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Show in) i iiimiii iimiii n iTn in " The Daily Herald ; Friday, October 13, 1995 Name ca Nina, threats aboun d in budget fight Iriefs By ALAN FRAM U.S. to pay for Russian training WASHINGTON (AP) The United States is footing the $1.2 million bill for Russian soldiers to icome to Kansas for joint military 'maneuvers that have prompted concerns from a Republican freshman .congressman. ' Maj. Steve Manuel, a Pentagon spokesman, said Thursday the United States will even pay fuel costs for .the IL-7- 6 transports used to fly the Russian troops to Kansas. The ; '95 Peacekeeper exercises are scheduled from Oct. 23 to Nov. 2 at Fort Riley. Rep. Todd Tiahrt of Kansas, a member of the House National .Security Committee, has requested details about the costs and asked 'Army officials whether Russian would be exposed to any sensitive technology or classified information during their visit. sol-,die- rs Amtrak mishap injures workers BRANFORD, Conn. (AP) An Amtrak maintenance vehicle d another one that was stopped on the tracks, injuring 10 workers, a railroad spokesman rear-ende- said. The vehicles were being used for routine work on tracks miles north of New Haven when the accident occurred, said Amtrak spokesman Chuck Blitzer. Ten workers were brought to hospitals, he said. The injuries "were not considered 1 No passenger trains or passengers were involved in the accident, but rail service was briefly interrupted. The line serves the Northeast corridor and local trains. Officials did not know what caused the accident but have ruled but sabotage, Blitzer said. An Amtrak train wreck in Arizona earlier this week was caused by someone who tampered with the track. California school bans Halloween ! FRANCISCO (AP) ghosts won't be halls the of Los Altos haunting SAN '.Nine-year-o- ld ;schools this Halloween, and that has parents frightened that political correctness has gone too far. Halloween parades and sym-- ; bols including paper witches have been ; pasted to windows of in schools because the ; banned fundameChristian objections by ntalists who complain the holiday ' celebrates ti:e devil. - "What's next banning .Christmas?" said one exasperated '., .parent, Patrick Ferrell. That's been done already, along with Hanukkah and Easter, Superintendent Marge Gratiot said. "We haven't for years celebrated any of the religious holidays." ,she said. School Board President Phil .Faillace, who wrote the new policy, isn't backing down despite par- ent protests. "We're restoring values to the schools," he insisted. , In a school bulletin that kicked off the furor. Faillace wrote. "The board has to acknowledge Halloween's roots in Druid ceremonies and in a Celtic festival for Samhain. the Celts' god of the dead." Teachers can hand out coloring on but only if students also are them offered a nonsatanic alternative. papers with jack-o'-lanter- Columbia launch canceled again CAPE CANAVERAL Fla. (AP) ' r A crack in a test engine canceled as yet another launch for Columbia whether any "NASA tried to determine of the shuttle's three engines have similar flaws. Columbia's science mission is of va'.already two weeks late because rious equipment failures. The shuttle was scheduled to make 2ts fifth launch attempt Saturday. - NASA mkeswoman June Malone crack was Zsaid Thursday that a of an duct !found on the Stennis Space at Engine being tested Xenter in Mississippi. Liquid oxygen leaked from the crack Wednesday; are not sure how or when high-pressu- 'engineers :.thc metal cracked. The cracked duct, essentially a to engine-make- r pipe, was ..hipped for analysis. Rocketdyne in California Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON The budget battle between President Clinton and congressional Republicans is reaching the stage that produces great headlines but little progress: name calling, threats and vows never to blink. nonsense," House Speaker Newt Gingrich, brands Democratic criticism of the GOP's proposals to extract savings "Tawdry from Medicare. He also promises to force a federal shutdown unless Clinton bows to Republican plans to balance the budget by 2002, cut taxes, and revamp and slash scores of social programs. "There's an ideological desire to wreck the federal government," Clinton said Thursday, describing His Republican motivations. spokesman, Mike McCurry, says the president will keep Congress in session until they "do the country's business." And for good measure, Senate Minority Leader Tom calls Gingrich Daschle, "the squeaker of the House" and accuses him of "hissy fits." With neither side displaying a thirst for immediate budget negotiations, both are reluctant to sound too conciliatory right now for fear of betraying weakness. As a result. Republicans and Democrats spend day after day stating their positions, ridiculing their opponents and reciting their resolve never to back down. Child tax credit on senate bill (AP) tax credit should be temporary or permanent and who should receive it are the chief issues blocking agreement on tax legislation among Senate Republicans. After meeting behind closed doors late into the evening Thursday, GOP members of the Finance Committee were planning to resume deliberations today on how to allocate the seven-yea- r, $245 