European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 22, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                June 1985 the stars and stripes Page 5 agent Orange lawyers to share million new York a More than 80 lawyers will share million for their work on the agent Orange class action suit brought by Vietnam veterans against seven chemical a Federal judge has District judge Jack Weinstein increased by More than million the fees and expenses to be paid lawyers out of the agent Orange settlement noting the original million settlement fund has earned More than million in the judge said it is unimpaired for distribution among Veter ans and their the out court settlement was reached last year with seven firms that manufactured agent a defoliant widely used in Southeast veterans contended their exposure to agent Orange was responsible for a wide array of medical problems suffered by them and their including cancer and birth in Weinstein awarded million in fees and expenses to the Law who said it was not enough for the time they spent working on the Case since the lawyers had sought an Esti mated Weinstein allowed attorneys to collect Only for work that benefited the entire rather than individual the class included All australian and new zealand troops who served in Vietnam Between 1961 and 1972 and claimed injury through exposure to agent although the government and manufacturers have denied any link be tween the herbicide and health last Weinstein approved a distribution plan of the settlement Money among some in the Legal fee the largest went to the Plain tiffs management a group of nine Law firms that took Over the Case in mid1983 and prepared to go to trial against the agent Orange the committee originally sought Mil lion in fees and Victor Yannacone the Hauppauge attorney often credited with getting the suit was awarded an additional in expenses tuesday by raising his total award to Yannacone and his associates were in charge of the Case until the plaintiffs management committee took he originally sought the attorneys fees and like the settlement fund will not be paid until appeals of the settlement Are re a process Weinstein said could take at least a Weinstein noted the lawyers who Origi Nally brought the suit skilfully used publicity together with Legal theory to carry the Case Forward while the work of the plaintiffs management committee did result in a significant Benefit to the class by Way of a were not say Young republicans Chicago a Young republicans gathering for their National convention say membership is at an Al time but they still have an image problem Many people think of them As whenever theres a joke about Young its usually about said Jan Scott of suburban mount who is co chairing the five Day biennial Conven Tion expected to draw members through saturday night live has not helped were pretty everyday american not a Bunch of Scott for a Long time the problem we had was not in what we believed in but How we presented said Bill of suburban the conventions other co chair being conservative Doest mean being an elitist coun try club it just Means being Middle Kerr the typical Young Republican is in his mid to late Colleg educated and hoping to fulfil the stereotyped image of the american despite image president reagans 1984 elec Tion Victory helped bolster the credibility of the 52year old whose members Are 18 to 40 years it surprised everyone that reagans strongest Vot ing group was in the 18to24 age were now looking at changing the whole majority Well into the next Scott Young Republican leaders loyalty to Reagan and enthusiasm for the new conservatism were Plain As they gathered at a downtown hotel for the conventions wednesday night we believe in the Reagan said Bill Scotts husband and chairman of the Illinois Young Hes Hes got Strong convictions and he Sticks to his were not the party of fat cats any but the party of ideas and Hes Given us new Scott which has fluctuated since the Organiza Tion was founded during the now stands at an Al time High of up from 1980s said John Secretary of the Young Republican National federation based at Republican National committee Headquarters in the organization is much More professional than it used to its not As ideologically Traier there Are a lot of people who Are looking for some thing to fulfil their lives and were getting Calls All the time from people who want to said membership remained relatively constant even during the Scott the most recent ebb to about members came in when president Nixon resigned in the Wake of he among the guests scheduled to be at the convention Are Illinois James Thompson and a Host of National figures Senate majority Leader Robert Dole of Kansas Jack transportation Secretary Eliza Beth Dole agriculture Secretary John whose family farms in Illinois and Donald defense Secre tary during the Ford the the umbrella organization for an association of 45 state has an annual budget of about from the National Traier the state organizations rely largely on Money they can raise them attendants approve strike As leverage against Twa Sands of time Kansas a Union flight hoping for extra leverage in Las minute bargaining with trans world airlines Over proposed labor Cost conces have voted overwhelmingly to Autho Rize a strike against the a Union official Vicki president of the inde pendent federation of flight said about 95 percent of the ballots re turned by Union members favored a were really Frankovich said in a Telephone interview wednesday from new this shows that the members certainly Are willing to although they May not want under Federal Law governing airline the flight attendants must persuade Federal mediators to allow a the company and the Union must then observe a 30day Cooling off period before any walkout could Twa agreed last week to be acquired by Texas air for a coalition of unions representing nearly two thirds of Twa employees announced Here wednesday that they planned to oppose the Texas air the three unions making up the coalition the International association of a the air line pilots association and the flight attendants represent of twas the unions said their goal was to prevent Texas air chairman Frank Lorenzo from winning control of Lorenzo cancelled Union contracts and sharply Cut wages at Continental airlines a Texas air after Continental underwent chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings in september in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today june 1945 the end of the Okinawa Campaign was announced by Chester 82 Days after forces invaded the enemy Island and Joseph Stilwell was appointed commander of the 10th 30 years ago today june 1955 in Buenos president Juan Peron is keeping in the background while Argentina army directs a Campaign to restore full peace to this left tense by last weeks 20 years ago today june 1965 court records in los Angeles show that actress Mae who earned millions As a Star of the silent left an estate of died last 70 years ago today june 1975 a statement claiming there was a conspiracy in the slaying of civil rights Leader Martin Luther King has been Given to Atlanta police commissioner Reginald eaves the company and the Union must rental underwent chapter 11 bankruptcy police commissioner Reginald eaves then observe a 30day Cooling off period proceedings in september i potentially lethal injection linked to Madigan nurse shortage a the commander of mad or the Powell Are pending against Madigan the herself an Active duty appears to in one a 6yearold boy died april 14 of a heart a the commander of mad an army medical Center says a shortage of nurses was directly related to a Case in which a woman was mistakenly injected with formaldehyde instead of a Darryl Powell spoke wednesday for the first time about a june 11 incident that touched off one of a number of malpractice claims against the Powell said the attending nurse placed the formaldehyde in a sterile cup near the Container holding medication for the woman who had suffered a the nurse was forced to leave the room to care for other the preparing to remove tissue from the woman injected her with the formaldehyde thinking it was the be no disciplinary action will be taken against the doctor or the Powell the herself an Active duty appears to have suffered no Lon term ill he this is one Case directly related to the staffing Powell in the All we can afford to have is one in registered nurse if we would have had More than one the nurse would have remained with the physician and would have been Able to prevent the wrong solution from being the 400bed Hospital is run with 80 percent of the staff it and it now has Only about half the registered nurses of comparable hospitals in Seattle and Powell at least 38 claims of malpractice from patients or relatives seeking damages of about million Are pending against in one a 6yearold boy died april 14 of a heart attack while being treated for a Cut lip when a pain cocktail was improperly in a kid Ney dialysis patient died last year when formaldehyde was placed in his dialysis Powell said he told the army surgeon general and the army health services commander about the shortage of but he said he expects no More staffing authorization any time some problems will be solved when a new Hospital building is opened in Powell the existing hos Pital is a Maze of wards spread Over Miles of a nurse can spend an hour taking a patient from department to department and Powell