European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 3, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 4 the stars and stripes saturday january 3. 19b7 Reagan asks cuts in vets medical benefits Washington up presided Reagan will ask Congress to Cut veterans medical benefits in his . Budget pro pout and request another si00 million or so for Nicaragua s Contra rebels. While House Budge chief James Miller said Friday. We will be cutting a couple Hundred million dollars something in thai nature said Miller the director of the powerful office of management and budget. Bui any Veteran who s sustained an injury or an illness connected with their service of course will be covered Miller lot Abc s Good morning Ameri poor veterans will be covered the president s budget plan will be released formally monday. Reagan s proposed cuts in veterans medical benefits will apply to veterans who Cam $15,000 or More annually and do not suffer from serious medical prob lems related to their military service. Miller said. Even some veterans above the si5,000 or $20,000 limit when it s a married couple Wilt be covered Miller said. The Only question is How much space available Wii there be. Some of the space available can be very expensive the presidential budget chief said. We be got to be realistic about How much we can spend on that the Reagan administration will again request a hefty infusion of Cash Tor the Contra guerrillas fighting Nicaragua s leftist sandinista government. Congress in i9b6 granted a si00 Mil lion request and Miller said we will be asking for something in that Range this year. We Wilt not abandon the con iras. We will stay with despite the political Shock Waves caused by the Iran arms Contra Aid scan dal Reagan has been involved As much this year As last year in the budget pro Cess. Miller said. He s had to make a lot of decisions Miller said. Turc i been no Ftping Back of the president s participation a far As i can Miller Aiso said the president win re quest cuts and Reform in the medicare and medicaid health insurance program keep in mind that health care costs in this country arc a much larger proportion or inc Gross National product than h other industrialized countries Mider said. That proportion is rising every year at a much faster rate. But let me just assure that medical care expenditures in this budget win actually Rise he added. O Neill Colls Reagan an ill informed president Boston a president Reagan is an ill in formed president whose Luck has run out with the Dis closure or the Iran Centra arms Deal retiring House speaker Thomas p. O Neill jays. Of All the eight presidents i be known on any Issue he knows less than any president i be Ever met or has been in the while House o Neill said in an inter View broadcast thursday by a cab to. He s been Lucky. He s been built by the Media of the democratic House speaker recalled he told sen. Paul Laxdall r-nev., before Reagan s 1984 re election that inc president would stumble in his second term. He s going to stumble because you know and i know that he has t got the Talent he has t got the ability that he s been Lucky o Neill said he had told Laxdall a close Friend of Reagan. Somewhere along the line he s going to stumble and the american peo i pie Are going la find out Bow that i while House realty operates. And now it s coming to Bear o Neill said referring 10 the juror Over the secret tale of arms to Iran and the diversion of profits 10 the Contra rebels fight ing to overthrow the Nicaragua government when i go 10 the meetings Over there at the White House he1 not informed. He leads from his 3-by-5 cards. We ask a ques of Nelll lion he always refers the ques Tion. He does t show any knowledge or Talent on the subjects themselves o Neill said. O Neill said he considers former president drier the most Brilliant Man 1 Ever met absolutely the Man talented. He had the worst staff around him 1 Ever saw. He could have accomplished so the Veteran politician said he views retiring sen. Gary Hart of Colorado As the front runner for the 198 democratic presidential nomination. He s going to be hard to beat o Neill said of new York Coy. Mario Cuomo another demo crat frequently mentioned As a presidential Poni biliary o Neill Savoy the feeling i that he is loner awl there s a feeling that he is old philosophy of the party and that he s i said the new Type of Democrat believes the government should t be fighting capitalism Sno Aldol be fighting business 3 Days during Reagan loss Tat Zap on Thurmond to be 2nd in line for White House Washington a sen Strom Thurmond r-s.c., will be second in line for the presidency for 72 hours beginning at noon saturday the Day president Reagan enters the Hospital to prepare for sunday s prostate surgery. Thurmond s Brief bump up from third to second in presidential succession is due to a three Day Gap Between the end of the 99th Congress and the Start of the 100th Congress. Thurmond As president pro tempore of the Senate would normally be behind the vice president and the speaker of the House. Bui outgoing speaker Thomas p. Tip o Neill. D-mass., will noon saturday and lose his title at new speaker Jim irs proposes to let people pay foxes with credit cards Washington a the internal Revenue service is proposing inc use of credit cards to simplify inc process of paying annual income taxes irs com missioner Lawrence Gibbs said Friday. The irs proposal currently under consideration at the Treasury department would allow taxpayers to charge their lax Bills much As they charge merchandise. We would charge your credit card account and then you would pay your credit card company Gibbs said on Abc tvs today show. For people who file quarterly estimated Tan returns Gibbs said he credit card system also could be employed. The details Are presently still being worked out but we would Hope thai we could eventually gel to the Point where you could use your credit card number simply to pay your estimated lax payments he said lie did not elaborate further on the proposal ii bib also said he Hopes the lax overhaul Taw going ind decl this year will not be revamped soon to give people a Chance to gel used to this new i agree with my Boss Treasury Secretary James Baker. He has said that he really Hopes that Well Cool it for awhile after this act. I think any time you have change in the i Laws you re aping to have confusion and Conlu s Ion is going to be considered complexity Gibbs said. With lax forms already being mailed Oul Gibbs urged people id get i hair returns in Early. A cup who get la refunds Mil tee Eive their checks within four to ii weeks if hey Lilc curly bul it lakes six to eight weeks As the april 15 filing deadline nears he said. Wright of Texas won t be elected to succeed him until noon on Jan. 6. Under the 20th amendment to the Constitution House and Senate terms end at noon Jan 3 and the next Congress begins at he same time. Last year S.C. a Law was enacted de laying the opening of the 100th Congress to noon on Jan. 6. The Senate is a continuing body with Only one third of its members up for re election every two years. Since thur mond did of have to run last novem Ber he retains his position As president pro tempore Over the 72-hour Gap. If by some coincidence Teagan and vice president Bush died during thur mood s Short Ascendance the South car Olina senator would become president far two Yean. Hair raising Job there Are no catty remarks in this Beauty parlor. John to Tver u in Hician at the Chalutte county youth museum in punts curd. Flu., cwt � Annh and blow dryer to freshen hit numb of an african lion. Mossier said he also dusts and vacuums the stuffed animals whenever be jets some spare time
