European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 8, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday july b. 19s7 the stars and stripes Page 3 californium a to get $ 1.1 billion gift Sacramento. Calif. Up1 thanks 10 Ami lax crusader Paul Gann s Knack for promoting sure fire ballot initiatives and to a prolonged partisan feud in the legislature California us can look for a j 1.1 billion gift from the stale within two years. The slate government for the first time bumped against Gann s voter approved spending limit in the fiscal Yor that ended last week triggering a Artisan slug est Over what to do with the state s surplus. Protracted to using Between the legis lature s majority democrats who wanted any extra Money to go to schools and republicans who wanted it re turned to taxpayers ironically triggered a jump in the size of the rebate pot. Republicans knew if they simply blocked any action until a new fiscal year started wednesday a rebate was virtually assured within two years under the spending limit initiative adopted in 1979. Nov. George Dukmejian a Republican insisted that the limit prevented California from spending most of the startling $1.1 billion tax Windfall that kit Chis chief oks plan to admit women Washington up the Leader of kiwanis International pointing to the Legal realities of its 72-year-old male Only membership policy endorsed a plan monday to admit women to its ranks saying that the club would otherwise be righting losing  kiwanis president Frank Dinoto speaking before about 8,000 members who gathered to hear president Reagan slump for his economic principles during their annual convention cited a 2 month old supreme court sex disc Ami nation decision in urging the group to break tradition. Related Story. Page 18. We will be in constant costly Liti gation and will be fighting losing Bat Les Dinolo said. The International Board of kiwanis directors believes this is the most logical response to the Legal situation that now  the High court ruled that slate Laws barring sex discrimination May be used against All male rotary clubs to Force them to admit women. Slate officials using inc rotary club decision As a Legal precedent could revoke Charters for non complying clubs. Kiwanis delegates were to Vole tues Day on the measure. Kiwanis clubs in 16 Stales in inc past 18 months have acted on their own to admit women As Mem Bers and one of those in new Jersey is suing the International organization. We can will and must abide by inc Laws of our nation Dinolo said. Let us accept the Challenge of Shis  kiwanis delegates in past years have voted against allowing female members but inc percentage in favor has grown steadily from is percent in 1977 to 47 percent last year. A two thirds majority is needed id Amend inc charter which sets polity affecting  members in  clubs in 70  announced that he was presenting kiwanis his private Lector in ii Tuc Calion award fur tin service Organ i action Spighi Agamet drug abuse. The kiwanis awarded us highest Honor the 1987 Kiu ams world service medal to anglican Church Emo Terr Wane who has been missing since Jan uary when he went to Lebanon on one of his Many missions on behalf of foreign hostages being held in the Region a kuwaiti newspaper has reported that Milf has died. Surfaced in May. Ai recently As december in us Majian had ordered round of budget cuts to Cope with a Revenue shortfall erroneously Forest in by his budget advisers. Upon learning of the Windfall. Druk median recommended a 1700 million re Bate to taxpayers. But he said the remaining 1400 million could be spent on schools and other stale programs in 1986-87 through bookkeeping changes. The democrats suggested that the entire surplus legally could be absorbed by schools or local governments still crimped by passage of the lax stashing proposition 13 promoted by Gann and Howard Jaryis in 1978. The democrats stance was vigorously supported by state schools chief Bill Honig. Thinking that they Coald put the conservative governor on a political hoi seat. Democrats sent him a Bill to give the$700 millio.1, to education. He promptly vetoed it. Then democrats were embarrassed when they could not override it. Democratic lawmakers tacitly joined by a few moderate republicans in the More Independent stats Senate pointed to opinion polls showing that most voters preferred More school spending to rebates averaging s50 per taxpayer. But Deukmejian. Staunchly batted by the Assembly s Hartline gop noted that an overwhelming majority also had endorsed the spending limn eight years ear Lier. That s inc Law and that s the will of the people and that s our  he said of the limit which is lied to growth in inflation and population. Republicans blocked the j4i billion budget package including the $400 million in bookkeeping changes for 16 Days until wednesday s Start of a new budget year. Their blockade ignored the state Constitution s requirement that a new budget go to the governor s desk by june is the delay prevented the state from spending any of the $1.1 billion during 1986-87, automatically pushing the full amount into inc refund pot. Republicans have suggested income tax rebates of 15 percent up to s160 per taxpayer. Assembly speaker Willie Brown a san Francisco Democrat has proposed cutting the 6 Percun sales tax by Hall in november and dec Cher. So talc Leader David Roberti n demo crat from los Angeles warns to ask Vot ers if they would rather give the Money to schools. There arc going to be cutbacks in schools protested Leonig who has been locked in a losing spending Battle with Deukmejian All year. It s going to he very severe. We re not making it up. You la see  Dukmejian thought to Harbor a growing inc uni in National office was upbeat and defiant in his Victory. We have successfully protected the rebate Money from the big spenders and we will continue to do Hal he told an audience of 500 High school girls a few hours after the budget package was freed from the legislature. Honig meanwhile is promoting an initiative for the june 1988 ballot that would revise the spending limit. But there May be less partisan feuding next year even if revenues again surpass inc limit any 1987-88 surplus would be added to the is. I billion rebate pot a politically enticing thought in an election year. Harbor authorities and tourists in Rhodes Greece rather around a hunk of Stone that some archaeologist spec wondering what in the world it is ice blocs a clenched fist was discovered off Rhodes Harbor last muh and lifted from the seabed suit Jujj. Utile could be a piece of the colossus of Rhodes of of the Scien wonders of inc world. The 1-ton is one which re Mexico firing 150 Border officers Houston a mexican presi Dent Miguel de la Madrid has ordered the firings of Al out 15u customs sen ice Ute ices in an attempt to put a dial in illegal bribe caking along the Border according to Mexico s Consul general Hen. The Houston i Ost reported that de 1.1 Madrid is expected to visit several Bor Der cities including Tijuana. Nigga los. Piedras n Egras and Matamoros to observe How his Campaign against in roup tin is progressing. Some of the government officials fired from the pc you and Noo Laredo customs offices along the Texas Mexico Brojir within tlu1 is few weeks could face jail sentences said mexican Consul in neral Lle Milo  in hous Lon tin1 fir d officials have in replaced will Academy trained personnel he said. Tuhcic were certain people who got illegal Money and some limbs illegally confocal cd personal belongings of peo   pc has in said ill the customs till kills relieved it dul. Mans of thu victims were Luu i Vonil people to had milked in the United slates and were returning to live in their Homeland he said. The Arr Sis should inc As a naming Hal the a Ifan Gim rement is committed to keeping us moral rom nation Campaign promises which helped de la Madrid in Etc Lam m a no in irk tin in 19s2, Lupov Hassul Saul in addition to the non he of bribes. Ihi1  govern Mem is Inse