European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 28, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes tuesday december 28,1993 la from Page 1 Breaks appeared last january that were meant to squeeze Revenue from an anaemic Economy a year later moneymaking measures Are conspicuously absent though a few come close. Oregon is raising the minimum wage to $4.90 an hour. Mississippi will exempt pensions from state income tax. Florida employers will see workers compensation premi urns shrink. Michigan relieved property taxpayers of the Burden of supporting Public schools. And the Colorado legislature is protecting owners of baseball teams and stadiums from litigious spectators As part of the Deal to get Denver a National league franchise the Colorado Rockies. The Law limits team and stadium liability if for instance fans get beaded by a stray baseball or slip on a hot dog. Political scientists were at a loss to explain what the lineup new Laws Means if anything. A a we be had a change in the administration and maybe har the states Are waiting for new policy direction a suggested David King assistant professor of Public policy at a a Yard University a John of. Kennedy school of govern ment. Some observers forecast a slew of crime Bills next year in reaction to rising concern about crime. But for now safety More than crime is the watchword. Starting Jan. 1, Riding in the open Back of a pickup Wilt be illegal in California. The state also will require children 6 and younger to Wear life jackets in motorboats and sailboats smaller than 26 feet Long. Oklahoma will regulate How dark tinted car windows can be under regulations dictating How much tight the windows must let in. Seeking safety against Drunken Drivers and following the Lead of Many other states new Mexico and new Hampshire Are lowering the permissible level of alcohol in the blood to 0.08 percent from 0.10 percent. In California Drivers under 21 caught with a blood alcohol level of just  will lose their License for one year. Under a yearlong Experiment Illinois will join about 30 states that require repeat Drunken Drivers to use devices that keep a car from starting if the Driver has alcohol on his breath. Addressing dangers of the marketplace Rhode Island will require credit agencies to Send Consumers their credit reports within four Days of a request and to Tell Consumers when credit is denied. Video stores in new York will be barred from Selling their customers names and rental histories to anyone. Illinois is outlawing unwanted sales pitches by Telephone and setting a curfew on act phone sales Calls Between 9 . And 8 . After two decades Connecticut is repealing its no fault Auto insurance which covers certain losses of All people injured without regard to who caused the Accident. To new Laws Tho now year brings new Laws to Many states in january. The highlights California Bike helmets for children under 16. Life jackets for children 6 and younger in boats under 26  pensions exempt from state income tax. A ban on Riding in open pickups input it so roads. Drunken Drivers under 21 Wilh 0.01 blood alcohol level Loe Elcenie. A schools can ban gang clothing. Fatal a five toy shootings prosecuted As of tit degree murder smoking banned m Day care Homes state cars and state twinge. Colorado units on teem end stadium Tab defy for Spectator injuries. Connecticut no Fautt cer insurance repealed. Florida gun use netted for people under 18. Cuts in workers compensation premiums for employers. Georgia welfare Reform including mandatory work for Able bodied recipients. ,. A. A. A Hawaii 1 vital baby statistic drop Quot bom out of Wedlock Quot and add Quot Camren bom to parents not married to each . Barbers must have 1,500 hours training. Idaho mufflers mandatory for powerboats. Illinois courts barred from usog birth control As punishment death Row inmates Noeo permission to write to victims families v a unwanted Telephone sales pitches outlawed callers curfew 9 . E . Mandatory car insurance. Yearlong test requiring interlock devices for repeat Drunken a  ,. A Michigan properly taxes no longer support Public  spousal child support withheld automatically from. Deadbeats paychecks. Unmarried mothers fathers can establish parental status with notary. A a. Doctors dentists taxed to pay for Universal health insurance. New Hampshire. _ limits on invasive work by health care workers with Jav hepatitis b. ,. Or Minai  checks aft med for Achzet workers. Drunken driving defined As 0,00 percent food Siedhof. New Mexico a Drunken driving defined As 0.00 percent blood a Corot. New York Quot video stores barred from disclosing information about customers. But Drivers under stricter rules for reporting Accident history. Drug addicts alcoholics can extend welfare by getting treatment Oklahoma tinted car windows regulated. Oregon minimum wage rises to $4.00 an  child care and teacher applicants for Fol k background  Rhode Island Sot of Laws require credit agencies to improve responses to Consumers. South Dakota pay raise of 7 percent for gov. Walter o. Milter from it it $67,733 to $72,475.1 Tennessee Universal health care begins., victims rights Laws including notice when inmate is freed