European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 14, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stirs vol. 51, no. 301 500 sunday february 14,1993 b d 8693 a effective March 1, the single cop Price of the stars and stripes will increase to 50 cents. There will Beno increase in the Price charged to subscribers and a discount car program will be offered to readers in locations without Home delivery. Economic conditions caused by the troop draw Down and the weakness of the . Dollar overseas have resulted in increased costs and a reduction in Bookstore sales which help finance the newspaper. A single copy of the newspaper now costs 65cents to produce and distribute. The Price of the sunday edition which includes sunday Magazine will continue to be 50 cents. Clinton talks taxes he plans to Stop soaking Middle a ass Washington a president Linton consulted with top advisers and democratic legislators saturday about his economic plan then told the Ameri can people in a radio address that his goal was to Stop soaking the Middle  we will demand that those who seethe tax code As a table game to be won rather than a social compact to be respected pay their fair share of taxes Clinton said in his speech from the ova office. The radio address and Holiday week end meetings were All part of Clinton s Effort to prepare the nation for the higher taxes and painful budget cuts expected to be announced in his address to the nation wednesday night. I will keep my pledge to restore fairness to the tax code Clinton said in his second radio address in As Man weeks. We will raise taxes on the wealthiest individuals and companies  Clinton said government had set the example with the cutbacks he announced last week in payrolls and privileges at both the White House and throughout Federal agencies. He also said he was investigating last minute bonuses awarded to Bush administration officials just be fore they left office. Next we will take the Battle to the special interests he said. He reaffirmed his pledge to raise taxes on the wealthiest americans not be see Clinton on Page 2 no criminal miss pending found in Frankfurt by Vince Crawle staff writer More than $350,000 of troop morale funds were mis spent in Frankfurt Germany but investigators found no evidence of criminal wrongdoing the . Army said last week. The findings come from three separate army investigations that began last summer and looked into nearly $500,000 of morale fund spending in  morale welfare and recreation funds violates army regulations but was not illegal when the Frankfurt abuses took place in late 1991 and into the summer of 1992. However Congress has since passed legislation that will make such abuses a Federal crime As soon As the Pentagon drafts new regulations. Some of the Money in Frankfurt was used to buy see related stories on Page 3 flags for a change of command ceremony and to refurbish a civilian personnel office. But most of the Money although improperly handled went to projects that did Benefit soldiers an official said. These projects included shortwave radio equipment for combat troops to talk to their families during the persian Gulf War and for Community wide Victory Par ties after the troops returned from the desert. The Bottom line is that people were doing the right things for the right reasons with the wrong resources said the official who asked not to be identified. The staff of Frankfurt s regional military Headquarters called the 103rd area support group used mor april return reported for Somalia gis Mogadishu Somalia a most of the american troops i Somalia could be Home in april under a plan being prepared by the United nations a . Military spokesman said saturday. As part of the plan . Com Mand of the multinational Force in Somalia would be turned Over tothe United nations. The . Security Council is to consider the command shift at meeting this week. If it is approved then the . Military plans to Send Home most of the nearly 19,000 troops remaining be fore May. Looking at our timeline that perhaps technically feasible by mid to late april said col. Fred Peck spokesman for the . Forces. The plan As reported by the Newyork times on saturday Calls for the Force in Somalia to be made upon 15,000 to 20,000 soldiers from Var ious countries. The Force would in clude 3,000 to 5,000 americans according to times sources. A Security worker at Frankfurt International Airport checks a passenger Friday the Day after a Lufthansa Airliner was hijacked to the United states. Ale funds on projects with the intent to later reimburse the accounts with tax dollars the investigations revealed. Believing initially this procedure. Was acceptable the staff later realized their findings circumvented regulatory guidance army officials said in a written sum Mary signed by col. Phillip w. Childress chief of pub Lic affairs for the army in Europe s Headquarters i Heidelberg Germany. While the investigation did note that some of the non appropriated funds were improperly spent there were no findings of fraud criminal acts or personal gain added it. Col. Dick Bridges spokesman for v corps Headquarters which is based in Frankfurt. Bridges said he would not release any information see criminal on Page 2 hijacking suspect held without bail new York a an ethiopian Man charged with hijacking an airline was held without bail Friday after prosecutors said he had confided to the Pilot that he had planned the crime for a Long  Nebiu Tewolde Duemcke 20, smile broadly several times in . District court As he sat waiting for his first court appearance a Brief proceeding during which assistant . Attorney Thomas Roche maintained that Demerc might try to flee if released. It appears this hijacking was not whim but was carefully planned for a Long time Roche said. The prosecutor said the defendant had purchased a harmless starter s pistol along with a hatin which he hid the gun Long before the hijacking. He surrendered to authorities in Newyork on thursday after the plane commandeered Over Austria landed at Johnf. Kennedy International Airport. He has requested Asylum in the unite states. New details about the hijacking see hijacking on Page 2 stars and stripes Annot see special Section inside