European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 09, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes tuesday february 9,1993 Clinton set to unveil first part of economic plan Gore says _. .1f c a by John m. Brod Erlos Angeles times Washington vice president Al Gore said sunday that the Glinton administration will announce a number of Steps this week to trim government spend ing starting with the White House budget. Gore and other top officials said that no final Deci Sions have been made on the president s Overall eco nomic plan which will be announced in a speech to Congress on feb. 17. The plan will include budget cuts tax increases and new spending to stimulate the econ omy and create jobs officials have said. But Gore said on Abc s this week with David Brinkley that some initial actions will be announce this week to eliminate wasteful and unnecessary  and we re going to take on the sacrifice ourselves first of All Gore said referring to the White House staff you re going to see some announcements. That will be unmistakably Clear that we have been wrestling with the guts of these very difficult decisions. He did not specify the nature of the cuts but Clinto promised during the Campaign to reduce the White House staff by 25 percent and reduce the perquisites of office. Some workers in the White House correspondence office already have been let go and Clinton has reduced the number of senior officials eligible for door to door limousine service. Secretary of labor Robert Reich said that he and others in the administration Are agonizing Over now to boost Job growth and invest in the nation s future while reducing the Federal budget deficit. There have Bee numerous hints that the administration planned to Cut entitlement benefits and raise taxes inevitably increasing the Middle class tax Burden. Clinton is going through the budget himself m excruciating detail and has vowed not to Hurt the poo and struggling Middle income americans Reich said on lbs face the  president is asking detailed questions Reich said. Was this going to Hurt if we Cut it who s going to gain is this something we need and he takes his pen and he crosses it out this is a budget cutting pres ident. But he s doing it very carefully. Reich and other officials. Have said that Clinton economic stimulus program would be in the Range 01 $10 billion to $30 billion to be spent on a variety of infrastructure and growth related projects designed to create jobs and improve the nation s future competitiveness. I but congressional republicans said that signs or Strong economic recovery make such a program an unnecessary luxury now and urged Clinton to drop it As a first step toward reducing the deficit. The republicans in a letter signed by gop Senate Leader Robert Dole of Kansas and other senior Mem Bers said we fail to see How any Short term stimulus package of $10 billion to $30 billion can have any significant Impact on our Economy that is now experiencing solid recovery. The Economy already is experiencing a $320 billion stimulus in the form of our annual deficit and such package May simply add to that debt Load. But Secretary of Commerce Ronald h. Brown said that the Economy although improving is not creating enough new  Are still layoffs still Plant closings Brown said on Abc s meet the press. We re pleased that some of the statistics coming in Are looking favourable. And that s Why a modest stimulus package is in order. Nuclear intrusion Pierce l. Nyc 31, of Bethel pa., is led away by author tics in Harrisburg on sunday after he allegedly smashed his station Wagon through the Gate of the three mile Island nuclear Power Plant and wandered through the site for four hours. Officials said no dam age was caused to the Power Plant during the incident. Gay activists surprised by support for m _ � i re a  inh Vinn 0roiins had acc of by Kim i. Mills the associated press Washington Gay rights groups toiled for years to overturn the military san on homosexuals but when president Clinton took the first step toward lifting it they found themselves unprepared to defend his action. It took Days for Gay activists to counter the flood of Telephone Calls and letters to Congress and the White House that conservative religious groups launched with in minutes of Linton s action. It s very difficult to compete with churches who begin political organizing on sunday Rev up the masses on 1,000radio stations and own television stations coast to coast said Tanya Domi Mili tary affairs lobbyist for the National Les Bian and Gay task Force. And then on monday they re beating your brains out on the  Clinton said Jan. 29 that he had or dered the Pentagon to immediately Stop asking recruits about their sexual Orienta Tion and to draft an executive order with in six months formally lifting the 50-year old ban on homosexuals in the military. Inspired by televangelists linking homosexuality to nazism satanism and Hir ing