European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 18, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 b the stars and stripes f thursday february 18,1993 at a glance Petal Jimenez Gaytan thanks Prince Charles for the help she received from the British government after her Home was devastated by a sewer blast in Guadalajara mexi co last year. See Story on Page ii. Benefits tax studied the Clinton administration is considering taxing employee health benefits to help finance medical care for poorer americans. Page 4 medals handed out in his final Days in office the head of the Federal emergency manage ment Agency approved a distinguished service medal for Marilyn Quayle and 19 Bush administration appointees. Pages euro Disney cuts fee. Euro Disney has Cut prices by $16.50 to a Rock Bottom $36 in a bid to lure doubting parisians. Page 10 Index Abby Ann Landers. 17 classifieds. 20-24 commentary. 15 comics. 17-19 faces n places 16 Horoscope. 23 Jumble 23 letters.4. 14 Money matters .12 sports. 25-32 to listings 31 weather 13 to our readers effective March 1, the single copy Price of the stars and stripes will increase to so cents. There will be no 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 65 cents to produce and distribute. The Price of the sunday edition which includes sunday Magazine will continue to be 50 cents. Plan from Page 1 ers Myers said. Before Republican Start taking apart the plan ,-., he s going to ask them to look at the total  Clinton also planned to make a Courtesy Call to Ross Perot the Texas billionaire who focused National attention on deficit problems in his Independent presidential race Myers said. She said Many of the concerns Perot raised during the Campaign Are addressed in Clinton s plan. White House budget director Leon , interviewed on Abc s today show said the budget included $77 Bil lion in cuts from mandatory Benefit pro Grams called entitlements so i guess i would ask everybody toehold their powder look at the entire package because i think it is not Only comprehensive but it s fair it s honest and it s bold Panetta said. He did not say it but about $55 billion of the cuts is expected to come from medicare. The plan would Cut $140 billion fro the projected deficit in fiscal 1997, Leav ing a $206.5 billion shortfall that year a administration official said wednesday speaking on condition of anonymity. The figure represents a slight Retreat from the $145 billion goal for deficit reduction that Clinton had set for 1997 indecent weeks. During his Campaign Clin ton pledged to halve that year s red Ink. The 1997 deficit will be important be cause the Federal budget for that year will be enacted during 1996 when Clintonia running for re election. A major lobbying Effort was already being mounted against the plan. Well see the phone lines jammed be cause that s the Way it s done these Days and that s too bad. But i think were going to beat the special interest groups Treasury Secretary Lloyd n. Bentsen said wednesday. Labor Secretary Robert Reich said that while everybody is going to be Little nervous he expected the Public to rally behind the package once everyone understands that every american is going to have to  both Bentsen and Reich insisted the were not worried about an 83-Ppint de Cline in the Stock Market tuesday the biggest drop in 15 months in what analysts said was a reaction to Clinton s monday night speech. In that address the president acknowledged there would be tax increases in his program but failed to talk much about spending  said the Stock Narket is very Short term oriented and predicted that Wall Street Over the Long term we be Lieve is going to react very  himself said the plan de signed to produce jobs boost the econ omy and trim the Federal budget deficit will Benefit most americans despite the pain of higher taxes. Most Middle class americans Are going to be much much better off he contended  program according to administration and congressional sources will con Tain a stiff new Energy tax based on heat Content of various fuels a tax that will hit the Middle class the hardest. A senior administration official speak ing on condition of anonymity said wednesday that the size of the tax will vary by fuel with clean burning natural Gas being taxed at a lesser rate than Copland Oil. We want to promote a clean Environ ment in this tax package the official said. Also going up taxes on social Security benefits for retired couples earning More than $32,000 and the top tax rates on wealthy individuals and corporations. A surcharge Clinton once said he would impose on millionaires is being expanded to families earning More than$250,000 a year. It will be roughly 3.5 percent said the sources who spoke on condition of anonymity. The four year plan will match $250 Bil lion in new taxes with an equal amount in spending cuts. It also boasts a $31 billion snort term stimulus package divided be tween Job intensive Public works project Sand tax Breaks for businesses. Despite extensive Advance work the plan is being launched in an atmosphere of confusion and criticism. The Dow Jones average of 30 Industrial stocks tumbled on fears that higher taxes would Short circuit the economic. Recovery. / we Don t like taxes. Period said Peter j. Canelo chief investment Strate Gist at Nat West securities inc. Republicans seized on the tax