European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 29, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday july 29, 1990 the stars and stripes Page 5 tax plans bringing cries of protest by Cox news service Washington plans for raising the tax on a can of Beer by 1 i cents and limiting the Federal deduction for state and local income taxes have sparked nationwide resistance from the would be victims. _ after weeks of talk about reducing the nation s deficit the Bush administration finally floated a plan a whose details continued to emerge Friday a that would raise Federal excise taxes on Beer wine and Li-qu2riand, place a $10,000 Cap on the amount of state and local income taxes taxpayers could deduct from their Federal taxes. Even before the proposal hit the budget negotiating table opponents were Rushing to their Battle stations. The Beer Industry through a a can the Beer tax Quot and and other commercials has gathered nearly 250,000 signatures and letters from the nations estimated 80 million Beer drinkers. State legislators from across the country will converge on Capitol Hill and the White House on tuesday to lobby against any excise tax increases or change in Federal tax deductions. T a teachers school boards and an army of Public employees Are expected to enter the fray. They charge that at a time when the Federal government is reducing Aid to localities Uncle Sam is moving into areas of taxation that have been reserved for local and state governments. President Bush told reporters Friday that the budget proposal was still in flux. A a in a not locked into any specific proposal Quot he said refusing to discuss details of the plan. The House majority Leader rep. Richard a. Gehardt d-mo., avoided criticizing the White House budget and tax outline and conceded Friday that the democrats Are considering similar Revenue measures. A a everybody a list is pretty much the same a he said after a meeting with Bush. The democrats who have yet to offer their own plan Are promising to respond with one soon. However the two sides appeared no closer to an Accord. A i think that s a fiasco a said the House Republican whip Newt Gingrich of Georgia who described the budget talks As being Quot in a  Gingrich a Long in time tax foe added that the deduction Cap would be a the most effective tax on the  sen. Bob Packwood a Republican budget negotiator from Oregon has said that 97.4 percent of the people affected by the proposed ceiling earn More than $100,000 annually and 86 percent of them make More than $200,000. The effect of the Cap would vary from state to state. States such As Florida and Texas Are not Likely to be affected since they have no income tax. Residents of states with High income taxes such As new York and Massachusetts would be harder hit particularly those who also pay City income taxes. Setting the deductibility limit would raise about $3 billion nationwide next year according to administration estimates. The proposed new taxes on alcoholic beverages would bring in about $7 billion. It would raise the 16cent Federal tax on a six pack of Beer to 81 cents. A Standard bottle of wine would be taxed 76 cents up from the current 3-cent Levy \ Starke Fla. Apr a killer who stabbed raped and robbed a woman was executed Friday evening after the . Supreme court rejected claims that Florida s electric chair Wasny to working properly. The execution of Anthony Bertolotti 38, was the first since the chair malfunctioned in May. It was carried out without any sign of problems gov Bob Martinez a office said. The supreme court had rejected Ber Tolotti a last Appeal about 30 minutes before he died at 7 07 . Bertolotti was the 23rd inmate to die in the chair since capital punishment was resumed in Florida in 1979 and the 136th executed in the nation since the supreme court restored the death penalty in 1976. He jerked Back in the chair clenched his fists then slumped after each of three surges of Power was applied. There were White whips of smoke As is usual for the electrocutions. A dozen death penalty supporters staged a demonstration in a pasture across from the Florida state prison. A Man and a woman stood in an area usually used by capital punishment opponents but  talk to reporters. Bertolotti the courts have delayed executions for five other Florida inmates because of claims by death penalty opponents and the inmates lawyers that the chair was a malfunctioning torture device that burned its victims alive. In a May 4 execution fire smoke and Sparks spewed from Jesse Tafero a head As the states Black hooded executioner applied three surges of Power before the inmate was declared dead. Bertolotti was sentenced to die for the sept. 27, 1983, murder of Carol Ward. She was working in her Yard in Orange county when Bertolotti approached and asked to use the Telephone and she let him in. He grabbed a knife and robbed her of $30, then became angry and stabbed her repeatedly until the knife broke. He found another knife and stabbed