European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 17, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday february 17, 1989 the stars and stripes Page 5 blast from the past up Chris Bush 3, gets a history lesson from a and is still around. The antique was crewman of the shoo shoo baby one of opened to the Public at the air Force my Only three b-17s that saw action in Wii Seum in Dayton Ohio. Hard choices7 face decision makers on budget Bush says Columbia . A president Bush said wednesday his new budget plan will Force Congress and the Whitehouse to make hard choices on spend ing cuts so More Money can be spent for social programs the environment Edu Caton and the space program. But Bush speaking to the South Caro Lina legislature did not offer suggestions about where to reduce spending. Democrats complain Bush is taking credit for raising spending for Domestic program while making Congress share responsibility for unpopular cuts. The chairman of the House democratic Campaign organization rep. Beryl Anthony of Arkansas said in washing ton that it was Bush s responsibility to fill in the Blanks and say who is going Roget  Bush flew Here As part of a series of nationwide appearances to extol the $1.16 trillion budget he unveiled. The president will travel to St. Isoris Friday for a speech and lunch with students a Washington University. The expanded social programs pro posed in Bush s budget would have to be offset by up to $ 11 billion in spending reductions to keep the deficit Down. Bush got a Friendly reception from the democratic controlled legislature. I speak to you in the spirit of bipartisanship Bush said. I be got to you be got us  Bush made a pitch for his propose reduction in the capital gains tax to a maximum of 15 percent. Now capita gains Are taxed As Ordinary income. The president said that change would Spur investment and produce More tax revenues while at the same time Makin America More competitive in International markets. All of our biggest trading partners including Japan and West Germany tax Long term capital gains modestly if atall Bush said. Pledging anew not to raise taxes. Bus said that reducing the deficit Means the government will have to make Tough choices. My budget is a realistic plan that does More for education More forthe environment and More for the space program he said. Moreover he said i would increase spending for head Start the War against drugs child care another social programs. Bush said that projected economic growth would result in up to $80 billion in additional tax Revenue. But spending More on priority pro Grams he said would require that Sav Ings be found elsewhere in the budget. And i am prepared to work with the Congress to make those hard choices Bush said. We weren t sent to Washington any of us up there to sit on our hands either to pass the Cost of indecision on to working americans by raising their taxes or to fail to reduce the deficit which will cause the cuts to be done automatically under the Law the president said. I will seek to work with the House and the Senate not As members of com Peting political parties but As cooperating Public servants Bush continued. Jury awards Rock Hudson s Lover $14.5 million los Angeles a Rock Hudson was guilty of outrageous conduct in concealing that he had aids from his homosexual Lover a jury ruled wednesday i awarding him $14.5 million from the late actor s estate. Marc Christian 35, won $3.5 million More than head sought in the Case regarded As a precedent setting action and watched closely by lawyers. No similar Casenas resulted in a comparable judgment when the Plain Tiff has not developed aids. Hudson the Hollywood idol and leading Man who kept his homosexuality a closely guarded secret died oct. 5, 1985, at 58, a few months after his Battle with aids became Public knowledge. Christian who smiled when the verdict was read has consistently tested negative for the aids virus but claimed he was entitled to compensation for the emotional distress he suffered in fear that he would develop the disease. Christian Hudson the jury ruled that Hudson conspired with Secretary Mark Miller to keep secret the actor s disease to induce Christian to continue having High risk sex with Hudson. Miller who also was found liable did t visibly react to the verdict but leaned Over to talk with his attorney. One of the 37 questions on a complicated verdict Sheet filled out by the Superior court jury was did Rock Hudson engage in outrageous conduct the jury answered  the jurors also ruled that Christian suffered emotional distress because he was t told about the actor s condition. A spokesman for the san Francisco aids foundation Steven Petrov said Christian had a right to know that Hudson had aids. We find it a troubling Case because it places the entire Burden of Safe sex on one individual and not the two Petrov said. Angry employee kills 3, self during lunch break Bethesda my. A a Man de scribed As a disgruntled employee killed three female co workers and then himself at the office of a savings and loan association wednesday police said. The gunman was identified As Eman Uel Tsegaye 33, of Silver Spring md., police said. Two victims were identified As Cynthia Mitchell 28, of Landover md., and Tanya Walker 23, of fort Washington my. The name of the third was not immediately released. Tsegaye also wounded Edward John son 22, of Silver Spring police said. Johnson shot in the jaw was in critical condition after surgery. According to Montgomery county police spokesman officer George Luddington Tsegaye got off an elevator at the credit card department of the Chevy Chase Federal savings Bank at the end of the lunch hour walked Down a hallway and through a set of double doors and shot Johnson Andone of the women. The ethiopian native went into a near by lunchroom and killed the other women Luddington said. He the turned his .38-Cafiber handgun on him self. It happened very quickly Ludding ton said. He described the gunman As a disgruntled employee and a fellow worker said the Man was a credit card depart ment collector. In the stars and stripes 40 years ago foe a. Feb. 17, 1949 the soviet Union announced it planned to drop out of the world health organization a specialized Agency of the United nations because of dissatisfaction with the organization s work and finances. 30 years ago foe a. Feb. 17, 1959 a visiting . Diplomat told citizens of san Marino a tin Independent Republic atop an italian Mountain that they would soon receive close to $ 1 million in american Aid. 20 years ago foe a. Feb. 17, 1969 vietnamese president Nguyen Van Thieu rejected any suggestion of a coalition government with the communists and declared the peace we Are looking for is one that guarantees the existence of our  10 years ago today. Feb. 17, 1979 the Bee gees won four awards at the annual grammy award ceremony in los Angeles but lost out to Billy Joel and just the Way you Are for the song of the year Honor