European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 28, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The a  authorized unofficial publication for the . Armed forces vol. 49, no. 197 sunday october 28, 1990 a a Good morning 25t daily and sunday d 8693 a pilots sentenced former Northwest airlines capt. Norman Lyle Prouse and his wife leave the Minneapolis Federal building Friday after he was sentenced to 16 months in prison for flying an air plane while intoxicated. Co Pilot Robert Kirchner and flight Engineer Joseph Balzer each received 12-month terms. Close House vote passes deficit Deal Washington apr a nearly $250 billion Defi Cit reduction package of tax increases and spending restraints supported by president Bush and democratic leaders was approved by the House Early saturday Over the opposition of most republicans. The 228-200 vote sent the Bill to the Senate which was to consider it later in the Day. The Bill was supported by 181 democrats and 47 republicans 74 democrats and 126 republicans opposed it. A the american people have had enough of. Being told that somehow we can confront the deficit and it does no to involve pain a rep. Leon Panetta d-calif., and chairman of the House budget committee said in a plea for support. A the fact is that it does and that is what this package is All  a by doing this we have reduced the debt on each of our kids by $2,000,�?� said rep. Dan Rostenkowski Dill. Republicans complained that the plan which includes the second biggest tax increase in history was being considered in the Middle of the night without members even having a Chance to read it. And they said the tax increases would just Lead to More spending. A deficit reduction its almost an obscenity to Call it that because the deficit will continue to Rise said rep. Craig James a Fla. For All the Bill a problems said House Republican Leader Robert Michel of Illinois a the american people would rather have imperfect Progress than perfect  the new Bill the heart of a plan expected to shave $496 billion off the Federal deficit Over the next five years includes higher taxes on gasoline tobacco alcoholic beverages and certain luxury goods. It would reduce spending for medicare by about $44 billion curtail farm subsidies and shift a sizable portion of the Federal tax Burden onto the wealthy. A i certainly think we have the votes in the Senate to pass it a said sen. Lloyd bunt san a Texas chairman of the finance committee. The measure which was passed by the House at 7 . Near the end of a 21-hour workday is so voluminous that one copy fills a Box the size of an Apple crate. Senate passage would Send the measure to Bush who in the interest of reducing the deficit abandoned his pledge against raising taxes. Disposal of the deficit plan and spending Bills to keep the government in operation Over the next 11 months would Clear the Way for adjournment of Congress until january. Congressional leaders continued negotiating with administration officials right up to the time the deficit Bill was sent to the House floor for debate. The lingering hang  were not Over the tax provisions but Over How deeply to restrain spending on health programs. The Bill would raise the 9-cent gasoline tax by 5 cents double the tax on Beer to 32 cents a six pack raise taxes see House on Back Page americans dig deep to deluge troops with army of donations baseball cookies Board games car Shields comic books cookies facial Mist hand held games ice Cream lemonade lollipops non alcoholic Beer a oreo a Picante sauce Popcorn portable basketball goals Sand chairs shampoo amp conditioner skin so soft Sun Block Sticks toilet paper video games visors Frisbee partial list 100.000 boxes one truckload 30.000100.000 100.000 boxes 28.000 bottles10.000 1000 portions 34.000 pounds 50.000 250 cases 48 pallets 170 cases 1,080 pounds to be determined2.000 100.000 Pinch packs 21.000 9,900 Sticks 103 cases 4,000 to be determined Bob Sargent new York Stock Exchange carpool Westfield co. Legend food products Redden of California Donna Block Mcconnell a ice Cream co. Advantage food marketing Candy speciality co. Price waterhouse Nabisco brands Pace foods snack food business lifetime products Brid co. Image laboratories inc. Avon am. Indian heritage foundation Arizona air Natl guard feed the children College football Hall of Fame source defense logistics Agency a amps Susan Harris by Chuck Vinch Washington Bureau Washington a need a Little spice in your life desert shield warriors Pace foods is Happy to oblige. Its sending you 170 cases of Picante sauce. That arabian Sun cracking the dash on your humvee sit tight because 30,000 fold out Windshield screens Are Gulf bound. Dry peeling skin a problem in route Are 28,000 bottles of something called facial Mist. Need a Perch for those sandlot volleyball games get in line for 2,000 Sand chairs gifts from the Brid co. Of Raleigh . And How about those shortages of a More delicate nature the Arizona air National guard is wiping the slate clean with 163 cases of toilet paper. Such is the largesse of the american Public which has swamped the defense logistics Agency with gifts for the troops in saudi Arabia. As of thursday the Agency a donation hot line had received 3,000 Calls that have resulted in almost 600 agreements to ship goods to the persian Gulf area. The Agency has made transportation arrangements for 142 of those. Sixteen Are on the Way and 31 others Are awaiting shipment at depots around the country said it. Col. Henry Wyatt a logistics Agency spokesman. Eight employees work the hot line. A a it san immense workload for a Small staff a another spokesman said. A a it a heartwarming to see All this Hap see troops on Back Page Hawaii Welcome president Bush kisses Sally Hardisty after she presented him with a Lei on his arrival Friday in Honolulu. Looking on is her husband Pacific commander . Huntington Hardisty. Bush campaigned for Patricia Saiki a Republican congresswoman in a close race with democratic incumbent Daniel Akaka for a . Senate seat. Bush was to leave Hawaii on sunday