European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 29, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                March 1985 the stars and stripes social Security office closings denied Washington up the head of the social Security ing proposals to Cut employees in the next five insisted the Agency has no plans to close specific Field but members of the Senate appropriations subcommittee on health and human services said the layoffs would create result in office and were devised without sufficient study simply to meet budget cutting Martha acting social Security said More use of computers and streamlining Agency operations would take up the Slack created by staff layoffs predicted but Lawton revealed an internal social Security memo predicting the layoffs could result in an increased error rate and shifting workers to other and would require consid Erable the Adverse Impact on employee mor ale will be very the memo but denying that parts of the which she were written by her we do not know where there will be increases in workloads or changes in Chiles noted Florida has 6 percent of the elderly in the nation and wanted to know How Many offices there would be Mcsteen said she did not she social Security tax in thousands of dollars in thousands of dollars 1976 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 1976 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 Federal insurance contributions act Chicago Tribune charts source internal Revenue service acknowledged that the social Security administration is studying Field offices and has set out criteria for evaluating under what conditions those offices should be wont close offices i maintain we have no plans to close any specific office at any specific Mcsteen although she based on the it May be Nec Essary Todo Senate democratic Leader Robert Byrd of West a subcommittee Mem asked Why no study had been done of helped salvadoran refugees Sanctuary members get prison Ferms Texas up two Sanctuary movement who had the backing of 50 members of were sentenced to Short prison terms wednesday for aiding salvadoran refugees who entered the United states Jack director of the Catholic sponsored Casa Oscar Romero refugee shelter in san and Stacey Lynn a also were ordered to disassociate themselves from the Sanctuary move ment while appealing their they were convicted last month in District judge Filemon Vela sentenced a lanky native of to six oneyear prison terms to be served a native of affiliated with the Bijou House religious Community in Colorado was ordered to serve 179 Days of an 18month prison i could have Given you elder 30 years and her Merkt but you two Don t de serve Vela the judge acknowledged receipt of a let Ter supporting the two people circulated by Henry and signed by 50 members of the Sanctuary movement is a Loose net work of about churches with members throughout the nation who openly their intention to assist Central Ameri can refugees regardless of the movement has assisted about Central americans who forded the Rio Grande since August the refugees have said they face torture and death in their elder was convicted of six counts of conspiracy and transporting three Merkt was convicted of the effect of laying off 25 percent of the Agency by Byrd noted the House select commit tee on aging estimated 281 Field offices would have to be closed by the staff Mcsteen replied that a study of work loads is being done that might Lead to changes in the staff reduction subcommittee chairman Lowell charged the staff Cut plan was imposed by the office of management and budget to reduce spending without any thought to its scepticism saying there is a certain apprehension and a certain scepticism about Why the cuts Are being Weicker told my before office closing takes please give information to the subcommittee that it has a basis in not just because budget director David Stock Man has to gel x amount out of the sea so he can give x amount to the defense bomb spokesman Edwin Dale said he had absolutely no comment on Weick ers there clearly has been As scare Campaign put on by some people about closing of offices which is simply not Dale the automation of offices should result in fewer Senate panel votes to deny Aid for birth control Washington a the Senate foreign relations committee voted wednesday to deny Aid for birth control to any country that permits baby killing or coerced an amendment to the proposed billion foreign Aid budget for the coming fiscal year was adopted by the in keeping with its antiabortion the Reagan administration is not now pro Viding family planning funds to any country that requires its citizens to undergo abortions As a population control m Eiffe i i Burria Muht Semi finals both exciting games