European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 22, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday March 22, 1992 the stars and stripes b Page 5bush singles out wasteful programs Washington apr with a veto firmly stamped on a democratic tax Cut Congress is readying partisan Battles Over billions of dollars of spending that president Bush says should make americans a outraged and  in a Tough la worded political speech at the White House on Friday Bush singled out 68 programs funded by Congress that he said were unnecessary and wasteful. His $3.6 billion hit list included projects involving Mink reproduction manure disposal asparagus yields and a $3.1 million poultry Center in Arkansas Home state of presumed democratic presidential nominee Bill Clinton. Democrats in Congress treated the list As a smokescreen for the presidents veto of a $77.5 billion tax Cut which would reduce taxes for about 78 million couples and individuals while raising taxes on the wealthiest 1 million taxpayers. The measure passed 50-44 in the Senate and 211-189 in the House earlier Friday but the margins fell far Short of the two thirds majorities needed to override Bush a veto. Senate majority Leader George Mitchell a Maine called on Bush to a Start acting like a president not a Panicky candidate for  a the reason he a going Down in the polls is because the american people know he a playing politics a Mitchell said. On saturday Mitchell continued his attack on Bush speaking to a commodities futures trading group in Boca Raton Fla. A if we had adopted the presidents plan precisely As proposed it would have increased the Federal budget deficit by $30 billion by 1997,�?� Mitchell told the futures Industry association annual meeting. Bush in a meeting saturday with German Chancellor Helmut Kohl at Camp David md., called the democratic response a a Little bit  a a they re having trouble defending Congress to the american people a Bush said. A the main thing is to do something that would help americans.�?�, House speaker Thomas s. Foley d-wash., accused Bush of being slow to recognize the recession and even slower to offer any solutions. A now in a desperate attempt to shift attention away from the consequences of his inaction a Foley said a the launches a partisan attack on the Congress using the White House As a staging ground for a Campaign of venom. The fact is that Congress has approved an economic growth and tax fairness program that makes sense for this  the democrats strategy is to emphasize the a a fairness Issue a believing they can score Points by advocating cuts for the Middle class and higher taxes for the wealthy. The heart of the Bill is a new tax credit a a direct subtraction from taxes owed. For this year and next single wage earners with incomes of $50,000 or less would get a credit of up to $150 couples at $70,000 or less would get up to $300. A much of what the president asked for is in this Bill a said House majority Leader Richard Gephardt do. A but there a More real Relief for Small business people and there a real Relief for hard working hard pressed Middle income  Bush signed a veto message even before the Bill reached the White House. He said the democrats Bill a will not strengthen the Economy it will weaken  the president sought to Embarrass Congress and capitalize on voters dismay with incumbents in his speech to a cheering Republican audience. A today looking at the accumulated evidence of several years it must be said our congressional system is broken a he said. A it s More partisan. Its campaigns Are financed by special interests. Its grown out of control. Its lost the ability to police itself. And perhaps most importantly it is no longer accountable to individual american citizens and voters. And this must  officials concede Bush has Little Hope of winning approval for his proposed spending cuts known As rescission since they must be approved by the Senate and House to take effect. Of the 120 rescission proposed Over the past five years Only three have been approved. Rather Bush a strategy was to hold Congress up to ridicule Over projects that Many voters might see As unnecessary. Doolittle aircrews chinese rescuers reunite nearly 50 years after raid a Doolittle Raider David Thatcher left greets or. Chen Shenyang. Chen helped Rescue Thatcher Charles Mcclure Center left and Dean Davenport right. In the stars and stripes10 years ago March 22,1982 a fore in reporters fleeing Al Salvador said they believe government troops there have declared a open season on journalists and were responsible for the killing of four dutch reporters.20 years ago March 22,1972 a president Nixon signed legislation