European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 11, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday october 11, 1985 the stars and stripes Page 7 a photo artist s drawing of Ink Khord s proposed new fighter. Of seeks bids on new fighter to replace f-15, f-16 Washington a the air Force said tuesday it is asking contractors to submit proposals for a fighter plane that would enter service m the mid-1990s As the eventual replacement Tor its f-15 Eagle and f-16 fighting Falcon. The air Force said four companies or teams will be selected after bids arc received by december to take part in a three year program to balance capabilities and Cost or the new plane against its operational requirements. Pentagon spokesman Robert b. Sims said the programs Cost would be determined during this phase. Choice of a contractor to develop night test and produce the fighter would be made in Early 1989. With the plane making its first Light in late 1991 and entering service in the mid-1990s, according to air Force plans. The f-15, manufactured by Mcdonnell Doug Las and the f-16, produced by general dynamics began replacing the f-4 phantom in the air Force inventory in the 1970s. Meantime the . Navy went ahead with developing the of a 18 Hornet a dual purpose fighter and ground attack aircraft. No Friendship ring Here report says a employed some unqualified physicians Washington a an internal veterans administration report concludes the a May have exposed its patients and the Agency to medical and Legal risks by allowing some doctors to practice while their licenses were revoked restricted or otherwise impaired. The interim report of the a inspector general s examination of a doctor licenses said it found a number ova physicians have medical licenses that Are impaired in some Way in one or More states. The report which was released to the associated press this week in response to a request under the Freedom of information act did not reveal How Many a doctors have been found to have License problems. The a previously has said its review begun in Light of similar checks on the credentials of military doctors had found License problems with 87 physicians either employed by the a or financially reimbursed by the a for treat ment of eligible veterans. This has occurred the report said because the a has not independently verified physicians credentials with stale licensing bodies or other established professional associations. As a result the Veteran patient population and the Agency May be exposed unnecessarily to medical and Lega risks resulting from treat mini Given by individuals with impaired  the report said. It said doctors licenses were revoked in order of fre Quency of occurrence for these reasons voluntary surrender in lieu of Adverse action by a licensing Board. Narcotics violations including Over prescription repeated self medication or prescribing drugs for resale. Fraud including insurance fraud mail fraud and receiving stolen property. Unprofessional conduct including income tax Eva Sion by fraud conviction of crime moral turpitude criminal sexual conduct lewd  disciplinary action taken in another state. The report said licenses were suspended for narcotics violations mental reasons alcoholism and felony convictions not necessarily related to medical practice. License probation were listed for narcotics violations alcoholism and mental  a memorandum included in the report. Or. John w. Ditzler chief medical director for the a took Issue with what he said was the unfounded conclusion about medi Cal and Legal  is simply riot a fact and there is no evidence to indicate that it might be True he wrote. It appears that you have also concluded that any impairment regardless of its nature reflects on a physician s ability or profession Al , your conclusion suggests that you do not be Lieve in the potential for rehabilitation or improvement Dit scr said. "1 strongly disagree with these conclusions. At Dill or s urging the inspector general s office changed its finding to say patients May be exposed to such risks rather than that they have been exposed. The report said local a medical centers arc responsible for verifying doctors licenses and credentials. In most cases it said verification consists of the presentation of a License or certificate by the  inspector general s office reviewed the licenses of 84,400 physicians employed or financially reimbursed by  a employs about 29,000 physicians directly and another 17,400 doctors work As consultants and attendant physicians. In addition approximately 90,000 physicians perform a services on a fee basis. A spokesman Donna St. John said the inspector Gener Al s office has turned Over the names of those with License impairments to a credentials committee of the a s department of Medicine and surgery which will decide what action is to be taken. She said of the 87 doctors previously identified the a found 49 Are currently employed by the Agency. Florida May ban Palm Beach Law requiring workers to carry id cards Tallahassee Fla. A a Palm Beach Ordi Nance ridiculed by the comic strip doonesbury for requiring Blue Collar workers to carry special identification would be illegal under a proposed state Law adopted by a legislative committee wednesday. Under the 27-year-old regulation workers such As waiters store clerks landscapes newspaper carriers and cabbies must Register with police be photographed and fingerprinted. They also must carry identification cards and Are subject to being stopped and searched by police at any time. Cartoonist Garry Trudeau focused on the resort town known for its Rolls royces exclusive boutiques and Rich and famous residents with a series of strips about the Law earlier this year. The entire nation has been made aware of the ugliness that we did not know existed in our own Back Yard said rep. James t. Hargrett or. One of the Bill s backers. The ordinance discriminates in that it creates two classes of people. It singles out people who come to the town to work. Just the non professionals and not All of them. It violates their right of privacy. Their right to work the right to travel freely on Public roads Hargrett said. Rep. Sid Martin who chairs the House Community affairs committee that adopted the proposed Law on a 10 2 vote said Palm Beach s ordinance reminded him of icgali7cd discrimination in South Africa. Senate president Harry Johnston said he would not oppose a similar Bill if a Senate committee proposed on and it made it through committees to the Senate floor. He said he knew Little else about the local Law. What i know about the ordinance is what 1 read in doonesbury said Johnston. Columnist Royko has at to s number Chicago a at to publicly apologized wednesday to syndicated columnist Mike Royko for callers who mistakenly get his office when trying to reach the company s consumer products office. But Royko said his guerrilla tactics against the company won t Stop until it changes its number. At to placed a Quarter Page advertise ment in wednesday s Tribune headlined an apology to Mike  the and reminded customers they must dial 1-800 before the seven digit number to reach the company s consumer products office. The number is the same As Royko s trib Une office number except for the 1-800 pre fix. In a november 1984 column Royko wrote the Calls disrupt my work. Even worse they sometimes Jar me out of a sound sleep. They drive me and my one assistant crazy since there s nobody elsewhere to answer the  at to suggested Royko change his number but he said the company should change its toll free number because he had it first. So i have to resort to various guerrilla tactics aimed at shaking customer Confidence in at Troyko wrote in a Colum last month. At first he said he pretended at to was demented suggesting callers throw faulty phones out the window or chant a mantra Over them. When that did t work he insulted Call ers telling them at to would t provide service because they were for example pol ish or italian. At to decided to step in. There Are some people who take Mike Royko very seriously said Peter Barr a spokesman for at to Chicago office. We had one letter from a customer in Indiana who was extremely irate and suggested we do All sorts of terrible things to or.  the company offered to intercept the Calls and route them to at to but Royko rejected the idea Barr said. We feel that or. Royko s a very Nice Man and we think he would t really say All those Nasty things. We Hope Barr said. But Royko said in a Telephone interview wednesday that his latest tactic is Gibber ish. I answer the phone Hoo Jay is this ?"wccbcjish." Royko said he did t expect at to to change its number but said the company should t expect him to Stop his vendetta. Ill just change my tactics it s actually become kind of fun he said. "1 May go Back to saying just throw the. Thing out the window " music Industry glorifies violence drugs Reagan says Arlington. A. A president Reagan complained wednesday that the music Industry and the Media Are providing children with glorification of drugs and Vio Lence and perversity and that demographers have More rights than parents. I often think the real heroes of today arc the parents trying to raise their children in an environment that seems to have grown More and More hostile to family life Reagan said. Music and the Media flood their children s world with glorification of drugs and violence and perversity and there s nothing they can do about it they re told because of .constitutional guarantees he added. It was the second time Reagan has spoken out about Rock songs with Raunchy lyrics. He made similar remarks during an educational awards ceremony at the while House on oct1. Reagan raised the subject during an address to a Republican party fund raising luncheon in this Washington suburb