billion tax cut permitted under Congress' budget blueprint. Their chief dilemma is deciding what to leave out among the provisions in the House's $350 billion "Contract With America" pack$500-per-chi- budget-balancin- tell now-makin- "It's f acknowl- shadow-boxing,- edges Rep. John Boehner, who as chairman of the House Republican Conference is one of Gingrich's lieutenants. "It's not like we've never seen it before." In recent days, the confrontational rhetoric has often overshadowed the work lawmakers have tackled as House and nuts-and-bo- lts Senate Republicans budget plans forward. push their On Thursday, the House Budget Committee approved a pair of bills s of the containing about $894 billion in savings the GOP says would eliminate the budget deficit by 2002. One made reductions in Medicaid, student loans and other protwo-third- grams already approved by other committees. It was approved 24-1with Rep. Mike Parker. D- - o AP Photo House Budget Committee Chairman Rep. John Kasich left, looks toward Rep. Martin O. Sabo center, and Rep. Charles Stenholm during a hearing of the committee on Capitol Hill Thursday to discuss the federal budget. Miss., joining the committee's Republicans in voting yes. The other measure, approved by voice vote, would limit annually approved domestic items and considered by the lull House in two weeks. Also. Senate Finance Committee Chairman William Roth. met privately with panel Republicans to complete plans for the Senate's S245 billion seven-yea- r tax cut. The big confrontation with Clinton is probably at least a the month off. In spending through 2002. Specific decisions about where the savings would come from would be made during each of the next seven years. Both bills will be combined w ith cuts in Medicare, tax reductions and other ld A WASHINGTON (AP) Senate Republican bid to speed the demise of Cuba's leftist government by drying up its foreign exchange sources fell short on a key test vote, giving the Clinton administration a foreign policy victory. Backers of the legislation, introduced by Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Jesse Helms. needed 60 votes to end debate but lost 7 Thursday night. Another vote is scheduled for Tuesday. The administration has threatened to veto the legislation, and it appeared to have enough Senate allies to sustain a veto. Last month, the House voted for a similar bill enough to override a veto. C, 56-3- 294-13- 0 Cuban President Fidel Castro has been trying to lure European and other foreign investors to the island to reverse the country's economic decline. Helms' bill would deter investment in Cuba by allowing U.S. citizens whose property in Cuba was confiscated to sue in U.S. courts foreigners who '"traffic" in such property. And foreigners who invest in such property, along with their spouses and children, would he denied entry into the United States. Secretary of State Warren Christopher has said the proposal would impair American efforts to promote a peaceful transition to democracy in Cuba, damage relations with close allies and age. Finance Chairman Farrakhan plans march l., per-chil- - A WASHINGTON (AP) Jewish leader questions the sin-csty of an offer by the Nation of Islam to work out their differences. The offer came with some advice: It would be "unwise" to Minister continue criticizing Louis Farrakhan. the Nation of Islam leader who is organizing next week's Million Man March on Washington. "We believe that the American people are being held hostage somewhat as a result of the debate constantly between the Nation of Islam and certain Jewish leaders." said Leonard F. Muhammad, chief of staff to Farrakhan. "So it is better now that we come and we sit at a table and discuss our differences. "I would say to the Jewish people who continue to attack Minister Farrakhan .... It's unwise e to continue to take out ads and attack this man and call him names because apparently millions of black people do not agree with you." Farrakhan. meanwhile, urged President Clinton to call a summit on race relations "that will $200,000 per family. Meanwhile, Dole's chief rival for the GOP presidential nomination. Sen. Phil Gramm of Texas, is vowing to vote against any temporary tax cut. His vote would be crucial because Republicans hold a slim 9 majority on the Finance Committee and expect no Democratic votes. 11-- just think it's phony." Gramm said. "I can't justify giving working people a temporary tax cut." Meanwhile, two conservative GOP senators not on the panel Sens. Larry Craig of Idaho and asked Rod Grams of Minnesota entire the limit the committee to tax cut to five years on the theory that Congress would feel com- pelled to renew it before to spend and borrow money should run mil. and the GOP hopes to send its package of tax and spending reductions to Clinton for his signature. Until that happens, the verbal sparring helps both sides gain popular support before the showdow n and highlight their differences lor voters in next vear's elections. government's auiponty full-pag- it expired. But they argued against singling out the child credit for temporary status. Democrats were poised to seize the issue. "It's more budget hokum. ... It's precisely this kind of smoke and mirrors that's ballooned the deficit," said Sen. Kent Conrad, USE THIS COUPON FOR DP TO I I -- ..Mction. -- PPy mad said. Muhammad said he sent a letter Thursday to arrange a meeting over the weekend or soon after the march to begin mending rifts between Jewish and black leaders. n Foxman said he had not received the letter by late Thursday and questioned Farrakhan's sincerity. "F.very bigot, every demaI gogue says. 