European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 9, 1981, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Delays cited of hospitals Price tag rising by Jim Arwine Bureau chief Raf upper eng land construction delays on the first new military Hospital built for Safe in More than 16 years Are costing the air Force the loss of much needed medical services and adding millions of dollars to the original million Price third air Force director of information Alan Schreihofer said air Force engineers cant estimate How much the Hospital will Cost until the final Bill is at Ramstein a spokesman said Safe regional Engi neers set the estimated Cost of the Hospital at approximately subject to foreign currency Exchange rate flu Tua and at the Hospital an officer connected with the project set the Price tag at Over some specialized medical personnel As signed to the base to staff the new medical Complex have been put in a holding Pat some service members say they have been assigned administrative or training projects until their Hospital work construction on the multimillion Dollar medical Complex Here was started in de Cember it was originally scheduled to be completed by May the Hope Ful not firm completion Date is now february the air Force patients Are currently treated at a nine bed Hospital at the the facility has limited surgical Many patients have to seek medical treatment at British hospitals or travel 103 Miles to the air Force Hospital at Raf the two Story when com will serve a growing american Mil itary presence in the Western United King Dom estimated by one air Force official at approximately service members and the Hospital will offer new or improved services which include two surgical operating two labor and delivery a neurosurgical optometry depart ment with Contact Lens inhouse continued on Page 1 authorized unofficial publication for the armed forces 264 1sc Ond Sandav january 1981 if 21855 a latest proposal for hostages rushed to Iran workmen uns addle the equestrian statue of Marcus Aurelius for the figure of the second Century roman emperor philosopher is suffering from Bronze a slow process of corrosion caused by pro cleaning up his act longed exposure to polluted the statue is considered a rare example of antique Imperial statues and still bears traces of original legend has it that when the gilding Rome will cease to a Algeria up american negotiators gave Algeria one More urgent message for Iran thursday in a dramatic bid by the Carter government to buy free Dom for the american hostages from Teh ran before the administrations term ends Deputy Secretary of state Warren Christopher delivered the latest negotiating terms to algerian foreign minister Mohammed be Yahia during a three hour close door meeting at the foreign ministry the algerian minister promptly for warded the stance to Iran and then flew to Tunis for a today meeting he had delayed by a few hours so he could receive the american officials said Christopher was to Fly Back to Washington Friday morning after reporting thursday night on the result of his talks in armed Only with position papers and carrying no other Christopher sped to the foreign ministry meeting from Houari Boum Dienne Airfield behind a police is Over congested he cancelled a Brief rest period at the embassy residence As has been his habit during his previous negotiating trips to this Seaside diplomatic sources said at stake remained big Money the amount of funds the United states was prepared to put on a blocked algerian Central Bank account As guarantee against an ultimate settlement of Mutual financial the Alge rians who have been acting As intermediaries in the drawn out conflict wanted to discuss remaining ground rules that would be put into allowing Iran to recover at least some funds impounded by Washington while setting free the 52 american after rejecting As totally unreasonable Iran original request for billion As the Ransom to be paid for the the figure was reported to have been gradually narrowed Down to anywhere from billion to in the algerian managed be according to reports circulating Christopher flew Here after a flurry of extensive top level consultations in Wash so hastily decided was his trip that be Yahia has not even had time to summon Home his three negotiators from Tehran ambassador to Washington Redha ambassador to Iran Abdelkader go Eraie and Bank of Algeria governor Mohammed Zehir the algerians Are making double sure there would be no no Dif Ferent interpretation of some of the clauses of an Accord at a later a diplomatic source they apparently want to fore stall any later accusations they have mis handled the the source the while trying not to get involved were reported ready to make their own suggestions if they were sure they might help overcome persistent continued on Page 2 something special Tor football fans if youre planning to watch sundays National football league playoff games on you May want to clip and save the numerical rosters on Page 24 of today stars and the Dallas Cowboy Philadelphia eagles game at 7 and the san Diego charge ers Oakland raiders contest at approximately will be telecast live to All viewers in West including Bremerhaven and new slots scheduled to whirl at test Sites in May by Gary Harris staff writer England the first Slot machines will be installed at european test Sites in late but other bases will not see the machines until a year according to Charles chief of the air Force open mess Walter addressed More than 12s Safe club managers attending the open mess regional management workshop Slot absent from army and air Force clubs in Europe for nearly a Are returning on a test the air Force and the army Are pro curing the machines and conducting the test the air Force will have machines installed initially at Ramstein and Sembach air bases in Germany and at a and Clark air Phil in the the army will be installing machines at Frankfurt and Kai the contract for the test machines was let Walter normally a contractor of this Type has six we Are within that time if the machines Are completed  be in stalled  be put into play but the test will not begin until the last machine is in he the test period will run for six according to the results should be evaluated and a recommendation forwarded to army and air Force within 30 to 60 it will then take another six months to a year from the time the services give the go ahead before machines will Start appearing in other overseas Walter told club managers the new slots continued on Page 4