European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 31, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday october 31, 1991 the stars and stripes a Page 5deficit hits record $268.7 billion Washington up the Federal government posted a record deficit of $268.7 billion in the fiscal year that ended sept. 30. The staggering dec licit surpasses the old record of $221.1 billion set in 1986 and is 22 percent greater than last years deficit of $220.4 billion the Treasury reported tuesday. A this confirms our worst fears that the deficit remains out of control and at the very time we need resources to strengthen the Economy a said chairman Leon Panetta d-calif., of the House budget committee. Analysts said the government probably would not have posted the record deficit had it not been for two overriding factors a the recession resulted in lower tax revenues. A the government increased its spending to close failing Banks and thrifts and to bail out their depositors. Kathleen Stephansen with Donaldson Lufkin amp Jenrette a new York securities dealer estimated that $65 billion or nearly a Quarter of the deficit was caused by the recession which led to reduced taxes and increased costs in unemployment benefits. A when you make these adjustments fiscal policy has been relatively restrictive thanks to last year s budget agreement a she said. Quot a a during the fiscal year that ended sept. 30, the government took in $1.05 trillion in revenues up Only 2.2 percent from fiscal 1990, and spent $1.32 trillion up 5.7 percent from the year before. Although a record the deficit is lower than thethis confirms our worst fears that the deficit remains out of  rep. Leon Panetta $282.2 billion deficit the government expected in july and the $318.1 billion deficit projected last february. The Treasury said deficit figures came in lower because the government did t have to spend As much to insure depositors at failing Banks As it had expected and because of less spending by several government agencies. The gains however were partially offset by an unexpected $14.4 billion shortfall in tax receipts. As usual the biggest spending categories were the military interest on the National debt. Social Security and other programs of the department of health and human services. Military spending totalled $261.9 billion in the fiscal year Down from $289.8 billion the previous year. The government saw larger expenditures because of the persian Gulf War but Allied nations More than offset the increase contributing $43.6 billion to help pay for the War. Let Crest on the National debt even surpassed military spending totalling $286 billion compared with $264.9 billion in 1990. Social Security payments amounted to $266.4 billion up trom $245 billion. Other health and human services payments including medicare and medicaid totalled $218 billion up from $193.7 billion. Expenditures to bail out depositors included a at savings and Loans $50.8 billion spent by the Resolution Trust corp., compared with $46.5 billion the previous year. A at Banks $15.9 billion by the Bank insurance fund and the folic Resolution fund up from $11.6  of food Stamps reaches All time High Washington apr nearly one in 10 americans is eating with the help of food Stamps and anti hunger activists said the record High participation is a sign of widespread suffering and a deepening recession that has reached mainstream America. The . Department of agriculture which administers the food stamp program said 23.57 million americans received food Stamps in August an All time High a significant increase from a year ago when 20.49 million people received them. In the stars and stripes a this is proof of what most americans already know and the administration wants to ignore the administrations current economic policies have failed and Are forcing hard working americans from their jobs and onto the welfare lines a sen. Patrick j. Leahy d-vt., said tuesday. A these numbers Are alarming in the sense that they Are indicative of the deep need around the country a said Robert Fersh executive director of the private food research and action Center. A it underscores the depth of the need and the depth of the  the agriculture department said the reason for the upsurge was Uncertain. Phil Shanholtzer a spokesman for the agriculture department s food and nutrition service which administers food Stamps said the increase in participation could be due to the recession and to changes that make the program More accessible to recent immigrants. However he added a no one really  a the assumptions Are that it has to do with the local Economy and with changes in the  food stamp participation started setting records in March when 22.9 million people received help Topping the previous record of 22.6 million set in 1983. Food stamp participation typically Falls in the summer and picks up again in the cooler months officials said. But this summer the numbers instead inched upward. And Rod Leonard executive director of the Community nutrition Institute an advocacy group on food policy said food stamp participation could soon hit 25 million a one tenth of the nations population of nearly 249 million.10 years ago oct. 31,1981 a in a veiled