European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 07, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes saturday october 7,1989 Bush pushes Senate on tax Relief Washington president Bush pushed anew Friday for Senate approval of his capital gains lax Cut saying the tax Relief was not an extraneous matter with  leaving a Capitol Hill meeting wit Republican senators. Bush said he told the lawmakers the House had acted decisively in approving a capital gains tax Cut last week and he wanted them to Fol Low suit. The White House appeared to be initially  to a proposal to re move the capital gains tax provision from a budget balancing reconciliation Bill so it could be considered separately. While House budget director Richard Darman and Treasury Secretary Nicho Las Brady would not comment following an Riou Long strategy meeting in Senate Republican Leader Robert Dole s office after Bush left the Ca Pital. However sen. Pete v. Dominici r-n.m., said republicans won t drop the capital gains tax Cut from the Bill if the Only thing democrats Are willing to do in return is to drop their proposal for a restoration of Ira deductions. Sen. Bob pack Wood r-ore., said he personally was willing to Settle for a Promise by democrats that the capita gains Issue would be considered As an amendment to another Bill possibly must legislation to raise the ceiling on the Federal debt. As an amendment on the debt ceiling Bill. Republicans would Only have to Muster so votes instead of the 60 that might be needed to shut off a possible filibuster delaying its consideration on the budget reduction Bill. Capital gains which arc profits fro the Sale of investments now Are fully taxed at the same rates As other  the House passed Bill the top rate of 33 percent would be Cut to 19,6 per cent until 1992, when it would be raised to 28 percent and indexed to avoid taxing gains arising solely from inflation. Republicans have supported Bush on the tax Cut while most democrats have opposed the idea. The president also met with Senate majority Leader George Mitchell d mame. After the meeting with Mitchell bus walked onto the Senate floor briefly shaking hands with a few of the lawmakers there. He left just a few seconds later. Presidents normally appear Only Intlehouse chamber for state of the Union speeches or other formal addresses to joint sessions of Congress. The House on thursday passed its version of the deficit Bill that include the capital gains reduction. Entertainer red Skellon gets a Surpris visit from a group of big nosed admirers at a press conference in Detroit this clowning around with red noses week. The clowns from the Ringlin Bros and Barnum & Bailey circus came to hear their favorite funny Man talk about his upcoming performances at at Heater in the City. He makes about 75 appearances a year. Hud s above mar Cef rent subsidies costing . Millions audit shows Washington a errors i calculating rents for subsidized hous ing Are costing the Federal government millions of dollars a year according to a department of housing and Urban development internal audit obtained Friday. A second audit sent to Congress this week raises fresh charges of favouritism in the awarding of rent subsidies and says such conduct was allowed because of poor program accountability. Mis management and political Favoriti Smare the key subjects of congressional investigations of Hud under the Rea Gan administration. For the rent study completed Las week and released under the Freedom of information act Hud s inspector general reviewed 142 of the 2,755 areas for which the department sets fair Market rents for subsidized hous ing. He found that in 116 of those areas the government was paying As much As $39.1 million a year in excessive subsidies. Since the review covered a Sample of Only 5 percent of the rent areas that was not drawn at random the auditors said they could not provide a nation wide estimate of Likely overpayment but noted that Hud s Long Range commitments to the Section 8 program arc in the area of $ 188 billion. The report was sharply criticized by Hud officials in charge of the pro Gram who responded to a draft copy injury by saying the evidence simply does not support a conclusion of an serious  the rents which ultimately deter mine the amount of subsidies Hud pays Are calculated through a formula that is supposed to arrive at rents that Are in line with similar non subsidized apartments in the area. Govern ment rents should be slightly higher to cover any rehabilitation costs. But the auditors said that in som areas the fair Market rents set by Hud Are Well above local Market rents. For example in Columbia mo., the auditors said Hud s monthly rents for one bedroom apartments were $82 higher than the local average and those for four bedroom units were $34 too  All the auditors estimated Hud was paying up to $794,000 a year too much in subsidies for that area. In Colwitz county wash., one bedroom rents were $142 Over local averages and three bedrooms were excessive by $81 with potential overpay ments to that area totalling nearly Simillion the auditors said. For All of Hud s Region x Alaska Washington Oregon an Idaho overpayment were estimated to be Between $12.9 million and $14.6 million a year. The second audit which dealt wit the Section 8 program found that Hud did not advertise the availability of Reserve funding at the control of Agency Headquarters and that some of the subsidies appeared to have been steered toward specific housing Agen cies and developers. Harvest time yields clue to crash storm Lake Iowa a a Farmer in Northwest Iowa found what appears to be part of an engine from the dc-10 that crashed in Sioux City officials said thursday and More pans May be discovered As Farmers Harvest their crops. Officials of general electric co., which made the cf6-6engine, and the National transportation safety Board Hope that missing pans of the engine will provide clues to Why United airlines flight 232 crashed july 19. The crash killed 112 people but 184 survived. Several parts of the plane were found in Farmers Fields on the Day of the crash and be has offered Cash rewards for other parts the pieces fell from the plane As it turned about 50 mile Northeast of Sioux City before making an emergency Landing at Sioux Gateway Airport. Essential clues to the crash have eluded investigators so far but that May be changing Buena Vista county sheriff Chuck Eddy  Harvest is in full swing right now and they re getting crops out and they re Able to see where they Haven i been Able to see before Eddy said. The Farmer John Husman found what appears to be a piece of a Turbine fan Blade while using a Combine on his Field and took the part to the sheriffs office thursday morning. It was turned Over to a be official Eddy said. It was pretty Well mashed up Husman said. It looked like it must have gone through an awfully big  Husman said he found the part last Friday but continued to Harvest his crop until rain idled him on thursday. He said the Reward Money is appreciated. That would make up for some of the repair Bills on the Combine he said. The piece appears to be pan of one of 38 Blades to a Mai engine disk Eddy said. The disk which weighs 290 pounds without the Blades and is 31 inches in diameter could be Amajor clue to the crash investigators say. Eddy said seven or eight pieces have been turned in this week and several other Farmers have called to report finding More parts mostly scraps of aluminium or stainless steel he said. Party politics Long May it wave Washington a when the House started its Dally Recita Tion of the pledge of allegiance Bat year a lot of democrats saw it As a partisan Republican move Stem Ming bom president Bosh s Campaign use of the Flag. Friday rep. Bob Mcewen r Ohio May have inadvertently give them a Little supporting evidence. In solemn tones with band on heart Mcewen led the members inthe pledge saying i pledge Alle Giance to the Flag of the United states of America and to the re publicans for which it