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Show Keagan Gives Support to Hatchs Plan VV ASHINCiTuN (Ah The Hea-Fj- The Salt Lake Tribune, Panel Boosts Tax Benefits For Housing Low-Inco- me - n WASHINGTON (AP) The House Ways and Means Committee voted dJimnistration has given its support to a controversial amendment that would halt federal funds for any gt uup giving pregnant women advn t about abortion. Sen Orrin Hatch. R-- l tah. said Saturday ' We've had letters from Health and Human Services and we also have had communications with the White House They do back it." Hatch said Hatch, a leading congressional abortion opponent, is the Senate sponsor of the amendment. Ins counterpart in the House is Rep Jack Kemp Saturday to expand tax benefits to housing developers whose units are targeted to families with income e Over five years, the housing plan approved by the panel would cost the government about $1 billion more than the package recommended by Chairman Dan Roxien-kowskAnd it is considerably more generous to developers and investors than President Reagan's proposal, which calls for no incentives for such projects However, committee aides said, the Reagan administration agreed to accept the panels version The action on the relatively narrow provision came as the committee worked through the weekend tn an effort to keep tax overhaul alive. Although Reagan has campaigned across the country for a new tax system, members of Congress say the president has failed to generate any widespread public sentiment for tax reform Rostenkowski and other leaders of House the Democratic-controlle- d have pledged to get a tax bill through the House this year, even though there is almost no chance the Senate will consider it before 1986 Democrats want to avoid a situation in which Reagan can launch the 1986 congressional elections by accusing their party of delaying what the president has called his top domestic priority If the Ways and Means Committee completes action on the items it scheduled for Saturday and Sunday, it will have worked its way through s of the proposals in roughly But the tough issues bill Reagan's inhave not been considered yet deto kill the cluding Reagans plan duction allowed for state and local taxes paid, setting individual and business tax rates, taxing some worker fringe benefits and ending the investment lax credit for business But in the committee the issues often cause most of the problems Included in that category are the tax treatment of some industrial development bonds, which the committee decided Friday, and the question of housing Real estate developers have been highly critical of how Reagans bill would treat their industry, and only slighly less so toward Rostenkowski's alternative. By limiting depreciation and certain interest writeoffs, industry spokesman say, either plan would result in higher rents and make it more difficult to find financing for e housing The National Association of Homebuilders contends Rostenkowski's proposal would require the owners of a typical unit to raise the monthly rent from $307 to $457 in or below-aver-ag- . e i, D-I- ll R N V The proposal, which has drawn eats of a filibuster from Sen Howard MeUenbaum, would ban federal Family Planning Program funds for any group advising pregnant women of their right to an abor-door where to get one The only exi option would be cases in which the mothers life was threatened by the pregnancy (. urrently, no federal money can be used to perform or encourage abortions But women must be advised of their right to an abortion, and be given a list of places to get an abortion Planned Parenthood is the major tecipient of the program, getting about $30 million from the program each year White House deputy press secretary Albert Brashear, asked whether the administration backs the amendment, said. "So far as I know, the W lute House has not looked at the amendment yet " But Hatch said the administration has shown support and that it will be an advantage in a reluctant Congress i A5 Sundav, Octuber 27, 1985 hi n off-ye- MIAMI Trying to figure out if hes coming or going, Wrong Way Wooten of Bryn Mavtr, Pa., and Tarzana, Calif., pedals backwards atop his bulging, 450-poun- d In the name of charity. Wooten has been bicycle-bounfor four three-wheele- r. d years, covering 31,000 miles. Tucked away somewhere are a television and CB radio. 02.000 Blood Donors Screened two-third- Military Test for Aids Finds 44 Suspected Cases By Norman Black Associated Press Writer deficiency syndrome, is a fatal disease that attacks the bodys immune system It has been confined primarily to homosexuals, intravenous drug users and individuals who received tainted blood transfusions, although there is now some evidence the disease is spreading to the general population The blood screen now being employed by the Pentagon can do no more than indicate a person has been exposed to the suspected AIDS virus, and not whether he will actually contract the disease As of Sept 30. according to the Pentagon report, 62,174 military personnel who volunteered donations of blood had been screened Of 'hose 62,174, 500 tested positive, suggesting exposure to the virus Those 500 were administered the same test a second or even third time, with 192 again testing positive and being classified "repeatedly reactive." the sources continued Those 192 were then given a much more sophisticated test, known as the Western Blot blood screen. It was that procedure which confirmed the 44 cases The confirmations translate to a rate of 0 07 percent of those tested. the sources noted "What it says is that there is no huge number of individuals in the military right now who are showing evidence of exposure." said one source. "But nothing should minimize the seriousness of AIDS "It's a very frightening thing and it cant be dismissed, agreed another source WASHINGTON During three months of screening military blood donors this summer, the Pentagon discovered 