European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 12, 1995, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Rubin approved As Treasury chief w a Mink it d to a Wilt a Ign a f a a a a a a my if a fun Mir Tel a feb to or Nix a a a tax tiny of Tisev Tlly stun win mtg so a i Milf c uni if Maium  Bents in. Who had he Job dmm pro Nunu Clinton gift two Yff m Tigre d 0 Dot climb of to return to Ltd a. The senal approved Rubin nomination on w 0 vote tuesday Wom Only hour after to confirmation hearing before the Senate finance committee Rihm who had been coordinating economic strategy for the White House before being nominated was sworn in tuesday night. Senators said they rushed the nomination through so thut Rubin could begin work oui Kiy at the Treasury be Stirt Myrtl which faces heavy duties As Congress takes up the president s tax and spending proposals. During his confirmation hearing Rubin stressed that the administration wanted to work with 1 he new Republican controlled Congress but that Clinton would fight 5 Rubin my Effort to bar Tor if it in hts de fir o f Fri tue Onu pro grim through nos that wire not pm for during  three or ors of Tettat Moziy Rubin cautioned Onorr against seeking Quick fixes to the nations economic problem. Quot i believe that there Are no easy answers to the significant issues of economic policy and that difficult Trade offs arc almost always involved Quot he said. The Wall Street Veteran amassed a Fortune estimated at Between $150 million and $200 million As co chairman of the investment firm Goldman Sachs amp co. Rubin served for the past two years a director of the president s National economic reined., a White Home panel established to coordinate economic Ofat egy Republican on the finance committee preyed for Rubin s View on if tag the capital gain tax gop favorite such gain cover profit made from the Sale of Ucb thing a Stock and real state he said any such Cut would have to be paid for and should not he n Windfall for the Rich. The Republican also asked him about the use of Quot dynamic scoring Quot by which tax Cut could be shown to actually increase government Revenue by spurring increased economic activity ruin called dynamic scoring a dangerous idea that could loosen budget discipline. Rubin said the administration was willing to consider Alt ideas put Forward by republicans who now control both houses of Congress but he insisted that Clinton would not deviate from his commitment to continue reducing the  the stars and stripes10 years ago Jan. 12,1985, three . Sol doers were killed end seven injured when the motor on a Pershing nuclear missile accidentally ignited during a training exercise near hell brow Germany an army spokes Man said. A 20 years ago Jan. 12,1975 a president Ford has made All his decisions on a tax cutting economic program and will spell them out in his state of the Union message a spokesman said.30 years ago Jan. 12,1965�? More than 100 ships Lay Idle in ports from Maine to Texas marooned by a $20-Miljlon-a-Day strike of 60,000 East and Gulf coast longshoremen.40 year Sago Jan. 12,1955 a Costa rican president jos6 Figueres Ferrer said nicaraguan forces had penetrated deeply into his country taking the strategic communications Center of Villa Ouesada 35 Miles from the capital of san josd.50 years ago Jan. 12,1945 a the struggle for the hungarian capital of Budapest entered its final phase As the soviet forces with three fourths of the City in their control launched Quot Street cleaning Quot patrols in the Battle for what was left of the City world War ii 3 so years ago today Jan. 121. 9.4-5 soviet Lank forces launch a major offensive in Poland attacking the germans from the Baltic to the Carpathian mountains. In Italy the first combat unit of the reconstituted italian army joins Allied troops on the Battle line. British commandos capture my ebon on Burma s a akan Peninsula while Indian troops take two Bridgehead Over the Irrawaddy River North of Mandalay source 2194 Day of War. W h Smith publishers inc the world almanac of world War ii. By amp on books corp. 1081 getting under its skin a technician inserts a microchip Smalt enough to fit in a hypo cat is picked up animal control officers can scan the Chip and dermis acc dec under a Puppy s skin in St. Louis. If a lost dog or and the name of the pet s owner a a. A a a a. T ,. A. Quot a a l. A Vietnam seizes copies of travel Book los Angeles a the vietnamese government seized copies of a travel guide written by the Cousin of a former Secretary of stale who urged . Intervention in Vietnam the books publisher said tuesday. Complimentary copies of Fieldings Vietnam were intercepted in route to five vietnamese tour operators said publisher Robert Pelton of Fielding worldwide inc. The reason for the seizure was unclear hut author Wink Dulles said he suspected it involved his relationship with his cousins former Secretary of slate John Foster Dulles and former Cia director Allen w. Dulles. John Foster Dulles recommended sending . Military advisers to Vietnam during the 1950s to contain the spread of communism in Southeast Asia. . Military involvement in Vietnam did not begin until after he left office. A i just had a Feci ing that has something to do with it Quot Wink Dulles said. Quot it s hard to say until we get an official  the family connection is explained in the Book s first Page which apparently was seen by government officials when Fielding editors mailed a draft copy to Dulles in Vietnam last summer. The draft never reached him Dulles said but Afler it was mailed his apartment was raided by immigration officials and he was followed. �?o1 have no association with the state department or the Cia just the fact of that family association i think the vietnamese took very very seriously Quot he said. Fielding was notified by Federal express Hanoi office tuesday that five copies of the Book sent in separate packages to different addresses had been confiscated. The company said it sent the complimentary copies to tour operators with whom it works closely. There arc no plans to Market the Book in Vietnam Fielding said. Dulles said the Book includes advice on How and when corrupt officials Are Likely to demand a bribe and sharply criticizes some of the vietnamese government s pet tourism projects. Vietnam has no embassy or consulate in the United states and vietnamese officials could not be reached for comment. A Call to the vietnamese Mission to the United nations was referred to the ministry of culture  information in Hanoi which was closed tuesday afternoon because of the time difference. About 5,000 copies of the Book have been shipped to stores throughout the United states Pelton said. Dulles lived in Vietnam for a year w Hile researching and writing the Book. Quot the country is idyllic. Its a Paradise topographically. I be met no Kinder people with the exception of the cambodians. On the planet and i be been around the world Quot he said