European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 14, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse June 1985 the stars and stripes Page 5 Senate panel oks a medical package measures of Home limit hospitals to 700 Beds Washington a a series of measures aimed at reducing the billion Cost of veterans medical including Home health care instead of hospitalization for certain was approved unanimously wednesday by the Senate veterans affairs the panel also voted to limit new veterans administration hospitals to 700 Beds As a Quality control Mea to require the a to keep detailed statistics on Hospi Tal deaths resulting from heart surgery and heart and kidney Frank the committee chair said the Bill will mean More and extended health care and better service for this Bill will bring needed said spark the a operates 277 hospitals and nursing Homes for 28 million american in there Are 226 a outpatient facilities and 187 centers for Vietnam vet Erans with readjustment in million veterans took advantage of a health this years Federal budget includes billion for a medical plus million for construction or renova Tion of president Reagan has requested More than million in additional a medical construction funds and million More for veterans health care in fiscal year which starts in a cos cutting the Senate panel proposed a Pilot project in 10 communities that would permit the a to contract out Home health care services As a substitute for Hospital care for certain for a Veteran who suffers a stroke might be provided a Helper to clean and care for instead of entering a a medical the a might pay for some mentally ill veterans to live in Halfway houses instead of mental Home care was estimated to be about 40 percent less expensive than Hospital although estimates of the total Cost of the Senate panels proposal were the aim of the 700bed restriction is to keep hospitals at a manageable size and allow More hospitals to be Jeremiah Denton warned his col leagues against approving construction funds for unnecessary if we Are wasting Money by always buying new facilities then we Are doing a disservice to All said he is a 34year Navy Veteran and a former Viet Nam prisoner of the Bill also would require the a to collect mortality statistics on car Diac surgery and heart and kidney and to furnish and Analyse statistics for All surgical set up a project in five geographic regions for chiropractic require the a to provide psychiatric counselling for former Arthur Walker denied bail in spy ring Case a a magistrate refused Bond for Arthur James Walker on wednesday after an Fri agent testified that Walker took a Job with a defense contractor at his Brothers urging to obtain classified documents for the soviet magistrate Gilbert Swink said he found overwhelming evidence to refer the charge against Walker to a grand jury to decide whether the Case will be pros walkers attorney said he would plead innocent at an arraignment Arthur a retired Navy lieu tenant is one of four men charged in the espionage he also is the older brother of the Man accused of being the John Walker a retired Navy warrant officer and communications John walkers Navy Seaman Michael and a califor Nia Jerry a retired Navy chief Petty also have been taken into Arthur Walker told Fri agents that in january 1980 his brother John told him that he had friends who wanted classified information and suggested that Arthur get a Job where he could obtain classified Doc according to testimony from Beverly a special agent in the Bis Norfolk he referred to them the friends As she the following month Arthur Walker got a Job with use by responding to a newspaper she he had a secret Security clearance that gave him Access to classified she Arthur Walker told agents that he received in return for giving his brother classified documents from use which provides planning and technical services to government and John Walker told him that he delivered it the material to the she on april Arthur Walker gave his brother a or casualty which documented repair work on ships and equipment from 1976 to Andress credit cards seized in arrest of counterfeiters Sands of tire new York a Federal agents say they dealt a tremendous blow to the counterfeit credit card Trade by seizing More than bogus cards in raids on two major production and distribution its one of the biggest credit card fraud arrests that been made in the United said Jonathan an assist ant Deputy state attorney in terms of potential losses its right up there on the cards plus enough materials to make represented a potential loss to Banks of million if All cards had been distributed and authorities agents displayed stacks of phony visa and Mastercard and officials of visa International and Mastercard International charged that the two operating inde were responsible for a major share of their losses to fifteen people were and a 16th person was being the two groups probably rep resented a major portion of All of our counterfeiting losses throughout the said Justin regional chief of Security for Richard Mastercard director of fraud weve been looking for the source of these cards for a considerable length of the secret service and the organized crime control task Force spent a year on the using undercover agents and elec tronic and Aerial said James head of the secret service in Lew in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today june 1945 in wounded soldiers at Walter Reed Hospital took a poll and awarded i oscars to their favorite Hollywood stars Bing Rita Hay Worth and Jennifer 30 years ago today june 1955 Ralph Lapp warned that radioactive fallout from a Hydrogen bomb could last months and sharply criticized the atomic Energy commission for refer ring Only to the first 36 hours of 20 years ago foday june 1965 reliable sources in Bangkok said that communist agents had established a foothold in Northeast and Southern giving support to reports that the nation was next on chivas 70 years ago today june 1975 prime minister Indira Gandhi took to the streets of new Delhi to win support for her decision to remain in office while appealing her conviction for violating India corrupt practices
