European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 29, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes tuesday october 29, 1985 Rostenkowski optimistic on completion of tax Bill stateside Washington a rep. Dan Rostenkowski. Who put his House ways and Means committee through i week end of Dosal Dix r sessions to write a new tax Law predicts that the Effort w in pay off even though the panel has strayed from the  recommended by president re in in. Mure so today than i have Ever seen there is he optimistic View that we will get a Bill his year . D-ii., told reporters after inc commit tee lie  adjourned sunday night. At an earlier new s conference he had conceded a slow Start but rest cled any notion the tax Issue is dead for the year despite  appears to be a Lack of Public excitement about it. Once we see what the final document is attention will be focused on it and we will get that army of constituents i think arc for tax Reform Rostenkowski said. A senior Republican on the committee. Rep. Bill Trenel of Minnesota says the panel is moving too quickly. Where once members were examining Ria pan s massive proposal a line at a time fran of said now we arc taking Loo big a bite Section by Section just to put together a package. Rostenkowski said the committee should be Able to Complete its work on the Bill within four weeks. Even if thai happens there is almost no Chance any big tax Bill will be considered this year by the Senate finance committee. In its sunday session aides said the committee agreed to allow corporations a deduction for a portion of the dividends they pay to shareholders. When fully effective in 1997, the deduction would cover 10 percent of dividends. This has been a Long time goal of businesses and Reagan wants the full 10 percent effective next year. Accepted Reagan s proposal to repeal the Law that allows a person to exclude from income $100 5200 for a couple received in dividends. Voted to tax at the parents rate any unearned income such As interest of a child under 14 if the income arises from property received from the parents. Under present Law such income is taxed at the child s rate which often is /.cro. This change would bring in about is. I billion Over five years. Approved a tighter taxation of trusts to the tune of about. Billion Over five years. One Section would end lax benefits for Clifford trusts which Many parents use Ocul their lacs by turning Over property to their children far More than 10 years. Reduced tax benefits for employee Stock ownership plans which encourage workers ownership of their firms Stock. Including sunday s votes the committee has tentatively approved provisions that would pain revenues of $16 billion less Over the next five years than would Rostonkowski s proposal. The loss compared to the president s plan would be even greater. Most of the committee s actions in sunday were fairly close to what Reagan recommended. But Over the past month the panel has agreed on numerous occasions to provisions that would be considerably More generous to one group or another whether Bankers or Farmers than the president proposed. Rostenkowski has expressed concerns about some of those votes. However he told reporters he is certain the final Bill will be close to Reagan s. He said i realize that without the president s help it will be very difficult for us to pass a Bill through the House of  the chairman said his goats remain basically the same As those stated by Reagan to make the tax sys tem fairer to reduce tax rates for most americans especially for Middle income families and to make sure the new tax Law produces the same Revenue As the present one. Bringing those elements together is a near impossibility he said. That coupled with the fact that the committee s senior members Are having to Divide their time Between tax overhaul and a balanced budget Bill is Why the panel is off to a slow Start he added. The budget measure is Likely to occupy the committee most of this week. Animals necessary for experiments a or by of americans in poll think new York a most americans accept inc need to use animals in medical and scientific experiments but Many arc concerned that test animals May be treated inhumanely according to a Media general associated press poll. Nearly half of the 1.412 people questioned in the nationwide Telephone poll believed Laboratory animals were treated humanely but 30 percent did not. Twenty four percent of the respondents were unsure. The treatment of Laboratory animals provoked de Bate last summer when Federal funds were suspended for a University of Pennsylvania project that inflicted head injuries on Baboons. Some animal rights activists appalled by the project staged a four Day sit in at the National institutes of health. In addition to suspending funds Nih planned to step up inspections of research laboratories to ensure that animals receive proper care. Animals have contributed to medical advances and Basic scientific research sometimes with their lives. They arc also used in allergy testing by cosmetic companies and others. Eight in 10 respondents in the Media general a poll said they believed it was necessary to use animals in medical research on diseases such As cancer heart disease and diabetes. Seven in 10 said animal testing was also needed for Basic scientific research and six in 10 said animals were needed in allergy testing. Which animals should be used for medical experiments nearly nine in 10 had no objection to using rats. But when it comes to dogs 55 percent approved and 40 percent disapproved their use in experiments. Among those who disapproved of using dogs 60 per cent would change their minds and approve their use if no other animals were suitable for certain life saving medical experiments. Respondents were also questioned on whether they believed animals