European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 27, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes sunday october 27, 1985 deficit tops $200 billion for first time Washington a pm the government finished the i9s5 fiscal u or with a record $ o a billion a Cicil. The first time it has topped $200 billion the government reported i riday. The record surprised the previous record of si9s.4 Bil lion that was set in i9xj. The government had revenues of $733.9 billion for the fiscal year in it ended sept. 30 but spent $936.8 billion. The Treasury department reported in the same time that the deficit was helped by a rare $617 million budget surplus for september Only the third monthly surplus during the 12-month fiscal car. A second deficit figure including the so called Ulf Bud gel deficit  i used a $21 i billion for the year i hat figure includes govern nent borrowing not in the forma Legal budget. The record figure had been widely predicted and con Gress alarmed by the growing yearly deficits is working on a plan to balance the Federal budget. The Republican led Senate has passed a plan that would Cut the deficit to Roby the fall of 1990. The Senate plan would begin budget cams in the fall of i9k7, but mouse speaker Thi Mas o Neill on wednesday urged House Senate conferees to require spending cuts this year rather than next year to Force the deficit Down sooner. He charged republicans delayed the cuts to avoid them until after the 19x6 congressional elections. Spending on social programs through the department of health and human services was up 7.9 percent during the 19x5 fiscal Vear Over last to $315.5 billion. Pentagon spending the second largest category of government spending Rose 10.5 percent to $244 billion. The third largest single category of spending is now interest on the National debt which grew 16.3 percent this year to $178  administration has projected that in the 1986 fiscal year the interest on the si.8 trillion National debt will be larger than the annual deficit. Interest alone is expected to be $179.3 billion next year compared to a deficit the White House says will be Only $175.4 billion. However analysts say that a Cicil projection is  Low because of the slow Economy. Individual income taxes ran 11 a percent ahead of Hist year at $330.9 billion while corporate taxes us $61.3 billion were 7 percent ahead of last year. During september the government spent $73.1 billion while taking in $73.h billion to produce the $617 million surplus. New soviet economic plan continues to blame . For worldwide problems Moscow Dpi the soviet Union unveiled a Long awaited official blueprint guiding the soviet Union into the 21st Cen Tury Friday. It blamed Washington and capitalism for major world problems and predicted that soviet economic output would double in 15 years. The fourth communist party program is immensely important within the highly centralized soviet Union As an ideological so Cial and economic Bible. It differed markedly from the last 20-year program of 1961 under Nikita Khrushchev which ambitiously claimed the soviet Union would economically outstrip the United slates by 1980 and soviets would earn 2vi times As much As americans. Its tone was More pragmatic and general reflecting the new leadership and ideas of Mikhail Gorbachev. Western diplomats saw no major substantive departures in it. Some analysts have suggested that Gorba Chev May consider dramatic economic change allowing More private Enterprise but would wait until after he has made far reach ing personnel changes at february s parly Congress that would give him greater support. The program blamed the United Stales and capitalism for most International prob lems particularly the arms race. It is first and Foremost from it that the threat of War emanates the program said. It claimed that capitalism was facing severe problems and was historically doomed however it gave no Dales for this though Khrushchev s program had said capitalism would be almost non existent by 1980. The new program also added the caveat that while socialism should historically overcome capitalism it needed the Nec Essary  the economic Section reiterated Many of the ideas put Forward by Gorbachev since he came to Power last March. It called for a swifter introduction and development of new technology and particularly computers an area in which the soviet Union lags behind the West. Rather than the huge scale projects and extensive development of the late 1970s and Early 1980s, the plan said there should be More intensive development of existing Facto Ries and resources and greater individual initiative. It also implicitly criticized Gorbachev s predecessors Leonid Brezhnev and Konstantin Chernenko for those earlier policies. The program accused Western countries of retaining an economic stranglehold on Independent third world nations which should otherwise have shaken the capitalist Yoke. The huge indebtedness of the countries of Asia Africa and latin America to the industrialized capitalist states has become a major Means of exploitation of the former by imperialism Ana primarily . Imperialism it said. Reagan says . Xon the right track7 in seeking a More peaceful world Washington a president Reagan in his first remarks to the nation after three Days of diplomacy with soviet and Allied leaders said saturday the United state is on the right track in i Cocking a More peaceful world. Talking about a safer world is not Good enough. We must make it happen Reagan said in his weekly radio address delivered from the presidential Retreat in nearby Maryland. The president spoke of his visit to new York to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the United nations and his meetings there with top us. Allies As