European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 14, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday january 14, 1993 . The stars and stripes Paga 5 economic report defends 7 2 years of Washington apr the United states has come through Tough economic times but better Days Are ahead president Bush said wednesday in his final report on the Economy. The 454-Page economic report of the president challenges Quot the prophets of declines my who contend the country is on the Way to becoming a second rate economic Power. The report also defends the past 12 years of Republican stewardship criticizing a a revisionists who the administration said wrongly tried to blame the recent sluggish growth on ill Cocci cd policies during the Reagan and Bush years. Noting that inflation and interest rates Are at their lowest Levels in a generation the president said the. Country was on the threshold of sustained economic growth. A a a american a future can and should be Bright a Bush wrote in transmitting the report to Congress Quot we have the strongest largest most successful Economy in the. World with the highest Standard of  the report prepared by Bush a Council of economic advisers forecast that the Overall Economy As measured by the Gross Domestic product will grow by 2.9 percent this year. The Gap is the sum of All goods and services produced by an Economy. It said this growth would be enough to lower the average unemployment rate to 6.9 percent. The official jobless rate reached 7.4 percent during 1992 the increase during an election year was a Factor cited to explain Bush s defeat. The forecast for modest growth in 1993 with inflation remaining Well under control was in line with the expectations of Many private economists. Bush s last economic report sounded Many of the Republican themes of the past decade including the need to reduce government regulations and tax fates to Spur private investment. A a Bush also got in a last plug for his Long sought Cut in tax rates on capital gains a the profits made from the Sale of real estate stocks and other assets. A Quot Quot though never mentioning president elect Clinton Bush a report charged that critics had overstated the nations temporary problems caused by the 1990-91 re cession while failing to recognize the country s significant strengths. The report said Republican administrations Over the past 12 years had lowered inflation restrained the growth of Federal regulations and Cut tax rates to restore incentives to produce wealth. The administration said the biggest failure was the inability to restrain the growth of government spending. That it said has led to record budget deficits. Among the challenges for the incoming adm Nistra lion the report listed the country s lagging productivity growth a crisis in health care and a poverty rate that Nas shown Little improvement in recent years. In the stars and stripes 10 year Sago Jan. 14,1983 air Force chief of staff Gen. Charles a. Gabriel said military leaders were not consulted before president Reagan decided to Cut proposed military spending including a freeze on service Mem Erst pay. 20 years ago Jan. 14,1973 a Paris police clashed with demonstrators protesting the visit of israeli prime minister Gotham air. 30 years ago Jan. 14,1963 a preventive Medicine teams from the . Army Europe moved into flood devastated areas in efforts to inoculate thousands of moroccan refugees threatened by disease. 40 year Sago Jan. 14,1953 a the wreckage of a c-46 transport which had been missing six Days with 40 aboard was found near the top of a jagged Mountain in Southeastern Idaho. No survivors were found. 50 year Sago Jan. 14,1943 a the Crew of a Navy Catalina flying boat held off a pack of German a boats for More than three hours sinking six submarines As a Britain bound Convoy steamed safely past 30 Miles away. Worlo War ii 50 years ago today Jan 14 1-9�4�?T3 president Franklin d. Roosevelt and British prime minister Winston Churchill begin a conference in Casablanca Morocco to determine Allied War strategy around the Globe russian Leader Josel Stalin sends a a message repeating his demand for 6 the opening of a Quot second front Quot in the West. Soviet troops capture pit Omnik a the largest Airfield held by the germans trapped in the Stalingrad pocket. Source 2194 Days o1 War. W. H Smith publishers inc. World almanac Book of world War ii Beon books corp., i98t a jazz trumpeters from left Clark Terry Wynton Marsalis Donald Byrd and Jon Faddis perform at memorial services for jazz legend dizzy Gillespie on tuesday in new York City. Gillespie died Jan. 6 at age 75. A. A friends give dizzy Jazzy Send off new York a it was t hard to spot dizzy Gillespie among the 5,000 people at his own memorial service. The late jazz legend was omnipresent a in the music played the humor displayed the mannerisms and verve of the musicians and the warmth of spirit that enveloped the huge gothic expanse of the Cathedra of St John the divine. There were few tears at tuesdays memorial a new Orleans style jazz Send off that celebrated Gillespie s life More than it mourned his death on Jan. 6 at 75, Quot today a not meant to be a memorial to someone who a departed a said. Gilles pie s attorney and longtime Friend Elliot Hoffman who led the  so much of dizzy is still Here a the interdenominational service began with a blues processional up the Center aisle. It was led by Wynton Marsalis the most prominent Young inheritor of Gillespie a trumpet legacy. He was followed by honorary pallbearers who included jazz stars George shearing Jon Faddis slide Hampton Milt Hinton Chuck Mangione Jimmy Heath Ray Brown Milt Jackson Paquito do Rivera and Clark Terry among Many others. Private services for Gillespie a who helped create the by Bop style of jazz and whose trademarks were his bulging Cheeks his Bent Horn and his clowning around a were held saturday. Tuesdays service consisted largely of reminiscences Many of them humorous interspersed with some of the songs that arc Gillespie s legacy including con Alma tin tin Deo and a night in Tunisia. Thelonious Monk jr., the son of the late pianist and composer read a message from president elect Clinton. Quot America and the world have lost one of the creative geniuses of the 20th Century a the message said court upholds Cia s firing of Gay agent Washington a the Ciao a firing of a Gay spy on grounds that he posed a threat to National Security was upheld tuesday. The ruling was issued by a three judge panel of the . Court of appeals for the District of Columbia. The court said the Central intelligence Agency had a legitimate concern about the spy a Quot trustworthiness in Light of the fact that he hid information about his involvement in homosexual activity despite suspecting or knowing that the Agency considered such involvement to be a matter of Security significance.�?�. The appeals court overturned a Federal judges ruling that the spy identified in court papers Only As John Poe was denied due process when then Cia director William j. Casey fired him 1982. The Man joined the Cia in 1973 As a clerk typist and worked his Way up to a Covert Job As an electronics technician in which he was rated As an excellent agent. Fearing that he might be fired he told a Cia Security official in january 1982 that he was Gay that his family neighbors and friends knew he was homosexual but that he had never revealed any classified information to an unauthorized person. He was placed on paid leave pending an investigation and was told in May 1982 that he was being fired Quot in the interests of the United  after the Cia rejected his Appeal he sued the Agency in Federal court contending he was fired because he was Gay. Quot