European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 27, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Inside stripes q British airways office in Rome ripped by bomb 12 Hurt Page 2 q supplying Ocean safari meant Long hours lots of cargo Page 3 q Navy reports decline in Price of front line Jet Page 5 authorized unofficial publication for the pm. Armed forces vol. 44, no. 162 Friday september 27, 1985 a a  and so a q 8693 a civilian health care reaffirmed Dod stresses commitment to non military by Clint Swift Washington Bureau Washington making readiness the Penta gon s top medical priority will not mean an end to High Quality health care on base in peacetime the defense department s chief medical officer says. We will not make a departure from our firm commit ment to provide Quality health care to dependents of our Active duty forces and to retired members and their families William Mayer assistant Secretary of defense for health affairs said tuesday. Recent pros stories that this May be among our plans arc not at Al Correct he told the Senate armed services subcommittee on manpower and personnel. Mayer also struck Back Al press reports that he said used selected incidents to imply that most military medical care is not Quality  "1 remain convinced that the Overall Quality of care in military Medicine is equal to. If not better than care Overall in the civilian sector he said. Mayer has said the rate of malpractice claims against military medical practitioners is s.7 per 100. Half the civilian rate even adjusted for the fact that Active duty members cannot sue the government for medical Mal practice. He pointed to a directive of july 18 requiring licensing of military health care personnel and directives to be signed this month against conflicts of interest in Man aging clinical investigation funds and physician Moon lighting As Steps to improve problem areas. The decision to hire civilian peer review agencies such As slate medical boards to Monitor the Quality of military medical care should be a continuing guarantee of the care s effectiveness he told the panel. Mayer said he was aware of Long Waits for appoint see health on Page 24 East coast braces for Hurricane by United press International Hurricane Gloria aimed its 150-Mph fury at he l a Lern Seaboard of the United slates wednesday night. Officials from North Carolina s outer Banks to new York s Long  began preparing for one of inc fiercest storms of the Century. Late reports Onmi a Hurricane Hunter plane which found Gloria s winds gusting to 170 Mph showed an expected North Ward turn had not occurred and forecast ers said this increased inc threat to the Carolines. Full Brunt if the expected turn does not take place tomorrow thursday then it is going to be the Carolina coast that feels the full Brunel of this storm said National Hurricane Center director Neil i rank. Wednesday night Gloria was entered about 500 Miles South Southeast of Cape , n.c., near latitude 2h.o North Longitude 74.2 West. It was moving toward the Northwest at 15 Mph. On a scale of i to 5, Gloria was Classi fied us a category 4 storm one of the fiercest of the Century. Frank said when a see Hurricane on Page 24 honorary Commodore and her corps British airmen and their families sur round Britain s Princess Diana As she makes a visit to the Royal air Force base at Wittering England on wednesday. A y Diana has been named honorary air Commodore. Palestinian gunmen kill 3 israelis after taking Over yacht in Cyprus Mexico City ruins 2 babies woman Are rescued from Warnaca Cyprus a pro pales Tinian gunmen on wednesday seized a yacht with three israelis aboard and killed All three before negotiations could be completed on their demand for the release of 20 palestinians in Israel. The three gunmen surrendered after 10 hours. They stormed the sailing vessel in Larna Ca Marina before Dawn killing one woman. They then lied up her husband and the other Man and demanded Israel free 20 palestinians captured at sea last month police said. After a 10-hour standoff and negotiations with the cypriot Interior minister the egyptian ambassador and Palestine liberation organization officials the gunmen suddenly surrendered to the police. Although no shots had been heard when police boarded the Small yacht they found not Only the woman dead but the two other israelis As Well. The gunmen were led away from the dockside flashing a for Victory signs. We belong to no organization we be Long to the palestinian people we win we win one of them shouted to a crowd of reporters. One gunman was Blond and said he was a palestinian. Told by a reporter he did not look Arab he corrected himself to say he was fighting for the palestinians. He spoke in English but added a few words in arabic. The two other gunmen Ucic Arab in appearance. Police did not give the names of any of the three. The three victims were identified As Reu Van f Alzury 53, his wife Esther 50, and Abraham Anvary 55. Officials said they had arrived at Larna a Marina sept. 16. In Israel a Man saying he represented Force 17, the secret service of the Plo phoned a news Agency to claim responsibility for the attack. He said the three israelis were spies monitoring movements of yachts ferrying palestinians from Warnaca to Leb anon. The Plo office in Nicosia Cyprus is sued a statement saying the organization see gunmen on Page 24 Mexico City a rescuers pulled two babies and a woman alive from Hospital ruins in devastated Mexico City wednesday. Officials said the two earthquakes hat hit Mexico last week were much stronger than first thought. Thursday earthquake w us re classified As a great quake. Police said the death toll in Mexico City from the quakes last thursday and Friday was up to 4,596. Mayor Ramon Aguirre s office stuck with its estimate of the death toll at 3,500. There was no explanation for the discrepancy. National government officials have said that about 100 people were killed outside see Mexico on Page 24