European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 29, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 a a a the stars and stripes wednesday August 29,1990 Jfe a a two Young fans of Texas guitarist Stevie Ray Vaughan join a Large crowd in Austin Texas for a candlelight Vigil monday night. Vaughan was killed Early goodbye to a guitar hero a monday morning in a helicopter crash in Wisconsin where he had performed in a concert with Eric Clapton and Robert Cray on sunday night. Food Star no users in san Diego to get Cash instead of coupons by the los Angeles times san Diego a in an innovative program designed to save Money and increase the self esteem of food stamp recipients san Diego county will begin paying Cash instead of coupons on sept. 1, county officials said monday. Called a a full Cash out implementation Quot the unique program is being hailed by county state and Federal officials As a Model for National welfare Reform according to county officials familiar with the plan. Board of supervisors chairman Leon Williams and other officials said that giving food stamp clients Cash instead of coupons will reduce program costs while increasing the recipients self esteem. Some critics within the county social services department have warned however that giving food stamp recipients Cash instead of coupons might Lead to More abuse and ultimately increase the Cost of the program. Legally food stamp coupons can Only be used to Purchase food and cannot be used to buy liquor cigarettes or other non food items. A Cash Only program will carry with it none of those restrictions making it impossible to Monitor How the Money is being used said one social services employee who did not want to be identified. County officials countered that they expect no More fraud than under the current food stamp program which has spawned a Black Market in which the coupons Trade fur less than their face value. Under the new system recipients will need proper identification to Cash the county issued Check. According to the county department of social serv ices an estimated 46,000 households arid 139,000 people receive food stamp assistance san Diego county the fifth largest in population in the United slates proposed the ambitious plan to state and Federal officials last year and initiated a Pilot program involving 20 percent of the county a food stamp clients in july 1989. The county has received Federal approval to expand the program to include All food stamp households. An official announcement was expected tuesday by Federal state and county officials. County officials familiar with the plan say it will save $600,000 in administrative costs at the state county and Federal Levels Between september 1990 and july 1991, the Cost of the food stamp program in the county currently about $67 million is funded entirely by the department of agriculture. By mailing food stamp clients a monthly Check instead of coupons the county saves thousands of dollars in postage fees for the 590,000 food stamp packets it mails. In addition the county will be Able to close its food stamp issuance Center and will no longer have to pay an armoured transport company to handle the coupons a the Pilot program was such an overwhelming Success last year. We projected a savings of $86,000 but saved $ 150,000 instead Quot said a county official. Officials Hope the new Cash out program will become a Model for the rest of the country much like the workfare program which also originated in san Diego county in the 1970s. Under workfare adults Able to work Are required to perform some sort of Public service in order to receive benefits. Stateside heart attack victim Dies after dogs prevent Rescue i Selden . Apr police were unable to reach a Man felled by a heart attack in his Yard because he was surrounded by 30 menacing dogs. Suffolk county police were called to the Home of Raymond Jenkins 70, monday evening after neighbors reported the Man was calling for help sgt. Vincent diresta said. Jenkins was found lying on a table in his fenced in Yard surrounded by 30 uncontrollable snapping dogs he said. A forty five minutes later firefighters and animal control officers were Able to distract the dogs with fire extinguishers enabling emergency workers to enter the Yard and remove Jenkins who was then examined by a physician and pronounced dead apparently killed by a heart attack. Movie to feature priest who tended lepers in Hawaii Honolulu apr father Damien a belgian priest who ministered to leprosy patients on the hawaiian Island of Molokai a Century ago will be the subject of a full length feat ure film. Bernard Guillem and Philippe Martinez both of France have announced plans to provide $15 million to finance the project Walter Josten head of Paragon arts International will produce the film. He said shooting would begin next april Josten a part time Molokai resident met Guillem and Martinez earlier this year. He took the frenchmen on their first visit to Molokai last week Damien a missionary priest aided leprosy victims banished to Molokai s Kalaupapa Peninsula. After serving 16 years under Adverse conditions Damien succumbed to the disease in 1889. A though the action takes place 100 years ago the concerns Are still with us today a Guillem said. Josten said he has hired John pc Crall the Academy award winning producer of Quot the Deer Hunter a to co produce the film. The screenplay is based on the Book a Molokai Quot by . Bushnell. Students hurl Beer bottles at police rescuing teen Columbia to. Apr Drunken students hurled Beer and bottles at police and an ambulance rescuing an injured teen Ager at a fraternity party authorities said. Police made about five arrests among a crowd estimated at. 7,500 attending the Bash an annual event in the fraternity and sorority Section near the University of Missouri a Campus. Mitchell Stegmaier 17, of Columbia was in serious condition at a Columbia Hospital. He took a dare from people who said a $ 100 Bill was on top of a Utility pole and was nearly electrocuted when he got tangled in the High voltage wires witnesses said. A transformer exploded jarring Stegmaier from the pole. But he became entangled in a lower set of wires before dropping to the ground a police spokesman said. A police patrol car and ambulance tried to get through the crowd but part goers started throwing rocks and  rules on dts proposed in son Francisco san Francisco up a san Francisco olt legals introduced Union backed legislation monday that would Sei strict safely standards for workers who use \ Ideo display terminals on the Job a hackers of the legislation said they hoped it would serve As a Model for local governments nationwide Ilia want to set cd safety standards m he absence of slate or Federal guidelines. The proposed legislation was believed to be the Tarsi local vat ordinance introduced since a similar Law in Suffolk county. N.y., was struck Down by a state judge earlier tins year. The san Francisco legislation which was backed by a majority of the City a supervisors would require employers to provide adjustable workstations and chairs regular rest Breaks and training Lor workers w to spend at least half their time at dts. The legislation would apply Only to companies with 15 or More workers who regularly use dts. Violations would carry fines of up to $500 a Day. Under the proposed legislation employers in san Francisco would have two years to adopt the new vat guidelines which include making wrist rests available it it All vat workers. The proposed ordinance would also require the City s director of Public health to conduct research on the effect of dts on pregnant women and users vision. Doctors base blamed the proliferation of video display terminals in the workplace our a Sharp increase nationwide in worker related illnesses including wrist and hand injuries caused by repetitive motions such As typing. Quot Severn 1 injured workers appeared at a City Hall news conference to promote stricter safety standards. C Harles Ward a former reservations sales agent for Delta air lines wore braces on both wrists for what he said was bilateral tendonitis caused by typing at a keyboard All Day. A if there had been appropriate computer hardware and guidelines for people who work at a computer it May have helped keep my condition from becoming chronic a Ward said. Becky Hogue a directory assistance operator for Pacific Bell said she could no longer Cut her own meat at dinner because she had lost strength in her hands. Hogue said she had asked her employer to provide a support for her wrists and was Given two towels Slu tied in a Pillow Case and laced in front of her keyboard