European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 16, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Paga 28 the stars and stripes sunday october 16,19bb . Budget escapes automatic cuts Washington a a year of rare budget Harmony Between Congress and the White House has culminate with the announcement of what the two Camps had been working toward there will be no automatic across the Board cuts in Federal spending this fiscal office of management and Bud gel informed Congress on Friday that it final projection of the fiscal 1989 Federal deficit is about $145.5 billion just Les than the $146 billion target. If the target had been surpassed for the budget Yea thai began oct. 1, defense and Domestic spending would have been Cut by at least110 billion. Such an amount might seem Small Given the $1.1 trillion Federal budget. A Cut of that size however would expose lawmakers and president Reagan to severe criticism. Avoiding such a spending reduction has been a major priority in Washington this of people were disposed to news briefs avoid that said sen. Lawton Chiles d-fa., chairman of the Senate budget committee. If there had been 1545 million More i Federal spending the Gramm Rudman deficit reduction Law would have required government expenditures to be Cut by whatever amount would have reduced the deficit to 1136 billion. Because of delays in completing anti drug legislation and other Bills. Congress was to continue working this week rather than adjourning for the year this last weekend As planned. That Means that Congress could Pas additional spending Bills for fiscal 1989 that would add to the deficit. But under the Gramm Rudman Law spending enacted after oct. 15 which is two weeks into the fiscal year is not calculated and there Are no Legal consequences to adding to the deficit after that Date. However there would be political con sequences bomb director James c. Miller Iii who left office Friday wrote in his resignation letter that he was urging Rea Gan to veto any spending measure that would push the deficit beyond si46 Bil lion even though it would no longer set off automatic cuts. I urge Vou to maintain a commit ment to deficit reduction during the final Days of this Congress Miller told con Gressional Leaden. Some lawmakers and aides have Sai Congress might pass legislation this week or next year to pay for new pro Grams created by a major drug Bill. Congressional leaders and administration officials worked closely All year in an Effort to ensure a tranquil budget pro Cess that sidestepped the often repealed crises of previous years. Last november after the Slock Market crash Reagan and congressional leaders reached a budget pact that set spending limits for this year. That agreement Al though not legally binding was largely adhered to and eased this year s budget work immensely. In an achievement unmatched since1976, Congress completed All 13 appropriations Bills needed to finance the government before fiscal 1989 began. The last Bill was passed at 11 57 . Sept. 30 three minutes before the end of fiscal 1988. On tuesday the congressional budget office projected the 1989 deficit at $151.g billion Viell above the $146 Bil lion deficit target. But Congress changed the Gramm Rudman Law last year making the co projection Only advisory. In years past such different projections by the congressional and administration budget Agen cies would have provoked bitter disputes that Likely would have lasted for months. At least 55 people drown As philippine ferry sinks Cebu City Philippines a a Small Over loaded ferry Sank in heavy seas in the Central Philippines and at least 55 people drowned the coast guard reported. It said 77 were rescued. The vessel was authorized to carry 92 did not say if they had accounted for everyone who had been on 35-ton boat met a wind gust and big Waves before sinking off the Southern lip of Samar Island Early Friday the coast guard report said. The Boal which left the town of gip Orlos was bound for Taloban City on the neighbouring Island of Leyte the report said. New f-14d fighters will be bought by Navy san Diego up the Navy has unexpectedly cancelled plans to refurbish its Force of crash plagued f-i4a tomcat fighter jets opting inst Adlo Purchase new f-14d tomcat models a Navy spokeswoman said.f-14a fighter jets five of which crashed in sep tember were supposed to be refitted with Large engines but that plan was scuttled when the Navy decided to increase its order of f-14ds, said mucus. I Don t think we re going ahead and procuring any f-l4a upgrades Ofa Nylind Mescus said. The recent crashes she said were not a Factor inthe decision to shift to the f 14d. The Navy is continuing separate investigations of the five crashes which raised the total number of downed f-l4s to 101 since the tomcat s 1972 deployment said Mescus. Hirohito s condition reported leveling off Tokyo a emperor Hirohito s tempera Ture Tea Back under 100 degrees saturday and Doc tors decided to hold off on further blood transfusions despite continued internal bleeding court officials 87-year-old emperor s condition is leveling off Kenji Maeda spokesman for the Imperial household Agency told reporters. Quoting Alicira Takagi the chief court physician Maeda added that doctors were not