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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 21, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes saturday Jure 21, 19b6 Reagan Sticks to his anti Salt stand Washington a president Reagan stands by his decision that the Salt ii treaty will not guide future . Actions on nuclear weapons despite pres sure from Congress o keep . Arsenals under the limits of she in ratified pact a spokesman said Friday. The president has made his statement and stated his reasons on Salt and that s where we stand Larry Speakes Deputy White House press Secretary told reporters. The democratic controlled House on thursday voted 256-145 to approve a Resolution urging Reagan to keep the United Stales in compliance with inc 1979 pact. Shortly before the House Vole the Republican con trolled Senate armed services committee one of the most conservative panels in the Senate voted 10-9 approval of a similar measure. The Senate vote added the provision to a Pentagon budget Bill that is Likely to reach the floor next month. Neither of the measures approved thursday is bind ing on Reagan who announced May 27 that . Weapons production and procurement decisions would be base Don perceived Security needs instead of numerical limits contained in the treaty. But other Hills have been introduced in both the House and Senate that would ban spend ing any Money for weapons that would put the United slates Over the limits. Neither of those measures is Likely to reach the floor until later in the summer Reagan said he acted because the soviets Are continuing to violate the treaty. Despite his opposition tothe pact he called fatally rated Reagan had pledged to live up to the pact As Long As the soviets did likewise. Supporters of Reagan s decision argued in the House that it made no sense for the United states to respect a treaty when the soviets arc violating the pact. But opponents argued the soviet transgressions were not significant and the United Stales benefits More from the treaty than the soviets do because the soviets have had to destroy More weapons than the United states to remain in compliance. We would be absolutely crazy to do away with these limits absolutely nuts said rep. Los Aspin d wis., chairman of inc armed services committee. The treaty has forced the soviets to dismantle 14 missile firing submarines in the past seven years to Only three for the United Stales Aspin told his col leagues. But House minority Leader Bob Michel r-i1l, said there s a principle involved in the president statement and that s the principle of compliance. Michel said the Security of the United states and its allies should not be held hostage 10 the wishes of those who believe that violated treaties arc belter than no treaties at  rep. Robert Lagomarsino r-calif., said the Mea sure can and will Send exactly the wrong message to the  however rep. Edward Markey a mass said time and again this administration accelerates the arms Rageand Callist arms control on the final vote 219 democrats and 37 republicans voted for the measure while it was opposed by 17 democrats and 128 republicans. The Senate proposal was authored by sen. Gary Hart d-colo., who announced the Vole Afler it was taken during a closed committee session. The commit tee is writing its version of a Pentagon budget Bill Tor the fiscal year starting oct. 1. Senate schedules final vote on tax overhaul Washington a the Senate on thursday approved a partial Deduc Tion for some state and local sales to i is and agreed to a final vote next week on a Radical plan for overhauling the Federal income tax. To help pay for the sales tax Amend ment the Senate agreed 10 require that every person age 5 or older who is claimed As a dependent have a social Security card in an Effort to slow tax cheating by falsely claim ing exemptions. We re in the Home stretch majority Leader Bob Dole r-kan., said near the end of the Toth Day of debate on the  few hours earlier facing a stack of 200 or More amendments that had stalled final action on the Bill. Dole had threat ened a weekend session even the pending Holiday recess unless senators got moving. As the Day wore on amendments began disappearing 200 dropped to fewer than 30. Then 30 became 60-ptus. Then Dole and minority Leader Robertc. Byrd d-w.va., Pui together the agreement that imposed a 4 . Tues Day deadline for a final vote on the Bill. Most of inc amendments would Bene fit Only one Industry or project. An those provisions were heading for approval is one big amendment whose fat would be left to the Senate House con Ference that will write the final version of the Bill. For inc second Day in a Row the sen ate Defeated an attempt to deliver More of the Bill s tax cuts to Middle income people. A 92-7 vote killed an amendment by sen Dennis Deconcini d-ariz., thai would have Given larger tax cuts to those with incomes Between $30,000 and 140,000 and shifted the Burden to . Businesses operating  on a 94-1 vote with sea. Barry from Page 1 Fri when it with in the Case thai Rod broke nearly two years i Miller 49, could be sem feed to life in prison. Miller was arrested and spying in october 1984 with. Svetlana Ogorodnikova and her Hini Kolay. The Ogorodnik tvs both emigres pleaded guilty to spying it last june and Are serving prison sentences. Miller was found guilty of conspiring to pass classified documents to the soviet Union of copying classified documents and of delivering them to a for eign government with knowledge they would be used to the advantage of the soviet Union and to the disadvantage of a silent enters the United slates. He also was found guilty of communicating the documents to a known rep Resini alive of the soviets and