European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 28, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 2 the stars and Stripe Friday february 28, 1992 at a glance capt. Kirk a aka William Shawn or a and he rest of his Star trek Crew Are the focus of a new display in the smithsonian a air and space museum. See Story on Page 7. Aliens jammed into yacht the coast guard raided a yacht three Miles off the California coast and found it crammed with 85 illegal aliens from China. A Page 4 damage suits allowed the supreme court ruled wednesday that the Federal Law barring sex discrimination in schools and colleges permits students to sue for damages. A Page 5 army majors face Force outs top army leaders told congressmen wednesday that the service wants to reduce its present Roll of majors by a total of 1,400. A Page 6 serb says War Over Slobodan Milosevic the serbian who led his Republic into conflict with Croatia declared thursday that the civil War is Over. A Page 8 son seeking his father after 31 years Martin Ebel would finally like to find the american he thinks is his father. A Page 9 Index Abby Ann Landers. 19 action line. 16 comics. 19-21 commentary. 13 crossword. 19 letters. 12 Money matters. 17 sports. 22-28 to listings. 27 weather. 11 Cut from Page 1 not be More Clear a majority Leader Richard Gephardt d-mo., said wednesday night. While democrats offered fairness for the Middle class he said republicans were pushing a plan to a take us Down the Well worn path of bigger deficits and bigger tax cuts for the Rich and greater decline for the slimmed Down gop plan countered rep. Bill Archer a Texas a will put americans Back to work Ana preserve the jobs of those who Are working. Without resorting to any tax the gop proposal is based on Bush a Short term plan to stimulate the Economy out of recession. It includes no general tax Relief for families. The democratic version is built around a iwo year tax credit for wage earners about 80 percent of workers would get the maximum $200 a year for single people and $400 for couples. It would be financed by raising the 31 percent top income tax rate to 35 percent which would hit single people with incomes above about $105,000 and couples above $185,000, and a new surtax on millionaires. It has a different capital gains Cut As Well As incentives for business investment. To Embarrass republicans democrats forced a House vote wednesday on a third option Bush a Short and Long Range tax plans without any of the spending reductions that he proposed to pay for them. The House rejected that plan with its nearly $50 billion five year deficit on a 427-1 vote. Meanwhile sen. Lloyd Bentsen a Texas who chairs the Senate finance committee said he will ask the panel next week to approve a plan similar to the House democratic version a including a tax increase on the Well to do. The major a Middle income tax Cut in Bentsen a Bill would be a new tax credit for families with children. He also wants to expand the availability of individual retirement accounts and to use tax credits to provide greater Access to health care. While Bush is pushing tax changes in an Effort to Spur economic growth democratic leaders in both houses say there is Little in the Way of tax changes that will do that. So they Are carrying an election year theme of a tax fairness a meaning tax cuts for Middle income families to offset some of the benefits upper income people reaped Over the past decade. A class warfare has been waged in this country in the past 15 years a said rep. Bernard Sanders i it. Quot the problem is that the wrong class is winning that War. If you Are a millionaire or a billionaire you made out like a the democratic Bill said rep. Richard Schulze r-pa., is a aimed at one target and that is gaining the White it is nothing More than a a rehash of the socialist tax the Rich mentality that drove Western Europe toward economic knocks from Page 1 noting they raised the Gas taxes in their states but now were criticizing his Call for a similar increase. Clinton looking for his first win of the primary season also mended fences with Jesse Jackson after bitterly accusing him of a Aback stabbing when he was told erroneously that Jackson had decided to Back a democratic rival. Clinton a comments were picked up by an open microphone and recorded without his knowledge. The verbal fisticuffs a supplemented by increasingly Sharp television ads a came As the five major democrats girded for next weeks primaries in Maryland Georgia Colorado and Utah and caucuses in three other states. The 783 delegates at stake next week and another 1,287 on March 10 Are More than enough to propel one candidate along the path to nomination and doom others to oblivion. Buchanan looking to upset Bush in next weeks Georgia primary began airing commercials critical of an internal Revenue service ruling that he says would track donations to churches. Ain other commercial accuses the National endowment for the arts of funding a pornographic and blasphemous Art too shocking to show a and said a Bush continued to fund it after people objected. Bush Campaign spokeswoman Torie Clark termed the commercials a disgusting lies. President Bush never has and never will interfere with religious Freedom and the pornography one is garbage As but Buchanan mounting an unexpectedly Strong conservative Challenge defended the commercials in a full Day of campaigning in Georgia. A emr. Bush a Campaign started the hard Ball on me a he said referring to a commercial featuring retired Marine corps commandant . Kelley criticizing Buchanan a initial opposition to the War against Iraq. Kerrey poked at Clinton a non service in Vietnam for a second straight Day and said the Arkansas governor could t win an election against the republicans. A had he wanted to go and serve his country he could have a said Kerrey who lost part of his leg in Vietnam. He made his comments in Florida site of a March 10 primary but his remarks were also aimed at next door Georgia a where Clinton leads in the polls a and the rest of the Southern states voting Over the next two weeks. Clinton had Tsongas in his sights As he sought support for next weeks primary in Colorado where polls show him narrowly trailing his rival. He called the former Massachusetts senator a a candidate of Wall Street for his pro business economic policies noting that Tsongas earned $200,000 in corporate Board fees last year and is a registered lobbyist in Washington. A i am tired of what is cold blooded being passed off As courage a Clinton said referring to his rivals opposition to a Middle class tax Cut. Tsongas retorted with what seemed like a reference to the draft controversy a is Bill Clinton now our resident expert in courage a campaigning in Energy conscious Colorado Tsongas said the gasoline tax has doubled in Arkansas during Clinton a tenure and noted the tax Rose in Nebraska while Kerrey was governor there. Tsongas has been hit by his rivals in recent weeks for advocating a phased in 50 cent per gallon Gas tax increase. Iowa sen. Tom Harkin Low on funds a a a a. It1 by it of a Paul Tsongas shops thursday in Denver. Campaigned in Maryland in route to an address to the legislature in Minnesota where he Hopes to win caucuses next week. Former California gov. Jerry Brown was in Washington another caucus state. Bush sounds drug War rallying cry san Antonio a president Bush opened a drug Summit with leaders from six latin american nations thursday saying a we Are United we Are Resolute we Are prevailing in the two front War to Cut andean Supply lines and curb demand for drugs in this country. Bush in his opening remarks to the Summit said a we Are Here today because the Job is not yet done. We have not yet won this he spoke of marked accomplishments since the last Summit in Cartagena Colombia two years ago a we have courageously faced those who would subvert our societies break our Laws and kill thousands of innocents. Top traffickers Are dead or jailed record Levels of cocaine and other drugs have been seized cultivation has levelled off interdiction is up worldwide we have cracked Down on drug users consumption is declining As our people increasingly reject drugs. But he listed 10 priorities for further action headed by the need to reduce demand. A i know the task Falls heaviest on the United states and we have made a Good beginning a he said citing figures of a 35 percent drop in cocaine users since he came to office. Other measures called for included More economic reforms so andean peasants can cease coca production More effective eradication and interdiction fas Ter court procedures for drug criminal and More cooperation with Europe an it Asia. The White House announce thursday that Bush will provide 12 Hue helicopters Worth $26 million to help Mexico in its counter Arctic Effort. Las year the . Supplied nine helicopters. The presidents of the United states Mexico Colombia Peru Bolivia and Ecuador joined by the foreign minister o Venezuela were expected to Issue a declaration calling for annual War Council by top drug fighters from each country . Official said. They also were Likely to approve establishment of regional training centers of Law enforcement personnel
