European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 14, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 24 a the stars and stripes sunday october 14,1990lilli eases As storms leave flood legacy by United press International Hurricane Lilli lost Power and was downgraded to a tropical storm As it veered away from the mid Atlantic coast saturday but the remnants of two dissipated earlier storms poured floodwaters As much As Waist deep on roads from the Carolinas to Pennsylvania the National weather service said Lilli which had wielded gusts up to 92 Mph dropped below the minimum Hurricane threshold of 74 Mph Early saturday As it began turning toward the North. The turn from its northwesterly track which occurred earlier than expected allowed the weather service to cancel tropical storm watches and warnings posted for the North Carolina and Virginia coasts the storms new track was expected to bring it no closer to land than 120 Miles East of Cape Hatteras n.c., Early saturday 100 to 150 Miles East of the Virginia coast by saturday afternoon and 100 Miles East of Maryland by evening. Despite its turn away from the beaches the storm might still extend tropical storm Force winds to Shore a mainly in squalls a tossing a storm surge of 1 to 2 feet on the coast stirring up rough surf and causing Beach erosion the weather service said. Rain from two tropical storms that weakened and fell apart after hitting land continued to cause problems saturday along the East coast where they killed nine people earlier in the week. Flood warnings were posted As far North As Central Pennsylvania where Street flooding was reported in Perry and Northumberland counties. Warnings were also aloft and moderate to heavy rain was continuing in Maryland Virginia and the Carolinas. Rain was falling at More than 1 Inch an hour in parts of West Central Virginia West Central Maryland and northeastern West Virginia. The remains of tropical storm Marco a which earlier absorbed remnants of tropical storm Klaus a were entered Early saturday just West of Columbia s.c., and were moving slowly northward at less than 10 Mph the weather service said. In the Carolinas sue deaths were attributed to the storms. Two were traffic Ai cities and four were deaths fms Al lapsed darn. Georgia authorities Reis three fatalities resulting from near Augusta. E m by Early saturday Marcos winds. I no longer significant but heavy rain As much As 2 inches in a few hours j tinted in some areas the weather said. Water As much As 3 n reported in Low lying roadways in re Davidson and Guilford counties in i Carolina including the cities of Greensboro and High Point Spencer there was also widespread flooding ported throughout the Southern i Mont and Northern Foothills in North Calaide from Page 1 weapon at Schauble from a distance of about 24 inches police said. Security guards and bystanders pushed the assailant to the floor and police arrested the Man. Kaufmann a convicted Felon was known to local police As a drug addict and is believed to suffer from mental disorders officials said. During questioning Kaufmann confessed to the shooting and said he had planned the attack for half a year police said. Kaufmann told police he Felt he was being a psychologically tortured by authorities and also a Felt persecuted by the  he said he held the Interior minister responsible. Government officials expressed Shock and outrage Over the attack which happened about six months after a similar attempt on the life of social democratic candidate Oskar Lafontaine. A mentally deranged woman stabbed and seriously injured Lafontaine in the  at a Campaign rally in Cologne on april 25. Deputy Interior minister Hans Neusel will handle Schauble a duties during the absence. Senate panel oks tax plan geared to avoid showdown israelis from Page 1 have made recommendations on How to protect palestinians in the occupied territories. That was seen As part of a Plo tactic of trying to get the Council directly involved in supervising the territories. The Resolution instead envisages an inquiry organized by Secretary general Javier Perez de Cuellar. The . Ambassador to the United nations Thomas Pickering said the killings a never should have  r a the Security Council tonight grieves for those lost and injured and condemns the acts of violence a both provocative and reactive a he said. Mondays rioting in Jerusalem broke out after arabs threw rocks at praying jews. The arabs were killed when police moved in first with tear Gas and rubber bullets but later with live ammunition. In addition to the 19 dead about 140 arabs were wounded. About 30 jews were injured. The Resolution was sponsored by Britain Canada the soviet Union Zaire Finland the Ivory coast and France. A spokesman for prime minister Yitzhak Shamir of Israel said saturday that the Cabinet would have to decide whether to accept a . Investigating team. Washington up a while the House remained mired in partisan posturing the Senate finance committee Early saturday approved a Compromise five year deficit reduction plan crafted to avoid a showdown