European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 17, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes Friday March 17.1989 Bush Congress press child care Bills Washington apr the Republican Bush administration and he democratic controlled Congress Are vying furiously to gain credit Tor helping american families afford satisfactory child care. The while House rushed a Long promised child care Bill to Capitol Mill an wednesday As the Senate labor and human resources committee approved by an Lori margin a rival $2.5 billion program of direct subsidies. Only those families making s13,000 or less would be eligible for assistance under Bush s plan he congressional proposal s income dec Ilij would be each stale s median income. The National median for a family of four is s32.777. It s not a question of whether or not we re oin to do something on child care this year but the direction it s going to take said sen. Dan Coates. R-lnd., As the Senate panel worked toward approval of the measure drafted by sen. Christopher Dodd a Conn. And co sponsored by about 40 Senate colleagues including a in till Ful of republicans. The Bush proposal outlined by press Secretary mar looks deceive Ai Riun or Anaiz the real life hero of the hit movie Good Slom Jig Vietnam neither looks nor to haves like comedian Robin Williams is Star of the mini. But Croft Auto whose disc jockeying in Viet Nam catapulted him to Fame does t mind a bit. He has seen Williams Marie sit times. In Fitz Walcer would provide a Las credit of up 10 s1,000 for each child younger than 4 in working Ami lies who make up to i 13,000 a year. He said 2.5 Mil lion american families would initially Benefit from the.  families would be Given credit toward the first 14 percent of the income they report for tax liability purposes. This would mean thai people in the lowest minimum wage categories of less than 18,000 a year would gel less of a Benefit than those Al the upper end of the scale. Ren. Patricia Schroeder d-colo., called the administration s approach a "2 percent solution that should be part of the More ambitious democratic approach. "1 think Well probably end up with both she said thursday on Abc s Good morning  " the Republican Bill is a child allowance Bill and that s fine., but i does t Deal with child  during his presidential Campaign. Bush repeatedly cited child care assistance for american families As one of his priorities. Under existing Law parents Are allowed a $720 Rcd Gumbel mends fences with to s David letter Man new York a fresh from his kiss and make up session with today show Weatherman Willard Scott Bryant Gumbel has apparently wiped another entry off his grudge slate David let Lerman. Gumbel called the Host of late night with David a Olterman recently to thank him for returning a copy of the now famous memo Gumbel had written criticizing some today co workers including Scott the. Daily news reported thursday. The newspaper said Hal whoever leaked the memo to the Media apparently also sent a  a Lierman with whom Gumbel had been feuding. That rift by an when Letterman used a bullhorn to interrupt a taping of the today show in 19ss at the Rockefeller Center skating rink. Lett Crinan had shouted Down from a building overlooking inc rink i am Larry Grossman president of Abc news. And i m not wearing any pants Gumbel was reportedly furious but according to Letterman s executive producer. Jack Rollins the two of them Are Back  asked whether Gumbel might agree to appear again on Letterman s show also on Abc Rollins said anything can happen but that s not up to  on monday. Scott kissed Gumbel on the Cheek Dur ing the today show As they buried the Hatch i. Discredited Miami judge appeals for end of impeachment charges Washington a a Federal judge impeached by the House fought to hang onto his Job in a dramatic personal Appeal on the Senate floor and then Sal in silence As lawmakers denounced him for inexcusable breaches of the Public  standing before the Senate District judge Alcee 1_ Hastings of Miami declared wednesday that he had been acquitted by a jury in 1983 of charges of plotting to get a $150,000 bribe and said five years of Post acquittal investigation has produced no new evidence "1 proclaimed m innocence then As i Hac from the outset and As i do now said Hastings the first Black Federal judge in Florida history. Nearby Sal majority Leader George Mitchell d Maine who resigned As a Federal judge to come to the Senate his expression Alert but noncommittal a few desks away sen he will Heflin a Ala a former chief Justice or the Alabama supreme court thumbed through Law