European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 9, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday january 9,1993 a r / . V the stars and stripes. A.  Zjr a b Page 5 by the Baltimore Sun Little Rock Ark. President elect Clinton met with his top economic advisers thursday with All signs pointing to a Retreat from his Campaign Promise of a major Middle class tax break and his opposition to a Federal gasoline tax. The strategists met in the Wake of the Bush administrations worsening deficit projections issued this week. Those figures suggest that the nations record deficit of $290 billion in fiscal 1992 will exceed $300 billion in fiscal 1994 and 1995. Faced with such a setback Clinton May have to increase taxes or Cut spending to make up the new shortfall which almost certainly would thwart his goal of halving the deficit in four years. Quot it gives them some More flexibility and justification for doing things that would not be popular a said Max Sawicky of the labor backed economic policy Institute which has advocated a $60 billion growth package for fiscal 1994. A a 1 Quot we Are not backing away from any pledges a communications director George Steph Nopoulos said commenting on the budget report. A clearly what we Learned was that the deficit is far bigger than anyone  Steph Nopoulos said the Clinton estimate was that in fiscal 1997 the budget was Likely to be nearer to $360 billion than the $319 billion projected by the Bush administration. He added that halving the deficit re smashed the goal but Many economists doubted it was now attainable. Quot he is certainly in a bind a staid Arthur Hall an economist with the Independent tax foundation. A there is just not enough Money in the places he said he was going to get the Money from. He never made a very Large gesture to the Middle class. I think this erases even that Small gesture.�?�. During the Campaign Clinton promised a Middle class income tax Cut or a child tax credit that would have saved families $480 a year for each child. Arty in cd my lax Cut now Sec mss impossible but a Middle class child tax credit to fulfil his Campaign Promise could still be linked to increased taxes on the Cal the. A either he is going o break his Promise or he is Quot a spending or h Quot a Way to increase taxes a Hall said. Going to find ways to Cut spending or he is going to find Linton is committed to raising taxes on incomes above $200,000 a year and improving tax collection from foreign corporations. But neither move is Likely to come anywhere near solving his deficit problem the most Likely new source of major revenues is a Federal gasoline tax. But that too would require Clinton to reverse his original opposition to the idea when it was broached during the Campaign by Independent Ross Perot who wanted a 50-Ccnt-a-gallon increase added Over five years. Clinton now appears More receptive to he idea. In the stars and stripes 10 years ago Jan. 9,1983 a president Reagan citing a a serious foundation for Progress in nuclear arms reductions with Moscow sent vice president George Bush to Confer with european allies on the .-soviet arms talks. 20 year Sago Jan. 9,1973 a Newole Anspro lice rushed a rooftop Bunker in search of snipers who killed six persons and wounded 17 others but they found no Trace of the gunmen. 30 years ago Jan. 9,1963 a three . Soldiers drowned when the armoured personnel Carrier in which they were Riding Sank in the Rhine River near Oppenheim Germany. 40 year Sago Jan. 9,1963 a searchers fought through a driving snowstorm after flares were reportedly seen on a Mountain Peak near Dingle Idaho where an army chartered Airliner carrying 37 soldiers Home from Korea was believed to have crashed. A 50 year . 9,1943 a the biggest topic of conversation among american soldiers in Britain was president. Roosevelt s message to the 70th Congress which included a vow to strike hard in Europe probably within the year. L world War ii 50 years ago today Jan 9 1 e-9 a 4 3 japanese soldiers repel Allied troops trying to fight their Way across Konomi River near Taradena on new Guinea s northeastern coast an australian brigade flies to Wau to set up a Forward base. On Guadalcanal . Army troops take up position on the Matani Kau River and near the stronghold of Gifu on Moun Austen in preparation for a major attack. Source 2194 Days of War w. H. Smith publishers inc. World almanac Book o i world War ii Elson books corp., 19q1 a 4 men at naval Academy charged women in dorm prank Annapolis my. A the . Naval Academy has charged four male midshipmen with assaulting two female midshipmen who were Hurt after being attacked with pillows in what officials said was a prank. Academy officials would not identify the midshipmen involved in the dormitory incident during the week before the army Navy game dec. 5. A a there were several instances of this Type of pre game prank. This one resulted m injury a cmdr. Mike John spokesman for the Academy said Friday. He said the incident was a not a sexual harassment  r the frequent prank is known As a a Mack truck a