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Hospitals stress families Page A8 The Lima News Serving Northwest Ohio More Than 97 Years 4 Begin extends deadline for finding PLO a home Bv The Associated Press have a limited time to complete arrangements for insertion of a multinational peacekeeping force be Hatab Predicted that has relayed the positions to Paul Germann tries his own game Current law allows a person to rare Page Bl next to Page B4 A reedom Newspaper Monday Aug 91982 1 20 cents Leipsic fiddler Salam said He did not explain however die silence from Damascus Syria has not formally agreed to take In the PLO guerrillas even though the plan being discussed by Lebanese and PLO sources calls for Syria to serve as a staging point for dispersing the guerrillas to various places of refuge in the Arab world Diplomatic sources in Damascus who asked not to be identified said Sunday that Syria to hear about an Israeli evacuation from Beirut and from Lebanon AS long as nobody gives them word on that they will not Welch propels Los Angeles' Only last week Nofziger and a groups of other conservative Rea gan supporters issued a statement saying they opposed the increase But White House spokesman Larry Speakes said today that Nofziger turned around on the issue after meeting with Reagan Still the number of unresolved issues in the package far exceeds those that have been settled One of those is the tax break for medical' expenses short of making a felt like having a Jones said after he picked up his prize and headed for the entrance exit used to smoke but I quit about a week and a half ago so I (See GAME page A4) By KEITH HELMLINGER News Staff Writer WAPAKONETA A county fair to some observers is an assault on the senses The ears are assaulted byscreams of nervous amusement ri ders of igniting gunpowder in the shooting gallery and an occasional 'squeal from pprize pig" The nose is assaulted by the favorable aroma of Italian sau sages or the not so favorable aro ma of that same pig Habib predicted that willbe arranged? tween the Israelis and the PLO shortly "Having had tne determination or me raiesti The Israelis Begin has said are willing to allow the mans to' leave and having had the acceptance (by peacekeeping force in after two thirds of the guerrillas Israel) of the international forces to come over have left Lebanon The PLO wants the force to enter everything will be ironed out I can assure you of Beirut shortly after the withdrawal begins The PLO and its leftist Lebanese Moslem allies say they need protection from right wing Christian militiamen allied with Israel Meanwhile in the Beirut suburb of Baabda Habib met with Lebanese government officials Lebanese mediator Saeb Salam said the government would make a formal request for the assembly and introduc tion of the peacekeeping force later today or Tuesday The troops are expected to come from rance the United States and Italy Salam who lights and the blurred metallic amusements twirling into what coomq IiIta nhlivinn But there is one sense assaulting for the non smokers atirartinn the county fair that literally rings out above all the rest With the force of a spike driver on the railroad Jones lowered the sideshow Germann would periodi wooden head of the mallet on the callv veil I need a bell rubber covered lever sending the Germann has been dicing the ringer" weight up the 24 foot red strong and the weak to challenge Germann says business in recent backboard to ring the bell at the the "High at fairs in a years has been down nearly 50 top But second and Uiird tries fell four county area arbund Mercer percent from bygone years bui founty for nearly two decades The this year business probably is concession is owned by his brother down nearly 75 percent which he Herbert who builds his own stri partially attributes to the slow kers for area fairs economy is a night the 56 year old Germann said Sunday the One reason Germann believes third day of the Auglaize County business has dropped is a state law air too hot in the daytime which requires concessionaires to You like swinging a ham award a prize every time While mer the rewards of a cigar or pack of And the night time lure of the gum for ringing the bell at the High game works out well for Germann Striker might seem nominal com who spends his daytime hours pared to large stuffed animals of working as a maintenance man at fered at other games it never the Mersman furniture factory in Celi was a reward na He does however take a vacation from work to oper ate the High Striker at the Allen County air Germann said the game has changed little in the 20 years he has been working at fairs Challengers The eyes are assaulted by bright are still mostly male and the re ward lor ringing me oeu is suu a cigar although chewing gum has But Germann says now that chal lengers win a cigar regardless whether they ring the bell many former challengers have lost inter est in the game The cigar appar i ently symbolized success at the i High Striker i Rod Jones of Chillicothe was not discouraged by the weather or the economy or the fact that he would i win a prize regardless of whether been added as a secondary prize or not he rang the bell Jones strouea into uap snvwienccu aicu nt the High Striker handed Ger rin Sumiav afternoon the mid maim his 50 cents and picked up JlLCLailV llllKtf WWW MMVVV the sound commonly associated way at the fair was wet from a one of tne nammers with brute strength mid afternoon snower ano ousuieso just a challenge" said Paul at the High Striker was somewnai Germann of Celina the slow Like a barker at a carnival main thing just a challenge Dev nPhek Dawioa LUBnWWMIWWZlWP 1 Israel kept up its military pressure on Palestinian guerrillas in west Beirut today bombarding the capital from the air sea and land while Prime "Minister Menachem Begin said he would give US envoy Philip Habib more time to find a refuge for the guerrillas The Palestine Liberation camp at Chatilia at the southern edge of the city and beachside positions at Janah and were bombed after a day long bombardment by Israeli gunboats tanks andartillery There was no immediate word on casualties Theair strikes were the first in three days have a limited time to complete arrangements for evacuating the Palestinian fighters who are encircled by the Israelis in west Beirut He did not specify a duration Begin also lashed out at Arab nations for refusing to give refuge to the estimated 8000 guerrillas Israeli radio quoted him as complaining that while there has been criticism of the Israeli invasion of Lebanon world has not expressed its outrage over the Arab stand" The Israelis have said that the major problem remaining in the negotiations is finding a Arab states willing to take in the guerrillas Lebanese and PLO sources however said that Israeli radio reported that Begin in a