European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 14, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 4 the stars and stripes sunday december 14,19b6 Reagan criticizes Wright s tax idea Washington up president Reagan began a Battle with incoming House speaker Jim Wrighi saturday Over revisions to inc new Tan Bill that Are to take i Eccl Jan. I. Without mentioning Wright by said the Texas Democrat s proposal earlier in the week to delay the second slag of an income lax rate Cut for the wealthy would be breaking Faith with the american the presi Dent said the proposal would Lead to the Days of High taxes and no economic his weekly radio address from the Oval office Reagan Dweller exclusive Lyon economic policy less than a month before his 1988 budget proposal is due on Capitol Mill. He made no mention of the Iran arms the tax pm of 1981, Rea Gan said Tor the four years since our first tax Cut found us footing the Ameri can Economy has been clinging to the Mountaintop. With tix Reform America is going to shoot for the Start. That s Why i was disappointed this week to hear some talk from the new Congress that we should Stop the climb turn around and Start Back in the direction we be come last week Wrighi said Money could braised to Cut the deficit by keeping next year s highest rate for the wealthy in place for a second the new lax Law scorn of deductions Wilt be eliminated and the to tax Rale will drop from 50 percent to 38.5 percent in 1988, the top rate is scheduled to drop to 28 Penant Ali oui other Factor will create an effective rate of 33 percent right who becomes speaker of the House on Jan 6, suggested that the top rate stay at 38.s percent through at tewt1988. Reagan said that the budget he sub mits Jan. 5 will exceed i trillion for the first time. He said ii will meet commit ments 1 to the elderly to veterans and to anti drug programs. Nuclear test conducted of Nev. Desert test site offer lost minute Deloy Las vegas Nev. A a major nuclear weapons test rocked the Nevada desert saturday after technical problems hailed an initial countdown five seconds before the device was scheduled to be detonated. Department of Energy spokesman Jimboye said the Bias caused considerable ground motion at a control Point where he was located 35 Miles from ground Zero. The Seismograph Needle is Boyer said viewing instruments at the control Point seconds after the blast. According to the National earthquake information Center in Boulder cdo., inc lest measured 5.6 on the richly scale one of tic higher readings for such tests. The Ilsi was scheduled for 8 . An Bayer was counting Down the final seconds when the countdown halted wit five seconds remaining the lest was finally conducted at 9 50 . Boyer said such last minute delays Are not uncommon hut they Are not routine either. Boyer said there was no immediate $2,599,552 Jackpot hit by housewife Las vegas Nev. 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Four protes ters Sel out wednesday night to hike to ground Zero in an Effort to halt the test but left the next Day because of freezing weather. The lest code named Bodie was the20lh announced shot since the soviet Union announced a unilateral test ban on aug. 6, 1985. The lest was originally scheduled for Friday but unfavourable wind conditions Al ground Zero forced a one Day postponement. The device was buried in a 2,100-foot vertical Shaft 103 Miles Northwest of Las vegas. Boyer said he was involved in Onu test that was delayed seven seconds before detonation but he had never seen a test delayed within five seconds of Deto nation in the six years he has been cover ing them. The device was described As having an explosive Force equivalent to up to150,000 tons of int the largest allowed under the limited test ban treaty. A Gem of a trashy idea there May be a lot of garbage for Sale these Days but san Francisco jeweler Sidney Mobell s oration most Bead the list. Mobell is offering 10-Gallod Gold plated garbage can that is set Wilb 457 gems. The not so trashy can which he Calls la garbage is on Sale tors Mere si50,000. Reactor to be closed for 6 months Washington Dpi in the Wake of inc chernobyl disaster the govern ment has decided to shut Down a similarly structured plutonium producing facility near Richland wash., for six months to accelerate safely changes. The 23-year-old n reactor at the Han Ford nuclear reservation will be stopped Jan. 7 so the Energy department can Speed up improvements recommended by its engineers and a panel of six inde pendent experts in was announced Fri Day. Energy Secretary John Hemington or dered evaluations of the n reactor which produces plutonium for National defense after the april 2fi chernobyl firkin the. Soviet Union considered history s worst commercial atomic Power Acci Dent. Both the Plant on the Columbia River and the soviet facility have Graphite moderators and Lack containment domes to prevent accidental radiation leaks into the air. However work to be done at the n reactor will not include building a dome Energy undersecretary Josep Salgado said in announcing the shut Down and the panel s findings. He termed such action unnecessary and not Cost the consultant team led by Engineer Louis Roddis concluded that a Cherno Byl Type Accident at the n reactor is impossible or not plausible because the . Facility has better operating procedures and controls. Two of the six consultants recommended permanently dosing the n re actor unless it is needed for National de sense but the other four said it could continue operating with the recommended changes. Salgado said the n reactor cannot be permanently closed because its plutonium production is essential. Rep. Don Honker d-wash., disagreed end criticized the Energy department for wailing until january to begin the work. Changes being made Al the reactor include an upgraded emergency coot ing system equipment to control the buildup of explosive Hydrogen and a Remote control room with shutdown capability. The n reactor which is a pressurized water reactor whose byproduct steam it sold to the Washington Public Power Supply system reached in 20 year recommended life Span three Yean ago. . Settles brain damage Case Monterey Calif. A the fed eral government has agreed to pay As much As $50 million to an army couple whose son suffered massive brain dam age after delivery Al a military Hospital the settlement Between the family and the department of the army was approved last week by Monterey count Superior court judge Robert Hinrich. The $50 million is the army1 estimate of the potential coot if the infant survives tools age according to court documents. The government guaranteed that the family will receive at least $4.8 of Lioa. The Money will he paid to Edgar an Deborah Tisdale on behalf of their ton Joshua who suffered the injuries in the four Days following his birth at Silas Hospital at fort old on Jan. 13, 194. Tisdale a chief Wernent officer is stationed at fort Lewis Wash according to court document the medical staff failed to treat a condition known As poly Cythenia a thickening of the blood that Cut off oxygen to the brain. The child was left partially Tiad mentally retarded and disabled with cerebral Paliy and other impairment according to the court file
