European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 22, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes warns sunday july 22,1990 Cheyenne Wyo. Api a president Bush said Friday he could accept tone Senate armed services commit a 18 billion reduction in the defense budget he proposed for fiscal 1991. But Bush speaking at the nation s my missile Arsenal cautioned Congress not to hold a some kind of fire Sale of military hardware to accommodate friendlier superpower relations and budget constraints. A the soviets know what deters and so does this president Quot he said in the rain. Addressing the committee s cuts a week earlier in his proposed defense budget a from $307 billion to $289 billion a Bush said a i m asking Congress to hold the Ziaei at the already painful reduction it me defense budget set Down bal her Senate armed services Committer 7. A there were gon positive things from the combat tree especially their support for strategic modernization As Well ,. As some other actions on the other hand that cause me  he did not elaborate on the Quot problems Quot except to say he would like More latitude an making personnel cuts than the Cortil Tikten proposed. Speaking to i Varal Hundred workers at the my installation bus said a i especially need amp amp Mility so that the Bedrock of the military . By trained highly motivated and exceptionally dedicated men Andje then peo pie  As you i be protected. I cannot support Reditt futons in the defense budget that would unfairly penalize those of Ydoli who have Given so much to  in the House the armed services committee will begin drafting a defense Bill this week with a $283 billion ceiling a less than the Senate panel s version. The president coupled his defense comments with a Sharp attack on Congress for practising a government by Grid lock and dragging its feet on budget overhaul. Before vate tour where the nation stored. On saturday Botish was to Fly to Newport newty Van a for the dedication of the nation s newest aircraft Carrier  George Washington. \ a Bush a proposal to deploy the my missiles each tipped with 10 nuclear warheads of frill launchers has encountered stiff resistance in Congress. The Senate committee has of isl to reject the bulk of Bush a request for More than $2 billion for the program. While saying he realized there would be a Cut in defense spending he told his audience a we have to have an orderly build Down not some kind of a fire Sale. A was we strive for strength and stability we must maintain an effective deterrent especially in the face of continuing across the Board modernization of the soviet strategic forces Quot Bush said adding Quot. A a we All recognize that we must get the deficit under control and that defense will contribute its share. But 1 Don t want defense to contribute More than its share Quot he said after the speech Bush drove through fog and rain to a Lake about 30 Miles from Cheyenne to go fishing with sen. Alan Simpson Rwy. A longtime Friend. As he has done in other stops on this three Day political trip Bush lashed out at democrats in Congress. Bush told a fundraising breakfast for Montana gop Senate candidate Allen Kos fifth Billings that he had done his part by  his 1988 a no new taxes pledge Ana now it was up to democrats. A enough is enough. We must end this a deficits done to matter mentality a Bush  from Page 1 the testimony of witnesses before the grand jury which indicted North plus witnesses who testified at his trial. A jury convicted North on May 4, 1989, of three of the 12 charges he faced a aiding and abetting an obstruction of Congress in connection with a november 1983 shipment of Hawk missiles to Iran. A altering and destroying National Security Council documents detailing his efforts to provide military assistance to the contras. A accepting an illegal gratuity a $13,800 Home Security system from retired air Force maj. Gen. Richard Secord whom North had enlisted to get arms to the contras and assist the Reagan administrations initiative toward Iran. The appeals court reversed North a conviction for altering and destroying Csc documents saying Gesell had Given an erroneous instruction to the jury on How to weigh evidence of what superiors might have told North to do. T president Bush who was vice president at the time of the Iran Contra affair and had dealings with North was told of the ruling his spokesman said. The White House declined any comment. North a conviction for destroying Csc documents led to his $23,100-a-year Marine pension being revoked. A Marine corps spokesman said that if North a attorney requests a review a that would be something that the Manne corps would have to look  the potential for taint was High in the North Case because his immunized testimony a was carried live on National television and radio replayed on news shows and Analysed in the Public Media Quot said the appeals court. John Nields former chief counsel to the House Iran Contra committee said Congress knew it was making life difficult for the special prosecutor but went ahead because it was important for con Gress to determine what a went wrong in the process Quot of government. A it was an absolutely Correct decision Quot said sen. Orrin Hatch a Utah. Hatch said the Independent counsel is a out of control in the Iran Contra matter Quot with a Young Hotshot attorneys. Trying to make their reputations at the expense of North and others. A one of the toughest problems v. The prosecution had was separating evidence that was not extracted from North when he appeared before Congress in his trial a said rep. Henry Hyde r-ill., who was a member of the Iran Contra committee. A i m resisting screaming out hallelujah Quot said rep. Robert Doman r-calif., who called North Quot an honorable  Brennan