European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 20, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 28 of the stars and stripes sunday november 20,198b Estonia s Freedom claim May be annulled Moscow a a soviet parliamentary com Mission saturday said Estonia s declaration or sovereignly runs counter to the Constitution in a ruling hat could set the stage Tor a Kremlin annulment or the Baltic Republic s action. In Estonia s sister Republic of Lithuania activists seeking More autonomy met to decide How to react to a decision by local lawmakers not to directly Chal Lenge Moscow s control one activist said. The estonian parliament on wednes Day passed a declaration or sovereignty in All but foreign and defense mailers news Hricus embracing As its nag that of pre soviet Independent Lithuania. Of " and a constitutional amendment giving itself the rightly Volo soviet Laws. .,�., u.�. Fir the official Tass news Agency said Sal Bui the a proposal urday that the com missions for legis for limped without a Vole native proposals of the risk a supreme act Public s party Leader said is soviet found the amendment thy Plesuk Alfrlo Flats declaration violated the soviet Nian Constitution passed Constitution official Media reported. Counter to the Law. My Maiyia on Friday 50,000 people the commission conclusion was sub capital Riga to Mark the milled to die presidium of the supreme 70th Anniv Crux of pre soviet Latvia soviet the country s highest executive Independence said tji Siso Kolov of the body which summoned estonian leaders to a meeting in Moscow the lithuanian parliament on Friday approved a measure making lithuanian the official language of the Republic and democratic Union a Tion party. In recent months thousands of people in the Bailie republics have joined grass roots movements and have tried to use a Jovit programs of Socia reforms As jus Tif cation Lor their demands in new Delhi India where he was Onan official visit soviet president Mikhail s. Gorbachev said that some estonians Ore acting too emotionally but that the tense Baltic republics will Settle Down. Whal is happening in Estonia is per is troika Gorbachev said. The three republics were Independent from the time of the 1917 bolshevik oppose revolution until 1940. They were absorbed by the soviet Union Al thai Tim under a secret agreement Between dicta Tor Josef Stalin of the soviet Union and Adolf Hitler of nazi Germany Marcos weeping wife turn Over Fin Uncial records Honolulu a president Ferdinand a reported Friday Nancian records and Palm prints As Well samples under a fed Al court order. Fri agents Clear Marcoss arrived at. Mrs. Marcos Clu wiped away tears As band who was scale ing a neck Marcoss Wen a com Neys and several Fri i ends their Wath rough at smiled but they refuse new York a orc Marcos would obey icy and attorney. Co accompanied the indicted on Federal a assistant . All a civic the financial records former philippine areas and his wife Imel the Fri to turn Over i submit fingerprints and s voice and handwriting the building before . Iea a handkerchief ande walked beside her Hus n a wheelchair and Wear Impan cd by two Allor who helped them male no of journalists. The couple o answer questions. Richard Sibcy had said e order despite ill health in Banko of san Francis Lar costs. Who have been electing charges icy John Peyton is to re doctors give Sakharov a clean Bill of health Boston up doctors Friday told Sou Al peace activist Andrei Sakharov that tests he look just after his arrival in the United states nearly two weeks ago indicate he does not need a pacemaker or surgery Sakharov 67, who is on his first trip to the West returned to Boston Friday after visiting new York and Washington where he met with president Reagan. He then went to the Hospital to get the results of tests he took shortly after he arrived nov. 6. It had been speculated that he might need a Pace maker to regulate his heart spokesman for the physicist said he planned to attend a reception Friday night in nearby Cambridge at the american Academy of arts and sciences. The rest of the weekend will be spent with his family before winding up his two week trip this week when he will return to Russia. Bill from creased treatment rehabilitation and education. And in a separate area it toughens child pornography Laws and Areatus a new Federal offence for those engaged in the business of distributing obscene materials. measure pro votes about $500 million for spend ing in the nation s Banjo against drugs even though the Bill s author had animated it would Cost $1.4 billion in the first year Aldie to finance All provisions of Floc legislation. I the Bill Calls for the new Paf ident to name a cab inet level drug Czar a position that pays $99,500 year and must be con firmed by the Senate. The Czar officially known As the National drug policy director must outline an Overall plan for enforce ment and treatment programs x. The Law Grants the new official virtually unprecedented Powers particularly in the right to inic Fyrne ii the budget making process of government agencies a the 30 or so agencies involved in Grams will be required to submit Itier proposed drug budgets to the Czar who will have the Power to revise them if they do not comply ,4he strategy document. The bipartisan measure was approved on a 346-11 vote in the House and passed by voice vote in in Senate during the waning Days of the congressional session Las month. The legislation contain stiff penalties for drug traffickers and users. Serious drug offences would carry sniffer minimum prism terms. The measure alsrf1 makes it