European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 24, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10 the stars and stripes . Sunday july 24, 1994 Clinton unfazed by alternate plan by newday Washington president Clinton on Friday accepted a decision by top Senate and House democrats to distance themselves from his battered health care plan but he said that the alternatives the leaders Are writing will still meet his objectives. Clinton a Complex 1,342-Pagc Bill has been losing support in polls. Facing the reality of a Short vote count a and the negative connotations opponents have managed to attach to the phrase a Clinton plan a Senate majority Leader George Mitchell a Maine House speaker Thomas Foley a Wash. And House majority Leader Richard Gephardt d-mo., told Clinton at a White House meeting thursday night that they Are taking an Independent path to give the health Issue a fresh Start. In Mitchells words the leaders will pursue Clinton a goal of winning Universal health coverage before Congress August recess but by methods that Are a less bureaucratic More voluntary and phased in Over a longer period of time than Clinton a Complex 1993 proposal. Smiling Clinton told reporters that what the congressional leaders were saying was nothing new. A i have been saying for four weeks we have agreed to dramatically change this plan a Clinton said Friday noting that head publicly accepted a longer phase in of coverage a less bureaucracy and a bigger break to Small  a Day one a Clinton added a i implored the Congress to go out and offer suggestions for changing it for improving it for making it  despite certainty that the new Bills will drop Clinton a mandatory insurance purchasing cooperatives and government Cost controls the leaders a a reaffirmed that a your goals Are the same a Clinton said. He said the four common goals Are Universal coverage Quality care and Choice of doctors emphasis on preventive and primary care and a discipline in constraining costs a a a. Now Clinton said a the Burden is on those who think they have a better idea to come Forward with it.�?�. However Ordinary or groundbreaking the White House leadership session May have been it was apparent Friday that one key player on health was t briefed on it. A a in a still trying to find out what happened a said sen. Daniel Moynihan d-n.y., chairman of the Senate finance committee. Mitchell said Friday that his Senate Bill expected to be introduced late this week will incorporate Many provisions of the differing measures passed by Moynihan a panel and the labor and human resources committee of sen. Edward Kennedy a mass. Quot. Mitchell did no to specify whether his Bill would require employers to pay part of workers health insurance premiums. Favored by Clinton but resisted by some Busi pizza hut s chief pans health plan by the new York times Washington throughout the debate Over National health insurance the hottest Issue has been How to pay for it. On Friday that question boiled Down to the Cost of pizza. At a Senate hearing Friday amp Llan s. Huston president of pizza hut a division of Pepsico inc., said that requiring employers to pay for their work Raj insurance would mean lost jobs lower wages and closed businesses. These Are the arguments that Small businesses and operations such As pizza hut with its Many Low wage workers have pressed since president Clinton proposed a system of Universal health care coverage i. Danced largely by employers. Although pizza hut with 10,000 stores in 47 countries is neither Small nor struggling it says it has to keep its costs Down to compete with less expensive restaurants and Home cooking. As they have in the past advocates of Universal insurance coverage retorted that some businesses were exaggerating their fears to Duck responsibility to their workers. And they repeated their argument made at a news conference last week that if Large chains such As pizza hut or Mcdonald a could afford to. Insure workers in countries where they were required to do so then they could afford it in the United states. A an unacceptable double Standard a the chairman of the Senate labor and human resources committee Seh. Edward Kennedy of Massachusetts called it at his committees hearing Friday. Huston told the committee Friday that if pizza hut had to provide health benefits for thousands of hourly workers its restaurants would have to a a either raise prices which Wil Lead to a falloff in sales and eventually lost jobs or eliminate jobs at the Start.�?�. Washington a the House Republican leadership asked attorney general Janet Reno to provide Legal justification for the defense fund that will pay attorneys Bills for the Clinton. Citing news articles questioning the legality of the fund the letter to Reno released Friday said. A we Are writing to receive your written assurances ,., that these sources Are  minority Leader Robert h. Michel of Illinois whip Newt Gingrich of Georgia and Richard k. Armey of Texas chair Ness groups these Quot employer mandates Are in Kennedy a Bill but not Moynihan a. Mitchell said he would not Rule out a some new and different approaches to reaching the Universal insurance coverage Clinton has insisted that he still wants after seemingly retreating from the demand. Question Man of the House Republican conference signed the letter. Reno responded that the Justice department docs not provide advisory opinions for anyone outside the executive Branch. A Clinton on june 28 became the first chief executive in . History to set up a personal Legal defense fund and ask americans to contribute to it. He is seeking help with Bills that May top $2 million a year to Deal with a sexual harassment suit by a former Arkansas Accident victim identified nurse Minerva Kasper comforts Peggy Scott at Loyola University medical Center in Maywood iii., on Friday. For weeks Scott was known Only As Jane Doe As she Lay in a Hospital bed comatose after being hit by a truck. On tuesday she reacted when the state of Arizona was mentioned in a Nursery rhyme. After remembering the name Scottsdale Scott eventually was Able to Mouth a phone number apparently of her former in Laws. By wednesday Hospital staff had her name. Scott re Mains in critical but stable condition. Lobster boy s wife defended Tampa Fla. Apr a woman who paid a hit Man ,500 to shoot her sideshow husband was1 acting responsibly three mental health experts testified. Mary Stiles claims that years of abuse at the a alike hands of. The circus performer known As lobster boy left her no Choice but to have him killed. The experts testified Friday after judge William Fuente reversed himself and decided to let a jury decide whether her battered spouse defense has merits. Stiles 56, admits arranging for a teenage neighbor to shoot Grady Stiles jr., 55, As he sat in their trailer in november 1992. The experts chronicled How the alcoholic beat his wife with his pincer like hands for years and even sexually abused her with a crude Blackjack weapon. They said she awoke two nights before the slaying with her stump legged husband atop her holding a knife to her Throat and threatening to kill her. Prosecutor Ron Hanes noted that Mary Stiles was evaluated by the experts in jail and could have tailored her responses to fit the defense. She faces life in prison if convicted of murder and conspiracy charges. Her son from another marriage Harry Glenn Newman 20, still faces trial. Christopher Wyant the 19-year-old trigger Man was convicted last year in the killing and is serving 27 years in prison. State worker Paula Jones and with investigations into land dealings he and the first lady had in the 1970s and 1980s. The fund limits contributions to $1,000 per person and bars donations from corporations unions and political action committees. White House counsel Lloyd n. Cutler has said the fund meets All Legal standards. The lawmakers said the fund a appears to violate the statutory prohibition against the presidents receipt of  an exception to the Law intended to allow gifts traditionally Given to Heads of state a would not authorize the solicitation of gifts As distinguished from the Mere acceptance of gifts a the republicans wrote. A if the exception is read so broadly As to include these gifts of Cash it would negate the statutory prohibition on gifts As applied to the president a the letter said. The republicans asked Reno for answers to a series of written questions about the funds legality