books and leaned Forward from time to time to gaze at sayings the Senate planned a closed door session thursday to consider the Appeal from Hastings and his attorney Terence j. Anderson for dismissal of All but one of the 17 articles of impeachment approved by the House 413-3 on aug. 3. In an impeachment trial House members serve As inc prosecutors and inc Striate acts As the Judy a and jury. A decision to go ahead with the impeachment trial would move the proceedings to a special committee for hearing evidence followed to a floor vote on whether to convict Hastings of conspiracy perjury and disclosing secret wiretap information in an investigation of South Florida corruption. Hastings 52, would remain free if convicted but would lose his Seal on the Federal Bench and his js9.soo annual salary. Rep. John Bryan a Texas one of the prosecutors scoffed at Hastings position. He said Thau a double jeopardy defense did not apply in an i Macach Mcnol irial bul thar he judge was seizing on it anyway to shield Himsl of   inexcusable breaches of the Public  Over five years judge Alyce Hastings engaged in a clearly discernible pattern of Misbehaviour Bryant said. He conspired to sell his Public office for personal gain he subverted our judicial process by repeatedly lying under oath a and he divulged confidential information in violation of his own court order House judiciary committee chairman Jack Brooks a Texas Lold he Senate White Hastings Sal silently at inc de sense table with his attorneys. " today judge Hastings asks you to ignore his corrupt conduct Brooks said in doing so he asks you 10 rely on a tainted jury  in addition to asserting the double jeopardy defense Hastings said he cannot get a fair trial because of numerous delays Between the 19s3 criminal rial and now House members said the judge himself caused 18 months of delays by fighting a rear guard action to prevent lawmakers from receiving evidence. It for child care costs incurred in order to accept or keep employment but in applies Only to families with sufficient income to pay Federal income lanes. Under Bush s plan if a family s income lax liability was less than $1,000, it would get a refund reflecting the difference Between the amount owed and the 1.1.000 credit. The Dodd Bill similar to a measure that reached inc Senate floor last year bul was blocked by an informal filibuster would provide benefits to families with Chil Dren up of age 15 whose income docs not exceed the median income in the slate where they live. Aside fro i the scope and Cost of the programs a major difference is that inc Dodd Bill would Sci up minimum Federal standards for Day care providers although 5tat would be Given More than six years to comply while the Bush measure would leave stand Ards solely to the states As they arc now Bush said emphatically in a statement that he opposed having the Federal government get into the regu lation of child care. Stateside f-14 aviator involved in libyan dogfight Dies West 1 Alm Beach Fla. A it. Cmdr. James Anderson who distinguished him self in a dogfight Over inc Mediterranean sea in 19si in which two libyan jets were shot Down has died in a skiing Accident. He was 37. The West Palm Beach native died saturday in Aspen colo., when he lost control while skiing Down Buttermilk Mountain and crashed into a Grove of Trees according to the Pitkin county sheriffs department. Anderson was a radar intercept officer navigating one Otto flare told hat it was no available to them and were quoted a Price that was about $5 a Day higher. In an agreement filed in los Angeles Superior court on tuesday Herti agreed to an injunction requiring in to have a sufficient number of cars to meet the Public s demand and to make sure prices in their advertisements Are accurate Suzukawa said. Bank robber pays heavily after fleeing in taxi Nashville Tenn. At a Man robbed a Bank in Chattanooga and took a 5210 Golaway cab ride it Nashville paid for with the loot before being arrested in a Mold room police said. The unidentified cabbie told police Widnes Dav Hal he had no idea his passenger Paul Pablo Martin had alleged robbed a Bank. Martin 31. Of Cleveland was being held thursday in Nashville on charges of armed Rob Bery said feb spokesman Verne Gauby. The robber entered a Bank wednesday morn ing. Tired a shot into the air took an undisclosed amount of Cash and drove off Gauby said. Soon after Chattanooga police found his ear nearby and Learned that he had hailed a cab. The cab Driver was found in nearby Lavergne and said he had dropped off the Man at a Nashville Motel said Nashville police sgt. Dennis Bardwell