European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 24, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                In site stripes o2 Stuttgart area schools tops in brain bowl Page 2 d Navy spy suspect sought israeli help Page 5 o Lead still poisoning american children Page 16 Utho i cd Amor Rocth. Pulic Tiosh of me u.�. Aimed Pouch vol. 44, no. 220 sunday. November 24. 1985 0 3593 panel approves big tax overhaul Washington a _ the House ways and Means committee saturday reshaped and approved presi Dent Reagan s plan for the most sweeping tax overhaul since the Federal income lax was imposed 72 years ago. The Bill would Cut individual income taxes by about ji35 billion during the next five years and would raise corporate taxes by the same amount. It would give a higher tax rate to the Rich than the president proposed and would deliver More to those at lower incomes. The measure was approved by voice vote and a formal Vole to Send it to the House for consideration is expected Lite week of dec. 1. There will be no Senate action this year. Our Bill. Is a Victory of the Public interests Over the special interests rep. Dan Rosi Irkowski d-lll., chair Man of the panel Louii reporters after inc measure was approved Early saturday morning. It takes away Many special benefits enjoyed by very few to give lower lax rates to very  rep. Bill Frencl of Minnesota a senior Republican on the committee would not predict whether inc Reagan administration would support the Bill. But he guessed thai most gop House members would oppose ii. There Are major differences Between the committee Bill and the version that Reagan labelled the lop legislative priority of his second term. But the Bill follows the Broad outlines the president see tax on Page 28 the near camera clearly identifies the speeder none other than to and film Star miss Piggy. Speeder hams it up Tor radar camera Wiesbaden a police know a car was travelling 51 Mph in a 30-Mph zone but they Don t know whom to charge. Their evidence is a radar camera photograph of miss Piggy grinning at them. Juergen Schnec a police spokesman in the West German City said Friday there s nothing we can do about the speeder who tooled along Highway 42 in an opel recently wearing a mask Lik eness of the heavy lidded muppet charac Ter. Schnec said police traced the License number and sent a notice of a Fine to the car s owner but he wrote Back saying he had Lent his car to Many people rela Tives friends parents and he had no idea who was driving at the  the car s owner also invoked his right under German Law not to give evidence against someone else said Schnec. He would not identify the Man. We have asked the Drivers License Bureau to order he owner to maintain a Logbook of the car s travels Schnec said. The police spokesman not a sourpuss also remarked yes we All found it quite funny Here quite a  he added on a Darker note but we Hope it will not happen again. We Don t want others out there who read the news papers to become  air safety violations reported Washington up1 at least 10 air planes violated Federal air separation limits in an 18-hour period last week by flying too close to each other near Chicago sources said Friday. The incidents resulted from five traffic controller errors two by a supervisor he sources said. A spokesman for inc Federal aviation administration said three of the errors occurred in a half hour period tuesday but he stressed that none of the incidents posed a serious danger to passengers. Sources familiar with inc incidents called it a record Day for errors at the Faa s Aurora iii., air traffic Center a facility that handles 2 million flights a year. Tornado like weather Agency spokesman Mori Edc Stcin said the incidents occurred during Tornado like weather and were considered minor because none of the planes con verged closer than four Miles. Hic Stein said inc incidents which occurred at 2, 6.6 15 and 6 30 . On tues Day and at 8 . On wednesday arc under investigation but none involved life threatening situations or evasive action by pilots. Additional demands sources familar with air traffic proce dures said poor Cal her conditions put additional demands on controllers because pilots frequently request alternate routes to Fly around Pockels of bad weather. Controllers who spoke on condition they not be identified said the one Day total is significant because in most control facilities it takes weeks to accumulate As Many As five mistakes. During inc week of nov. 8. For example see safety on Page 28 Senate wrestling with farm subsidy Bill Washington up senators met privately sat urday to thrash out details of controversial farm subsidy proposals and to try to meet the demands of heartland democrats who have so far blocked passage of a new farm Bill. Three democrats who thwarted final passage of a four year Bill in the Early morning hours met privately later in the Day with Senate leaders and agriculture Secretary John Block arguing Over the Best length for a proposed freeze on government subsidies for Grain and Cotton. They tentatively agreed to some propositions we made this morning to break this impasse said sen. James Exon d-ncb., one of the Trio led by sen. John Melcher d-mont., holding out for a longer freeze. Scale Republican Leader Robert Dole of Kansas also expressed optimism. Peer pressure helps out on both sides he said. The heartland democrats initially wanted a four year freeze. They fought for a three year freeze but they also discussed two years in their search for a firm Senate position to present to the House scale conference thai will decide the final level. The House has passed in effect a five year freeze. Democrats wanted to Jettison a measure crafted by Dole As a tactic to move the Bill through the Senate that contained contradictory freezes for four years As Well As an administration backed one year option followed by an Nual reductions in subsidy Levels. A Compromise was needed to unravel this crazy quilt pattern of one and four Exon said. Midwest senators smarting Over farm Bill negotiations that yielded benefits for Rice and sugar also pressed for changes in a new soybean program that could Benefit Southern growers. There s some negative friction because the South got see farm on Pago 28