European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 26, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                I Page 4 the stars and stripes . Monday. Juty 26.1993 Bentsen foresees passage of budget Bill Washington up Treasury Secretary Lloyd Cunt san predicted sunday that the current budget negotiations will soon produce a package and Avert a pos sible drop Back into  i m optimistic we re going to pass it As is Dent san said on Abc s meet the press program. He also predicted that the conferees now trying to Hammer out differences Between House and Senate passed versions of the budget will finish this week. If that is done then i assume Well be Able to get it passed before. The August recess he said. Although Dan Stan was careful to note that you can t forecast certainly what will happen to an Economy suddenly hit with $250 billion in new taxes he said the administration s $500 billion deficit reduction plan won t choke off economic growth if passed. I Don t think it s going to do that he said. He warned again that if a package is not passed the United states would see an immediate up Spike in in Terpst rates and correlating drop in the Stock Market. The last thing we want to see is this country drop Back into recession he said. On some specifics bunt san indicated that a proposal by House ways and Means committee chairman  d-iii., for a 9-cent hike in the Federal gasoline tax is too High. He indicated a 6-Ccnt increase was More Likely. The Treasury Secretary also gave a nod to the 38 members of the congressional Black caucus which could provide a critical voting bloc for the president. The group has urged greater social spending and met with Clinton last week to smooth Over civil rights Dis Putes Bentsen said the White House will push for More funding for the earned income tax credit possibly $18 billion to $19 billion but he declined to speculate on what the conferees would do about cuts in the medi care and medicaid programs. Despite the potential logjam he said i do not anticipate it s going to fall  appearing on the same program rep. Weisi Mfume a Moland Leader of the Black caucus predicted the Overall package would pass Congress but onry by the tightest of  and sen. Pete Domenici r-n.m., and former chair Man of the Senate budget committee said it was Way too Early in a recovery to impose heavy taxation and again sounded the Republican Call for greater spending cuts. I just Don t believe that Congress and this president will carry those cuts out he said. I think the Ameri can people should be concerned what tax is going to  teen tries to hide on plane in Miami up eleven Days after hews deported to Colombia the teen who made headlines by stowing away on a cargo flight to Miami was found hiding in the wheel Well of another Miami bound plane. Area airlines workers in bogota1 found Juan carols Guzman Betancur dressed in three layers of clothing and hiding in the wheel Well of a dc-8 on Friday. On thursday he had called the Miami family that took him in after his first trip. He told me to pick him up at 11 . Friday said Berta Lozano. I though the was  the attorney who tried to help Guz Man stay in Miami was amazed. Well give him an a for Persever Ance. He must think he s invincible said attorney David Iverson. It was the same Type of plane Guzman took to Miami on june 4. He. Astonished experts with his improbable tale of Athree hour flight in the wheel Well of the cargo Jet. Medical experts said he would have suffocated or Frozen to death in the wheel Well and airline officials believe bestowed away in the refrigerated cargo hold then hid in the wheel Well after Landing. Guzman earned sympathy with his tale of his horrible life in Colombia. He said he was a 14-year-old orphan who had been living in an Airport and eating out of garbage pails since his parents died. Investigators later Learned that he is 17and that Nis Mother is alive. She and his Stepfather said the boy was a trouble maker who had run away before and was . Guzman told the ground workers who found him Friday that he would keep try ing because he is obsessed with the idea of living in the United states. Philadelphia fire kills 6 children Philadelphia up a fast moving fire swept through a South Phila Delphia Rowh Puse Early sunday killing six Young children who had been left Home alone authorities said. Police said the victims were among eight Brothers and Sisters the oldest of whom was 11� who were alone in the House when the fire began. Two children escaped the Blaze. Sgt. James Tucker said the victims All members of the Jamison family ranged in age from 18 months to 8 years and Allied of Burns and smoke inhalation. Neighbors said the children s Mother Dashu Jamison 29, often left them unattended but that her parents had recently moved into the House. However none of the adults was at Home when the fire started. Police said the grandparents had left saturday to attend the funeral of a rela Tive but it was unclear where the Mother was. Ronald Mcdonald gets creamed Philadelphia up a woman dressed like a cow has been charged with tossing a pie in the face of a Clown out Side a Mcdonald s restaurant. Robin Walker 27, of Rocky Lee md., was one of two animal rights activists protesting the use of beef by Mcdonald s at a West Philadelphia restaurant saturday. Police said Walker who was wearing a Black and White cow costume hurled a Cream pie into the face of Ronald me. Donald the restaurant Chain s Clown Mascot who was making a publicity Stop. Walker and fellow heckler Elizabeth Darrow of Washington were detained by Mcdonald s managers until police arrived. They were charged with disorderly conduct. The leather bound diary discovered in a Maine farmhouse is Only 3 by 5 inches. Newly discovered diary reveals woman s life in civil War times Auburn Maine a a Man renovating a farmhouse discovered a Dusty leather bound diary that offers glimpse into a Womas life during the civil War Era. The unidentified author referred to Confederate Gen. Robert e. Lee s surrender and Abraham Lincoln s assassination on the pages of the 3-by-5 Inch journal. A reference dated april 10, 1865,says it is raining this morn Good news from War. Lee has surrendered with his  and less than a week later Nice pleasant mom but Verry bad news from War the president is dead was killed by a undistinguishable therein great mourning allover undistinguishable  Ramon Villani who discovered Chebook while ripping out a Wall in his dining room suspects it was stored beneath an attic floorboard and slipped through a crack into the Wal below. The House was built in 1862. The author left few clues to he identity on the diary s Blue lined pages and her gender is revealed by references to her employment As a housekeeper. Of of. Suspect nabbed after pleasant drive of 118 Miles on a 118-mile Chase and rarely exceeded the Speed limit authorities said. The suspect obeyed All traffic signals while patient deputies who did t want  Accident calmly pursued him police said. It was just a pleasant drive through the country said Hillsborough county sheriffs spokesman Jack Espinosa. They were just driving around like it was a  police said that for an hour and 37 minutes Early Fri Day Kenneth Carlton Bamber ignored the flashing along the Way officers had to Stop for Gas. Only on the interstates when speeds reached 85 Mph did Bamber greatly exceed the Speed limit Espi nos Asaid. Police said the Chase finally ended near Brandon a Tampa suburb when an annoyed Deputy Drew along Side Bamber and shouted All right that s enough now pull Over Espinosa said. Deputies said they began chasing Bamber when a Man emerging from a maintenance shed. The pickup he was driving which later was reported stolen was loan i a Ith to a .,.1. A. , Emu a Igrec Grana men neing we tempting to elude reckless driving and driving with suspended License. Be also faced a charge of aggravated Battery on a Post allegedly rear ending two cruisers that through the circular driveway of a Church