European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 8, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday May 8, 1992 the stars and stripes c Page 5house backs one sea Wolf submarine Washington a the House overwhelmingly approved legislation on thursday that would trim $5.8 billion from this years budget while preserving one of two planned sea Wolf submarines that president Bush wants scrapped. The measure approved on a 412-2 tally could Lead the Way to a Compromise Between Bush and Congress in their fight Over the sophisticated attack submarines. The Senate passed a Bill wednesday that would allow both Craft to be built prompting a veto threat from Bush. The Bill borne of an election year fight Between Bush and lawmakers Over spending focuses heavily on defense reductions but chops elsewhere As Well. It cuts funds for inspectors of a still inbuilt natural Gas pipeline in Alaska. And it reduces spending for a Laboratory in a part of Illinois that is Home to two republicans who wanted the House to Cut the budget even deeper. The houses democratic leaders blocked republicans from trying to add do sparked a up _ Over who is to blame for record Federal scores of additional cuts that Bush pc posed. That sparked a partisan squabble Roe deficits. In t m t mails and strifes10 years ago May 8,1982 a Britain extended its War zone around the disputed Falkland islands by declaring that any Argentine warship or military aircraft found More than 12 nautical Miles from the Argentine Mainland will be Quot regarded As hostile."20 years ago May 8,1972 a Joseph Biroc a production of Briana a song for the Abc movie of the week received an emmy As televisions Best feature length program in 1971-72.30 years ago May 8,1962 a a few dozen mourners stood in a drizzle at Frankfurt cemetery to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the destruction of the Zeppelin Hinden Burg which burst into flames Over Lakehurst n.j., in 1937 after a trans Atlantic crossing.40 years ago May 8,1952 a . Negotiators refused the communist demand that All prisoners of War be returned As part of a korean armistice saying that Only those prisoners who want to go Back should be required to return. Worl d War i 50 years ago today 8 May 1-9 4 2 american and japanese Carrier planes Batter each other s fleets in the Coral sea the first naval Battle in which warships never see each other the aircraft Carrier Lexington is fatally wounded and the Carrier Yorktown also suffers damage. But the Carrier Shikaku is seriously damaged Many irreplaceable japanese pilots Are lost and the invasion of port moresby in new Guinea is called Oft. _ a what we need to do is Cut through All the muck and let the american people know where the real problems lie. And the real problems lie with the big spenders of this body a most of whom Arede Morats said rep. Dan Burton Rind. Democrats countered that they Are not to blame for this years expected $400 billion deficit or for the governments accumulated debt of nearly $4 trillion. A this is nibbling at the margins at Best a rep. Steny Hoyer d-md., said of the legislation adding a the problem is the president has not  most contentious has been Bush Scall to save $3 billion by not building two More sea Wolf submarines beyond one already under construction. Bush says the sophisticated Craft Are no longer needed because of the faded soviet military threat. Rep. John Murtha d-pa., who chairs the House appropriations defense subcommittee told reporters that he believed the administration would allow one More sea Wolf to be built. A a that a a reasonable Compromise a he said. A letter the White houses office of management and budget sent House leaders before the vote urged them to Eli Minate both sea wolfs but did not warn of a veto. Instead of blocking two sea wolfs the i t construction of the Senate Bill contains cuts of $1 billion in the b-2 stealth bomber and $1.3 billion in anti missile research. The House Bill has no such reductions. The two Chambers will have to j reach a Compromise i before sending a measure to Bush for his signature. Bush touched off Murtha the election year fight Over budget cutting in March when he began asking Congress to slash various projects Many of them in the districts of particular lawmakers. He has sought $7.9 billion in reductions so far. The House and Senate have responded by producing Bills of their own that accept some of Bush a cuts ignore others but chop other programs As Well. The measures were in part in an Effort to Embarrass the administration and its Capitol Hill supporters. Hence the House measure cuts $22,000 for driving Ronald j. Roskens chief of the Agency for International development to and from work. It trims $3.5 million from the budget of the High Energy physics Fermi lab in the District of rep. J. Dennis Hastert r-ill., and near the District of rep. Harris a Well Roll. Fawell and Hastert wanted the House to approve reductions in Many other programs and Fawell said he believed the Fermi lab Cut was a a shot Over Denny Hastert a head and  the measure also eliminates $144,000 for two inspectors who have already resigned of a natural Gas pipeline planned for Alaska. Bush had requested that reduction As Well. The two members voting against final passage were reps. Robert Davis r-mich., and Joseph Kennedy  care fraud on Rise report says source 2194 Days of War w h Smith a Ubl stiers inc a from wire reports Washington a fraud in the nations health care system is growing unchecked and will reach $100 billion by 