European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 11, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes . Saturday june 11,1994 Senate panel approves Clinton Type health plan Washington apr businesses would be forced to buy health insurance for workers and their families beginning in 1998 under a version of president Clinton a troubled health care plan approved by a Senate committee. But the measure attracted Only one Republican vote thursday in the Senate labor and human resources committee and it was Likely to encounter stiff opposition elsewhere in Congress. At the same time sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan the new York Democrat who is chairman of the Senate finance committee toed the democratic party line and offered a blueprint for health insurance As a Basic Ben fit on the Job. Clinton called it a historic Day saying Quot while much work remains today a actions prove that the Job will be  but republicans and some democrats said there was Little appetite in Congress for making employers pay and they predicted that Clinton and democratic leaders would have to scale Back their ambitions or risk passage of nothing at All. In the House rep. Sam Gibbons d-fla., made some Hasty changes in his health Bill after a dispute with the congressional budget office Over the Bill a Cost. Gibbons wants to open up medicare to the poor the uninsured and businesses with 50 or fewer workers. His plan would raise tens of billions of dollars a year by making All employers pay health premiums. And a House education and labor subcommittee which earlier backed a Clinton style health plan also endorsed by voice vote a single payer Canadian style Bill. It would supplant private insurance premiums with payroll taxes and have the government pay most health Bills. The outcome thursday in the Senate committee was never in doubt but it still represented a Triumph for the panels chairman sen. Edward Kennedy d-mass., who offered his first National health insurance Bill a Quarter Century ago. _ sen. Jim Jeffords of Vermont the sole Republican co sponsor of the original Clinton plan joined the democrats in the 11-6 vote for Kennedy a Bill. The measure would a make insurance Community rated. A outlaw exclusions for pre existing conditions. A create voluntary private purchasing pools. A and let any american sign up for the Federal employees health benefits plan a which covers the president members of Congress and 9 million other Federal workers and  the stars and stripes 10years ago june 11,1984 a Iran and Iraq agreed to Stop attacking each others civilian populations the first cease fire reported Between the two persian Gulf nations since they went to War nearly four years ago.20 years ago june 11,1974 a president Nixon continued to defy the House judiciary committee and two Federal courts making further refusals to surrender watergate related evidence.30 years ago june 11,1964 a the Senate in a history shattering move voted 71 -29 to choke off the 75-Day-old Southern filibuster against the pending civil rights Bill. 40years ago june 11,1954 a sen. Joseph r. Mccarthy r-wis., testified that army Counselor John g. Adams tried to blackmail him. Mccarthy said Adams tried to keep the senator from calling army loyalty Board members before him for questioning about communism Quot graft and  world War it50 years ago today june 11 1 a 9 a 4 4 fifteen . Aircraft carriers begin attacks on Saipan Tinian and other islands in the Mananas preparing for an invasion. . Bombers based in Italy strike Fossani Airfield in Romania then Fly to the soviet Union to open a Campaign of Quot shuttle Quot air raids. . Paratroops drive the germans from care fan in Normandy. Free French soldiers Tako Monte Iascone in Italy. Source 2j94 Days of  w h. Smith publish is inc. The world almanac of world War ii. Bison books corp1981 a endorses North by the new York times Washington a after four Days of uncertainty Senate re Publ can Leader Bob Dole endorsed Oliver North on thursday As Virginia a gop candidate for the . Senate. The move would appear to narrow the Gap Between North arid the More moderate republicans eager to present the face of a unified party. A i told Ollie that i will do everything possible to assist in his election to the . Senate a Dole said in a statement. Quot including of course campaigning for him in  Doles endorsement along with a Campaign contribution of $5,000, gave North a vital boost. It came after months in which one leading Republican after another including former president Reagan criticized North and supported James c. Miller Iii his Republican challenger for the Senate seat had by Democrat Charles Robb. But once North won the nomination at the state party convention last saturday in Richmond va., Many leading republicans began playing Down differences with him and his conservative followers. Earlier Many moderate party members had said they were wary of North a open contempt for Congress and his background As a Central figure in the Iran Contra scandal. North was convicted of aiding and abetting the obstruction of con Gross. His convictions were later set aside by an appeals court on the grounds that his trial had been tainted by congressional testimony for which he had been granted immunity. North expressed gratitude for the endorsement which came in the same week