European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 1, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page a the stars and strikes re up to the employer Washington up a president Bush vetoed legislation Friday that would have required employers to provide medical and parental leave saying the Mea sure is excessively rigid and a a ignores the realities of today a  the veto was the 13th of the Bush administration and like the previous 12, is expected to be upheld by Congress. In a letter to Capitol Hill Bush said a i want to emphasize my belief that time off for a child s birth or adoption or for family illness is an important Benefit for employers to offer employees. A i strongly object however to the Federal government mandating leave policies for americans employers and work Force a said Bush saying the matter should be negotiated Between the workplace and the employee. Under the measure employers with at least 50 workers would have to offer up to 12 weeks in one year of unpaid leave for workers to care for a Newborn adopted child or seriously ill Parent child spouse or themselves. A during the leave employees would receive health benefits and Job Protection. The general accounting office has estimated the Bill would affect 5 percent of All employers and 44 percent of All workers. Bush said Washington should not Tell employers what benefits to offer. He also said mandated benefits could preclude other possible options for workers. The president in his letter to Congress Friday said the legislation a ignores the realities of today a workplace and the diverse needs of  a some employees May believe that Shorter paid leave is More important than the lengthy unpaid leave a Bush said. A caring for a sick fiend aunt or brother might be just As critical to one employee As caring for a child is to  the House Pas amp a the measure 237-187 and the Senate by voice vote. Neither chamber is expected to be Able to Muster the necessary two thirds vote to override the veto. House speaker Thomas Foley in sending the Bill to Bush had urged the president to reconsider his Long stated opposition Ana sign the measure which he said a provides modest but essential help for the working family.�?�. Foley a Wash a and Bill sponsor sen. Christopher Dodd a Cohn noted a statement Bush made during the 1988  we need to assure a Bush had said a that women done to have to worry about getting their jobs Back after having a child or caring for a child during a serious illness. That is what 1 mean when i talk about a gentler  Bush in his veto message said a my administration is strongly committed to policies that recognize that the relationship Between work and family must be complementary and not one that involves  he said a if these policies Are to meet the diverse needs of our nation they must be carefully flexibly and sensitively crafted at the workplace by employers and employees not through government mandates. 2 teens plead Gui an rep. Gerry Studds one photo Washington apr two Maryland teen agers pleaded guilty in . District court Friday to assaulting rep Gerry Studds d-mass., on a Washington Street Comer june 7. James l. Byrne and Thomas e. Carter jr., both 19, confessed to Misdemeanour charges of assault and Battery on a congressman. They told the Federal magistrate they were drunk when they attacked Studds who they said did not provoke them. Studds was not seriously injured in the attack but was punched m the face and knocked to the ground. Assistant . Attorney Eric Marcy said witnesses who heard Studds Call for help also allegedly saw the Young men kicking Studds. Byrne and Carter denied the allegation. A Tom hit him first then i. Hit him a Byrne told . Magistrate Patrick Attridge. He said Studds was a walking toward us. .1, saw that Carter had hit him and then i went Over and hit him again. He began to Call for help and we walked  Carter said that he Byrne and other friends had been drinking at a nearby bar prior to the Early morning attack in the City a Dupont Circle neighbourhood. A we were pretty intoxicated a he said. A we were looking for the car. I were pretty frustrated  guess we i took the first Attridge asked the defendants whether Studds had done anything to provoke the attack. A you just picked him out of the Blue a the magistrate asked. Both teen agers replied yes. Byrne and Carter apologized to Studds in a written statement. Both Are High school graduates who work for a microfilm company in Maryland. Sentencing was scheduled for sept. 7. Each could face maximum penalties of a year in jail and a $ 100,000 Fine. But Byrness attorney Michael Mccarthy said that because neither defendant had a prior record he believed they would receive sentences of no More to it an four months. Review of survival programs Salt Lake City apr officials have ordered nine Utah based Wilder Ness therapy programs