European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 2, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes wednesday july 2,1986 Philadelphia City workers begin Union backed strike Philadelphia apr unions representing More than i5.0uo cite worker from clerks w garbage collector went on strike tuesday and a Leader said the walkout will be much tougher than one in 1978, when trash piled up on streets for eight Days. Somr ,1,600 Union workers also struck seven private hospitals and one private mental health Center but negotiators tuesday reached tentative agreements to end All but one of those walkouts. Workers pledged lore main on picket lines until those agreements were ratified. Tiv a Rill s Hogan Al 12 01 . And threatened to disrupt fourth of july celebrations in the Birthplace of the declaration of Independence. This is a critical Public service strike mayor  goods said before Ait ending an emergency Cabinet meeting tuesday. There will be without question a major Impact on rash collection. I urge people to keep trash inside the strike by two District councils of the american cd Calion of slate county and municipal employees was the first since an eight Day 1978 walkout in which garbage piled up an streets and police were called to City prisons to maintain order. This walkout will be much tougher than the one in 1978," said Thomas Paine Cronin. President of of some District 47, which represents 2,500 professional and technical City workers. I think the mayor 1m slapped us in the face and it is time to Start fighting Back and that s what we Are going to do Cronin said. We be been prepared for months and we be gotten our message across to the Public and to the o her unions in the City about what our problems arc. I think the City is testing the resolve of the  talks involving of some District Council 33, which represents 3,000 Blue Collar employees ranging from City halt clerks to school crossing guards an police dispatchers ended late monday talks broke off later with District Council 47. Both of some District councils asked for an imme Diate 16 percent wage increases and limits on outside contracting for government services. The City which had initially asked for a wac freeze on sunday offered District 47 a two year contract with a pay in crease according to Federal mediator de Feehan millions on social Security to get retroactive checks Benefit raises Washington a More than 2 million so Cial Security beneficiaries who worked in 1984 will get monthly Benefit increases averaging $14,30 in their july checks it was announced monday. Dorcas r. Hardy the new commissioner of social Security said her Agency will also distribute retroactive checks averaging $26 5 o the same people on thursday. The Benefit re compilations were triggered by the beneficiaries earnings in 1984. In recalculating a person s benefits. Social Security drops a year with lower earnings and replaces it with what the person earned in 1984. Those beneficiaries who did not work in 1984, or whose earnings were not High enough to trigger a re comp Lalion Are not affected and the checks that they receive on thursday will be unchanged. But Hardy who was confirmed by the Senate june19, said a half million other beneficiaries Wil gel raises and retroactive checks by the end of the year after their benefits Are recalculated by hand. In the initial round the increases will go Only to those whose benefits were recalculated by computers social Security spokesman James m. Brown said. The system s computers have reviewed 29 million earnings records and turned out  million cases rep resenting More than 2 million beneficiaries including dependents that will gel the automatic increases. Half million More records will be recomputed manually. The program will pay out More than 1500 million i retroactive benefits plus $29 million in additional monthly benefits. Some 37.3 million people now get More than 116 billion a month in benefits. Brown said the people getting increases now will receive award notices within the next week. They do not need to Contact their local social Security offices he emphasized. Benefits Are recomputed manually if that person had told social Security lie or she did not plan to work in 1984, or if the actual earnings were higher or lower than expected Brown said. Currently social Security reduces benefits by $ i for every $2 that beneficiaries Ages 65 to 70 earn abovej7.boo. Benefits arc not reduced for those 70 or older regardless of income. New rules require some vets to help pay a Hospital costs Washington a Many veterans seeking treatment at veterans administration hospitals if have to show need and May be required to pay for a portion of their medical care under new rules that took effect tuesday the a said. The a s new eligibility requirements Are the result of a Law passed this year by Congress. They Are aimed at ensuring that Hospital space is available to lower income veterans As Well As to those whose ailments Are related to their military service. Other veterans whose treatment is not related to service and whose income exceeds new minimum lev Els will be eligible for care As space is available. Those veterans whose income exceeds minimum Levels and who Aren t being treated for service connected ailments will be charged fees for a portion of their treatment in hospitals in nursing centers or for