European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 25, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                B the stars and Stripe wednesday september 25, 1991 91 deficit expected to top Recor August figures balloon to $260.9 billion record fiscal year shortfalls Bush administration projections a 1991 1992 end of 1991 1992fiscal years a amps Sharon Kilday Washington a the Federal budget deficit swelled to $260.9 billion through August the government said monday virtually ensuring a new fiscal year record by the end of september. A it fits with a yearly deficit of Between $260 billion and $265 billion a said economist Marilyn Schaja of Donaldson Lufkin amp Jenrette securities corp. In new York. If so that would top the previous record of $221.1 billion set in 1986. The Bush administration projects the fiscal 1991 shortfall will be $282.2 billion rising to $348.3 billion in the fiscal year ending sept. 30, 1992. The congressional budget office estimates the deficit will total $279.0 billion this year and $362.0 billion next year. The Treasury department said the deficit Rose $42.7 billion in August 19.1 percent less than the shortfall in the same month of 1990. For the year however the imbalance was 8.2 percent larger than the $241.2 billion shortfall in the first 11 months of last year. Although the Gap Between spending and revenues after the first ii months of 1990 topped the 1986 record the deficit dropped the next month to close fiscal 1990 with a $220.4 billion Gap. About $25 billion of the August 1990 imbalance had reflected a shift of payments normally made in september such As military pay and social Security checks to the previous month to avoid labor Day weekend delays. That amount thus was not included in the september expenditures. Government operations in past septembers often resulted in a surplus. However Schaja said a slight pickup in spending for the savings and loan bailout might produce a a Little bit of a deficit this year. Revenues so far this year totalled $944.9 billion up 1.8 percent from the same period of 1990. But spending jumped 3.1 percent to $1.2 trillion Over the first 11 months of last year. For the month revenues totalled $76.-1 billion up 5.7 percent from August 1990. Receipts included $1.3 billion in contributions from Allied nations to help pay for persian Gulf War expenses Down from $2.2 billion in july. So far this year contributions have totalled $42.4 billion. August expenditures amounted to $119.1 billion 9.2 percent less than in the same period last year. Spending included $4.2 billion by the Resolution Trust corp. For the Thrift bailout Down from $9.2 billion in july. Resolution trusts spending during the first 11 months of the year totalled $36.8 billion compared with $37.8 billion during the same period of last year. The August deficit was $1.9 billion More than the $40.8 billion Gap that was posted in july. As usual the biggest spending categories were the military and the social Security and other programs of the department of health and human services along with interest on the National debt. Military spending totalled $27.1 billion in August and $240.9 billion so far this year. It is projected to total $295.7 billion for the entire fiscal year. Social Security payments amounted to $22.6 billion for the month and $243.8 billion for the year. The payments Are projected to total $263.8 billion for the year. Other health and human services payments including medicare and medicaid totalled $20.7 billion in August and $200.7 billion for fiscal 1991 so far. Patient sued for not disclosing his infection los Angeles a a surgical technician exposed to a patient s his infected blood sued the woman monday for failing to disclose before cosmetic surgery that she has the virus that causes aids. The lawsuit is the flip Side of recent moves to Force disclosure by doctors and dentists and other health workers who carry the virus. Diane Boulais came into Contact with the blood july 23 when a doctors Scalpel accidentally nicked her Finger while she assisted during surgery her attorney said. She has not tested positive for his but is under treatment with at As a precaution. A it keeps me awake at night a Boulais said of her exposure. She said her lawsuit is intended to prevent the defendant Jan Lustig from infecting others if she has further surgery. The lawsuit filed in los Angeles Superior court seeks unspecified damages and alleges intent to inflict emotional distress and fraud. Lustig 44, of Vancouver wash., confirmed in a Telephone interview the facts of her his diagnosis and her encounter with Boulais but said she cannot understand Why she s being sued. She suggested Boulais and the doctor were to blame for the technician a a exposure. A the doctor was negligent a