European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 18, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 a a the stars and stripes Friday May 18,1990 news brie lithuanian Leader meets with Gorbachev at Kremlin Moscow apr president Mikhail a Gorbachev met thursday with a top lithuanian official for the first time since the Baltic Republic declared Independence a major breakthrough in the 2-month-old confrontation. Lithuanian prime minister Kazimiera run so inc talked with Gorbachev for two hours in the Kremlin in what she called a an introduction to coming negotiations Quot a lithuanian spokesman said. Prunskiene flew to Moscow on thursday with an offer of new concessions. Lithuania offered to suspend its drive for Independence and remain part of the soviet Security system. Gorbachev has demanded that the Republic of 3.8 million people Back Down from its March 11 declaration of Independence. He has imposed economic sanctions on Lithuania including an Oil and Gas embargo. Lithuanian leaders have said they Are willing to negotiate everything except their Independence declaration. A the declaration of Independence is Active and is not a subject for discussion or negotiations a Prunskiene said before meeting with  from Page 1 Schragjr. A we have lived up to our commitment and we have made our Best  president Corazon Aquino thursday suggested the United states could pay off the a a debt by providing medical equipment and other supplies to the Philippines. . Sources speaking on condition of anonymity said the United states was willing to provide additional equipment to the Philippines but that it would not be designated As payment of any debt. A classified memorandum prepared in february by the Philippines department of foreign affairs suggested the government publicly demand full . Funding for the bases As Well As other Aid programs while quietly agreeing to accept a lower Aid figure. The memo a copy of which was obtained by the associated press also said the United states was reluctant to increase Aid to the Philippines because of perceived weak leadership and mismanagement by the Aquino government. Aquino thursday said it was too Early to say whether the two sides had reached an impasse. However philippine senators who must ratify any new bases agreement expressed renewed doubts any pact could win approval. Sen. John Osmena the leading bases advocate in the Senate told reporters thursday a the Ball is in the . Court. If they want to stay they have to  from Page 1 adoption Issue. She also warned those americans already in Romania that they  expect Quick results. A a it a obviously a very emotional thing to have come All this Way and to have selected a child and for the paperwork to be stopped Halfway a Young said. Several americans in Bucharest who Are trying to negotiate the adoption Maze Are from the Stuttgart military Community. Norma Dease the Mother of a Patch elementary school teacher said her daughter and son in Law beat the monday deadline but they Are still waiting for final approval of the second of two adoptions for which they applied. A a it a been really difficult for them. They be been there three weeks and they keep getting put off and put off a Dease said in a Telephone interview in Stuttgart. The government of communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu outlawed adoptions by foreigners in january 1989. When the National salvation front made them Legal again after the december 1989 revolution More than 300 applications were pending including four from americans Young said. Since then Romania has approved 25 adoption applications from americans including 10 . Families stationed in Europe. Cos facing of retirement can finish overseas Tours by Deedee Arrington Doke Kaiserslautern Bureau Ramstein a West Germany a air Force cos assigned overseas who face new mandatory retirement limits will get to stay in the service until their regularly scheduled return to the United states the services top no says. One Benefit May be another shot at promotion for some people assigned overseas depending on their dates of reassignment. A that does put the people overseas in an advantage Posi a a a a a a a a. Tion a said James c. Bin Nicker chief master sergeant of the air Force. A we May save some people. They May get serious now about what it takes to get  for instance a technical sergeant who is in the Middle of a tour at an overseas base and has 22 years in service would not have to retire when the policy takes effect. Instead the service member Binnicker. Could finish the overseas tour. He or she could then retire on his or her regularly scheduled return to the United states. The air Force decided that personnel serving overseas deserved the extra Chance at promotion Binnicker said wednesday during a visit to Ramstein a. A you make a lot of sacrifices Over Here and its the least we can do to allow you to serve your full tour. Beginning next january senior master sergeants must retire at 26 years of service instead of 28. Master sergeants must retire at 24 years instead of 26. The limit for technical sergeants has been trimmed from 3 years to 20. Staff sergeants still must retire at 20 years. The most drastic change Calls for e-4 sergeants to retire at 10 years instead of 20. A a that a a new twist a Binnicker said. A but you have to worry about an e-4 that goes All the Way to 20  while at Ramstein Binnicker also talked about housing. A Champion of single person dormitory rooms