European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 14, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes us. Saturday May 14, 1994 Washington a the House voted thursday to simplify social Security tax Laws that have turned thousands of household employers into tax cheats and deprived Many housekeepers of their retirement benefits. By 420- the House agreed to update the a Nanny tax Quot made famous by Zoe Baird whose failure to  social Security for her Domestic help Cost her the Chance to become president Clinton a attorney general. Athe Bill also would ban social Security payments to the criminally insane who Are in mental institutions and infuse social Security a disability insurance Trust fund with enough Cash to keep it from going broke next year. The Senate finance committee has approved a similar version which has not yet been considered by the full Senate. Enacted in 1950, the Nanny tax has never been updated. It requires household employers to  social Security and medicare taxes on Domestic workers who earn More than $50 in a Quarter or $200 a year including the occasional teen age baby Sitter of Yard worker. Under the House passed legislation the annual threshold would be raised to $1,250 in 1995 and indexed to inflation in future years. Employers would be allowed to file those taxes once a year instead of quarterly a Congress never intended to make tax cheats out of Law abiding households who occasionally hire a teen Ager. To baby sit their Baird. Children Quot rep. Jim running r-ky., during tuesdays debate on the Bill. The vote was postponed two Days until thursday. A three quarters of the nations House hold employers ignore the Law Baird a corporate attorney and several other candidates for top jobs in the Clinton administration have been embarrassed by revelations that they had failed to  the social Security taxes for their Domestic help. There Are Many More losers however among them Domestic workers who will not have social Security benefits when they retire because their Bosses failed to  taxes on their earnings. But under the higher threshold in the House Bill thousands of Domestic workers would actually lose social Security benefits according to the Agency a actuary. Fewer would lose coverage under the Senate finance committees version of the legislation which would set the threshold at $630 in 1995. The House Bill also would reallocate a Small percentage of the social Security payroll tax from the retirement Trust fund to the disability insurance Trust fund to keep it from running out of Money next year. A a a. In the stars and stripes 10 years ago May 14,1984 a the president of the . Olympic committee called the soviet Union s reasons for boycotting the los Angeles games a baseless Quot and said he would try to persuade Moscow to reverse its position. 20 years ago May 14,1974-the . Supreme court invalidated scores of wiretaps ordered by former attorney general John Mitchell s Justice department a ruling that could upset hundreds of Federal criminal prosecutions. 30 years ago May 14,1964 a . Defense Secretary Robert Mcnamara wound up two Days of a intensive talks a on the Progress of the anti communist Campaign in South Vietnam predicting a War that might last five to 10 years a a \ a a a 40 years ago May 14,1954 a two members of the French Cabinet resigned hours before Premier Joseph Laniel won a crucial vote of Confidence 289-287, Over his War policies in Indochina. R world War ii 50 years ago today May 14 194 4 3 French and moroccan soldiers break into the a Sente it Telley and head into the. A Brunei mountains trying to get to Germany a next line in Western Italy before the germans can occupy it in strength German resistance weakens to a . Attack farther South. In the Southwest Pacific japanese troops give up attacks on . Beachhead on new Britain Island and Retreat toward Rabaul. Source 2194 Days of War w. A Smith publishers inc. The world almanac of world War ii Bison books corp. 1981 a agent funds to go to vets program by new Day new York a signalling the end of litigation that arose from Vietnam War use of agent Orange a judge has ordered that a $10 million fund set aside for possible claims be transferred to a program that aids veterans and their fam Vilics. The $10 million which came from a 1984 class action. Settlement related to the herbicide known As agent Orange had been kept in Reserve to cover settlements or judgments that might arise in state courts. But the order signed tuesday in new York City by . District judge Jack b. Weinstein frees the $10 million Weinstein noted that state court judgments regarding agent Orange Are no longer a a realistic  Weinsteinn a order will allow the agent Orange class assistance program which has served More than 150,000 veterans and their families to continue operations through june 1997, said the programs executive director Dennis Rhoades. He said the network specializes in coordinating health and social services and providing psychotherapy to Vietnam vet. Crans and their families. Rhoades said he Hopes it will continue even after the $10 million runs out because a a lot of people bring in 20 years of problems and pts Post traumatic stress