European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 28, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page,6 the stars and stripes . Saturday May 28, 1994 by the new York times Washington conservative direct mail organizations Are searing elderly people with inaccurate attacks on pres ident Clinton a health plan two consumer groups say. Lawrence t. Smedly. Executive director of the National Council of senior citizens Enqu raced the direct mail organizations As a liars for hire Quot he said they were trying to raise Money with Quot fright mail Quot warning elderly people that they might apse medicare benefits under Clinton s health plan. A the health care debate has brought out a feeding frenzy of fear mongers whose primary goal is to fleece older americans Quot Smedley said. He criticized letters postcards and brochures sent by the american Council for health care Reform in Arlington a. The seniors coalition in Fairfax a and the United seniors association in Fairfax. Christopher Manion director of legislation at the american Council for health care Reform defended the groups description of the Clinton plan As accurate. A brochure prepared by the Council says Consumers face a jail time if you buy extra care Quot and it says people will want extra care because spending limits in the Clinton plan will Force doctors to ration care. A fund raising letter from the seniors coalition begins by asking Quot do you want to be stripped of your medicare benefits and pressured to enrol in Bill Clinton a government controlled health care plan Quoit asserts that Quot the goal of the Clinton health care plan is the systematic Eisimi nation of  it urges readers to Ltd Quot Send $10, $15, $25, $50 or $100 to save medicare and Stop the Clinton plan. Paul e. Rameil chief executive of the seniors coalition said a we have ginned up hundreds of thousands of letters to Congress from our supporters opposing Clinton a government controlled health care proposal. This has begun to sting and scare members of Congress who Are feeling the weight of opposition from their  joining Smedley a group in denouncing the solicitations were sen. David Pryor d-ark., chairman of the Senate special committee on aging rep. Andrew Jacobs or. D-ind., chairman of the ways and Means subcommittee on social Security arts the american association of retired persons. John Crother director of legislation and Public policy at the american association of retired per sons said a it is unconscionable to prey on seniors fears by spreading untrue information to raise  but he said such solicitations must be taken seriously a similar appeals based on fear and scare tactics had a Large role in persuading Congress to repeal a program of insurance against catastrophic health costs in 1989,&Quot he said. Pryor a close ally of president Clinton a said a the same old Breed of predators direct mail fund raisers that pose As advocates for senior citizens is attacking seniors by playing upon their fears about health care Reform. Seniors should think twice before sending their retirement funds to these modern Day Snake Oil  a a in the stars and stripes 10years ago May 28,1984 mediation efforts in the War in the persian Gulf intensified amid reports that half a million iranian troops were poised to invade Iraq. A. A a a. A a 20years ago May 28,1974 a Britain sent in troops to break Northern Ireland s 13-Day protestant general strike and angry leaders retaliated by ordering a shutdown of All services essential to organized life.30 years ago May 28,1964 a Jawaharlal Nehru India s first and Only prime minister died from a stroke at the age of 74, plunging the country into political uncertainty.40 years ago May 28, a 954 a the word Quot cat Spault Quot was mentioned in several eyewitness accounts of a . Navy disaster that killed 91 sailors and injured 201 More on Board the aircraft Carrier Bennington. World War ii50 years ago today May 28 1 a 9 a 4 4. Bitter fighting rages along the whole of the front in Western Italy with German rear guards tenaciously holding up the Allied Advance while the bulk of the nazi defenders escapes North to a new defense line. In the southwestern Pacific Strong counterattacks by japanese troops Blunt the . Advance on Biak Island and push Back the americans to the East at rare on new Guinea s North coast. Source 2194 Days of War w. H. Smith publishers inc. The world almanac of world War ii Bison books corp. 1981 a Union by. A a High school honors student killed his parents and two Sisters thursday morning calmly went to trigonometry class and surrendered saying that a a in be had a bad Day Quot authorities said. V a a Clay Shrout 17 described by one neighbor As a really weird and always dressed in Black was being held in the Kenton county jail. He was charged with four counts of murder. Police identified the victims As Walter Harvey Shrout 43 his wife Geeky Shrout age unavailable and daughters Kristen 14 and Lauren 12. Police arrested Shrout at Ryle High school in this Rural affluent suburb of Cincinnati after he surrendered to assistant principal