European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 07, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse Special oktoberfest guide stripes Magazine authorized unofficial pub cation for the Ahmed forces Good in Norm vol.48. No. 143 thursday september 7, 1989 2 of � a Sumn d 8693 a War on drugs will be won child by child Bush vows Washington a president Bush embarked wednesday on a sales Campaign Tor his Block by Block child by child War on drugs As his drug policy chief and democrats sparred Over the adequacy and financing of the $7.9 billion plan. Bush was using a midday meeting with out of town journalists to push the program he unveiled tuesday night in his first prime time address to the nation. In that speech the president held up a bag of crack co Caine seized across the Street from the White House and declared drugs the gravest Domestic threat facing our but he said we can pay for this fight. Without raising taxes or adding to the budget deficit instead diverting Money from other Federal programs. The War on drugs will be hard won neighbourhood by neighbourhood Block by Block child by child he said. Rep. Dan to Slonkowski d-lll., chairman of the House ways and Means committee tired Back say ing unless he president supports the tax increases that will be necessary to fight this War the drug dealers Are going to to that the administration s drug policy coordinator William j. Bennett said wednesday docs any body really believe that the reason we have a drug problem in this country is because. Our taxes Are too Small that s obviously not the Issue. If they have a better idea let s hear the idea but i think the first responsibility of Congress is to review the budget to Sec if there arc some things in there that can be reduced without hitting the taxpayer again Bennett said on Abc s today As he made the rounds of the morning television news shows. Sen. Joseph Biden d-dcl., chairman of the Senate judiciary committee said on Abc s Good morning America that Bush s Battle plan is a very very Posi Tive Stan. He s going to get everything he asked but Biden said the question is whether or not we re going to take it a step further and really take hold of the problem or we re just going to try to do. Only what the president is sen. John Kerry d-mass., chairman of the Senate foreign relations narcotics subcommittee was More see drugs on Back Page president Bush siting the paediatrics Ward of Washington s general Hospital after launching his War on drugs gets acquainted with an unidentified baby to was abandoned by his narcotics addicted Mother. Key elements of Bush s plan authorization of $1.6 billion for corrections a 118 percent increase Over 1989, to help expand the Federal prison system by 77 percent doubling the number of drug treatment slots to about 700,000 nationwide with the help of $925 Mil lion a 53 percent increase. Authorization for $1.2 billion for prevention and education a 25 per cent increase $250 million to beef up the court system a 20 percent in crease and $3.1 billion for Law enforcement a 12 percent increase. A More than twofold funding in crease for local Law enforcement efforts from $150 million to $350 Mil lion to finance a Street level attack on drugs. Some of the Money could be used to develop plans for new jails and prisons. A requirement that states impose drug tests on arresters prisoners parolees and those out on bail. State that did not comply could lose Crimi Nal Justice Grants. Similar threats to Cut Federal funding for schools colleges and universities that do not adopt drug prevention programs. A Call for insurance companies to cover drug treatment that slopped Short of proposing mandatory Stan Dards. . Ambassador staff evacuated from Beirut from staff and wire reports Beirut Lebanon . Ambassador John Mccarthy and his staff were evacuated by helicopter wednesday and on their Way Home after hundreds of christians besieged the . Embassy to press for action against Syria. The 30 diplomats were flown to Cyprus because deteriorating local Circum stances. No longer permitted the embassy to function Mccarthy after an 8 40 . Arrival at Rhein main a wednesday night said it was no longer possible for me to guarantee to Washington that the safety of my staff was the sudden decision to pull out of Lebanon where Christian forces and syrian troops have been battling for six months came after hundreds of angry christians surrounded the embassy com Pound tuesday in Hopes of forcing the uni de states to take a tougher stand against the syrian presence in Lebanon. Gen. Michel Aoun who Heads the Christian Cabinet in Lebanon s dual government said in a statement released by see Beirut on Back Page
