European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 10, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes . Friday june 10,1994health care Bill Outlook brightens by the new York times Washington a As Pivotal committees met wednesday on Capitol Hill health care legislation advanced in the Senate and its prospects brightened in the House. The Senate labor and human resources committee voted to require employers to pay most of the Cost of health insurance for their workers and to limit increases in insurance rates. The chairman. Sen Edward m. Kennedy d-mass., said he expected final committee approval of the Bill thursday. And democrats on the House ways and Means committee emerged from a private meeting on a health care overhaul with their new acting chairman rep in the stars and stripes 10 years ago Jure 10,1984 a Flash flooding drove scores of people from their Homes in midwestern communities As a Tornado packing storm system continued its assault after killing at least 16 people injuring hundreds and virtually leveling two towns. 20 years ago june 10,1974 a damage Survey and Rescue teams moved through Kan s a s and o k Aho m a after to rna does left at least 16 persons dead and hundreds injured. A 30 years ago june 10,1964 a pressure from unusually heavy Spring runoffs resulted in streams breaking through three dams in Western Montana leaving an undetermined number of persons dead and thousands homeless or stranded. 40 years ago june 10,1954 a the army Mccarthy Battle took a sensational Tum when sen. Joseph a Mccarthy r-wis., charged that an attorney with army counsel Joseph a Welch s Boston Faw firm had a Quot communist front  50 years ago june 10,1944 a with bad weather restricting Aerial activity Over Normandy . Heavy bombers based in Italy pounded unspecified targets near Munich Germany. R world War 11 50 years ago today june 10 1 a 9 4 4 american armoured forces link the oin afia and Utah beachhead on Normandy while British and German tanks Battle a fiercely near Tilly sur sephes. In Italy by fish troops capture chichi and Pescara on the Adriatic coast and now sealanders take a Ozzano. Five japanese divisions push toward Quot Changsha in Cha nationalist chinese troops besiege a japanese Force at Kamying Burma. A source a tvs at . W r 5 a in publishers inc the amp of Tver fit wat it. By amp on books corp., to sell a Sam Gibbons d-fia., saying they would have  to Send their version of the measure to the full House for a vote. Kennedy a Bill is closely patterned on president Clinton a though it would lighten the Burden on Small business Gibbons measure has somewhat More differences from the presidents plan. But on both sides of Capitol Hill the critical question deals less the Bills Content and More with their journey to the full House and Senate for the inevitable shaping and reshaping. While the Senate committees approval has been guaranteed since Clinton first proposed his legislation the prospects on the ways and Means committee have been less certain. With All 14 republicans Likely to vote against the Bill supporters will need  of 20 of the 24 democrats. Some feared that the indictment and removal of the committees longtime chairman rep Dan Rostenkowski of Illinois would make assembling that majority much harder. On wednesday Gibbons and other democrats on the committee said they were sure that a majority was in reach. Leaving the meeting Gibbons was asked if he would have . With a Grin he replied a ooh sure Well get it worked  committee members said some tinkering with the Bill remained to be done. But basically it would require employers to pay 80 percent of their workers insurance premiums. It would establish a new Arm of medicare to provide medical coverage for the poor and others not insured through their jobs or those of someone in their family. It would try to hold Down costs by claiming for the government the surplus created when More than one person m a family has employer paid insurance. In contrast the Clinton and Kennedy Bills would Cut that Cost to employers when their workers came from two income families. In the Senate committee the bipartisanship on display when the panel began its work late last month had waned and solid or almost solid party line votes determined the important issues wednesday As the committee met for More than nine hours. Senatorial candidate Oliver North docs some handshaking wednesday at the Virginia pork festival in Emporia a. Dole won t Back virginian who May Challenge North Washington apr Senate minority Leader Bob Dole wont support a former Republican state attorney general who is considering an Independent Challenge to gop Senate nominee Oliver North in Virginia after the state party a nominating convention last weekend Dole announced he would meet with Marshall Coleman rather than saving immediately that he would support North As his party s Choice for the Senate seat held by Democrat Charles Robb. But after the meeting wednesday the Senate Stop Republican issued a statement saying a a in be known Marshall Coleman since 1976, and in be campaigned with him a number of times in Virginia. I told him that notwithstanding our Friendship i could not offer him any encouragement or support a Dole  said he would meet with North soon but did not say whether he would support him. After the nominating convention in Richmond Doles Lack of enthusiasm for North s Victory was evident in his comments in television interviews from Europe where he was participating in a Day commemoration activities. Widow guilty of murdering Gulf War vet Detroit a a woman who sobbed on National television after her husband was shot dead outside. His Home sat Stone faced wednesday As a jury convicted her in the killing of the persian Golf War Veteran. Toni Cato Riggs 25, faces a mandatory life prison sentence for her convictions on charges of first degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder in the March 1991 death of army spec. Anthony Riggs. Sentencing is scheduled for june 24. Cato Riggs brother Michael Cato was previously convicted of being the trigger Man and is serving life in prison. A _ the slaying Drew National attention because Riggs just returned from the War was thought to have been killed in random Urban violence. Prosecutors said Cato Riggs persuaded her husband to take out a $150,000 life insurance policy before he left for the War. When he returned prosecutors said she arranged for his death so she could collect. Jurors who deliberated about four hours tuesday and wednesday faced a no great conflicts in reaching a verdict said for woman Jeannette Hayes Hollis. A a she a a very cold lady a Hayes Hollis said. The prosecutions Case entered on secretly recorded videotapes of Cato Riggs confessing to plotting her husbands death. She was seen on the tapes trying to get a Job with men she thought were the Heads of drug families but were actually undercover agents of the drug enforcement administration. A the tapes were very conclusive. They did not ask her for any information she volunteered a too much a Hayes holi is said Cato Riggs did not take the stand in her defense. A she was tricked into this confession a said defense attorney Athina Siringas Cato Riggs also faces trial on charges of solicitation to commit murder for allegedly asking the undercover  to help her kill a Man who gave damaging testimony against her brother. Clinton s a Day role prompts vet s suicide Crown King Ariz. Apr a Vietnam Veteran blew himself up because he was dying of cancer and objected to president Clinton a visit to a Day commemorations in France. The Man had wired himself to a Box of dynamite and detonated it after a Daylong standoff wednesday with Yav Apai county sheriffs deputies. The sheriffs department said the Man a stated he was protesting president Clinton a presence in Normandy and that he would detonate  Clinton avoided military service during the Vietnam War and protested the War. Authorities identified the suicide victim Only As a 49-year-old Man from nearby Wickenburg but friends said he was Ron Elliot who served in the army in Vietnam. Firefighter Greg Arish a Friend of Elliott a said Al hot told friends this week that head been diagnosed with a brain tumor