European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 7, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                A a \ Simms leads giants Over Colts 24-7 a sports Page 21 the St amp and Lpes authorized unofficial publication forthe . Armed forces Good morning vol. 49, no. 207 wednesday november 7,1990 a a 28 daily and sunday d 8693 Abush signs budget package makes time to Campaign work on image Houston apr president Bush signed a $492 billion deficit reduction package into Law monday night just hours before a temporary spending authority was to expire. The tortured passage last month of the package which includes $140 billion in tax increases As Well As significant cuts in government spending plunged Bush a administration into disarray and crippled his once High approval ratings. The president who spent monday campaigning on behalf of Republican candidates in Texas also signed the 13 appropriations Bills that provide Money for the government for the next 11 months. Campaigning in his adoptive Home state Bush sought to emphasize positive election eve themes acting on a recommendation from some advisers to look More  in the final Days leading up to tuesdays midterm elections Bush was buffeted by conflicting recommendations from senior advisers about How to counter his falling popularity said aides who spoke on the condition of anonymity. Bush acting on advice from his chief of staff John Sununu first embarked on a blistering attack on democrats a blaming them for shoving new tax increases Down his Throat. When that appeared to be backfiring Bush a former pollster Robert Teeter and his 1988 Media consultant Roger Ailes persuaded Bush to lighten up and stress positive themes aides said. At a gop rally in Tyler Bush lashed out at Quot the cynics these Washington pundits that we see on these tiring shows All the  a i done to know if you re like me maybe you be enjoyed these things. But i can Only take so much self flagellation a he declared. A a done to Tell us what a wrong with this country show us what a right about it a he said with gop gubernatorial candidate Clayton Williams at his Side. Packing desert punch a amps l Emmett Lewis or. Pvt. Dondi Holsey and spec Tom i conc with the 184th Ord co at Munster army depot in Germany Cut lumber to Brace 155mm howitzer am munition bound for saudi Arabia. Some 105,000 rounds Are being sent by rail and then ship for operation desert shield. See Story photos on Page 9 spending Bills reflect thawing of cold War by Chuck Vinch Washington Bureau Washington the 1991 defense spending Bills signed into Law by president Bush on monday night differ significantly from the requests he sent to Capitol Hill in january. At that time the shocks reverberating around the world from the fall of communism in Eastern Europe and the thaw of the superpowers cola War were Only be ginning to make themselves Felt. In the end the Compromise fashioned by Congress a a $268 billion appropriation Bill a represented an apparent consensus that the cold War is Over. But the legislation also seems to show that there is still considerable doubt about what lies ahead. The measure allocates $20 billion less see Bills on Back Page 106 foreign hostages to be released by Iraq by the associated press iraqi president Saddam Hussein has ordered the release of 106 foreigners including some who were held As a human Shields at key installations iraqis official news Agency said tuesday. The report said those to be freed Are 77 japanese 20 italians five swedes two germans and two portuguese. The iraqi news Agency said the move was in response to appeals made by various visiting delegations. It had already said the japanese nationals were being freed after an Appeal by former japanese prime minister Yasuhiro Nakasone. Former West German Chancellor Willy Brandt was also in the Region to seek the Freedom of captive foreigners. Tuesdays see hostages on Back Page extremist rabbi Kahane gunned Down in . New York a a gunman believed to be of Arab descent assassinated jewish extremist Meir Kahane at a Manhattan hotel ending a fiery career that took the Radical rabbi from Brooklyn Street Corners to the front line of the Arab jewish conflict in the Middle East. Kahane 58, was shot to death monday night in Midtown Manhattan after addressing a zionist group. The suspect Elsayed a. Nosseir 34, was shot in the Chin by a postal police officer As he fled and was hospitalized police said. Nosseir has repaired air conditioners for the City a department of general services since 1988, said Albert Scardi no a spokesman for mayor David Dinkins. Israel army radio reported Early tues see rabbi on Back Page s next for gis on Border pages 7 3 7 5