European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 08, 1995, Darmstadt, Hesse Pago 6 the stars and stripes . Friday september 8,1995 icare squabbling starts Washington a republicans and democrats must have been listening to different folks Back Home about medi care. I did t pick up a lot of criticism. I think \ had maybe one medicare ques Tion Senate majority Leader Bob Dole r-kan., said wednesday. Seniors know unless we do something in seven years it s going to go belly up House sneakers cwt Gingrich r-ga., said polls show Clear mandates from the american people for Congress to tackle medicare Reform and other Steps to bal Ance the budget. But democrats told a different Story As the two sides picked up where they left off before the August congressional re Cess in bickering Over the act to be in. plans to squeeze $270 billion in savings from medicare Over seven years. At a news conference surrounded by 30 elderly women bused in by a senior citizens group House democratic whip David Bonior said everywhere we went people were angry they were frustrated. They Felt betrayed by what speaker Gin Grich and the republicans Are trying to do to medicare. They see through this Republican charade said the Michigan Democrat who warned that the biggest cuts in the history of medicare were coming. Rep. Martin Frost a Texas said when you talk to them about specifics then they get mad 1 t Senate majority Leader Bob Dole left and Lions speaker Newt Gingrich share a laugh daring news conference wednesday that focused on the upcoming congressional Agenda. House minority Leader Dick Gep Hardt d-mo., called it absolutely a fraud. Obscene for the republicans to be shedding Large Crocodile tears about the future of medicare the health insurance plan for 37 million elderly or disabled americans. Starting thursday and continuing today House republicans Are staging feedback forums for gop lawmakers to tout ideas they heard from constituents about averting medicare s bankrupt ?. V,."v.o ".-, Dole appeared at a Republican Lead ers news conference on the tasks ahead for Congress. Besides medicare the leadership cited balancing the budget in seven years revamping welfare and pro Viding tax cuts for families and business As goals v /.,. A Dole said that in talking with voters about medicare "1 did t get a sense of tear. I got a sense of feeling that the american seniors were beginning to understand we needed to fix medicare just As we needed to fit social Security Back in 1983," ,. Gingrich said the democrats medi scare Campaign Liaci fallen Flat. Me suggested it was time t6 sit Clown with presi Dent Clinton to work out a Deal for a bipartisan better medicare in addition to project Iii medicare from the bankruptcy its trustees have predicted Dole and Gingrich listed their party s Premier priorities for the fall As balancing the budget in seven years re vamping welfare and providing tax cuts for families and business. If the republicans want a Deal on medical cd Gephardt said first they must abandon their trickle Down tax Clinton has proposed saving $124 Bil lion from medicare by squeezing pay ments to doctors hospitals and other providers. He opposes the larger gop cuts. V a. the medicare Hospital Trust fund -faces., bankruptcy by 2002 without some action. The rest of medicare is paid by premiums and general revenues. Gingrich cited a Exir that indicated 61 percent of americans understand that medicare is going broke and needs major repairs. Y-.-,. Vicious Gene coming of age in ., experts say Washington a America s children arc turning to crime at such an alarming rate that juvenile arrests May double by 2010, the Justice department said thursday. They re also More Likely to be victims of crime especially at the hands of their Peers and with guns according to a department study juvenile offenders and Vic is a Nul ional report a noted who tracks Juve Nile homicides called today s violence racked generation / the Young and the. His generation is Heyoung and the ruthless James Alan Fox a criminal Justice professor the 188-Page .document.is. The first comprehensive compilation of data on juvenile crime and victimization from More than 50 sources according to the Justice department. Howard of the Philadelphia. Based authors at the Nat tonal center7 for juvenile Justice said two things Are push ing the juvenile crime rate up a growing number of children and a growing intensity of violence As to can Agurs use More weapons especially handguns _ the baby Boomers kills Are moving into the years when they re doing crime Snyder said in a Telephone interview r the children Are poorer. There Are More minorities. And they have More guns. It s dangerous to be a James Alan Fox a criminal Justice pro Fessor at northeastern University in bos ton attributes the increasing lawlessness to children who Aren t supervised especially after school. Statistics show that crime by and against juveniles peaks at 3 . And again at 6 ., he said and the Justice department report confirms that. This generation is the Young and the ruthless Fox said in a Telephone inter View. This generation has More deadly hostage plot used in Bank theft Knoxville Tenn. A two armed men took a. Woman and her family hostage in their Home and threatened her into withdrawing Money from the Bank where she worked the men broke in. Tuesday night and held the woman her husband and their Young daughter for nearly 11 hours said Fri spokesman Euwel As co. -. They let the woman take her Daugh Ter to school wednesday morning under the threat that they would kill her husband if she did t withdraw Money Iron her Bank and drop it at a designated spot nearby. The woman was threatened with a weapon and told that they would wire her husband with explosives and Deto Nate the explosives if she did t com ply Vilasco said. The woman did what they asked. The men collected the undisclosed amount of Cash and fled. The family was t Hurt Vilasco said. Lie would t identify them or re lease further details. The men were being sought wednesday. The first american National Bank is offering a $.10,000 re Ward for information. Weapons in their hands More dangerous drugs in their bodies and a much More casual attitude about violence. In Addi Tion too Many kids Are under socialized and j _ the report estimates that if the Jive Nile population increases by so Perce of from the 1990 census and arrest rates continue to climb As they have in the past decade the number of juveniles charged with violent crimes will double by 2010 to More than 260,000. The report also says that Between 1983 1992, the rate of juvenile arrests for violent crime in creased by 100 percent compared with a 60 percent increase for Young adults. Juveniles arc now responsible for 20 percent of violent crimes. Between 1983 and j992, weapons violations by juveniles More than doubled for each racial group an increase of 167 percent for Blacks 129 percent for other races and 106 percent for Whites. 40 percent of juvenile crime occurs after school couple Mokes Home for 80 sick puppies Auburn . A. A couple is nursing Back to health nearly 80 sick Pup pies that were mysteriously dropped offal their Home. Candy Wetherbee had agreed to care for Only 15 sick puppies at Beau Meadow farm a Small Kennel she runs with her husband. Hut a Day after Wetherbee picked them up from another Kennel three Van loads of puppies appeared. They were dropped off sunday by a group that called itself upper Valley Rescue which police say does not exist and has not been heard from since. I he wether bees estimate it will Cost $1.000 to take care of the Irish setter and Cocker Spaniel pups. The dogs will be sold for $200 each. In the stars and stripes 10 years ago sept. 8,1985 the United states and 10 allies dumped.about". $10 billion on foreign Exchange markets Between Jan 21 and march1, one of the largest coordinated interventions against the Dollar since for eign Exchange rates began floating in 1973, -. " 20 years ago Sopt. 8, 1975 Portugal was. Without a government after tha out going Cabinet of pro communist. Gen. Vasco Dos Santos Goncalves abruptly resigned in the Wake of his stunning fall from Power in the armed forces Assembly. 30 years ago sept. 8, 1965 the House grud gun Gay yielded to president John. Son s veto and voted to drop the restrictions it had imposed on his authority to close military bases 40 years ago sept. 8,1955 an american congressman who arrived in the West after spending three weeks behind the Iron curtain said a rus Sian Soldier held another Congress Man rep. Joe Holt of California at gunpoint for 15 minutes for taking photographs near Moscow. 50 year Sago sept. 8,1945 japanese sources said that fanatical Young japanese army officers on aug. 14 killed the commanding general of Hirohito s personal guard and sent troops to encircle the Palace in an attempt to prevent the emperor s surrender announcement from get Ting to the people
