European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 11, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday june 11, 1990 the stars and stripes a a a Page 3oviets ask $20 billion i the changing Cost of child care o soften position on new rates have been announced that go into effect at military child care centers sept.1. Local commanders will set exact rates within each Range of fees. In some locations charges May be raised Over the approved ranges to offset Cost of living allowances paid to care givers. Ato report says Bonn West Germany apr a mag Zine said saturday that the soviet Union expressed willingness to accept a United Germany s membership in nato but ants $20 billion in Western Aid and some hangs in the Western Alliance. The Hamburg based news Magazine Der Ziegel quoted an unidentified adviser to jest German Chancellor Helmut Kohl As lying West Germany is ready to Supply Aid within a proper amount to Moscow but ants some of the assistance to come from be United states and the european eco Omic Community. The Magazine said soviet foreign min iter Eduard Shevardnadze has indicated in soviets Are seeking $20 billion. Foreign minister Hans Dietrich Gensch in an interview with Wes Deutscher und Funk radio refused to comment on the Jure reported by Spiegel saying Only that talks on a variety of unification issues Are still under Way. A we Are naturally in favor of closer economic cooperation and of financial cooperation. We re ready for that and we re talking about that with the soviets a said Genscher. The soviet government opposes a United Germany a membership in the North Atlantic treaty organization. The Western Alliance has been insisting upon it. Chancellor Helmut Kohl on Friday held talks with president Bush on efforts to win full soviet approval for unification. After his return to Bonn on saturday Kohl appeared to signal that Progress was being made on the military Issue. A we have reason to be confident that the internal and global aspects of German Unity can be solved on time a the Welt am son tag newspaper quoted him As saying. Family income up to $27,000 $27,001 to $42,000 $42,001 to $59,000 $59,001 or More weekly fee $31 to $41 $42 to $52 $53 to $63 $64 to $74 / Egx a amps Susan Harris Iriam Makeba sings in s. Africa after Long exile Johannesburg South Africa up1 a Miriam Lakeba the Black South african born Singer hailed As mama Africa for her passion and popularity Sang a Home soil for the first time in 31 years sunday after turning from political exile to visit family and her Lothers grave. Makeba 57, joined a knot of relatives local enter liners and supporters in singing the Black liberation Ithem a Nkosi Sikele in afrikan a god bless Africa mediately after an Airport press conference and an Veight flight from Brussels Belgium to her racially forming Homeland. The woman nurtured in the United states by Singer Larry Belafonte in the Early 1960s and later that dec be married to militant Black . Leader Stokely car Michael who gave her a Strong sense of politics but Iso a damaging activist status arrived to a traditional Ribal Welcome. For millions around the world a Symbol of Black ride fortitude and resilience she Knelt quietly on a lat Given her by an elderly female relative in a Cere Lony to Mark the end of a Long absence. Makeba a very Happy to be Home a said priorities using the weeks visit will be seeing her brother and ther family Johannesburg a satellite Black township Quot Soweto a the place of her youth a and to a go praying by my mothers  the weary Makeba told reporters she did not a sleep for a week in anticipation of getting the entry visa refused her until Friday. Authorities were fearful the woman who has performed at nearly every african Independence Celebration would stir up political unrest. A a in be always wanted to come Home. Now that everyone is coming Home Why  i a she added referring to other exiles being Given permission to come Back or simply returning following the racial reforms Makeba launched in february by president Frederik de Klerk. A i think ill be happier when i come Back to sing before my people a Makeba said noting she had no plans on the private visit for any Public performances of the dozens of songs which Over three decades she has Sung and recorded in North America Europe and Africa. Makeba went into self imposed exile the year before her mothers death in 1960, citing humiliations suffered under White minority Rule. When 18 Days old she spent six months in jail with her Mother who was sentenced for illegally brewing Beer to supplement a maids income. Makeba once watched Black patients denied Access to a Whites Hospital and As a teen age singing Star was forbidden by segregationist Laws to perform in English being forced to use her Home language xhosa. Apartheid provoked punitive sanctions and other measures from the rest of the world including since 1981, a United National Center against apartheid a a blacklist of foreign