to bring their 400 Young clients out of the desert heat in the Wake of the death of a Florida girl the second Dea h in six weeks. Utah department of social services spokeswoman Terry Twitchell said directors of the nine Utah wilderness experience groups will be called to a meeting to try to establish a stringent guidelines on their activities. Meantime she said the departments division of licensing has ordered that All of the groups bring their charges into base Camps that Are stocked food water and supervision. The body of the 16-year-old girl was taken to the Utah medical examiner s office for autopsy after she collapsed wednesday while hiking on the Kai Paro wits plateau a desert Bluff about 300 Miles South of Salt Lake City. The medical examiners office was checking on the girls medical history and the autopsy report was not expected to be made Public for a Day or two. The girl Christen Chase of Ponte Vedra Beach fla., died while participate ing in the controversial challenger wilderness program said Kane county sheriff Maxwell Jackson. Challenger founder and director Stephen Cartisano a former army Ranger said the girl had been in the program Only four Days. He said she was nearing the end of a 4 i mile hike when she became dizzy and collapsed unconscious. He said that even though a challenger owned helicopter was on the site within half an hour with first Aid equipment she never regained consciousness. Temperatures in Utah a Southern desert have peaked near 110 degrees for the past week. Pardon for Billy the kid denied by . Governor Santa be . Apr gov. Garrey Carruthers has rejected a writers request that Billy the kid be pardoned for his role in the 1878 shooting death of sheriff will Hun Brady a letter is being prepared telling Las Cruces author Opal Lee Priestley of the governors decision by. Wagner Adam the governors administrator of pardons and extradition said thursday. Priestley is the author of a Billy the kid the Good Side of a bad Man. Hundreds of living people have clemency cases pending with just six months left in the Carruthers administration Wagner Adam said. She said a full investigation of adj facts surrounding the Case would be impossible because it happened so Long ago a a there a such a volume of information out there and so much we done to know she said. The writer contended that the kid was denied a fair trial. A it was generally considered by those who attended the trial that he got Token representation and it was a foregone conclusion he would be found guilty a Priestley said. A there was not much doubt the cards were stacked against  he escaped after the trial killing two Lincoln county deputies. Priestley said perhaps hundreds of people knew where he was after that but would not betray him for the $500 Reward. A and $500 in those Days was a Fortune a Priestley said. The kid whose real  was said to be William Bonney or Henry Mccarty was shot to death in fort Sumner ., by Lincoln county sheriff Pat Garrett in 188. Chrysler boosts most vehicle prices transport fees Detroit up a Chrysler corp. Announced Friday that Price increases ranging Between $60 and $160 on most 1990-Model cars and minivans will be effective july 2 to recover higher product and operating costs. The no. 3 automaker also raised destination charges by Between $ 15 and $30, depending on the Model excluding minivans. Company spokesman James Kenyon said pricey on Chrysler a popular front drive minivans were raised $118, to a base Price of $12,113 for the Dodge caravan and Plymouth voyager. The fancier Chrysler town amp country Mim Van was boosted $125, to $23,618. A prices on Dodge Daytona and Chrysler Lebaron cars were increased by 560, to a base Price of $9,805 for the Daytona and $16,475 for the Lebaron Premier Coupe he Chrysler fifth Avenue and Imperial models were increased by $160, bringing their base prices to $21,020 and $25,655, respectively. Chrysler has seen its . Car sales slip 18 percent so far this year. For example sales of Light truck sales including minivans and jeeps Are off 8.5 percent. The car maker is offering buyer incentive programs or discount finance rates on a wide Yarige of cars and $to$c2 500lil july 31�?T and rebates ranging fr0m it is also offering dealers a $500 incentive Bonus to sell its Dodge caravan. Plymouth voyager and Chrysler town amp country minivans until july 17. A $750 rebate is also available on its Sundance and Shadow compact cars until aug. 31. The latest Price hikes do not affect Chrysler a Plymouth Sundance Dodge Shadow Eagle Premier and Dodge Monaco cars and destination fees on the Shadow and Monaco Are unchanged. Last week Ford motor co. Announced an average $49 Price increase on its 1990-Model cars on vehicles invoiced after june 15. Manufacturers sometimes raise prices late in the Model year to make new Model Price increases appear smaller