that a statewide poll showed he was the least favorite candidate among Virginia voters no matter who opposed him or How Many opponents he  suspended from group planning Normandy vets Wall Washington apr a foundation to Honor american veterans of world War 11 suspended four employees for writing a letter that said the organization had financial problems. Paul Bell Isle project manager of the Battle of Normandy foundations a Wall of Liberty a said thursday that he had received notice that he had been suspended without pay and told not to report to work until further notice. He said three others among the six staff members who signed the letter also had been suspended the other two were still working on a project in a Rance following ceremonies marking the 50th anniversary a Day. A spokeswoman for the foundation Beverly Spiegel said the suspensions were a a temporary measure until we find what the problem is and what  a during the a Day ceremonies the foundation dedicated the first panel of the Quot Wall of Liberty in Caen in Normandy. It also has been involved in building a memorial Garden erecting a statue of Gen. Dwight d. Eisenhower and establishing a program in France for american University students to study world War ii. While in France the six staffers wrote a letter to the Board citing their Quot ethical obligation to let veterans Quot know the truth about the weaknesses and serious financial shortcomings of the  killed As blasts Rock building housing elderly from wire reports Allentown a. A workers apparently ruptured a Gas main and set off two explosions at an apartment House for senior citizens killing one person and sending hundreds fleeing Many on canes and walkers. At least 87 people were injured thursday evening in the blasts at an eight Story building at the John Gross towers a Public housing Complex with about 400 elderly people in two buildings. Contractors installing a fuel Oil tank apparently ruptured a 2-Inch Gas main mayor William Heydt said Ugi utilities inc. Said it received a report of a Gas odor 10 minutes before the first explosion. The first blast occurred As 73-year-old William Kray opened the door to his apartment. Kray was blown about 15 feet into his living room and killed the Lehigh county Coroner said. The second blast came about 10 minutes after the first one while the building was being evacuated authorities  dad held in attack Saddle Brook . A a gunman opened fire at a crowded hotel Pool thursday wounding four people before returning to his room where he was arrested authorities said. Henry Levy who has a Long history of psychiatric problems apparently believed his 12-Ycar-old daughter was being bothered at the Pool but a there was no indication that there was any harassment going on a Bergen county prosecutor John j. Fahy a said. A. A. A Levy and his daughter had been at the Pool for several minutes before he took the 9 my semiautomatic handgun out of his Waistband and fired 13 shots authorities and witnesses said. About 100 people were in the Pool and Patio area outside the Howard Johnson Ploza hotel. One witness said the gunman appeared to aim at men playing cards at a poolside table where three men in their 20s were hit then sprayed More shots around the Pool. One Man was in critical condition. Levy 46, was charged with four counts of attempted  of but no pinups los Angeles a firefighters May read Playboy in los Angeles county fire houses As Long As they keep any comments to themselves and done to hangup the Centrefold where unwilling viewers might see it. . District judge Steven Wilson ruled thursday in favor of fire capt. Steven Johnson who sued to overturn the county a ban on sexually explicit. Material in firc houses. The 2-year-old ban was designed to prevent sexual harassment but the judge said it violated Johnson a first amendment rights. Quot the Clear message is that if you done to like what someone is Reading you done to have to look at it a the 49-year-old firefighter said. Johnson works 24-hour shifts at a Remote Al male station in the Mojave desert and testified that he had never worked with a woman during 27 years with the department. He said he planned to bring his Playboy to work Friday. The judge said his ruling did no to mean firefighters May make lewd comments or display pictures to unwilling viewers because those acts Are prohibited by other sections of the sexual harassment  Stamps to be sold Washington the Post office will sell 150,000 sheets of its incorrect legends of the West Stamps in a move to reduce the value of the few sheets sold by error. The . Postal service had planned to destroy All 5.2 million sheets of the Stamps after it was discovered that the wrong person was pictured on the stamp honouring Cowboy Bill Pickett. But 183 sheets of the Stamps were sold by error before they could be recalled. That created a stamp rarity and some of the sheets already have been sold at auction for $2,000 or More. However the postal service has maintained a policy of never deliberately creating a stamp rarity so officials decided to release some of the incorrect sheets. Quot the inadvertent Sale of 183 sheets of the legends Stamps created an unintended rarity in the marketplace making it expensive for collectors to maintain a Complete stamp collection a said Sam Winters chairman of the postal services Board of governors