European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 16, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes Friday october 16,1987 Bill would help agent Orange victims 3 lawmakers seek compensation for some vets Washington a three lawmakers who served in the military during the Vietnam War pro posed legislation wednesday la Force the govern ment id provide compensation for certain Veteran who say they Are suffering from exposure to agent Orange a defoliant used by . Forces in the War. How much More body counting docs there have to be before Vietnam veterans Are recognized As de serving of compensation for a disorder created As a consequence of their service asked sen. John f. Kerry d-mass., who served As a Navy officer. The Bill would require the veterans administration to presume that certain types of illnesses suffered by veterans Are tied id agent Orange and should be compensated. Instead of a Veteran having to prove that the condition was caused by he Chemi Cal the government would have to prove thai in was not Kerry said. Critic charge that the Reagan administration has spent too much time trying to determine positively scientific link Between the chemical and a series of serious illnesses suffered by thousand of Vietnam veterans. The real Issue comes Down to whether we Are willing to give veterans the Benefit of the doubt said sen. Tom Daschle d-s.d., an air Force Veter an. Do we feel a stronger allegiance to perfect scientific knowledge that will never be attained or to the men and women who served our country?1 scientists. Will Tell you. That we will never have absolute proof of a causal relationship Between disease and exposure to agent Orange just As we will never have absolute proof that smoking causes lung cancer. But does that mean that we can not come to reasonable conclusions that allow us to make decisions regarding health and environmental policy and compensation Daschle asked Kerry told a news conference that the legislation is a major step to Complete the process of bringing veterans Home. It u part of that final Procopi of Healing  rep. Lane Evans a lit a Marine Veteran who introduced the measure in the House Aid the government s Lack of action on agent Orange it a National  if these were people who were suffering from gunshot wound wed immediately help them Evans said. Under the legislation the Veteran administration would establish a presumption that lung on cer non a Ekin a Lymphoma and disabilities Ai a i died with weakening of the immune by item be related to agent Orange and should be compensated Kerry said previews studies indicate a Strong link Between those conditions and agent Orange. The lawmakers said they did not know How much the measure would Cost or How Many Vetoni it would cover. Colgate palmolive to close 6 factories new York it jul Colgate palmolive  said it will eliminate 600 jobs and dose six factories As part of a three year corporate reorganization. A spokeswoman said the household and personal care goods maker was not announcing the locations of he six plants to be closed the 600 eliminated jobs will come from Colgate a new York corporate Headquarters . Operations and its Kendall fiber products operation two units the company is planning to sell for about 1200 million. The company did not specify if it will Lav off or attempt to Transfer the 600 employees whose jobs arc being Cut. In february 1986, Colgate eliminated 250 Domestic positions. At the end of last year it had 37,900 employees worldwide. The company said the restructuring will cause third Quarter pretax charge of $211 million which in said is equivalent to $150 million or 12.20 a share after taxes. It said it expects a third Quarter ions and reduced 1987 earnings because of the charge but the spokeswoman said the company has Given no indication of what income it expects to Post for those periods. In a statement Reuben Marie Colgate s chairman president and chief executive officer said Over the past three years we have been working to reduce Cost Sand accelerate new products  he said results have exceeded the company s expectations but added maintaining this momentum is vital and continuing evaluation of our organization and operations has highlighted further opportunities for  the spokeswoman said she could not comment on what future actions the company might fake. Jack Trachtman senior Security analyst at Ornul co., said the moves sound quite constructive especially on a Long term basis. They should begin to con tribute to re cajun next year he said the Sale of the Kendall businesses eliminates a commodity Industrial area with a lower profit margin and less growth and they can use that Money to concentrate in consumer products possibly through an acquisition. The company s statement said besides the six plan Oslo be closed 24 others worldwide