European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 23, 1981, Darmstadt, Hesse                                February the stars and stripes Page 5 time clock for the elderly is ticking fast social Security Rescue urged Washington a something needs to be done to Rescue the social Secu Rity and it needs to be done fast that was the one Point of agreement after three Days of hearings on the systems financial woes before a House the safety time clock for the elderly is and we must act within chairman of the House ways and Means subcommittee on social Securi which held the summed up in an during last weeks projections were released of the fiscal soundness of the which provides benefits to 36 Mil shuttle trip on for april despite strike Cape up the Maiden flight of americas space shuttle Columbia remains targeted for Early april despite a machinists officials said the they is to have supervisory personnel fill in for the a highly successful test firing of Colum Bias main engines was carried out but a walkout by an estimated Mem Bers of the International association of machinists and aerospace workers immediately raised doubt whether the space ship could get off the ground on a definite target Date was expected to be set this week for the columbian initial operations director George Page said the ship should be ready by the week of april Kennedy space Center director Richard Smith had said Friday the strike could slow flight preparations and even delay the launch because some strikers had important roles supporting Many of the jobs still to be but Hal the space Agency la correlations manager at the spaceport said saturday an assessment by the machinists Boeing services inter indicated supervisory personnel would be Able to fill in for the a considerable amount of work remains to be done to get the winged rocket plane ready for the test Mission to be flown by Veteran astronaut John Young and space newcomer Robert the biggest Job is the repair of 17 Cork insulation panels on the shuttles Large external propellant the insulation be came unglued during an earlier fueling lion even the most optimistic forecast was that the retirement fund would run into trouble next and the congressional budget office reported flatly that the fund will be depleted in after its a matter of How Many billions in the red the fund will new administration based on implementation of president reagans eco nomic recovery place the deficit at billion by the end of but the budget an Arm of puts it at billion by the end of fiscal Pickle criticized the administrations Rosier saying they give the impression there is considerable time to Deal with the financing the time to act is right said the 67yearold Texas demo some subcommittee members indicated that the systems financial arrangements should be keyed to pessimistic assumptions of what the Economy will do in the that goes the americans can be assured the system will be four years Congress enacted amendments to Shore up two of the systems three Trust funds for disability insurance and Hospital insurance which were students feel trip student Andy Pierce gets a Chance to taking part in a sea world educational embrace a real live killer whale during a program in which they Learned about the visit to sea near worlds largest creatures and studied the Andy and some fellow students were behaviour of toothed a photo House list is Selling like hotcakes san Texas a read ers who snapped up copies of a tiny newspaper to Eye a Long list of alleged bordello clients found Only 19 but the edition was Selling like a spokeswoman although the newspaper Al Pueblo want worried about libel it was unsure if More names would be said spokeswoman Margo copies of the monthly bilingual newspaper were Selling like hotcakes after hit Ting the streets Friday she Al Pueblo spokesman Rudy Flores said the newspapers Board was not particularly worried about any libel because that would afford Al Pueblo the Opportunity to present in open court the Brothel customers sexual editors at Al Pueblo at first said they would publish All names contained in what they said was a trick list of custom ers kept of Theresa the alleged Madam of a local but they later reduced the number to and then said Only 70 would appear in the first edition and several Hundred More in a subsequent on the advice of an the newspaper listed Only 19 names of men it called wealthy businessmen and influential poli Moreno we had received a lot of so he advised us the smaller the the 19 names were listed without addresses or any the copies of the nonprofit news papers latest delayed 10 Days by a court were offered for the usual 25 cent each about 50 people crowded into a restau rant to buy 200 copies of the eight Page publication in a period of five under the names on trick list Al Pueblo said the names were taken from Index cards kept by Brown during a 16year period and Given to the newspaper through a third the cards include the names of the and the mighty of san who in the past have constantly accused the the the poor and working people of being corrupt and Law the Story it the wealthy businessmen and influential politicians can crime or violate any Law and never feel the Wrath of the had pleaded no contest three weeks ago to a charge of aggravated promo Tion of prostitution and was sentenced to three years in but she has switched lawyers and is seeking a new expected to be depleted Early in this the amendments raised both the future tax rates and the maximum amount of a work ers income on which taxes must be paid the extra Money was channelled primarily into the two since the retirement fund old age and survivors insurance has been hit by the declining real wages of workers and retirees get annual adjustments in their benefits tied to the consumer Price which meant a percent increase last but workers arc paying less into the system because their wages arc not going up As fast As those without jobs Are not paying into the system at and some Are retiring Early to take advantage of social Security experts who testified at last weeks hear Ings generally agreed that the retirement fund can be helped out in the Short term by permitting borrowing from the healthier reallocating its share of payroll borrowing from the Treasury or making other the administration wants Congress to eliminate student benefits and the mini mum Benefit program to save billion by the end of tightening administration of the disability program could add an additional billion by that health and human services Secretary Richard Schweiker told the there Are lon term each of today social Security beneficiaries is supported by the payroll taxes of three by that will drop to two workers for each according to Esti mates presented to the Pickle said his panel will Deal primarily with the Short term problems this year but added that members Are not going to close our minds to looking at some lon term some of the changes subcommittee wit Nesses recommended to bolster future financing arrangements were financing half of the Hospital insurance share of medicare out of general reve Nues rather than the social Security raising the age at which workers could retire and receive full benefits from 65 to 68 by the Early part of the next Cen Tury and similarly raising the age at which Earl retirement benefits go into effect from 62 to changing the measure on which Annu Al adjustments of retirement benefits Are one proposal would tie the increase to the Rise in wages or whichever was another would put a Cap possibly 85 percent of the consumer Price Index on the amount of increase that could be passed on to of time in the stars and stripes 30 years ago today 1951 United nations forces opened a push along a 60mile front in the Muddy valleys and mountains of Central 20 years ago 1961 scientists said they Are prepared to make an fallout As Sault on the mysteries of the Jupiter and 70 years ago 1971 dozens of tornadoes Tore across the Flatland of the Mississippi River killing at least 75