European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 20, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Rap music is it Here to stay pages 14-15 vol 46. No 309 tuesday. February 20. 1990 Good morning m on. D 8693 a Bill proposes up to $30,000 in enlisted Severance payments b . Bar i Man Washington Burt a Washington a measure to establish sever Ance payments of up in $30.000 for the enlisted ranks has been introduced in c ingress the Lump sum pay is intended to soften the blow Lor service members involuntarily discharged because til de creasing troop strength. A similar measure calling for even larger a meals is being drafted by the Pentagon. The initial Hill was introduced last week by rep. Jim Mattery. I Kan. In response to budget cuts that will cause the release if thousands of Servic members in the next few years. Defense department figures show that i.000semccmembcrs will be released by Early 1w2. Many men and women join the service expecting to spend their entire career serving their  Slat cry said. I think that it is unfair for the government to release them without some kind f  officers qualify for up to $.10.000 in separation  enlisted personnel Are not entitled to any separa Tion benefits when they Are released. Slattery said. Under Sallery s proposal service members Dis charged involuntarily could he eligible Lor separation pay if they had completed five or More years of Active service. A service member also would be eligible if the discharge or release was caused by defense budget reductions. Payments would follow the same formula used to calculate an officer s payments. Monthly Basic pay is multiplied by 12. Thai figure would then by multiplied in years of service and finally by 1 1 percent. An a -5 with 12 years would get about $ lilt. The Range for that Grade would he $15.000 to $20.000, depending on time in Grade. The army expects in lose 22.000 enlisted soldiers see Severance on Back Page roman an Leader threatens to punish1 protesters Hihi rest Romania i a interim president Ion Itescu monday threat ened to severely punish the leaders of a violent demonstration in which Hundred sol anon. Protesters smashed windows and invaded government Headquarters. Down with hicseu1" demonstrators shouted sunday As they took Over the Headquarters on Victory Square used by prime minister Pere roman since i of must dictator Nicolas Ceausescu was ousted it was the most violent protest since the december revolution. The Only solution is another revolution " the protesters shouted in a message broadcast on slate  said he ordered an investigation to identify the protest leaders whom he described As circles interested in Desta his ing the situation in our country an restoring the vestiges of the dictatorial regime of Ceausescu Itescu charged the protest was Mil demonstration by those who want to res Cue the revolution but they were  those who violate inc Law Musl he severely punished because they commit acts against National  Itescu said he did not say what would happen to the protest leaders if they Are caught. More than 1.000 people cheered a protesters smashed the windows and Glass and Iclal doors of the Headquarters using rocks and Iron Carpel rods. About 500 people poured in and do smud parts of the rooms ind furn Iuie. Hundreds of extra soldiers arrived see protesters on Back Page romanian soldiers monday arrest a Man suspected of Lakin part in Aifiti Overn men demonstrations sunday night. W. German ministers reach truce on nato role Bonn. Wesl Ier Manv up Chancellor Helmut Kohl on monday prodded a truce from his battling defense and lord Len ministers Over nato s role in a United Ier Manv foreign minister  gun Sehyr and de sense minister Gerhard Stoltenberg declared in a statement issued at Kohl s request that neither Nat onor Wesl German troops should be stationed on what is now Easl German territory Afler reunification. Re lated Slon. Pakech stollen Herg had suggested on a Bidav that the West pm Alliance defences be applied to a whole  Genscher complained thai the Welense min ister was causing unnecessary irritation where a Subtle touch was  Ier Manv has been hurtling Loward reunification in recent Days at limes Irving  German officials who fear a single Ier Manv is being designed Al in a exclusively by West Ier Manv. Last German Premier Hans Modrow told oppose lion leaders in i ast Lerlin on monday that he  go begging on his Knees for interim Aid irom West Ier Manv. Modrow had appealed during his meetings Voith Kohl and other lop officials Here last week for i 5 Bil see nato on Back Pago