outpatient visits said a spokesman Donna St. John. Beginning in october the a also plans to begin Billing insurance companies for some of the costs of care in cases where veterans Are covered by health plans she said writ the new rules veterans of All Ages who do nol fall in the service connected category or who otherwise receive priority care such As former prisoners of War veterans of world War i and those receiving a pensions will have to answer questions regarding their income and net Worth St. John said. Previously veterans under the age of 65 were required to sign an oath saying they could t afford to pay the Cost of medical care. Under the new rules there will be three eligibility categories with differing requirements and income Levels St. John said. They Are category a veterans whose injuries Are serv ice connected or who otherwise receive priority Eligio Lity and those veterans whose ailments Aren t service connected but who have an income not exceeding j15,000 a year if single or 518,000 with one dependent plus 11,000 for each additional dependent. They will be entitled to free care and have the High est priority. Category b veterans whose ailments Are not connected to service and whose income Doe not exceed 120,000 if single or 125,000 with one dependent plus s1,000 per additional dependent. They will be entitled to care on a space available basis. Category c veterans whose ailments Are Dpi service connected and whose income exceeds the limits of category b. They will be entitled to care on a space available basis provided they agree to pay a portion of the Cost the patient costs for Hospital care would be up to 1492, the deductible amount for medicare patients for the first 90 Days of treatment. They could be charged up to half that amount for each additional 90 Days of treatment during the year. For nursing Home care the full medicare deductible would be charged for each 90 Days of care. For each outpatient visit the Veteran would pay $16, she said. Stateside southwestern Bell buying 2 metro Media businesses new York up Clr Omedia inc. Is Selling its paging and Mobile Telephone businesses to Lac southwestern Bell corp. For si.65 bit lion in Cash the new Vork times reported tues  a Juke who owns 92 percent of the Vot ing Stock of metro Media will greatly Benefit from the Sale the newspaper said. The acquisition will make southwestern Belt i he largest investor in cellular telephones in the country the times said. Metro Media s facilities in is cities including new York Chicago and Washington along with southwestern Bells win allow the corporation to serve markets with a total of 45 million peo ple. Radio paging systems that often use the same frequencies operate with the use of beepers Andare often used by doctors and other professional who need to be reached immediately. I believe the personal communications Busi Ness cellular and paging is one of today s most attractive growth opportunities Kluge id i will miss being a part of this Industry  a act members urged to protest foreign policy Baltimore Jupi rep. Pirron Mitchell has urged a act member to protest the Rea Gan administration s crazy foreign policy but he warns they May have to pay i Price of being called communists and unpatriotic per sons. In a fiery speech to the 77th a act Conven Tion Mitchell a Maryland Democrat said Mon Day that Large Federal military expenditures Are made at the expense of much needed social pro Grams. The Congress voted s100 million to the con tras in Nicaragua when there Are people starving in this country said Mitchell. That s a Coz foreign policy. Mitchell who 15 retiring from Congress to run for lieutenant governor of Maryland said . Government is spending $278 billion for needless weapons when people All Over the country arc suffering. Purse snatcher gets 45-year prison term Dallas a a Man who confessed Leight purse snatching and a car theft then begged police for help in breaking a s30q-a-Daycocaine habit was Given a 45-year prison sen  lawyer for Darren sessions 20, said tues Day that the severity of the sentence surprised him because sessions cooperated with police and had no history of violence. He was just trying to gel Money for dope anyway he could said attorney Howard Wilson. The easiest Way was to grab purses. I Don t believe he intended any violence sessions faced � penalty ranging from five years in prison to a life sentence for his crimes. 2 pit Bull terriers Maul appliance store customer Detroit up a Man intending to buy a refrigerator was mauled by two pit Bull terriers at an appliance store in what health  was the second attack in four Days by Dop Al the store. The Dop apparently were being used As guards at the used world appliance and Furni Ture outlet where a beware of dogs sign was posted on the door Detroit health department officials said Wilson Rice 56, was attacked monday As be went into the store to buy a reformer air. He was taken to mount Carmel Hospital where he was listed in fair condition with cuts on his head face legs and feet. Louis beat of the Detroit animal control Center said the unidentified store owner ordered the dogs Oit Rice and inside the store. Deal and two other animal control officers captured the two grown pit bulls and five Pup pies inside the store. The dogs will remain under observation for 10 Days to determine whether they have rabies. Beal said