speech to main task facing Habib is reconciling PLO and Israeli press officers for Israeli institutions said Habib would demands about the timing of the withdrawal and the airgoers remain enamored with challenge of strength Medical deductions questioned WASHINGTON (AP) As Con gress struggles to raise taxes by $909 billion some lawmakers are trying to tighten the medical deduc tions taken by millions of Ameri cans like the young man who wrote off the cost of a hair trans plant Medical deductions are among dozens of tax questions and spend ing cuts under consideration by i House Senate committee which hopes to finish work this week on a bill to increase taxes by $989 billion and cut spending by more than $16 billion Lyn Nofziger President Rea former chief political aide has been recruited to return to the White House as an unpaid consuL tant to help the administration win congressional approval of the pack age i ML iTwfcn Tiffin BWW I a ti 'i 7 Gunmen kill at least 6 in Jewish restaurant deduct half up to $150 the cost of medical insurance even if na other medical expenses are deduct ed The other half of insurance PARIS (AP) Gunmen sprayed automatic weapons fire into a lunchtime crowd at a popular Jew ish restaurant today killing at least six people and wounding 15 others before escaping police said Between two and four attackers opened fire shortly after 1 pm (7 am EDT) near Jo Restaurant on the Rue des Rosiers in central Paris then ran down the street shooting wildly at passers by and fled on foot down a sidestreetpolice and witnesses said Earlier unconfirmed reports said the gun ufc 1 TO l1 'A '1 men opened fire near a synagogue No group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack which appeared to be the fourth incident of anti Semitic violence in Paris in a week A left wing an archist group claimed responsibili ty for the earner attacks saying they were retaliations for two month old invasion of Lebanon to rout the Palestine Liberation Organization Police said at least three attack ers were involved but it was un clear if the shooting started inside or near the restaurant Witnesses said between two and four gunmen escaped Pools of blood soaked the floor of the popular restaurant which has has a yellow and black facade dec orated with stars of David An emergency medical teams erected a makeshift hospital across the bloodstained street to treat wound ed One of the dead was a plain clothes police officer police said cry for me" wailed res taurant owner Jo Goldenberg who was uninjured for the others It was horrible A witness fold The Associated press she was walking her dog when she heard gunfire and saw small thin men running into the street They kept shooting as they ran shooting at everything and everybody I thought for sure be It was the bloodiest attack against a Jewish establishment in Paris since Oct' 3 1980 when a bomb left on a parked motorbike blew up outside a synagogue on fashionable Rue Copernic our people were killed in the blast and nine were wounded all passers by Police have made no arrests in the case The head of the Paris office denounced the restaurant shooting Ibrahim Sous whose aide was assassinated several weeks ago when bombers blew up his car said his organization is against blind costs and other medical expenses may be written off if they exceed 3 percent of adjusted gross income A 24 year old man used that prov ision to write off his hair trans plant He won his case when the US Tax Court ruled medibal de ductions are proper for any opera 1 tion affecting any part of the body I including the scalp That case and others like it have been cited as examples of tax ') abuse by lawmakers searching for revenues to cut the federal deficit In response the Senate voted to 1 allow the deduction only for expen ses that exceed 7 percent of in come and reduced the off the top insurance deduction to $100 Together those two changes would bring the government about $45 billion over the next three years But despite the need for 7 revenue the charges of abuse and the pledge by Sen Bob Dole' Kan conference chairman to drop the 7 percent threshold to 5 'per cent the negotiators have not yet I reached agreement on the issue One reason could be that tine deduction has great appeal to mid dle income families whose mem bers traditionally vote in large numbers According to IRS 18 million couples and individuals claimed the deduction in 1980( in cluding 147 million with income under $50000 a yepr Schools possibly near suit settlement (See ian page AU By KIM KLAUSING News Staff Writer Under this plan students in grades one through three ir two school districts would attend one of those schools while the remaining students in the district would attend the other school Because this option when discussed in 1981 at While the Justice Department said in July that it basically accepted the board's December 1981 plan of desegregating through an open The stalemate between the federal govern ment and the Lima city schools might be broken The two sides put off scheduled pre trial hearing after school officials promised to consi der an alternative plan for desegregating schools "The court has agreed to put any litigation on the back according to Lima schools attorney rank Cory until the city schools and the US Department of Justice can discuss an alternative to a courtroom showdown Cory added that the two groups had an understanding to explore a couple of ave which might lead to a resolution of the decade long battle The pre trial bearing was scheduled in feder al district court in Toledo in connection with a lawsuit filed against the city school board by the Justice Department specify which schools would be included in any redistricting plan and said any boundary changes would be slight The third plan and the one Cory said the board would not consider involves pairing schools Cory said the school board also will consider that option a question of playing with numbers seeing if a shift would do anything to transfer policy it proposed three additions to the current racial imbalance at any of that plan for the city schools to consider the schools According to Cory the first addition and the He added that the Justice Department did not one school officials will consider with the most intensity explore the possibility of creating marrnnf enKrWtl nlan lftW Although Cory noted that he is no expert as to specifics of what would be involved he said it would involve putting a program into a given elementary school to attract students to that school told (the Justice Department) we were somewhat skeptical of this idea but we are willing to consider it" Cory added The second addition suggested by the govern ment Cory said involved the of redistricting They suggested we might want te slightly shift a couple of boundary lines in a couple of different '7TXL' is.