for parole. Criminal checks allowed for adults who work with children. Bike helmets required for children on state Federal roads. Texas regulation of hear Murog machine operators. Department of Public safety must develop bicycle training for children. A Vermont. Mandatory seat belts. Source the associated press tourists should see premiums drop but must go to court to make Accident claims against other Drivers. Car insurance in Illinois and buckling up in Vermont will be mandatory As they Are in most states. Some new Laws will protect against the inept and incompetent. For example Texas acted to regulate per unionists operators of machines that keep blood and oxygen flowing during open heart surgery. And would be Barbers in Hawaii must have 1,500 hours of training before they cat become licensed. Notably Many of these measures will Cost the states Sas nothing except for  expenses May be in the offing of course with changes in the National health care Ana welfare systems. Some states Are venturing ahead not waiting for word from Washington. And women in Georgia who Are under 18 and pregnant or already mothers will be required to live with a Parent or guardian to get welfare. Furthermore Able bodied recipients must accept offered jobs to remain eligible for welfare and benefits will be Frozen for two years for mothers on welfare who have another child.4 German states begin massive flood cleanup Frankfurt Germany a waterlogged germans cleared Homes and shops of water mud and muck monday As officials estimated flood damage in four West German states at More than t billion Marks $598 million. Of All the cities stricken by last weeks inundation in the states of Rheinland Pfalz Saarland Baden Wirt Temberg and Bavaria none suffered As badly As Koblenz. Streets in the City at the Confluence of the Mosel and Rhine Rivers were covered with up to 15 inches of mud said City fire department spokesman Wolfgang Schroder. A big problem was heating Oil from tanks that had flooded with water and leaked out coating Homes and streets Schroder said. He said 10,000 buildings in Koblenz had been damaged by the floodwaters and estimated that the Cost of renovation and repairs could run As High As 100,000 Marks $59,800 per building. Klaus Westrich of the Rheinland Pfalz Interior ministry in Mainz said preliminary estimates of damage in the state which includes Koblenz were easily More than 100 million Marks $60 million. In the Rhine Neckar District of Baden Wirt Temberg state where the Neckar River inundated dozens of towns including Heidelberg officials also said damage could go much higher than their preliminary estimate of More than 100 million Marks Interior minister Friedel Lapple of Saarland state where the capital of Saa Brucken and other towns on the Saar River were hard hit said damage there would also exceed 100 million Marks $60 million. In Koblenz and Cologne where the Rhine River has been receding since late saturday people piled soggy furniture and other ruined belongings on sidewalks monday to be hauled away As trash. Dozens of people also could be seen shovelling away the heavy Silt deposited on the streets or spraying it off sidewalks with water hoses. Bavarian officials declined to provide a immediate estimates on the damage saying Only that it will run into the millions. Hardest hit by flooding in Bavaria were areas around Wurzburg and Niernberg along the main River and Regensburg to the East on the Danube River birth of twins puts woman 59, in record Book London a a 59-year-old British woman gave birth to twins on Christmas Day becoming the oldest woman on record to have a child. British newspapers reporting the birth monday said the Mother was artificially impregnated with eggs from a younger woman. Neither the woman nor her 45-year-old husband could be identified for Legal reasons the Sun newspaper said. Nor was the Hospi Tal named. The newspaper said the Case is similar to that of Mary shearing who was 53 when she gave birth to twins in Anaheim calif., on nov 10, 1992. Another London newspaper reporting the birth he daily mail said no details had been released on the sex of the babies. The initial reaction from Britain s medical Community was negative. Or. John Marks the former chairman of the British medical associations ethics committee said the Case a bordered on the Frankenstein  he added that the woman would be 69 when her daughters were just 10 years old. The British woman was turned Down for Fertility treatment by the ethics committee which ruled she was too old for the emotional Strain of pregnancy the Sun said. But she refused to give up and consulted an italian doctor who specializes in helping women who have gone through menopause have children. Or. Severino Antinori runs a private clinic in Rome and had helped 35 woman aged 48 to 55 to become mothers. He told her that there was a 25 percent Chance of Success the Sun said. The woman became pregnant at the age of 58 when eggs donated by an italian woman in her 2ds were fertilized by her husbands sperm then implanted in her. Similarly shearing was going through menopause when she was implanted with embryos created from sperm from her 32-year-old husband Don and donated eggs