planning to give Hirohito any transfusions despite signs of slight bleeding sometime Between Friday night and saturday morning Maeda said the emperor s temperature fell to 99.5, compared to 100.6 Friday night. Hirohito Normal temperature is believed to be 95.9. The world s longest reigning Monarch has been bedridden since he vomited a targe amount of blood sept. 19 because of internal told reporters Friday the emperors Jaun Dice was worsening gradually but declined to say fit is posing an immediate threat to the Monarch s emperor received another blood transfusion Friday. Germans stage 3 mass profess Frankfurt West Germany a in one of three mass demonstrations staged by West germans on saturday More than 2,000 people demonstrated i downtown Frankfurt to protest right Wing political police said that there were no reports of violence but that six people were detained after the were found carrying knifes truncheons and tear Gas. The demonstration was called to protest a planned March by members of the National democratic party of Germany a right Wing officials called off the March Friday despite a court ruling allowing them to assemble. Frankfurt officials had sought to Block the March saying it would Likely cause democratic party officials said they called off the March because the party did not want to be blamed for any violence caused exclusively by left Wing hundreds of Frankfurt police supported by authorities from neighbouring Stales and Border troops were stationed around the City s Center. At a rally protesters called for a democratic Alliance against right Wing extremism. Unrelated protests were staged at two other locations saturday. Police said More than 15,000 people demonstrate near to protest the construction of a nuclear waste treatment facility there. There were no re ports of incidents. Wack Casdorf is about 180 Miles Southeast of Frank Furt. About 3.500 peace activists demonstrated near the Village of Linnich to protest construction of a nato command Bunker there police said. Linnich is just North of the City of Aachen near in dutch Border. Yugoslavia from Page 1 leadership of discriminating against Kosovo s serbian residents. Milosevic s push has alarmed non serb leaders and has prompted outcries that his policies May tear Yugoslavia addition students and workers have used the ethnic rallies to push for economic and political changes prompting communist authorities in the Southern Republic or Montenegro last weekend to use Force to disperse demonstrators. This month a crowd of 30,000 in the disputed prov Ince of Vojvod Ina Laid siege to communist party Nead Quarter forcing the resignation of the province s entire leadership an unprecedented step in Yugoslavia. Kucan the slovene Leader criticized the demonstrations and indirectly accused the leadership of Serbia of conducting policies that jeopardize the stability of the country. He said a continuation of the unrest could Lead to the introduction of emergency measures nationwide the stat news Agency Tan Jug reported. Last week authorities in Montenegro banned Street rallies there after pro serbian demonstrations escalated into anti government reached 217 percent in september and the foreign debt stands at $21 billion. Austerity measure imposed last May to ensure new Loans have slashed wages while allowing prices to Friday the government announced plans to ease the unpopular austerity program newspapers in the program include wage increases Tor workers in profitable companies and More funding Forward pressed social services such As health and education the changes were announced thursday by the Federal government Belgrade s state run Dou Essaid. On Friday serbian communist organizations demanded the resignation of National party chief Stipe Suvar for accusing the serbian party of not doing enough to defend the legacy of the late Josip Broz Tito who died in May 1980 after ruling worked to unite the country s fractious ethnic groups. Serbian communist organization Are being accused of moving splinter the country. Reagan from Page 1 should t we give the president a Congress that Millwork with him Reagan said. He did note that Congress had passed All its spend ing Bills on time this year instead of bundling them into a huge emergency piece of said Congress heard my warning that if that happened again i d use my veto pen. So we slopped Congress from saying once More the dog ate my Homework when its budget assignment was the democratic response. Rep. Dennis Eckart d Ohio sharply attacked Bush the gop presidential nominee. Bush has been a silent partner riddled wit corruption corruption that has reached into the president s Cabinet to the Pentagon from defense contractors to Wall Street. And yet it was a demo cratic Congress this week that spoke of the shared vision with the american people and Mike Dukakis i passing a Tough ethics Bill Eckart said. Cars from Page 1 Down below 2,000, can Are easier to find easier to document and the flow just works better he said. There Are 37 cars on the lot at the North sea port that have been there almost a year and 139 More that arrived Between 30daysandsixrnonlhsago,. It depends on circumstances but Carter said that nor Mally after six months the government will Start taking Steps to dispose of the car
