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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 27, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Senate rejects proposals to trim defense budget thursday april 27. 1978 the stars and stripes Page 7 Washington Impi _ the Senate tuesday rejected 77-14 a proposal by sen George Mcgovern d-s.d., to Cut $4.6 Bil lion from next year s defense budget and shift the Money to Domestic programs then by a vote of 70-21, it turned Down a proposal by sen. Thomas Eagleton a Moa Cut $1.4 billion from defense without adding to other programs. The votes came As the Senate continued work on a $498.9 billion Federal budget for fiscal year 1979, which begins oct. 1.they left intact a Senate budget com Mittee proposal for $129.8 billion in defens budget authority some of which would be spent in later years. The figure is $1.4 billion More than pres ident Carter proposed $11.6 billion More than this year and represents a 3 percent growth in defense programs above the amount needed for inflation. Tax slash May have to wait Washington up the Senate put americans on notice tuesday they May have to wait an extra three months for the85 billion income tax Cut proposed by president Carter. By a vote of 65-22, the Senate declined tomake room in the 1979 Federal budget for the tax Cut if it is enacted to Start Ascarte had urged on oct. 1,1979, the begin Ning of the fiscal year. Instead it assumed Congress could not mat such a Cut in time for it to take effect before Jan. 1, 1980. Accordingly the sen ate s proposed budget provides Only for $19.4 billion in tax cuts falling within the fiscal year. We cannot realistically enact a tax Cut that would be effective oct. 1," said sen. Edmund Muskie a Maine chairman of the Senate budget committee. He said the it would be the same size it would jus come later. The House will act on its version of the get next week. Ss3ffflw5sguide legislators in passing individual wusssb5& my w?1.wynrep fact Mitchell d Wui of s b1fck caucus to Shefl billion in defense funds to Domestic pro Grams will be voted on by the House next Mcgovern suggested defense cuts in he said the military threat has not in creased and that a rising defense budget might in fact be the first year s political Cost of the Panama canal treaties Money spent to convince ourselves or others abroad that we Are still Tough even though we Are giving away1 the  committee chairman Edmund muscled Maine said the defense moneys needed to keep . Land based missiles from becoming vulnerable to soviet attacking the 1980s and to maintain the strength of nato in the face of increases in conventional forces of the Warsaw pact. Eagleton gave the Senate a list of 27weapons projects and other defense pro Grams which he said could be Cut without hurting National Security including subsidies for commissaries and  Texas longhorns barbra to Horan of Dallas Texas entry in the miss .a. Pageant gives a fair imitation of a steer in response to a photographer s plea for just one More at Charleston . She was there for a television rehearsal of the pageant which will be broadcast Satur Day. Associated press photo Colo giving residents $101 million tax break Denver map the Colorado Legisla Ture invoking a new Law that limits the growth of state spending is giving Resi dents a $101 million tax break. The Law requires that excess Revenue be returned to the state s 2.2 million citizens in the form of tax  reductions will mean savings of at least $53 for a family of four with a income of $18,000 when that family pays state taxes on their 1978 income state officials  tax Relief will take this form. _ a $3s million appropriation to in crease state funding of Public schools in effect reducing local property taxes by that amount. A nine Bill tax reduction package that will reduce payments by individuals an businesses to the state by an estimated $66 million. Gov. Richard Lamm has Given no hint of whether he will sign the Bills but a veto is considered unlikely in a year when he i seeking re election. The most innovative measure in the tax reduction package will link state tax pay ments to inflation. Under the Bill deductions allowed on state returns will increase each year by a percentage equal to the rat of inflation in the proceeding year. Senate hearing on proposed charter sex official fears a faltering Cia Washington Tupi a former Cia Octal testified tuesday that a proposed str Cuve new charter would cripple the Ncncy s ability to gather foreign Intelli once necessary for presidential  Karamessines. Cia Deputy i Wor for plans until 1973, told a Senate in whence subcommittee excessively St agent requirements will convert it has until now been our least Bureau Siu Cay constipated Agency into a Timi unfaltering second rate  the panel is considering an inn Wick a charter intended to control the Cia a prevent abuses of the , depicted As a dirty to Mastermind during past Intelli committee investigations said is in the Clandestine sen ices were or dered from above including am secretaries of state often with the United you Well they set no limits on operational activities they failed to consider the con sequences of the Agency As a whole said Godfrey currently a Rutgers University political science  Scoville or. Now with an arms control group said the United states willbe blamed for everything bad that Hap 4 investors sue Ford for $50 million new York up four Ford motor co. Stockholders tuesday filed a $50 Mil lion suit against the company and chair Man of the Board Henry Ford ii charging Ford himself with accepting$750,000 in kickbacks from a vending machine  suit filed in state supreme court in Manhattan by attorney Roy m. Cohn charged that the company has been mis managed and demanded the return of the$992,000 salary Ford received in 1977. In addition to Ford the suit names the company itself and 19 other defendants who Are directors and  charged the defendants with participating in an illegal and fraudulent conspiracy the purpose of which was to divert to themselves or to persons with who they Are associated the assets of the com Pany Ford the suit alleged for the last 10 years has embarked upon a course faction of improper and illegal use of corporate assets for his sole and exclusive  according to assertions in papers file with the court although the Ford motor co. Has a policy of competitive building defendant Ford extended to canteen Karamessines also Saio us a Stales could not have an i ecu Giameo ice Era rims Baum i. �.,. Hence service if secret mfg nation of a mind world. Of a Clandes. Corp. An exclusive Concession to provide sensitive nature can be available to Over � do lies continue. Food and beverages at the company s Vari a. A to i .1 us. Lib a Flyum Ftp Tel foam a by he of Cia veterans who testified How i believe there should be a clean break with the past and it should be stated a Sai Scoville said the Day of the cloak and Kacser operative Are Over anyway be cause spy satellites provide the most Valu Able intelligence. Ous offices and factories in Exchange for approximately $750.000 in illegal and improper kickbacks to  suit which demands $50 million in damages was filed by Cohn on behalf of four stockholders who Are siblings t. Sean Bolan Douglas Bolan Mary Bolan an Jacqueline Bolan the defendants have 20 Days to answer  
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