increases to remind americans that Clinton had backtracked on a Campaign pledge for Middle income tax Cut. Hold onto your wallets said Senate Republican Leader Robert Dole a Kansas. And the administration found itself trying to explain Clinton s remarks in a " televised address monday night that those earning More than $100,000 a year would pay 70 percent of the higher taxes. Did that mean individuals or couples first the administration was t sure. Then White House spokesman Georgette thanopoulos said it would include households covering a husband an wife each earning $50,000, for example. By Day s end the White House assaying the figure was arbitrary and was generated by a computer evaluation of the total revenues in Clinton s tax proposals including the Energy tax measured against households earning More than $100,000. Weather from Page 1 tourists had difficulty climbing a Steep Hill at the foot of the main Gate. He made it. I had the vehicle in first gear trying not to slide backwards Lee said. An american in a Gray truck was swerving More than 1 was Lee added. I guess he was trying to go faster but he just gave up and turned  in the German state of Hessen police reported numerous fender benders. But it was t enough Snow to help the ski situation in the Region said Uwe Wasp spokesman for the German National weather service in Offenbach. Wesp called wednesday s snowfall hardly More than the so called Industry Snow that fell in the Rhein main Region Las week we get Industry Snow every year. It is created by the crystallization of aerosol blowing out of factory chimneys Wesp said. Last week it landed around factories in Frankfurt and Darmstadt. It s like pow dered sugar on a cake and spreads for about a Square mile around the  Wasp did predict Snow and colder temperatures for Germany this weekend but did not expect it to arrive before Friday. There were isolated pockets of freezing rain scattered throughout Central and Southern Germany on wednesday afternoon. Conditions were expected to Worsen overnight As temperatures dropped said air Force tech. Sgt. Donald Jami son of the air Force weather station at Trabyn Trarbach Germany. Snow is expected in some areas directly South of Munich. It s a mixed bag for us As Well Jamie son said. Wasp said the Atlantic High pressure system currently hovering off the West coast of Ireland will slip Over the continent late Friday bringing Snow to altitudes above660 feet Ana inundating the the lower re Gions with sleet Snow or icy rain. In addition Wesp said the thermometer will read around the freezing Point this weekend. We be had unusually warm weather Fortis time of year he said. But it s not unusual for it to Snow into Early  Wesp said France Northern Italy and Switzerland would be hit by the same snowfall. In France Only the country s Eastern re Gions Are currently receiving any rain or Snow Wesp said. Elsewhere he said eng land is enjoying its traditional Nasty weather mixture of fog rain and sleet and Greece is currently being whipped with rainstorms that Are due to subside by the weekend. Northern Italy will get a fresh Blanke of Snow that will improve skiing conditions while in the South Sicily will be soaked in  a spokeswoman for the German Auto Mobile club adar said there has been no change in skiing conditions in Germany Austria France Italy or Switzerland for a week. But with the predicted Snow for the weekend conditions should improve everywhere except Southern Tyrol Italy the spokeswoman said. Anti Berlin video escalates olympics Battle Berlin a opponents of Ber Lin s bid to hold the 2000 olympics have made a video warning of violence in the German capital but mayor Eberhard Diepgen said wednesday that the chances for Success Are growing. Shortly after the Berlin Wall opened i november 1989, Berlin became a front runner for the summer games. Since then the City s bid has run into scandal and disagreements. \ in the latest dispute opponents of holding the sports spectacle in Berlin say they have Given their video to the inter National olympic committee. The video prominently features a masked demonstrator about to hurl something in an image aimed at calling to mind the City s rough and Tumble anarchist Street fighters. We will wait for you comes an Omi Nous sounding voice in the 10-minute film. The video made by a group of leftist foes has inflamed already volatile feelings about holding the games in Ber Lin. Militant olympics opponents have shown with their latest action that they Are really out in the cold Diepgen Tolda news conference. He said he looked Forward confidently to the olympic committee s decision which is to be made in september at Monaco. Other Strong contenders include Sydney Australia Beijing and Brasilia Brazil among others. Our chances Are growing further an further Diepgen said displaying the City s 541-Page prospectus presented tothe committee Jan. 27. Berlin wants to hold the olympics to express people s yearning for peace and Freedom he added. Berlin has proposed july 22 to aug. 6 As the suggested dates for the summer games in the year 2000. Complicating the City s bid is the planned move of the German govern ment to Berlin scheduled for about the same time. So far the olympics bid has received Only lukewarm support from berliners. German Chancellor Helmut a Coho said his government cannot bankroll the project