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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 20, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday june 20, 19b7 the stars and stripes Page 9 Honda rom airman in police custody Tegucigalpa Honduras a a Soldier in the honduran air Force has been arrested in the shooting death or an american Soldier at an air base in this Central american country military intelligence sources said thursday. The Soldier was arrested saturday night the Day staff sol Randall j. Harris was killed Al Palmerola a and is in custody of the honduran air Force the sources said. The suspect has been subjected to a series of interrogations including the lie Detector test in which he has contradicted himself repeatedly one of the sources said speaking on condition of anonymity. He declined to release the Man s name because the investigation is continue  it was nol Clear whether the Man had been charged. The honduran Soldier who was in uniform at the Lime had left is guard Post outside the base 36 Miles Northwest of Tegucigalpa when Harris was shot with an m-16 ride the source said. Thai weapon was found in the be longings of the arrested Man and in addition it is a Rifle that is no longer used by our soldiers he said. We have sent the bullets found in. Harris body to the United states where there arc sophisticated centers of ballistic investigation to determine the situation definitely he said. He said authorities have no motive for the killing. Harris 34, of Wilmington Ohio was Liol once in each leg and once in he Back As he was supervising military police about 400 Yards inside the main Gate of Palmerola a. He was with the 978th my co from fort Bliss Texas. The unit is serving a four month temporary tour at Palmero a Headquarters for . Operations in Honduras. It was not Clear Why the arrest had nol been disclosed earlier la. Col James Lawson a spokesman at fort Bliss said tuesday a suspect had been arrested and said Only hat he was not a . Soldier. Temptation on four feet minstrel the cat apparently is Ancon be nil hat he could lose All of his nine lives in one single moment Here. Bui minstrel the resident cat at the metro poll Tan police dog school in Keston England should t Hare too much la worry Aboul. The dogs which Are being rained for the forthcoming police Dor championships later this month Appolo showed concentrated curiosity and Lota of restraint when minstrel nonchalantly passed by. U.s., Israel sign pact on relay station Washington a the United states and Israel thursday signed an agreement authorizing construction of a radio relay station in Israel that will extend the signals of voice of America radio free Europe and radio Liberty signals into East bloc nations. President Reagan attending a signing ceremony in an auditorium of the Ola executive office building noted that plans for the relay station originated in an Exchange of letters Between himself and then prime minister Shimon Peres some Zwy years ago. We could not be happier in this partnership Wilh Israel because it will result in a broader dissemination of the values that we have in common Reagan said. Signing the agreement were Gad Yaa Cobi Israel s minister of communications Charles z. Wick director of the . Information Agency and Malcolm Forbes jr., chairman of inc Board for International broadcasting. The new facility to be located in the no gov desert South of the dead sea is expected to be completed five years after construction begins. It will contain up to 16 500-Kilowalt transmitters 22 Anten Nae a satellite Earth station and related equipment. Sweeping Reform package to lower income taxes for most canadians Toronto a eight out of 10 Canadian households will pay less in come lax under extensive changes announced by a conservative government trying to regain its popularity. In a Long awaited policy document on lax Reform. Finance minister Michael Wilson told parliament in Ottawa on thursday he plans to lower income taxes and effectively increase business and sales taxes in two stages. Under the first major tax Reform in Canada for is years taxes will be reduced an annual average of j356 for 8.9 million households Starling Jan. 1,1988. Another 1.5 million households stripped of former deductions will pay an average of 1499 More. Corporate tax rates also go Down but the crazy quilt of special incentives and write offs will be dismantled resulting in higher Overall business taxes and less Opportunity for lax avoidance Wilson said. Income tax Revenue will drop $8.25 billion Over the next five years while corporate tax Revenue will increase by s3.75 billion. To recover the s4.5 billion shortfall Wilson announced a second stage of re form in which Federal sates tax will be extended to most goods and services possibly by combining the present manufacturers lax with provincial sales taxes the sales Levy taking income tax Sav Ings out of Consumers pockets will not be implemented until Al least 1989 probably after the general election prime minister Brian Mulroney must Call be fore the end of his five year term. Languishing in third place in the polls despite his comfortable majority in parliament Fulrio by is relying on tax re form and a free Trade pact now under negotiation with the United slates to bring Back the voters political analysts said. Opposition leaders denounced Wil son s package for failing to impose a minimum corporate tax and relying too heavily on a comprehensive sales tax which will Hurt Low income families More than the Rich. It s not lax Reform it s a tax grab said Liberal party Leader John Turner who predicted the revised sales tax would License the most massive lax in crease in Canadian  he called for Wilson s resignation. Individuals now contribute 45 cents of every lax Dollar collected in Canada and businesses Supply 10.5 cents with the rest coming from sales and excise taxes. The savings announced thursday will cover less than half the income tax in creases families have paid since Mulroney came to office. New democratic party Leader de Broad Binl said the changes still leave 60,000 profitable companies free to pay no tax but Wilson in a Canadian Broad casting corp. Interview said that num Ber was exaggerated. The finance minister said lower tax rates were needed to keep Canada competitive following tax Reform in the United states. The integrated economies of the two countries could have Cost Canada jobs and investment if there was Dis parity in their tax regimes. Small business and Socia welfare groups praised the reforms which exempt 850,000 canadians from the in come lax net help the elderly and set a Low 12 percent tax rate for Snall Compa Nies. They finally got it right said John Bulloch president of the Canadian federation of Independent business. Analysis said investors Are among the biggest losers because they will lose Sev eral deductions and shelters. Banks Irusle loan real estate and insurance companies will pay income tax for the first time starting next year  
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