European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 25, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 4 the stars and stripes wednesday september 25, 1985 Reagan stresses benefits of tax overhaul plan Athens Tenn. A president Reagan keeping up the pressure on Congress to enact his tax overhaul plan this year said tuesday the sweeping proposal would sharply boost economic growth create millions of new jobs and produce an average economic gain of $600 for american households. Reagan speaking on the Steps of the Mcginn county courthouse in this cast Tennessee town noted that a just completed study by his Council of economic advis ers said the economic growth it will inspire should create the equivalent of almost 4 million new they found that the personal economic gain for each household will be about $600 a year the president added in the text of his prepared remarks. Reagan turned up the heat on lawmakers to Complete work on his tax plan before recessing for the year. Con Gressional leaders arc warning there is not enough time to enact lax overhaul in this session which will Likely end around thanksgiving. They say the american peo ple Don t attach As much urgency to the Issue As he does. Noting the optimistic economic analysis announced earlier tuesday Reagan said contrary to forecasts his program would reduce government revenues our tax plan will ultimately bring a Heck of a lot More Money into the government. One reason is that every time we Cut tax rates in one area say on capital gains we bring in More capital gains tax revenues because the Cut in Rales stimulates economic he called the Battle Over Tai. Reform a drama with heroes and villains and a Damsel in the heroes Are the citizens across this country who arc asking for tax Justice. The villains arc the special interests the i got mine gang. And the Damsel in distress a lass named endless economic growth who s tied to the tracks and struggling to break the Rosy analysis by the president s economic advisers predicted the proposal could ultimately boost the Gross National product by As much As 3.2 percent. The Council acknowledged that its projections should be viewed As plausible outcomes rather than As precise nonetheless according to a summary released by the White House tile Council said Reagan s tax plan will increase incentives to work and invest while reducing preferential treatment for certain forms of consumption and reducing incentives to cheat on As a result of these changes the Council said the total economic pie will grow even larger and All Ameri cans will it said the predicted gains May Ake 10 years to become fully effective but they might eventually have the same value As a $600 of $900 per year inflation indexed perpetuity for each american the study predicted that after tax wages would Rise leading to a 4.6 percent increase in the visit to an area trying to lure High tech businesses puts Reagan in the Home congressional District of rep. John Duncan the top ranking Republican on the tax writing ways and Means committee. White House officials say the president s appearance i Here and at a University of Tennessee seminar in Knox Ville serve the dual purpose of keeping tax revision in the Public spotlight while strengthening Public support. So far in his weekly trips to beat the drum for tax revision Reagan has stopped Short of publicly calling on Congress to stay in town beyond thanksgiving. Instead the White House simply argues there is enough time for Congress to Complete the Bill. We think it can be done and it should be done. And the House and Senate both should act on lax Reform before their recess in november presidential spokes Man Larry peales said monday. Democratic leaders have promised that the Houm will approve a Bill before the recess thus leaving the Republican ruled Senate open to possible criticism that it was More interested in going Home than in passing a lax revision Bill. Asked if Reagan would Call for an extended congressional session to Complete the work up cakes said we will Cross that Bridge when we get there. But we think it can be done within the time allotted the University of Tennessee arranged tuesday s sem Inar and hurriedly sent Reagan an invitation to speak after the White House let it be known the president Wai available. The topic was suggested by the White House but it s perfect for us said University spokesman John Clark. Leaky propane tank thought to be cause 4 die in blast at Florida Auto repair shop Davie Fla. A an explosion destroyed an Auto repair shop and damaged several nearby Homes and businesses tues Day killing four people and injuring at least eight others officials said. A leaking propane Gas tank sealed with in three hours of the blast May have caused the explosion said Broward county sheriffs spokesman Jim Leljedal. Possibly the propane had built up in tiie building and some kind of spark like a cig Arette ignited it fire chief Michael do Nati said. The 7 45 . Blast levelled a Midas Muffler and Brake shop and shattered win Dows at a shopping Center across the Street said another sheriffs spokesman George Crolius. Nearby Homes also were rattled with part of the roof torn off one and one Resi Dent suffered a heart attack apparently As a result of the blast he added. It just stunned me. I did t know what in the world happened thought we were being bombed said Bill Howell who Esti mated damage to his doughnut shop at be tween $10,000 and $15,000. Howell s shop was turned into a make shift emergency treatment Center. The Midas shop was reduced to smoking rubble and Only its foundation jutted from the debris. Wood Glass and Concrete littered the Street. Across the Street at the Davie shopping Center All 34 stores were damaged wit Nesses said. Nancy Weinstein a spokeswoman at Pembroke Pines general Hospital said a husband and wife who were treated for cuts and bruises were asleep when the blast occurred. A portion of the roof blew off. Windows and doors were knocked out Aid Weinstein who did t have the couple s names. She was Woken up from a sound sleep with part of the ceiling on top of the sheriffs arson and bomb squads were sent to the scene in Southern Broward county and streets in the area were Waldoff. We have called in off duty personnel to protect the shopping Center against looters and of course we be blocked off the area to traffic Crolius said. The identities of the four who were lulled were not immediately released. Thousands removed yearly from nut ear weapons jobs Washington a the govern ment has been removing about 5,000 people a year from nuclear weapons jobs because of drug alcohol psychological and other problems according to defense depart ment records. Assuming that the figures mean thou Sands of people with similar problems Are still on duty at any Given time or. Herbert Abrams said the situation raises questions in an age when nuclear War could break out through miscalculation misunderstanding or a defense department spokesman said monday that the military is satisfied with its program which Calls for continuing evaluation and sometimes removal of people in sensitive jobs even after they pass special screening for those positions. Abrams. A member of the Center for International Security and arms control at Stanford University presented a Piper on the subject at a weekend conference on the medical implications of nuclear War. The meeting was sponsored by the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of sciences. He noted that the military takes special precautions to keep Likely misfits away from such sensitive areas As nuclear weapons using its personnel reliability program of screening. However he said defense department Fig ures show that out of a yearly average of 112,000 already screened people working on nuclear weapons jobs in the years 1975-84, an average of 5,100 additional people a year were removed including about two thirds for drug alcohol or psychological problems. Other Rea sons for removal include crime convictions or negligence at work. The data on pro desertification Are he said. The Pentagon spokesman who commented Only on condition he not be identified by name suggested the figures on removals actually showed the effectiveness of the program. After raising the Issue of drug alcohol and psychological problems Abrams said that there is a danger that we May exaggerate their rather than asserting a certain level of danger he asked. How important arc drugs alcohol tension psychosis irrationality boredom performance lag and the other behavioural aberrations observed in nuclear weapons forces without answering directly he concluded when tensions Are High and time for decision making Short accidents false alerts paranoia misunderstanding and miscalculation assume different significance and May result in irrevocable actions of grave Kissin Cousin it my a a face that Only a Mother mid love but Skinny a male orangutan at Busch gardens in Tampa Bay Fla., is impressing visitors with Wacky expressions especially Pocky up ind kiss me specially. His a
