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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 27, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 a the stars and stripes wednesday june 27,1990mandela Calls on Congress for support Nelson Mandela acknowledges his warm reception tuesday during an address on Capitol Hill. Washington apr Nelson Mandela appealed to Congress on tuesday to support the struggle for a multiracial democracy in South Africa and said his country a continues to bleed and suffocate under the repression of White minority Rule. A your people continue to die to this Day victims of armed agents of the state who Are still determined to turn their guns against the very idea of a racial democracy a the South african Black Leader told an audience of lawmakers diplomats and Cabinet officers in the House of representatives chamber. Mandela did not specifically address the Issue of his embrace of violence As a last resort alternative in the struggle for Freedom although he reminded his audience of the Many americans who died for Freedom in the revolutionary War the civil War and two world wars. Mandela was greeted with prolonged applause As he made his Way into the chamber. He smiled broadly As he mounted the podium and began a speech that was punctuated by applause. His refusal to renounce violence on monday w Hen he met with president Bush has caused some of his supporters consternation. In his speech he said a we would be fools to believe that the Road ahead of us is without major hurdles. A too Many among our White compatriots Are slaves in the ideology of racism to admit easily that change must  he added pointedly a for those who care to worry about violence in our country As we do it is at these forces that they should focus their  he credited the economic sanctions in place against South Africa for contributing to his release from prison after 27 years. He added that they should remain in place until a new Constitution is passed and democratic elections Are held. And he clearly preferred to talk of his vision of a peaceful future a let us keep our arms locked together so that we form a solid Phalanx against racism to ensure that that Day comes now. By our common actions let us ensure that Justice triumphs without  envisioning a Day when the White minority government has been replaced Mandela said the country a Economy must be transformed. But addressing administration concerns about his socialist economic views Mandela said a the Anc holds no ideological positions which dictate that it must adopt a policy of  the Deputy president of the Anc credited president . De Klerk with being committed to peaceful transition in South Africa. But he added a peace will not come to our country and Region until the apartheid system is  from Page 1 Ink May total More than $200 billion in the next fiscal year. Until now when asked whether the president would accept higher taxes Bush and his aides have repeatedly said that they have stopped using Bush s Campaign pledge a no new  at a news conference congressional democratic leaders refused to say whether they think he has broken his Campaign pledge. However they made Clear they think the political landscape has changed. A someone who is complaining about taxes being raised in the budget Summit will have to complain against both parties and the president if they wish to make that kind of  said House speaker Thomas s. Foley id Wash. Other elements that Bush said must be included in a deficit reduction plan Are cuts in Federal Benefit programs Ira from Page 1 tuesday for clues to the bombers. Thatcher the clubs Only female member called monday nights bombing a one More outrage in a Catalon of terrorist  tory leaders said they were determined to rebuild the club As it was rebuilt after being hit by German bombs in world War ii. The bomb which exploded at 8 40 p.m., was placed inside a porch Way but outside locked Security doors said Geprge Church ill Coleman Leader of Scotland Yards anti terrorist squad. A there was a video camera outside the building and we re examining that tape now a he said. The most serious injuries were suffered by Charles Henry 76, a Porter at the club and lord Kaberry 82, a former vice chairman of the conservative party and a other Domestic initiatives and defense reforms in the Federal budget process and a growth  the term growth incentives is often used to describe a reduction in the capital gains tax which Bush has fought for since taking office last year. The president says such a Cut would stimulate economic growth while opponents say it would simply be a gift to the wealthy who own most of the real estate and other property that would qualify for the reduction. Rep. Dan Rostenkowski chairman of the House ways and Means committee called Bush a statement a an important step in the right  a it is Clear to me that any program comprehensive enough to make a significant Dent in the deficit will have to include both spending cuts and tax increases