European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 21, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday june 21, 1994 . The stars and stripes Page 7 scaled Down health Bill no solution Clinton say Spray from fire hydrant sweeps Tot to her death from wire reports new York a the powerful Spray of a fire hydrant opened for hot weather recreation hurled a 3-year-old girl to her death in the path of a passing truck. Meagan Barrosa was torn from her baby Sitters rasp and Flung into the Middle of the Street saturday police sgt. John Mccluskey said a the water pressure in those hydrants is tremendous a he said. Urban youngsters commonly open fire hydrants to Cool off in the summer. The hydrant that washed Meagan into the Street was not fitted with a safety sprinkler Cap which moderates the flow into a Fine Spray. The Caps Are distributed by the City to preserve water pressure for firefighting. The truck Driver Michael Dor mus was not ticketed pileup follows hot Chase Baton Rouge la. A Drivers caught in a Chain reaction Highway collision blamed a sheriffs Deputy who Cut into heavy traffic to Chase a speeding car. Thirteen vehicles were in the pileup saturday on interstate 10, including a Tanker truck a tractor trailer Rig and Church vans carrying 14 children Home to Anniston ala., from a we Klong visit to Houston at least two people were Hurt and thousands got stuck in a traffic Jam that stretched for three Miles. Witnesses said the Deputy a car changed lanes suddenly. A everybody had to slam on their brakes for him a said Jackie Bergeron who was two vehicles behind the Deputy and safely pulled to the Side of the Road. City police said an East Baton Rouge Parish sheriffs Deputy was involved but authorities said it was too Early to place blame. Police Cpl. James Crouch said the Deputy Wasny to the Only Driver who could have been at fault because others were following too , California jolted moderate earthquakes were Felt sunday in Kodiak Alaska and in several Northern California communities. In Southern California three aftershocks of the Jan. 17 Northridge earthquake rattled the san Fernando Valley. No damage was reported. The Northern California quake struck at 3 39 . And measured magnitude 4.9, said Mike Antolik of the University of California seismographic station in Berkeley. It was entered about 36 Miles Southwest of Eureka in the area of Petrolia. It was Felt from Garberville about 80 Miles South of Eureka to Mckinleyville along the coast 10 Miles North of Eureka said Humboldt county sheriffs sgt. Forrest Schafer. The Alaska quake had a preliminary magnitude of 4.3 and was entered about 15 Miles Northeast of Kodiak said Alec Medbery of the Alaska tsunami w Arning Center in Palmer. In Southern California the temblor sunday morning were no stronger than magnitude 2.8. The magnitude 6.7 Northridge quake killed 61 people injured about 9,000 others and caused an estimated $20 million  to get trolleys Back Philadelphia a a reminder of a Long lost Era will soon be clanking through the streets of downtown Philadelphia. Officials with the City a Septa transit system said world War in Era trolleys that were replaced by buses two years ago will be Back on the tracks Early next year. Septa spokesman Kim Heinle said the goal Wras to a make Philadelphia synonymous with trolleys the Way san Francisco is with Cable  support lagging Washington a americans divorced parents Are More Likely to fall behind paying child support than people in general Are late making their car instalment payments the children a defense fund says. _ in a report Friday the advocacy group said the National delinquency rate for used car Loans was less than 3 percent in 1992, while the delinquency Rale for child support owed to mothers was 49 percent in 1990. Washington apr president Clinton rejected monday the notion that Congress can to pass a health Reform Bill covering All americans saying a scaled Down Bill is not an acceptable solution a we should not walk away from this Congress without a commitment to cover everyone a the president said in an interview on Abc. Clinton spoke a Day after sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan chairman of the Senate finance committee said there s no Chance Congress will pass a Bill guaranteeing health care for All americans. Moynihan d-n.y., said its More Likely that Congress will enact a scaled Down plan with the potential of insurance for everyone within 10 years. A it does no to have to be done tomorrow a Clinton said a it ought to be phased in Over a period of just a few years but we ought not to walk away without a Bill that provides health care to All  some measures in Congress envision insuring 91 percent of americans. Clinton said Quot i really done to believe it is a  meanwhile health and human services Secretary Donna Shalala released a report showing that 17.2 percent of americans were uninsured in 1992, up from 12.5 percent in 1980. Most of the uninsured Are Middle class people with High school and even College educations she said hard working americans a who get up and go to work by the Washington Post Washington a for the past two decades americans have been told that alcoholism and drug abuse Are not just character flaws As older generations believed bit illnesses deserving treatment on a Par with physical ailments. Now Congress is nearing final action on a new Rule for disability benefits that some View As a Sharp Retreat from this Standard. Both Chambers have voted to Cut people off welfare disability Rolls and social Security disability Rolls after 36 months of benefits if their disability is based on alcoholism or drug abuse. Whether the recipients were still disabled would not matter. After 36 months they would be out according to provisions sponsored by sen. William Cohen a Maine and rep. Gerald Kleczka a wis. Quot there a no question this is a big turnaround in policy a said rep. Robert Matsui a Calif. A a it a a Challenge to the notion that alcoholism and drug dependence Are disabilities a said Susan Galbraith of the Legal action Center a Public interest Law Center. A an arbitrary time limit does no to fix the problems of chronic alcoholics and drug users she said. Cohen and Kleczka inserted the plans into Senate and House Bills that would make the social Security every Day. Yet every Day they must live without the Security of health  a the president has made it very Clear that his overriding purpose is to provide All americans with private health insurance. All americans not just some. By a Date certain not sometime by a Date certain a Shalala told a health policy conference. On a foreign policy matter Clinton was asked Moynihan if he would agree to a solution to the crisis in Haiti that allows the country a three top military leaders to leave for a comfortable life in exile. A a we have always said. That we have no interest in trying to persecute anybody a the president said. He noted that a now abrogated agreement to restore democracy in Haiti had envisioned amnesty for military leaders. A a we have a number of options under consideration Quot he said. Administration an Independent Agency. The Clinton administration supports the cutoff and plans to use any savings for its new welfare plan for mothers and children. The lawmakers plans resulted from widespread reports that thousands of addicts and alcoholics a nobody really knows the number a Are not seeking rehabilitation while on the disability Rolls. Instead they reportedly use the Federal support payments to buy More drugs and alcohol worsening their conditions at government expense. At present under both programs people can receive monthly disability benefits for alcoholism or drug abuse if their problem is so severe that it would prevent them from working for at least a year or result in death. Cohen cited reports of numerous abuses. Some addicts have received $15,000 to $20,000 in retroactive benefits after a Long wait for an eligibility determination then used the Money for drug binges and died. Critics done to object to Oiler provisions in the Bill that would require the government to place All recipients in treatment and make sure people take it seriously. They dislike the 36-Monlh cutoff because it would end benefits even if no treatment had been available. This May be changed in a conference committee Wilh the administrations Blessing to Start the 36-month clock Only after the person has been offered  Rocky Mountain Park Ranger Jean Munch Ruth left displays a Bighorn sheep Skull to japanese Empress Michiko and emperor Akihito during their 5top at sheep lakes colo., on sunday. The Royal couple was on a tour of the National Park. Limit sought in disability Aid for alcoholics drug addicts