European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 18, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes . Sunday december 18,1994 Clitton touts tax Cut plan. A i a a proposal to the Washington a the administrations plan for a Middle class tax Cut will help train and school Mil Lions of americans who can t afford a High Quality Edu cation. President Clinton said saturday. Clinton was joined by education Secretary Richard Riley As he used his weekly radio address to promote the plan he unveiled in a speech to the nation thursday night. From the Campus of Northern Virginia Community College in nearby Annandale Clinton said that economic recovery has produced 5 million Job in the past two years but it has not produced higher income for most americans. And with College costs spiralling too Many people Are being priced out of a fair shot at High Quality Edu cation Clinton said. The president s plan which he Calls the Middle class Bill of rights will make College tuition tax deductible up to $10,000 a year. Noth Fig like this has Ever been done before Clin ton said. He also touted the other parts of his proposal including a tax credit up to $500 for every child under age13, enhanced individual retirement accounts and a new program to Channel Job training Money directly to workers for use As they see fit. Of course we have to pay for All this Clinton said sketching his proposal to Cut Back three Cabinet departments and extend a spending freeze on the govern ment.  / ,. A he said he and vice president Al Gore would out line the cuts m More detail monday. Riley said the president has produced the most far reaching Educa Tion Agenda of any president in a  these bold ideas will help families gain control Over their future and reap the benefits that go along with learning Riley said. Command May favor move to puerto Rico san Juan puerto Rico a the .Southern come now stationed in Panama believes puerto Rico would be the Best site for its new Headquarters a newspaper reported. The Southern come which manages . Mili tary operations in Central and South America must move by dec. 31,1999, under terms of the1977 Panama canal treaty. A  study cited military and diplomatic reasons for moving to the . Naval base at Roosevelt roads in Ceiba on the Northeast coast of this Caribbean Island the Caribbean business newspaper reported. Dade county fla., was the second Choice Fol Lowed by fort Buchanan in san Juan and Home Stead air Reserve base in Florida the paper said. The Southern come had considered 96 Sites " " in the stars and stripes to years ago dec. 18,1984-. A Pentagon spokesman branded As totally false a published report that a . Army helicopter unit illegally participated in combat missions into Nicaragua and other hostile areas of Central America. 20 years ago dec. 18,1974 the Senate voted to give girls the same Chance As boys to play Little league base Ball and sent the proposed Bill to president Ford for action. 30 years ago dec. 18,1964 the United states and its North Atlantic allies wound up a three Day nato coun cil session with a renewed Call for Al lied political and military Unity but with their rift Over nuclear policy As wide As Ever. 40 years ago dec. 18,1954 the administration unveiled its new military draft training program which allows 17 to 19-year-Olds to Volunteer for six months service and serve 9t� years in the reserves. V 50 years ago dec. 18,1944 the us. War productions Board ordered All civil Ian production Frozen at present lev Els to meet vital War needs and to discourage a labor shift from War planes to other work. World War ii 50 years ago today dec. 18 a typhoon batters the . 3rd Fleet near the Philippines sinking three destroyers and seriously damaging 18 other warships. On the philippine Island of Leyte american soldiers take Valencia and its Airstrip. Allied attacks on Europe s Western front halt while troops hurry to Stem the German push in the Battle of the bulge. Red army troops reach Hungary s Border with Czechoslovakia. Source 2194 Days of wat. W. H. Smith publishers inc. 77w world almanac of world War ii Bison books corp. 1981 a i v a a. X a a i a " " " special speedster members of the . Special operations come at Machi fab Lions forces during the 1991 persian Gulf War. The boat can fla., demonstrate a new boat near Tampa last week. The Mark travel nearly 60 Mph deliver a platoon of commandos into a v special operations Craft is a prototype of a new generation of combat zone in a Flash and just As quickly get the platoon out. Landing Craft a 4,5 a horsepower 82-foot boat designed in part the Navy plans to buy 20 of the Craft for its Seal units at a Cost to solve problems encountered in transporting special opera of $3.7 million each.  Thelma and louise7 jailed Camden . A they became known As Thelma and Louise two Long time friends concocting a scheme to kill an abusive sex Lover. Unlike the famous movie pair these two Are going to prison for their crimes Margaret Kusmin and Tammy Ann Molewicz admitted that they planned to kill William Kelly jr., Kosmin s sex Lover last december. But each said the other pulled the trigger and prosecutors say they May never know the truth. Both women pleaded guilty to aggravated manslaughter. Kosmin was sentenced to 25 years in prison because she also pleaded guilty to arson and hindering arrest. Molewicz received a 20-year term. Each must serve at least eight years before being eligible for parole. Molewicz alleged that Kosmin shot Kelly 31, outside a convenience store after they picked him up from jail. Kos min s version was that she was hiding in Side their car s trunk when she heard a shot and that when she got out Molewicz fired a second time. The two women put the body in the trunk and drove to Kosmin s Medfor Home. The body was later dumped in a Forest where a Hunter found it in a Cran Berry bog. Kosmin set the car on fire. Kosmin 33, has said Kelly was killed in retaliation for years of abusing her. When the women posted his $1,000 bail he had spent eight Days in jail on charges of dragging Kosmin by the hair and beat ing her with a club. The two women were dubbed Thelma and Louise after characters in the popu Lar movie of the same name who embark on a Cross country crime spree after one of them kills an attempted rapist. A defense psychiatrist who treats battered women said Kosmin suffered from a depressive disorder and believed Kelly would fulfil a threat to kill her. Superior court judge Isaiah Steinberg while acknowledging that Kosmin was battered said he imposed a stiff penalty so that other Domestic violence victims would t follow the women s example. Molewicz 26, tearfully apologized former role in the slaying. Gravity free Coke Cool taste test set for Shutt a staff.  to  f a \ tier or a for i ,.space Center Houston a astronauts on Nasa s next shuttle mis Sion will be Able to find out if space goes better with Coke. Or vice versa. In february the coca cola co. Plans to Fly Ivi liners each of chilled regular Coke and diet Coke on the space shuttle discovery for a taste test. Astronauts frequently complain that food tastes Bland in space. We re going to find out what they like to drink said coca cola Engineer ashis Gupta. Coke has been in space twice before aboard the challenger shuttle in 1985 and on Russia s space station Mir in 1991 but never chilled. The company said thursday that it also wants to test a new soda dispenser and see How Gas and liquid separate i weightlessness