Page 1. On moist Iberal issues and the Only other Justice to remain act mantly opposed to the death penalty under All circus act is said he was saddened by the announcement. A without doubt is opinions will go Down in Histo bras the greatest of the Roquart Quot Marshall said. A Justice Rennan consistently has Ottn a voice of caution and compassion in urging that this court not Retreat from its constitutional Mission to protect an individuals rights of Freedom of expression to get Ftp amp tee that minorities be free from discrimination and to assure the rights of those accused of crimes. Justice Byron White 73, an appointee of Piti Jdant Kennedy in 1962, said a i am Justice Brennan a of Ragga colleague on the court and i enjoyed every Day i spent with him. He is a great Justice and he will be re Mem r news Brief 2 of captains safely eject from plane before crash incirl1k a. Turkey a two . Air by Oflyn Ciurlik. Friday Pilot Robert Travis suffered Only minor injuries according to base spokeswoman tech. Sol. Marty Davis. Weapons system officer Richard Basak was not injured. Both were taken by helicopter to the 39th tac group Hospital in in Ciurlik for observation. The men Are assigned to the 55th tac fighter so 20th tac fighter Wing at Raf upper hey Ford England. Davis said the plane crashed about 1 . In a Gorge in an isolated area of the Countryside. The capsule carrying the Pilot and Crew member landed on a Knoll above the Gorge she said. The cause of the crash is under investigation by a Board of officers Davis said. Breed for  sen. Edward m. Kennedy d-mass., hailed Brennan on Friday night saying he had a Learned an extraordinary place in american history and american constitutional Law Quot and ranks a with Marshall Holmes and Brandeis As the greatest justices the country has Ever  Kennedy one of the Leaden in the successful fight to deny a conservative judge Robert h. Bork a seat on the High court in the waning Days of the Reagan administration also served notice of the potential political fight to come. A Justice Brennan Samerica is the Kinder gentler nation of which president Bush has eloquently spoken Quot Kennedy said. A i urge the president to nominate a successor worthy of that  Bush is Likely to encounter enormous political pres be to replace Bre appointments he i Igde ral Bench so far Bush has generally followed for in several dozen appointments he has to the suits As he chooses a nominee to replace Bre Niqui. Made to followed president Reagan a approach 4# seeking judges who construe Laws narrowly favor police in criminal matters Sod defer to Congress Tod state Legislatures. In Check Tiftz people been largely praised by a Jetse who wish to reshape the it be with  an Outlook be has nation s Federal Coji rift in a More conservative direction. Among to bpm mentioned possible nominees Are a Kenneth w. Starr solicitor general. A judge Ralph k. Winter of new Haven conn., who its on the 2nd circuit . Couitt Guf appeals. D Abraham d. Sofaer former Federal judge who until recently served As state department Counselor. A judge Laurence h. Silberman of the court a appeals for the District of Columbia. A judge Patrick e. Higginbotham of Dallas who sits on the 4ih circuit . Court of appeals. A judge Roger Miner of Albany n.  who is on the 2nd circuit. A William w. Wilkins or. Of Greenville s.c., of the 4th circuit court of appeals. A j. Clifford Wallace of san Diego who Sims on the 9th circuit. A Cynthia h. Hall of Pasadena calif., also of the 9th circuit. In 1956, at 50, Brennan a Democrat who had never been Active in party politics was named to the us reme court by Eisenhower upon recommendations y leading republicans. A but Only rarely did he support the conservative position in cases susceptible to  ideological analysis. Brennan declined to accept the axiom a the us e1 it reme court follows the election returns a reflecting fluctuations in Public sentiment. He wrote in 1963 Quot the function of the supreme court is not to counter constituents it is to interpret a fundamental charter which imposes restraints on constituents. Independence mad integrity not popularity must be its standards Quot Brennan a Elevation to the supreme court came As an almost Complete Surprise to the Bench to the bar and to Brennan. Eisenhower named him to succeed Justice Sherman Minton who was about to retire because of poor health. Eisenhower wrote in his memoirs that he had been heavily influenced by Praise of the appointee by chief Justice Arthurt Vanderbilt of the new Jersey supreme court. One of Brennan a earlier opinions upheld a ban on obscene material while attempting in the process to narrow the area of  censorship. Sixteen Yean later in 1973, he took the unusual step of admitting that he had been wrong voting then against the Burger courts attempt to define obscenity More broadly and arguing that the courts should give up the Job altogether. But even in the 1957 Case he stressed that All ideas having even the slightest redeeming social importance a unorthodox ideas controversial ideas even ideas hateful to the prevailing climate of opinion a have the full Protection Quot of the Constitution. Boggs from Page 1 White has Coji intently won re election with Large margins. Officials at to Fig democratic congressional Campaign committee predicted Friday they will be Able to keep Hill units to a Nalii in Kurti Raty it Boggs District in the democratic column this november. Among the democrats who have announced they will a might no in the oct. 6 Primi a College professor Marc Morial or might run in the oct. 6 Prim toy Are Jon Johnson 41, a College professor Marc Morial 32, a lawyer and son of former new Orleans mayor dutch Morial and William Jefferson 43, a state senator and two time unsuccessful mayoral candidate