of solicit ing $so,000 in Gold and i15,000 in Cash. The panel had told the judge they were deadlocked on one count Only whether or not Miller had accepted an expensive Trench coat from mrs. Ogorodnikova As a bribe. The government moved to drop the seventh count and . District judge David Kenyon granted the to  also instructed jurors not to disclose any information they received during the trial regarding classified mate Miller was being led out of the in Handcuffs he was ask edit by reporters. He smiled let s say thank god for the Gold Alcor r-ariz., in opposition the Senate adopted a non binding Resolution saying negotiators should place a High priority on helping the Middle class when the final Bill is written. Meantime rep. Dan to Slonkowski d-i11., chairman of the House ways and Means committee said democratic lax writers in the House Are concerned with How the Middle income family Wilt be treated in the final tax Bill fac plan passed by the House would give More Relief to those taxpayers than would the Senate Bill. A conference which to Slonkowski is expected to head will Compromise on the differences. Adopted by voice Vole was an Amend ment by sen. James Mcclure a Idaho allowing individual retirement account investments in Gold and Silver coins. The amendment allowing a deduction news bricks for some state and local sales taxes was accepted by voice Vole with the concur rence of the Bill s manager sen. Bob Pacl Twood a Ore. The Bill would have continued deductions for stale and local income and property taxes but would have repealed the write off for sales taxes. The Tan Over haul plan passed by the House would continue full deduction of All state and local axes. Under the amendment sponsored by Sens. Slade Gorton and Dan Evans both r-wash., a person whose state and local sales taxes were higher than stale and local income taxes could deduct 60 per cent of the excess. For example a family that paid ,200 in sales taxes and $800 in income taxes could deduct All the in come lax plus 1240 60 percent of $400. A person who paid is ,000 in sales tax and no income tax could deduct 1600. Soviet spy in North Africa defects to  Washington a a top level soviet spy in North Africa has defected Andis in the United slates telling . Officials about soviet operations in Arab countries . Intelligence sources said Friday. Oleg Agrani ants an official of the so Viet Kab spy Agency basically walked into the . Embassy in Tunis Tuni Siaa month ago and defected one source said. The sources who asked not to be identified by name said Agrani ants was As signed to the soviet embassy in Tunis where his cover Jab was As inc no. 3 official in the soviet delegation. Agrani ants has been brought to the United Stales for detailed interrogation the sources said. S. Africa pushes 180-Day detention without trial ital for checkup wat Reagan Spry up1 preside this arms and saying arrived at Bethesda for Bis fourth almost a year coi Forand court to selective and this in attorney Hnot moved Case far great i. � he was "fine,._fnaval Hosp Lap Pott operative cd after undergoing e � ital outside Washington after a Seboit Brazier ride from the while House he Plum cd be was  asked if he was he any1 trouble the president said  Reagan planned to Fly to his i Camp David my after the Tion. He was accompanied by his wife Nancy. Its Are a tribute to the col m sense of the jury system in particular said .bonner. Had the Fri sickly As it did in this damage would have been  a Miller s  Levine and Stanley Green Borg %1 they were confident we verdict Odh be reversed on Appeal m Greenberg said he belted Miller bad been denied a fair trial cause of and Vene rulings that kept us jury fro hearing various pieces of Edwence thai might have supported Bis inn dance. The jury which deliberated1 hours Over four Days was the second Jacnel to consider the complicated Case. Till fim jury to Bear the Case Taid it conic not reach a unanimous verdict Johannesburg South Africa a the president s Council Friday adopted a Bill allowing detention without trial for Iso Days Clearing the Way for enactment despite opposition from parliament s Indi an and mixed Rac Chambers. The Bill was approved on a 33-22 vote after an eight hour debate by the Council which is controlled by supporters of the governing National party and can adopt legislate stalemated in the three Cham Ber parliament under the Bill police can detain peo ple without trial for 180 Days compared with the current 14 Days. Also Friday the male Bureau for in formation announced a 5-year-old child and five other Blacks have been killed in unrest raising the official death toll Dur ing the state of emergency to 54. The child was killed by gunfire from police in Soweto the huge Black town ship outside Johannesburg who were Tir ing at a fugitive on tuesday. 2 German cops indicted in protester s death Frankfurt a prosecutors Fri Day indicted two policemen whose crowd control truck ran Over and lolled a leftist demonstrator last fall parking sometimes violent protests throughout Germany. Guenther sait a 36-year-old Mechanic bad gathered with hundreds of other people demonstrating in Frankfurt against a meeting of the extreme right Wing National democratic party of Ger Many but sept. 28. The two he sen stale policemen were in a truck outfitted with water spraying devices. In a news conference Friday Christoph Schaefer said the two police men were indicted for negligent Man Slaughter emphasizing that they were not charged with intentionally killing the protester. Schaefer said the two face a a Imam of five years in prison. He refused to disclose their names but said both were Middle ranking police officer  
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