quotas evangelical christians immediately jammed Telephone lines at the Capitol and the White House to protest Clinton s action. For Gay rights activists it meant the initial message reaching the nation selected leaders was largely against Clin ton s plan to lift the ban in six months. Eventually Gay rights groups mobilized a counteroffensive by fax machine and phone. By the Middle of last week the offices of several key senators said they were getting More Calls in favor of Clin ton s stand than a week earlier but that Calls opposing his action still were run Ning  said Gay leaders had allowed themselves to be mesmerized by Clin ton s Campaign Promise to lift the ban with the stroke of a  also she said activists were caught unaware when sen. Sam Nunn d-ga., chairman of the Senate armed services committee decided to Challenge Clin ton s plan to lift the ban. Everybody knew Nunn was opposed but nobody really thought he was going to Call the hand of a Brand new presi Dent Domi said. Many in the Gay Community were sur prised by their unread Ness especially because activists had spent considerable Effort in the last five years fighting the ban. The Day that it was reported in the mainstream Media that Capitol Hill was deluged we got More phone Calls in our office asking what do 1 do what do i do " said Jeff Epperly editor of Bay windows a Boston based Gay newspaper. Epperly and others questioned whether the delay was a sign that their flagship Washingto lobbying group become too closely tied to the democratic party. Scott Celley a spokesman for sen. John Mccain r-ariz., said Gay activists were As shocked As Congress and the american people when president Clinton moved Forward on  Mccain voted thursday for a failed gop measure that would have restored the original Gay ban and required Congress to vote on any change. Ralph Reed executive director of the Christian coalition a conservative group Allied with religious broadcaster  Robertson said the Gay lobby missed the window of Opportunity. The Compromise has been made an the decision has been delayed he said. Right now to bombard the Capitol with a Bunch of letters is like swinging before the Ball Ever leaves the Pitcher s Glove. Reed s group credits Middle Arnen Ca for speaking out against Clinton s decision to lift the ban in six months alter Congress has studied it. Restaurant massacre Case still baffles Illinois officials Palatine Iii. Up police chief Jerry Bra Cher says his frustrated investigators Are making Little Progress in solving the Jan. 8 slayings of seven people at Brown s Chicken and pasta restaurant. Bratcher oversees a 75-member team from 18 police agencies that he said will keep working until the crimes solved lie said evidence gathered by crime lab technicians could be a key to finding those responsible for the worst mass murder in the area in 20 years. We have a Large volume of Evi Dence still being processed Bratcher said saturday. That is an asset we  police have fragments of genetic evidence including fingernails blood hair and fiber samples gathered at the crime scene and some of the Dan fingerprints could belong to the at tackers he said. Bratcher said investigators also Are using a computerized automatic fingerprint identification system that can match partial fingerprints. We Are looking at a number of possibilities at least two or three scenarios Bratcher said denying re ports the Trail has gone cold. We Hada lot of real Good  Palatine police said they have received letters on the crime and More than 2,000 Calls on a crime hot line. Lawmaker wants to raise Texas stripping age to .21 Houston a a legislator is try ing to raise the Legal age for stripping and topless dancing to 21, changing the state s indecency Law that allows girls As Young As 17 to work in bars where they Are too Young to drink. I think most people Are a Little sur prised if not shocked to have 17-year Olds working As topless dancers said state rep. Sue Schuchter. You can legally dance naked in a bar before you turn 21, but you can t go in that bar and legally buy a  Schechter a Houston Democrat introduced a Bill last week that would raise the Legal age for stripping and topless dancing to 21. The Bill is supported by children s advocates. Schechter said the proposal is designed to make the Public indecency Law consist 21. With the state s Legal drinking age of owners of Houston cabarets attacked the proposal As discriminatory and Saia hiring decisions should be left to owners and dancers. We re giving them an Opportunity to better themselves rather than working Ai Mcdonald s or another fast food place said Terry Allen who manages Chez Paris. Bill Floyd manager of Rick s cabaret estimated a fourth of the club s 400 wait resses and topless dancers Are under z he said it was difficult to make sure they Are not served  Byrd of the Gulf coast Legai foundation said he knows of one year old to quit a clerk s Job to become a topless dancer