European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 26, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Inside stripes o life on a nuclear submarine pages o top gun boosts Navy recruitment Page 5 g Seguso upsets Connors sports Page 25 1uthobiko Utt official Hilt Tio for t vol. 45, no. 70 thursday june 26, 1966 mall Pouch " d 8693 a Rockwood tax plan by sen Washington a the Nate on tuesday gave lopsided approval to the biggest a overt aul Bill in Al least three decades a plan that make keep cuts i tax rotes while reducing or eliminating a variety of popular exemptions and deductions. The vote was 97-3 a margin As striking a itself. This is a moment of Pride for the Senate a Victor for America exclaimed sen. Bob Packwood Roj chairman of the finance committee and chief of the measure. A the dissenting votes were cast by Ca Fratie  Levin of Michigan Paul Sirno of Illinois and John Melcher of Montana 4the Bill would n. Luce  individuals by an average of 6.4 percen Fraise taxes on 25 million people and shift i Loutfian of he Federal tax Burden to corporations our Fife next five years. More thana Nuion working poor would be Takeoff the in cock tax Rolls while some Rich investors and  would become taxpayers for theirs Jimne in years. He measure will go next month to a conference critics p f Security aide Washington up Al Security reported " lire adviser Jii miffed Tui House i. While de St Aan keys Deputy asked about Poindexter i the Poindexter often torus Complex j dealing i the t dealing Teredo be holed l a Orthol important i Notton. I concept of issues of major Tan s decision to and the president defend Hii hand at a tame time to indexer of Raymary Crist Uch at the bom1and in interception of the Achire Erfu praised. Staff of nation Poindexter was by Over reports of ent about his per aide said poin himself bad no reaction to the re in the Washington which cited colleague criticized his Lack of Lilica skill. Al Bis regular morning meeting Poindexter quoted As laying i l not worry about it aide suggested that complaints were com l rom the mice As of staff Donald re dubbed. Speart when Confidence in i i at the  a saying disputes tical consider of explaining accustomed to  in interest Cen the Salt in to fully nag Menti of Libya. Hijack committee which will draw Dlf Promise Between the Senate Bill and a less pro plan approved by the House last Decemma Totev Issue treatment of the Middle Elass orsome lawmakers say would be e Senate Bill a lights 50 percent lop tax rate on individuals would Cut to a nominal 27 percent although some people " incomes above j45.000 $75,000 for couples  up to 32.4 percent on some of their  Faer cent of individuals would pay a rate of 1s percent ont Lijar taxable income after exemptions an deductions. The a Osu to Ronal exemption would Rise to$2,000 for All but  taxpayers. Standard deductions would be in a cd to j3,000 for single Sand $5,000 for joint returns workers covered by coins i pensions would lose their deductible individual retired it accounts deductions for consumer interests Sintas credit cards and car Loans would be slashed. Income Verag tag would be repealed. How Public views Bill new York nyt1 the american Public acknowledging hat it knows Little shout he sen ate tax Bill remains unconvinced thai it would produce a fairer tax system or Cut Many people lacs a new York times lbs news poll shows. Only 1 percent of 1,618 americans polled by Telephone Sard they thought they would pay lower taxes if the Bill became Law. Thirty Sis Penant said they would pay More and 33 percent said they would pay about the same amount. On the Issue of fairness 31 percent said the Bill would make the system fairer 36 percent said it would not and 31 percent said they did not know. Asked How much they had heard or read about the Bill 13 percent said a lot 27 percent said some 34 pc int said just a Little 24 percent mid Nollau Gal All and 2 percent did Noi respond. In no demographic group studied did a major Ity think the legislation would produce a fairer tax system but 41 percent of College graduate and 41 percent of republicans said it would. Only 23 percent of those with family income under s 12,500 a year and 24 percent of Union member said it would. Judge delays army testing of civilian workers for drugs Washington a a Federal judge on tues Day dismissed a lawsuit seeking to overturn the army s planned mandatory drug testing of certain civilian workers but nonetheless expressed double about the plan s constitutionality and ordered a delay in implementing it. District judge Thomas f. Hogan said the National federation of Federal employees a Union representing 1so.ooo workers must originate its complaint with either the Federal labor relations authority or the Merit systems Protection Board two agencies established under the civil service Reform act to hear labor management disputes. Union spokesman red Evans said we were certainly disappointed that the judge refused to hear the Case but certainly Are pleased that he recognizes the constitutional question. However Hogan stayed his decision to permit the Union to Challenge the ruling in the . Court of appeals. He also temporarily prohibited the army from implementing i he drug program which had expected to begin next month pending appellate court action. The Union its local at Aberdeen proving grounds in Maryland with the president of the local Charles , a guard there charged in their suit that the army s program of drug testing of civilian employee sin 14 Job categories including Security guards and air traffic controllers without probable cause would de Prive them of their constitutional right to privacy the army claimed that the courts had no jurisdiction because the testing program constitutes a new condition of employment so the Union must bring their complaint to an administrative Agency to argue that it is a negotiable labor management dispute. Under regulations issued in Early March an Esti mated 10,000 to 12,000 civilian employees of the army would be required to submit to the same Peri Odic and random Solins for drugs that is now routinely administered to Active duty military personnel. Agency clarifies aids risk Washington a the health and human services department besieged with queries on a jus lice department Legal memorandum on aids victims reiterated tuesday that casual Contact in the workplace does not spread the deadly disease. The department said there is no medical or scientific evidence that the aids virus is spread through Cas Ual Contact occurring in the workplace. The Agency said the Justice department memo dealt with the technical Legal interpretation of statutory language and does not reflect any new scientific or medical information i on aids  the Justice department in the memo issued Mon Day said Federal Laws forbidding discrimination against the handicapped would cover aids patients but not if they were fired out of fear they might spread the disease. The memo specified that the threat of contagion can be real or  Chuck Kline an has spokesman said Many Calls to his Agency tuesday asked if the Justice department opinion was based on some new evidence that aids can be spread through casual Contact. The has office of civil rights is supposed to enforce the discrimination Law and its researcher say aids cannot be spread in the workplace. But the Lega interpretation says the fear of spread is enough whether it is real or not Kline said department lawyers Are studying the jus Tice department memorandum to determine How has should handle aids discrimination complaints. How Ever he said the terms of the Ami discrimination Law May make the Justice department opinion binding on has