disorder affects the family. Quot a a lot of people say a Well Vietnam is Over a but its not., yesterday wednesday Lew Puller killed himself. It was still with him Quot Rhoades said. He was referring to the suicide of Lewis a Puller jr., a pulitzer prize winning author and Vietnam Veteran who lost both legs during the conflict. In the suit that led to the 1984 settlement veterans claimed that their exposure to the herbicide a used to defoliate the Jungle and thus deny cover to the enemy a had caused health problems ranging from rashes to birth defects the $180 million settlement provided Cash payouts to affected veterans and their families. The assistance program was funded with $52 million. Battered wives often denied insurance i Washington a some of the nation s largest insurers routinely deny life health and other insurance coverage to women who have been beaten by their husbands women a rights activists and a lawmaker said thursday. They estimated the practice has affected thousands of women and discouraged others from reporting beatings and other abuse to their doctors and the police some insurers say their practices Are designed in part to protect battered women and not give their attackers who could be the beneficiaries a financial incentive to kill the women. Rep Charles Schumer d-n.y., called on the insurance companies to end the practice voluntarily and said that if they did not he would introduce legislation to require them to do so. Paige Nielsen the head of the support group Domestic violence services in Carlisle pa., told of one woman who in her second year of marriage was beaten up by her husband. 1. The woman reported the attack to her doctor and a month later applied for health life and mortgage disability insurance from state farm insurance. In letters dated oct. 1,1993, state farm declined to Issue the policies citing her physicians report that contained the his toy of Domestic violence. State farm spokeswoman . Eynatten said the company does hot ask applicants about Domestic violence but considers it on a Case by Case basis if its included in medical records. A in the Pennsylvania Case Eynatten said a year had passed since the woman sought coverage and the company recently issued her a policy. Schumer chairman of the House criminal Justice subcommittee said a Survey by his staff found that eight of 16 insurance companies polled acknowledged that they May reject an applicant because she had been beaten by her husband or partner. Maryland principal wins $18 million from wire reports Baltimore a Jeffrey Kimble figures he can afford that new set of Golf clubs now. He probably can afford a new Golf course too. Kimble a 52-year-old Middle school principal won the $18 million lotto Jackpot thursday. It is the third highest payoff in Maryland history. Kimble will receive $900,000 a year for the next 20 years. In addition to the clubs he said head spend some of the Money on trips to new Orleans and Europe. Woman released Saginaw Mich. A Michigan woman who nearly bit off her boyfriends Penis thursday was released after the Man declined to press assault charges police say Yolanda Lenell Lee 32, had been arrested on a charge of assault with intent to maim Edward Earl Johnson a 35. V a police report said Johnson a Penis was severely Cut by the suspects Teeth. He was taken to Saginaw general Hospital where he received stitches and was released. Officer a1 Vargas said Lee apparently was angry because she thought Johnson was seeing another woman. The two live together on the City a Southeast Side. Lee was to be arraigned thursday in Saginaw county court. But Vargas said she was released because Johnson told the prosecutor he did not want to press charges. Lake to Yosemite National Park Calif. A the Mirror Lake area overrun by millions of tourists will be restored to its natural state and allowed to slowly evolve into a dry Meadow. A. More than 100 acres around the Small seasonal Lake and the Tenaya Canyon area will be restored and protected. The project unveiled thursday will include the dismantling of the Mirror Lake dam no longer used to hold water. The project will Start in late summer or fall and is expected to be completed by 1997 or 1998. The Lake is expected to become a Meadow in about 100 years. Mother gets jail Huntington . A woman was sentenced to 100 Days in jail because her 8-year-old daughter missed too much school Eva Wilkenson 43, was sentenced wednesday by a circuit court judge for violating the states compulsory school attendance Law said Bill Rogers Cabell county a chief adult probation officer. Her daughter had 59 unexcused a absences said Peggy Brown an assistant prosecuting attorney. Dad runs Over boys Bridgewater mass. A Man arriving Home from work did no to see his 6-year-old so and a Friend playing in the driveway and ran Over them killing his son Ronald Crump a View was obscured by a Mailbox Hedges and the Shade of a tree under which the boys were resting wednesday afternoon police said. They said he would not be charged. Matthew Crump and his next door neighbor 6-year-old Thomas Corbett had been playing in the driveway of the Crumps Home when Crump 35, arrived said officer Dennis Mclean