because victims feel As if they be been hit by a truck. Midshipmen enter a classmate s room Shine a Light into the victims eyes and hit the victim with pillows. A source in naval Academy administration told the Washington Post that the women were bruised and that one suffered a Black Eye. The charges Are administrative not criminal. If found guilty at investigative and full hearings the men could be Dis charged John said. There have been a number of publicized attacks on women in the Navy in recent years. I to 1989, a female midshipman was handcuffed to a urinal photographed and taunted two of the assailants were Given demerits and their leave was restricted for a month six others were reprimanded. Allegation of assault on More than 26 women by Drunken Navy and Marine aviators at a Tail Hook convention in september 1991 led to the resignation of Navy Secretary h. Lawrence Garrett 111. Woody Allen questioned in molestation probe Litchfield Conn. Up Connecticut state police have questioned Woody Allen about allegations that he sexually molested his 7-year-old adopted daughter. A spokeswoman for state attorney Frank Maco said Friday that the 57-year-old actor director was interviewed in Litchfield at length thursday by three investigators Allen was accompanied by two attorneys. A we have not yet received an investigative report from police yet a said Michelle Prindle the spokeswoman adding that Maco would make any decision on whether to proceed legally against Allen. Allen has not been charged. The interview was confirmed by Elkin Abramowitz a member of Allens Legal team in new York. A fallen has nothing to hide a Abramowitz said. A the feels and his counsel concur that when the truth comes out he will be vindicated. Therefore we have cooperated and will continue to do so with  Abramowitz said the interview was made without conditions on Allens part. Earlier he declined to be interviewed unless guaranteed that his statements about the adopted daughter Dylan Farrow could not be used in any subsequent court proceeding. The abuse allegations emerged after actress Mia Farrow Allens Lover for 13 years took Dylan to a Connecticut doctor for examination in August and the doctor made a report of  abuse to police. The abuse incident reportedly took place at Farrow s country Home near Bridgewater Conn. Allen and Farrow arc locked in a Legal dispute Over the custody of Dylan another adopted child Moses 14 and their natural son Satchel 5. The dispute began after Farrow discovered that Allen was having an affair with another of her adopted children soon i Farrow 21. A health care needs help nominee says Washington up Jesse Brown selected by president elect Clinton As Secretary of veterans affairs won enthusiastic bipartisan support thursday at his confirmation hearing. Brown a Battle scarred Marine Veteran who was executive director of the disabled american veterans told the Senate veterans committee that Quot adequate funding must be a top priority for the department. A a a number of health care initiatives require our immediate attention chief among them eligibility criteria requirements Quot Brown said. A Many veterans and department of veterans affairs health care professionals arc highly a and justifiably a critical of the current system As Complex confusing and not always consistent with Good medical practice. A we must Cut through the backlog of forms and applications that Force veterans and their families to wait months before receiving needed benefits Quot and 1 believe we must pay special attention to the needs of the homeless veterans. That those who served our nation honorable must now seek steam grates is a shame and a  objects to Clinton s attorney general Choice Washington a consumer activist Ralph Nader said thursday that attorney general designate Zoc Baird has embraced anti consumer policies that betray the principles of the Clinton Gore Campaign. Nader said that Baird As general counsel to Aetna life insurance and casualty co. Was part of the insurers Campaign to a Cut Back on victims  he acknowledged that Baird is Likely to be confirmed by the Senate but he wants the judiciary committee to be sure to a flush out her  a nominees try to say As Little As possible a Nader said. A we want to get enough on the Public record so that if she tries to sabotage Consumers there will be a record to turn  Nader said he talked to Clinton by Telephone earlier this week to urge him to meet with National citizen groups a for 12 years the citizen groups were in the trenches trying to Stem the tide of Reagan Bush policies a Nader said. But he said Clinton has not sought their counsel. A the said head get Back to me a Nader told a news conference on insurance Industry issues. Nader a objection to Baird stems from Aetna a involvement in the a tort Reform Quot movement to reduce damage awards granted victims in product liability cases and to reduce the number of cases brought. A to have the general counsel who believed in Aetna policies. Is a betrayal of much of what the Clinton Gore Campaign stood for a Nader said. \