European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 21, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse Vol. 52, no. 217 sunday november 21,1993 d 8693 a White House assails severity of deficit plan by Chuck Vinc Washington Bureau Washington a House proposal to freeze annual Cost of living adjust ments for military retirees until age 62would be a sobering message to our troops in the Field defense Secretary Les Aspin said Friday. The proposal is one of several dozen contained in a sweeping deficit reduction package sponsored by reps. Timothy , d-minn., and John r. Kasich r Ohio. The plan has come under increasingly Sharp attack by administration official who say it would cripple health care Reform efforts and threaten military readiness. Aspin and the administration s budget director Leon e. Panetta discussed the Broad Impact of the Penny Kasich pack age at a White House briefing. The administration s most immediate concern is a proposal to apply $40 billion in anticipated medicare savings to the deficit. The White House is counting on that Money to fund a Large chunk of its health care reforms. To make the health care plan work we be got to be Able to use the medicare savings Panetta said. Penny and Kasich softened some of the military related aspects of their plan thursday in response to criticism. For example they dropped a proposal to replace three year accompanied Tours in Europe with one year unaccompanied Tours and revised the provision on Retiree Colas so that current continue to receive them. Even so Aspin said the plan is still troubling on a number of fronts. Even if the Retiree Cost Omi ving freeze was not applied to current service Momb ers it would still be a major change inthe pay and benefits package Aspin said. It could certainly affect our efforts to attract and retain Quality Aspin also expressed concern about proposed personnel cutbacks in the Penny Kasich plan which Calls for see plan on Page 2 Clinton woos asians in Island hideaway Blake Island Wash. A inthe seclusion of this wind swept Island. President Clinton sought to forge close ties with asian Pacific leaders of the world s fastest growing economies. The message America is eager to share in Asia s Trade of the Asia Pacific economic cooperation forum planned to concluded Day of informal talks by issuing a joint vision statement espousing Freer Trad and More global economic growth but it was Short on specific commitments. The 14 leaders met in a rustic Lodge where the Walls were decorated with Wood carved masks representing the Artof coastal indians. We re going to begin this morning by talking about the challenges and opportunities we face As a Region As we move toward the 21st Century Clinton said during a photo taking dress code was casual Clinton wore a plaid shirt and outdoor others leaders sweaters were in abundance. . Trade representative micke Kantor said that despite some rough spots in talks with China s leaders an lingering Trade frictions with Japan a sense of common purpose was emerging from the we Klong conference which began with meetings of foreign and eco nomic ministers. We re More than satisfied kanto said before the final session. Of the move toward Freer Trade with Asia he said like a train leaving a station i think you will see it going faster arid faster for the United states the conference marked a historic economic turn toward Asia with the fastest growing economies in the world and less emphasis on see Clinton on Page 2 Alex Camilli 19, of Caracas Venezuela naps at Boston s Airport Friday. The Colleg student was heading Home on american airlines but was stymied by walkout american pilots refuse to hold sympathy strike fort Worth Texas up while its striking flight attendants continued to picket terminals across the United states on saturday Amer ican airlines said it was Happy that it pilots refused to join the walkout. We Are pleased at the pilots de sire not to strike but not surprised american officials said in a statement saturday morning. They said they sensed that most pilots did not want to strike. The Allied pilots association said Friday that it would not join the flight attendants strike because the walkout is already an overwhelming Union president Rich Lavoy said its Board decided in an emergency meeting not to tabulate the ballots in a membership vote on the sympathy strike Issue because of the flight attendants Success. The Board determined that the need for a sympathy strike has been see strike on Page 2 30 years after the assassination s i m a Magazin inside today Republican filibuster May prevent passage of gun legislation Wiir Burg school employees upset by cuts in mall service Page 3
