European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 04, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday june 4, 1977 the stars and stripes Page 5 medical care treatment at military facilities termed More attractive than champs plan by John Hart Washington Bureau chief Washington ski direct health care from a military medical facility is much More attractive than that offered under the civilian health and medical pro Gram of the uniformed services Cham pus according to air Force surgeon general u. Gen. George e. Schafor. If medical resources Are available the military departments can provide health care More efficiently and economically than champs Schafor said in an inter View wednesday. The Cost sharing champs an insurance program of sorts is part of uni formed services health benefits program us Ful Schafer said adding that it champs serves As an alternative when direct health care is not  because of shortages of military medi Cal resources More beneficiaries of the a shop namely dependents and retirees Are being forced to use champs according to Schafor. Our primary Mission is to maintain the health of the Active duty Force during peacetime and supportive combat effectiveness during wartime he said. He said that an added Mission Challenge is caring for the dependents of Active duty Mem Bers the retirees and their dependents and the dependents of deceased Active duty members or retired members. As Schafer sees it these beneficiaries have entitlement to the direct health care but Are being forced to use Cham pus because of a shortage of resources in direct health care. Schafer contends that actions taken by bomb have provided less Money for personnel and facilities for the direct health care  he said More efforts should be made towards insuring that the direct care sources can provide the Quality of health Jerry Elam Peers out from a 1941 plym Outh Coupe at his rent a Jalopy shop in grand of Jalopy fort Worth Tex. Seeking to capitalize on the current nostalgia wave Elam has 28 Jalo pies that he rents from $5.95 to $25 a Day. A photo of Ger cuts Coffee Price once More Cincinnati l i the Folger Coffee co., second largest roaster in the . Lowered the wholesale Price on ground Coffee by 20 cents to $3.98 a Pound thursday. Folger a division of Procter and Gamble said the pricing action was effective immediately the Folger move marked the second time within a month that the roaster has reduced ground Coffee prices. On May 12. Folger rolled Back wholesale prices by 25 cents a Pound. The decrease in effect nullified its last Price increase of 25 cents which went into effect March 30 but the latest Folger reduction of 20 cents should result a some savings for the shopper at the retail level. Kolger attribute the drop in its is Price to declines in imported Green Coffee prices during the past several weeks " in while Plains. N y. A spokesman for general foods corp. The no. 1 roaster. Denied rumours that the company also plans to Cut Coffee prices organized crime warned off gambling casinos okd in Atlantic City care services to the maximum number of  the increased usage of champs is draining dollars that could be available for the direct health care system according to Schafer. Champs costs the government about half a billion dollars annually for service provided for about one million participating beneficiaries. Efforts should be made to minimize champs usage and the associated costs Schafer said. History shows that champs was never intended to represent a program so pirate and equal to that of the direct health care system he said. Health care under champs on the average costs twice As much according to Schafer. For example he said in by 1976, the average in patient per Day costs for a retired member at an air Force facility was $122.47, compared to the champs Cost of $215.38. Costs compared in the same year the total costs for a champs out patient visit on the average was $38.62, compared to an air Force costof$16 53. The Cost of champs can be trimmed by the military departments if they reduce the demand for services under the pro Gram according to Schafer but this will require a growth in the direct care  he said there needs to be committed support of those in positions to effectively influence the growth of the direct care system. This alone will shift the beneficiaries out of the champs sector and Back into the direct care system Schafer pointed out. He added that in the direct care system we can More efficiently meet the needs for a larger segment of the Benefi Ciary  Cost cutting studies during the past 18 months there have been about go studies by various govern ment agencies aimed at reducing military health care costs Schafer said. He feels that these types of actions have prompted increased interest and talk about a Mili tary Union. In this kind of business Cut Ting costs usually Means cutting benefits he said. Last month in testimony before a con Gressional panel Schafer stated i think that the time has come for All government agencies to decide what our military Force must be and what Basic benefits must be offered to the personnel and their families who make sacrifices necessary to having such a Force and then they should Stop tampering with those  Atlantic City . A gov. Brendan t. Byrne signed a Bill thursday that legalizes Casino gambling Here but he warned organized crime to keep your filthy hands out of Atlantic City keep the hell out of our  several thousand onlookers jammed the famous Boardwalk in front of convention Hall to watch Byrne sign the measure As bands played Happy Days Are Here again and on the Boardwalk in  the governor told cheering spectators that the Law. Authorized by a slate referendum last november will be successful if we can run the casinos honorable decently and cleanly organized crime is not Wel come in Atlantic  state officials Baid the first Casino is expected to open Early next ear City workers were Given a half Day off to attend the ceremony which included a Dixieland bar a High school bands tap and Hula dancers and a manned balloon from great adventure amusement Park. This is the beginning of a new future for Atlantic City said mayor Joseph Laz arow. But with this great City comes a great  Byrne said the Law can restore Atlantic City s vision As the Queen of resorts " but added that the City must remain a City of All its citizens with decent housing no just new hotel rooms. He apparently was referring to claims by puerto rican groups that slum land lords were evicting them to Cash in on inflated Casino real estate prices. About 150 hispanics marched in protest for about 90 minutes thursday at Absecon Lighthouse two Miles from convention Hall. Many of them wore Black armbands a they Laid a Wreath at the foot of the Light House in the rundown Inlet Section of the City. It s not a joyous occasion for  said Javier Mercado of the latin organization of Atlantic City. It s a Day of  the protesters did not go near the offi Cial festivities but an air plane pulling a Banner which read save the Inlet flew Over convention Hall. Of time june 4, 1947 in Washington Secre tary of state George c. Marshall told con Gress that unless the . Sent military training missions to foreign nations want ing them some other country  before the House armed serv ices committee he said the president should Send peacetime military missions to any Forlen country requesting them. June 4,1957 fifteen German soldiers were killed and is others barely escape drowning when they were swept off their feet while crossing the Danube during a training exercise. The noncommissioned officer who ordered the soldiers to Cross the River was arrested officials said. June 4. 19 7 the . Declared that no . Aircraft bombed or strafed the soviet ship which Moko alleged was at tacked two Days earlier North of Iga Phong. A Pentagon statement said there is absolutely no evidence to confirm the soviet allegations