European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 31, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Pago 8 the stars and stripes r . Sunday january 31,1993 on by the Baltimore Sun Washington As president Clinton a economic program begins to take shape it appears increasingly Likely that he will Call for higher taxes on social Security benefits received by the 8 million americans who have outside incomes. The proposal is considered by Many of the congressional leaders Clinton has consulted to be among the Best of a bad lot of options for addressing the nations deficit crisis and it is on the Short list of alternatives the president took with him this weekend for a economic strategy session at Camp  raising taxes on social Security would spark an immediate outcry from the influential advocates for elderly americans it holds the dual Appeal of fitting Clinton s theme of balanced sacrifice while also offering a substantial source of new Revenue. Currently social Security recipients who draw More than $25,000 a year in outside income a or $32,000  couple a pay income taxes on 50 percent of the social Security payments they receive. If the amount of the benefits subject to taxation is raised to 85 percent the government would collect an additional $6 billion in taxes a year according to the a Linton takes Cabinet to Retreat Washington api president Conlon is taking along the whole Cabinet for his first weekend at Camp David turning it into a a Retreat a where members of the new administration can get to know each other better and map strategy. At service and working out How Best to work together to achieve those objectives a press Secretary Dee. Dee Myers said. It will be Clinton a first visit to Camp David and Myers predicted the president will be a frequent visitor to a _ _ to j mini in Ohmic 7s a uni thu aiiulujj4. I void win a a a a 1the group was gathering saturday the rustic Maryland getaway about n at the presidential compound in the Miles from the White House. Mai Miil Niyom tit or Hart. Cato tin mountains outside Washington for a two Day strategy session. A they will be talking about the president s Long term legislative Agenda particularly economic Reform political Reform health care and nation in addition to the Cabinet top deputies and senior White House staff also Are attending the Retreat Myers said the group would break up today in time Tor people  Home to see the super bowl. Congressional budget office. Rep. Steny h. Hoyer d-md., who chaired a two Day gathering of House democrats in Baltimore that ended Friday said his colleagues much preferred that proposal to another alternative Clin ton is considering delaying for at least one year the annual Cost of living increase for social Security recipients. A that would affect everybody including people who have no other income and done to even pay taxes Quot Hoyer said of withholding the increase. A increasing the amount of benefits subject to taxes would affect those Best Able to afford  sen. Daniel p. Moynihan d-n.y., who chairs the Senate finance committee served notice thursday night that he regarded any attempt to freeze Cost of living increases on social Security benefits As unacceptable. He said it would a push More than 300,000 persons into poverty next  but the senator recently indicated that he was willing to consider an increase on the level of taxation on social Security benefits. Rep. Beniamin l. Cardin d-md., who serves on the House ways and Means committee said he believed that it would Quot be easier politically to raise Money from the social Security system on the tax Side. He said he had found in discussing the Issue with his constituents that people expect to pay taxes on income even though social Security benefits come from a fund financed by contributions from workers and their employers. A the notion of raising taxes on social Security benefits has been floating around Capitol Hill for years. Both Clinton and Texas billionaire Ross Perot proposed it during the presidential Campaign As a Way to reduce the deficit predicted to hit $310 billion at the end of this fiscal year. But it has picked up greater momentum now because of the pressure on Clinton to find ways to Cut the deficit at the same time he is trying to stimulate economic growth. Washington api a the cellular Telephone Industry said Friday it will pay for government approved research to determine the incr radio Waves from cellular phones pose a cancer risk. A a we recognize that some May find Industry sponsored research is suspect a said Tom Wheeler president of the cellular telecommunications Industry association. A therefore we Are asking the Federal government to appoint a Blue ribbon panel to review the methodology and findings of this  he said he expects the research to be costly but that the cellular phone Industry would pay for All of it. He said his association has asked department of health and human services Federal communications commission and environmental Protection Agency to appoint the oversight  announcement follows an earlier one by Craig Mccaw chairman of Mccaw cellular communications inc., the nations largest cellular phone service company that his firm was commissioning a study on How cellular phone antennas affect users. Also on Friday rep. Edward j. Markey d-mass., chairman of the House Energy and Commerce subcommittee on telecommunications said he has asked the general accounting office to prepare a report on the existing data on cellular phone safety a Given the recent Roll out of hand held cellular units and the Long latency period of cancer is it possible to say with any Confidence whether or not handled cellular units contribute to an increase in the incidence of cancer or otherwise pose a health threat to Consumers a questioned Markey Markey has also asked for data on the subject from the Federal communications commission crossing the streets travelling preacher John Butler Mokes his Way through Ter who walks almost 10 Miles daily was in Bristol to Bristol conn., on thursday looking for followers. But preach at the Emmanuel full gospel Church  sexual messages cause computer service to byte dust new York a Prodigy the computerized information and Home shopping service has decided that its a Trank discussion electronic bulletin Board was becoming too Frank. Complaints from subscribers about sexually explicit messages prompted Prodigy to terminate the bulletin Board of social issues last week. A a publisher has a responsibility to its readers to exercise editorial discretion a Geoffrey Moore Prodigy services co s director of Market programs and communication said. A we thought it would be a place for the serious discussion of issues but degenerated into the kind of business we done to want to be  he said. The bulletin Board launched in october As a forum on issues such As sex and alternative lifestyles became overwhelmed with explicit material including open sexual solicitations Moore  Angeles can breathe easier following air report Diamond bar Calif a the los Angeles area met the Federal clean air Standard for nitrogen oxide for the first Lime since monitoring of the whiskey Brown pollutant began in 1976, preliminary data showed Friday. Levels of Carbon monoxide in the South coast air Basin also declined in 1992, continuing a four year trend. Pollution experts attributed the decrease to favourable weather and oxygenated fuel requirements. Carbon monoxide is an invisible Gas that reaches its highest concentrations on cold Winter mornings when conditions Are Ripe for trapping gases close to the ground in areas of heavy traffic. Carbon monoxide diminishes t1� bloodstream a capacity to carry oxygen. But the 1992 nitrogen dioxide Leve were most encouraging for local air to Lution officials. In recent years Southern California has been the Only area in the nation violate the Federal health Standard y Nitro Epi dioxide which reduces Resis Tance to respiratory infections