European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 27, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday june 27, 1991 the stars and stripes a Page 5scams Washington apr senior citizens who went undercover for if House invest Galifi into sales of furs ing Home insurance said wednesday that insurance agents misled them and tried to bully them into buying policies of dubious value. A legislators  recruited seven senior citizens to meet with insurance agents As part of an investigation into sales of such policies. The investigators concluded1 that marketing abuses Are rampant and that policies a arc  loaded with limitations and loopholes. A a a. Their report said so.5 billion of the a billion spent annually on such policies is wasted on Steep commissions Tor insurance agents. A a. A a Many older people on tight fixed incomes arc Fritt ering away their Hie savings on private Long term care. Keep policy on s. Africa Blacks urge by the Washington Post Washington members of the congressional Black caucus told president Bush on tuesday that it is too Early to consider lilting 5-Vcar-old economic  Africa. A a this is not indeed the propitious my ment Tor lilting sanctions a said rep. Ronald v. Dellums. A calf. Dell tvs. Was the primary author of the sanctions measure that Congress enacted Over president Reagan a veto. A. Bush is expected to move to lift the sanctions after South Africa releases its remaining political prisoners and after the african National Congress re examines its policies next month. Bush has maintained that the release of political prisoners to the Only unfulfilled condition Lor lifting the sanctions As set out in the .1986 legislation. But Dellums said South Africa had not met. Other conditions. _. A tile president should look at the spirit of the intent of the act a he said. Insurance that in t Worth much More than the paper it s written  said rep. Ron Wyden a orc. The health insurance association of America maintains there arc Good affordable policies available from. Reputable companies. \ Frances Saunders s4 of Cleveland said she met with two insurance agents who frightened her with warnings that she could lose her life savings and a either lied about certain things or  inform me about Quot important limitations. A a. T a i Felt cheated and foolish she said. 1 can Only imagine How someone who actually bus one of these policies must Teel when Thev Ted. Out later that the company won t pay.�?�. A. A a Philip Graham Hiot new Orleans. Said even his background As an administrative Law judge did not pre pare him for a the Fine print and loopholes contained in a the Long term eare policies. The Long term care Market has nourished in recent year s As concern grows Over the High Cost of staying in nursing Homes w hich can run sg4.0ih a car or More. Widen who chairs the House Small business subcommittee on regulation business Opportunity and Energy said the investigation shows the need Lor proposed legislation requiring standardized language and inflation Protection among other benefits in policies 1 he legislators a Pori said common marketing abuses include exaggerating what the policies cover scare tactics  or unneeded policies delaying refunds on cancelled policies delaying Benefit payments disqualifying policyholders when they tile Tor benefits and deceptive promotional materials that Sug a Gest a government endorsement. In the stars10 years ago june 27,1981 the army s staff judge advocate in Europe said the Soldier of the 1980s is More Likely to question the authority of his or her superiors than soldiers in the army. A generation ago based on the rising crime rate and drug charges among said Iris.  20 years ago. June 27, 1971 the supreme court began hearing government and press arguments Over Publica. Tion of a secret Pentagon War study.30 years ago _ june 27, 1961 president Ken. Nedy invoked the Taft Hartley act in. An Effort  a strike of maritime unions out of concern that the strike was threatening National health and a safety. A a 40 years ago june 27, 1951 a Secretary  Dean Acheson agreed that. / withdrawal of chinese forces in v Korea behind the 38th parallel As suggested by the soviet Union could be considered Quot a successful conclusion to the conflict. / on in George Mitchell. Quot that a communism. By i he new v Ork i Imes Washington 1 he Senate dealt the Bush Dunum stantion a setback nit its -. Anti i Ime legislation inc Day. Dulea Ittig an amendment that would have allowed police to submit evidence in court that was seized in scotches without warrants. Senate demo cats who arc seeking a More limited version of the provision were Omed by eight republicans in de a a leafing the amendment 54-4.t. It was of tiered by sen. Strom t Hurmond . Eleven democrats supported he administration backed measure. The vote came alter a vigorous Hoor debate in which the  Leader George Hmitchell of Maine