European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 17, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                I the a and Fries Vul vol. 51, no 304 350 wednesday february 17,1993 d 8693 a Middle class better off7 Clinton says big earners to pay highest taxes Washington a president Clinton working to build momentum for a $500 billion package of tax increases and spending cuts said tuesday that Middle class americans will be much much better off under his plan. Ameri cans making above $30,000 a year arc Likely to feel a Pinch aides said. It s a very progressive program Clin ton said at a picture taking session As he met with democratic leaders to preview the plan he will unveil formally today. Clinton also shrugged off a morning slump in the Stock Market the Bond Market s a better indicator. And that response has been very positive Clinton said As the Dow Jones Industrial average plunged by nearly 60 Points apparently on nervousness surrounding the president s economic package. I would t say that anxiety Over his plan was fueling the Market drop Clinton said. Those people who came in from the business Community who actually know pretty Well what s in this program have responded very  House speaker Thomas Foley d wash., said after meeting with Clinton that americans Are going to be willing to take the package As a whole even though it will mean higher taxes. Individuals arc going to be asked to make a greater contribution but the overwhelming Burden on the american people is going to fall on higher income americans not on Middle income americans Foley said. Republicans offered to cooperate on slashing the deficit after Clinton s first prime time address to the nation monday see taxes on Page 2 powerful storm takes Snow ch/7/ eastward by Ben Dobbin the associated press a far Flung storm swirled toward the Northeast on wednesday shutting Down schools and tying traffic in knots after unloading up to 2 feet of Snow on the ozarks and causing havoc across the nation s midsection. Winter is a Long Way from Over said Dave Wacker City Engineer of Hastings neb., which was carpeted with a half foot of Snow and scoured by wind gusts of 30 Mph. The wind chill dropped to 35 below Zero. The storm was generated by warmer air from Mexico colliding with an Arctic air mass Over the Plains. It slowed across the Ohio Valley and spread Snow and rain As far East As the Middle Atlantic states. From 4 to 7 Inch Winter is a Long Way from Over Dave Wacker City Engineer of Hastings neb. Is of Snow were dumped on South West and Central Ohio overnight with much of in Diana reporting 6 to 8 inches. The roads Aren t cleared any and it s really bad said Steve Baker at an Indianapolis truck Stop. The storm was expected to Deposit up to 10 inches of Snow in Michigan Pennsylvania and new York. In Southern Illinois 12 inches of Snow had fallen at Vienna near the Kentucky Border. About 80 stranded motorists spent the night on a Motel dining room floor or at St. Paul s Catholic Church said Johnson county sheriff Elry Faulkn  roads were blamed for hundreds of Acci dents and at least seven traffic deaths four in Missouri two in Oklahoma and one in Kentucky. The storm brought up to 24 inches of Snow to parts of Arkansas collapsing the roofs of a hard Ware store and an storage building at Mountain Home an indoor Tennis club at Fayetteville and dozens of poultry barns in Northwestern Arkan  was knocked out Lor about 30,000 Cus Seo storm on Page 2 a French . Peacekeeper chats with an unidentified Man on monday at the town of mall Vornik Bosnia and Herzegovina where a Relief Convoy was halted by . Serbian commanders bar Aid from going to starving Region Sarajevo Bosnia and Herze Govina a despite a pledge of cooperation from their Leader Serbi an commanders refused tuesday to let an Aid Convoy depart for a Region of Eastern Bosnia and Herzegovina harbouring tens of thousands of Des Perate refugees. Sylvana Foa spokeswoman of the . High commissioner for Refu see related Story on Page 3 gees said bosnian serbian com Manders at the Border with Serbia were reluctant to let the Convoy set out from Mali Vornik. She also said that refusal since Friday by Sarajevo authorities to distribute Relief Aid in the City was leaving some residents hungry. Parts of Eastern Bosnia where Muslim led government troops have regained some territory in recent weeks remained convulsed tuesday by fighting bosnian radio reported. Among them was Kamenica a mus Lim Village near Czerska which was to receive part of the Aid carried by the delayed Convoy. And the bosnian capital of Sarajevo shuddered tuesday under its fourth Day of heavy shelling by serbs. Bosnian authorities reported ser Bian tanks on the Road to the Airport normally patrolled by , peace keepers. It was not Clear whether the . Troops had left voluntarily or were forced to do so by the serbs. The 380,000 residents of Sarajevo see serbian on Page 2 \ Hungary a a. K Convoy trucks Croatia i stopped Bosnia and Herzegovina Sarajevo. A. \ Adriatic Ufa Montenegro kosovo\v.v, \ t. I w pm ,