European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 4, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday march1988 the stars and stripes Page 9 landmark health Bill passes test Boston api , Michael   proposal to provide health insurance 10 All Massachusetts residents won House approval and was sent Hack to the state Senate which  i similar Bill last session. The House approved the is billion measure la a wednesday nigh a by a 100 53 vote after three dues of debate with opposition four Milf on the plan s Poten tial Cost. House Maori la Leader Steven Pierce a Republican said the Bill reminds Rne of the old. Hopefully gone consumer rip off when people door to door sold  they said sign on the dolled line and if you have and problems i la take care of hem he said. " everything was t All right but once the consumer realised inc problems it was Loo late i think in inc end we arc going Mohave a Good  said so talc ways and Means chairman j Atricia Mcgovern Democrat and the key proponent in the Senate. The thing thai pleases me is that we begin the process probably very much in  a Bill adopted a the Senate Laic in the 1987 session served As the outline for the House proposal Dukakis was informed of the mouse vote late  while campaigning far inc democratic presidential Nomi nation in to a the  mauve has committed ii Wolf to Rumlis Security for every Man woman and child in the common wealth and i congratulate the leadership and All the members on this historic  null Tiv said in statement. The governor said he hoped the sen ale would move  on the Bill. I continue 10 Hope the work can be completed in mid March he said while the Hill outlines a four year plan for phasing in Universal health care coverage in Massachusetts in was t until wednesday that lawmakers committed themselves to a specific slain financing to cd beyond the Bill s j125 million first year Cost. The Price tag Thuy set As the minimum inc mate would pay for three years when added to the Kwesi is inmate for the remaining year oui in put the Tab for health eare fur All in Massachusetts at  billion. The measure would make health insurance available to All residents notably the estimated 6 10,Gui now uninsured by 1992. Employers who did not provide health insurance would be required to pay a unemployment tax surcharge to the state. Businesses providing insurance for inc first time would be entitled to la cred its. The House unlike the Senate voted to Cher nil businesses with nine or fewer full time cup Loces from mandatory coverage. Macj Avorn said wednesday night her chamber would consider . A Navy up Rachum slides Down a Pate front a air Korce cm4i during the lusting of a Shuhler to rape Smuin w test of shuttle escape system successful Over Mojave desert Edwards fab Calif. A six Navy parachutists Slid Down a 12-fool pole and float d t.500 feel to inc ground in what Nasa said was another successful test of an alternate space shuttle escape system. In the opinion of both the jumpers and the astronauts who observed the test the lest was highly successful Nasa spokesman Ralph Jackson said wednesday after returning from viewing sight in the Mojave desert 70 Miles North of los Angeles the escape system uses a telescoping Pule that would extend Down and tothe rear of the shuttle. Astronauts would attach themselves to rings on the pole slide Clear of the shuttle an then Parachute. During inc Tail the parachutists Iii Down u pole protruding from a Chi plane 7,500 feet above Hie desc and Ihen deployed their chutes Jackson said. The dynamics of coming off inc Price and Iii Iii tip away from the it Grafl look pretty Good although in will be a week before Nasa knows if inc test showed that escaping astronauts would stay Clear of the shuttle Wing said astronaut Steve rag la who was aboard the plane Jackson said the test also was viewed by astronauts Carl Mcado and George a inky Nelson who is scheduled to Fly on the discovery when inc National aeronautics and space administration resumes shuttle flights this summer. A was the Lola Tysl of the pole escape system bul in was conducted at a faster air Speed than previous tests Jackson said. Another  system tested successfully with dummies in november at California s China Lake naval weapons Center would require Astro nauts one at a Lime to Hook onto Small tractor rockets stored in inc shuttle Cabin. The astronauts would be pulled Clear of lire Shullie then Parachute Lollie Ocean. Nasa officials say icy will deride in april Between Lite iwo systems for use on the discovery scheduled to fit aug. 4. The launching will come More than 2v years after the Posl lift offer Losion of challenger on Jan. In 19s6.which killed seven Crew members and halted . Manned spaa1 flights. An escape system would be effective on if a shrill a were flying level under controlled conditions at an Altitude of less than 20.000 feet for example. Fit had to ditch in the Ocean nol when Shullie Booster rockets Are firing As was the Case during the challenger  said a l seat 3 Slom that worked under nil conditions is nol pos Sib with the thu ii. There s a balance you have Tomsk a Between flying and slaving on the ground and fining everything said Nelson who Rode the Columbia in inc last proc Hall engr shuttle flight. 2 British parties merge to increase political clout London ah1 the centrist democrats and liberals officially United thursday after eight months of is Ontic in fighting Over the policies of the merged  new social and Liberal democrats parly Hopes 10 end the dominance of prime minister Margaret Thatcher governing conservatives and the main opposition socialist labor party the social x mix rats voice nearly 2-1 and the liberals More than 7-1 to merge Ismail ballots after separate parly conventions approved the merger last month. Bul Only slightly More than half the Rajil and file look the trouble to Vole. At a news conference notable for its Lack of razzmatazz the party unveiled its new logo a Gold Black bordered Diamond enclosing the name of the party Wrt Llen in Black and underlined. Liberal Leader David steel u to is expected to be elected Leader of inc new party said it will give Hope to a whole new  steel pledged in press for the regeneration of rundown inner City districts and the ailing National health service. Sep Leader Robert Maclennan said Britain needs a great National party with roots in All our  me branded the conservatives complacent centralizing autocratic and inc labor party  inert bureaucratic  David Owen who resigned As social Democrat Leader in opposition o the Union had urged cml cars to Bov Coil the vote and called it a  he plans to continue the social democrats As a Sepa rate party tie iwo parties placed third in Las june s general election in which thatch or s won a third term is prime minister