European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 28, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday september 28, 1994 . The stars and stripes Page 5 a exams of d for some dependents ,. ". I " by the Washington Post Washington the Senate veterans affairs committee attempting to resolve an impasse Over compensation for ailing military personnel who served in the persian Gulf War has approved legislation allow ing veterans family members to receive free medical examinations at veterans hospitals. The Senate panel added the provision to legislation that reaffirms the committee s position that the department of veterans affairs can compensate Gulf vet Erans without additional legislation. The Clinton administration opposes the measure. Another provision in the Senate Bill would allow the administration to Cut Only 10,000 people from the a s payroll in the next five years not the 27,000 that Clinton had proposed. The House has rejected any cuts to a health care personnel. The dependents provision is unprecedented and cer Tain to be controversial. Veterans groups historically have resisted any proposal that would allow no veterans to receive treatment in a run facilities. Opposition by veterans groups killed a Small Bush administration Pilot program to treat the Rural poor at two a hospitals. The veterans lobby has complained to Congress that such programs would undermine the government s commitment to veterans. Democratic Sens. Jay Rockefeller of West Virginia the committee chairman and Thomas Daschle of South Dakota said that their proposal was not designed to open the a s 171 hospitals to outsiders but to pro vide medical examinations for the families of Gulf War veterans too poor to obtain them elsewhere. They said that the examinations would help study the veterans complaints of Cirth defects and fears that some ailments from the 1991 War May be contagious and found in dependents v the Senate panel approved the provision con a voice vote Friday with sen. Frank Murkowski a Alaska the gop s ranging member opposing. Murkowski argued that it would raise the dependents Hopes of receiving medical care from the a. Key projects in a tall tale a tractor trailer Rig proved too tall for a Norfolk Southern rail Durson of Houston was t Hurt but it took most of the Day to Way overpass monday in Knoxville Tenn. Driver Nathaniel an unload and move the trailer. Juror in murder Case gets a Little shut Eye Santa Ana Calif. A Justice was t Blind but she did have a Little Eye trouble. Testimony stopped in a murder trial monday after a juror accidentally glued her right Eye shut. During a break Lynda Applin Gwent to the bathroom to rinse her Contact lenses reached into her purse and mis took a Container of Nail adhesive for her Lens Wash. She returned to court cupping her Eye in a paper Towel and asking for help. A Bailiff dialled 911. She was t hysterical or anything but she was obviously in pain said Denise Gragg defense attorney for a Man charged with shooting to death his sister in Law and another woman. Before Appling was wheeled away on a Gurney she asked judge David o. Carter please Don t kick me off the  he did t. Defense Washington a despite lean budget times House Senate negotiators found room in the 1995 defense budget for the b-2 bomber the sr-71 Blackbird spy plane and the c-17 airlifted. The full House and Senate on tuesday were to get a first look at the $244 billion defense appropriations Bill completed monday evening after Days of closed door negotiations. The defense appropriations Bill for the fiscal year beginning saturday includes most of the military priorities Laid out by president Linton at the beginning of the year. Final votes on the measure in the House and Senate Are expected within the next two weeks. The Bill agreed to in the House Senate conference committee totals $3.5 billion More than this year s defense appropriations budget. But when adjusted for inflation it amounts to roughly level funding or even a slight de crease in buying Power. Negotiators resolved several key areas of disagreement Between the House and Senate in the Senate s favor. Rep. John Murtha d-pa., chairman of the House appropriations defense sub committee said several of the House proposed cuts were designed to Send a message to the administration that Law makers were unhappy with How a pro Gram was being managed. He said House negotiators agreed to restore some of the funding after being reassured that improvements were being made. The Inal version of the Bill provides $125 million to keep key subcontractors of the b-2 stealth bomber from going out of business. Provides $2.6 billion for the c-17 cargo plane program and to Settle a con tract dispute Between the Pentagon and Mcdonnell Douglas corp., the builder. Includes $100 million to keep the sr-71 Blackbird flying. College tuition costs continue to Rise report says by Kenneth Eskey Scripps Howard news service tuition at the nation s four year col Leges increased at twice the rate of inflation again this fall  warned that students will be priced out of the Market if the trend continues. Average tuition at four Yar colleges both Public and private is 6 percent higher in 1994-95 than in 1993-94, according to an annual report by the col lege Entrance examination Board. Tuition and fees now average $11,709 at four year private colleges. At four year Public colleges the averages Are $2,686 for in state students and $4,169 for out of state students. Average tuition at two year Community colleges is $1,298, up 4 percent from last year the Survey found. Total costs which include tuition and fees books and supplies room and Board transportation and personal expenses Range from an average of $5,639 at a two year Community College to an average of. $18,784 at a private four year College. This Marks the fourth consecutive year that the percentages for tuition increases have declined or levelled off but the report concedes that tuition is rising much faster than the Overall inflation rate of 2.9 percent. College is still affordable for most students College Board president Don Ald Stewart said. Students should not focus on the Cost of a relatively Small number of High priced  David Warren who Heads the National association of Independent colleges and universities said he is pleased that the average increase in tuition is leveling off at 6 percent. But other educators said tuition in creases Are still Loo High. As the Price tag climbs Access and Opportunity May be denied to Many Stu dents who need and deserve a col lege education said Peter Magrath president of the National association of state universities and land Grant col Leges. Michel Myers president of Denison Unive pity in Ohio said High priced col Leges run the risk of becoming sanctuaries for the wealthy. To state it bluntly she said private Liberal arts colleges Are becoming too expensive for the american Middle  the rising Cost of College average annual increases in tuition and fees at four year colleges Over the past five years school year College Privat College 1990-91 1991-92 1992-93 1993-94 1994-95 7% 12% 10% 8% 6% 8% 7% 7% 7% 7% source College Entrance examination Board