will be reconfigured Chain food stores hire with French flair East Hartford Conn. A the search forager Young worker for a statewide Chain of food stores has a definite French accent in Connecticut. Since Early this year Aldin associates which owns33 Chucky s country stores and Sunshine farm food stores has been looking to France for Young workers lob Olster a shrinking labor Pool said Wendy Kucia the Chain s personnel director. She said the program the brainchild of a French employee at East Hartford based Aldin appears to be successful. We gave information to the French consulate and we had French students showing up a our doorsteps Kucia said. Aldin arranges their employment slay through government channels trains the Young people helps find housing and Anages for car pools to take them to stores. In turn the workers pay for air fare room and Board while in the United states. They work full Lime. All the Worken speak English. Caroline Dick a 20-year-old worker Laid that s because All French students must learn two foreign languages in High school an English is mandatory. We arc not Here just for he Money. It s a goo Deal. We make a lot of Money because the Dollar is High and we Are working a lot said Alexander Guyon Neau a worker in a Bra font store. Senate not amused by comic Book Washington up the Senate stirred by comic Book showing Safe sex Between two men voted to Cut off Federal funds wednesday for aids Educa Tion programs that promote or encourage homosexual sex. The cutoff pushed by sen. Jesse Helms was approved 94-2 and attached to the 1129 billion appropriations Bill for the departments of health an human services and labor. Only Sens. Lowell Wicker r-Conn., and Daniel Moynihan d-n.y., vote against it. This subject matter is so obscene so revolting ii is difficult for me to stand Here and talk about in Helm said. I May throw  Helms said he showed the comic Book to president Reagan who opened the Book Shook his head and slammed his  this senator is not a Goody Goody two shoes i relived a Long time. But every Christian ethic cries out for me to do something Helms did. "1 Call a Spade Spade a perverted human being a perverted human  the amendment would deny taxpayer Money for any program or project that would promote or encourage directly or indirectly homosexual sexual activities and require that federally financed program emphasize abstinence outside marriage and abstinence front illegal intravenous drugs. The North Carolina conservative said the Gaymen s health crisis Center in new York City which produced the comic Book has received 1674,679 from the communicable diseases Center. Stateside Ford . Leasing Hail $496,4 million merger san Francisco up1 Ford motor co. Wio acquire United states letting International inc. Of san Francisco in a 1496,4 million merger agreement hailed by both companies. Font offered 168 a share for . Leasing which has about 7.3 million snares outstanding . Leasing with assets of  billion leases Auto motive fleets business and electronic equipment air Craft and Railroad  companies boards have approved the Deal. Minor quake shakes sections of Kentucky Paducah by api a minor earthquake Shook parts of Western Kentucky wednesday morning break ing windows and dishes. No injuries were  tremor measuring 3.8 on the Richter scale was entered 10 Miles Southwest of Paducah mid Joh Minich a  with the National earthquake information Center in Golden  were reported broken at a Home in to Cracken county according to Wisd to in  station said a tree also had fallen in the county. Gun toting grandmother stops fight Between boys High Point  a a fight Between boys ailing for a school bus ended when the grandmother of one of that juveniles Drew her  trouble began when one boy Tell the bus Stop and told his grandmother that the other boys were beating him up police  report said the grandmother Ibex went to the bus Slopr pulled oui a .25-caliber automatic and told the children to leave her Sandson  charged Corine Johnson 54, with communicating . She was released on her own  confiscated the pistol and some ammunition. Geological fault Hazard to a Plant downgraded los Angeles a geological fault off the coast of Central California including one that Environ Menia Luu fear could endanger the Diablo Canyon nuclear Plant probably pose far Lew of in earthquake Hazard than once believed a new study  study suggests the coastal faults Are much less Active than implied by prior studies said  Gordon of Northwestern University in Chicago environmentalists worried about quakes tried unsuccessfully for years to Block construction and operation of Diablo Canyon s twin reactors located on the coast about Halfway Between los Angeles and Sao Francisco. Pacific Gas & electric co. Says the Plant can withstand a quake measuring 7.5 on the Richler scale of ground motion