European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 11, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse The St Rand Fries Uno Firmi. Pulic skin Foth it. It �c11 vol. 45. No. 64 Friday july 11, 1986 Iko us Vot 0 8693 a Reagan backs Senate tax plan inside stripes d verdicts reached in Achilla Lauro Case Page 8 d outdoor education centers win reprieve Page 9 d Munich bombing linked to attacks on . Bases Page 28 Dothan Ala. A president Reagan signalled House democrats thursday Ihal somebody going to have to do a Tot of explaining if con Gress adopts a top individual income tax rate higher than the 27 percent level approved by the Senate portraying himself As siding with the people s interest against the special inter ests Reagan said a sweeping overhaul of the income lax system would Demon Strate thai lobbyists fancy briefing papers and expense account lunches were no match for the will of the in a two hour visit to Dothan a Community of 12,000 in he Southeastern Corner or Alabama Reagan outlined the approaching closing debate Between House and Senate negotiators Over the final shape or the lax overhaul he has sought Tor 2 i years. And in what aides called a populist approach to the lax Issue the president from California adopted the Lingo of the Rural South telling his audience the american people say hot dam to lax Reform you realize i m Only allowed to say dam but you know what i mean Rea Gan said As the crowd applauded. Taking sides on the most fundamental of about 300 differences Between the separate lax Bills passed by the Senate and House the president formally endorsed the new. Lower tax Rales contained in the Senate Bill. Let there be any significant departure from the two Tow individual rates of 15 and 27 percent and the top corporate Rale of 33 percent that the Senate has already approved and somebody s going to have to do a Tot of explaining Rea Gan said in a speech to a luncheon sponsored by the local chamber of com Merce. As he finished his speech Reagan brandished an a he said was Given to him by sen. Jeremiah Denton a Ala. The tool was labelled the official tax a and Reagan promised to use it to Cut Down to size what he said Are 57 of Lof books incorporating the Federal in come lax code. Reagan in his original lax proposal called for reducing the present lop individual Rale of 50 percent to 35 percent while narrowing the number of brackets from 14 to four. On other controversial differences be tween the House and Senate Reagan indicated the administration would remain flexible while trying to protect some Spe Cial interests including Farmers and Oil see Reagan on Page 26 Israel attacks palestinian Camp in retaliation nah Ariya Isaac up israeli warplanes pounded palestinian targets near the lebanese port of Sidon thursday in apparent retaliation for a gun Battle with four Arab guerrillas who tried to sneak into Israel earlier in inc Day reports from Lebanon said at least four people died in the air raid about 12 hours after All four Arab gunmen and two israeli troops were killed in the fire Light on the lebanese israeli Border. The predawn gun Battle broke out As the guerrilla landed in a rubber Dinghy on a Beach just North of the israeli Border checkpoint of Rosh Hanika the Israel defense forces said nine israeli soldiers were wounded in the clash. In apparent reprisal for the attempted guerrilla infiltration israeli warplanes streaking in Low from the Mediterranean sea attacked targets in a palestinian refugee Camp overlooking Sidon the Israel defense forces said in Tel Aviv at Camp defenders tired anti aircraft and machine gun rounds the invading israeli aircraft unleashed bombs and rockets into suspected guerrilla training bases run by four palestinian groups in the am Al Hilweh refugee Camp the if if identified the israels suspected bases of the Falah Wing of the Palestine liberation Organiza Tion and the Abu Mousa popular struggle front and democratic front for the liberation of Palestine guerrilla groups the latter three backed by Syria. Annapolis standout Byron Hopkins a head taller to a most of his Claf nuclei stands out in the crowd u plebe Uke the mob of enlistment to the is. Nral Academy it Annapolis my. The fr-foot-8 by netball player from Chicago we one of 1,368 Young men and women who reported for induction this week. Army units get first whiff of smoking rules stiff writer the Tough new smoking policy that the army ordered Inlo effect monday is slowly filtering Down to soldiers and civilian employees in . Military communities in communities and units Are in Truin of just what they Are supposed to do while others saw the anti smoking direction of the army and began to gear up smokers seem to be taking the new restrictions in stride and some Are even cutting Back or giving up their Cigar smoked almost a pack a Day now i m Down to two or three cigarettes a Day nid sgt. Brenda Alvarado unit clerk with he co 3rd army div Frank Furt. Her office is now off limits to smok ing. With the amount of work i have the first sergeant won t allow me to Laic a break every few minutes. The new policy will help me quit smoking but it s causing me to eat staff sgt. James Howard noncommissioned officer in charge of cod 4th support in bad Kreuz Nach has smoked for 15 Yean but now he s Down to four cigarettes a dry smoke now Howard said dangling an unlit cigarette from his lips. This regulation was the kick i needed to Ann wide policy the toughest smoking control directive issued by the services prohibits smoking in army buildings except in certain designated places where there is ventilation Ade quate to protect non smokers from other people s communities and units said they did t receive guidance in Lime to put the policy in place on monday. Heilbronn for example did t receive notice until july 3, said David Sander safety and occupational health manager for the Community then the weekend came and it was the 7th," he said. There s a lot of misunderstanding. Nobody really knows what s going on be cause they Haven t seen the messages yet Sander said. Now we be got this thing from Wickham today saying Don t be in a was referring to a july 2 message from the army chief of staff Gen. Johna. Wickham jr., who urged commanders to use common sense in enforcing the policy. As caring and concerned leaders we must exercise sound and reasonable judgment and carry out this policy in a gradual yet deliberate Way Wick Ham s message said. Commanders at All Levels Are expected to supervise the efforts taking place and to ensure that the individual rights of All personnel smoker and non smokers Are protected. Reasonableness and common sense must be guidelines in the execution of the policy maj. Bruce Bell the department of the army spokesman on smoking Sai Wickham just wanted to be real cer Tain we did t get carried away and line some Young Soldier up in front of Fence and shoot him for getting caught sae smoking on Page 3
