European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 2, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Inside stripes a Mandela ends . Trip \ promises to return Page 2 a the Many faces of Madonna. Daily Magazine a reds end Metsy 11-game winning Streak. Page 21 a . May offer to withdraw nuke shells Page 28 the shr amp Andis ripes authorized unofficial publication Fop the . Almeo forces Good morning vol. 49/no. 79 monday july 2, 1990 a a 25t duty and sunday d 8693 a i for East and West Germany pushing and crowding outside a Deutsche Bank Branch in East Berlin sent 13 people so a Hospital sunday. Story on Page 28. A Berlin apr Germany set Oft on a bold adventure sunday by forging a single Economy and scrapping internal Borders but leaders in the East and West said difficulties lie ahead. East germans cheered honked horns and set off fireworks to Welcome their new West German Money which put fancy cars and vacations to Brazil within reach. Many suddenly had thousands of dollars Worth of the Lorig coveted currency. West German economics minister Theo a incl who travelled to East Berlin for the Start of what he called a a Occo nomic adventure a assured East germans that a everything is under  he predicted that the rate of inflation would not jump. His East German counterpart finance minister Walter Romberg emphasized that there were a certain risks Quot in my mgr ing the world leading West German Economy with its weaker sister. Experts have predicted a huge buying spree would raise the rate of inflation. Gunther Krause the chief East German negotiator for the currency switch called on his compatriots to a use their Deutsche Marks  at Border Crossings that once were impenetrable smiling families walked drove and bicycled Back and Forth sunday without a police officer in sight. More than 200 people were killed As they tried to escape Over the same Borders during communist Rule. Erich Hon Ecker the hard line former Leader who was toppled last october is now the target of a murder probe because of the killings. In another major step toward unifying Berlin officials reopened eight subway a ghost stations Quot that had been shut Down see Germany on Back Page ousted gis would Benefit from Bills by Chuck Vinch Washington Bureau Washington a a the separation benefits packages being considered on Capitol Hill Are the most generous since the Advent of the All Volunteer military in 1973. Four major proposals have surfaced. Along with tote Pentagon plan sen. John Mccain r-ariz., and reps. Beverly Byron d-md., and Jim Slattery d-kan., also have drafted separation benefits Bills. The plans have minor differences but All contain the same Basic provisions. Defense department officials emphasize that any benefits approved by Congress will apply Only to those personnel forced out of the military. The biggest and most costly initiative is extending Severance pay to enlisted personnel. It s the showpiece of All four proposals. The Pentagon plan would give Severance pay to anyone with More than five years of service in pay grades e-3 through 0-5 and would lift the $30,000 Cap for officers. The Lump sum payments would Range from $5,773 for an e-3 with five years of service to $83,514 for an 0-5 with Between 18 and 20 years of service. Christopher Jehn the Pentagon manpower chief recently told lawmakers that the enlisted Severance pay provision should be permanent but that the five year service minimum should apply Only to those who Are in uniform when it goes into effect. A those service members coming on Board after enactment of these changes however must have seven years of continuous service to qualify for separation pay Quot he said. I Slattery agrees with the five year Ruth Crbut his plan offers no specific Dollar amounts for Severance pay. It would raise the Cap to $60,000 rather than remove it completely. Under proposed pay tables Slattery a plan would Cap the pay at that level for officers in Grade 0-3 with 17 or More years of service those in Grade 0-4 with 16 or More years and those in Grade 0-5 with 15 or More years. Mccain a Bill would eliminate the Cap but limit the pay to those with at least seven years of service. Byron s Bill would authorize Severance pay for anyone with six or More years and would a a Grandfather officers with More than five years of service who Are on Active duly now. Following is a rundown of the other highlights of the Pentagon plan along with provisions in the three congressional Bills that have been introduced unemployment compensation. All the plans Call of full unemployment benefits for service members forced to leave the military. _ a military personnel who leave voluntarily generally Are eligible for unemployment payments now but they must wait four weeks before applying and then can draw the benefits Only for 13 weeks compared with 26 weeks for other workers. Payments also Are usually lower for veterans than for workers in the private sector a a that a made sense because unemployment com continued on Page 3