European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 25, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                B the stars and stripes thursday april 25,1991 Washington apr the Senate noted wednesday against a proposal by sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan to Cut the social Security payroll tax the years first test on an Issue Likely to linger for a months. It. A a a a a a by by 60-38, the lawmakers registered their sentiment against a plan that would gradually drop the 6,2 percent social be i purity payroll tax to 5.2 percent by 1996. In so doing senators decided it was More important to avoid driving up the deficit by an additional tens of billions of dollars than it was to vote a tax Cut. Lawmakers were considered so closely divided going into wednesdays vote that vice president Dan Quayle who is per melted to vote in the Senate if there is a tie took the rare step of presiding Over the chamber during the debate. The vote created unusual political alliances. A a a. A a. Moynihan was joined by conservative sen. Bob Kaston r-wis., and Senate majority Leader George Mitchell a Maine. But he was opposed by president Bush Senate finance committee chairman Lloyd Bentsen a Texas and Senate budget committee chairman James Sasser a Tenn. A y. A wednesdays vote was on a procedural question. Congress is not expected to make a final decision on Moynihan a proposal until later this year. Moynihan d-., was offering his plan As an amendment to the $1.45 trillion budget for 1992. He has proposed a Small reduction in the 6.2 percent tax deducted from work Erst paychecks to finance the social Security system. Employers who contribute an equal amount would also receive the reduction. The additional 1.45 percent medicare tax would be unaffected. The reduction would save $3.37 per week this year for a worker with an annual income of $35,000. In 1996, when it took full effect the savings would be $6.73 weekly. For a worker earning $53,400 a year the savings would be $4.54 a week this year and $10.27 weekly in 1996. A a a a a a a a Moynihan said that with the social Security systems growing surpluses reaching $70 billion next year the tax should be lowered. The surplus is used to help finance the governments regular operations he added. A these Are Trust funds we hold them in Trust and they should be used for no other thing a Moynihan said tuesday. The proposal appeals to Many lawmakers who find it difficult to resist voting for a tax Cut. But because it would increase the budget deficit it is opposed by House speaker Thomas Foley d-wash., and rep. Dan Rostenkowski d-ill., chairman of the House ways and Means committee. By the ranking Republican on the Senate budget committee sen. Pete Domenici of new Mexico and Bentsen led the Senate a opposition to the plan. The plan would also increase the amount of a workers annual earnings subject to the tax from $53,400 now to $82,200 in 1996. Under current Law that amount would grow to $69,300 by 1996.police extol bloodhounds nose for trouble by Deb r1eciimann the associated press Bittinger my. A sgt. Ron Browne a bloodhound sometimes becomes so intent on tracking Down a missing person or criminal that it runs into things right in front of its wrinkled nose. A they concentrate single mind edly. Mine runs into Trees a to Ingga Quot Brown said snapping his head . A. A. A a a a they sometimes do crazy things like Stop and smell a Butterfly but you just let them do it. They re the Best Man trailing dogs in the  Brown who works with Maryland a Allegany county sheriffs department was one of 80 police dog handlers from 16 states who were in Western Maryland this week to practice and refine their tracking skills deep in the Woods or along City streets. The handlers virtually played hide and seek with some of the 60 dogs attending the National police bloodhound associations annual one week training school at a Cluster of Cabins in Garrett county. It instructors walked Zigzag trails so that the bloodhounds who can sniff out a persons scent Over a Trail of Many Miles could track them. Sometimes the instructor would hop in a car at the end of the Trail so the handlers could learn How their dog reacts when it is no longer Able to pick up the scent. M v a a a a a a a the handler has to be close enough to read his dog. You have to be Able  when he a working a said Ralph a a Jim Suffolk jr., a retired new York state trooper who handled bloodhounds for 20 years. Bloodhounds known for their red rimmed sad eyes drooling Mouths and wrinkled foreheads can begin tracking when Only a few weeks old. Some dogs work More than 12 years tracking escapees criminals lost children and elderly persons including those with alzheimer a disease. A a in be had them go until they re dragging their feet their toenails scraping the ground a Suffolk said. A a in be seen them tired. In be never seen a hound tired  the dogs often begin their work by sniffing clothing worn by the person being tracked. They can also pick up a scent from car and bicycle seats key rings or wallets a anything a person has touched. A a in be scented them off Guys cigarette Butts a said Jim Clarence Tan Fum a criminal investigator for the sheriffs department at Tazewell va., works with his bloodhound during a training exercise held this week in Maryland. Haight a Deputy sheriff from Niagara county . A retired Connecticut state police trooper Andrew j. Rebmann who once scented a dog with a used diaper noted that body scent is different from body odor. The human body continually Sheds millions of microscopic cells. A a a a a Quot a it is believed that bacteria interact with the cells and produce a Gas. Each gaseous odor is unique like a fingerprint Rebmann explained. A a Light rain can enhance a scent. A heavy rain might Wash it away. Wind might scatter the cells and hot or cold temperatures can affect the intensity of the scent the experts said. There Are More trained bloodhounds working for Law enforcement agencies now than in the 1940s, when prison guards first began using the dogs to find escapees said Wayne Krieger of Cattaraugus county ., president of the police group. A the association founded in 1962, has nearly 350 members who conduct 2,000 to 3,000 searches a year. There Are an. Estimated 300 other bloodhound handlers in the United states who do not belong to the association. A a a a /. A Quot a Quot. Y by a a y a. A when it comes to the hard grueling old Case there a nothing like a bloodhound a Suffolk said. In As i Anchorage Alaska up a Federal judge stunned a packed courtroom wednesday by rejecting Exxon a criminal plea bargain in the nations worst Oil spill saying a proposed $100 million Fine was inadequate. . District court judge h. Russel Holland said the Fine represented nothing More than the Cost of doing business for the Oil giant and failed to reflect the enormous damage caused by Exxon a 11 million gallon Oil spill in Prince William sound. A the damage was so great that 1 feel that the fines that were proposed to me were simply not adequate Quot Holland said. The judge would have had no Choice but to accept the negotiated Fine if he had accepted the plea bargain worked out by Exxon and the Justice department. The judges rejection of the arrangement came despite the urgings of prosecution and defense lawyers that he accept it and despite the fact that the $100 million Fine would have been the biggest Ever imposed for environmental crimes. Hollands rejection of the criminal agreement throws into question a pending $1 billion civil settlement worked out by Exxon and the state and Federal governments. Holland told Exxon lawyers they were free to withdraw the company a guilty pleas Given that he had rejected the plea bargain and sentence. Shocked Exxon lawyers replied that they needed time to discuss the unexpected development with company executives before telling the judge their next move. Exxon corp. And Exxon shipping co. Had pleaded guilty to four misdemeanours on the condition that the Fine be $100 million and six other charges be dropped including four felonies. In March 1989, the Exxon Valdez smashed into a Well known reef and unleashed the nations worst Oil spill coating 1,200 Miles of Shore with crude killing hundreds of thousands of wild animals ruining fishing and disrupting life in Many coastal villages Alaska state lawmakers have campaigned against the criminal plea bargain arguing it was too lenient. In a letter tuesday from the state House special committee on the Exxon Valdez Oil spill claims settlement rep. Max Gruenberg told Holland the panel questioned whether a the criminal Fine was sufficient to deter other Large corporations from engaging in similar criminal conduct in the