European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 13, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday february 13, 1994 . The stars and stripes Page 7 anti abortion groups rip health plan by David Briggs the associated press add abortion to the list of issues that could put the Clinton health plan on the critical list. Some of the nation s largest religious groups have mounted a Campaign to Knock abortion coverage out of a National health plan that already is under fire from business lobbies Over Cost and Polit ical opponents Over physician Choice. Twenty one million postcards have been sent to roman Catholic parishes and schools urging catholics to write to their senators and representatives to keep abortion out of needed health care  House leaders plan to review repayment by Rostenkowski Washington a rep. Dan Rostenkowski s decision to reimburse the government $82,000 for office equipment will be scrutinized by House leaders from both parties. Republican whip Newt Gingrich of Georgia and majority Leader Richard a. Gephardt of Missouri agreed Friday night to begin what Gingrich called a Low key inquiry. After staff members conduct a review this week during a congressional recess leaders will decide whether to launch a More formal probe. Gingrich and Gep Hardt discussed the procedure on the House floor. The repayment by Rostenkowski d 111., chairman of the House ways and Means committee raises some serious questions regarding the House s proce Dure and integrity Gingrich said. Rostenkowski s office and Campaign accounts and his stamp purchases have been under investigation by a Federal grand jury. Gingrich said he was not alleging any thing but called it strange r that a member would pay Back $82,000 of his official office purchases. He said every member probably has Gray areas in of fice purchases that Are incidental mis takes involving far less Money. Among the questions that Gingrich said should be answered Are what role any House member or employee played in the reimbursement whether any House rules were violated whether Campaign funds were used for the payments and whether the transactions will be made Public. Rostenkowski s lawyer Robert Ben Nett said the reimbursements were perfectly proper and  Bennett said he suggested a review after the grand jury questioned Rostenkowski s office purchases. Beginning monday the Christian coalition plans to distribute 32 million Post cards urging believers to lobby Congress to exclude abortion from a National health plan. And the Southern Baptist convention the nation s largest protestant Demon mation has already made it Clear that the abortion Issue overshadows All others in the health care debate. On the other Side of the fray the religious coalition for reproductive Choice says Access to abortion is a fundamental right and plans a lobbying Effort in March with National Church leaders urging members of Congress to include funding for abortion services in any National health plan. Clinton s 1,342-Page health Security act docs not explicitly mention abortion but says pregnancy related services would be included in the Benefit package. Both the president and first lady Hill Ary Rodham Clinton have said this Means that health plans would pay for abortions which they contend is the situation today in most private insurance plans. Religious exemptions for groups such As churches also would be available they said. At least one major religious coalition has tried to sidestep the abortion Issue. The inter religious health care Access Campaign endorsed by More than 70 groups including the National Council of churches and Many mainline protestant organizations is focusing its lobbying on the issues of Universal Access to comprehensive health benefits and con Taining medical costs. Abortion is intentionally left out. But it is not an Issue that can be so easily dismissed for Many religious groups. It would not matter if the health plan was wonderful in every other respect said the Rev. Richard land head of the Christian life commission of the South Ern Baptist convention. Our Faith conviction is that abortion is the taking of human life land said and we should not be compelled by the taking of our tax Money to support that which is morally  .mtt-.aiw.e.m, a jmu0.settling Down the space shuttle discovery sails past Rescue vehicles before shuttle which landed at 2 19 . After a 3,439,704-mile, eight touching Down at the Kennedy space Center in Florida on Fri Day Mission. Touchdown was delayed i hours because of Day. Five americans and a russian cosmonaut were aboard the thick Low Clouds and High wind at the Landing site. Doctor wannabes face Long hours High pay Washington a the average physician makes $177,400 a year but works almost 59 hours a week the Amer ican medical association says but the Long hours Aren t scaring off prospective doctors. Medical colleges say they already have received a record num Ber of applicants for next year s class. The average income in 1992 ranged from a Low of $111,800 for general practitioners and family practice doctors to a High of $253,300 for radiologists the Ama said Friday. The $177,400 was up 4 percent from $170,600 in 1991. The figures Are culled from a Survey the Ama conducts each year of More than 4,100 physicians. Doctors median income is lower $148,000 in 1992, or 6.5 percent More than a year earlier. The median Means half the physicians earned More than that and half earned less. The association of american medical colleges said 43,134 students already have applied for the 16,000 slots available in medical schools this fall. The final number is expected to top 45,000. The old record set last year was 42,808. The Ama offered these reasons for the High income physicians work an average of 58.9 hours a week. They begin practising later in life. The average age of a medical school graduate is 28. Residencies can last up to eight years with the average resident paid Only $32,000 a year. Eighty percent go into debt to get through medical school. Those with Loans owed an average of $55,859 in 1992. Physicians work under a great Deal of stress spend Many hours on Call and often face life threatening medical prob  couple called police twice before Scot slain tape shows Houston a a tape recording of two emergency Calls reveals a Houston couple urgently seeking police help for what they believed was a burglar trying to break into their Home. The late night visitor turned out to be a scottish businessman who was shot to death by the Homeowner Jeffrey Agee. On the tape two gunshots can be heard from the Home of Agee who fired at the individual banging on the door of the couple s House about 4 . Jan. 7. The businessman Andrew de Vries died of his wounds in the agrees Back Yard. De Vries companion Sydney Graves told authorities later that they had fled from a pair of drinking companions and were knocking on the agees1 door to get  said de Vries rang Agee s front Doorbell twice hiding each time Agee a 40-year-old geologist came to the door. De Vries then jumped a Back Yard Fence and banged on the Glass doors police said. Agee fired three times through the doors hitting de Vries twice. De Vries had been drinking but his blood alcohol level was below the Legal limit police said. In the first Call to the police emergency number Agee s wife said she needed an officer and provided her address. There is someone outside. We Are shooting at them right now she said.  two gunshots can be heard about five seconds apart. In the second Call eight minutes later Agee s wife again fought police help. There Are people outside trying to get into our House she said on the tape. We have a gun we have shot at them. They Are still out  the police dispatcher asked for the number of intruders and a description. I Don t know the wife replied. We can t Tell who they  then she added two White  on feb. 2, a Harris county grand jury declined to indict Agee in de Vries slay ing. Last week the widow of de Vries filed a multimillion Dollar wrongful death suit against Agee