European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 23, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday june 23, 1994 world the stars and stripes Page 13mandela puts tax on White incomes Cape town South Africa apr president Nelson Mandela a government unveiled its first state budget wednesday imposing a onetime 5 percent Levy on prosperous Whites to pay for the changeover to Black majority Rule. But in keeping with Mandela a Promise not to frighten off foreign investors with massive new taxes his Anc led government avoided Broad Revenue increases except on such items As luxury goods tobacco and liquor. After finance minister Derek keys presented the budget to parliament Mandela said the spending plan addressed the High costs of transforming the country from White minority Rule to Black majority Rule and Laid the groundwork for addressing severe social ills left Over from apartheid. A i think in the Long run it is going to leave the Field Clear to raise the living standards of the people a he said. Spending on the governments Centrepiece reconstruction and development plan would be financed entirely from savings a with $714 million allocated in the first year keys said in his parliament address televised live to the nation. The biggest part of the savings came from defense Ana military spending which was Cut by $186 million. The government planned a one time Levy of 5 percent on individual incomes and corporate profits to pay for the transition to Black Rule. Taxpayers earning More than $14,300 a year would have to pay the Levy on top of their annual income tax. A married taxpayer with taxable income of $20,000 would pay an extra $188 the first year and about half that the second year along with the annual income tax of about 30 percent or $6,000. The Levy was expected to affect about 30 percent of the population mainly Whites. Vatican assails growth of weapons trafficking Vatican City apr the Vatican condemned the International arms Trade tuesday saying its expansion cannot be morally justified and endangers peace around the Globe. A never before has our Earth known so Many armed conflicts fed by a proliferation of arms which is often simply taken for granted a a a Vatican commission said in a document. A the trafficking of arms As venal As it is cynical evades All moral  the pontifical commission on Justice and peace led by French Cardinal Roger Etchegaray spent eight years preparing the document. It considered Only conventional weapons not nuclear biological or chemical ones. At a news conference commission member Marjorie Keenan a . Nun said each nation should decide How to control handguns and other personal weapons. The commission did not address individual conflicts or players in the arms Trade. But it did reiterate Church teaching that nations should Arm themselves Only As needed to defend themselves. A the exporting states must never consider the Commerce of arms As something Normal or which can be justified by the necessity of making up for a Trade deficit a Etchegaray said. The document said it would be Quot difficult to find any moral justification for sending arms to authoritarian countries. It also urged a ban on Trade in Quot excessively injurious weapons such As land mines. Holland s Ace Freeloader escapes jail utrecht Netherlands a he likes Good food Fine wine and soft music in the restaurants he visits. What the famed Freeloader known As the food pirate does no to like is paying the Bill. The most renowned of dutch deadbeats continued to beat the system this week when a local court found him guilty but decided it would not sentence him to jail for his most recent mealtime marauding. The defendant was declared a totally irresponsible for his actions a but not dangerous by a court psychiatrist. William go authorities withheld his last name for privacy reasons a has been arrested at least 97 times since 1977 for practising deception in restaurants. The food pirate has no income and sleeps in commuter trains his court appointed lawyer Willem Den Daas said tuesday. The defendant told the court monday that after Wak sex italian Premier pleads illness to court ing he strolls to the local hotel showers and has a leisurely breakfast masquerading As a guest. He gains entry to hotel rooms by picking up the keys left on Check out counters by departing guests. A a he a never stolen anything from the rooms he showers in. He just goes for the food Quot Den Daas said next comes a carefully planned and uninterrupted Campaign of restaurant Deconno itching. A the does t have any favorite foods so Long As its Good and he can have a Good Cigar afterwards Quot his lawyer said. When the moment of truth arrives and he s presented with the Bill William g. Politely and regretfully admits he has no Money. He often spends the night in jail and is then released. This weeks ruling Means William g. Will be out on the streets Friday when he finishes serving his current five month sentence for deception. Dwight Yoakam Rome apr former Premier Betti no Praxi said tuesday that he is bedridden after a serious illness in Tunisia and cannot return to face corruption charges. Praxi who has been accused in several cases involving alleged kickbacks and other abuses said he was in a Tunis hos. Pital undergoing a intensive drug treat Mentse directed by tunisian doctors. Praxi s letter to prosecutors in Milan did not specify his illness but said he was under the care of an endocrinologist and cardiologist. Last month or Axil a wife said he was being treated for heart problems Praxi also has suffered from diabetes. 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The festivals biggest attraction is the a improvised Street scene. It is the one Day of the year groups Are allowed to set up makeshift stages on sidewalks and squares including Gabriel and French Rocker Stefan Eicher who played in place do la Republic que. But the revelry got out of hand in some cases tuesday night. On the left Bank Drunken youths smashed the windows of two. City buses and danced on top of them. In the upscale 16th District of Western Paris a Man in his 20s was stabbed to death Early wednesday. Police said the victim had argued with a group of youths. In the 17th District a Young Man believed to have been about 20 was found dead from a gunshot wound Early wednesday police  registers 13 percent More addicts London up the number of government registered drug addicts in Britain Rose 13 percent to 28,000 in 1993, a smaller increase than the previous year the Home office said wednesday. 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