Stephen Sorrell. A the student handed him the gun and said the had a bad Day a principal Randy Cooper said. When Shrout was taken into custody police went to his House and discovered the bodies said Boone county police sgt Jack Banks. A there was a problem in the family that led to a Domestic quarrel a Banks said. He declined to be specific. After Shrout left his House Banks said he drove to the Home of a Friend and forced her at gunpoint into his car. But he dropped her off unharmed at another school before driving to his own school Banks said. Shrout entered the classroom thursday morning briefly showed the weapon told the teacher and students to continue As usual and sat at the teachers desk Copper said. The teacher told a student running an errand to Tell administrators about the gun. Sorrell said Shrout never mentioned anything about his family during nearly 15 minutes he talked with him in the classroom and did no to threaten anyone there. /. A a a. A a a neighbor 12-year-old Kaelyn Judd said Shrout would dress entirely in Black. A the was really weird a she said. Los Angeles a to game show Host Bob Barker said thursday that he had an affair with a Model from the Price is right but denied sexually harassing or exploiting her. Barker who has been widowed since 1981, said he was involved with Dian Parkinson for about 18 months from 1989 to 1991. A a  she told me that i had been so straight laced and that it was time i had a Little Hanky Panky in my life and she volunteered the Hanky Panky Quot Barker 70, said in a Telephone interview. Parkinson and her attorney Thomas m. Celli could not be reached for comment. Parkinson s phone number is not listed. Celli did not return three messages left at his office thursday and a fourth Call rang unanswered. Barker and the Price is right producer Jonathan Goodson said they were going Public about the affair because Parkinson had threatened to sue Barker and the show unless she was paid $8 million. A i was shocked when. I heard from a lawyer Dian has hired to sue me personally and to sue my company and Bob Barker for sexual harassment a Goodson told a news conference. Barker a it is embarrassing but people will understand the truth. Barker said. Parkinson who worked for the show for 18 years quit in 1993. She said she left because of tension Between herself and other models. Before she quit Parkinson posed nude for two Playboy  hits town in Central Texas from wire reports Lometa Texas a a Tornado Tore through this Central Texas town thursday damaging churches and Homes and injuring several people a Wax to in Waco reported that the Tornado destroyed a Mobile Home. Tore the roof off the fire station and part of the roof off the Church of Christ.  ��.�. A a handful of Tornado victims was admitted thursday night to Rollins Brooks Community Hospital in Lampasas. A nursing supervisor Johnny Chadwick said most injuries were cuts and bruises and hone of the victims appeared to be seriously Hurt. The Torrado struck the town 77 Miles Northwest of Austin shortly before 5 . Five in family slain Willits Calif. A for the second time in less than a year five people have been found dead in an apparent quintuple murder suicide in this Northern California town police said thursday. Three of the victims were children including one infant said police chief Robert Foster who refused to name the victims until they Are formally identified by the county Coroner. A handgun was found in the residence he said. Police were called to the residence by the children a grandmother who had not seen them in several Days police spokeswoman Barbara Hahn said. A a a a five members of a family died in a murder suicide last  cited St. Paul Minn. A two police officers were guilty of racial. Discrimination when they put two Drunken indians into the trunk of their patrol car for a trip to the. Hospital a state Agency ruled thursday. A a there a something demeaning about putting someone in the trunk of a car Quot human rights commissioner David Beaulieu said. The Agency now will decide whether officers  and Mike Lardy should be disciplined and whether the police Force should get race sensitivity training. The Agency also could Tell the City to give the indians Money As a  funeral Bill Yorba Linda Calif. The City wants the Federal government to pay about $100,000 for former president Nixon a funeral last month. O Oul 42,000 people including 8,000 guests flocked to the City for the april 27 funeral requiring extra police traffic controls and cleanup Crews. _ a if it was a state function held in Washington d.c., the Federal government would pick up the costs Quot councilman Mark schwing said. _ the City Council has asked . Sep Jay Kim r-Calif., to see what can be done the Orange county Register reported thursday. But Bill Early budget director for the general services administration said the City is expected to pay. A the expenses included $52,285 to mobilize the entire 105-officer police Cartmen an Ca in officers 526,732 for barricades Cones and. Other traffic controls and $18,764 for civilian workers and trash pickup