she said. A neither of them was wearing gloves and he punctured her. If they had used Universal precautions this  have  Boulais lawyer Rex Beaber said he Hopes the lawsuit will Spur legislation forcing patients to reveal deadly diagnoses to health workers. Lustig said she hid her his diagnosis from her doctor a because this was plastic surgery an elective procedure and because no one else in los Angeles would work on someone with  according to the lawsuit Lustig a clinical psychologist approached or. Neal Handel co owner of the breast Center in Van Guys in january for a breast reduction. She signed papers saying she was not being treated or observed for any illness the suit said. Lustig said she suspected she had contracted the virus during two artificial insemination she underwent in 1983 and 1984. After the operation she went Home to Vancouver but returned to los Angeles in july to have a stitch removed and to Correct lumpiness. Diane Boulais protests follow killing of apparently ill Moose Natick mass. Up callers on monday protested the fatal shooting of an apparently sick Moose that wandered into a populated neighbourhood police said. The callers clogged police phone lines from sunday afternoon to monday but municipal police said it was not their decision a to put Down the 700-Pound animal. The Moose was shot to death sunday afternoon by the state environmental police out of concern for Public safety after it had become surrounded by curious residents who gathered to see the animal a rare sight in the area authorities said. A a the phone Calls started right after the Story hit the news yesterday continued through the night and Are still coming in Quot a police spokesman said. A we lost track of How Many people  the Bull Moose believed to be from new Hampshire apparently had wandered into the neighbourhood about 1 . Sunday and followed by a grow ing crowd wound up in the Back Yard of an empty Home. A we tried to get it Back to the wilderness but it ended up in a Back Yard and apparently was trapped there by the Large crowd that prevented it from getting Back to the Woods Quot the police spokesman said. He said the animal was shot after officers dispersed the crowd. City police said the decision to kill the Moose was made by a wildlife biologist employed by the state department of fisheries and wildlife who determined the Moose was a diseased and a threat to the  the biologist said a it was in the animals Best interest to put it Down Quot police said. Officials feared the animal would react violently and erratically if shot with a tranquil Izer before the drug took effect. A it was a matter of Public safety a said it. Frank Fletcher of the Massachusetts environmental police. Greyhound s crash rate climbs 60% during strike Albany . Apr greyhounds Accident rate jumped 60 percent last year amid an ongoing strike that resulted in the hiring of hundreds of replacement Drivers a newspaper reported. Greyhound the nations largest intercity bus company said it logged 113 million fewer Miles last year than in 1989. But it wound up with 22 More accidents according to Federal Highway administration data published sunday by the times Union of Albany. The increase in accidents combined with the 31 percent decline in Miles driven Means greyhound s Accident rate per million bus Miles went from .56 in 1989 to .90 in 1990 a a 60 percent increase the newspaper reported. After the strike began in March 1990, one passenger was killed and 112 were injured in six separate crashes in which police suspect a greyhound Driver fell asleep. The latest wreck occurred aug. 20, 70 Miles North of los Angeles when a bus rear ended a produce truck injuring 20 people. The strike has not ended. The Federal government is investigating greyhound s recent driving record nationwide citing crashes in new York and accidents and passenger complaints across the Northeast. Michael Trentacoste a Highway administration official said last week that his Agency was not alarmed about the data it has reviewed so far. Even though total accidents Rose those deemed by the government to have been preventable did not he said. However an insurance Industry group said the greyhound crash figures Are cause for concern. Preventable or not what matters is that greyhound bus accidents happened at a substantially higher rate last year said Chuck Hurley vice president of the Virginia based insurance Institute for Highway safety. On Friday Dallas based greyhound said it plans to add eight hours of safety training to the 21 Days now Given every new Driver company spokeswoman Liz Dunn said. Since the strike began greyhounds driving Force has fallen from 6,000 to 3,622. Drivers work cycles of six Days on followed by two Days off have become Standard under a greyhound policy enacted in april