European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 5, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 24 a a a the stars and stripes sunday August 5,1990 opposition rejects proposal to move up vote Bonn West Germany up a social democrats in eat and West Germany on saturday rejected a proposal by the two governments to hold All German elect inns in the fall seven weeks earlier than the All German election will not be held oct. 14. There is no reason for that a said Anke Fuchs business Leader of the West German opposition social democratic parly. V it West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl and East German prime minister loth rdc Maizi arc agreed Friday that the elections should be brought Forward from dec. 2 to oct. 14 and that German unification should occur even earlier. A if the proposal is adopted and the first elections of a reunited Germany would take place less than a year after the nov. 9 opening of the Berlin Wall which followed the ouster of Fiat Germany a stalinist leadership. \ West German spa chairman Hans to Phon Vogel said the proposal a amounted to an electoral manipulation which cannot be reconciled with the Constitution a a it chancellery minister Rudolf Seiters 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 sister parties i n 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. A. 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 she said. At Ramstein a for example the fees according to the four income categories will be a up to $27,000 a $41 a from $27,001 to $42,000 �?$52 a from $42,001 to $59,000 �?$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 Pago 1 services members Are assigned Are reviewed twice a month by the committee. When warranted the committee adjusts the allowances. Under the new rates an e-5 with six years of service and three dependents assigned to a medium Cost area will receive $743 in of a instead of $688. His cola will increase from $238 to $260. The utilities Pari 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 c. Goetz Deputy chief of staff for resource management at Usa eur Headquarters that every Effort will be made to include the allowance increases in Augustus end of the month army paychecks. The payment plan is one result of the military child car act of 1989, which Congress approved in novem Kcf other 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 Are 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 Are administrative positions that previously had been financed with non appropriated funds. That change however is tied up with the Transfer of benefits 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 or 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 Quot Abshire said. Hungarian parliament elects writer As president Budapest Hungary apr parliament formally elected Liberal writer and former political prisoner Arpad Grencz president on Friday less than a week after a referendum on a popular vote for the Post failed. 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 deputies in the unicameral legislature. News briefs Driver in crash arrested after Yelling near Capitol Washington apr a 27-year-old Man was arrested As he ran shouting toward the Capitol on Friday after he crashed his Small car into a Large Concrete Barrier hear the building police said. Norman lober7 or. Of fair fax 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 thu Good 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 Bethesda 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 Quot 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. 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. Quot on thursday Iraq invaded Kuwait. Today less than 24 hours later there Are troubling signs that the Oil Industry May be invading the pockets o f con s Mersl Hebe pm a n 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 Quot at present for higher prices for gasoline and Healing Oil since there is a glut on world Oil from Page 1 Nique front the Quot provisional go eminent of free Kuwait Quot announcing creation of an army that would accept ail Arab nationals Quot who wish stability for Kuwa Fin its new iraqi television said More than 100,000 iraqis Hail volunteered to serve. The . Slate department said parts of the iraqi invasion Force had pushed to within five to 10 Miles of the Southern kuwaiti Border with saudi Arabia. Members of Congress who attended secret briefings on the crisis said saudi Arabia could easily be attacked by the 120.000 iraqi troops massed along the Southern Border. A High ranking saudi official said saturday that no iraqi troops had entered the country. But residents of the saudi Border City of Khufu i reached by Telephone Friday from Bahrain said iraqi troops had established a checkpoint less than a mile from the Frontier. On Friday the iraqi government denied that its troops made incursions into saudi Arabia. President bust warned on Friday that an invasion of saudi Arabia which has the worlds largest Oil reserves would amount to an attack against americans Quot vital iraqis revolutionary command Council led by Saddam said it planned to begin a withdrawal sunday but not in reaction to Arab or superpower demands. A we refuse to respond to empty cd alter a the ruling Council said in a statement on official Baghdad radio. An iraqi government spokesman warned that if anyone took action against iraqis forces it would a chop off his Arm from the a Iraq did not is How Many of the Esti mated 100,000 troops it originally sent into Kuwait would pull Back or How Long the withdraw a would Lake. Persian Gulf based diplomats said that left the door open for Saddam to keep forces in Kuwait indefinitely. Pentagon officials said Friday that the United slaves would Send a third aircraft Carrier with 15,000 personnel toward the Middle East this week to bolster its naval Armada in the persian Gulf. Meanwhile . Officials sought information on 14 americans mostly Oil workers missing in Kuwait. They were apparently seized by iraqi forces to help keep Oil installations running. Aboul americans five in Kuwait
