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Show Saturday, Oct. 12, 1991 3A Standard-Examiner Bush vetoes benefits package Democrats vow to push for override on unemployment extension WASHINGTON(AP) — President Bush on Friday vetoed a $6.4 billion expansion of unemployment benefits, arguing again that the program — the second he has rejected in two months — is an unjustified a Democrats vowed to press an override attempt, saying the president had turned his back on 8.4 million jobless people siill in search of that promised recovery. The package, which Bush termed “poorly designed, unnecessarily €xpensive,” would have added up to 20 weeks of unemployment benefits to those which now expire after 26 weeks. Congress sent him a similar measure in August, which he managed to scuttle without a veto by refusing to issue an emergency declaration that would have trig- gered the new benefits. Although Bush recently has voiced concern about the pace of the recovery, he still contends the recession is over. But he said “I would gladly sign into law responsible legislation that does not threaten the economic recovery and its associated job creation,” repeating his endorsementofa less costly unemployment package drafted by Sen. Bob Dole, R-Kan. where — on the Senate hearings into sexual harassment accusations against Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas — to “turn his back on millions of Americans who have no way to buy groceries for their kids.” “If he thought no one would notice, he’s wrong, it said. Bush said the bill would increase the deficit and “effectively destroy the integrity” of last year’s budget deal with Congress because it does not include cuts in other t areas to offset the $6.4 billion in benefits. AFL-CIO President Lane Kirkland said Bush “has again given the back of his hand to the unemployed.” Rep. Tom Downey, D-N.Y., a leading House sponsor of the bill, said Bush had “confirmed that he is out of touch with America.” Bush said in a letter to the Senate that he “is deeply concerned about the needs of the unemployed and their families. “It is essential that we take re- sponsible actions to ensure that the economic recovery continues and strengthens, creating new employment opportunities,” he said. Attempts to override the veto were expected by the middle of next week. The House, which House Democratic Leader Rich- passed the bill by a 300-118 mar- ard Gephardt of Missouri said gin, was expected to have no trou- Bush had taken advantage of a day when all eyes were riveted else- ble mustering the two-thirds vote needed to override. But in the Sen- ate, where it by a 65 to 35 margin, two the pnor opponents would have to vote for thebill for publican leaders Friday to discuss prospects for Dole’s alternative bill, said spokesman Marlin Fitzwater. The Senate had earlier rejected that plan, a $3.1 billion variation that would extend benefits for up to 10 weeks. Dole’s bill would pay for the new benefits by tightening collections on governmentloans and by auctioning off broadcast frequencies that are not currently in use. Dole said Friday that “Now we'll see if the Democrats are truly interested in extended benefits, or just political benefits at the expense of unemployed Americans.” “American people wantlegislation that’s paid for,” he said. “They've had it with Congress turning a blind eye to the deficit and mortgaging our children’s future.” But Sen. Edward Kennedy, DMass., countered that Bush’s veto showed “this administration’s utter lack of concern for the hundreds of thousands of working Americans who have lost their unemployment benefits and been hurt the most by this recession.” Hurt worker sprung from Biosphere ORACLE,Ariz. (AP) — One of the eight crew members of the Biosphere environmental experiment was taken out today for surgery on a severed fingertip, just two weeks after being sealed in for a planned two-year stay, a spokesman said. Jayne Poynter, the farm manager for the prototype space colony, came out of the building late this morning and was on her way to University Medical Center in Tucson, said Brune Fazzolari, a Biosphere spokesman. Poynter, 29, from Surrey, Eng- land, lost a fingertip when it was caught in a rice-threshing machine Wednesday. Physiciancrewmenber Dr. Ray Walford sewed the fingertip back on, but decided the graft wasn’t taking and suggested surgery by a specialist, said Kathy Dyhr, a spokeswoman. The validity of the experiment to test humans’ ability to create a self-sustaining environment wouldn’t be affected by the accident, Dyhr said. Poynter was to be removed through an airlock and none of the systems in the glass-encased mini-world was to be affected, she said. “It wouldn't be considered breaking closure,” Dyhr had said Thursday. Poynter and Walford had said they hoped she could return to the project in the desert 30 miles northeast of Tucson the same day as the surgery. But it was possible she could have a brief hospital stay, Dyhr said. Poynter professed herself in good spirits after the accident, which took off the tip of the mid-_ dle finger on herleft hand. U.S. medical missionaries escape from Haiti Prince airport. But Haitians with ahead of us,” said Miriam Freder- -—— American medical missionaries machetes had set fiery roadblocks ick, of West Palm Beach, Fa., who who fled Haiti’s violence in three on the route from their remote mountain clinic in Jean Bouline, said she had been leading medical missions to Haiti for 18 years. southwest of the capital. A French couple who owned one of the boats gave the Americans some instruction and then guided the little flotilla that set sail The Coast Guard had been tracking their course form the start and was already on the way with help. On Wednesday night, two- GUANTANAMOBAY,Cuba (AP) borrowed sailboats arrived at the U.S. Navy base here late Thursday in good shape, with some Coast Guard assistance. “God blessed us,” said John Leininger of San Antonio, Texas, one of the leaders of the 17 Ameri- cans who so feared for their lives theytook to the sea despite no sailing experience. The Americans told their story to reporters dispatched to Guantanamo Bay by the Pentagon. The group had intended to fly home to the states from Port au Wednesday morning. With favorable winds and cur- rent, they progessed. But by late in the day were battling seasickness, auxiliary engine trouble and broken bilge pumps. “When we got out of Haitian wa- ters, we didn’t know what was The cutter Durable was ahead. man crews were sent to each boat to assist the landlubbers, and most from the group were taken to the comfort of the ship. The Durable towed one boat the 90 miles to the U.S. naval base on the southeast corner of Cuba, while the other two motored behind. THE ONES TO COUNT ON TIME AFTER TIME Getting the Standard-Examiner deiivered to nearly 60,000 Northern Utah homes every day takes a lot of work and a lot of hard workers. More than 800 carriers make sure you get your paper, day after day. A iot of words describe our carriers: words like responsible, Gependabie, reliable, enterprising, entrepreneurial, strong, honest, quick, self-motivated and Standard-Examiner carriers are young men and women, and adults, who really care about doing a good job. 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