44 people who had been exposed to the virus suspected of causing AIDS, according to a confidential internal report The 44 cases, however, amount to less than of one percent of the 62.000 individuals who were screened, raising questions about of a threat the disease currently poses to the military The results also provide fresh evidence of how unreliable the blood test that is used for mass screening can be. and of the potential drain on medical resources that the Pentagon faces in confirming initial results, said Defense Department officials who discussed the report on condition they not be identified The 44 cases were discovered among 500 individuals who initially tested positive, the report said. The remaining 456 individuals were given a clean bill of health, but only after additional, expensive medical exams Nonetheless, Pentagon officials say the Defense Department will proceed with its plan to eventually test the Mood of all active-dut- y military personnel and reserves Failure to establish such monitoring as quickly as possible could allow the disease to spread undetected, one-tent- h how-muc- eventually jeopardizing combat readiness and wartime medical care, they say AIDS, short for acquired immune "That 0 07 percent rate is higher than the 0 04 percent rate being reported by civilian blood agencies And if you apply it against the active-dutpopulation of 2 1 million, that's stili 1.400-plu- s cases y Overall, however, military medical officials are viewing the initial figures with some relief, one source said "We do expect our rate could be somewhat higher, because our military population may be more sexually active than the general population," one explained. "But the people who have suggested the military rates are going to be very large are going to be wrong The Pentagon began screening the blood donated to military blood banks on July 1 The move followed the lead of civilian agencies like the Red Cross and represented the Defense J. HD6Q Markman, 36, an aide to Sen. Orrin Hatch, has been the Utah Republicans counsel on the Senate Constitution Subcommittee since 1978 Hatch is chairman of the subcommittee. Markmans office at Justice recommends and screens candidates for federal judgeships. G - The Senate has WASHINGTON confirmed President Reagans nomination of Stephen J Markman to be assistant attorney general of the Justice Department's Office of Legal Policy low-inco- low-inco- Press Will Ride Shuttle; Garn Praises NASA Tribune Washington Bureau Sen. Jake Garn. the first sitting member of Congress to go into space, praised NASA last week for its decision to pick a journalist to fly on the space shuttle next September. "It would be my hope," Garn said, "that the person selected will be one w ith a good facility for understanding and appreciating the scientific aspects of space flight Garn said he expects the journalist will be able "to describe and express those aspects as well as the sheer thrill, excitement and beauty of the earth, in words that the general public, with no technical background or " training, can truly understand NASA Administrator James M Beggs announced Thursday that his seagency would initiate a lection process to pick one journalist and an alternate to ride the shuttle Beggs said NASA would announce its selections next April Garn, who sits on a Senate Appropriations subcommittee that funds NASA, was harshly criticized by the New York Times and other newspapers for flying on the space shuttle Discovery last April Referring to those criticisms. Garn said, Naturally, I am aware that there are differing views, even w ithin the journalistic profession, as to the desirability of flying individuals, and as to the process of selecting one or two individuals from a given category of people. "But I am sure the press will be as thorough and persistent in pursuing those questions and raising them for public discussion in the case of one of their own as they were in the case of " my own selection for a flight WASHINGTON - jl CZk First Federals Mary Tippets sets the standard by which other financial professionals are judged. First of all, shes been in the business for 40 years, which puts her ahead of about 95 percent of her colleagues. She has more answers about financial services than most people have questions. And shes made loyal friends of customers not just from around the city, but from around Hatch Aide Gets Approval for Justice Job Tribune Washington Bureau Department s first response diseases appearance The use of the test on blood donors was quickly overshadowed a month later, however, by a decision to begin screening the blood of all military recruits That screening began throughout the country on Oct 15 Then on Oct 18, officials disclosed Defense Secretary Caspar W Weinberger had decided to extend testing to all active-dut- y and reserve personnel The final directive for such testing was issued on Friday The sources stressed the 44 blood donors who were confirmed positive had not been found to actually have the disease Under the policy directive released by Weinberger on Friday, individuals who test positively but who show no signs of contracting the disease itself will remain in the service, although their assignments and overseas deployments may be limited der to retain their current return on investment The plan adopted by the committee would be somewhat more beneficial to developers Committee aides said the panel -- Agreed that depreciation deductions about 50 percent more generous than for other real estate will be Ae llowed housing projects w hen 40 percent or more of the units are rented to families whose earnings are 60 percent or less of the area meallows dian income Depreciation building owners to recoup part of their investment through the tax sys tem -- Voted to permit financing of bonds, housing through depending on what percentage of the units were rented to the poor the world. 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