reference to martial Law prime minister and communist party chief Gen. Wojciech Jaruzelski told the polish parliament in Warsaw that he expected it to demand an end to strikes and would instruct implementation of a extraordinary measures if such a demand were not obeyed.20 years ago oct. 31,1971 a the Senate voted to kill the 23-year-old . Foreign Aid program and shut off american defense economic development and Relief assistance to scores of nations around the world.30 years ago oct. 31,1961 a the soviet Union set off the biggest and a a dirtiest Man made explosion in history a blast that May have topped the Power of the 50-megaton bomb forecast by Premier Nikita khrushchev.40 years ago oct. 31,1951 a korean armistice talks neared another deadlock and there was concern among u n. Forces that pressure from the . Home front might Force them to Retreat to a militarily indefensible line and thus leave them open to a sudden attack. Underscores the depth of the need and in the  population of nearly 249 million. Air Force is making Quot excellent Progress in paring b-2 radar profile expert say h1ngton up a a senior military threat May bring about a Orcas sections met and were taped Over n scientist said tuesday that the seism Cut of the problem of detection Dis radar absorbing materials and along Washington up a senior Pentagon scientist said tuesday that the air Force appears on the right track in solving a radar problem with the b-2 and that the plane is making a excellent Progress in reducing its radar visibility. At the same time John Foster head of the defense science Board said the air Force is studying the requirement for How Small the plane appears on radar screens with an emphasis on conventional missions. Air Force officials were unable to comment on Fosters remarks or to say whether the analysis would Lead to a lowering of radar signature requirements for the expensive bomber a developed to sneak through soviet air defences a in either conventional or strategic bombing roles. The plane would Likely face a different radar threat in the two different types of bombing roles. The collapse of the soviet Union As a military threat May bring about a reassessment of the problem of detection discovered in recent tests. The larger radar signature May be immaterial if the bomber is not needed for a strategic nuclear role. Last summer the plane failed to show a projected improvement in a reduced radar Cross Section during a test against one radar frequency. A special panel of scientists was assembled to work with the main contractor Northrop corp., on pinning Down the problem. Last week air Force Secretary Donald b. Rice revealed that the panel found at least one reason for the Lack of improvement in testing the aircraft itself differed slightly from the computer simulated Model that produced the test Standard against which the planets performance was being measured. Part of the problem he suggested appeared to be in areas where aircraft surface sections met and were taped Over with radar absorbing materials and along the leading Edge of the flying Wing design. Foster who reviewed the scientist so work told defense Secretary Dick Cheney in a memo monday that his defense science Board believes a the b-2 has continued to make excellent Progress in achieving radar Cross Section signature reductions in most areas of the  he said his Board believed it is possible to get a reduced radar Cross Section with existing technology and without the need for costly changes. The $65 billion 75-plane program is in trouble on Capitol Hill Over its Cost and the latest test problem Only further muddied its political future. The House version of time 1992 defense Bill would end the program at the 15 planes now flying or being built while the Senate supports the administration plan to fund four More aircraft. Navy Secretary Calls alleged sex antics an outrage Washington a Navy Secretary h. Lawrence Garrett Iii said tuesday that the Navy is severing All ties to a naval aviation association whose recent symposium was reportedly marred by incidents of sexual abuse of women. In a letter to the president of the Tail Hook association Garrett expressed a absolute outrage at the a personal abuses behavioural excesses and quite possibly criminal conduct Quot by unidentified individuals at the meeting last month. Garrett and the Navy a chief of naval operations adm. Frank b. Kelso ii attended the Tail Hook symposium an annual gathering for Active duty and retired Navy pilots and others who support Carrier based naval aviation. Garrett was responding to an oct. 11 letter written by the Tail Hook president Navy capt. . Ludwig jr., in which Ludwig said he had received five reports of women being sexually molested and verbally and physically abused. Ludwig said one a underage Young lady Quot had her clothing removed by a group of men attending the symposium at the Las vegas Hilton hotel. I he Navy said its naval investigative service was looking into the alleged incidents. The Navy has a Long standing affiliation with Tail Hook providing various forms of support for the organization. It provides office space for Tail Hook Tor example at Nas Miramar in san Diego. Tail Hook has about 15.000 members