European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 1, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse July 1977 the stars and stripes Page 5 champs opposed Dod presents its posit Ion on health Cire by i is by Joii Nizart Washington Bureau chef Washington secs the defense department re Pozlep wednesday its Posi Tion on a number of health car related Bills before the House military personnel a 4sminute open the pane heard the testimony of Robert assistant Secretary of defense for health about the various the Pentagon opposes a Bill that would provide medical and dental care and commissary and in privileges for 60 Days beyond the separation Date of former serv ice members and t Sci r we Are opposed to plus Bill duo to the fact thai it would give separates higher priority for care than retired Smith negative Impact it is Felt this would have a considerable neat life Impact tin All Volunteer forces he Smith reported unfavourably on a Bill hat would remove the 40mile restriction on the use of champs for nonemergency inpatient we arc opposed to this Bill As this pro vision insures maximum ulily Skillon of existing uniform services Smith this led Marjorie Holt to submit questions to Smith to answer at a later Dale about the pentagons position on the Factor the Mailer is that Many Mil itary hospitals Are drastically curtailing heir services to military dependents and Holt she wants Smith to report for the panels record whether or not the military medical facilities Are overtaxed and Holt in View of the inadequate capabilities of military dont you think he 40mile restriction is now out of Date and out of touch Holt also that Plain civilian doctors and health professionals engaged in private practice be brought into some affiliation arrangement with military hos she asked Smith o provide general com ments on her Smith reported favourably on a Bill that under make institution Al care for handicapped and mentally retarded available in profit making As Well As nonprofit making inst another aspect of this Bill would also insure maternity care under champs or certain widows at the same Cost Shar ing Rale As for Active duty this part of the Bill applies to pregnant wives if near husbands arc killed while in we support the enactment of this Bill As we feel it corrects present inequities of the existing said Smith reported unfavourably on a Bill that would make the chiefs of the in Amidi Ca sciences corps for the air Force a Brig Adier he said exiting review boards Are Teller Able to establish that re Smith had no report on three other Bills before Hie panel since department of defense coordination is not yet one of those three Bills would allow champs treatment Tor eligible retirees with a service connected at the present such treatment must be received in rough the veterans a second Bill would remove cos sharing under champs for dependents of Active duly among other this reduce cos sharing for retired their dependents and the dependents of those service members who die on Active duly to 20 per cent for outpatient care and no Cost for inpatient the third Bill would provide for a More Independent army dental corps and a Sim Ilar dental service in the air 4 drinks Are on me Jerry Heurung of arrives for Michigan chapter Conven Tion in Detroit of the Beer can of old Bryant its Freedom week in Texas town chairman of the subcommittee Ridyard said this Bill would perhaps require separate White told Smith that be would be called again for More testimony about the Vari Ous aspects of military health care Pri Marily the doctor no Date was Given As to when the Toa Tonga would Bort proof fuel to India Washington up the has agreed to sell More than two tons at uranium to India under which would prevent the material being used for nuclear rejecting arguments from Environ Mari the nuclear regulatory commis Sion approved Export of pounds of slightly enriched uranium to be used in re fueling the Tara Pur atomic Power station near the Nhuc said while India has not signed the nuclear nonproliferation the new Indian government has agreed in recent negotiations to return spent fuel containing plutonium extracted from spent reactor fuel can be used to make nuclear India is building such an extraction Plant near the silo of the Tara Pur Obj icons to the Export License were filed March by the natural re sources defense the Sierra club and the Union of concerned their objections were prompted partly by India secret diversion of atomic Power fuel from the and Canada to build the nuclear device it exploded in May in its 36page the arc said it lbs informed by the department of state in its failure to act promptly on this License could impair relations with it also newly elected prime minister Morarji desal of India has recently voiced his apposition to nuclear weapons and has emphasised Indian policy not to use nuclear Energy for military the commission said India already has agreed it will not reprocess spent fuel to extract plutonium unless there is a joint ruling that safeguards at Tara Pur Are Ade quate to prevent using the plutonium in api folks Here decided to get Back to Basic they handed out called in Anita Bryant and launched brow Woods first annual Freedom devoted strictly to motherhood and Apple i started studying these Rock Festi said funeral Home owner Groner i May not agree with what goes on by they arc Well Orga i said we ought to do something like Pitts idea took and before Long a 400mcmbcr committee was formed in a town of persons about Halfway Between san Anselo and Waco in the heart of we figured it was time that a Little town in Texas went Back to the Basic said it May sound by but in going to be this is for brotherhood and Apple Pitts this is the greatest country in he i dont know anyone trying to gel but i know theres a lot of people trying to get to kick things brow Woods Little leagues distributed american lags to residents during the past the festivities will continue through sunday winding up Woltti Bryants work has marked on 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attracted the people of this is not political at Pius its strictly an americanism he said he per cent of brow Woods Homes Are displaying the american including 3bysinch ones flying from in the Center of 1h hags Are flying around the town and Pitts said he expects 200 to so by the end of the the which contains a Dor Mant Fountain due to resume gushing Unis can be seen by anyone driving into he said the fever is spread eight Miles Down the Road in population folks requested 217 More flags the of time july im7 a Large scale rightist plot to overthrow the French fourth re Public and set up a dictatorship on Vichy lines was disclosed by edouard French minister of be july iw7 Frank former Usan Deputy chief of staff for of and world War ii and Korea act took Over command of succeeding William july 1967 a thai International airways Caravelle jetliner carrying u persons including 43 americans plunged into Kowloon Bay while to land in a blinding rainstorm spawned by a
