European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 11, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes thursday april 11,1991 passes proposal Washington a the House budget committee approved tuesday a democratic $ 1.46 trillion budget Tor 1992 that would reshuffle some of president hush s Domestic priorities and could signal a year of confrontation Between the White House and Congress. Work on the budget came As lawmakers returned from their Holiday recce Ltd and As democrats and republicans girded to Battle Over a Host of contentious Domestic issues. Among them Are civil rights Critie legislation and parental  wednesday a House judiciary subcommittee was to consider the so called Brady Bill named for former White House press Secretary Jim Brady. The legislation would impose a seven Day waiting period on any customer seeking to buy a handgun the administration has criticized the Bill the budget committee approved the democratic plan on a voice vote after rejecting on another voice vote the Bush budget which republicans offered As an alternative. A a a a a. Ilous budget committee chairman Leon Panetta d-calif., predicted the House would approve the committees spending plan next week. The budget proposal by democrats neither raises nor cuts taxes. But it reverses multimillion Dollar cuts Bush would make in medicare veterans pensions and other Benefit programs. It a Iso shifts about $10 Bill Ion bus h Wou 1 d Spe n d on science space and other programs to social initiatives S.C. As education child care and Job training. A a the main thrust is to focus on working men and women a rep. Leon Panetta d-culif., the budget committee chairman told his panel. Quot i think that s an important responsibility particularly in times of , a a a a constrained however by record Federal deficits and budget rules that strictly limit spending Many specific proposals for reshaping Bush a budget were modest. For example democrats would redistribute just $10 billion from about $200 billion Bush would spend for Domestic programs excluding Benefit programs S.C. As social Security. A a that s $10 billion out of a $1.4 trillion budget a said rep. Amory Houghton jr., r-n.y., emphasizing the tiny fraction of spending that was being changed. Still there were differences. Rather than cutting $226 million from Job training initiatives As Bush has proposed democrats would raise spending on S.C. programs by $23 million. They would boost spending for. The National aeronautics and space administration by $377 million Well below the  billion increase Bush has requested. A a / adhering to limits included in last fails five year budget agreement democrats and the White House envision defense spending next year of about $295 billion with a Federal deficit exceeding $280 billion. That shortfall would be the second largest Ever surpassed Only by the $318 billion in red Ink expected this year. As the budget committee debated the budget a somber mood Hung Over the Senate which convened for the first time since the deaths of sen John Heinz r-pa., and former sen. John Tower a Texas in air plane crashes last week. A tougher rape Laws. A. By Cox news service a  a noting the record number of rapes reported in the United states in 1990. Leading senators tuesday urged tougher Federal Laws and broader state and local programs to protect women against assault a simply put violence against women is out of control a said sen. Joseph r. Biden jr., chairman of the judiciary committee. V. A. A a Bill by the Delaware Democrat would extend Federal civil rights Protection to women who Are victims of violent crime. Defining rape As a a a hate crime the Bill would permit victims to bring Federal civil lawsuits against their assailants. Sen Bob Dole of Kansas the Republican Leader pledged to work with Biden to formulate a bipartisan Bill acceptable to the White House in a recent report based on preliminary Fri figures the judiciary committee staff claimed that the. Number of rapes reported in the unit. Biden de states increased last year by 6 percent the largest jump in a decade w Ith 29 states setting records. A. The United states leads the world in the number and rate of reports of rapes. In 1990, a total of 100,433 rapes were Rcpt Rich about 275 rapes every Day the report said. Biden a Bill introduced last year and now in its fourth series of committee hearings would double the five year Federal penalty for rape. The penalty applies Only to rape committed on Federal property S.C. As military bases or National Parks. The Bill also Wpm 1 d require states to pay for medical examinations of women who say they have been raped. It would provide $300 million for state and local efforts to fight sex crimes and $65 million for rape prevention and education. Supporters of Biden s Bill said the civil rights Protection is necessary to alter the perception that spouse abuse and a a Date rape Are somehow less onerous than other violent crimes. \ a a we be got to change the system a said sen. Paul Simon dui. A it is important that the Federal government Send a message to the states that violence against women is not acceptable a Gill s. Freeman a Miami attorney and member of the Florida supreme court gender Bias study commission said in testimony to the committee. Biden said he expected the Bush administration to oppose his proposal to make gender motivated crimes a violation of civil rights. Dole and 14 other Republican senators have filed a separate Bill which seeks the death penalty for murders committed