European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 17, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes wednesday february 17,1993 a at a ounce i taxes from Page 1 it Gen. George s. Patton sits on Hill observing his troops Roll through Tunisia in april 1943. Pat ton was brought in to take com Mand after . Troops were smashed by the germans at the Battle of the Kasserine pass which took place 50 years ago this week. See Story on pages 18-19. Author has aids virus Randy Shilts author of and the band played on an acclaimed history of the aids crisis is infected with the aids virus he has confirmed. -pagt4 Kevorkian s Aid sought Jack Kevorkian s attorney said the doctor has been contacted by hundreds of people interested in com mitting suicide before a Michigan ban goes into effect. Page 6 Airport Security probed prosecutors have opened a Crimi Nal investigation into the Security lapse that allowed a pistol carrying Man to Board an Airliner in Frankfurt Germany and Hijack it. Page 9 an ism first ism corp. Said it expects to soon announce layoffs in its huge North american sales operation the first time it has been forced to Lay off staff. Page 13 Index Abby Ann Landers. 21 classifieds 25-28 commentary. 15 comics 2123 faces n places 24 focus 1720 Horoscope 27 Jumble 27 letters 14 Money matters 12-13 sports 29-36 to listings 35 weather 16 night but were sceptical about his approach. What the president has pro posed so far is not snared sacrifice but raw punishment said sen. Phil Gramm r Texas but Clinton responding to that com ment tuesday said i think that when you tee the whole program it won t be raw pain. I think most Middle class americans when they look at the costs plus the benefits they re going to be much much better off. Meanwhile White House officials gave More evidence of the scope of Clinton s proposal to raise taxes on the Middle class. White House communications director George St thanopoulos said tuesday that higher taxes would Likely be required of All americans except those making less than $30,000."under the president s plan people making under $30,000 Are very Likely Mohave no increase at All in their taxes St thanopoulos said on Gas. He said Linton was still working on some details of the , press Secretary Dee Dee Myers said people earning less than $30,000 willbe protected from tax increases by an in crease in the earned income tax  will be one of the ways to offset the Impact of the taxes she  credit enables the working poor to get Money Back from the government if their income Falls by kit the level at which taxes Are  will formally unveil the four year plan which will include a new Taxon fuels and sources of Energy and an in crease in the top individual and corporate income tax rate in an address tonight to a joint House Senate  plan envisions roughly $500 billion in tax increases and spending  said Clinton hoped to have his plan enacted by the end of the  met with democratic congressional leaders and planned to visit a Road construction project in town to Demon Strate the kind of Public works project the economic stimulus portion of his plan would finance Clinton said the Short term stimulus part of his plan $16 billion in spending on Public works projects and $15 billion in tax Breaks for businesses would Cre ate As Many As 500,000 jobs. But most of his 11-minute nationally broadcast address was an Effort to explain his decisions to raise taxes and Cut government services and programs. This is nothing less than a Call to arms to restore the vitality of the Ameri can dream he said. The Price of doing the same old thing is far higher than the Price of  while the proposed Energy tax to be based on heat Content of various fuels will proportionately hit Middle income americans the hardest Clinto said 70 percent of the taxes i will pro pose fall on the shoulders of those who make More than $100,000." storm from Page 1 towers in Arkansas and  of up to 85 Mph ripped part of the roof off a school in Waxahachie Texas 35 Miles South of Dallas. None of the 350 students ranging from toddlers to eighth graders was Hurt. Schools were closed by Snow and Slipp Ery roads in parts of Arkansas Oklahoma Kentucky Kansas Indiana Ohio West Virginia and Virginia. The kids Are out of school and it sticking to the grass so they re taking advantage of it said Anita Inman a clerk at a hardware store in Benton by. Snowdrifts closed highways in Colora do and Kansas and flights were disrupted at airports in Ohio and Kentucky. You got snowdrifts so High they remitting the bumpers said trucker John Norman of St. Paul minn., who parked