a said Rostenkowski Dill. The fiscal 1991 budget Bush unveiled in january contained $19.7 billion in new taxes user fees and other revenues. The Gramm Rudman Law will trigger widespread spending cuts on oct. 1 a the Start of fiscal 991 a unless the Gap is kept to $74 billion or less. Member of the House of lords. Henry suffered serious head injuries and was recovering from surgery tuesday in the intensive care unit said Westminster Hospital duty manager Kim Hodgson. Lord Kaberry was suffering from Shock minor cuts and bruises and would be kept in the Hospital for observation Hodgson said. Hospital spokeswoman Margaret Mcdargh said two police constables treated for smoke inhalation would probably be discharged tuesday. Police said five others were slightly injured two other employees at the club another Man and two american tourists Jane Kahan 49, and Jacob Boal the Zhuva 61, both of new York. They were on the Street at the time of the explosion and were treated for cuts from flying Glass a spokesman for St. Thomas Hospital said. The Ira whose aimed Campaign is intended to undermine British resolve in Northern Ireland has renewed its offensive in Britain and Continental Europe. The Ira wants to unite the predominantly protestant province with the 95 percent Catholic Republic of Ireland. News briefs red Cross says death toll in Iran quake May hit 70,000 Manjila Iran apr the Interior minister said tuesday that �?o99 percent of the victims from a devastating earthquake have been counted but a red Cross official said the death toll could reach 70,000. Officials say at least 50,000 people have been killed 200,000 injured and half a million rendered homeless from thursdays quake in Northern Iran. Bone weary rescuers Are losing Hope of finding More survivors in the rubble of nearly 350 earthquake flattened cities and towns. But some took heart when a 1-year-old girl was found alive in her bedroom four Days after the quake. Foreign Aid continued to pour into the capital Tehran. More than 130 planes carrying Relief supplies medical volunteers and financial contributions have arrived since sunday. Interior minister Abdullah Nouri said 99 Perchem of the bodies of quake victims have been recovered but he said there was still no definitive casualty count lithuanian president talks with Gorbachev returns Home Vilnius . Apr lithuanian president vytautas Landsbergis met with Mikhail s. Gorbachev at the Kremlin tuesday. Gorbachev invited Landsbergis to the unannounced meeting apparently to discuss Gorbachev a proposal that the lithuanian parliament pass a moratorium on its March 11 declaration of Independence said Haris Subacius a parliamentary spokesman. Landsbergis returned later to Vilnius for a parliament debate on the moratorium which has been recommended by lithuanian prime minister Kazimiera Prunskiene. A the proposed temporary moratorium could save our dignity and at the same time promote the solution of the accumulated problems a the official soviet news Agency Tass quoted Prunskiene As  from Page 1 of agriculture a grading system. The american beef will be Grade b. Mackrain said the biggest fear among shoppers is that the . Beef will Cost More than the lower Grade european beef that has been sold since the mid-1970s. But that a not expected to happen initially. The . Government is subsidizing the Sale of . Beef overseas to the tune of $ 14 million the first year $9.4 million the second year and $4.6 million the third year. That should keep prices Down Mackrain said. A commissary officials do not expect the Selling Price of the . Beef to be any More than a  cents More per Pound than the Price of the european beef a according to an army news release issued late monday. After three years . Beef in overseas stores should Cost the same As it does at military outlets on the East coast of the United states commissary officials have said. Not All commissaries in Europe or types of meat Are affected by the change. Stores South of the Alps still will Stock locally bought beef. Mackrain said that by the time it reached the Mediterranean area the beef would be very near the end of its shelf life. Throughout Europe other meats such As Chicken and pork still will be bought locally. As to whether the beef will taste different Mackrain said a Only to some of us connoisseurs i  tuesdays delivery of american beef is just the tip of the Hoof. By mid july Reg ular shipments of the meat should begin reaching All commissaries in West Germany the United kingdom the Netherlands and Belgium. Stores Are being required to Stock Only . Beef by order of Congress. Congress issued that directive in retaliation for a european ban on the Sale of hormone fed american beef on this Side of the Atlantic. Because of this International squabble army officials in Europe consider the arrival of american beef to be a politically sensitive Issue. Contributing to this report Deedee Arrington Doc m Kaiserslautern West Germany  
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