during sexual assaults or child molestations. Sen. Strom Thurmond r-s.c., the committees ranking Republican said he would support both Bills. Thurmond also called for passage of president Bush a crime Bill which increases penalties for All violent crimes and would expand use of the death penalty. Case Roanoke a Jupi the Justice department rested its sex discrimination Case against All male Virginia military Institute tuesday and the judge denied a Vii motion to dismiss the matter because he wants a fully developed record for an inevitable supreme court review. . District judge Jackson Kiser said his a one guiding Light in the Case was to make no decisions without fully hearing from both sides. Both sides expect the Case to reach the supreme court and Kiser apparently agrees. �?o1 want to develop a full record on this Case a he said. �?o1 think this court is just the first step in this Case athe Justice department after prodding from a woman interested in attending Vii and a Bill by a female state senator to Force the school to go coeducational sued to Stop the 152-year-old tradition. Because Vii accepts state funds the government argued it May not discriminate on sex Creed or gender. Vii counters it is not that simple that there Are i Terence Between invidious discrimination a which puts someone Dowland discrimination on legit mate reasons S.C. As the ban on women in combat. In asking Kiser to dismiss Vii attorney Bill Poff Ai Gued the governments witnesses actually had prove one of a min a Points a that it is a unique place the provides educational diversity. Justice department attorney Nathaniel dough countered the governments evidence showed a a pm classifies Dwoinen As second class citizens and exclude them simply out of tradition. V monday the government put a West Point colom on the stand to discuss How the .  has fared since it went coeducational but Vii Mattoi N.Y. hounded him into conceding Many cadets Felt women at the Academy get preferential treatment. . Passengers evacuated after Jet s tires blow out from wire reports Washington a two. Tires blew out on a Northwest airlines plane Landing at National Airport tuesday night starting a Small fire and sending 100 passengers Down evacuation chutes the airline said. Spokesman Bob Gibbons said at the airlines Minneapolis Headquarters he had an unconfirmed report of one minor injury sustained during evacuation of the plane. ,. The fire was quickly extinguished and passengers from the plane flight 28 from Memphis tenn., were bused to the terminal at National Airport he said. Two tires blew out on the right Landing gear causing the wheel Hub to Contact the ground Gibbons said. He said officials did not know if the fire was caused by friction with the ground or from overheated brakes. The plane a Mcdonnell Douglas md-80, left Memphis at 8 19 . It carried a Crew of six. Fire blamed on oily rags Philadelphia a oily rags left by workmen caused a High Rise fire in february that. Killed three firefighters the fire commissioner said. A a. A a a a a v a a a a the office renovation Crew violated the fire code by leaving the rags and improperly storing solvents As Well and the Case was turned Over to the District attorney fire commissioner Roger Ulshafer said tuesday. Ulshafer said he would not speculate As to what charges if any would be brought against the contractor whom he would not identify. A pile of rags soaked in linseed Oil ignited spontaneously after being left by the contractors who were refinishing panelling in an unoccupied space on the 22nd floor of one Meridian Plaza on feb. 23, the commissioner said. The fire in the 38-Story building caused an estimated $100 million in damage. The Blaze raced through nine floors before it hit the 30th floor the first equipped with sprinklers. All emergency systems a including water elevator electrical and air a failed fire officials have said. Newborns get beepers fort Lauderdale Fla. Newborn babies at several Florida hospitals Are sporting electronic Beeper bracelets anklets and diaper tags that set off an alarm if the infants Are removed from the maternity Ward. The Beeper tags Are similar to those used by stores to prevent shoplifting several Broward county hospitals and nursing Homes Are using them to prevent kidnapping and to keep alzheimer a patients from wandering away. A a we re applying the same technology used to protect merchandise to safeguard human beings a said Louise Chiera a spokesman for sen somatic electronics corp., a Security systems manufacturer in Deerfield Beach. \ since 1983, about 90 newborns have been taken from . Hospitals according to the National Center for pissing and exploited Chil a Dren a. A a a As a Quot the electronic tags Cost about $2 each Chiera said. Installing the alarm systems runs Between $4,000 and $8,000 per exit. Uproar Over mansion Detroit a Singer Anita Baker says she did no to know her historic Chene mansion in det troit was protected by a court order when she and her husband had it partially razed saturday. Cityscape Detroit a preservation group got the court order Friday but bakery a lawyer Gre gory Reed said he was unaware of it because it was faxed to his office too late a spokeswoman for the historical group however says a copy of the order also was taped to the Fence at the property Friday afternoon. The group has been seeking to Block demolition of the pre civil War mansion which is on the National Register of historic places and was the Home of Little Harry a restaurant until it closed in 1989