'I am not a racist. Foxman am not an said in an interview with The Associated Press Dole. said. "No one should believe that Castro will change willingly. ... Cuba wijl change only if the United States, leader of the free world, keeps the pressure on Castro." Almost 6.000 claims by American property owners have beefn certified by the U.S. government but the Helms bill would give " ilar rights to Cuban exiles wb property and are now U.S. citiens. Sen. Christopher Dodd. . w ho led the opposition to the legis'ation. said the provi.siu,-, eoukf 43().(KX) tiv.'-if- law sums. aggravating already overburdened federal courts and costing U.S. taxpayers S2 billion ':! court expenses. Helms and his backers contended the liguies were hisihlv exaggerated. spokeswoman for Laura's House, an Orange County shelter lor abused women. "I don't think he would be beneficial talking to any now. battered woman right They 've been to hell and back." Bruce agreed. "He's treating the country the way he treats a woman he's beaten up." she said. "He's trying to ge us back. He's still moving through the pattern of hurting and thinking he can charm his way back." Ms. Simpson's sister. Tanya Brown, however, said she had no problem w ith the idea. But Marissa Chez, associate director of the San Francisco-basef amily Violence Prevention Fund, said: "If he vvants ;o t;Hk anyone, it should be to abusive men. It appears to me that he's still denying a lot of abuse that went on in that household." Wyoming defense atlornev Cm who provided ie; ,i ry Spence. commentary during the trial, Simpson should have gone ahead with the TV interview, it only to repair his public image. d '" GLASS SERVING MOST ALL OFCENTRAL UTAH WITH - 2 ' j insurance j DEDUCTIBLE Buy A New Centra! Heating System For Only $28 Per Month Plus, 5 j INSURANCE APPROVED $ off your c-"- "'-J COMPANY ,ncc-adonn- leaders, including League of B'nai B'rith executive director Abraham Foxman. is fueling the division of blacks ana white in the nation. Muham- ?fcSn 6ci 11 3 II Jj In (d Ul QUALITY I tered women to talk about his troubled marriage is nothing but a ploy g to win back his national audience, some women's rights advocates say. "There is nothing that (battered women) need to know from him that they don't already know." said Tammy Bruce, president of the Los Angeles chapter of the National Organization for Women. "It is insulting and reflective of how ignorant he is." In his first extensive interview since his acquittal. Simpson told The New York Times that he had been wrong to "get physical" with his wile in a 148. attack that led him to plead no contest to abuse. He also told the newspaper that he was willing to meet with battered women and "talk about my relationship" with NmIc Brown he offer was rejected Simpson. Thuisday by most advocates. "Using the word 'physical' doesn't even approach domestic violence." said Beth Apodaca. The debate between Farrakhan who has made and Jewish remarks in the past C Ail I whites. Catholics. Jews. That is someone else's assertion that they w ish to place upon me and upon us." VALUABLE COUPON I I 0.1. OS ANCI.I S (APi Simpson's of'er to nice' wrh bat- v nuTw K Meanwhile, Finance Committee Republicans also were looking at a proposal that would trim the benefit of reduced capital gains taxes for the wealthy. The Senate plan under consideration, just like the House-passe- d bill, would allow individuals to exclude from income tax 50 percent of their gains from selling securities, real estate and other assets. lead to a redress ol grievances." He also denied during an inter-iew on C NN that he or his organization "said that we hate Fox-ma- violate international trade agreements. The administration, while continuing to support a longstanding ban on trade w ith Cuba, believes prospects for democracy will be enhanced through increased travel to Cuba by academics, clergy, environmentalists and human rights activists. President Clinton announced the new policy last week, saying democracy will be enhanced by a "free How of ideas." Helms believes confrontation is the answer. "We must vote to throttle Fidel Castro." he said. "Without hard currency from the outside. Mr. Castro's days will certainly be numbered." Senate Majority Leader Boh Women's groups decline on O.J.'s offer to speak William Roth, presented a proposal d credit to make the retroactive to Jan. I but end it after 1999. Single parents earning up to $75,000 and couples making up to $110,000 would be eligible. But Senate Majority Leader without being Bob Dole, specific, said he wants a substantially higher income cap. The ceiling in the House version is "1 Raising the stakes in a budget showdown with Congress, the White House warned Thursday that President Clinton will veto Republican spending cuts and force lawmakers to stay in nwn vntil they fashion a plan that is more acceptab. 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