launching a coordinated Federal attack on drug addiction and told government bureaucrats to cooperate fully or Quot Heads will roll."30 years ago March 22,1962 a president Kennedy said that he was gratified by soviet overtures for the peaceful use of space but that the soviet Union and the United states remain divided on nuclear test inspections on earth.40 years ago March 22,1952 a Humphrey Bogart the Gin Loving Vagabond in the african Queen and Vivien Leigh the faded Beauty of a Streetcar named desire won the oscars for Best actor and actress. It was Leigh a second Oscar. Her first was in 1939 for her performance As Scarlett of Hara in gone with the wind. World War ii 50 years ago today 22 march1 a 9 a 4 a 2 heavy attacks by japanese warplanes Force British and Volunteer american air units to abandon Mage Airfield in Burma leaving British ground forces without support against advancing japanese troops. Chinese soldiers defending Tou goo in Central Burma hold firm against japanese attacks. In Australia japanese planes bomb the port of Darwin on the Northern coast. Source 2194 Days of War. W h Smith a  seers if a red Wing Minn. Apr almost 50 years ago a band of american airmen under col. Jimmy Doolittle staged a daring bomber attack on Tokyo a and then flew on to China where they put their lives in the hands of peasants and workers. On Friday eight of the airmen were reunited with five of their chinese rescuers and got a second Chance to say a thank  a a a we be thought about these people for 50 years a said retired it. Col. Frank Kap Peler of Santa Rosa Calif., navigator on one of Doolittle a b-25 bombers. The chinese and americans now in their 70s and 80s, were brought together by artist and history Buff Bryan Moon. He led a 1990 expedition to China to recover parts of the bombers that made the historic raid and met some of the rescuers. Forty two of the 80 airmen who made the raid Are still alive. Doolittle 95, lives in Pebble Beach Calif., and was unable to attend. But he sent a message to be read to the chinese at a reception today. The desperate raid on Japan on april 18, 1942, came four months after the japanese attack on Pearl Harbor a time when american morale badly needed a boost. It was depicted two years later in the film thirty seconds Over Tokyo starring Spencer Tracy As Doolittle. Doolittle a 16 fully loaded bombers took off from the Hornet on the historic raid. After the raid the Doolittle raiders were to land at airfields in China that were in Friendly hands. But an Early Takeoff coupled with Strong head winds depleted their gasoline reserves and almost All had to abandon their planes and bail out. Of the 80 airmen three drowned or were killed when they parachuted said Carroll v. Glines who helped Doolittle write his autobiography. Eight landed in japanese held China and were imprisoned a three of those later to be executed As War Crimi Anchorage Alaska apr air Force f-15s intercepted two Bearg series bombers used by the former soviet air Force off Western Alaska Early Friday. A a it a anyone a guess Why they were in the area a said capt. Monica Aloisio a spokeswoman for the 11th air Force at Elmendorf fab near Anchorage. A a we re calling them russian although nals and a fourth to die in prison. But Doolittle and 68 others came Down in free China or the soviet far East and eventually made their Way Hack to . Forces some with the help of people like Zhao Xiaotao a Fisherman a wife. She attended the reunion and recalled How one of Doolittle a bombers crashed near her Home on the coastal Island of Tan Tou Shan. Its believed they were launched from a base in the  the intercept was made at 2 21 a.m., 538 Miles West of cold Bay the air Force said. The f-15s steered the bombers away from the United states. The bombers never penetrated . Airspace the air Force said. The a series bears Are capable of carrying cruise missiles for use against land and in the sky and then there was a tremendous noise a said Zhao. She helped Rescue and hide co Pilot maj. Griffith Williams Williams Engineer gunner . Col. Edward Saylor and two others. A we fled to the mountains. When we came Home we found four airmen hidden in the Pigpen of our Home a Zhao said through an interpreter. A they probably saved our lives a said Williams of Al Cajon Calif. Sea targets the air Force said. Such intercepts while routine have become less common since the breakup of the soviet Union said cmdr. Chuck Connor a spokesman at the North american aerospace defense Comdr a Headquarters in Colorado Springs Colo. He said intercepts near Alaska fell from 46 in 1988 to 21 in 1991. A that night i saw an air plane flying Low . Intercepts 2 bombers off Alaska