European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 24, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes Friday August 24, 1990reservists from Page 1 to Active duty As Many As 4,912 members of the army National guard and the army Reserve by , the figure could Rise to 24,734. The Navy plans to Call up 3,213 Navy reservists by aug. 31, and an additional 3,030 by oct i Williams said. The air Force Call up of members of the air National guard and the air Force Reserve will be 1,002 by aug. 31, with the total rising to 14,476 by oct. I the coast guard plans to Call As Many As 700 members of the coast guard Reserve by aug. 31, and another 55q by oct.  said the Marine corps asked for and received authority from Cheney to Call up As Many As 3,000 marines corps reservists by oct. I but added that the marines did not expect to actually Call any of those to Active duty. Among the army reserves to be put on Active duty about half will perform jobs such As handling of fuel food water and ammunition supplies plus truck transport Williams said. Most of these tasks would be done in or around  he said. The Navy plans to Call up reservists with skills in Dock work and medical services while the air Force needs pilots for Long Range Supply flights to , Williams said. The Call up will be for an initial 90-Day period Williams said. Bush has the authority to cd tend the Call up for another 90 Days without declaring a National emergency. Williams said he could not say whether More reserves would be called up beyond the 49,703 that Cheney has authorized. Quot i Don t think anybody knows what a going to happen beyond oct. I Quot he said. A if there s an act of aggression by Ira perhaps these numbers will have to be  Short of declaring a National emergency the president can mobilize up to 200,000 of the nation s .1.2 a Nihon reservists for up to 180 Days. It is up to the Pentagon to determine How the total number is divided among the services. The total Active duty Force is 2.1 million. Bases from Page 1 to announce the closures until Congress made a final decision on the action 1 a on wednesday however Volkir Hauft the mayor of Frankfurt held a press conference and mentioned the bases in Frankfurt that were on the list Quot she said. Quot the secret was  Pentagon spokesman Glenn flood said thursday that he was unaware of any list of pending base closures in West Germany. Military officials assigned to c Heney a staff also disavowed any knowledge of a base closure list. In a prepared statement issued thursday afternoon . Army Europe officials said it would be a premature at this time Quot to discuss specific troop reductions or associated base closures. A there have been no decisions pending completion of the consultations process a the statement said. A spokesman for the . Air forces Europe also said thursday that he could not confirm any reports of specific closures of air Force installations Gen. John r. Galvin who Heads the . European Conul said last month that he sent the Pentagon a list of 100 bases he is willing to close in connection with troop cuts. Haul said he expects closure of military facilities in Frankfurt to ease the City a chronic housing shortage. There Are about 27,000 americans in the City. Separations retirements by Chuck Vinch Washingto Bureau Washington a president Bush has Given the military services the authority to delay separations and retirements of Active duty personnel for As Long As Reserve troops arc mobilized Pentagon officials said thursday. Bush signed an executive order wednesday granting the authority which can be used Only when a Call up of Reserve troops is in effect. The services Are expected to Call up nearly 47,000 reserves by oct. 1 to support operation desert shield in the Middle East Pentagon spokesman Pete Williams said at a news briefing. Technically the services could delay separations and retirements known As a Stop loss actions Quot for any Active duty personnel anywhere in the world. However the Pentagon plans to use the authority exclusively for troops in the desert shield area of operations and Only in skills considered critical to the Mission Williams said. Williams could not say whether the services would resort to Stop loss actions or How Many personnel might be affected. But he said the army would be the most Likely of the services to implement the delays. Army officials could not say thursday whether they plan to use Stop loss actions or what jobs might be involved. A spokesman for the Navy military personnel come said the Navy has adequate numbers of Well trained people to meet its current needs a we do not envision the use of Stop loss authority at this time he said. Air Force officials also said they have no plans to use Stop loss actions at this time. Under the Law in to 200,000 reservists can be called up for an initial period of 90 Days. The president can extend that deployment for another 90 Days by notifying Congress. If the Pentagon wants to continue using the reserves after 180 Days the president and Congress must declare a National emergency. Rises As nations order to close embassies in Kuwait by the associated press the United states and Iraq were on a collision course thursday Over Baghdad a order to dose embassies in occupied Kuwait. Iraq said defying the order would be an a act of aggression Quot and one report quoted iraqi sources As saying embassies