European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 18, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday. December 18. 1987 the stars and stripes Page 7 House oks welfare Reform measure called pro family pro work plan Washington a the House on wednesday passed an am Hilious unil control in Ial plan aimed at weaning inc Punk from dependency in welfare with new work requirements fur Moil welfare parents. The 230-l Al Vine and a year that began with bipartisan consensus Ivial inc welfare system needed n he changed hut ended Wilh whal on Mcm bar labelled bipartisan polarisation Over fiscal and philosophical concerns. Democratic sponsors of the five year. $4,1 billion family welfare Reform failed ii a pro family pro work measure that shifts the Burden of child support to parents and offers the services and incentives needed to make work a feasible alternative. The poor children of this country have something to cell Fralc this  said rep. Tom Downey . Chairman of inc subcommittee that wrote the Bill. It s a Strong first step toward n by Tir a life for Amer Ica s poor children and their families said Stephen he Inez. Connecticut welfare commissioner and chair Man of he american Public welfare association s welfare Reform project. Only 13 republicans voted for the Bill and .11 democrats voted against it a collecting the Sharp ideological split Over How Best to help the nation s poor gop opponents labelled the Bill anti work and said it would trap people in dependency. Rui they lost 251 17.1 in a bid to substitute  billion proposal which contained stringent work requirements hut few Benefit improvements the Vole went almost along party lines Wilh Only six republicans voting no and Only three democrats voting yes the More comprehensive welfare Reform act promoted by the democratic leadership requires slates to set up education training and work programs bolstered by child care and transp orillion subsidies. Most welfare parents would be required to participate. In other key changes Stales would have to extend welfare assistance to two Parent families Only half do so no step up efforts to identify fathers and set up a system of immediate automatic wage withholding when 3 child support order is issued. And they would receive financial incentives until 1991 for raising Wel fare benefits w huh in Many slates amount i less than Hal of the Federal poverty Standard. The whole program is supposed to pay for itself in the first three years through a phasing out of child care lax credits for the Well Oft and acceleration of internal Revenue service debt collection. The plan came under fire both for going Loo far and not going far enough. Specifically the Hill requires parents of children 3 and older to work go to school or gel Job training. States would have to guarantee child Tare for inc preschoolers and their mothers would Only have to work part time. People moving into Low paying jobs would receive Day care subsidies for a Limi cd period and would he Able to keep their first 1100 of monthly earnings with out having their welfare benefits reduced up from s75 now. Under another provision already passed by the House families that lost welfare due to Job earn Ings would be entitled to up to two years of continued medicaid coverage. . Resumes production of nerve Gas Pine Bluff Ark. A an 18 year moratorium on the manufacture of chemical weapons ended wednesday As production of a nerve Gas component began at the army s Pine Bluff Arsenal. Combustion engineering operations and maintenance services of los an Geles began producing Methyl phosphoric i fluoride. Or of at the Arsenal spokeswoman Phyllis . When of a non lethal chemical is mixed Wilh an alcohol substance known As opa the nerve Gas Sarin or go is formed. The Louisiana army ammunition Plant outside Shreveport will pro Duce 155mm Howit or shells containing  a. The of will he scaled in canisters and stored at the Arsenal Bledso Estad. If the Gas were needed the canisters would be taken to the Battlefield and placed in the artillery shells. The two chemicals mis Only when the weapon is fired. The resumption of production reverses a 1969 decision by president Nixon to Stop making weapons whose use has been repugnant to the conscience of  workers prepare to Bury a dead Humpback whale that hashed ashore on i Fidlon Bench in Marsh Ficaj mass., wednes Day. Fight whales have died in the Cape cod area in the last beached Humpback four Hciks and personnel from were on hand to try to discover deaths. Tilt n new the Ruusu Inland aquarium fur the mysterious 26 crash victims of spa flight 1771 mourned los osos Calif. A More than 100 mourners paid their last respects wednesday at an outdoor serv ice for 26 people whose remains could not be identified after the crash of Pacific Southwest airlines flight 1771. It s a note of finality and i think we need it said Mori Shiba whose son Jonathan Kirk Shiba was one of the 43 victims of the dec. 7 air disaster believed to he have been caused by a vengeful former . Five caskets were lined up in front with 21 others already in vaults placed behind inc Lect pm at los osos memorial Park. Sam Douglass the funeral coordinator said the five symbolized the diversity among the victims. An airline Pilot s Cap was placed atop one of the caskets while another was draped with an american Flag. An airline stewardess pin was affixed to another casket while a Crucifix and Flowers were on the remain ing caskets. This Way the family by looking Ai these can imag Ine that perhaps their father or Mother or son is in one of those five caskets Douglass said. The 26 caskets will be put in a single plot Wilh one Marker bearing the victims names. Victims of the fiery crash were so severely dismembered that each casket might contain the remains of More than one person officials said. We fully suspect Uherc will be More identifications when the fi5i completes tissue and dental tests Doug lass said. Most of the mourners were relatives of the victims. They were flown to i Aso Robles and brought to the cemetery near Morcq Bay Down the coast from the crash site in san Luis Obispo county ranch land. In limousines. Several mourners wept openly during the 30-Minutc interdenominational service which began in bitter cold shortly after a Light ram. Spa spokeswoman Margery Craig said the service was held outside to accommodate the crowd. The service was conducted by a roman Catholic priest a rabbi and a protestant minister Tabatha s getting better it May be Best gift Ever Pittsburgh ai1 on her Best behaviour since her rare five Organ trans Plant More than six weeks ago 3-year old Tabatha Foster has a Long list for Santa Claus. Tubal a wants talking Mickey mouse and Donald Duck dolls a toy computer. Storybooks puzzles and brightly coloured Nail polish. We be got really what we be wanted. Tabatha is still alive and functioning  her Mother. Sandra Foster said. My dream Long term is that we get Home and be one big family  because Tabatha has received More than 00 dolls Teddy bears and stuffed animals from Well wishers since her nov. I transplant Many of which fill her Hospital room at Chil Dren s Hospital Foster ii More in the Market for clothes. I m not buying any toys for Tab said Foster. 18. Of Madisonville by. The toddler in t the least hit upset at celebrating Christmas in the Hospital according to her Mother. She spent her other Chest mass in hospitals As a result of the congenital deformation of the intestines thai necessitated her transplant. Be never seen a child who s under gone As much As Tabatha has undergone in her Short pfc time and responded with the pleasant disposition she  said Hospital spokeswoman sue Cardillo. Tabatha received a new liver pancreas Small intestine and parts of a Colon and stomach in an experimental opera Tion performed Only twice before both times unsuccessfully