European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 24, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes tuesday september 24, 1985 military shifts foreign born spouses visa exams contract doctors will Check applicants Tor entry to . By Clint Swift Washington Bureau Washington foreign born husbands and wives of american  no longer May go to Mili Inry medical facilities for the physical exams they need for visas to enter the United states defense and state department officials have confirmed. The defense department has backed out of the Pic Ture at the request of the state department said army col. James Sanders of the Dod office of health affairs. The state department was having problems process in visa applications because of medical exams done at military facilities Sanders said. It was t that military doctors weren t any Good. It s that the visa physical is not As much a medical exam As an eligibility determine the Public health service and the centers for Dis ease control have set stringent requirements for How these exams Are to be done he said. Military doctors do All kinds of exams for every Agency you can imagine and they were having a hard time keeping up with the  a state department spokesman said that Public health service regulations on a rays for example arc explicit about what must be included on the negative and How certain results must be interpreted. The state department was finding that it had to Send some of the visa applicants Back to doctors trained to do the exams the Way they wanted them done Sand ers said. So state asked us to Stop doing the c7,ams to help streamline their administrative procedures but also to eliminate that inconvenience to visa  Sanders said Scricc members and their spouses will be told where to take the exam when they apply for the Visi at the nearest . Embassy or consulate. The main inconvenience of the new policy which took effect sept. 1, will be the Cost Sanders said. At military medical facilities spouses could expect to get the exam free. Now they probably will have to travel to the office of the state department contract doctor and pay about $25. Spokesmen for us defense department and the ser ices said their personnel records do not contain adequate statistics to say How Many service members have foreign born spouses. Reagan nominee for budget Job of d Ketchup As veg fab a Rule Washington up president Reagan s nominee for budget director approved a 1981 administration Cost cutting plan to count Ketchup As a vegetable in school lunches documents obtained by United press International show. James Miller currently the chief of the Federal Trade commission headed the regulation department at the office of management and budget in 1981. The proposed rules which were with drawn amid Strong opposition would have allowed the nutritional value of condiments such As Pickle relish and Ketchup to be counted in fulfilling requirements of a government subsidized school lunch. The food and nutrition service of the agriculture department wrote the proposed Rule. But the up has Learned that Miller in his Job As the bomb s administrator Forn formation and regulatory affairs gave his personal approval to the proposed changes in school lunch regulations. On the basis of that we went ahead said William Hoagland who was the administrator of the food and nutrition serv ice at the time. Miller who faces confirmation hearings before the Senate governmental affairs committee on tuesday refused to com ment on this or any other Issue. He s not doing any interviews until after the confirmation hearings said it spokeswoman Judy Pond. Asked about the school lunch regulations. Pond said he won t talk about  however a Miller aide confirmed Sun Day that Miller received notice of the pro posed school lunch regulations. The aide said Miller s acknowledgement of receipt of the notice was mistakenly interpreted by the agriculture department As permission to go ahead. They mistook that for a sign off said the aide who requested anonymity. Jim did not intend to be signing off on it the aide said the regulatory approval process was just getting started at the bomb when the school lunch proposals came out. Though Miller referred the matter to a lower level officer this one was never re viewed by the executive  Nancy Ameduci the former head of the food research and action Center which helped make kerch up As a vegetable a rallying cry of those who thought the Bud get cuts Reagan proposed in 1981 were to drastic was somewhat sympathetic to Miller in a recent interview. While saying that the proposed Regula Tion made the government look like Laurel and Hardy Ameduci noted that someone Reading through it quickly would not have known. It was hard to understand the Impact that it would  asked about the school lunch nutrition regulation bomb spokesman de Dale said any new regulation proposals were Al cleared by bomb before they could be published in the Federal Register As the first step in implementation. But Dale said the recollection is that the specific Rule did not come to Miller individual att Teotimo. Carnegie commission honors 13 heroes Pittsburgh a thirteen people who risked their lives rescuing or trying to save others were honoured monday by the Carnegie hero fund commission. Two of the heroes died performing