European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 17, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Inside stripes carnival in Lucerne see stripes Magazine q Reagan to enter Hospital Page 2 dded faces budget cuts Page 5 d Bandy Barnett s car Corner Page 13 the stars vol. 44, no. 273 Friday january 17, 1936 d 8693 a plan to eliminate nukes unveiled by Gorbachev Moscow a soviet Leader Mik Hail s. Gorbachev on wednesday proposed eliminating nuclear weapons by Lite year 2000, starting with a 50 percent Cut in strategic missiles and scrapping All , and soviet medium Ranee weapons in Europe. It was the first Kremlin proposal thai did not seek to include British and French intermediate Range missiles As pan or a . Sovil disarmament plan although fill nuclear Powers eventually would be asked to dispose of their nuclear arms. In Washington president pc i in said i Welcome the soviets latest response and Hope Bat in repress in i a Hal Paul further step in the process. We together with our allies will give careful study la general Secretary Gorbachev s suggestions. Many elements contained in the response arc unchanged from previous soviet positions and continue to cause us serious concern. There Are others that at first glance May be constructive Reagan said. Gorbachev s plan announced on National television outlined a three stage process for eliminating nuclear weapons hinging on los. Agreement to renounce space weapons. Soviet insistence on Banning space based armaments and president Reagan s reluctance to give up his strategic defence initiative dubbed Star wars has been the main stumbling by cd in the arms no gotta Sce nukes on Page 24 deficit hits $220 billion cuts Likely Washington a c ration officials said Wenc sri fiscal 1986 will exceed j22q b round of spending cams under danced budget Taw related Stor in separate projections req1 i he while House office of i predicted a deficit of $220.1 signal budget office Pui the Fig in fiscal i9hs,  the two agencies outlining is 1.7 billion that would be n Ald staff and service cutback thousands of Federal agencies u across the Board cuts of 4.3 Domestic programs and cuts of in the military the budget us Gross Iona and adminis the Federal deficit for an and trigger the  Tramm Rudman bal pase5. D under the new Law nag mint and budget lion and the Congo is e at s220.9 billion 212 billion. I pending cuts totalling red March 1, numer that will be needed in programs. Recent will be needed in percent will be needed ies said. The extent of the cuts had been disclosed ear the projected deficit for tin oct. 1, will fur surpass the 141 cuts approved last year by con under the Law automatic a if the bomb co estimate exc deficit target for 1985 of is 7 billion. In this Case the average Asti was $411.5 billion Over the tar place automatically March 1 them or u Federal court issues a a three judge Federal panel a Challenge to the Law by seve and a Federal employees Union wind up before the supreme. Co under the Law. Sit. 7 billion r by while House fiscal year which by an deficit despite spending Ess. Ending tuts arc triggered is the Gramm Riedman billion by at least s20 ale $220.5 billion t. So the cuts will Lake in less Congress blocks a. Vel Hing a  1 members of Congress flip Case is expected to to before March 1. Us to Cut in the period of March i id oct. I i by the required cuts. The Law a Jas the cuts defense and Niue site in president Reagan to Shi any staff cutbacks re Multi age of cuts for