his Rig along with about 125 others at a truck Stop near North Platte neb. It was unseasonably Cool even in Hawaii. Low temperature records fell in Honolulu with a Reading of 56 degrees. The White House was giving out som mixed signals on that comment tuesday although press Secretary Myers said people who make Over $100,000 will pay 70 percent of the aggregate taxes that the president proposes in his  in the past Clinton has said he would raise the income tax rate from the cur rent ceiling of 31 percent to 36 percent on households earning note than $200,000 and Individuate caning More than $150,000, and impose an additional surcharge probably 10 percent on in comes Over 1 million. Monday night s address was the firs time Clinton has used the $100,000 Fig ure. Administration officials Are now Sug Gesting that Clinton is Likely to impose the higher tax rates on households with incomes Over $175,000 instead of the $200,000 he said Iff the Campaign. Those making Between $30,000 and$100,000 would see modest increases across the Board in their taxes Stepha Nopoulos said on lbs. Senate minority Leader Bob Dole r-kan., in a televised gop response on monday night questioned whether Clin ton would make deep enough cuts in government spending before asking for More taxes. Well be working. To make certain that sacrifice in t just a presidential code word for More taxes More spending and More mandates from Washington Dole said. Dow Down 55 at mid afternoon new York a the Stock mar Ket tumbled tuesday in heavy trading As rattled investors awaited details of presi Dent Bill Clinton s economic package. Drug stocks were hardest  3 . On Wall Street the Dow Jones average of 30 Industrial stocks was Down 55.66 Points at 3,336.77. Volume on the floor of the new Yor Stock Exchange was 284.43 million shares. Serbian from Page 1 were urged to stay indoors because of the intense artillery and sniper fire. Some ignored the warning and ran with head Down across stretches of Road targeted by  began besieging Sarajevo soon after Bosnia s muslims and croats voted to secede from serbian dominated Yugoslavia a year ago. Bosnian serbs opposed the move and with heavy arms left behind by the yugoslav army seized 70 percent of Bosnia. In the latest casualty count from the War the government monday listed 134,208 people killed or missing in areas under bosnian control. It had no figures for areas under serbian  officials estimate the bosnian death toll at More than 18,000, but acknowledge that is conservative. They say 1 million have been made homeless by the fighting. The government also reported146,15o people wounded and said 64,050 of those will be invalids because of amputations or major injuries. Sarajevo s leaders continued their Banon distributing . Aid to residents of the bosnian capital. They stopped handing out Relief supplies Friday to protest the world body s failure to get supplies to easter Bosnia where up to 200,000 muslims Are reported trapped. . Relief officials were sending about10 percent of newly arrived Aid directly to Sarajevo soup kitchens. But Lack of Large scale distribution left warehouses full. Tony land of the , High commission for refugees said there were eight to 10 Days Worth of supplies stored within the City and at the Airport. The Airlift of Aid remained suspended for its fifth Day because of Lack of Ware House space. More supplies arrived Mon Day with a russian Overland Convoy to Sarajevo. Land said storage space would be exhausted with the scheduled arrival later tuesday of an Overland Convoy carrying 300 tons of food and other , speaking at Unher Headquarters in Geneva assailed the distribution ban until the authorities in Sarajevo decide to Stop playing politics with humanitarian id and decide to Stop depriving their own people of food for political reasons we won t be Able to deliver she said. Serbian Leader Radovan Karadzic agreed to try to guarantee the safety of the Convoy bound for the Czerska Region through serbian held territory after talks Between . Special envoy Cyrus  and serbian president Slobodan i ,. Officials said Milosevic on Vance s request had pledged monday to get a Safe passage guarantee from bosnian serbs. But it was not Clear whether Karadzic s offer was a direct result of Milosevic s bringing his influence to  10 trucks for the Czerska Region spent the night on the serbian bosnian order. About 40,000 slavic muslims have reportedly sought Refuge recently in an near Czerska. Strike shutting most italian filling stations sufi mss set ass to Volans the Sarae is a announced la until 7 . Friday because of a nation emergency