European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 24, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Me Topes authorized unofficial publication for the . Armed forces vol. 49, no. 193 wednesday october 24, 1990 25c daily and sunday Good Fri Prairi d 8693 a 31 ski Europe special Section inside today a newspaper a president Bush takes a bite out of a Vermont Apple at a fund Raiser tuesday in  defends hiking of taxes spending cuts Burlington it. Apr president Bush campaigning for Republican candidates in new England on tuesday defended his support for unpopular higher taxes and spending cuts. He said the Days of a Damn the deficit must come to an  a a we re hanging Tough for a Good agreement a Bush said speaking in one of the most economically hard pressed regions of the country. He said he hoped a budget package he can support would be crafted by congressional negotiators by wednesdays Midnight deadline. A a we be got a sluggish Economy out there nationally a Bush said claiming that a $500-billion, five year deficit reduction plan could help the Economy by driving Down interest rates. He called on republicans Many of whom oppose his budget stand to put a self interest aside and stand with him in support of a budget plan. The a Days of tax and spend and Damn the deficit must come to an end a Bush said at the Vermont fund raising breakfast. He was introduced by rep. Peter Smith r-vt., who is running for re election and who is one of the few republicans in the House to have voiced support for a democratic drafted deficit cutting plan opposed by the administration. For his part Smith said a my differences with the administration Are a matter of  he noted his support for the civil rights Bill Bush vetoed on monday As Well As their differences on the budget. However he praised Bush a support for a package combining tax increases with spending cuts and said Vermont voters were willing to pay higher taxes to get the nation out of deficit spending. Smith originally supported the tax increase and spending Cut plan assembled by the White House and congressional leaders but later repudiated Bysee Bush on Back Page iraqi Leader frees 14 . Hostages by the associated press fourteen americans left the iraqi capital for Jordan tuesday after being freed by Saddam Hussein a government. They departed As Britain worked to gain the release of 50 sick or elderly britons. A i was waiting for this moment. I am extremely Happy but sad at the same time because i am leaving Many of my friends and colleagues a Jack Fraser one of the freed americans told an associated press reporter in Baghdad Iraq. Fraser 53, of Santa Ana calif., worked for a construction company and had been held in a diplomatic compound in Baghdad. Related persian Gulf stories and photos on pages 2 and 3. Another freed american 44-year-old John Thompson said a i was in Iraq for the last four years working on a Baghdad City master  Thompson said he was eager to see his 68-year-old Mother lilo Thompson of Frankfurt Germany because she is going Blind. A she had a retinal separation and the stress that in a stuck in Iraq had caused her a heart attack a he said. A a in a her Only child and she wanted to see me  also leaving Iraq tuesday aboard a regularly scheduled iraqi airways flight were William Hollingsworth of Huntsville ala., and Lloyd Graham of Houston. No list of All 14 americans was released by officials and no other names were immediately available. About 1,000 americans remain trapped in Iraq and Kuwait. Salim Mansoor an iraqi american who met with Saddam said on monday that 14 ailing or elderly americans would be freed. Saddam Quot should not be under any disillusion. We Don t think aggression should be  a saudi Prince Bandar several of the american men who left Iraq tuesday appeared to be very Young and two were reportedly dependents of . Diplomats. It was not known Why Iraq decided to free the younger americans instead of sick and elderly people. Also tuesday saudi arabians ambassador was summoned to the state department in Washington where he denied the kingdom wants Kuwait to yield territory to Iraq in order to defuse the crisis in the persian Gulf. Saddam a should not be under any disillusion a Prince Bandar said before meeting with Secretary of state James Baker. A this is a decision for the kuwaitis not for us. But we done to think aggression should be  there have been indications that the Arab world was softening its hard line in dealing with Iraq a including a statement by saudi King fahd that Saddam would not lose face if he were to withdraw his troops. Oil prices plunged monday following reported re see hostages on Back Page evidence does t indicate Iraq is leaving Kuwait Powell says by the Cox news service Central come Headquarters saudi Arabia a the top american military officer Gen. Colin Powell said tuesday after an intensive intelligence and operations briefing that he sees no evidence that iraqi forces have begun withdrawing from the kuwaiti Border. A the iraqi forces still remain very solidly in Kuwait in the numbers we have been reporting All along a the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff told reporters. A and frankly i have not seen any evidence of  nervous world Oil markets have reacted sharply in the last few Days to a report from kuwaiti exiles that iraqi troops have begun pulling Back to a fenced in enclave in Northern Kuwait. Powell a remarks were the first authoritative comment by someone with full Access to satellite photos and other classified intelligence. Powell gave a Brief interview at a nearby saudi air base after he had finished eight hours of discussions with troop commander Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf and 10 of his senior staff in saudi Arabia. Aides said the sessions included a review of the latest intelligence on Iraq and Kuwait a discussion of the exact deployment of american troops and an analysis of american and Allied contingency plans. Powell did no to give a direct reply when asked whether he and Schwarzkopf discussed sending More tank divisions to reinforce the More than 200,000 americans in the Gulf Region. A obviously we examined every possible contingency with which we might be faced a he said. A we continued that late into the evening and continued again this morning. But i done to think i would put any particular significance on the length of  he declined to confirm or deny a lbs news report that a secret Pentagon study had found that the United states needs another 100,000 troops including two tank divisions to avoid a bloody ground stalemate if War Breaks out. After shaking hands for nearly an hour with smiling airmen assembled to meet him and conducting a Brief interview Powell took off in an air Force Jet to meet saudi defense minister Prince Sultan later tuesday. He was to Fly to Belgium tuesday night for meetings wednesday and thursday with his fellow nato military chiefs of staff. One novel feature of those sessions will be a speech by Powell a soviet counterpart Gen. Mikhail Moiseyev who is chief of the soviet general staff. Powell is set to return to Washington before the weekend where he is expected to Brief defense Secretary Dick Cheney and president Bush