European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 5, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 24 a a the stars and stripes sunday August 5,1990 a. A a proposal to move up vote Bonn West Germany up a social democrats in East and West Germany on saturday reject cd a proposal by the two governments to hold All German elections in the fall seven weeks earlier than planned. A the All German election will not be held oct 14. There is no reason for that Quot said Anke Fuchs business Leader of the West German opposition social democratic party. West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl and East German prime minister Wolhar de Maiziere agreed Friday that the elections should be brought Forward from dec. 2 to oct. 14 and that German unification should occur even the proposal is adopted unification and the first elections of a reunited Germany would take place less than a year after the nov. 9 opening of the a Berlin Wall which followed the ouster of East Ger Many a stalinist leadership. A West German spa chairman Hans Jochyn Vogel said the proposal a amounted to an electoral manipulation which cannot be reconciled with the Constitution,.�?� chancellery minister Rudolf seilers a member of Kohls Christian democratic Union urged the spa to drop its objections and Back the suggestion in parliament arguing that this is a a unique historic the cd would need spa support to gain the two thirds parliamentary backing required to adopt the necessary constitutional changes. In an interview with West German radio Seiters said Early elections could also come about through a a a constructive vote of no Confidence which would bring Down Kohls government. The East German spa the major coalition partner of de Maiziere a cd also rejected the proposal. The East German cd and spa Are expected to unite with their Sisler parties in the West before the elections. East Germany a finance minister Walter Romberg of the spa said saturday that his party was not consulted before de Maiziere made the proposal which he called a a breach of both Kohl and de Maiziere cited East Germany a economic crisis As one reason for their suggestion. They also said Early elections were possible now that soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev had dropped objections to a German membership in nato and thereby Given the Green Light for German unification. The leaders added that negotiations were progressing rapidly. Child care from Page 1 with everyone Abshiro said. A sometimes parents arc upset especially if they re in a higher income category because their Price has gone up a a she said. At Ramstein a for example the fees according to the four income categories will be a up to $27,000 �?$41 a from $27,001 to $42,000 �?$52 a from $42,001 to $59,000 a $63 a from $59,001 and More a $74 the air Force called for its bases to implement the fee schedule in August to give Low income parents the Price break and to pinpoint any necessary budget adjustments for fiscal 1991, Abshiro said. Allow from Page 1 Servie members Are assigned Are reviewed twice a month by the committee. When warranted the committee adjusts the allowances. Under the new rates an er5 with six years of service and three dependents assigned to a medium Cost area will receive $743 in Oha instead of $688. His cola will increase from $238 to $260. The utilities part of Oha has increased for enlisted personnel assigned to West Germany from $ 183 to $ 191 and for officers from $ 220 to $230. The . Army finance and accounting Center has told Brig. Gen. Robert a Goetz Deputy chief of staff for resource management at Usa fur Headquarters that every extort will be made to include the allowance increases in Augustus end of the in Only army paychecks. The payment plan is one result of the military child care act of 1989, which Congress approved in aspects of the plan called for child care centers to add appropriated fund positions to their staffs and increase caregivers base pay to $5.70 per hour. Caregivers arc paid with non appropriated funds. In Safe 105 appropriated fund positions will be divided among the commands 29 child development programs in fiscal 1991, with another 145 in 1992. Non appropriated fund slots will be divided according to each programs needs. Among the appropriated fund slots to be added arc administrative positions that previously had been financed with non appropriated funds. That change however is tied up with the Transfer of Ben fits from one category to another an Issue Congress still is wrestling with. A the biggest thing that people need to realize. Is there Are a lot of changes that we re going through right now but they Are definitely going to see a difference in the kind of care that a being offered to their child a Abshiro said. Hungarian parliament elects writer As president Budapest Hungary apr parliament formally elected Liberal writer and former political prisoner arund Grencz president on Friday less than a week after a referendum on a popular vote for the Post failed. A Grencz who was appointed interim president May 2 by the newly elected democratic parliament is the first president of the Republic of Hungary declared last year after the communists