European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 13, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The suck vol. 50, no. 304 350 thursday february 13,1992 d 8693 a15-year retirement plan is proposed for military by Chuck Vinch Washington Bureau Washington a a key lawmaker has proposed a temporary but significant change to the military compensation system that would allow some servicemen Bers to retire with 15 years of service rather than the Standard 20 years. Sen. Sam Nunn d-ga., also wants the Pentagon to provide training and incentives aimed at funnelling departing service members and civilian employees into critical areas of the Domestic Job Market such As health care and teaching. Nunn chairman of the Senate armed services committee outlined his far reaching proposal in a speech last week. The plan is sure to be controversial. Erik Johnson legislative director for the association of the . Army said there Are some lawmakers who feel the retirement system is already too generous. A if you go to 15 years you risk creating pressure in Congress to revisit the entire retirement system a with no guarantee that the result will be favourable for scr  he said. To preclude that any Effort to lower the retirement minimum should be temporary and should be used strictly to Aid the services during the draw Down he said. The military coalition a group of 22 advocacy organizations that includes the Ausa is designing its own 15-year retirement proposal and will Forward it to Congress shortly Johnson said. Nunns plan goes Well beyond simply allowing retire see military on Page 2 Japan keeps lid on Aid to sex soviets Tokyo a prime minister Kiichi Miyazawa on wednesday rebuffed a renewed Appeal from German foreign minister Hans Dietrich Genscher for Large scale Aid to the former soviet Union. Instead Miyazawa asked Genscher to support Japan a demand that Russia return four Small islands seized by the soviet Union at the end of world War ii. Japan has promised Aid totalling about $2.66 billion about $1.9 billion of that in import and investment credits the remainder primarily in humanitarian Aid such As food and medical supplies. Genscher did not fully Back the japanese demand but said he understood Japan a position that the islands Issue should be settled in accordance with a International Law and Justice a aides to Miyazawa said. Soviet troops occupied the islands off Northern Japan Detoro fun Shi Kotan Kuna Shiri and the Hab omai islets group a two weeks lies in Apan s 1945, forcing 16,000 Japa after Japan a surrender to the Al in. Nese to flee. Now 50,000 russians live there nearly half of them military personnel. Russian Hopes . Will step up humanitarian efforts for Winter Moscow a wednesday that he a is top russian official said the humanitarian Aid re hoi Cei Ved from the United states this week is Only an opening american gesture toward helping his people through a difficult Winter. A we regard this As a Start of Large scale assistance from the . Government and governments of a number of countries a said Alexander Zhitnikov head of a commission appointed by president Boris n. Yeltsin to oversee Aid shipments. At a news conference Zhitnikov noted that the amount of . Aid is far less than that sent by Europe. The two week $78 million . Airlift that began monday a and the $5 billion Washington has pledged Overall a is far less than the roughly $45 billion Given by Germany. A this process is getting under Way gathering momentum a Zhitnikov said. A the Airlift is Only the first  Zhitnikov also sought to assure the american people that their Aid has not fallen into the wrong hands. A the things we read in the press about supplies being stolen and so on. Are simply untrue a he said. A some reports a a not a a a  As Aid from the United states poured into cities across the former soviet Union Yeltsin acknowledged see Russia on Page 2 Vii ully Vii a a a my v jul lipid us Illuv ii Viii Orts say 60 percent to 70 percent of the supplies do find t Neir Way to the target population. That is just a . Airman and an ukrainian Soldier laugh and Trade souvenirs monday after a c-5 Crew based in California delivered Aid to Kiev. Pensioners get taste of Friendship inside today s paper w a stars and a stars and stripes Marasin exploring the Black Forest masterpieces in the Snow by Wendy Sloan e the associated press Moscow a lunch at the Lyublinskaya soup Kitchen was clearly different tuesday. There was Campbell s Cream of Chicken soup instead of borscht pork chops replaced porridge and plenty of dental floss was available for the crowd of pensioners. The cafeteria which has been operating As a soup Kitchen since Jan. 1, served up the first of 100,000 meals flown to Moscow on monday As part of a $78 million Airlift of humanitarian Aid from the United states. In addition to the free three course meal salvation army volunteers passed out gift packages containing Eye drops deodorant Ana dental floss a personal care items that Are virtually unknown to russians. A a everything is wonderful Here. Its Nice that people Are worrying about us a said 78-year-old Anna Kudenova As she eagerly inspected her disposable plastic a Tate and the gift package. A i done to want to die Zer. Ate gift package a i done to want to die because its wonderful to live when people Are taking care of  a can you Wash your body with this a her neighbor across the table asked about a packet of laundry detergent. Several dozen needy people a mostly poor and elderly a ate at the soup Kitchen tuesday As at least twice As Many journalists and photographers crowded around to record the is. Aid Effort. The meals mostly military rations left Over from the persian Gulf War Are being distributed to 35 institutions throughout the russian capital. Included Art pork chops fish Sticks beef with Gravy canned lasagna fruit Flavoured Candy fruit juice pudding and Apple pie filling. Soup Kitchen volunteers toiled for hours in Lyublinskaya a Large Kitchen taking instructions from salvation army employees on preparing dehydrated pork chops and on opening foreign pull top lids. Exasperated by old fashioned handheld russian can openers one Volunteer waited while workers slowly emptied single serving soup cans into enormous Metal pots and argued about whether to serve tiny containers of Vanilla pudding in bowls or their original tins. A is this something you can eat a 86-year-old pensioner Olga Korolyov asked suspiciously of a can of pudding. Then she dipped one Finger in for a Quick taste. A boy we re very grateful. That a very Good. Its wonderful when people look after and respect old people she said. Maria Shen Arenko 69, said she found the pudding particularly tasty. A a it a difficult to express exactly what this tastes like a she said. A a it a like some Type of Gelatin that a very Sweet and very