Binnicker said he believes private rooms As Well As family housing for airmen below e-4 and their families could be available throughout the air fore1 within five years. Currently Many air Force dormitories have two service members per room. Some commands which he did not identify already have such programs. Both housing programs Are More difficult to carry out overseas Binnicker said a a but i think we can work both programs together and we  in the Case of family housing for Low ranking airmen Binnicker said some bases have made it available a where they can without significantly changing the waiting period for the otherwise authorized qualified  a i think what we should develop is housing designed and built for their size family a Young couple or a couple with one dependent. They  need a big three bedroom 2 i Bath House a Binnicker said. Binnicker will retire aug. 1, after serving 33 years in the air Force. A successor has not yet been chosen. Maryland governor says soldiers should look there for new jobs Frankfurt West Germany a amps a gov. William Schaefer has a simple proposition for gis who May be returning to the United states soon either by Choice or involuntary separation come to Maryland where the jobs Are. Maryland with a 3.9 percent unemployment rate has plenty of jobs Schaefer said thursday As he wound up a 14-Day economic Trade Mission to the soviet Union and Eastern Europe. A in certain parts of the state we have More jobs than applicants a he said during a news conference at the Frankfurt International Airport. Schaefer a military Hospital administrator in Europe from 1942-45, said Well trained educated soldiers would be an asset to the state. A we want to attract a world class work Force a he said. Trained workers Are needed in electronics computer operations Law enforcement engineering aviation management and administration Schaefer said. Schaefer said his state is also recruiting throughout the United states and military personnel would be competing against workers already in the private Sec University of Maryland campuses across Europe will offer Job Hunting courses for service members. Credit and non credit courses will be offered in resume preparation career writing skills development and business communications. For More information Contact John Golembe at the University of Maryland a european division in Heidelberg West Germany. Golembes number is 0622 i-576762. Unity ends allies rights Bush says Washington apr president Bush on thursday voiced Strong support for a United Germany with a full control Over All its territory and said reunification should completely end the allies postwar rights in Germany. A forty five years after the end of the War there is no reason that a unified democratic Germany should be in any Way singled out for some special status a Bush said after meeting with West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl. Britain France and the United states support West Germany Scall for a reunified Germany to be part of nato but the soviet Union the fourth of the big world War i victors a argues that the new Germany should be Neutral or a member of both nato and the Warsaw pact. What a Clear Bush said a is that the United states and the Federal Republic of Germany share the same approach and have the same goals regarding German unification. A we both want a United Germany which enjoys full sovereignty a United Germany which is a full member of the Western Community and of the nato Alliance including participation in its integrated military structures a he said. Bush said that a reunified Germany should a have full control Over All of its territory without any new discriminatory constraints on German  he said he and Kohl agreed that . Forces should remain stationed in the United Germany and elsewhere in Europe to continue to promote stability and  Kohl thanked Bush for the a magnificent support he had Given germans on their a path to German  Kohl reiterated Bush s statement and said that a reunified Germany must remain a member of nato. However he urged that the Alliance concentrate More on its political role than its military one. A was the threat is decreasing appreciably the Alliance must keep the initiative in the Field of disarmament and arms control and review its strategy and Structure a he said. Earlier at an Oval office picture taking session Kohl said he could not say whether German Unity would come before the end of the year a even though he had said earlier that All German elections could come As Early As dec. 2. A nobody knows that. We know that the people Are shouting a we Are the  this is Why nobody can fix a a Date. But everything s going very Well. We can say Kohls Christian democratic party lost two West German state elections on sunday which some analysts say shows voters concern Over the Cost and Pace of reunification. Kohl said he intended to discuss the Issue with bus i although he added that Bush was Well versed on the Issue  Hank p s been rare to find a president in the history of the United states who knows German history and German we As president. And european politics Quot said Kohl speaking through a translator. Bush and Kohl were also expected to discuss arms control troops in Europe and the situation in the rebellious soviet republics of Lithuania Estonia and Latvia. It was Bush a final face to face meeting with the nations key allies As he prepares for his Summit in two weeks wit is soviet president Mikhail s. Gorbachev