writers musicians and other artists who have performed in South Africa. Names Are removed Only if artists pledge in writing not to perform in the country again. Makeba was helped in her return to South Africa by the african National Congress a whose cultural desk at the movements Lusaka exile Headquarters supports the a a blacklist a and said she would be working with the Anc on future visits. Her latest album a Walela a released last year is close to going Gold in South Africa where make bad a popularity has never  hints at revising plan for Croton base continued from Page 1 which could Cost the . $360 million necessary in Light of the receding treat in Europe. A if Sam Nunn starts saying things like f we continue to believe Croton is nectar then we can do other things be goes put the 401st in there a then a lot of pople in the Senate Are going to Start having doubts As Well a a Senate staffer Jud. The United states is moving the Wing a of Torrejon a near Madrid Spain it the As yet inbuilt base in Croton be use the Spanish government would not Pew base rights agreements that expire h 1992. At a feb iary hearing Nunn Exten Lay questioned air Force chief of Ian Gen. Larry Welch about the need re j e Croton base which Welch in crucial for the defense of a l o s weak Southern flank. I lawmakers often play devils advocate \ such hearings but Nunn raised the sue again april 20 in one of a series of peaches on How the United states Ould revise its global military strategy. The situation involving the 401st tac inter Wing and the proposed Croton use is a perfect example of How the Pentagon could change its overseas Basing concept he said. The defense department could periodically rotate units including National guard and Reserve forces to front line bases rather than station them overseas permanently Nunn said. Such a move would not require Large bases a built to House military dependents and personnel for multiyear Tours and would offer valuable training for stateside squadrons he said. A if we believe the new base at Croton continues to be necessary we could rotate squadrons on temporary deployments rather than permanently base 72 aircraft in Italy with All of the expensive facilities needed for dependents a he said. Croton has More support in the Senate than the House but that could change if Nunn comes out against it. Widely respected for his knowledge of defense affairs Nunn is known for examining All aspects of an Issue before voicing his views. Initial air Force reaction to Nunns proposal was negative. A a it a easy for Congress to say a lets go to temporary deployments for six months a or whatever a said one official in the Pentagon. A a they re not the ones who la be Sepa rated from their  and air Force officials remain steadfast in their View that moving the 401st to Croton is vital to natos Security and have been pushing ahead on the base project. The service is accepting bids for a phase one construction at Croton which involves site preparation and preliminary work on runways and roads according to an aide to rep. Pat Schroeder d-colo., the most outspoken critic of the project. The air Force expects to let a contract in july. If Nunn has made up his mind regarding the Croton base he a keeping it a secret said one of his aides. Defense experts said Nunn Likely is hedging to avoid aggravating the allies inclination to Cut their own forces now that the Warsaw pact has collapsed. A until we get an agreement on conventional arms reductions in Europe it would be irresponsible for someone like Nunn to declare that moving the 401st to Italy Isnit necessary a said Robin Nib Lett an analyst with the Center for strategic and International studies a Washington based think tank. Understandably lawmakers want to look for Cost cutting targets overseas rather than in their own districts Niblett said. A but the allies Are Likely to wonder Why they be agreed to manage defense reductions through arms control negotiations if the . Congress takes unilateral  sen. John Warner of Virginia the ranking Republican on the Senate armed services committee concurs said an aide. A if we want to change the present plan which has been agreed upon by nato to fill an unmet need senator Warner believes it should be negotiated with our allies and not rammed Down their throats by the . Congress a the aide said. But pressure on Capitol Hill to abandon the original Deal obviously is growing. The House voted last year to Cap . Funds for Croton construction at $250 million although in negotiations with the Senate the figure was raised to $360 million. This year Schroeder has introduced a Bill that would Cut All funding for construction at the base. Her aide said the Bill probably would serve to bring the Wing Back to the United states because it would cause the Pentagon to miss the 1992 deadline for leaving Spain. A i think the whole Croton Issue is going to be reopened and re evaluated later this year a Nunns aide acknowledged