit troops in Central Europe to 195.000 a positive move but some thought the cuts could go even further. Army Gen. John r. Galvin commander of . Forces in Europe said his staff would be making decisions within the next few Days on which troops could be withdrawn. Their recommendations will be passed to Washington. William Howard Taft in . Ambassador to nato said the proposed troop Cut should not be considered a massive reduction for the United states. The proposal represents Quot about a one third reduction. And i think that can be managed quite easily Over the next two or three  related stories pare 2. Sen. William s. C Ohrn. A Maine said he would like to see even lower troop Levels negotiated. Quot former Secretary of defense Jim Schlesinger testified before the Senate armed services committee just last week indicating he thought Over the next five or six years or so we could reduce to a residual Force of perhaps 75.000 or 100.000.�?� Cohen said at the conference that ended sunday. R. James Woolsey the . Ambassador to the con see troops on Back Page Moscow apr hundreds of thousands of protesters filled the capitals Broad streets sunday to demand that the communists surrender their hold on Power. The huge gathering perhaps the biggest protest since the bolshevik revolution came on the eve of a Central committee meeting during which president Mikhail s. Gorbachev was expected to propose that other parties be allowed to compete for Power. The move would Likely Spur an intense struggle Between hard liners and reformers. The crowd waved huge flags of pre revolutionary Russia and held signs warning party officials to Quot remember  where a bloody revolt in december toppled the stalinist regime of Nicolas Ceausescu. The protesters moved next to red Square for a Gigantic rally that was meant to influence the Pivotal communist party plenary meeting that was to open monday. Quot this plenum is the party s last  declared Boris n. Yeltsin a populist communist Leader who promised to place the crowd s demands before the 251-member Central committee. Others harking Back to the revolution that overthrew the ear in february 1917 before being swept away see Reform on Back Page toppled by windstorm for a amps maj 0 in Cal rats members of the 377th civil engineering so the Aero club at Rumstein a West Germany and safety officials right a Small plane sunday hat High winds blew Over saturday night. Story on Page 28. Social Security mix up does a number on army officer by John  Wurzburg Bureau bad Kissinger. West Germany a first i. Richard Alan Miller in t convinced his social Security benefits Are All that secure. And he probably won t be until authorities find Richard Allen Miller. The two Millers arc worlds apart in Many ways except for the fact that they have the same social Security number. Miller the army officer hails from Illinois and has been on Active duty since 1986. He Learned of the other Richard a. Miller that same year after he filed his Federal income tax. A letter from the internal Revenue service notified him of an error in either the name or social Security number on his return. After contacting the social Security administration the military Miller Learned of his namesake a Georgia resident. A the social Security administration has admitted they made a mistake Quot said the platoon Leader from b Btry. 2nd in. 41st Field arty. After finding out it had issued the same social Security number to two Millers the administration reissued the number to the army officer. With his new old number. Miller sent copies of both cards his Illinois Driver s License and military id card to the irs and told it to Contact the social Security administration if it had problems. The  seemed to be Over after Miller filed his 1987 return jointly with his wife. Quot we thought it was taken care of because we received a return Quot the bad Kissinger based officer said. But the names and numbers of Millet and his mysterious counterpart have been scrambled Ever since. The other Miller whom authorities can t locate has see officer on Back Pagee gis making profit from fall of the Wall a Page 9  
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