have Basic rights and whether those rights were violated by animal Experiment. Three quarters said they believed animals had rights and 46 percent of them said the experiments violated those rights. Thirty eight percent said the experiments did not violate the rights of animals and 16 percent were unsure. The poll also found that animal rights activists get Little support from the american Public when they break into laboratories and steal animals. Only 7 per cent of the respondents said such actions were justified. Those who seek to Stop animal shelters from releasing abandoned dogs and cats to research laboratories have Only 20 percent support among the poll respondents. Seventy two percent said researchers should be allowed to Experiment with animals that otherwise would be killed at the local Pound. Men and women had significantly different opinions on several of the issues. Women were less Likely than men to accept inc necessity of using animals for medical experiments and by a 53 percent to 38 percent margin they were More Likely to believe the experiments violated the animals rights. Women were also More Likely than men to believe animals were treated inhumanely. Respondents in the poll included a random scientific sampling of 1.412 adults across inc country sept. 1-7. As with All Sample surveys the results of Media Gener Al a Telephone polls can vary from the opinions of All americans because of Chance variation in the Sample. For a poll based on about 1,400 interviews the re sults arc subject to an error margin of three percentage Points either Way because of Chance variations in the Sample. That is if one could have questioned All americans with telephones there is Only one Chance in 20 that the findings would vary from the results of polls such As this one by More than three percentage Points. Of course the results could differ from other polls for several reasons. Differences in exact wording of questions in the timing of interviews and in the inter View methods could also cause variations. Reagan nominates Moranville As commander of 3rd Fleet Washington a president Reagan has nominated vice adm. Kendall e. Moranville to become the next commander of the Navy s 3rd meet the Pentagon said. Moranville. 53, will replace vice adm. Donald s. Jones who is moving to inc pm of Deputy chief of naval opera Lions for plans policy and operations. Moranville has been serving As the Deputy and chief of staff to adm. Wesley l. Mcdonald the commander in chief of the Atlantic Fleet. In a related announce Mcnol the Pentagon said Reagan had formally advanced Mcdonald s name to the Senate for relic Mcnol from Active duty. Mcdonald who has completed More than 39 years of Active service had disclosed earlier this year he would retire this fall. Man seized for trying to climb White House Fence Dies at 24 Washington a a Baltimore Man who tried to climb Over the White House Fence and then hanged himself in his jail cell has died authorities said. Robert Edward Watson 24. Was charged with at Temple unlawful entry after he was caught trying to scale the Fence on East executive Avenue said Jane Vezeris a spokeswoman for the . Secret service. Watson was found hanging by his Boot laces in his cd in the metropolitan police department station shortly after being jailed said spokesman Joseph Gentile. He was admitted to Georgetown University Hospital in critical condition and remained attached to life support equipment until his death said Anne Klass a Hospital spokeswoman. Mayor resigns after his arrest on prostitution solicitation charge . To. A mayor Leo Hughes who pleaded guilty earlier to a charge of patronising a prostitute has stepped Down saying his resignation was in the Best interest of the  Hughes 65, had been mayor of the southwestern mis Souri City of about 2.000 for 2 i years. The Willard Alder men accepted his resignation. Hughes was arrested last Spring after approaching an undercover policewoman in nearby Springfield. He pleaded guilty in Greene county circuit court to the Misdemeanour charge and no sentencing Date has been set. Alderman Rill Watkins was chosen to serve the remain Der of Hughes term until april when a regular City cd Calion will be held to fill inc vacancy. Settlement near in suit spurred by police spying in Chicago Chicago a the City has agreed to pay $306.250 in damages to 20 targets of the police depart ment s now defunct red squad an attorney announced but the cily said the agreement was not final. The tentative of of court settlement was the result of a 1174 Federal lawsuit by 25 plaintiffs called the Alliance to l and repression and others said plaintiff attorney Rich Ard Gutman. However. Cily attorney Joe Gagliardo said Gutman announcement was premature. The plaintiffs contended that the squad systematically spied on and disrupted lawful activities of local Community Church and civic groups. Payments of $20,625 each will go to 10 organizations while 10 individuals will collect $10,000 each Gutman said. Gagliardo did not dispute the figures but he said the Issue of splitting off the cases of other plaintiffs not party to the agreement was still under discussion. Bluegrass guitarist Merle Watson killed As tractor overturns Lenoir . A _ Blu grass musician Merle Watson son of country music Star Doc Watson was killed when a tractor he was Riding slipped Down an embankment overturned and pinned him beneath it officials said. Relatives who live nearby said Watson 36, who accompanied his father on guitar had been cutting Wood on a table saw at his Home when he injured his Arm and Rode he tractor to a relative s House for treatment. As he re turned Home the tractor slipped Down the Steep embankment and overturned trapping him underneath. . Hon Dicks Watson s brother in Law said he heard the a Lent and rounded up neighbors to try to free wat