European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 27, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 28 the stars and stripes tuesday october 27,1987 Reagan lawmakers set up truce in talks Washington a president Reagan and congressional leaders launching their search Tor ways to pm the deficit As Stock prices tumbled anew agreed monday to mule their verbal War fare and push for a speedy Orr Cement. We have la be serious. All of us have to be serious said House speaker Jim Wrighi a Texas. Wrighi said he while House meeting did t get into any details such As tax increases but set the groundwork for substantive talks to begin tuesday on Capitol Mill. We re going to work As hard and Fasylas we can. Said sen Robert c. Byrd d ,.thc Senate majority Leader. The detailed talks will include sin re publican and six democratic lawmakers and from the administration chief or staff Howard Baker Treasury Sec Clary James Baker and the budget director James c. Miller Byrd said dunns a picture taking session at the beginning of the meeting Reagan was asked to describe How urgent me talk were. I m not commenting he said. Afterwards White House spokesman Martin Fitzwater said the meeting Cov ered largely logistical and procedural is sues and told reporters there was a truce on critical rep. Robert h. Michel rail the House minority Leader said the presi Dent did t comment specifically on an proposal including the democrats Ron lotion thai the goal of a j23 billion Defi Cit reduction should be half lanes half spending cuts. We just had a free Exchange of ideas he said. I think we be got pretty free latitude to do our he added that the president s feelings on Many is news Brief president Reagan jokes with speaker Jim Wright left and sen. Robert Byrd. Sues arc Well majority Leader Thomas s. Foley d-wash., said everybody agreed not to engage in making disparaging remarks about the opposition. We intend to succeed he said. Everybody now has a stake in Reagan last week announced the Defi Cit reduction talks Long requested by democrats in reaction to the Slock mar Ket crisis. Stocks monday fell sharply through the morning on the new York Stock Exchange. Prices were Down steeply on the London Stock Exchange following a re Cord drop on the Hong Kong Market end he third largest single Day loss Ever i Tokyo the president has said everything Ison the table in the talks except social Security. Bui it was Clear that neither Honor he democrats see the table As piled High with options. Senate minority Leader Bob Dole a Kan one of those meeting with he president said sunday he did t think the major entitlement programs beyond so Cial Security such As medicare and pen Sions would be part of any package of spending agreement to reduce the deficit s23 million would match the reduction called for in the Gramm Rudman Gramm Rudman Calls for the Cut to come fully from spending while a agreement Between Congress and the while House to offset part of that amount with increased Revenue would result in higher government spending Levels. The Gramm Rudman Israel alone. Dole said is not going to make that much of an we ought to do More and in should be a multiyear plan he said in an inter View on lbs to s face the nation program. Sen. Lawton Chiles chairman of the Senate budget committee said on the same program he did t Sec people favor ing other Domestic restraints. An across the Board budget freeze As suggested by some might mean layoffs at Law enforce ment agencies he said an unlikely thin Tor Congress or the White House to sup , a Florida Democrat said he d go along with the president in ruling out Many types of tax hikes. White House chief economist Beryl Sprind appearing on Abc to today show said the important thing from our Point of View it that we continue to pursue pro growth policies and do not make a mistake during this critical period Sprind also appeared sunday on Abc tvs this week with Davi Brinkley where he declined to by what new tax increases the president might consider not harmful to the Economy. Speaking As an economist spin Elsaid Well some would say closing cer Tain lax loopholes might be non deleterious. But if you happen to a the one. Whose loophole got closed that s not so Jeane Kirkpatrick bows out As presidential hopeful Washington apr Jeane Kirkpatrick will not seek the Republican nomination for president in 1988, but she would consider filling the vice presidential spot on the gop ticket an adviser says. Kirkpatrick the former . Ambassador tothe United nations said sunday she would not make a bid Tor the nomination despite the urgings of Many conservatives. I be carefully considered this Issue an firmly decided Tor personal and political Rea sons not to seek the Republican , i m grateful for the Confidence of those who urged me to become a candidate she said in a statement released by her spokesman David Carmen. However Kirkpatrick would consider the party vice presidency. Carmen said. Kirkpatrick reached a decision on a possible bid for the Republican nomination after Dis cussing in with family friends and advisers Ather Home in Bethesda my. Dutch group Calls Belgium top source of acid rain Noor Dyuk Netherlands a Belgium is Western Europe s biggest source of acid rain and other Cornu of acidic pollution a dutch environmentalist group claimed monday. Belgian chemical industries Oil refineries farms and Auto traffic discharge 16 times More acid forming chemicals than can safely be absorbed by the environment according to a study published by the nature and environment foundation. Western Europe s second largest acid pollution source is the Netherlands according to the study and Britain Denmark and West German come next in that order. The foundation released its findings at the conclusion of a conference of environment ministers of 18 Western european nations belong ing to either the european economic Community or the european free Trade association. From Page 1 Money to the bad. Congress can onto increases to allowances he said. We can t Dirac president to do the tentative plan is a Compromise Het conferees who pushed for a 4 and House members who Warntj Kuwent increase the source said. This we could find the Bucks to give Sej something More than a straight 3 use he said. The House source confirmed action on several other personnel issues. He said the conferees agreed to set a catastrophic Cap on medical costs for family members under and medical protean families flu Iii have their year while families of real Avea Cap of 110,000 per year. Navy submarine pay of 35percent and a career sea pay to make it More generous. 4 turned Down a Senate pro the household goods weight allowance for sen Holb personnel. That plan in t totally dead but in w3_considered again unlit next year the source said. Gorbachev from Page eve said he would Reagan administration be willing to Wail for he next and he made the comment to the effect Teal you Don t come around to our position on this 11 have to Deal with the next administration " Masaid on Abc to s this week with pave do that of course is his Choice bump Talso said it in informal conversations Imp Lonnal negotiating sessions thai the Jeff size the merits of Deal ing with a cons Vatu ministration in terms of get Ting whatever irim control. Negotiated and " a Viji Kaatz he said. St echoed Shutlz s View that substantial Prog ratified 1 fuss has been made on achieving the treaty on medium and Shorter Range nuclear missiles. I think it s guile Clear that an inf i Range nuclear forces treaty is would agree with or. Iii statement that it Vang i weeks he said. Shevardnadze is in foreign minister. Inn emja., chairman of the Senate vices committee said a .-soviet Summit toe necessary for an arms control treaty. To to Syfie Lack of a Summit this year May be Blessing a tuck Nunn said on lbs tvs face the i Don t believe afr Lac mint is ready. We Nave some terribly difficult verification things to work out. So 1 would rather take our time not Gotland get a sound agreement even if it does t get i until next year Ana even if it s not signed at a from Page 1 elaborating that Ramadan and Aziz key aides of iraqi president Saddam Hussein discussed Chri pealed aggression " against Iraq Arabia. The Pentagon also ifff3"ihat the Navy s 1.1thconvoy of Refl i kuwaiti tankers in the Gulf got under Way monday morning without incident fro the United Arab emirates port of Dubai. The newly Refl eged product Carrier Middletown the last of u kuwaiti lankan to be the us. Flag left a j j Pentagon i
