European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 20, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse Inside stripes car mileage Standard May be 5 q army wont Cut family 28 q Nicaragua gets Stern 28 the stars and stripes 93 authorized unofficial publication for the armed forces july 1985 Ana sunday d 8693 a dam collapses in Northern Italy scores killed by Wall of water Italy a a towering Wall of water burst through a disintegrated earthen dam crushing houses and hotels in a wild Rush through a popular Mountain tourist at least 220 people were killed in matter of italian officials the civil defense ministry said by 7 six hours after the disaster High in the Northern 78 bodies had been re covered by civilian and military Rescue workers battling deep mud and but civil defense minister Giuseppe Zamberletti told a Brief news conference later that 220 people were confirmed the state run Rai television network said that almost All of the dead identified so far were tourists and not area there was no official Confirma Rai said Only 20 seconds elapsed be tween the time the darn collapsed and the 150footwide front of water and mud flattened about 20 Homes and four hotels in the Village of nestled at feet in the 193 Miles Northeast of water had apparently seeped into the earthen dam and put cracks into it follow ing heavy thunderstorms in recent the dam was built about 20 years ago to filter Wastewater from a local mine for flu a Mineral used in Rai said the wave of Trees and debris reached As High As 120 Aerial film broadcast by Rai showed Complete desolation a mile Stream of Gray chunks of houses and debris into a Valley where previously had stood Mountain hotels and pensions in the Green of the roads in the area to allow Access by Rescue squads and heavy Earth moving Hail from the chief a photo president Reagan assures Well wishers everything is of from the window of his Hospital room at the naval medical Center in thursday As first lady Nancy Reagan Waves to a Small group Reagan is recovering from surgery performed saturday to remove a cancerous Story on Page Pentagon rites Honor mias by Dwight trimmer s s Washington correspondent Washington As army helicopters disappeared in a missing Man formation Over the pen onlookers were reminded Friday of Ameri cans still unaccounted for in Southeast related pages Deputy Secretary of defense William Taft told a solemn crowd of that America has not and America will never forget the former pos who have returned and those who Are still Taft pledged the fullest possible Taft hosted a ceremony at the Pentagon honouring the former their families and the president Reagan and Congress had designated Friday As National pow Mia recognition nothing is More important to the soul of our nation than that we never forget the those who served and May be serving still that we might enjoy the blessings of peace with Taft John Vessey chairman of the joint chiefs of told the crowd the message of this ceremony today is for the families of pos and and the see mias on Page 28 Dod says medical personnel need licenses by Clint Swift Washington Bureau chief Washington nurses and clinical psychologists entering the military must have a medical effective under a department of defense regulation issued the estimated military medical personnel without licenses will have three years to get the regulation the surgeons general of the service were told last Spring that the department was preparing the after a Dod Survey showed that one in five military health professionals did not have a William assistant Secretary of defense for health announced that his office was the require ment at a time when malpractice claims and internal audits were highly critical of the Quality of military medical in an american medical association screening of the files of Active and Reserve medical officers found 29 peo ple in the army and air Force whose licenses had been revoked or Mayer has testified he believes military medical care is Superior to the National Community licensing should help Dod health officials learn More about the backgrounds of people they hire because medical boards keep records of critical reports or disciplinary actions involving those they the regulation requires the service secretaries to establish a system for reporting licensing the regulation applies to Active Reserve and civilian medical including those working under contract and those who received their training at foreign an exception is made for personnel entering an approved graduate health Educa Tion but they must get a License within a year after the regulation does not cover otome physical therapists or but Mayer has said he also wants to require licenses of doctors usually Are licensed by the states or territories where they Many military doctors Don the uniform straight out of the serv ices have not required licensing in part because their physicians move so often and practice far from where they studied and health officials the officials also feared that the requirement would Force Many senior practitioners to take administrative jobs or face the Prospect of going Back to school so they could pass a state licensing Mayer wrote Congress that a License requirement would assure that doctors at least met minimum standards when they joined the give commanders a Way to remove unqualified medical personnel and match what is required of Doc tors in civilian personnel who enter the armed forces directly after training will have to work under the direct supervision of a licensed professional in the same and they will have to obtain a License within a the regulation military doctors who cant leave their stations to fulfil the License require ment May be granted an Extension by the services surgeon general for the duration of that tour plus one foreigners and americans who Are graduates of foreign medical schools have to hold a valid current License from their country of residence and a certificate from the education Council for foreign medi Cal there Are about nurses and dentists on Active according to Pentagon the Dod Survey found that nearly every nurse had a