Well As with soviet foreign minister Eduard Shevardnadze. Our conversations convinced me More than Ever that we Are on the right track Reagan said. We arc negotiating hard with the soviet Union on reducing offensive nuclear  the president said the United states has proposals on the table for deep reductions and we Are examining their  but Reagan made Clear he is determined to move ahead on research and testing of his strategic defense initiative popularly known As Star  the soviets View the Issue As a major stumbling Block. To follow up on the discussions in preparations for his november Summit with soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev Reagan is sending Secretary of state George Shutlz to Moscow to meet with Gorbachev. Reagan noted that As Shultz and soviet officials prepare for the Summit major differences remain. As he did in his address to the . General Assembly Reagan criticized soviet and cuban intervention in the third world. Does the soviet Union share our conviction that True peace must rest on the right of All Peoples to choose their destiny to grow and develop free from coercion and fear1" the presi Dent asked. We shall see in  Shultz after a two hour meeting with Shevardnadze Friday in new York virtually ruled out the possibility that Reagan and Gorbachev would conclude an arms control agreement at their nov. 19-20 Summit meeting. But he said a major Summit objective would be to set out an Agenda for the future to have a sense of direction of where we think and they think this relationship should  with Reagan s encouragement Sulu said he accepted a soviet invitation to meet with Gorbachev in Moscow on nov. 4-5 in keeping with a joint pledge by Shutlz and Shevardnadze to by the groundwork for Well prepared an productive Summit talks. I would have to say there Are major differences amt need to be resolved and we nope that some of them May get resolved before the meet ing in Geneva Shultz told reporters outside the us. Mission to the United nations follow ing his breakfast meeting with Shevardnadze. The soviet foreign minister told reporters that great Hopes Are pinned to that Summit meeting by literally All Peoples in the world and that both sides Are dedicated to seeking successful outcome. Canada considering combat role for Gays Ottawa up a parliamentary committee Friday recommended letting homosexuals into the Royal Canadian mounted police placing women and homosexuals into combat roles in the armed forces and ending mandatory retirement. The report presented Friday in the Canad an parliament was expected to spark heated debate among members of the governing conservative party which has 120 Days to respond formally to the 85 recommendations. The committee said homosexuals should be allowed into the Royal Canadian mounted police and Canadian armed forces. The idea of excluding them it said was based on a stereotypical View of homosexuals that As Sumes to Nam to be dangerous people imposing their sexual preference on others. A few countries integrate women fully into regular service in peacetime but the commit tee said in its report that Canada should be in the Vanguard in promoting full Equality for men and women in the armed forces. The Canadian armed forces must now integrate women fully into its ranks. This can be done without compromising the fighting ability of the forces the report said. Absenteeism Lack of acceptance by male colleagues and comparative Lack of strength were not valid grounds to exclude women from combat roles the report said. The committee also proposed that mandatory retirement be abolished because it robs individuals of an Opportunity to realize economic benefits dignity and self satisfaction that comes from working. News update world court pullout Washington a the Senate has rejected a move to pres sure the administration of presi Dent Reagan into continuing to accept the jurisdiction of the world court. The 74-21 vote came on a proposal by sen. Mark Hatfield. R-orc., to ban . Contributions to the United nations and other International organizations unless the Reagan administration would continue to abide by world court Rul Ings. The administration served notice earlier it will withdraw from the compulsory jurisdiction of the world court claiming that the Tri Bunal is being used for propaganda purposes by Nicaragua and communist bloc countries. Flood victim critical Sydney Australia a twelve year old Mich la Worth who was snatched half dead from a flooded storm water Drain remained in a deep coma and doctors rated her chances of survival As most  her condition is critical said West Mead Hospital spokesman or. Robert Griffin. There s nothing we can do to reverse the original damage that was caused when her heart stopped  the girl was swept More than 300 Yards Down the storm Drain during a hash flood that followed a torrential storm. Local residents who heard her screams As she tried to claw her Way out of the torrent gave her up for dead when they pulled her out. Michele s heartbeat and pulse had stopped but paramedics managed to revive her during the dash to Hospi Tal. The Outlook is most guarded. It is most grim Griffin said. Swiss release Soldier Bern Switzerland a a soviet Soldier captured by afghan rebels and interned in Switzerland for two years under an International agreement has been released and own Home the Swiss foreign ministry said. The agreement Between the soviet Union and major afghan resistance groups worked out by the All Swiss International committee of the red Cross stipulated that captured Sovi ets be held in Neutral Switzerland for two years or until fighting ended i Afghanistan. A foreign ministry statement said the Soldier identified As Mohammed Avramov from Uzbekistan had asked for repatriation