European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 12, 1980, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes thursday june 12, 1980 stateside government study criticizes cancer insurance Washington api cancer insurance frequently is sold a people who do not Reilie that the policies Don t cover Many medical costs caused by the disease a government study said. The study done for the National credit Union administration Board joins others in criticizing cancer policies and the Way they Are sold. The Board May use it As justification for a crackdown on Federal credit unions that encourage their Mem Bers to buy the policies. We estimate on the basis of 45 Case histories that cancer insurance will pay at most 29 percent of the Cost of a cancer for the firs three years of the disease the report said. Discussing the complicated clauses that limit what cancer policies cover the report said except for Bose who Are experts on cancer literacy b probably not enough to understand these  Al Cio study criticizes worker pension plans Washington Dpi major employee pension plans often arc used to finance foreign plants and anti Union Compa Nies an Al Cio study concluded. The study also said that when pension funds arc invested the financial return lags behind even Normal Bank interest rates. Howard Samuel president of the federation s Industrial Union department and a former Deputy undersecretary of labor said the 106-Page report indicated disturbing evidence of a vast concentration of decision making in a very few hands and Lack of consideration for workers. These company controlled funds May not Only have poor earning records thereby minimizing the benefits available to the employees but the assets of the funds studied arc surprisingly enough being used to take away jobs Samuel said. The report was based on a study of 10 Large Industrial companies and 192 Benefit plans for workers covered by collective bar gaining or government related plans. People living alone May lose Federal fuel Aid Washington a a congressional attempt to make More Low income families eligible for Federal help in paying next Winter s fuel Bills inadvertently May sever Aid for up to 350,000 persons living alone. The Federal managers of the program said the new eligibility formula will make 20.7 million households eligible for Aid up Horn about 15 million last Winter. But the social Security administration acknowledged thai thousands of elderly persons and others living alone who received the Aid last Winter May be ineligible this time Anthony Maggiore Milwaukee wis., social services administrator and adviser to the Energy department said the switch in formulas May Cut out Aid to 350,000 persons primarily senior  his Agency used a computer to estimate the number from census Bureau income figures. For most families the new Standard is higher but it pushes More persons living alone just above the ceiling. Michigan ends Cash bonuses for Vietnam vets Lansing Mich. A Michigan s Cash Bonus program for Vietnam Era Veter ans enacted during the 1975 recession is ending during another economic slump. The program which has steadily been handing out Money to former servicemen will end for Good june 30 by mandate of the legislature. We re still getting about 60 applications a Day said maj. Michael Rice who has directed the program from its Start. Applications have increased sharply in the past few weeks As veterans organizations and state offices publicized the impending death of the program. Applications had dropped to 20 a Day at one Point. The Only requirement for a Veteran to get a Bonus $600 for a combat Veteran and up to $450 for a non combat Veteran is to be a Michigan resident who served at least 190 Days of Active duty Between Jan. 1.1961, and sept. 1,1973. Baptist urges Back to fundamentals conservatism St. Louis a the new president of the Southern Baptist convention says his election is attributable to a Back to fundamentals conservatism rising in the nation s largest protestant body. Our people know that any denomination that has gone Liberal has gone Down the Rev. Bailey e. Smith of Del City okla., said tuesday. Our people Are saying that if we hate turned a Little to the left then let s turn Back right and get this matter stilled so we can be the great evangelistic Bible believing Force we can be in ibis  Smith 41, a commanding preacher who insists the Bible must be viewed As totally we about error won the top office of the 13.4 million member denomination tues Day Over five other candidates with a sur prise first ballot majority. Would be thief is overcome As he enters Church St. Louis up a would be robber might have thought two priests at St. Nich Olas Catholic Church might have been an easy Mark. But after a biting and caning he red so fast he left his Rifle behind. I bit him several times said the Rev. Donald murrin. 47, pastor of the Church. Murrin. Who suffered a broken tooth in the skirmish said the gunman entered the rectory saturday and forced him and the Rev. Thomas Libold 67, to lie on the floor. After forcing murrin to open a Safe the Man ripped the phone off the Wall and be Gan stuffing a Small amount of Money into a bag. When he turned his Rifle sideways murrin jumped him. I did t know what he was going to do after he took the Money so 1 grabbed the gun and jerked it out of his hand and we just started wrestling murrin said. Grading violations found in nine . Colleges l pc aka Sriro i to  Angeles up numerous enrolment and grading violations have been uncovered during an internal investigation Al nine los Angeles Community colleges. Al least two faculty members will be fired As a result of the probe. Chancellor Leslie Kollal who revealed Ibe investigation said thai at least 75 students am instructors were found to have been involved in the violations Durine the 1979 fall semester. Heading Back to court pfc. Robert Carwood walking with his Girlfriend. Donna Long arrives for re sumption of his court martial hearings at Camp Lejeune . Garwood s new attorneys arc expected to file at least 32 new motions before his actual court martial gels under Way. Carwood Marine b charged with collaboration with the enemy and desertion Durine his 13 /4 years in Vietnam. Up photo Ford recall would be costly 16 million gearboxes defective . Says new York a the Federal department of transportation has notified the Ford motor co. That an initial determination has shown a transmission slippage defect in 16 million automobiles the new York times reported wednesday. Such a finding usually results in a recall of cars which were it ordered would be the largest in the Industry s history. The defect is said to be in car transmissions causing them to slip from Park to reverse without warning the times said. In a letter sent to Ford officials on tues Day the Federal government said the defect appeared during an investigation of 1969 to 1979 Model cars. The next step according to the times is a Public hearing usually held within 30 Days to determine if a recall order should be issued. A recall would Cost the nation s no. 2 aul Omaker several Hundred million dollars. Ford denies defect Ford officials declined to comment tuesday night but have said in the past that the vehicles Are Safe and any slippages have resulted from human error according or i a tran5f�r Alion department officials declined to discuss the matter fur ther. The formal letter apparently was not supposed to be mailed to Ford until Nix monday to give officials time to review the government s findings. But through a mix up a source told the times the letter assent tuesday. The National Highway traffic safety administration an Agency within the department of transportation has been investigating complaints about the Ford transmission system by car owners for the past three years. The largest car recall in which about 8 million owners were notified of defects was against general motors the nation s no. I Auto manufacturer. That involved cracked engine blocks the times said. $100 million Pinto recall the newspaper noted that the allegations about transmission slippage have stirred As much controversy As those involving the Pinto the sub compact car whose fuel tank was said to be susceptible to puncture and fire when the car was struck from the rear. Ford voluntarily recalled More than a million pintos for modifications to the fuel tank system after the government made an initial determination in 1978 that a defect existed. The recall made within Days of a for Mal government order Cost Ford approximately $100 million said the times Russ to help Brazil Hunt Oil Brasilia. Brazil a the govern mint has accepted a soviet offer to provide technical help m the search for Oil in Bra ill s largely unexplored wilderness the for eign ministry said