European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 10, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday february 10, 1990 the stars and stripes schools to reopen in Selma Selma. Ala. A Public schools closed for three Days by protests Over while management of the City s mostly Black school system arc scheduled to reopen monday officials said thursday. The demonstrations continued in this 1960s Battleground of the cml rights movement As about 250 people crowded into City Hall to protest the alleged sexual abuse of a protest Leader when she was arrested earlier in the week. The protesters promised to slay in City Hall until the police officer invoked is suspended. About 45 people remained there thursday night As City Council members met to seek a Resolution of the situation. School officials announced that All 11 Public schools would remain closed Friday. Schools superintendent Norward Roussell said later the schools would reopen monday. Rising racial tensions forced the closing of two schools tuesday morning. All schools in the 70 per cent Black. 6.000 student system closed that afternoon and remained shut wednesday and thursday. The latest protests were Over the arrest monday of Rose Sanders in a Melee at City Hall. Mrs. Sanders the wife of state sen. Hank Sanders was hospitalized monday with injuries she said she received at the hands of police. The six White members on the 11 member Board dismissed Rous sell last week but  him tuesday. White Board members voted in december against renewing Rous sell s $80.000-a-Ycar contract when it expires in june prompting the five Blacks on the Board to announce their resignations. Roussell and his supporters claim the Board was terminating his contract because he is Black rather than because of his alleged Lack of managerial skills. Helicopter pilots chief warrant officer Debra Mann left and Cap. Lisa Kutschera came under enemy fire in Panama. Female army pilots confirm coming under fire in Panama Washington a two female . Army helicopter pilots confirmed thursday that they came under enemy gunfire when they new troops into Battle during the Midnight hours of the Pana Manian invasion. At night when you Sec the tracer bul lets coming at you you realize you could end up giving up your life for your coun  said one of the women capt. Lisa Kutschera. Kutschera. Along with chief warrant officer Debra Mann flew uh-60 Black Hawk helicopters As they evaded enemy bullets while airlifting infantry troops into several Landing zones on the night and Early morn ing of dec. 20. I m quite proud of them said their commander. Cape. Thomas Muir who was wounded in the head during one of the operations in which Kutschera was flying. They took a tremendous amount of fire. There were some very hot los Landing zones " Mann s chopper was so damaged that she was forced to give up her Mission. I did t even know i was hit she said. The two women and a third female Pilot who dodged bullets during a Supply flight the next Day have been nominated for the air medal the first women to be so honoured. Kutschera and Mann have also been nominated to receive the additional a designation for particularly courageous conduct. The third helicopter Pilot. Warrant officer Caryl Newberry. Came under Small arms fire while flying a logistics Mission on dec. 21. . Law bars the Navy and air Force from placing women in combat roles. The army has a policy of combat exclusion that prevents women from being assigned jobs directly related to combat. Women s roles in Panama first gained attention with reports that army capt. Linda Bray led troops into Battle with panamanian defense forces at a police dog Kennel. Rep. Patricia Schmo Cdr a Colo. Has called for the army to conduct research on lifting combat restrictions against women. Bentsen against Moynihan plan by the Iris Angeles times Washington the much discussed Moynihan plan fur a big Cut in social Security payroll taxes appeared doomed thursday after sen. Lloyd Bentsen d Tivas. Chairman of the Senate finance committee declared his opposition saying that it would cause serious problems for the  at the same Lime. Bends in told reporters he was not slamming the door on a smaller reduction in social Security taxes if it were offset by an increase in reve Nues so there would be no Rise in the Federal budget deficit. But even such a mini Moynihan Bill now faces an Uphill fight in the Senate. Three leading economists also testified against the proposal by sen. Daniel p. Moynihan. . To slash 162 billion in payroll taxes Over the next two years contending that its passage would drive up the deficit interest Rales and prices. Currently excess social Security funds Are used to by Treasury Bonds. The Money is thus available Indi reel i to fund general operating expenses and help mask inc True size of the Federal deficit. Moynihan s plan would have rolled Back the tax to eliminate most of the surplus. The approach he said is designed to end the practice of relying on social Security taxes which fall heaviest on lower and mid dle income taxpayers to cover other programs. The administration has charged that Moynihan s plan would invite proposals to raise income taxes to make up for the lost Revenue. Despite thursday s setback. Moynihan indicated that he was working on an alternative plan that would bar the use of social Security surpluses to finance the government s deficit. He said that he hoped to get bends in s backing for that measure at least. Sen. Bob Packwood r-orc., ranking gop member of the finance committee said that he believed the Moynihan plan was not practical because the Public was not clamouring for a reduction in payroll taxes and there was no Way to do it without enlarging the deficit by s55 billion or More or raising other taxes. The democratic leaders in the Senate and House have not yet taken a position on the Moynihan plan but have asked a combined task Force to study it. With the chief tax writers in the Senate and House opposed to Moynihan s approach however it appeared increasingly unlikely that Senate majority Leader George j. Mitchell a Maine or House speaker Thomas s. Foley d-wash., would embrace the controversial Bill despite the political Appeal of cutting taxes. Meanwhile a panel of economists sharply criticized the payroll tax cuts on grounds they would drive up interest rates add to inflation and increase the deficit from $40 billion to $95 billion a year. Unless the lost Revenue were replaced Moynihan s plan would bring tighter monetary policy and a result ing increase of 1.5 to 2 percentage Points in interest rates said Charles l. Schultze former budget director in the Lyndon b. Jphnson administration who is now director of economic studies at the Brookings institution. Army identifies Mia remains Honolulu a a military honors Cere Mony was held thursday morning As eight american servicemen killed during the Vietnam War began their final journey Home. The remains were identified on wednesday by the army s Central identification Laboratory Here. They were placed aboard a military Jet at Hickam fab for a Ili Ghl to Travis fab. Calif. Six of the dead were identified As maj. Samuel k. Toomy Iii of Independence to capt. Raymond c. Stacks of Memphis Tenn. Sgt. 1st class Arthur e. Bader or. Of Atlantic City . Sgt. 1st class Gary r. La Bohn of Wixom. Mich sol. Is. Class Klaus d. Scholz of Amarillo Texas and set. 1st class Michael h. Mein of Cape Vincent . Also identified wednesday were the remains of a Serviceman who died on oct. 2. 1968. His name was withheld at the request of his family. The eighth set of remains was identified in november As air Force col. Charles d. Roby of Iowa Park. Texas