European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 9, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday. May 9, 1988 the stars and stripes Page 7 suit attacks a s appeals process veterans claim fairness secondary to Speed Washington not the veterans administration s system far reviewing veterans appeals of de Nied benefits has been attacked in a lawsuit As Assem Bly line Justice hat denies fair hearings to thousands of claimants. The Tawi Uil was filed in Federal District court Here by the Vietnam veterans of America on  that has repeatedly challenged the View of the a Token by larger groups like the american legion and the disabled american veterans. These organizations have largely praised the Agency s system of granting benefits and processing appeals. The suit charged that the Board of veterans appeals a a department denies appellants their constitutional right to due process of Law through a system of Cash bonuses to Hoard members for High rates of Case production. It also charged political inducements were used to please the Board chairman Kenneth Eaton. The suit said that Talon had distributed a list of favored Mem Ber of Congress to the Board s 65 members who sit in three member panels As judges of veterans appeals. Cases Undi  in cow  Board Mem Bers receive inquiries from the senators and representatives listed in Talon s memorandum must be referred to him for approval before final decisions arc published the lawsuit said. Mike Cav cock a spokesman for the Vietnam Veter ans of America said that a memorandum by Eaton doted March 9, 1987, called the Board chairman s personal signature  names the chairmen and ranking Republican members of both the Senate and House veterans affairs committees and the speaker of the House rep. Jim Wright a Texas. Cases in which the named members of Congress express an interest Are to be routed through the chairman s office for review and  according to a copy of the Eaton memo provided to reporters by Leavick. Banner Day an Agency spokesman said the Veter ans administration docs not comment on matters in  Day said that because of this Agency policy Eaton would have no response. The lawsuit seeks a court order to end the Bonus system and the quotas on which the Cash payments to the Board s cml jars Are based. The Board members arc salaried government employees whose bonuses can total As much As 13,000 annually depending on How Many rulings they make a year the first disclosure of the system of quotas and Bonus payments came at a hearing in february before a subcommittee of the House government operations committee headed by rep. Ted Weiss. . Two members of the Board of veterans appeals Ernest b. Wright and Daniel . Dierman denounced the Board s Slipshod work and what Birman called the evil thu of this  Bierman testified that the quota system resulted in an average Case decision Lime of 7.8 minutes. The referee acc in the lawsuit to Assembly line processing of appeals referred to the Lime pressure of the quota system and the Speed with which the cases were decided. Eaton s 1987 signature list included the names of sen. Alan Cranston of California and rep. . Sonny Montgomery of Mississippi both democrats. They Are the chairmen of the Senate and House Veter ans affairs committees which oversee the operation of the a. The ranking Republican committee members listed were Sens. Frank a Murkowski of Alaska and Alan a Simpson of Wyoming and reps. John Paul Ham my Schmidt of Arkansas and Gerald . Solomon of new York. Leavick noted that Eaton s list also included the names of two of the a s most oui Pokon critics sen. Thomas a. Daschle of South Dakota and rep. Don Edwards of California both democrats. Monument of old Prutos must be secured insured cars set in the ground and others welded tog ther stand new Alliance neb., is a Takeoff of Britain s Stine Hanse. Alliance neb. A a Monu ment of old cars set upright in Hie ground to resemble Britain s Slonic Liengh can stay so Long As it s insured and vandals Don t turn the area into a junkyard the City Council said. Carh Cnoc creator James retailers formerly of Alliance built the Monu ment last june on land he owns North of Here. It consists of cars set in the ground and other cars welded across the top. The Council approved the permit re quest on a 4-0 Vutuc thursday with four stipulations. Reinders must obtain Iloco Jyo Worth of liability insurance get the necessary permits from the Nebraska department of roads to construct an apron Oil the Highway build a parking lot and provide a performance Bond to ensure Carh Cnoc is kept up. City manager Wolfgang Bauer said stale officials agree trial if the vehicles Are vandalized. Carh Cnoc would become junkyard. Mayor Rich Robb said some Rural people have had nothing positive to say about Carh Cnoc. Preacher s kids ousted for too Long sermons Marion . A three Bible thumping children of a Street preacher have been suspended from school a third Lime in two weeks for preaching outside instead of entering the building on time the principal said Friday. Jim Gorst suspended 5-Ycar-old mat thew strode for 10 Days thursday. He  suspended Matthew s 6-Ycar-old sister Pepper and gave heir 10-Ycar-old brother Duffey his third suspension on Friday. Gorse said the strode children were disciplined for failing to enter the build ing As required in school rules not for their preaching. The school handbook says students must enter when they arrive at school at 7 30 ., but the three insisted on preaching loudly outside until 7 45  Their parents insist that is their Chil Dren s right under the first amendment which protects Freedom of speech and religion. The children were first sus Pended april 21. "1 Hope the lord takes every last one of them and docs something to them. They Ain t nothing but a Bunch of hypocrites Robin strode the children s Mother said after a meeting with the principal. Gorst said he has tried reasoning with strode and her husband David a Street preacher since 1981, but we just did not seem to make any  Painter Hayter Dies of heart attack at 86 Paris a William Stanley Hayter an English bom Painter sought by Anistis such As Pablo Picasso and Salvador Dali for his innovative Prim making techniques died of cardiac arrest at age 86. Any tar who died in Paris was a Lead ing figure in the Paris Art scene for More than half a Century he lived in Paris from 1926 to 1939, then went to new York where he established his studio at the new school an gave an impetus to american print Mak ing. He returned to Paris in i so. One tenth ounce of of causes yacht s seizure Miami a a  million Lux Ury yacht was seized saturday after a coast guard search turned up traces of marijuana on it. Less than one tenth of an ounce of marijuana was found on the 133-foot Ark Royal boarded in the Yucatan Channel Between Mexico and Cuba coast guard spokesman Luis Diaz said. The seizure was the most extreme Cine pc yet of the Reagan administration s new Zero tolerance policy in applying Laws permitting confiscation of ships and vehicles used to transport illegal drugs. It s the largest in terms of size and by far the most expensive and luxurious vessel we be seized under this policy Diaz said adding that 12 boats have been seized since april 11. The coast guard Cutter Tampa stopped the yacht saturday morning to Check its papers and safety equip ment Diaz said. Just by Accident one of the offi cers spotted some marijuana in a trash can and that prompted a Thor Ough search of every Comer of the vessel he said. The seized yacht was brought to key want along with the six people on Board who will probably not be charged Diaz said we have been focusing All our efforts in recent years on just the big smugglers but drugs Are a two Way Street dial said. This a the Lime we re making the users pay. Ii really has to Hurt to see a luxury yacht taken away for what basically amounts to one  under the tougher Reagan administration policy a seized boat must be re turned to its owners Only if allegations of illegal drugs on Board Are proved to be false. Otherwise the boat is turned Over to . Customs which can auction it