European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 20, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes Page 5 House oks $4.4 billion to fight terrorism embassy Security hostage payments planned Washington a the House voted 389-7 tuesday to spend $4.4 billion to enhance the Security of . Embassies and consulates and to provide Cash pay ments for americans taken hostage by terrorists. The Bill received Strong bipartisan support and was approved after the House acted to exempt it from compliance with the Gramm Rudman deficit reduction Law. The hostage compensation Section of the Bill embraces All americans taken captive since 1979, including those seized at the . Embassy in Tehran. They and any future hostages who Are Federal employees or military personnel would be eligible for payments of $66 a Day a figure chosen by the drafters of the Bill. This would make those held the longest in Iran 444 Days eligible for payments of $29,304 each. A Federal commission had recommended payments of Only $12.50 a Day and the House rejected an amendment by rep. John Mccain r-ariz., which would have set hostage compensation at $20 a Day. Mccain said $20 a Day is More than generous and the payments should remain largely  this is not like a Windfall replied rep. Patricia sch Roeder a Coio. I cannot think of anyone who would like to be a hostage for $66 a Day. They just would  she said $66 was selected because it is the per diem rate for Federal officials. We decided this was fair. We decided this was the Way to go she said. The Overall legislation focuses on what House members called a Brick and mortar approach to terrorism provid ing funds to replace highly vulnerable . Diplomatic buildings at High risk posts and to enhance the Security of others. It parcels out the funds from now until 1991, Start ing with $56 million this fiscal year which ends sept. 30. Other major provisions of the legislation include the creation of a diplomatic Security service inside the state department. The formation of a Board of inquiry to insure accountability of . Officials in terrorist incidents. The Bill addresses terrorism linked to International narcotics trafficking and provides rewards for the arrest and conviction of those who kill or Kidnap . Drug enforcement officials. Among other Steps it sets up a most wanted list of International terrorists. It urges a review of International standards for Deal ing with possible nuclear terrorism including standards for protecting nuclear material. It establishes new procedures for dealing with Security at foreign and Domestic seaports which pose a High risk of terrorist attack on passenger  the legislation is based on the experience of the . Government in dealing with terrorism abroad since the seizure of the . Embassy in Tehran and the destruction of the . Embassy in Beirut. It incorporates Many of the recommendations of a panel headed by adm. Bobby Inman former Deputy director of the Central intelligence Agency As Well As a commission on International terrorism headed by vice president George Bush. Voting against the Bill were reps. Hank Brown r Colo. John Conyers a Mich. William e. Dannemeyer a Calif. Joseph m. Gaydos a a. Joe Kolter a a. Ron Marlene a Mont. And David s. Monson a Utah. Teachers drop bonuses for students who dress up Chatham . A two High school teachers have stopped giving extra Points on tests to students who dressed up for class the Borough s school superintendent said. It probably was t a very Good idea superintendent Mark Smith said. The practice he said was indefensible from an educational Point of  Smith said he Learned of the practice several weeks ago and contacted Princi pal Arthur Ebeling. Ebeling told him the teachers had agreed to Stop. Teachers Judy Rattner and Steven Frieberger awarded five extra Points to boys who wore jackets and ties shoes and dress Slacks and to girls who wore a dress or skirt and Blouse stockings and dress shoes. I think people who look Good who feel Good about themselves perform bet Ter on a test Frieberger said adding that Good students usually dressed up while poor ones did not. He said he had received no complaints from students about the dress Points. Frieberger a social studies teacher said he used the same system for Many years while teaching in Virginia and in Maplewood . He gave 12 tests a year with the dress Points option he said. Rattner who teaches math gave four such tests a year. Smith said the system had a very real potential for  basically i feel very strongly that teen spending in percent of weedy j girls allowance earnings Ihbe Bonfi nothing y 1243% Persona grooming 323.1% movies dating entertainment gasoline and auto18.0% 315.9% food and snacks17.1% 112-3% Coin  qo.5% Ages 16to 19 letters ruled admissible in Navy espionage trial recordsb2.6% .6% inc ago to tour graphic source american demography a grades should be based on academic achievement and should not be based on other factors such As dress or discipline he said. The new Jersey department of Edu cation said no regulations prohibited giving extra Points on the basis of appearance. San Francisco a Anonymous letters offering the Fri information about a soviet espionage ring can be used As evidence by the prosecution in the spy trial of former Navy code expert Jerry a. Whitworth . District judge John Vuka sin said tuesday. He ruled that the four letters sent to the Fri in san Francisco in 1984, Are merely evidence to be considered by the jury like