European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 19, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Crisis in the Gulf related stories and photos pages 2, 3, 16, 17, 28 the  authorized unofficial publication for the . Armed forces vol. 49, no. 188 Friday october 19, 1990 25 daily and sunday d 8693 a his Enate kills tax the Rich plan lawmakers cite Bush threat to veto budget Bill Washington apr the Senate on thursday voted 55-45 to defeat an Effort to raise taxes on the Rich and moderate a medicare Premium increase As it struggled to Complete work on a deficit reduction plan. The vote killed an amendment by Sens. Albert Gore d-tenn., and Barbara Mikulski d-md., that would have scaled Back increases in gasoline taxes and medicare premiums and substituted a House approved three pronged attack on those with higher incomes. The amendment was one of More than two dozen under Senate consideration Many of which have been designed to move the Senate Bill closer to the soak the Rich package that won House approval tuesday. A do we want to ask senior citizens in the Hospital to pay More so the wealthiest in our society can pay less a Gore asked before the vote on his amendment. A the Middle class has no More to give a Mikulski said. Democratic leaders praised the aim of the amendment but said it would have killed the deficit reduction package because president Bush has promised to veto any plan raising the top tax rate on the wealthiest americans to 33 percent. The proposal would have raised that rate from 28 percent. A what we have tried to do is put together a package the president will sign a said sen. Lloyd Bentsen d Texas chairman of the finance committee. A there is substantial divergence with what came out of the House. We will end up with something that is in  the budget Bill is on a fast track that congressional leaders Hope could place it on Bush a desk for his signature Friday night. Without final action or at least considerable Progress on such a package Bush has said hell shut Down the government saturday morning when Federal spending authority is due to expire. A key element of the Senate a deficit plan is a 9vi-see Senate on Back Page refreshing change it used to be an East German guard Tower where trigger Happy police kept a Sharp Eye out for illegal Border crosses at Duderstadt Germany. Now things Are different in reunited Germany. The fearsome Tower has been converted to a snack bar for refreshment of travellers who go and come freely Over the Border. Stasi files give . Leads on espionage director of Cia says Washington a . Officials Are gaining important espionage information from newly available files of the disbanded East German secret police Cia director William Webster said. German officials have shared with the United states information from voluminous files seized when the communist government of East Germany was toppled by popular discontent last fall he said. A we have pursued a number of important leads a the Cia director said in an interview wednesday. A a that a not to say we be identified spies but we be Learned More about some notorious  he declined to elaborate. Former East Germany a Stasi secret police had about 80,000 agents keeping tabs on its 11 million citizens Webster said. The files have yielded a Bonanza of secrets and identified some highly placed officials in former West Germany As spies for the East he said. A i  be surprised to see those files disappear a Webster said in discussing the discomfort they have caused German politicians. East and West Germany merged oct. 3. Webster said his counterpart in Moscow a must be wondering How Many soviet spies have been compromised by the seizure. The Cia director also said that the United states and soviet Union have been sharing information about terrorist threats and that the persian Gulf crisis May Lead to More intelligence cooperation. The Kremlin however must take care in sharing information on Iraq because it is trying to negotiate the departure of about 5,000 soviet citizens trapped there Webster said. A anything they say that suggests they provide intelligence to us May diminish see Stasi on Back Page go set to wed German love a til desert shield did them part by Vince Crawley staff writer with 24th inf div saudi Arabia a had things gone according to plan spec. Jeffrey Hoffmann would have married his German Girlfriend in August. Head just been transferred from Germany to the United states had signed out on leave and bought a pickup truck. His Fiancee Manuela Brichs had flown to his mothers Home in Anna Maria Fla. Desert shield however beckoned. Hoffmann a 20-year-old cavalry scout had just finished a two year tour in the 11th army Cav regt along the now defunct East German Border. The Day the Border started falling he was on duty in the Mai Ningen Gap near bad kissing in and the orders started coming Over the unit radios a a done to shoot East German civilians climbing Over the  hundreds crossed that first Day and surrounded the regiments hum pcs. People were even cutting holes in the fences Hoffmann said and they All wanted their pictures taken with american soldiers. It was peace. History. And he was part of it. He met Brichs in bad kissing in. He flew her to Florida at the beginning of August took her to Disney world and went scuba diving with her. The next morning they a already got dressed to go see go on Back Page