possible for those posses sing Small quantities of drugs intended for personal use to be hit with Jap to $10,000 in civil Tine although they would have the right to court review. Beginning next september those convicted of drug offences Field face loss of student Loans and other Federal Etc fits including Public housing Grants con tracks Loans mortgage guarantees and some forms of veterans Aid. It would not include social Security. Medicare welfare benefits veterans disability an bother safety net programs. The new Law also makes it a Federal felony to Dis pens anabolic steroids without a prescription and it establishes a maximum Penally of up to three years in prison plus fines. Bush Fra Pagal to raise taxes to Cut the Federal budget , on entering the meeting also expressed Hopes for Good lies telling reporter i meant it when 1 Saidi want to work closely with him and members of the House of representative no matter which Side of the. Aisle they sit of Sununu said Bush would communicate directly with Congress to Addre Sethe deficit. R "1 think Congress and the president Are going to work aggressively am Quicley to Deal with that Issue Sununu said on Abc to s Good morning America program. Bush s transition press Secretary Sheila tale said the speaker had telephoned Bush for a meeting indicating that he would come to the vice president Sofi ice. Bui according to talc Bush offered 10 go to capita Hill instead As a gesture of him being willing to Coop Erate and work with in what Bush called another symbolic step Friday the president elect met with a group of 13 governors 1 governors elect in Charloe Tasville a. 1 e said the purpose was to Send an Early signal to Pic " Ore and the slates of my interest in working with nors. Democrats and republicans fusty of staff an Choice for Tec was foil Campaign Sli they Are in the Bush Camp Rector in the Reagan _ amx ment on thursday of Sununu As chief time political strategist Lee Atwater As his 15 an of the Republican National commit by the selection of two of Bush s key for Sununu s staff. Is 29, Atwater s right hand Manana former Deputy political i like House and Andrew Cardullo the president for inter served As a senior adviser tojr., former special governmental affairs we the Bush for his next Slaff _ Bush said he will flesh of House after asking Nicholas sury Secretary and it is anticipated that Bush this week will name for Mer Deputy Treasury Secretary Richard Darman to head he office of management and budget. It is also expected that Stanford University economist Michael j. Boskin will be named chairman of in Council of economic advisers. Cabinet appointments he economic Side of the Idy to remain As trea working on National tax from Page 1 regain its vigor and for the american people to enjoy a Long term Standard of living comparable to the rest of the developed Bui the Gao said it saw no Quick or painless solutions to the deficit which stood at i Iso billion in the budget year thai ended sept. 30. It also rejected four budget solutions thai have been proposed. Of we cannot grow our was it of the problem an approach pred by some in the Reagan administration an reiterated last week by the conservative heritage Foundas Jef Public demand for go Emmen services to solve problems ranging from drug abuse aids education and homelessness to drought and Forest fires grows As fast As revenues the Gao said. I we cannot freeze our Way out of the during his presidential Campaign. Bush repeatedly rejected higher lairs and advocated a flexible freeze on spending. The Gao thai the great bulk of the Budge such politically sensitive am Luj Secundy farm Price supports and de . Ingot reach our and Etc of sly gather in some magic Pool olym collected democratic presidential candidate Michael Dukakis pro posed raising revenues by collecting the $86 billion or More in unpaid tax liabilities annually. The Gao said administrative costs would be High and it would require several years to train new inter Nal Revenue service agents. We cannot sequester our Way out of the problem through mechanistic for Mula based program cuts of the sort pre scribed in the Gramm Rudman hol Liri. that Law is Almedah Santing the budget Butje what noted that As much Assofe cent of toe budgets Law s mandated guis. Ugh the deficit has dropped from the record Levels reached earlier in the Reagan administration the problem is War Alban it appears the Gao said. For example it said the real deficit in the. fund is but . A s97 Bil lion surplus in funds makes the general deficit Loon Aller. Even worse there is an Cpl unfunded costs waiting to Greet the t administration,1 in said. Among the biggest is the crisis in the nation s savings and loan Industry which the Gao estimates will cosi so billion to fix much of in financed by lax funds. U site listed a cleanup and modern a of nuclear weapon plants costing $130 billion and said the defense department s five year plan Calls for at least$200 billion More Ihaza is Likely to be available. the Gao also said president Reagan strategic defense imitative will Cost at least $69 billion in its first phase la said $80 billion plus will be needed for Long run modernization of computer an communications systems $25 billion for the air traffic control system and $28 billion for construction of a space Sta Tion. 0.--,-. In another report on the deficit the heritage foundation recommended holding the rate of spending growth to than 4 percent a year and said Thea be eliminated in 1993. The in said a lax increase would threaten economic growth that has produced the Revenue that already has reduced the deficit a