any other evidence tending to prove or disprove the charges in this  Vukasin said earlier the letters amounted to a confession but in his tuesday ruling he said they were More of a bargaining Man Euver by the author who at one Point offered to Tell All in Exchange for immunity from prosecution. Federal attorneys have said that Only someone with Whitworth s unique knowl Edge of an espionage conspiracy could have written the letters. Assistant . Attorney William Farmer said Syracuse University professor Murray Miron who often analyses disputed documents for Law enforcement officials found that the letters had a writing style similar to Whitworth s. Defense attorney James Larson has argued that the letters signed rus Are extremely prejudicial even if jurors were instructed to disregard the correspondence unless they decided Whitworth was the author. Whitworth 46, of Davis Calif., is accused of passing secrets on Navy code and radio communications systems to confessed spy John Walker jr., his longtime Friend from 1974 to 1983, for $332,000. The 13 charges against Whitworth in clude seven espionage and conspiracy charges that carry potential life sentences. He also faces tax evasion charges. The Fri said the first three letters it received in May and june 1984 said the writer had participated in an espionage ring with at least five members for several years and had traded top secret code material to a Contact who relayed it to agents for the soviet Union. The letters carried an offer to help break up the spy ring in Exchange for immunity from prosecution but the offer was with drawn in the fourth letter received in a gust 1984. Whitworth is the last of four defendants in the Walker spy Case to go to trial. Walker and his son Michael pleaded guilty to espionage in a Baltimore Federal court. John s brother Arthur was convicted of spying by a Federal judge in Norfolk a. Opening statements in the Whitworth trial Are scheduled to begin monday and the trial is expected to last about three months. Sands of time landlord can yup if up says county Miami a county commissioners saying there s nothing wrong with a land lord offering a Yuppie discount to attract younger tenants on tuesday approved a measure that would allow reduced rents to be offered to any age group. The Case began after a Miami Beach landlord offering 15 percent discounts to people Between 25 and 50 in Hopes of luring younger tenants refused to give the reduced rate to a 57-year-old resident. The proposed amendment to Dade county s housing code was approved unanimously. A Public hearing was set april 1 on the proposal. After that hearing the nine member com Mission is expected to take final action. The amendment is designed to protect All legitimate and Bona fide discounts based on age such As airline restaurant and movie discounts now granted to senior Citi Zens said Harvey Ruvin one of four com missioners making the proposal. We want to safeguard discounts for senior citizens and Young people alike Ruvin said. Government should not be involved in prohibiting discounts that Are not designed to be  the amendment is aimed Only at age discounts and would t include Price Breaks offered on the basis of sex ethnic Back ground or religious affiliation Ruvin said. The controversy emerged when Evelyn Weissman 57, challenged landlord Robert Blum s Yuppie  a county Board ruled that Blum s rent break violated the county s ordinance against age discrimination. The Board director suggested Weissman also deserved $50,000 for the mental anguish the Dis count caused her. A pending counter complaint on behalf of younger people asks the Board to deny discounts for the elderly too. Blum s Appeal of the Board s february ruling is set for april 17. If older people can get discounts his Price break also is Legal he says. I think the award is ludicrous Blum said. Since last May he has offered the rent cuts to Young professionals at his two High Rise oceanfront apartment buildings. It was the one thing we could do he said adding that in May 255 of his 790 units were empty. I meant to offend no one he said. I just wanted to fill my  Blum now has Only 45 vacancies at his buildings where discounted rents Range from $490 to $1,200 monthly. The commission s proposed amendment reads it is not the policy of metropolitan Dade county to prohibit Bona fide discount programs based on age classification so Long As such programs Are not designed intended or used to deny an individual or group either Access to or the right to reside on the  in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. March 20, 1946 swedish writer Birger Dahlerus Star witness for Hermann Goering admitted to the Nuernberg Tribu Nal that he was used As a nazi tool for prewar peace negotiations. 30 years ago today March 20, 1956 the Eisenhower administration asked Congress for a special $530 million fund to give nato and other allies the same guided missiles being devel oped for . Forces. 20 years ago today March 20, 1966 Buddhist leaders in Saigon backed away from an immediate showdown with the military Junta to Avert a new crisis. But the buddhists made it Clear that they would not wait Long for the National leadership Council to heed demands they stabilize the government with civilian leadership. 10 years ago today. March 20, 1976 in san Francisco Patricia Hearst s trial has been sent to a jury that must decide whether the heiress was a fear stricken victim or free willed Volunteer in a terrorist band