denounced . A that s  Mitchell said. A it hat s China. That s not  president Bush speaking o representatives of Federal Law enforcement agencies meeting at the White i Louse called the Deleat a another  the provision was part of a sweeping anti crime Lull pending in the Senate that would expand the number of crimes punishable by the death penalty limit the number of reviews a state inmate could demand of the Federal court and impose hew controls on the Sale Ami Nia Milac Ture of firearms. The Senate on tuesday also sealed Back the death penalty provisions from the Bill a which defines 49 crimes to which the death penalty would apply a by exempting Indian reservations trom the proposal. Under the new Bill the death penalty could be applied to Ding Kingpins us Well As to people convicted of drive by shootings. The Senate also rejected an amendment sponsored by sen until  -iii., to impose life sentences without Pyi role instead of the death penalty. A before the vote on the evidence provision the Senate approved the amendment that exempted residents of Indian reservations from i lie provisions of Teder us death penalty Law. The amendment was sponsored by sen. Daniel k. Notise a i ii wait a the votes on illegal searches and death Penally were the beginning of a series of amendments debated ibis week on the Export data on Iraq altered memo says Washington a the Commerce department altered documents on exports of potentially dangerous technology to Iraq before the data were submitted to a House subcommittee Accord ing to a department memorandum. A in a letter to the departments general counsel and inspector general the tie Partsc nth a acting undersecretary Tor cd port administration Joan Mentee said a minor changes were made in data submitted in March to. A subcommittee of the House government operations . A a a a. A a v a a there was absolutely no attempt to. Mislead the Congress of the United Stales on any of the documentation regarding the Iraq Export License in forma-., lion a my Letec said the subcommittee on Commerce consumer and monetary a lairs had requested the data on . Exports to Iraq . Machine tools exported to Iraq Mav have helped build the scud missiles used by Iraq against Israel Ami. Saudi a Arabia during the persian. Gulf War a. Cording to a report by a private group. A Dratt report by the Lull House government operations. Committee meanwhile. Concludes Lliel the current system  controls must he radically overhauled to prevent a similar Export of militarily useful items. To potential adversaries. A brom 19x5 through aug. 2, the Day iraqi troops invaded Kuwait the Commerce department approved st.5 billion in exports of items with both civilian Ami military uses to Iraq. Of that. S5ihi million had been shipped1. T he exports were allowed Becaum it was . Policy at the Lime to support Iraq in its War with Iran. But Baghdad was Able to use the advanced technology.  production of chemical and biological weapons. Democrats agree on. By t he new York times Washington with votes imminent in two important congressional committees democrats in the House and Senate have reached a by bail consensus on How to oppose president Bush s Cei Sion to renew unconditionally China s preferential Trade  their inability to agree on  a plan helped the president prevail last year in the struggle to renew China a Trade treatment As a most favored nation. On tuesday nearly a dozen influential democratic senators led by sen. George j. Mitchell a Maine and the majority Leader announced their support for a Resolution that would require the. President to evaluate China s human rights record Over the coming year and a make further renewal of the Trade status conditional on that evaluation. A similar consensus has emerged in the House among democrats. A clearly the Bush administration s China Quot policy has  Mitchell said a aft Hasni tji Rod need. Improved human rights conditions in Chin a. It. Hasni Tom proved China a Trade  with-the-.,  Lias not made China a More responsible world citizen with respect to  a. The. Senators would add several other conditions., including an end to c i use exports to the United states of products that human rights groups assert arc made with prison labor and the introduction of a chinese policy to control exports of nuclear. Chemical and biological weapons t he Bill would also Call Lor the inline i ate cancellation of most favored Nai Init status if the president determined at any time that China had sold intermediate Runge ballistic missiles or launchers to Syria Iran or  status which the United states has granted to More than Lihz count ties allows individual nations to Benefit from the lowest tariffs that the United states offers. China Lias had i n status since. 19x0 with yearly renewals but Congress has been increasingly hostile to the chinese government since its bloody crackdown on political dissidents in 19s9