European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 8, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday May 8, 1990 the stars and stripes a a a Page 7powell says Dod review could trim budget 25% by the Washington Post Washington a the defense department needs to conduct an extensive top to Bottom review of weapons systems personnel Levels training practices and military strategy which could Lead to a 25 percent lower defense budget according to the nations top military officer. Army Gen. Colin l. Powell chairman of the joint chiefs of staff said that a every single hardware system a military base and operational doctrine a Down to the wording of each Field manual a should be up for grabs in a review aimed at ending or modifying programs and expenditures suited Only to the military threat that existed at the height of the cold War or As recently As 1986. Powell said such a review could be used to restructure a . Military Force to roughly three quarters its current size within four to five years without endangering National Security. A what in a trying to put across to the department is the military threat really is different a Powell said in explaining one of the strongest Calls for . Militant Reform by any Bush administration official to Date. Coming just As president Bush urged a sweeping review of the North Atlantic treaty organizations european Mission Powell a remarks suggest an unusual level of anxiety and introspection in the administration Over changes in the political landscape engendered by recent Eastern bloc political and military reforms. Although Powell did not cite specific Dollar amounts during the interview in his Pentagon office a 20 percent to 25 percent spending Cut could reduce the current $291 billion budget by As much As $73 billion. Defense Secretary Dick Cheney has already proposed reducing the budget by 2 percent each year through 1997 after taking into account the effects of inflation. The House of representatives amid growing Calls for a a peace dividend a last week approved a spending plan for the next fiscal year that would trim $8 billion from the current Pentagon budget and $24 billion from the administrations proposed level. Powell Powell said he is not opposed to reasonable spending cuts a because i think increasingly we can wipe away from our eyes. These a evil Empire filters that we used for Many Many years to View the soviet military  although the defense department has already scaled Back some of its most costly weapons programs in response to the expected withdrawal of soviet forces from Eastern Europe a we know we have to get smaller a Powell said. A we can go Down  he also warned however that a some people in town Are trying to put this budget in too Steep a dive a which he said will wreak havoc on an All Volunteer Force that has taken a dozen years to  he said that eventually the United states could and probably would Cut its troops in Europe below 215,000, a number that the Bush administration until now has said was the minimum prudent level for the foreseeable future. He said that additional army divisions will be eliminated Many military bases will be shut weapons stockpiles will dwindle and shipbuilding will slow. These changes Are feasible because current soviet and Warsaw pact reforms will give the United states up to a year of a political and strategic warning before any offensive soviet military action in Europe instead of the previously expected two weeks of a tactical  Powell has said he envisions the future . Military having four principal components a a so called a a heavy Force capable of fighting a medium to High intensity conflict across the Atlantic equipped with tactical nuclear weapons. A a somewhat a lighter Quot Force capable of defending . Interests in the Pacific including . Troops and equipment in Korea and Hawaii. A a a a contingency Force capable of rapid deployment from . Territory into military hot spots such As Panama. A a a a strategic Force of nuclear weapons to deter superpower conflict. An especially inviting target Powell indicated is the a a waste and a unnecessary expenses associated with outmoded military bases. A a lot of our base Structure is Post Indian War and Post world War ii a he said. Powell a National Security adviser under former president Reagan said he wants to cooperate with the soviets and a be open with them and indicated he is occasionally at Odds with others at the Pentagon who resist this  stay away from Parade Over sex Kkt Leader Thibodaux la. Apr Many Blacks stayed away from the Thibodaux Volunteer fire departments annual Parade sunday because of the presence of state rep. David Duke a former Kun flux klan Leader who is running for the . Senate. Parade chairman Robert Fields was told saturday that All four school bands would pull out. However two bands marched minus their Black members. A i did not see any Black students. In fact we did no to see any Blacks in the Parade at All. Normally there a a mounted group a said Katib am news director Marie Bergeron who broadcast a description of the Parade. Police sgt. James Hughes said he saw at most 40 Blacks among the thousands of people who lined the Parade route. A usually they Are More supportive a he said. The Lafourche Parish chapter of the National association for the advancement of coloured people and local Black ministers had urged Blacks to stay away from the Parade because of Dukes presence. A a it a amazing the a act is so intolerant a said Duke who says his years As Imperial wizard of the knights of the Kun flux klan and his ties to Neo nazi groups were Youthful errors. A i think we need equal rights for All people in  Duke one of two republicans in the race to unseat democratic sen. J. Bennett Johnston Rode in a White convertible with an entourage of about six smiling and waving at the  arrangers lend a hand a the newly restocked shelves of his store form the backdrop for Onekama mich., grocer Ray Franz after a fire put him out of business. His customers in the Small Community on Lake Portage West of Cadillac and near Lake Michigan staged a Campaign for $85,000 in Loans that enabled Franz to reopen. Ohio says Lukens delinquent in �?T88 taxes Columbus Ohio apr . Rep. Donald la kens fighting for re election in this weeks primary under the Cloud of a sex related conviction has been certified As delinquent by the Ohio department of taxation a newspaper reported sunday. The tax department certified a personal income tax delinquency of $1,514, including penalty and interest against the Ohio Republican on april 18, the Columbus dispatch said. The Ohio attorney general a office filed a Lien on april 27 with the Butler county clerk of courts in Hamilton for collection of the tax for 1988, the newspaper said. Lukens faces three opponents in tuesdays Republican primary. He has been snubbed by the local gop but has refused repeated Calls to resign his office and leave the race. The dispatch said spokesmen for Lukens at first denied the tax liability but later admitted that it existed when the newspaper asked for a copy of Lukens 1988 state income tax return and a copy of any cancelled Check for payment. A i done to know what you Are talking about a Bill Jarrell Lukens chief of staff first said when asked about the matter. He said Lukens had an old tax liability at one time but said it was paid. If Lukens had a new tax liability he would have paid it off during a re election Campaign Jarrell said. A a it a obvious we re not going to let this sit out there a he said. David Stitt treasurer of Lukens Campaign said he shares a House with Lukens in Middletown and a we have not received any mailing. No one has received anything about any tax  but when the dispatch later asked Jarrell to provide documentation he said Lukens a is aware that the taxes Are  said saturday that Lukens has been waiting for a Federal income tax refund of about $5,000, based on an amended 1986 tax return so he could pay his state tax obligation. In May 1989, Lukens was convicted of contributing to the Una ugliness of a minor for having sex with a 16-year-old Columbus girl. He was sentenced to 30 Days in jail and fined $500 and is free on a $100,000 Bond while appealing. A ruling on his Appeal is expected within a month. In formally announcing he was running for re election last week Lukens apologized for what he termed a a dumb