that failed to close by Friday As or Decd would be surrounded by troops. Defense Secretary Dick Cheney said that would be a a mistake Quot on the iraqis part. In Brussels Belgium the nato nations agreed thursday to keep their foreign embassies in Kuwait open in Defiance of orders by iraqi president Saddam Hussein. Nato sources said they could not predict what actions Saddam would take or what Western nations would do if the iraqi Leader used Force to close the embassies. A a it a not something that Only nato is involved with Quot one source said. Quot its something that the entire diplomatic Community is going to Bear  natos political committee also discussed the actions of libyan Leader Moa mar Qadhafi who has said he opposes Iraq s use of foreign hostages As human Shields against an american attack. Qadhafi also said he would support a move by the United nations to enforce a naval blockade against Baghdad and would Supply libyan forces. Meanwhile More foreigners a japanese this Lime a were reported thursday to have been moved from Kuwait to the iraqi capital. Thousands of foreigners including about 3,000 americans Are trapped in Iraq and Kuwait. In appeared that Iraq was carrying out its strategy or using americans As Shields. Polish workers arming Home from Iraq told the polish newspaper gazeta by Borczak on thursday that last week As they left the iraqi chemical factory where they had been working about three dozen americans arrived under guard. Iraq also gave even stronger indications it would use the trapped foreigners to try to Chip away at International support for sanctions against Iraq and the multinational Force deployed in the persian Gulf Region. Three weeks after iraqis lightning takeover of Kuwait tension was running a a Washington _ troops to the Region called reserves to Active duty and sent minesweepers to the persian Gulf. On thursday Saddam in what iraqi Media billed As an open letter to Egypt a president Hosni Mubarak denounced Egypt for sending troops to join . And other forces to defend . Nning High throughout the mid Casl. Egton which has deployed thousands of the a a a a a merge from Page 1 thursday to give his assessment of the East German parliaments decision. After an i i hour debate lawmakers overcame a damaging political feud and voted overwhelmingly to unify with West Germany on oct 3 a nearly one breathtaking year after the hard line communist government was toppled. The lawmakers also approved an election treaty with West Germany that will allow germans in both nations to elect a single government on dec. 2 for the first time in nearly 60 years. The rare moment of agreement in the East German parliament has resulted in a timetable for German unification that is All but certain. Weary lawmakers burst into applause when parliament president Sabine Burgmann Pohl announced the a truly historic event Quot at 250 . They voted 29462 to set oct. 3 As the Dale the nation becomes part of a singe Germany. Seven abstained. The Dale Falls just four Days before East Germany would have celebrated its 42nd anniversary. Following last years anniversary massive strikes anti demonstrations toppled communist party chief Erich Hon Cockcr leading to the opening of the Berlin Wall the country a first democratic elections and its first non communist government. The oct. 3 unification Date was a Compromise Between the major factions in parliament after a week of battling that Tore apart the Broad coalition government of prime minister Wolhar de Maiziere. East Germany in effect has approved a clause in the West German Constitution that allows former German lands to accede to the Western nation. The agreement is a major psychological boost to a troubled nation crushed by economic and political chaos during its crash program to shift from communism to capitalism. Cafes hikes Gas prices nearly 13 cents a gallon by Randy Prui it stuff writer  gasoline prices shot up an average of 12.8 cents per gallon 1 Hur Muy in Wasl Germain Ami the Netherlands. Aug to Tui pc it spokesman Apt. Wes  said virtual. A of the Melease could tie a  to recent developments in the Middle East. Quot 1 Here is no would Slitor Tui on Oil. Hut prices Are increasing to refineries and distributors and All the Way Down the  he said in Munich West Germany. 1 he Price cafes pays for Gas has increased 33.8 cents per gallon since june. I so which supplies Gas to the Exchange sen ice raised its prices by 29. Cents per gallon. He other 4.7 cents per gallon is attributed to a decline in the value of the Dollar against the West German Maik. A a we be tried to hold the prices Down. And in fact Are absorbing part of the increase in costs we be incurred Quot said Walt Kania chief of cafes automotive operations. With the latest hike the Price customers pay for gasoline has gone up an average of 28.8 cents per gallon since july 24. Prices increased an average of 12 cents a gallon on aug. 4. A that leaves 5 cents per gallon that we aah sure absorbing m Hopes that the gasoline situation stabilizes Quot Kania said. A unfortunately the future is not very promising for Consumers. Esso is already raising prices at the German stations and we can expect Price increases in Oil and Oil made products As Well a the new prices Lor gasoline in 100-liter quantities Are unleaded regular $38.30 unleaded super $40.70 unleaded super plus $43.60 leaded super $40.70 and diesel. $38