European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 13, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday March 13, 1992 the stars and stripes c Page 5democratic tax Cut plan advances Washington a the Senate on thursday killed an amendment that would have junked a democratic tax Cut and raised taxes on the Rich to reduce the budget deficit. The vote was 57-39 against the amendment. When democratic leaders saw they were about to lose by four votes because of a nearly solid bloc of republicans for the amendment they kept the 15-minute Roll Call going for an hour until sufficient votes could be changed. Most Republican senators and president Bush oppose the tax Cut because it would be financed by a tax Cut on the Well to do. Bush has said he will veto the Bill. The amendment would have used the Money from the tax increase to reduce the deficit. That would do More for the Economy sponsors said than the leadership a proposed $300-per-child tax credit for Middle income families. The democratic Bill survived a major Challenge wednesday night. By a 60-37 vote the Senate rejected Bush a own Short term plan for stimulating the Economy. Bush a plan failed on a technicality it did not meet anti deficit requirements. But the same Law forced democrats at the last minute to scale Back their Middle class tax credit making it available Only to families with incomes under $50,000, rather than $70,000 As originally written. The gop plan built around a big reduction in taxes on capital gains contained no general tax Relief aimed at the Middle class. A the american people. Done to want a few quarters a Day from Uncle Sam a they want a paycheck from an employer a said Republican Leader Bob Dole of Kansas. With the capital gains Cut the Republican plan included special Relief for the depressed real estate Industry a new incentive for businesses to buy machinery this year a tax credit of up to $5,000 for some Home buyers and penalty free individual retirement account withdrawals for buying a Home. Democrats whose efforts Are aimed mainly at reversing some of the tax policies of the 1980s and reducing the Burden on the Middle class ridiculed the gop plan As a Giveaway to the Rich. A a in a not opposing the Rich a said sen. Dale bumpers dark. A live been trying to join them All my life. But 77 percent of the $18 billion in capital gains cuts Over the next five years goes to people making Over $100,000 a  a it boggles the imagination a said sen. Bill Bradley d-n.j., calling the Republican proposal a Snake Oil magic  a neither plan is loaded with Short term economic stimulus but in a not sure anybody knows How to provide such stimulus without doing More harm than Good a said sen. Pete Domenici . Overall he said Bush a plan is far better than the democratic version because it would not raise income taxes on individuals and Small business. It is that tax increase that has prompted Bush a Promise to veto the democratic Bill. He is taking considerable heat from conservatives in his re election Campaign because he agreed to a big tax increase in 1990. In the stars and stripes 10 year Sago March 13,1982 a in an editorial the polish communist party daily Tribuna Ludu described the last three months of martial Law in Poland As "90 Days of  the Solidarity labor movement called for symbolic protests such As lighting candles in windows. 20 years ago March 13,1972 a marshal Lon nol cambodians new chief of state announced that he had dismissed his Cabinet and his prime minister Delegate Sisowath Tsirik Matak. 30 years ago March 13,1962 a British air minister Julian Amery chilled the House of commons by saying that he believed the soviet Union Quot quite soon will be Able to annihilate the United states but he emphasized that the soviets did not have such a capability yet. 40 years ago March 13,1952 a sen. Estes Kefauver d-tenn., Defeated president Truman in the new Hampshire primary the first of the presidential Campaign. Kefauver gained 54 percent of the democrats popular vote and All 12 delegates to the party a convention. In the Republican primary Gen. Dwight d. Eisenhower Defeated sen. Robert a. Taft of Ohio winning All 14 of his party a delegates. World War 50 years ago today 13 March 1 a 9 4 �2 japanese naval infantry begin replacing in Al the army forces that captured lae and Salamata on new Guinea. The japanese Complete their occupation of Buka and other islands in the Northern Solomon islands. In the North Atlantic a British naval Force ends a fruitless week of trying to find the German battleship Tirpitz which itself failed to intercept a Convoy to the soviet Arctic. Bush vows to Aid russian transition in response to criticism by Nixon Washington up president Bush responding to criticism from former president Nixon said wednesday that he agrees a we must invest what is necessary to win the peace in the aftermath of the cold War. Nixon in a speech on wednesday and in a recent memo to friends and foreign affairs experts criticized Bush for what he termed inadequate support of the democratic revolution in Russia. In a speech at a dinner Given by n xon on wednesday night Bush made no mention of additional assistance to the former soviet Union but he appeared to indicate he May soon press for it. Earlier in the Day Bush said he was in Accord with Nixon a thinking and disclosed he was considering backing the creation of a multinational fund to support the russian Ruble. A in principle do i think it is a Good idea yes a the president declared. He also said though a we Are living in a time of constrained resources. There Isnit a lot of Money to go  in his criticism Nixon complained that Bush and the other presidential candidates seem afraid to even mention foreign affairs. With the United states trying to dig out of a recession the candidates have focused on Domestic issues. A the stakes Are High and we Are playing As if it were a Penny Ante game a Nixon said in his memo. He argued that if russian president Boris Yeltsin fails in his Effort to transform Russia into a free Market democracy All gains of the peaceful revolution will be lost. A Freedom is on trial and if Freedom does not work the russian people Are not going to return to communism because it failed but they will return in my View to what i would Call a new despotism a Nixon said in his address a smiling Richard Nixon greets first lady Barbara Bush and president Bush at wednesdays dinner in Washington. Wednesday at a forum sponsored by the Richard Nixon Library amp Birthplace. The administrations support of the new Commonwealth of Independent states which replaced the soviet Union following the fall of communism in december has been primarily $3.75 billion in commercial credits to buy american Grain and an International Aid conference in Washington that produced a onetime Airlift of emergency food and medical supplies. Quot Yeltsin is the most pro Western Leader in russian history a Nixon said in pushing for additional assistance ranging from humanitarian Aid to the backing of the International monetary fund. A the deserves our  Nixon noted that adequate Aid might Cost $20 billion a year Over the next five years. But he also pointed out that the West spent five times that much last year alone prior to the fall of communism Quot to defend against soviet  euthanasia doctor arraigned in 2 deaths source 2194 Days of War w h. Smith a it it Lishers inc world almanac Book of world Nar ii Bison books corp1981 Pontiac Mich. Up euthanasia advocate or. Jack Kevorkian was arraigned thursday on two counts of open murder for helping two chronically ill women commit suicide. No trial Date was scheduled but jury selection probably will not begin for at least two months. In the meantime Oakland county circuit judge David f. Breck will review a half Inch thick motion filed by Kevorkian a attorney Geoffrey Fieger. The motion asks that the charges be dropped against the 63-year-old retired pathologist from Royal Oak. A this thing cannot get to a jury a Fieger said on the eve of Kevorkian a arraignment. A the prosecution can to even approximate proof beyond a reasonable doubt. They be got nobody to testify that or. Kevorkian murdered  Kevorkian who Calls himself a Cdr. Death Quot will remain free on $10,000 Bond with the stipulation that he refrain from advising or helping anyone contemplating suicide. He did not speak during his 15-minute court appearance thursday. Kevorkian was arraigned in the deaths of Sherry Miller 43, and Marjorie Wantz 58. They died in a Remote Oakland county recreational Cabin oct. 23. Wantz of Sodus died from a lethal dosage she received from an in Hookup. Miller of Roseville was killed by inhaling Carbon monoxide. Kevorkian furnished the devices both women used but said the women activated the devices themselves. Kevorkian was indicted by a grand jury after Oakland county a medical examiner or. . Dragovic listed the causes of death As homicide rather than suicide last december