European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 27, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Wednesday february 27, 1991 the stars and stripes a Page 9 Germany plans largest postwar tax hike a by de Reavis ing Bartfai a a spokesman for the i Chancellor Helmut Kohl had promised that a made the tax increase Una void by de Reavis staff writer Bonn Germany a Germany s finance minister on tuesday announced plans for the biggest tax increase in the country a postwar history to help pay for unification and the Gulf War. Theo Taigel finance minister and head of the Christian socialist Union said the plan would affect taxes on personal and corporate income natural Gas heating Oil gasoline and insurance. A a before the minister went Public the coalition plan was approved by parliamentarian tax specialists from the Rul ing Maruf amp six a spokesman for the finance ministry said. The increases Are expected to raise the Price of regular and super leaded gasoline by As much As 25 pfennig a liter and add 3 percent to the tax bite taken from payments for car insurance and other types of coverage. If approved by parliament the new taxes would go into effect july 1. A the taxes on fuel income and corporations will affect just about everyone in the country a the ministry spokesman said. A /. A a a. A before his re election in december Kohl had promised not to. Raise a taxes but he did mention that some fees would need to Rise. Since then Kohls coalition government has said the offer of More than $10 billion for the conflict in the Gulf makes new taxes necessary. The government still publicly insists that new revenues Are not needed to pay for German unification although those costs arc much higher than originally calculated. The ministry spokesman acknowledged however that the Gulf War unification and. Aid for the soviet Union and the former fast bloc were the factors that a made the tax increase unavoidable.�?�, a a a a a a a under the plan insurance taxes would Rise from 7 percent to 10 percent while the tax on heating Oil would jump from 5.6 pfennig per liter to eight pfennig. Personal and corporate taxes would go up by 5 percent for a limited period the spokesman said. Quot there a still some debate on How Long the income and corporation taxes should stay in effect Quot the spokesman said. A part of the government coalition wants to limit it to 12 months others up to two a a. A a protesters March monday in Manila to demand president Corazon Aquino a Marks 86 revolt with Appeal for Unity Manila Philippines apr president co Ruzon Aquino marked her fifth year in office monday by issuing an Appeal for Unity As protesters demanded her resignation. Aquino addressed about 20,000 supporters at a shrine marking the site where in february 1986, tens of thousands of people blocked tanks sent to crush rebellious soldiers. The four Day revolt toppled Ferdinand Marcos after he claimed an election Victory Over Aquino amid allegations of widespread fraud. The nearly bloodless a people pow or revolution lifted Aquino to pow or and Marcos fled the country on feb. 26, one Day after Aquino was inaugurated. A my Hope is that our government a Tel be United with the people that it serves that our businessmen will be United with our communities that the Strong and wealthy will be United with the weak and the poor a Aquino said. Quot i also Hope that we shall bequeath a broader and stronger soviet republics ordered to take part in plebiscite Moscow up a the soviet parliament on monday ordered seven wayward republics to participate in a March 17 referendum on whether the worlds largest country should be held together. In another step aimed at bolstering Central authority president Mikhail Gorbachev submitted a list of 23 candidates for the streamlined Cabinet of ministers placed under his direct control three months ago. Gorbachev rejecting Calls from progressives to replace them proposed keeping defense minister Dmitri Yazoo and Kab chief Vladimir Kryuchkov in their present posts. The measure directs the defiant states to a immediately take measures to set up commissions for the nationwide referendum and to remove All obstacles preventing citizens from exercising their right to participate in the Vladimir Orlov head of the Central referendum commission told deputies that the disobedient republics included Moldavia the three Baltic states of Estonia Latvia and Lithuania and the Transcaucasia republics of Armenia Azerbaijan and Georgia. Lithuania held its own plebiscite feb. 9 in which More than 90 percent of the voters supported the Independence proclaimed in March 1960.by the republics nationalist legislature. Neighbouring Latvia and Estonia have scheduled similar breakaway referendums for saturday. While the three Baltic states votes ask their citizens whether they support Independence the soviet referendum in three weeks will ask a do you consider it necessary to keep the . As a renewed federation of equal Sovereign republics in which the rights and freedoms of people of any nationality will be fully guaranteed Quot German court clears my in 89 murder of woman by Crystal Laureano staff writer a . Military policeman held at the army jail in Mannheim for More than 14 months was found not guilty by a German court monday in the slaying of a German panel of three judges and two citizens ruled at the end of an eight Day trial that there was insufficient evidence to prove that spec. Thomas bean killed Petra Maier on oct. 31, 1989, said Jorgan Fischer bean s German attorney. Bean of the 95th my in in Mannheim had been in custody since dec. 21, 1989. The German government will compensate him at the rate of 20 Marks or about $14, for each Day he was in jail Fischer said. Bean 29, had been considered the prime suspect in the slaying of the 32-year-old Maier who was beaten on the head and run Over by a car Fischer said. Her body was found by a Fisherman on a Bank of the Rhine River a the German prosecutors Lead witness testified that Maier was last seen entering a Blue military police vehicle in front of the Scala club in downtown Mannheim a Trout 2 . On the night of the slaying. Authorities determined based on the witness description that bean was the Man in the car. Bean was on patrol in the area that night but denied that a woman entered his vehicle Fischer said. A. A. A a. V a. A a a. -.���. The witness testimony at the trial was not important Fincher said because the prosecutor could produce no proof that bean killed Maier. Matching the tires on the patrol car bean drove that night with the Marks on Maiers body proved he said. Pathologists testified that Maier was not killed where she a jigs found and that she probably had been dead for four or five hours before being moved to the River Hank. Experts said she lost at least a liter of blood. An examination of the vehicle produced no proof that Maier had been in the car the attorney said. Beans own car was also examined for evidence without results bean is out processing from the Mannheim military Community and preparing to go to the United states a Community spokeswoman said tuesday. Bean s military obligation expired while he was in confinement and he May choose to leave the army when he arrives in the United states she King proclaims support of military coup Bangkok Thailand up a King. Hum Biol Adulya Dej gave unprecedented official approval tuesday to the military Junta that seized Power this weekend and asked All government officials to follow its instructions a proclamation from the revered Monarch said the military coup was justified a because it appears the government of prime minister Chatrchai Choo Shavan failed to administer the country in a Way that earned the Trust of the people and failed to preserve Good the statement from the King who has ruled for nearly 45 years officially appointed Gen. Sunthorn Kon Sompong As the Leader of the National peacekeeping Council the Namcy the military Junta gave itself. A we ask that All people remain peaceful and that All civil servants follow the orders of Gen. Sunthorn Kon Sompong a the statement said. The official appointment of Sunthorn who led the troops that seized Power gave Legal status to the Council com prised of the senior officers who led the coup. More importantly it demonstrated the immensely popular Kings approval of the change in government and support for the military against any counter coup. It was believed to be the first time a thai King has Given such Public Royal support for a military takeover. Royal approval came after the military pledged to appoint a Givihan interim government this week and to hold free elections within six months. Sunthorn said an interim Constitution with 32 articles would be made Public in the next Day or two to pave the Way for establishing the interim government. He said selection of the new govern ment to include both civilian and military officials was about 70 percent to 80 percent completed. Sunthorn admitted the coup., Hue Hurt Thailand a image As a stable democratic country. He said the cutoff in . Aid triggered by the coup bothered him Quot but we have to stand on our own two a. A
