European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 3, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 4 a a the stars and stripes thursday May 3, 1990tax return error costs president almost $7,500 w Ashington apr president Bush made a mistake in reporting his income to the internal Revenue serv ice this year and ended up owing an additional s7.497. He sent the irs a Check for that amount his press Secretary said wednesday. The oversight involved deferred compensation income from a former Job that he was entitled to collect when he reached age 65. According to the amended form he filed. He turned 65 on june 12. He was entitled to the compensation under an arrangement with Zapata corp. The now defunct Oil firm he once headed according to the explanation his tax preparers submitted. The income was brought to the attention of the tax preparers after they had submitted his tax return last month the amended form said. The deferred compensation was received last year in the form of a paid up life insurance policy. Instead of Cash but it should have been reported because it had Cash value. The life insurance policy was valued at $26,250. But was not included on his return. The president is paying interest of $40.77 that has accrued on the unpaid tax for 15 Days since the income tax filing deadline said his press Secretary. Marlin Fitzwater. There was no penalty Fitzwater said because the mistake was deemed to be due to Quot reasonable with the mistake corrected. Bush paid total taxes of s 108.879 on income of $483,030. A will permit outsiders to see agent Orange data Washington apr the department of veterans affairs opened the door wednesday to Independent scrutiny of its Effort to determine whether there is a link Between exposure to agent Orange and a variety of diseases. The offer follows years of challenges to the credibility of the a. Centers for disease control and defense department. Critics have charged the government with ignoring the scientific evidence of a connection Between agent Orange exposure and cancers and other diseases. The offer came during testimony by a Deputy Secretary Anthony j. Principi before a House veterans affairs subcommittee. Principi told the subcommittee on compensation pension and insurance that the department would agree to a review by the National Academy of sciences to having its own panel of outside scientific advisers enlarged or to subjecting its work to outside review. Two agent Orange compensation Bills pending in Congress Call for establishment of a scientific review procedure through the National Academy an Independent group of scientists that advises the government. A should Congress conclude that the process would be Lent credibility by our consulting with additional outside experts. We would be pleased to do so if that kind of consultation would not unduly delay our Principi said. But Principi also asked the subcommittee to put off consideration of a compensation Bill. The Bill would award service connected disability payments to Vietnam War veterans who contend they suffer due to exposure from one of four kinds of cancer or from a skin disease known As Chlorace. The Bill would also pave the was to compensation for other ailments As the evidence comes in. Principi asked that the Law be held in abeyance until the a comes up with final regulations oct. 1 on who should be compensated and for what diseases. Those regulations depend in part on the recommendations of the vans advisory committee on environmental hazards a 15-member panel of scientists and Lay persons. The committee meets later this month. Veterans affairs Secretary Edward j. Derwinski has appointed his personal adviser on the agent Orange Issue retired adm. Elmo Zumwalt to fill a vacancy on the committee. Zumwalt ordered spraying of agent Orange during Vietnam and also lost a son who served in Vietnam to cancer. A we have. I believe More than demonstrated our Good Principi said saying that the a set its course a year ago when it decided against appealing a Federal judge s order that it draft new agent Orange regulations. But the House sponsor of the compensation Bill. Rep. Lane Evans. Dill. Suggested that the a was trying to further postpone delivering benefits to veterans. There is no guarantee that the department will decide to award compensation in its final rules. A i think you Are proceeding on a Good Faith basis but i believe the veterans who suffer from agent Orange can to wait a he said. Evans Bill would compensate exposed veterans who suffer from non Hodgkin a Lymphoma soft tissue Sarcoma Melanoma and basal cell carcinoma As Well As Chlorace. It is expected that the measure would Cost $89 million a year. About 35,000 veterans have filed claims asserting a connection Between exposure to agent Orange and a Host of ailments. Only a few benefits have been granted for those suffering from proposes water rationing in los Angeles Gibraltar Reservoir in Santa Barbara shows the effect of four years of drought in Southern California. Los Angeles apr mayor Tom Bradley on wednesday proposed a water rationing program that would require citizens to Cut water use 10 percent below 1986 Levels to Cope with the fourth year of drought in California. The measures Bradley has asked the City Council to adopt include penalties in the form of surcharges for excess water use. He also has called for the hiring of More department of water and Power employees if needed to enforce the cutbacks. Quot the mayor also proposed changes in the i tvs a five phase drought ordinance. The City has been in phase 1 a voluntary water conservation a since 1988. But there has been Little compliance. Modifications to phase 2, which requires mandatory conservation include a recommended $3 surcharge per Billing unit plus 15 percent of the water Bill and allowing dip to assess penalties for chronic violators As Well As the installation of flow restrict ers and service shutoff. Last month Bradley called for a voluntary 10 percent cutback in water use. But he told reporters on monday that a the Public has not gotten the and said he was determined to a go Forward with a water rationing a plan involving possible fines for violators would Mark the most drastic step yet to confront a water shortage estimated at 10 percent by the regional metropolitan water District. The mid supplies 60 percent of All water to los Angeles and the six county area stretching from the mexican Border to Ventura county. Clinic that a cures homosexuality draws fire Salt Lake City apr a Confer ence on curing homosexuality through sports and therapy has drawn fire from some health professionals and Gay activists who say homosexuality cannot be cured because it is not a disease. The Utah chapter of the National association of social workers voted 6-5 last week not to allow social workers who attend the clinic to receive academic a continuing education credit for doing so. The conference is set for Friday and saturday. Evergreen foundation a group describing itself As a non profit organization of former homosexuals and friends is sponsoring the event. Evergreens president Alan Seegmiller a a licensed clinical social worker a said organizers believe homosexuality is caused by a a gender inferiority Complex originating in Early childhood that can be turned around if a homosexual wants to change. But psychiatrist r. Jan Stout said the american psychiatric association dropped homosexuality As a mental disorder in 1973. A no one knows the causes of homosexuality but biological factors seem to be the most important whether you re homosexual or heterosexual a Stout said. A most professionals have a consensus View that psychological and social factors done to cause homosexuality. A we no longer talk about treatments or cures for homosexuality a said Stout. A homosexuals can change behaviour sometimes through will Power but that does no to change their sexual Robert Austin Utah aids foundation said homosexuals will explain their concerns during registration sessions but they wont be disruptive. A you done to change Peoples minds by stopping he said. Seegmiller said his group has no scientific studies to Back up the groups program a because we re More interested in helping he said he knows of at least six individuals who changed their sexual preference after participating in the program. Seegmiller said the group advocates therapy to Deal with a Healing the inner child of the the organization also sponsors activities traditionally associated with men such As basketball and softball. A the men learn skills that enable them to participate in athletic games they never Learned before a said Seegmiller. A some have found it helpful to seek training in automobile mechanics whatever they feel is a deficient in their role that seems helpful to
