European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 25, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Inside d space trips and duty not so d Memphis make the final 21 d1985 american league baseball 23 the authorized unofficial publication for the armed forces 340 March 1985 Lse Dolly Ond Ondoy q 3593 a military doctors face License Rule Washington a the Penta Gons top health armed with a sur vey showing roughly 20 percent of All Mili tary physicians dont have valid state medical has drafted a directive that would require All Active duty doctors to secure such a state License has never been mandatory for physicians who move directly from med ical school into military but that would change under the new which would ultimately affect More than military dentists and Clin ical William the assistant Secre tary of defense for health informed the surgeons general of the Navy and air Force of his decision last week Dur ing a close door he agreed to discuss the matter late saying he expects his draft directive to be signed by defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger and take effect by physicians already working for the de sense department will be Given a Grace period of up to three years to gain the accredit depending on their current assignment and whether there posted overseas or aboard the directive will apply immediately to new doctors seeking to enter the Mayer said the Overall Quality of military medical care is Superior to the National Community he also noted that military physicians have never been required by Law or Regula Tion to secure a License if a person comes directly from his education into the and in Case of does his first or first and second postgraduate years of training in the Mayer said the Large num Ber of physicians found to be working with out valid state licenses surprised military people As Well As while offering several medical reasons for changing the he said the decision was prompted in part by Public the directive comes As the Pentagon confronts several wepubici7cd Mal practice claims and critical internal Audi several audits released Over the past four months have criticized Mili tary hospitals for failing to adequately investigate the backgrounds of newly see doctors on Page 28 iraqis attack 2 Oil terminal Iraq a ignoring an iranian warning about raids on merchant said its warplanes attacked two Oil tankers sunday in the Gulf South of the iranian Oil terminal at Harg Marine Salvage sources in who confirmed that at least one ship had been hit by a said an undetermined number of iraqi warplanes also staged an attack on Harg the sources said iraqi planes attacked the maltese registered Eastern Star near Iran Bushehry they said the distress signal did not mention but that water was seeping into the engine the sources also said they were trying to verify a report that the italian Tanker Volare was hit by an iraqi missile and was on the iraqi military spokesman did not mention any raid on but the Gulf Salvage sources said the attack damaged the Oil facilities the spokesman said on Baghdad radio that iraqi planes attacked two Large naval an iraqi euphemism for about sunday at a Point 115 Miles Southeast of the iraqi three Days Iraq warned the residents of Ahwaz in Southern Iran to evacuate by noon sunday and not to return until economic installations on the City edges Are but five hours after an iraqi deadline had there still had been no attacks near the the iraqi spokesman sunday said attacks on iranian economic installations and other selected targets in metropolitan areas would continue until Tehran accepts an Overall settlement to the 4yearold the reported raids on Harg and on the ships came after Iran issued a statement saying it had ceased air and missile attacks on iraqi towns because Iraq had stopped raids on iranian towns and merchant the issued by the iranian War propaganda office and broadcast by Tehran warned that Irani an attacks would resume if Iraq renewed Iran is ready to strike Back with full with mis Aerial bombardment and artillery if Iraq resumes its attacks and aggression on civilian areas and either in the Border area or elsewhere in or if it interferes with merchant shipping in the persian said the iranian president Ali Khamenei on saturday threat ened that country will level Baghdad Airport if the iraqis attacked jetliners in iranian air Iraq has called on All foreign airlines to Stop flying across iranian air space due to the intensifying air clashes and because it is difficult to distinguish a civilian Airliner from a warplane during combat during the past 10 four powerful blasts rocked with the iranians claiming they lobbed missiles into the iraqi but iraqi authorities said the blasts were caused by bombs placed by leaflets found on the bodies of iranians killed in their recent failed offensive indicate senior clerics in Iran Are criticizing the conduct of the War with the observer newspaper reported a number of texts appear to have been circulated illicitly and were in secret said an article by the London weekly defense Ian they May have had a demoralizing effect on iranian Mather said the texts were found on casualties from the iranian the Haw Izah marshes North of the Shatt which was turned Back by the iraqis amid heavy casualties for Mather reported that one tract was a reprinted series of lectures by Ayatollah ozma a grand Ayatollah who lives in the holy City of attacking the governments declaration of a or holy against the Attinato protesters March on a protesters Anarch from Madrid toward Torrejon Spain up of thousands of hoisting Dum Mies of Uncle Sam and president Rea walked eight Miles from Madrid to a air Force base sunday to de Mand that the base be dismantled and that Spain withdraw from the which came six weeks be fore Reagan is to visit was sponsored by the Attinato committee and received support from pacifists and leftist waving banners Reading bases nato no and Reagan non the marchers converged on a Plaza in the town of about two Miles from the Torrejon a is one of four military bases maintained in Spain by the United states under a treaty first signed in at a rally ending the four hour protesters set fire to several Uncle Sam dummies and formed a Cho rus around a Blu clawed Reagan clapping and chanting Yan Kees bases organizers said people joined the March on the the fifth to be held since but police put the num Ber at a Neucom spokesman told the stars and stripes that about peo ple were of that to took part in the March from town toward the he the socialist government has pledged to hold a referendum on nato membership Early next year but has said it will Call for continued integration in the alliances to but not the fact that More people took part in this years demonstration shows that the socialists Arent going to get their said Carlos the head of the Attinato Public opinion polls show that a majority of spaniards favor the pullout of american bases and an end to nato the Attinato committee has also announced protest demonstrations to coincide with the visit of president Rea who is to arrive in Spain on May 6 on a three Day official