European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 1, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and Stripe thursday november 1,1990 deficit package axes funds to Mark veterans Graves none of above winning voters in Massachusetts Boston apr Call it the Turkey vote. Some voters Are considering pushing Quot none of the above in a year when they think the ballot choices Are More suited for stuffing than for pub lie office. The Nota option has been listed on Nevada ballots since 1976 a and has won six times. The idea has attracted attention in Massachusetts especially from liberals who Are scratching their Heads Over the choices to replace gov. Michael Dukakis Democrat John Silber and Republican William Weld. Silber a Tough talking University president alienated some democrats with his Blunt statements about women and minorities. Weld who advocates conservative stands on fiscal policy and gun control offers Little Comfort to liberals thinking about defecting from the majority party. Both candidates have called each other names and conducted negative campaigns. The Pioneer Valley pro democracy Campaign wants election officials in six communities to count the Nota vote this year group spokesman Randy Kehler said. An official in Amherst for one said Nota votes would be counted there. A it seems to be striking a very responsive chord Quot Kehler said. Don Mello a former democratic state senator in Nevada introduced the Nota legislation there in the mid-1970s after finding widespread dissatisfaction among voters in the Post watergate years. A Aback in 1975,1 would go door to door and i found so Many people who said a we would vote far you but we re not going to vote a a Mello said. �?o1 started thinking what can i get on the ballot that will get people to go to the polls a however Curtis Gans who Heads the non partisan committee for the study of the american electorate in Washington d.c., said voter participation numbers in Nevada done to necessarily show that Nota increases voter  in Texas gored trampled to death by Deer Caldwell Texas apr a 160-Pound Deer with eight Point Antlers gored and trampled to death a Man walking along a Rural Road authorities said. It was the second Buck attack in Texas in four Days. Wildlife officials warned that Deer which Are usually docile can turn aggressive during mating season from mid october to mid november. Charlie Jackson Coleman 61, of Caldwell was Hunting for antique bottles along the Side of the Road when he was attacked monday by the Buck which was still standing Over the body hours later when sheriffs deputies arrived. The deputies said they shot the Buck when it charged them. An autopsy determined that Coleman died from a crushed Skull and suffered More than 100 Hoof and puncture wounds Over his Back stomach and face police said. Quot it was the most unbelievable thing in be Ever seen a Burleson county chief Deputy Tom Randall said. A it was More of a massacre than an  on Friday a Buck charged three surveyors near Beaumont 50 Miles East of Houston pitching one of them 20 feet into a Creek. One of the men said he wrestled the Deer to the ground and his partner Slit the Bucko a Throat with a Machete. Don Steinbach Texas agricultural Extension service wildlife and fisheries specialist said the Case was a very unusual Quot but Deer Are More Likely to become aggressive if they have been tamed. A if Deer have been domesticated and Arentt afraid of people they do get aggressive when they come into rut a he said. Washington up no longer will a Headstone Mark the grave of an american Veteran when taps sound one last time a unless relatives or friends pay for it. The nation for which the service member fought wont pay a dime. Buried deep in the deficit cutting legislation that Congress passed before it adjourned was the elimination of the $85 allowance for a Headstone or Marker for veterans not buried in a National cemetery. By eliminating the Headstone allowance and limiting burial plot allowance the government will save $30 million in fiscal 1991 and $166 million Over the next five years. This new frugality is Only a portion of what Congress did and did not do in the closing hours of the session for americans former service members. As part of the deficit cutting package Congress ordered cutbacks in numerous programs for veterans that will save $621 million the first year and $3.7 billion Over five years. Congress also failed to approve a veterans benefits and health care package denying 2.1 million disabled veterans a 5.4 percent Cost of living increase. It was the first time disabled veterans did not get an increase when social Security recipients received one. Dennis Cullinan speaking for the veterans of foreign Ware said his organization did not like the cuts in the deficit reduction program adding a veterans have done their part through the years in the attempt to balance the  he acknowledged however that those cuts were better than the Quot total devastation that would have struck veterans if across the Board cuts had been imposed. That he said would have totalled $1.3 billion in fiscal 1991 alone. Cullinan said the vow was Quot absolutely outraged at Congress failure to pass the benefits Bill and called it a a slap in the face for the veterans of the  a since Congress had time to vote themselves a pay raise put Money into a amp a bailout and Colas Cost of living allowances for social Security recipients it is the worst kind of neglect to fail to pass Colas for veterans through last minute Maneu Werings a Cullinen said. The benefits Bill was blocked in a bitter dispute Over provisions dealing with exposure to radiation and the defoliant agent Orange and the types of cancer they Are believed to cause. A however in addition to losing the Cost of living increase the veterans were denied a lot More when the legislation was killed a in expanded health care education and employment. A it is tragic that the Adamant refusal of such a very very few has frustrated the will of both houses on the agent Orange Issue a along with so Many other provisions a and prevented the enactment of this very valuable legislation a said sen. Alan Cranston d-calif., chairman of the Senate veterans committee. A Congress is expected to attempt to enact the benefits Bill next year but there is nothing that can be done about the sweeping cuts in the deficit reduction package. One of those provisions would round Down to the next lowest Dollar the 5.4 percent Colas if Congress Ever approves them and would delay paying them for one month netting an estimated $91 million in savings Over five years. Medical expenses for veterans except for those with service connected disabilities who have incomes of less than $17,214, will increase through first even charges of $10 a Day in hospitals and $5 a Day in nursing Homes As Well As a new $2 monthly fee for outpatient drugs. The package suspends compensation for mentally incompetent veterans if they have estates of $25,000 until the estate drops to $10,000, and cuts off benefits for any secondary effects from alcohol or drug abuse. The Bill eliminates the presumption that a disabled Veteran is totally disabled when he reaches 65. It cuts to $90 a month pensions to veterans in nursing Homes who get help through medicaid the health insurance for the poor. In housing the fee for a housing Loans will increase from 1.37 percent to 1.87 percent for one year and in jobs vocational rehabilitation will be limited to veterans with disability ratings of 20 percent or More. And if the widow of the Veteran who lies in an unmarked grave remarries and that marriage ends she will be denied a resumption of survivors benefits. A a eee Cli 3n,anchora8e> Acosta top drug fighter William Bennett is escorted to the 1939 Chevrolet he a slog to get around the county. The car seized fro classic car in drug drive up cocaine traffickers was drafted into service for Bennett s Campaign to persuade nov. 6 voters to outlaw marijuana in Alaska the Only state where pot is Legal