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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Monday, August 12, 1985

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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 12, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes August 1985 whales stuck off new zealand coast at least 300 whales swimming by great new were a expect seventy of the giant mammals were not High gamekeeper Joe Mccallum is Barrier Island in the Bay of plenty off edly stranded when the tide went Able to survive As they waited for the next pictured with the congressional tax writers flooded with Pac Money Washington a the 56 Mem Bers of the two congressional committees considering tax overhaul legislation raised million in Campaign contributions during the first half of the common cause reported More than million of the contributions to members of the House ways and Means committee and the Senate finance committee came from political action com the fundraising units created by any number of special interest groups rang ing from doctors to milk total contributions and Pac donations were about triple the level for the first six months of said common a citizens lobbying the figures were compiled from reports to the Federal elec Tion noting that the two tax committees Are considering legislation to overhaul the in come tax common cause president Fred Wirtheimer said the figures Are Evi Dence that Pac giving is directly related to legislative special interest groups intent on pre serving their tax Breaks Are providing a sea of Pac dollars to the congressional tax he said in a seven of the tax writers accepted no Pac they Are David and Andy d Bill Texas Phil r Willis Ohio Texas and William Bob chairman of the finance led the list of re with million in contributions during the first half of the including from Bob r a member of the panel and Senate majority was with half of it from both Are expected to seek reelection in Henson who is run Ning for the was the top recipient on ways and with including from Here Are total contributions followed by total Pac donations during the first half of the year finance committee David William William spark Steve Charles r Bob r Russell retiring George David r John Max Bill Daniel Patrick d David d 0 Robert r John John Lloyd and Mal Colm ways and Means Ronnie Beryl Robert d Fortney William bar Bara Sam Wyche de Cecil Marty chairman Dan Phil 0 Andy a Henson Brian Guy Vander r Bill r Richard be Hal Judd Frank Tom Raymond Charles Byron Willis 0 Donald James Richard William 0 Carroll John Harold Bill 0 and catholics hold illegal ant British Parade in Belfast Belfast up1 some Catho bearing the banned Irish marched along rubble strewn streets sunday in an Ille Gal ant British Parade amid a backdrop of renewed violence in the troubled police and British troops stood guard at Street Corners in the Catholic stronghold of West Belfast As the marchers including Young children dressed in paramilitary uni forms paraded police made no move to try to Stop the illegal hundreds of spectators fell in behind marchers As the Parade and 116 visiting Iris americans from the no raid Republican fundraising group joined they marched alongside Gerry president of sinn the Legal political Wing of the outlawed Irish Republican at the same Parade last violence erupted when no raids publicity Martin who is banned from entering Northern made an police tried to arrest in the Melee that a 22yearold Man was killed by a rubber Bullet and 20 others were whose group is accused of helping fund the at this years there was no sign of on Friday he slipped across the Border with the Irish Republic to make an appear Ance at the funeral of an Ira fighter in 75 Miles Northwest of and gave a surreptitious press conference before the March was conducted to commemorate the 14th anniversary of internment without trial in the hundreds were jailed for ant British acts under the Law that was abandoned in marchers defiantly Sang rebel Ira and one band that included children As Young As 10 featured its members dressed in Green paramilitary uniforms with buttons bearing the Irish an Irish Tricolour Flag of the Irish re Public was carried at the head of the even though British authorities Nave banned it because it is flown As an ant British the Parade was conducted against a backdrop of soldering fury in the divided last week two suspected Ira men were killed in bungled bringing to the number of people killed since 1969 in sectarian some 200 Catholic youths hurled gasoline bombs at British soldiers saturday in London Derry after a Parade by protestants commemorating a Victory Over Catholic forces nearly 300 years overnight More gasoline bombs were thrown in Belfast and 40 Miles South of but no injuries were tensions Are High in the province this year because of continuing negotiations be tween London and Dublin to give the Irish Republic a consultative role in running the hardliners among the million protestants in the province fear an agreement could be a prelude to a British pullout and the Union of Northern Ireland with the Catholic Irish but hardliners among the Cath Olics in the province fear the Deal will Only prolong British Rule  
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