European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 23, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday april 23,1992 the stars and stripes c Pago 7massachusetts governor admits erring on taxes from wire reports Boston gov. William f. Weld acknowledged tuesday that he mistakenly deducted too much Home mortgage interest on his 1990 and 1991 Federal tax returns. The 1991 return released last week showed Weld and his wife Susan owed no Federal taxes on joint income of $166,277 after deducting $77,431 in Home mortgage interest. After meeting with his accountant Weld said that deduction was about $60,000 More than allowed. He also acknowledged deducting about $22,000 too much on his 1990 return a mistake he said had not been noticed previously. The Republican governor said he would file amended returns. He added that he would pay More than $10,000 for last year and several thousand dollars including interest and penalties for the year before. He did no to give precise amounts. Welds state tax returns were not affected because Massachusetts does not allow a deduction for Home mortgage  halts 727 Takeoff new York a a us air shuttle racing Down the runway at 95 Mph aborted its Takeoff for Boston on tuesday when an engine caught fire and the plane lost Power. Flames were shooting out of the Tail Cone As the Pilot brought the Boeing 727 to a Stop at la Guardia Airport after veering onto another runway around 6 45 a.m., said Federal aviation administration spokesman Bob Fulton. The 44 passengers aboard us air flight 1170 were evacuated using the emergency chutes said port authority spokesman John Kampfe. He said that none of the passengers or seven Crew members was  foils burglary Ocala Fla. A a sunday school teacher armed with nothing More than an Index Finger held two burglary suspects until authorities could come arrest them. When Lillian counts saw two men she thought were trying to break into a bobs country store Early sunday she decided to take the matter into her own hands after calling 911. A in the Moonlight she pointed her Finger at the pair and tricked them into believing she had a gun. She looked Down at her Index Finger cocked her thumb upward and held her Elbow with her other hand As if to steady her aim. John Blackburn Hanna 34, and Michael Paul Roberts 19, were accused of trying to use a crowbar and screwdriver to punch a Hole in the rear of the store. Nothing was  out women told Columbia . A a woman whose husband was acquitted of marital rape charges came Forward tuesday to Tell other women they should keep battling Domestic violence. Women should not be insecure about turning in a Man they love Trish Crawford told a state House rally protesting her husbands acquittal. A a it a very important that women not be discouraged by this verdict a she said. A Lexington county jury took less than an hour to acquit her husband Dale a week ago. He had videotaped the alleged rape and characterized it As a sex game. Belt tightening by states fails to ease budget Pinch Washington apr despite record tax increases and spending cuts recession battered state governments Are facing the worst budget squeeze in 15 years. A the states now realize they Are not just dealing with Short term cyclical budget problems a said Raymond c. Scheppach executive director of the National governors association. A they recognize that Revenue growth in the 1990s will be moderately if not significantly lower than in the 1980s.�?� new England states continue to be hardest hit followed by mid Atlantic Western and Southern states the group said. The states have just completed unprecedented Levels of budget cuts and tax increases. They raised taxes $15 billion in fiscal 1992, and $10.3 billion in 1991. Governors Are asking for an additional $5.1 billion in increases in the next fiscal year. But for All their efforts state budgets have the lowest end of year balances in 15 years. As most states near the end of their fiscal year june 30, their balances Are estimated to be Only 0.8 percent of spending. That is substantially below Levels of the last recession in 1982-83. Scheppach said that Over the last two years states have reduced spending through largely Short term budget cuts such As freezes on hiring and travel. Now he said states can be expected to make More lasting cuts. He described the new cuts As a permanent reduction of state governments that will Force attention on Reform of state taxes and restructuring of major Federal deficit running ahead of 1991 s Pace Washington a fiscal 1992 is Only half Over but the Federal budget deficit already is Well head of last years record Pace. Red Ink in March totalled $49.4 billion bringing the deficit for fiscal year to $196.9 billion the Treasury department said tuesday. That a a 29 percent increase Over the first six months of last year and puts the deficit near a Pace Matching the Bush administrations projection of $399.7 trillion for the fiscal year. However because of a disruption in spending authority for the savings and loan cleanup program Many private economists Are projecting a somewhat smaller deficit although it would still exceed last years record of $269.5 billion. State services such As education welfare and health. As a result of these conditions Scheppach said taxpayers Are Likely to see More cuts in direct services lower state support for education and local governments and higher fees such As for College tuition. A and everybody a going to get hit by some Small increases in taxes a he predicted. Vol i Viv till a to j a a defense attorney says videotape does t show officers perspective by the new York times Simi Valley Calif. A in his closing argument a defense lawyer said tuesday that a widely publicized videotape of a police beating of Rodney g. Ring is deceptive. The attorney Michael p. Stone said the videotaped View from across the Street on March 3, 1991, did not portray the incident from the Point of View of the frightened police officers who had to subdue a dangerous suspect. The 81-second videotape provoked outrage around the nation with its seemingly unambiguous images of the officers clubbing and kicking a mostly prone King. Stone the first defense lawyer to speak after tuesdays closing argument by the prosecution is representing officer Laurence m. Powell 29, who is shown striking most of the 56 Baton blows and who faces a maximum prison term of seven years and eight months. The same term is faced by the sergeant on the scene Stacey c. Koon 41. Former officer Timothy e. Wind 31, could be sentenced to seven years and officer Theodore j. Briseno 39, who is accused Only of kicking King once in the head faces a four year term. Since the trial began seven weeks ago it has been the Challenge of the defense lawyers to persuade jurors not to take at face value what they see on the tape. On tuesday Stone said the tape omitted events that preceded it presented Only one visual Angle and distorted the memories of witnesses. A is there anything in this whole Case that any two witnesses agree about a he asked. A there is a great tendency of witnesses to conform their recollection of events to what they see on the  Michael p. Slone the attorney for officer Laurence m. Powell said in his closing argument that a videotape or a police beating of Rodney g. King is deceptive. Drug cases called tainted 14 g my Jon . Acres owned by foreigners Baltimore perjury charges against four narcotics officers were dropped tuesday but a prosecutor said he still would not refile charges in at least 50 drug cases that were dismissed Over the accusations. States attorney Stuart o. Simms said the cases have been irretrievably tainted by officers misstatements on search warrant affidavits. He added that other cases the officers were involved in might also be dropped. But Simms said he asked that the charges against the four be dismissed because of difficulty in proving the misstatements were deliberate. The Case stemmed from a raid last july on the Home of a Cousin of mayor Kurt l. Schmoke s wife. No drugs were found. Washington apr foreign owners expanded their holdings of . Farm and Forest land to nearly 15 million acres last year the agriculture department said. But they still hold Only slightly More than 1 percent of privately owned agricultural land in the United states. According to the departments economic research service foreign interests owned 14.8 million acres of . Agricultural lands As of dec. 31, up from 14.5 million acres in 1990. A holdings have remained Small and relatively steady from 1981 through 1991, fluctuating around 1 percent of privately owned agricultural land in the United states a said John Lee administrator of the economic research service. About 53 percent of the reported foreign holdings is actually land owned by . Corporations which Are required to Register their holdings if at least 10 percent of their Stock is in the hands of foreign investors. Those corporations owned 7.8 million acres in 1991, a decline from nearly 9 million acres in 1990. The remaining 47 percent of foreign owned land is held by investors not affiliated with . Firms. Those investors boosted their holdings from nearly 5.5 million acres in 1990 to almost 7 million acres in 1991. Maine leads the country in the amount of land with foreign owners a 2.83 million acres followed by Texas with just Over 1 million acres. Only Alaska and Rhode Island have no foreign landowners