European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 23, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Wednesday november 23, 19bb the stars and stripes Page 5 Ford Garter urge Bush to raise taxes sex pres Denis say spending cuts not enough Washington not Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter reporting on inc results of a yearlong study in which they played leading roles monday urged president elect George Bush to do what he vowed in inc election Campaign that he would not do raise taxes to help reduce the deficit. The two former presidents one a re publican the other a Democrat said they favored a deficit reduction plan that would Combine higher levies on Beer wine cigarettes and gasoline with cuts in Domestic spending and a limit on Mili tary spending to balance the budget by 1993, speaking at a news conference where they presented the report of american Agenda a bipartisan group of which they Are co chairmen kurd and Carter said they saw no Prospect at All for a balanced budget by 1993 or a near balanced budget us Carter put it simply through cuts in Ford said they knew that was what Bush was advocating so they searched assiduously but were unable to make it work. The former presidents said they had made their views Clear to Bush at a meet ing monday morning and that Bush had listened intently As they talked but did t make any promises or commit ments and we did t seek Carter the Winner in the 1976 elec Tion and Ford the loser also recommended continuing research on a missile defense shield although they asserted that a total shield of the Sorl sought by president Reagan is in proposed raising j50 billion to si00billion, the details to be worked out with Congress to pay off depositors in bankrupt savings and loan institutions the sooner the better in Ford s president elect George Bush with Farmer presidents Ford and Carter. Proposed that about $2 billion a year be added to spending on head Start prenatal care and other such programs until All eligible deprived youngsters Benefit from the kind of assistance that is now available to Only 20 percent of them. The former presidents agreed to take part in the american Agenda project at the request of two former senior White House aides James m. Cannon and Stuart e. Biz Anstadt who served As executive directors. They were joined by other prominent government alumni including Henry e. Kissinger Edmund s. Music Brent scowcroft and Robert s. Strauss. Although research and lobbying groups have been readying advice for Bush the document issued monday car ried More weight than most not Only because of the Eminence of Many of those involved in preparing it but also because of inc months spent on it and because of the two former presidents willingness to take firm stands reflecting the growing concern abroad about the ability of the while House and Congress to work together the Section of the report on foreign policy begins with this observation the ability of the . Government to a control Over the Feder Al budget is fundamental to effective . Foreign policy. American credibility abroad will stand or fall on whether the president and Congress can make difficult decisions at throughout his Campaign. Bush used the phrase read my lips no new taxes and he reiterated that pledge at news conference monday. But neither the congressional budget office nor democrats on Capitol Hill see any Chance of significant deficit reduction without More revenues and the two for Mer presidents and their economic advisers backed that View. Ford and Carter said that military spending should be permitted to grow Only enough to keep Pace with inflation. They called for unspecified cuts inductors fees under the Federal medicare health program in subsidies for Farmers and in speeding for Public works an transportation. And they recommended that Cost of living adjustments for social Security recipients and those receiving Federal pen Sions should be held to 2 percentage Points below he Rale of inflation a measured by the consumer Price Index. Even with those Steps Carter said their program would require $200 billion in cuts Over four years from military Money already approved by Congress. He added that a 1 think the Best Pecan Sec even with a moderate increase in Revenue if you Ever Hope to control the Buchwald sues claims hit movie was stolen los Angeles a humorist Art Buchwald has filed a $5 million lawsuit against Paramount pictures accusing the studio of stealing his idea for the movie coming to America one of last sum Mer s biggest i is. The Trade newspaper daily variety said coming to America has grossed More than $120 million. Buchwald s attorney Pierce o Don null said his client is entitled to his promised share of an anticipated $250 million in profits for a Story strikingly similar to the movie script. He sold the idea to Paramount o Donnell said. He told them you can change it fold spindle or mutilate it but you have to pay the lawsuit filed in los Angeles Supe rior court is the second action disputing the origin of the hit movie which starred comedian Eddie Murphy. Eddie Murphy wrote the Story 100 percent said Murphy s manager Bob Wachs. There Are Many suits on com ing to America or. Buchwald is one of the last to file he said. Murphy who is not named in Buch Wald s suit has said he came up with inc Nixon lauds Quayle intellect after face to face meeting Washington Dpi former president Richard Ninon who resigned from office in disgrace because of the watergate scandal met monday with vice president elect Dan Quayle and said Quayle is not an intellectual ".,-. Nixon and Quayle 41. Met at the vice president elect s transition office in a red Brick town House near tie White House and after the meeting the former president said i was very surprised."-. original idea for coming to America the tale of an african Prince who comes to new York works in a fast food restau rant and takes a wife. Buchwald s script called King for a. Day tells of a King from an Oil Rich country who comes to Washington loses his Power in a coup while he s absent winds up living in a ghetto where reworks for a caterer and pursues a woman who works for the stale department. The coming to America Story is similar but the action occurs in new York and Murphy s love interest is the daughter of the Man who owns the fast food Chain where he works. Buchwald said his Story presented in an eight Page treatment was optioned by Paramount in 1983.but Paramount officially dropped the project in january i9b5, and Buchwald subsequently sold the idea to Warner bros., which dropped it when word sur faced that Paramount had a similar movie in production o Donnell said. The attorney said Buchwald had an Iron Clad contract with Paramount which called for him to receive a Flat tee plus percentages of net profits when King for a pay was produced. The columnist said he has written about 10 Hollywood screen treatments in the past and i be always gotten said none of those ideas Ever became. A movie. It Ali gent Dent ?. ,-.-., _ ,. -.--,. .-./. Ninon has something in common Wilh Quayle the. Former president was the youngest person Ever elected vice president. Nixon was 39 when he ran with Dwight Eisenhower in 1952 and much of the same criticism directed at Quayle this year about his inexperience and youth also was levelled at him. Nixon was elected president in i96s and re elected in 1972 he resigned aug. .9, 1974, As the threat of impeachment loomed because of his involvement in the water Gate scandal. During this election year Nixon has become More visible and his appearance in Washington was not unusual. In the stars and stripes 40 year Sago today. Nov. 23, 194b speaking via radio from banking Madame Chiang Kai Shek urged the american government to give immediate Aid to the nationalist chinese government before the communists conquered Al of Asia. 30 years ago today. Nov. 23, 19s8 the defense department announced that about 16,000 military members would be granted Early releases in order to be Home for the holidays. 20 years ago today. Nov. 23, 1968 at least ii people were killed and 55 others injured when a terrorist bomb exploded at a crowded marketplace in the jewish sector of Jerusalem j 0 years ago today. Nov. 23, 1978 tax assessment officials Laid president Carter s Peanut Ware House in Plains a had underpaid local property taxes since 1976 and would be sent a Bill for close to $3,000
