European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 29, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Inside stripes a prison bound Barry gives himself a Parade Page 5 a firing probationary teachers causes controversy pages 8-9 a Houston Routs Arkansas in Sec  21 a Bush popularity Down new poll  28 authorized unofficial publication for the . Armed forces vol. 49, no. 198 monday october 29,1990 weary Congress goes Home after approving budget plan Washington up the 101st Congress adjourned Early sunday after approving a hard fought $490 billion deficit trimming package along with a landmark clean air Bill immigration Reform and several other major Bills. Reflecting congressional concern about possible developments in the Middle East however the adjournment Resolution authorized leaders of Congress to Call the lawmakers Back into session before next january if events warrant. Protesters rally against fiscal policies by the associated press demonstrators rallied saturday in cities from Georgia to North Dakota to voice their displeasure with Federal fiscal policies and the deficit reduction package approved by Congress. Outside Chicago a Federal Plaza some of the More than 100 demonstrators waved brooms and carried signs Reading a time for a clean sweep of lawmakers who endorsed higher taxes. A Congress should Cut its own budget a declared one protester Jordan Rosner 26, of Chicago. About 70 demonstrators also carried signs protesting Federal spending policies at a rally staged in Lafayette Park just across the Street from the White House. President Bush was thousands of Miles away in Hawaii. The nationwide protest was organized by the Council for citizens against government waste a Washington based coalition that endorses limited government spending and a lid on Federal taxes. The a taxpayer action Day was planned for More than 160 cities saturday the same Day that Congress gave final approval to a deficit reduction measure that raises taxes by $137 billion. I to Many demonstrations however the turnout was less than had been anticipated. In Bismarck n.d., about 50 people gathered at the Capitol Steps to vent their anger at Congress. They complained that the Federal budget does no to resolve the country s financial problems. A a popular theme these Days is to throw All the Ras see policies on Back Page normally Only the president can Call Congress Back to work but some members fear president Bush May order . Military action against Iraq without first consulting with Congress. The budget package of tax increases and cutbacks in Federal spending was passed by the Senate on a 54-45 vote about 11 hours after the House gave its approval with a 228-200 vote that came shortly after Dawn saturday. See related Story Page 6. The Senate also passed and sent to Bush a landmark environmental measure that ends a 13-year deadlock Over How to Deal with the nations worsening air pollution problem. And the Senate gave final approval to a comprehensive housing assistance Bill that makes the first major changes in Federal housing programs in a decade. The Compromise immigration Bill sent to the president is expected to increase the total number of Legal immigrants from 530,000 a year to around 700,000, including More skilled workers from Europe. It Marks the first overhaul of Legal immigration policy since 1965. House members looking subdued and groggy from their All night session returned to work at mid afternoon to vote on the remaining appropriations and other Bills. The housing Bill gives state and local governments greater discretion in of Prat see Congress on Back Page a a n a o /. A it. V March through time a the desert scene looks familiar like something out of the movies. Actually its the saudi desert where members of the army a 1st Cav dives support command donned the uniforms of the old West cavalry to pre sent the colors during a change of command ceremony sunday. Col. Harold e. Burch relinquished his duties to col. Richard j. Fousek. The 1st Cav div is based in fort Hood Texas. Friend or foe it May be hard to Tell by Dave Tarrant staff writer saudi Arabia a if the shooting starts. Chief warrant officer Paul Kuklish will be in his Apache ah-64 attack helicopter looking for soviet made iraqi tanks to kill. But he also has to be careful not to attack one of his own tanks or those of . Allies. A one of the problems we run into if a Battle arises is that the iraqis have virtually the same weapons for the most part that we have and that the multinational forces have a Kuklish said. A fall the pilots know what a soviet t-72 tank looks like or a soviet t-55 tank looks like. But on the flip Side of that the syrians have that equipment also As Well As the  that some of the same weapons systems would be used by both sides worries pilots and commanders who must fight in the a fog of  a one of the big concerns that we have is fratricide a the killing of our own people. We done to want that to happen a said Kuklish 30, with the 3rd in 227th aviation regt from Hanau Germany. A so we re going to need to integrate a Little  helicopter pilots Arentt the Only ones concerned about a target identification  . Air Force pilots have to decide whether the Mirage Jet streaking toward them is Friend or foe. The Mirage i is flown by various Gulf states including Iraq Qatar and the United Arab emirates. Iraq has about 90 Mirage i air combat and ground assault fighters. Also All but a few of the two dozen mirages in Kuwait a air Force probably Are in iraqis hands. A even if there is a Clear understanding see Friend on Back Page