1995, congressional investigators say. No one is certain of the full extent but it May amount to 10 percent of the nations More than $700 billion a year spending on health care the investigators concluded. A the size of the health care sector and the sheer volume of Money involved make it an attractive and relatively easy target for fraudulent and abusive providers a said Janet l. Shikles director of health financing and policy for the general accounting office. The Gao an investigative Arm of Congress described the fraud in a report to a House government operations subcommittee headed by rep. Ted Weiss  witnesses Tell by the new York times Washington a occupational injuries carry High human and economic costs witnesses told a Senate committee wednesday. One woman described in a halting emotion Laden voice How her 20-year-old brother and two other workers in a meatpacking Plant in Liberal kan., died in a vat of blood after they were overcome by the fumes the vat gave off. An editor talked of having to clean her bathroom tub with her feet because her arms had been disabled by a Job related repetitive motion injury by working on a computer a an affliction not yet recognized As an occupational health Issue. And Union insurance and experts on the workplace compared the growing Cost of occupational injuries with the savings from regulations and prevention. A it is Clear that the occupational safety and health act needs to be overhauled a said sen. Edward m. Kennedy d-mass., chairman of the Senate labor and human resources committee which is conducting the hearings. Kennedy is sponsoring legislation to Amend the occupational health and safety act of 1970 to give it More Power. Kennedy noted that 10,000 americans or 40 people each working Day died each the report projects that health spending will reach $1 trillion by 1995 and that annual fraud could grow to $100 billion. Public programs including medicare and medicaid amount to 40 percent of those costs. A health care fraud and abuse left uncured will make the savings and loan crisis look like a Penny Ante scandal by the year 2000,�?� Weiss said. The report said the health insurance system was vulnerable to fraud for a variety of reasons. Among them a thousands of insurers process some 4 billion claims a year. Hundreds of thousands of medical providers use a variety of payment methods and administrative rules. A the vast number of insurers makes Billing patterns hard to identify. Thus a doctor who Bills for More than 24 hour injuries costly Senate panel year from occupational injuries. He said 100,000 More or 400 a Day died from occupational related diseases. The hearings come in the Wake of arguments made by the Bush administrations budget office that workplace regulations were hazardous to workers health because the increased Cost of regulations to employers would result in wage cuts or layoffs. At wednesdays hearings witness Diann Clodfelter said that if regulations on working in confined spaces had been in effect Ner brother Homar Stull and two other workers might be alive. Clodfelter said her brother succumbed to fumes from decomposing blood in the vat at the National beef packing Plant As did two workers who tried to Rescue him. A flow Many More workers must die before the government finally lives up to its responsibility to protect workers a she said. The labor department has been considering a regulation on confined spaces for 17 years. Joan Lichterman an editor at the University of California described the pain in her hands resulting from writing on computers As the a disease of the �?T90s.�?� labor department statistics indicate that in 1990, repetitive trauma disorders accounted for 60 percent of the 6.8 million reported Job related injuries. Worth of visits on a single Day might not be discovered when claims Are split among so Many insurers. A the Cost of detection efforts can be burdensome for insurers. In a related development the Senate finance committee was told that Federal intervention will Likely be needed to control rising health care costs. A effective Cost containment will probably require extensive government intervention in the health care Market and will probably adversely affect some parts of the present system that people regard As desirable a such As free Choice of health care plans said Robert Reischauer director of the congressional budget office. If costs continue to Rise at current rates health care will co Hsum 20 percent of the Federal budget by 1997, Reischauer noted. High court refuses to Holt Bonk probe Washington a chief Justice William h. Rehnquist on wednesday refused to halt a special counsels review of records from the now closed House Bank. Rehnquist without comment denied an emergency request by rep. Henry b. Gonzalez a Texas to mock special counsel Malcolm Wilkey from examining the extensive records pending further court action. In papers filed with the High court Gonzalez said the Case is not moot even though House officials complied this week with a Federal grand jury subpoena and turned Over the records. Gonzalez said placing the records in Wilkey a hands threatens the Independence of Congress. The full House voted last week to turn Over the records which include 41 Rolls of microfilm showing every Check processed by the Bank Over a 39-month period ending dec. 31, 1991. The House ethics committee has said the Bank permitted 325 past and present members to write 24,000 overdrafts Over 39 months. No financial penalty was charged for the House members overdrafts