with president Bush. R the package which included $142.1 billion in tax increases and a $48.9 billion Cut in medicare does not include the contentious proposal for a tax increase for the highest income taxpayers coupled with the capital gains tax Cut that Bush covets. The tax writing committee approved the plan on a 15-5 vote at about 12 25 a.m., after 70 minutes of debate during which both democratic Leader sen. George Mitchell of Maine and Republican Leader Robert Dole of Kansas urged passage. The package went to the full committee Only after 4vi hours of Fine tuning during closed door bargaining among panel members. A i believe we be done the Job a said committee chairman sen. Lloyd Bentsen a Texas. The panel earlier had been thrown into turmoil after president Bush appeared to reject swapping higher income tax rates on the Rich for the lower tax on capital gains. Bentsen Mitchell and other panel democrats said they would have preferred a plan that included raising the marginal tax rate charged to the highest income americans from 28 percent to 33 percent a move Bush strongly opposes. Bentsen i said he was willing to give Bush a capital gains to Cut that is a tax break on profits from the Sale of assets  As stocks Bonds and real estate. But Bentsen said the Trade off Between a tax hike for the Rich and the capital gains Cut was scuttled As a result of Bush a indecisiveness on the Issue. He added the package did not include the 33 percent rate for the wealthiest americans because a we cannot get a package enacted without the presidents  the medicare Cut included in the package was Well below the $60 billion included in the budget Summit agreement hammered out Between congressional leaders and the White House that was rejected by the House last week. The Senate plan also included a phased in 9& cent tax on gasoline Down from the 12-cent proposal from the Summit agreement embraced the cig Arette and alcohol taxes of the budget Summit package and expanded on the luxury taxes while scrapping some tax deductions. On Friday House ways and Means committee i democrats completed their own competing budget plan an admittedly partisan document that scraps gasoline tax increases and creates a capital gains tax break intended for the Middle class not the Rich. . Service members can opt for allotments by year s end \i7acutmr twixt Nen. Washington a amps a a new military allotment option will be offered to service members by the end of the year Pentagon officials say. With the new option Active duty members can sign up for automatic mortgage or rental payments As Well As Auto insurance or personal loan instalments said Jim t. Jasinski from the Pentagon a comptroller office. A people have been trying to make these Type allotments and not been Able to a Jasinski said a the system just did no to allow  currently regulations authorize Only non discretionary allotments  As repaying government agencies buying . Savings Bonds and charitable contributions. Once approved service members can choose to have up to six of the new discretionary allotments deducted to automatically pay for just about any personal debt. Requests from military finance Center commanders to expand the allotment service prompted the action he said. Suggestions from the services and other interested parties on the new allotments Are now being solicited by Jasinskis office before the regulation change becomes final. Anyone wanting to comment can Call Jasinski at 703 697-0536 or write department of defense comptroller Washington d.c., 20301-1100.marine from Page 1 Possession he wanted a Walkman to play music tapes. His sister who is from Alachua fla., had also sent along a tape cassette telling him about what was going on Back Home. That first Day Walters was just listening to the part about How Angie was involved in protesting against South african apartheid. When the Walkman broke. He Hasni to been Able to fix it. He does no to have a Mother to Send him another. She died of cancer when he was 12. That same year his dad was slain. He was raised by his grandparents. His Granddad just had a quadruple bypass he said. His grandmother is ailing too. These Days Walters lives in a Swatch of desert desolation. He said he passes the Days by looking Forward to two things. One is music on a portable stereo like a Walkman. The other is letters. When his buddies saw him digging the other Day they got worried. One by one they sidled up to his Fox u t j him about what he should write to Rhonda whom he met a year ago in California while he was stationed at Camp Pendleton. A i had the whole Chain of command talking to me. The staff sergeant the Gunny gunnery sergeant the first sergeant and a lot of Guys in the  whatever they said Walters tried to behave the Way he figured a Marine should he sucked it in and kept on digging. A i held it All Day until that night a he said. A a that a when i started crying. They his buddies said i done to know How to Deal with it. That a when i broke Down. With their help he wrote her a letter. And now he Waits around his deep foxhole for mail Call