European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 12, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 8 a a a the stars and stripes wednesday december 12, 1990 some open up for Gray area retirees by Chuck v1nch Bureau Washington a a Gray area 1 retirees and seme Quot members of the individual ready Reserve now qualify for commissary and Exchange privileges and Access to morale welfare and recreation activities Pentagon officials said monday. A Gray area Quot retirees Are National guard and Reserve members who have completed at least 20 creditable years for retirement but who will not begin drawing retirement pay until age 60. The Irr members covered by the policy change Are those who perform annual training duly with or without pay. The commissary privileges consisting of 12 visits per year to be used any time within that year Are the same As those Given to members of the selected Reserve said Stephen Duncan assistant Secretary of defense for Reserve affairs. The commissary privilege cards will be Given to newly eligible members by their Parent service Duncan said. To use military commissaries personnel and eligible family members must show the commissary privilege card and the appropriate Reserve identification card. At exchanges and mar activities personnel and family members need Only have Reserve id cards. The policy change alms qualifying reservists and Gray arca retirees to use exchanges and mar activities As often As they wish said it. Col. Dave super a spokesman for Duncan. Defense department instructions on the new policy will be issued within 60 Days. Members will be notified by their Parent be View about eligibility. Crew turns air to my in by Peggy Davidson Kaiserslautern Bureau bit Burg Germany a a group of a i r m c n a t b i i h u r g a b is in a k i Nova la a h 1 e supplies out of thin air. A by compressing and Cooling air the cryogenics Crew at Bilbo in manufactures liquid oxygen and liquid nitrogen and saves the air Force Money ii the process. oxygen is used in a variety of ways by the air Force said staff sol Mike Hurst a cryogenics technician. It is used in lugh Altitude breathing apparatus for pilots in surgery and in its gaseous form for welding. The liquid nitrogen is used in pressurization systems aboard aircraft arid in medical procedures including the removal of warts. A a a a a a. A a a a a the cryogenics staff of 10 extracts the liquid oxygen and nitrogen by compressing and codling tire air Over and Oyer Hurst said. A the air is pressurized to 25,000 pounds per Square Inch and cooled to minus 30. Degrees fahrenheit. A minute amount of waste Gas mostly argon is released info the atmosphere Hurst said. The remaining liquid is then heated. Because nitrogen and oxygen Lute different boiling a digits they separate easily thurst said. Finally each is cooled again into liquid form. Bitburg1? Cayog cynics Plant reopened Noy 30 after extensive repairs said master sgt Don Evans the cryogenics superintendent. While the facility was closed the air Force was buying liquid oxygen for $1.20 a gallon from a commercial supplier. Within a few Days of operation the savings More than compensated for the a. A a a. A. A amps Lynda Day Idson sgt. Scott Hall Eben lakes readings from the air compressor in the cryogenics Plant at Pitburg a Germany. Cost of repairs he said. Evans refused to disclose How much liquid oxygen and nitrogen is produced. A. The repairs to the distillation Tower normally would have required a contract with a . Firm said Cape Merman Duran the fuels management officer who sign charge of the Plant. A similar repair in in Ciurlik Turkey Cost $200,000 arid took two years to Complete he Scad. Pitburg officials however chose to do the repair work themselves. An in Ciurlik cryogenics specialist familiar with the project was brought in to help with the repair. The final Cost was less than $5,000, Duran said. A Belgrade Yugoslavia a a president Slobodan Milosevic and his renamed communists swept toward u resounding Victory tuesday in elections that placed Serbia squarely at Odds with the two other leading yugoslav republics. The opposition conceded defeat monday in Yugoslavia a most populous Republic As Milosevic took a nearly 4-to-l Lead Over Vuk Draskovic Leader of the nationalist serbian renewal movement. A Serbia chose bolshevism and darkness instead of democracy and Light a thundered Draskovic a shaggy bearded pro capitalist novelist who described the Campaign As a contest Between the forces of Good and evil to done to want and Don t belong to that kind of set Bia a he said. A a a. A a a a. Opposition parties accused the ruling socialists of vote fraud and fore Ign observe is said they w Ere concerned that the republics communist controlled Media May have unfairly influenced the outcome of sundays vote. In the neighbouring Republic of Montenegro Yugoslavia a smallest the communists were also celebrating Victory. By contrast the nationalist Omro party won a up reality Over the communists in a third and final round of voting in the poorest Southern state of Macedonia. The party which advocates macedonians full sovereignty won 37 seats and their closest rivals the reformed communists 30 seals in the 120-seat macedonian parliament according to final Resu unmade Public tuesday. A the future shape of Macedonia s government is still unclear. Milosevic a Victory in. Serbia threatened to deepen rifts Between it and the of Croatia and Slovenia which ousted communist from Power in elections this Spring. World today Japan Public workers get $24.3 billion in bonuses Tokyo up a bonuses were paid monday to Japan s 4.46 million government workers which include employees at government owned corporations. Officials said the bonuses paid monday totalled about s24.3 billion which is equivalent to 2vi months pay averaging about $5,450 per person. The officials said Public workers will receive an additional amount of year end bonuses by the end of this year under a a wage increase Bill for Public sector workers that parliament is expected to approve. The session convened monday supreme court chief Justice Yohachi Kusaba got $37,300, Topping the Bonus list followed by prime minister Toshiki Kaifus $37,000, the officials said. 1. A. A commercial Banks said the year end bonuses paid to private sector workers this year arc estimated to total $161,5 billion. Most japanese workers received bonuses twice a year a in summer and at years end. Teachers parents protest Hungary s 1991 budget Budapest Hungary apr More than 10.000 teachers and parents stood in pouring rain monday to protest what they called inadequate budget allocations for 1991. The rally in front of the Home affairs ministry was called by the teachers federation to underline widespread anxiety about How budget cutbacks May threaten the Quality of teaching. A the teachers Are demonstrating for the children a Istvan Szoelloesi the general Secretary of the federation told the hungarian news Agency Mai. She rejected charges that the teachers were Only out to get pay raises. A a teachers Are Only one component of teaching. But to keep kindergarten and schools open you need hear and Light and in some places the Money for these things will soon run out a this is what we want to draw parliament attention to a she said. The hungarian parliament will begin debate on the 1991 budget tuesday. The draft budget Calls for a 78 billion forint $1.3 billion deficit. A a a select v corps soldiers get trip to Christmas Market. Frankfurt Germany a the . Abrams chapter of the the United states army will Honor select. V corps soldiers with its fourth annual train trip from Frankfurt to the in Niernberg today. a a a a a a. A a Ausa rented a four car Deutsche Wei Strasse train to accommodate the 175 soldiers who were selected for their accomplishments during the year the soldiers include unit non commissioned officers of the Quarter soldiers of the Quarter and v corps distinguished Lead ers. The is the oldest and one of the largest Christmas markets in Germany. The group will return to Frankfurt this evening. Election Washington texans will go to the polls on Jan. 19, May 4 and aug. 10 for City and school elections constitutional amendments will be decided on. Nov. Service members government employees and their Ianuly members who Are Texas residents should Contact their unit voting officers for details on How to Register and obtain Absentee ballots. 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