European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 30, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday december 30, 1991 the stars and stripes a Page 15 92 brings Batch of new state Laws by Alan Flippen the associated press americans at the wheel at the stroke of Midnight new years eve could find themselves suddenly in violation of new Laws in some states and if the Highway patrol does t do its thing in 1992, the Taxman  motor vehicle Laws and new or higher taxes Are among hundreds of new state statutes becoming effective with the new year. Others include family leave Laws which passed in three states despite president Bush a opposition at the National level. In new Hampshire anyone who drinks while driving to a new years eve party had better finish before Midnight. Starting then the state is Banning open containers of alcohol in vehicles on highways both for Drivers and passengers. Fines Range up to $1,000. Delaware Drivers will have to buckle seat belts at Midnight and motorcycle Drivers and passengers will have to put on helmets in California. A new Michigan Law allows police to confiscate and destroy a Driver s License As soon As a Driver fails an alcohol breath test or refuses to take one. Previously residents charged with Drunken driving could keep their licenses and remain behind the wheel for up to two years while their cases were pending. Many of the new years tax increases also Center on vehicles a gasoline tax increase in California a $2-a-Day surcharge on rented vehicles in Hawaii and a tax of $2 apiece on new tires in Texas. Most Indiana residents will pay up to 30 percent More to Register their cars and trucks but gov. Evan Bayh insists it is not a tax increase. Bayh a Democrat said the state is merely suspending a year old Cut in the motor vehicle excise tax. A by any name its still a tax increase Quot said a leading Indiana Republican state sen. Robert Garton. Not All the tax news is bad. Wisconsin Cut its inheritance tax so wealthy retirees wont be tempted to move out of state and Pennsylvania repealed sales taxes on warehouse space safety Deposit boxes and transactions at automated Teller machines. Georgia is offering a $30 million tax break to its poorer citizens starting in 1992, but there s a catch they can to collect it until they file their 1992 tax returns in 1993. Minnesota lawmakers will save Money by not giving it to themselves legislators delayed percent raises for themselves gov. Arnie Carlson and other top state officials and judges. A we just wanted to set an example Quot said state rep. Wayne Simoneau. In South Carolina some details of politicians finances will be on Public View. A new ethics Law requires them to disclose More about their business interests and dealings with lobbyists and to take smaller donations for their campaigns. An Fri investigation has led to guilty pleas or convictions of 27 South Carolina politicians and state officials since 1990. Three Western states will allow workers to take time off to care for ailing relatives. In California workers in companies with 50 or More employees will be allowed to take up to 16 weeks off without pay during a two year period to care for a Newborn newly adopted or sick child. The leave also covers care for an ill spouse or Parent. Oregon which already has a parental resting up after big move a baby sea lion finds a soft spot to snooze on mom. A Colony of sea Lions moved from the docks in Monterey calif., to a nearby jetty last week after officials placed underwater ultrasound devices weeks ago to repel the sea Lions from the Marina. The sea sons caused much damage to boats and docks because of their enormous weight. Leave Law will let workers take up to 12 unpaid weeks every two years to care for ailing relatives. Hawaii s new family leave Law will apply to state and county workers next year and private companies starting in 1994, Congress has passed family leave Bills in each of the last two years but Bush vetoed one and said he will veto the second when it reaches his desk Early next year. Other new Laws a California is increasing fees for fishing licenses. Wisconsin is allowing a resumption of Normal Trout fishing after two years of restrictions imposed to let the fish recover from a drought. A owners of automatic weapons will get a second Chance to Register them in California. They were supposed to do so a year ago but Only a few thousand of californians estimated 300,000 assault weapons were registered. A a new York state is Banning any food product resembling a weapon. Lawmakers said children might not understand the difference Between a gun that squirts juice and a real weapon. Containers of alcoholic beverages arc exempt. . Spent $3 million on haitian Rescue Miami up a housing thousands of haitian refugees at a . Base in Cuba Cost $3 million by dec. Ii and the fir ice is rising daily said a report pub shed saturday. Among the costs at the refugee Camp in Grant amp Namo Bay $17,000 a month for port a Johns $35,000 for garbage pickup and $31,333 for electricity. Total expenses also include $624,636 for health and Comfort items such As toiletries $250,952 for labor and materials More than $23,000 for tool rental $224,000 for medical supplies and $220,000 for prepackaged meals. But the biggest item is the $500,000 a Day to patrol the Waters off Haiti for refugees fleeing their strife torn country. Refugee advocates said the government could save a lot of the Money by letting the haitians into the United states where relatives could care for them. Those who want tighter controls Over immigration blame the courts for preventing the United states from sending the refugees Home. An order by . District judge c. Clyde Atkins of Miami prevents forcible repatriation but the 11th . Circuit court of appeals in Atlanta is expected to hold a hearing this week on the governments Appeal of the order. A what we re providing to the haitians in Guantanamo is a pure humanitarian affair Quot said cmdr. Gregg Hartung a Pentagon spokesman. A if we had left them on the High seas in Many cases they  make it to  s first test tube baby Marks 10th birthday by Paul Grant United press International americans first a test tube baby celebrated her 10th birthday saturday and her doctors say new advances in that realm of Medicine could further influence family planning in ways once Only imagined. Elizabeth Jordan Carr who lives in Westminster mass., was scheduled to get a limousine ride to Boston to see a performance of her favorite production the Nutcracker. A a that a really special because in be really wanted to see it for a Long time not on to or in a Book a the music Loving freckle faced fourth grader said earlier in a. Telephone interview. Ten years ago on dec. 28, her birth at sen Tara Norfolk general Hospital in Virginia represented a Milestone in . Medical history. She was conceived in a Petri dish. A it does no to seem possible that it was 10 years ago a said Elizabeth a father Roger Carr a mechanical Engineer. He said he and his wife Judy a a done to think of ourselves As medical pioneers just  drs. Howard and Georgeanna Jones and Mason Andrews pioneered the techniques that have since produced nearly 950 test tube babies at the Jones Institute for reproductive Medicine at Eastern Virginia medical school in Norfolk a. A when we first started we thought it would be inappropriate to apply the techniques to patients Over 35,�?� said Howard Jones. A a that a changed now. We now find most of our patients Are Over 35.�?� the percentage of women who achieve a pregnancy and take a baby Home ranges from 23 to 50 percent he said. Or. Suheil Muasher director of the Institute a in Vitro program said that when the world s first test tube baby Louise Brown of Britain was born researchers could get Only one egg from a woman a natural Cycle. Development of stimulating hormone first vocals have allowed physicians to Stimus ate ovaries and produce More eggs a process that has played a huge role in improving the chances of infertile couples to Bear children. By the time Elizabeth Carr turns 20, Howard Jones said it might be possible to develop an egg Bank. When she is ready for children the clinic May be introducing what Jones Calls pre implantation