their deeds. The honors bring to 6,933 the Numeroff in an and americans who have been noted by the commission since it was founded by industrialist Andrew Carnegie in 1904. The winners or their heirs each receive$200 and a medal. They Are Scott Allen Berner 26, a meat Packer from Waukesha wis., who saved four peo ple from a burning truck in Milwaukee on june 21, 1984. Berner received minor injuries. The Etc Warren Crane Crunden 53, a banker from Cedar Hunt n.y., who die trying to save a fellow Sailor who fell Over baud in the Atlantic Ocean off Brant Beach nj., on april 16, 1984. The other Man was not found. Terrence Allan Dixon 33, a helicopter Pilot of mount Lehman British Columbia who helped save three people from exposure after their Light air plane crashed and the were trapped near a 6,450-foot Peak on april 2,1983. The late Geraldine t. Mcbride 67, a school crossing guard from Hartford conn., who saved two schoolboys from being hit by a truck on july 3. 1984. One boy received minor injuries. Mcbride was killed. Kenneth r. Nicolle 36, and buddy j. Osborne 47, both fishermen of Murray Harbor Prince Edward Island who saved four people from drowning in a swamped fishing boat in the Atlantic Ocean on july22,1983. Mark Warren Price 27, a contractor from Crown Point n.y., who saved a woman from her burning Mobile Home on july 8,1984. Glenn f. Rodgert 47, a machine oper Ator from Jacksonville fla., who saved Aman from his burning Bouse on Jan. 3. Sidney r. Snarr 57, a truck Driver from Cobalt Ontario and William p. Tonev 40, a Lodge owner from Winona Ontario who rescued a Man from his Over turned and burning Van on june 8, 1984. Andres Torres 19, unemployed from new York who saved a 4-year-old boy from drowning in the East River on dec. 21,1984. Maynard . Webber 27, a Mechanic from Kirkland Lake Ontario who saved three people from an overturned and Burn ing car on nov. 1,1983. Anthony b. Wiles 22, a municipal worker of Bear River East Nova Scotia who saved a Man from drowning when his car plunged into Digby Harbor on nov. 30, nato pipeline in Germany hit by bomb Weilburg Germany a suspected leftist terrorists bombed a nato pipeline Early monday causing a urge lost of Icsel fuel but no injuries police said. Manfred Langendorf a spokesman forthe Hessen state Interior ministry said the attack occurred Early in the non Una near this City 24 Miles Northwest of Frankfurt. Langendorf said that Between the time the attack was discovered at 6 an. And the leak was stopped several hours later an estimated 2,600 Gallons of fuel had leaked out. Chief Federal prosecutor Kurt Rem Ait has taken Over the investigation said spokesman Hans Juergen for Star. He said that leftist terrorists Are suspected. The pipeline running from the Centra German City of Lieuen to the Rhine River City of Koblenz supplies Allied troops. Langendorf said that experts were still trying to determine what kind of bomb was used in the attack. There were no immedi ate claims of responsibility. German officials have warned that nato and us. Military facilities Are at the top of the list for attacks by the leftist red army faction. The group is suspected in six attacks against the us. Military in Germany since Early last Mouth. News update unwanted guests St. Paul Minn. A state and county officials have been stymied by Legal challenges As they attempt to discourage the Down and out from other states from moving to Minnesota. Judges have forbidden Hennepin county from giving one Way bus tickets Home to families which recently arrived from other states Al though that policy remains in effect for single applicants. Courts have also postponed the state s plan to Ter Minate benefits for thousands of employable welfare recipients. Stale officials say they expect to have a new program complying with the court orders fully implemented by oct. 1. County officials Are seek ing a new Way to discourage Noa Man costans who need emergency Aid from travelling to the state. Draft protester freed Lompoc Calif. A draft responding to a moral necessity by refusing to Register with the selective service. Sasway 24, said he has no regret but is Happy to be free. He was re leased from the Federal prison Camp Here. Fie was found guilty in August 1982 of failing to Register with the selective service. I have responded to what i consider a great moral necessity he Aid after 1 and a  Era. Hit lawyer said Sasway Weald re sume a College studies. Reinstatement denied san Diego a the Pacific Leet s two most senior admirals have recommended that an officer find a the Wake of an overpricing scandal be reinstated but the Navy s top Fearm refused according to a Navy report. Navy department officials in Washington d.c., made the report available to some members of con Gress a Day after adm. Sylvester Foley jr., commander in chief of the Pacific meet stepped Down in Cere monies at Pearl Harbor. He is scheduled to retire oct. 1. Foley and vice adm. Crawford East rung the head of the Pacific fleets air Arm until his retirement last month had recommended that Cap. Gary Hakanson be reinstated As commander of the Miramar Nav alas the report said. Despite the recommendations. Navy Secretary John Lehman decided against reinstating Hakanson and that decision was endorsed by adm. James Watkins the chief of naval operations