her until she died leaving the knife in her body. At some Point Bertolotti removed her clothes and raped her. He was convicted on March 31, 1984. Bertolotti wrote several letters to prosecutors after his conviction saying he Wasny to sorry. A i have no regrets or sorrows for the murder of Carol Ward Quot he wrote. She a should have locked her Damn door i really did a favor by taking her life done to you think so a Bertolotti a execution was the 220th time Florida a electric chair had been employed since 1924. Los Angeles apr a mistrial was declared Friday in Raymond buckeyes second trial on charges he molested children at the Mcmartin pre school. Prosecutors said they  try him a third time. The prosecutors decision following a jury deadlock on eight counts ended the longest costliest criminal Case in . History. Quot it is Clear to me that the jury will not reach a verdict in this Case on any of the counts Quot Superior court judge Stanley Weisberg said in declaring the mistrial. Votes on seven of the eight counts leaned toward acquittal and Deputy District attorney Joseph Martinez said Buckey would not be tried again. Quot the Community has had enough. We gave it Ourin pre school molestation trial Raymond Buckey is embraced by his father Charles outside the courtroom after mistrial was declared. Best shot a Martinez said. Buckey said he would not be Happy until Weisberg makes a final ruling at a hearing wednesday on whether to abide by the prosecution motion to dismiss. A no one has won in the Mcmartin Case one or two a Buckey said. A i was innocent coming in and in a still innocent because i Wasny to found  the Lack of Resolution was another Bizarie development in the Case which has consumed seven years of court time and Cost los Angeles county More than $13.5 million. During a news conference District attorney Ira Reiner conceded there were Quot fundamental problems with the evidence in this Case Quot but said he did not regret going through with the second trial. Defense attorney Danny Davis said the ordeal would never be Over for the parents. Even one of the most outspoken parents who had demanded the retrial said she had tired of the Battle. A i really Wasny to surprised a Jackie Mcgauley said of the mistrial. A people Are real divided on this Issue. I feel such Relief that its Over. Id like to get on with the work of seeing that the Justice system is changed to accommodate  asked what he would do with the rest of his life Buckey said Quot in a just going to go on. In be Learned to endure a lot of things in seven years. I would like to be just left alone. Quot ill have to get a Job now a he added with a smile. Buckeyes father Charles said he was disappointed his son was not acquitted. Quot in be lost Faith in the District attorneys office Quot he said. A every one of these people has lied and been very  divided on All counts the jurors were unanimous on one thing that the Case should not be tried again. Quot there Are too Many questions too Many gaping holes and its too much Lime to spend Quot Saia juror Michael Carapella a 25-year-old musician. Jury Foreman Richard Dunham told the judge that an extra week of deliberation which came after the panel reported earlier deadlocks Only resulted in splitting jurors further. Early Friday they retracted two unanimous verdicts they submitted in sealed envelopes reporting they were deadlocked on those counts As Well. Dunham said the panellists had divided their votes differently on the eight counts with the splits ranging from 6-6 to 11-1. The jurors took the same route an earlier jury took last january choosing not to decide because they could not agree whether Buckey was guilty or innocent of molesting three Young girls As Long As 10 years ago at his family a Manhattan Beach preschool. Several jurors said they Felt the crucial pieces of evidence dividing them were the videotapes made by childrens Institute International in which therapists interviewed toddlers about whether they were molested. Another juror complained there was insufficient corroborating evidence from witnesses other than the parents to Back up the children a stories. Quot All the evidence i saw in the process to me he a not guilty Quot said juror Sylvia Scrigna 30, a Bank  of time in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. July 29, 1950 a american and South korean forces struck counter blows against concentrated enemy assaults along a 200-Miie battlefront.30 years ago today. July 29, 1960 a a Brief helicopter hop Between Chicago airports ended in death for 13 people when the copter crashed in a suburban cemetery. Witnesses said it appeared to Stop in midair before plunging to the ground.20 years ago today. July 29, 1970 a or. Thomas Paine the Nasa administrator who guided the first Mon Landing resigned.10 years ago today. July 29, 1980 a leaders of some Western nations that once supported the Shah of Iran who died in an egyptian Hospital at age 60 of cancer said they would not attend his funeral