European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 07, 1967, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday october 7, 196? the stars and stripes Page 3 a cd went to Vietnam divorce9 Pilot Kadi Home Gadsden Ala. Up War rant officer Franklin Beggs who divorced his wife to get to Vietnam returned Home thurs Day night with a Patch of ribbon son his Chest. Beggs a 27-year-old helicopter Pilot was forced to divorce his wife to enter the army and take Pilot training. He remarried her three months after Basic train ing. Beggs  would not Hesi Tate to do it Over. I would never have been satisfied with my self if i had t done it. It s one thing to be afraid and another to know that you Don t have to wonder about what you would Doin the face of fear. My wife had enough Faith Inge to respect my desires and wishes. She feels the same Way do and i know things will be a lot better for us now that i begone than if i had turned my Back on it Beggs  Story began in septem Ber 1965, when he said a desire to Fly and a compulsion to serve his country became More Thanh could fight. He tried to join the army but was turned away because he was married had a child and had no previous Mili tary service. The couple separated during Basic then remarried shortly be fore Christmas of 1965. Begg Sthen shipped out for Pilot train ing in Texas and eventually to Vietnam and the War. His pregnant wife and 4-year-old son Mark were left behind. Beggs  piloted a Hue helicopter. The majority of the time we were used As combat pilots and went out and struck targets and helped people under attack. We 3159 did some search and destroy  soft spoken Soldier said his biggest Surprise of the War waste tenacity of the enemy. It Franklin Beggs takes a lot of guts to stick your head up in the open and shoot at a helicopter when you re being fired at with rockets and Auto Matic  picked up a shoulder wound Midway through his tour of duty when a piece of shrapnel crashed through the helicopter. Mrs. Beggs with a second son Danny passed the wait by sing ing in a trip with her  were singing in new York when her husband s plane flew Back to the states. Beggs who won two distinguished flying crosses a Bronze Star an air medal and 16 Oakleaf clusters an army commendation medal for valor an the purple heart  would go Back but not for a  m going to take some time off and just rest and play wit the kids he said. But i guess i la probably make the army  Meany urges fee limit on medicare doctors Washington a Al Cio president George Meany urged thursday that the govern ment impose controls on Doc tors fees under the Federal pro Gram of medical care for the  is no excuse whatsoever for this relentless escalation in physicians fees especially those charged under the medi care program Meany said in a letter to Secretary of welfare John w. Gardner. Meany said the predicted boost from $3 to $4 a month in he supplementary medical Carens Urance premiums covering doctors Bills plus the $50 deductible clause would mean elderly patients would pay near a $100 a year before getting any  insurance premiums Are voluntary part of the Hea thaid program covering doctors Bills for some 17 million elderly americans. Hospital Bills Are covered without any extra pay that much sweeter sure a spoonful of sugar or ice Cream helps the Medicine go Down and a subscription to is makes the Day that much sweeter. 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A photo sizable increase in costs to the elderly now under consideration is the unprecedented Rise i physicians fees in the past two years Meany  quoted government Price figures showing doctors fee Rose 2.8 per cent last year the largest increase on record Andare still going up at a rapid  said the Rise in Doc tors fees was triple the Over Al boost in living costs and three times the increase in average weekly wages of factory work ers. Incomes rising fast physicians incomes no probably averaging $35,000 to $45,000 a year have risen evermore than their fees partly be cause they Are now receiving full fees from Many medicare and medicaid patients who were previously treated at reduced rates Meany  suggested that doctors under the medical care programme required to abide by a reasonable and customary  there May be other ways of establishing effective controls on physicians fees paid under medicare Meany  urge you to establish such controls now in v order to prevent severe hardship to elderly medi care  probably was shoo in pie Dallas up a pastor Given a pie by a woman parishioner  found it almost  his wife threw it in the garbage. The minister troubled about How to thank the woman and be truthful at the same time finally wrote her i can assure you that pie like that does t last very Long at our  Chicago is expecting then Snow now baby blizzard Chicago up nearly nine months after the heaviest Snow storm in history Chicago Hospi tals Are expecting a blizzard of babies. The birth rate was expected by some to jump As much As 30 per  an Eye toward the in creased number of pregnant mothers obstetricians and nurses have made Snow baby an integral part of their shop talk. The blizzard of 67 began inthe Windy City Jan. 26 for five Days the City stood still stalled in its tracks by mounting drifts of  Many it was a forced Retreat into the Home if no the boudoir said or. Arnold Abrams a Loyola University pro Fessor of psychology. Under certain stresses people reaffirm and create life Abrams  made Abrams predicted a 25 per Cen increase in births the latter part of this month based in part Ona similarly High rate of births after the blackout in new Yor City and the Northeast two years  suppose one of the thing that occurs to one during period such As the blackout or heavy snowstorm Abram said is that the Normal pre cautions Are thrown to  Hospital administrators said cautiously that they Are prepared for a new influx of babies. Som of them forecast birth increases in later october and Earl november of up to 10 to 15 per cent Over this period last year. Some went As High As 25 to 30per cent. John Mccraken administrator at Belmont Community Hospital was rather cautious. Normally he said we have about 50 de liveries in  he added the last week in october May be a pretty Busy  he  expected 25 to 30 per cent More babies than  spokesman for american Hospital said she expected a increase of 15 per cent at the Hospital based on reports by obstetricians on the staff. Big Flap Over Pink elephants Saigon up when spotter Pilot Donald Leonard told his Bosses head seen herds of Pink elephants Only 30 mile from Saigon he was  to sleep it  couple of weeks ago the army warrant office spied them again but this time he flew through anti aircraft fire m get his proof on  authorities Are now convinced that Cheviet Cong Are using pack elephants farther cout than Ever before. Pink they d been rolling in red mud made by Monsoon Rains