European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 30, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday september 30, 198b the stars and stripes Page 5 Dukakis hammers at Bush s $20 tax break by inc associated press Michael Dukakis waved a $20 Bill in the air wednesday and ridiculed George hush s plan for a Middle class tax break As worthy of a Banc or Scrooge. The vice president said his idea would give aver age americans a Chance at a Little rest  an aggressive Dukakis also accused the Reagan administration of permitting a Hall of shame to Spring up Over the last seven years citing dozens and Doz ens of lop administration officials who broke he Law or violated the Public  Bush tried to Lurn the tables on his rival criticizing the Democrat s plan to collect billion of dollars in delinquent taxes and to offer students guaranteed Loans to be repaid through a lifetime of payroll deductions. We do not need to put the irs on your Tail for the rest of your life he said. You re going to win by a landslide t know it country Singer Loretta Lynn told the vice president As the Campaign s bus caravan rolled through Rural Illinois. Said Barbara Bush you and 1 and his Mother Are the Only three who think that s  meanwhile a poll wednesday put the presidential race at precisely the same place it was before sunday s debate a statistical dead heal with 50 percent for Bush and 46 percent tar Dukakis. The National Abc news Survey con ducted monday and tuesday among 674 Likely voters mirrored the 50-46 result of an aug poll conducted last week. The new poll had a Margi n of error of plus or Michael Dukakis meets soviet foreign minister a Diiuro Shevard adm in new York. Minus 5 Points. An overnight poll by Abc immediately after the debate found respondents divided on who won and none of four such polls measured any significant movement in support As a result of the event. An Abc poll done monday found increasing numbers calling the debate a Abc said its polls have found the race basically a lie since the Republican National convention in August when Bush made up a Lead Dukakis had taken from the democratic convention in july. Vice presidential candidates Dan Quayle and Lloyd a Emsun went through their daily Campaign paces As they pointed toward next week s nationally Tele Vised debate in Omaha neb. Dukakis running mate Lloyd bin Lson visited Truman High school in Independence mo., and likened himself to the Man who moved into the Oval office after Franklin Roosevelt s death. Like Harry Truman i m  he said. Ready to run and serve with Mike Dukakis bunt san left the impression thai he does t think his 41 year old rival is up to the presidency. Ill Tell you if they were elected i d Pray for the Good health of George Bush every night the 67-year-old Texas sen Ator said. Quayle campaigned in Bentsen s Home slate of Texas helping raise Money for Republican rep. Beau bolter who is challenging Belsen s bid for a new sen ate term. He said Dukakis has close ties to an organization that advocates deep cuts in defense and has As supporter the extreme left Wing of the democratic  Dukakis look Lime out from his at tacks on Bush to meet privately and pose for pictures with soviet foreign minister Eduard Shevardnadze in this country for the United nations general Assem Bly meeting. The soviet Diplomat who met with Bush last week said he was t playing favourites in the presidential Campaign. It s up to the american people to elect a president he said through an interpreter. Earlier Dukakis stepped up his attack on Bush s new plan for tax deferred Sav Ings accounts As he campaigned in West Ern Pennsylvania. Reagan approves defense Bill for $8.8 billion in construction Washington a president Reagan signed an $8.8 billion military construction spending Bill tuesday bul agreed Only partially to a requirement that the administration notify congressional commit tees in Advance of some military exercises. The legislation requires 30 Days notice from the Secretary of defense to specified committees of the plans and scope for any proposed military exercise involving . Personnel if construction costs an expected to exceed s100,000. The president said he was approving the Bill with the understanding that this Section encompasses Only exercises where providing 30 Days Advance notice is feasible and consistent with my constitutional authority and duly to protect the National  the Compromise measure adds to the current fiscal year construction budget of s8.3 billion but Falls Short of the j9.7 billion sought by Reagan. The measure includes $65 million for the final stage of construction of a National test facility in Colorado for Reagan s strategic defense initiative also known As Star wars. The si00 million pro Cal will be used to lest ski components Reagan had also sought s31 million for construction of a Railroad based version of the my nuclear tipped missile but Congress appropriated no funds for the purpose. That leaves the decision on the future of the rail based my weapon up to the next Congress. The measure provides $173 million to the Navy to build new bases around the nation s coasts and s50 million to build a closed incinerator Al Tooele army depot in Utah to destroy obsolete and aging chemical weapons. The army is continuing work on new chemical weapons although the president has called for an International conference to outlaw their use. The measure was the sixth Bill the president has signed out of the 11 appropriations measures that Congress considers each year. Reagan Likely to sign $10.8 million Bill for transportation Washington a Congress sent a tlo.8 Bil lion transportation spending Bill for 1989 to the while House on wednesday several Days after lawmakers made it veto proof by removing language airline labor unions had championed. The House gave final congressional approval to the measure on a voice Vole shortly after the sen ate signed off on the Bill with a voice vote of us own. The House had Given initial approval to the Mea sure tuesday on a 392-13 Vole bul had to consider it again after the Senate made last minute technical amendments. Reagan was expected to sign the legislation by sat urday the Start of the 1989 Federal fiscal year la is the eighth appropriations Bill the president has received As lawmakers Rush to Send Reagan All 13 spending Mea sures before the new year begins. House and Senate negotiators last week sliced labor sought language out of the Bill that Reagan had said would cause him to veto the entire measure. Teen Ager denies making up Story of kidnapping rape Newark. . A a Black teen Ager who claimed she was kidnapped and raped by a gang of Whites but refused to cooperate with prosecutors denied wednesday that she fabricated her Story. A grand jury concluded that she made up her Story. "1 have not deceived my advisers my family and most of All my people Tawana Brawley said at a news conference. "1 am not a liar and i am not crazy. 1 just want Justice she said Reading from a Stalc mans. She said she would talk to an impartial grand jury or a congressional committee but she refused to answer reporters questions. Brawley now 16, was found nov. 28 in her Hometown of Wapp ingers Falls n.y., smeared with dog fecs seemingly dazed and with racial slurs scrawled on her body. Bul evidence presented to the grand jury led it to conclude that Brawley was not abducted nov. 24 As she claimed bul stayed Al least part of the Lime in a nearby vacant apartment her family had previously rented. For weeks after she was found Brawley misled doctors so Cial workers the police and others with medical complaints and false accounts of sexual abuse to cover up her actions according to a grand jury report. Brawley and her Mother Glenda re fused to testify a contempt citation was lodged against Glenda Brawley but she avoided arrest by living in a Church and then moving oui of new York slate. Sands of time in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. Sept. 30, 1948 the five member nations of the was Lem european Union agreed upon a common defense program thai included joint production and procure ment of War materials. 30 years ago today. Sept. 30. I9s8 referring to the All empt in Arkansas to lease Public schools to private groups the supreme court ruled thai slates could not resort to evasive schemes to avoid racial integration. 20 years ago foe a. Sept. 30, 1968 . Officials in Tokyo announced thai All . Military advis ors to the japanese defense forces would be withdrawn from Japan but that . Air and sea bases in the country would be retained 0 years ago today. Sept. 30, 1978 Pope John Paul i died of a massive heart attack after surving jusr31 Days in office one of the briefest reigns in papal history