European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 14, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes thursday september 14, 1989 lefties May Hove longer life spans researcher claims new York a left handed people May tend to live longer than right handers suggests an analysis of the life spans of baseball  advantage appeared for southpaws born after 1890, averaging 2.1 years for those born in1910 and estimated to climb eventually to about 3.73 years said researcher Max Anderson. But his conclusions were disputed by another researcher whose previous analysis concluded that left handed players live Shorter lives. Still another previous analysis of player found no difference in life spans. Anderson a statistics consultant in Vancou ver. British Columbia will present his results in a letter to the editor in thursday s Issue of the British journal nature. He studied the life spans of 4,479 ballplayers comparing average longer cities of left versus right handers born from 1860 to 1922. The year by year approach accounts for increases in life expectancy he said in a Telephone interview. He found that left handers born before 1890tended to live Shorter lives than right handers with the advantage reversed after that Date. The difference Over time May reflect a decline of some unknown factors that had been shorten ing the lives of left handers said Anderson who is a Southpaw. Veterans groups divided on response to Flag burning Washington a scnat9rs weighing the options of a regular Bill or a constitutional amendment to ban Flag burning heard wednesday that veterans groups Aren t United on the Issue. The american legion and the veterans of foreign wars told the Senate judiciary1 committee they sup port president Bush s position that a constitutional amendment is the Only Way to overcome the supreme court ruling that made Flag burning a legally protected form of expression. The testimony came a Day after the House approved its Bill outlawing Flag burning by a 380-38 margin sending the Flag Issue Back to the Senate. We believe the Only ironclad Way to protect our Flag is through a constitutional amendment said Wal Ler g. Hogan the Vav s commander in chief. Whether any regular statute would pass Muster with the court is doubtful he said. Leaders of the Vietnam veterans of America an the paralysed veterans of America said however they thought a statute should be tried first. Our members share the fury Factor with other americans on this subject but they arc unprepared to sacrifice free speech in the process of assuring that Flag desecration is properly punished said Mary r. Stout National president of the Vietnam veterans group. After tuesday s House vote democrats said passage of the statute might weaken the push for a similar constitutional amendment but Bush and others vowed to fight for their approach. I think there Are probably enough members now that will vote against a constitutional amendment that the won t be Able to get the two thirds required by the Constitution to pass one said rep. Mike Synard okla. Rep. Stony Hoyrd my. Chairman of the House democratic caucus said a constitutional amendment is not necessary to Many citizens and lawmakers who want to protect the Flag. However Bush and Republican leaders on Capitol Hill contend that a Law cannot overcome the supreme court s 5-4 ruling in june that burning the Flag is a form of free speech protected by the Constitution. Many democrats say a constitutional amendment would tinker dangerously with the Bill of rights. Judiciary committee chairman Jack Brooks a tevas. Predicted the new version would be approved by the court because it would outlaw the act of Flag mutilation and not the intent of the offender. Republicans however say courts would quickly strike it Down again. We believe that this Bill is insufficient to provide the protections that we seek and. Therefore continue to press for a constitutional amendment said Whitehouse spokesman Marlin Fitz Walcer. This Bill is flatly unconstitutional said rep. James  a wis. So All passing this Bill has done is delay a vote on a constitutional Amend ment to protect the Flag from burning he said. The Bill sets penalties of up to a year in jail plus Afine for anyone who knowingly mutilates defaces Burns or tramples upon a . Flag. It makes an exception for orderly disposal of worn out flags. Bakkers still got bonuses despite pal s Money crisis Charlotte. . A it continued giving Jim Bakker fat bonuses even when it was losing Money the ministry s former finance director testified  re spending As if there s no Cri  Peter Bailey the former finance i Roclor said in a 1984 memo to Bakker and pal executive ice president Rich Ard Dortch who was indicted with Bak Ker and pleaded  november 1983. Bailey testified he told Bakker that contributions for that month totalled $4,7 million while expenditures were $6.8 million. Two week Slater prosecutor Deborah Smith said the Board voted a $150,000 Bonus for Jim and Tammy , testifying at Bakker s fraud trial said he wrote in a March 1984 memo that every Day brings us into a deeper crisis and that More than $700,000 was needed to meet the payroll. Less than two weeks later records showed that Bakker got a $390,000  tuesday a Coal Miner s wife who gave $1,000 of her husband s Black lung benefits for lodging at pal said she was told there was no room at the inn where Bakker Luxuriate in a suite with Gold plated Swan bathroom  expected this to get a vacation every year. For the rest of our lives. That was what was sold to  Sarah Combs of Spanishburg w.va., testified at Bakker s fraud trial. She has 13 children and her family lives on $400 a  on tuesday two former Bakker advisers testified they warned the it founder he was risking Legal troubles by taking too much Money from the ministry. High salaries taken by Bakker and his relatives threatened pal s tax exempt status the former attorney and former accountant  attorney John York. Said he sent a memo to his Law firm Boss citing con Cerns about 1983 wages earned by Bak scr and his wife. , Jim and Tammy have a monthly income of More than $30,000,"he wrote. Jim has already received one Bonus this year totalling $390,000. He could possibly earn More than $1 million this  Forcucci a certified Public accountant who worked for pal in the Early 1980s and prepared Bakker s tax returns testified he had warned Bakeras Early As 1982 about his High salary. Bakker is accused of diverting from pal More than $3.7 million for his per Sonal use. Pal kept its tax exempt statuses a religious organization until 1988, almost a year after Bakker quit because of a sex and Moncy  say Bakker used his to show to sell fraudulent $1,000 lifetime partnerships promising free lodging fora lifetime that pal could not provide. Police lottery scam drags in 200 elusive crime suspects Bak.ersf1eld, Calif. A about 200 people who thought they had won free tickets Lor the state lottery and to professional sports games actually won a in to jail Courtesy of a police sting operation. Letters from an official sounding but entirely fictitious Bakersfield area department of lottery were mailed to Misdemeanour and felony suspects Ponce had been unable to arrest. They were told to show up at an office in downtown Bakersfield to claim Alotto ticket and tickets to a los Angeles dodgers baseball or los Angeles lakers basketball game. But As recipients of the letters arrive monday and tuesday they were arrested and hustled off to jail. A lot of them say i knew it " said sgt. Dave Haskins. That s amazing be cause it Means their sense of greed Over rides their sense of  Mobile Home workmen move a House through a Rural area cast of Cleveland Ohio headed for a new location. The wooden Structure pulled out of its original site to make Way for a truck Plant expansion was donated to the Colette Marie infant Home in Avon Ohio and will House children afflicted with aids