agreed to relinquish Power and compete in multiparty elections. Grencz 68, won the appointment with 295 votes of 310 deputies present and voting. There Are 386 Dep ulies in the unicameral legislature. A Driver in crash arrested after Yelling near Capitol Washington apr a 27-Ycar-Oid Man was attested As he ran shouting toward the Capitol on Friday after he crashed his Small car into a Large Concrete Barrier near the building police said. Norman Lober or. Of Fairfax va., was charged with one count of injury to government property. The charge is punishable by a maximum $500 Fine and six months in jail he drove his car Over the curb and rammed into the Flower pot shaped Barrier near the Senate Side of the Capitol Capitol police spokesman Dan Nichols said. Justice Marshall injured in fall during Chicago visit Washington apr supreme court Justice Thurgood Marshall is recovering in a Hospital after a fall in Chicago a court spokeswoman said. Marshall 82, was admitted to the National naval medical Center in belch sea md., where he was listed in stable condition Toni House said. She said Marshall who was in Chicago to speak at the annual convention of the american bar association stumbled in the lobby of his hotel thursday evening. He flew Back to Washington on Friday a because he prefers consulting with physicians he knows a said House adding that no Bones appeared to have been broken in the fall liberian rebels taking it out on each other Abidjan Ivory coast apr liberian rebels fighting for Prince Johnson have attacked rival Charles Taylor a forces deep behind their lines cutting a main Supply route sources said saturday. Johnson had pulled some men out of Monrovia where his forces have been fighting Street Battles with president Samuel does troops for the Surprise attacks on Taylor a convoys said the sources who had visited the area., a the attacks were launched in Nimba county 300 Miles from the capital of Monrovia. Rebels first began their invasion seven months ago in Nimba county on the Frontier with Ivory coast senator says Oil firms capitalizing on invasion Washington up a saying that there has been evidence of profiteering sen. Joseph Lieberman d-conn., called Friday for a presidential task Force to Monitor whether . Oil companies Are using the invasion of Kuwait As an excuse to raise Gas prices. A on thursday Iraq invaded Kuwait. Today less than 24 hours later there Are troubling signs that the Oil Industry May be invading the pockets of Consumers a Lieberman said. A the american people have enough trouble with Saddam Hussein. We done to need Oil companies making matters Lieberman said he has received a a widespread reports of Price increases in his Home state since the invasion and added that there have been reports of Midwest Gas stations hiking prices Between 5 cents and 22 cents a gallon. Lieberman said there is a no reason at present for higher prices for gasoline and heating Oil since there is a glut on world Oil from Page 1 seized the american Crew of a vessel docked at a kuwaiti port on saturday. The Fate of the 20 americans from the vessel was not known the sources said two iranian ships Iran Hormuz and Safeer were also seized. A in London the defense ministry said iraqi soldiers look 35 British serv Beer nethers from their Homes in Kuwait. The Servie members who were acting As advisers to kuwaiti Loress were among 66 British military advisers in Kuwait. A kuwaiti diplomatic sources who contacted kuwaiti residents by Telephone said iraqi tanks and troops had begun to withdraw from downtown Kuwait City. A . Officials sought information on 14 missing americans mostly my workers who were apparently seized by iraqi forces in Kuwait to help keep Oil installations running. There were reports from Baghdad that three of them would lie handed Over to diplomats saturday. The new kuwaiti government is headed by col. Ala Hussein All. Lie holds file portions of prime minister commander of the armed Biccs and minister of both defense and the Interior. The other eight members were lieutenant colonels and majors. Iraqi television showed no pictures of the new leadership. Also saturday Baghdad radio broadcast a communique Ironi the a provisional government of tree Kuwait announcing it was creating Art army that would accept All Arab nationals Quot who wish stability Tor Kuwait in us new iraqi television. Said More than 1 iraqis had volunteered to serv e. 1 Here were reports from the . State Depa Mem intelligence officials and witnesses that Iraq was moving parts of its invasion tace from Kuwait to that country a almost 150-mile-Long Southern Border with saudi Arabia the Tormo monarchy that has the worlds largest Uit reserves. Residents of the saudi Border City of Khanji reached by Telephone irom Bahrain said iraqi troops Laid Down a checkpoint less than a mile from the Frontier. The . State department said part of the iraqi invasion Force had pushed to within five to 10 Miles of the Kuwait saudi Border. A _. The possibility of an iraqi thrust my saudi Arabia worried members of Congress. Lawmakers who attended secret briefings on the crisis said 1 20.im imm troops massed along their Southern bolder could easily attack the saudis next. J
