European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 18, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes . Monday january 18,1993inauguration fever strikes capital in event by Marlene cimons los Angeles times Washington you can to get away from it unless you leave town. If you Are anywhere near the Washington Baltimore metropolitan area you will become in Fectea. An air of expectation is everywhere. Take the Street vendors on virtually every Corner who have happily switched from hawking slow moving Washington redskins items to briskly Selling to shirts and buttons bearing the inaugural Seal or the faces of Bill and Hillary Clinton. Quot its going to be Good a said Stafford Lowry who has spent the last 36 years Selling souvenirs on the streets of Washington and put two of his Jive children through College on his earnings. Quot you can  or take the cookie lady behind the counter at mrs. Fields who can barely contain her anticipation. Quot Well Honey Are you ready for wednesday a she asked with a Broad smile As she handed Over a Pound of the store s finest chewy fudge. I can to  this City is in a Good mood. It is preparing to inaugurate a new president and its spirits Are showing. Quot the entire atmosphere is charged with Energy a said Bernetta Hayes a local chamber of Commerce official. Quot you can feel it in the streets. People arc  new lights have been Strung along the memorial Bridge Over the Potomac River in preparation for president elect Clinton s walk from the Lincoln memorial to Arlington National cemetery for sunday nights Bell ringing ceremony. The inaugural platform has been erected on Capitol Hill ready for the presidential swear ing in. The bleachers arc up along the Pennsylvania Avenue Parade route and the huge enclosed weatherproof reviewing stand in front of the White House awaits its new occupants. Even Mother nature promises to cooperate with Cool partly sunny weather with highs in the 30s, predicted for wednesday. Quot we expect the largest crowd in 205 years of inaugural history a said sen. Wendell h. Ford d.-ky., chairman of the joint inaugural committee. Quot there Are no tickets left. Demand was  More than 20,000 out of town visitors will flood into town by today and they will be greeted at the rail station and airports by 200 volunteers passing out maps and subway and bus information. They also will hand out souvenir bags of to shirts and buttons and brochures on City restaurants and night life. The visitors Are expected to pour at least $50 million into the local Economy Over the four Day inaugural period. Caterers Are furiously Busy and not surprisingly there is hardly a hotel room to be found anywhere. Quot we Are totally booked a said Karren Walsh of the Hay Adams the Small elegant hotel across Lafayette Park from the White House where the Clinton stayed during their first postelection visit to Washington. The Hay Adams was planning to present its guests with a gift of a special edition numbered inaugural plate As a memento Quot which is something we Hope they will treasure a Walsh said. And for caterers the quadrennial event brings a special Boom during an ordinarily Stow time. Quot january is normally dead but All of a president elect Clinton his wife Hillary and heir daughter Chelsea wave As they Board a plane saturday in Lutle Rock Ark sudden every four years its party time a said Jay Treadwell president of movable feast. If you looked at if like an egg it would Start out Flat on monday a like a dead person s a then zip into life for three Days just like someone had jolted your heart a and then go Flat again on  the inauguration will be a virtual smorgasbord of events a balls concerts and meals both official and unofficial elegant and informal expensive and free. Besides the highly publicized festivities the Bell ringing ceremony a barbra Streisand concert the salutes to children and youth there will be countless other laces to eat drink be merry a and even e thoughtful. I80% in . Expect Clinton tax hike poll shows new York a eighty percent of americans expect president elect Clinton to raise their taxes after he takes office but if that happens a majority thinks he will do so in a Way that s fair a poll released saturday shows. Most americans favor a tax increase if the Money is used to make health insurance available to More people or to provide Job training for the unemployed the Survey found. The poll taken wednesday and thurs Day for time Magazine and Cable news network found More preference for a National sales tax 43 percent than for an increase in the Gas tax 31 percent or income tax 18 percent. Another poll taken for . News and world report found 69 percent of americans having a favourable opinion of Clinton. A Newsweek poll found a similar 68 percent approving of Clinton s handling of the transition. Those with doubts about Clinton s Hon esty fell from More than half last april to less than a Quarter in the time can poll 69 percent said they think Clinton is trustworthy enough to be president. The poll of 1,000 adults by Yankelovich inc has a margin of sampling error of 3 percentage Points plus or minus. The Newsweek poll found that 65 percent of americans believe the National Economy will improve by the end of Clinton s four year term but 31 percent believe there will be no improvement. More than two thirds said it was not. Too Likely that Clinton would keep his Campaign promises to halve the Federal budget deficit or Cut taxes soon for the Middle class. The Newsweek poll of 753 adults was taken by Gallup on thursday and Friday and has a 4-Point margin of error. The . News poll of 1,005 adults was taken by Princeton Survey research associates on tuesday and wednesday and has a 3 Point error margin. Clinton plans to take Quick action on abortion rights issues aides say Fly Gwen if1ll the new York times Washington a president elect Clinton intends to Mark his first Days in office by signing executive orders to lift the Rule prohibiting abortion counselling in federally financed clinics and allowing americans to import the French abortion drug ru-486. Aides to the president elect said Clinton was being urged to take the actions Friday the 20th anniversary of the 1973 supreme court decision that made abortion a constitutional right. The aides Hope that Clinton a actions jul reverse the impression that he has been retreating for promises he made in the Campaign including a Middle class tax Cut and reversing the Bush administrations position on the handling of haitian refugees. Throughout his Campaign Clinton cited the ban on abortion counselling As an example of a regulation that he would eliminate if elected. He also has said he would lift the Bush administration s ban on using fetal tissue for medical research but it was not Clear whether that would be in the first round of executive orders. Quot he always said he would take action immediately Quot said Dee Dee Myers Clinton s press Secretary. But she cautioned that no final decision had been made about timing of the announcement on abortion. Another Clinton aide said no formal invitations had yet been issued for the announcement which is expected to be a High profile event. Representatives of abort Ion rights groups have been discussing the timing of the announcement with Clinton. Quot we be talked to people about it and about the timing and How it would be appropriate a one abortion rights advocate said. Quot he Hasni to Given us any Assurance about  abortion rights groups who enthusiastically supported Clinton selection had urged Clinton to use the anniversary of the Roe is Wade decision legalizing abortion to take Strong action on abortion rights. Clinton has said he will work with Congress to pass and sign other abortion rights legislation including measures that have stalled in Congress or been vetoed by Bush As part of comprehensive packages on women a health care. The abortion rights actions which will not require congressional approval could be accomplished quickly signalling the Energy and change that Clinton wants to demonstrate. He also could lift the ban on abortions in military hospitals with an executive  Clinton s pet Frog set free to live Normal life Little Rock Ark. Apr president elect Clinton interrupted his jog saturday to scamper Down a Steep embankment to set daughter Chelsea a pet Frog Jeff free into the Arkansas River. Quot she decided to leave it Here where it can live a Normal life a Clinton said after removing the Frog Fronza Shoebox and letting it Loose. The Clinton left later in the Day for Washington and the  inaugural quilts stolen Oakland Calif apr two quilts made by a 76-year-old woman for display during president elect Clinton a inauguration were stolen just before the woman was to leave for Washington , police said Abie Williams and her daughter Juanita Parker were loading their car Friday morning when a Man stole the vehicle which contained the quilts and their Luggage. Parker told police she had left the cards engine running and the Man jumped in and drove off. Williams who has been recognized by the National endowment for the arts for her quilts had made two for the inaugurations arts festival. Shell display another quilt at the festival