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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 15, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes sunday december 15, 1935 Shultz from Page 1 an estimated 3.200 demonstrators registered their opposition to president Reagan s strategic defense  a marching in the lick noun shopping area a Berlin police spokesman said about 200 people. Man wearing masks broke a i from the peaceful  and broke windows downtown. L led press internal Iona reported that four people were arrested two policemen injured Anil four patrol cars damaged Shult reaffirmed  resolve to continue with the space defense shield. He said Reagan told Gorbachev the United  was aware that the soviets have conducted research on a a Stem similar to ski. Shult repealed the american offer to cooperate in moving toward a safer defense dominant world. If our research proves  in reference to the resolve of the Western nations Shult said. We will not be bul lied but we Are ready for give and take negotiations and for fair solutions to the problems that Divide  Shult said he was aware that some Ber liners Are calling for changes in the postwar agreements that govern the special status of her in hut i think Ueall understand he continuing conditions that make these arrange ments still  he added. The political line carved through Liuro pc is not the result of a demo cratic decision by he people who live  he noted the trends toward economic growth in Berlin and he said the american government would continue efforts to at tract businesses to the City. Going to the Wall for Freedom Sas photo by Tracy Baker Secretary of state George Shultz gazes into the darkness beyond the Berlin Wall As Berlin s lord mayor Eberhard Diepgen holding an umbrella and West German foreign minister Hans diet Rich Genscher look on. Recorders from Page 1 that weight or balance was a problem Owen said. He also said the investigators had no Evi Dence that there was heavy ice on the wings that could have caused the crash. Peter Bong head of the 40-Mcmber team from the Canadian safely aviation Board probing the crash said earlier that investigators determined the plane s wings had ice on them. About a half hour before Takeoff a free ing Dri be at Viand or changed to Light Snow he said Boag has said Pilot John j. Griffin did not ask for the plane to be Spra cd with de icing fluid. Bong told reporters Friday that technicians in Ottawa were still trying to Salvage data from the Dick s flight recorders no useful information has been of  Boag said. Both recorders had Misti inc extensive internal damage in the crash. If information is not forthcoming from the flight data recorder and the cockpit voice recorder yes it will hinder the investigation Boag added. The four engine Jet struck Hilly wooded terrain 800 Yards from the end of the run Way and left a Trail of debris almost three quarters of a mile Long Boag said. The evidence indicates that the first portion of the aircraft to strike the Trees and ground was the Tail Section Boag said. Of course after that Impact a Large scale fireball  Gander mayor Doug Sheppard said the plane originally was scheduled to take off from a different runway that would have taken the Jet Over the town of 10,400 people. They had been on that one runway understand but they requested the longest runway and that s Why there was a change at the last moment said Sheppard. When you think it could have been even a worse disaster if the decision had been made to Fly Over the  commonly known As Black boxes flight recorders electronically record details of an Airliner s navigation and mechanical performance As Well As cockpit conversations. They arc usually located in the plane s rear. Officials also said the flight data recorder aboard the dc-8 was a 1950s Model that monitors less information than More mod Ern digital devices. In Ottawa safety Board investigator Bernie Caincr said the Metal tape from the recorder was broken in two places and needed to be spliced. Canadian officials have said the plane s engines had not yet been examined to see if one failed. Beaulicu said nothing has been ruled out As a cause of the disaster including sabotage. The Pentagon has dismissed a claim by an Anonymous caller in Beirut Lebanon to i Western news Agency that the islamic jihad terrorist group was responsible for the crash. There was no immediate . Comment on an Anonymous Telephone Call made Friday to the Rome office of the italian news Agency Ansa that claimed responsibility on behalf of the organization for the liberation of Egypt a previously unknown group. Maj. Gen. John s. Crosby the . Army s Deputy chief of staff for personnel said 224 aluminium cases were delivered to Gander on Friday to transport the bodies Home. Gen. John a. Wickham the . Army chief of staff slopped in Gander for two hours saturday morning on his Way from Pakistan to Washington and toured the crash site and the morgue. Army officials said. The bodies were Laid out on plastic on the floor of a temporary morgue in a hangar and covered with sheets. About 100 Royal Canadian mounted police and 140 Canadian soldiers worked in the Snow covered Woods to retrieve the Bod ies under the supervision of investigators from the safely Board searching for re Mains. The 101st airborne div unit based Al fort Campbell had been assigned to inc multinational peacekeeping Force created in 1979 to police inc disengagement of israeli and egyptian troops from the Sinai. 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Roughly 75 percent of the medical care Given dependents and retirees is provided at military facilities. The remaining 25 percent using civilian doctors or hospitals though must pay a Small annual deductible plus either 20 per cent or 25 percent of their Bill. The remain Der is paid by champs. Which is funded by taxpayers. Champs pays subcontractors such As Blue Cross Blue shield to process the claims. In fiscal year 1986, champs is expected to Cost roughly si.5 billion. Mayer was unavailable Friday to discuss his new initiative. A Pentagon official who agreed to discuss the matter if not identified said Mayer was strongly pushing the idea. He said Mayer had even established a schedule for putting out a request for bids by late next summer and activating inc new system by the Middle of 1987. This source said Mayer has dubbed the new program project imprint standing for improved medical programs and read iness immediately not tomorrow. The source said Mayer has grown increasingly concerned about rising costs of champs averaging about 11 percent in recent years. Mis position paper also notes that champs is one of the few Cru Igor health care purchasers still reimbursing doctors and hospitals on a billed charges basis with few incentives for efficiency or Cost consciousness and none of the discount arrangements now so widely available to prudent buyers of civilian health  that system of paying what a doctor or Hospital charges differs from medicare which has now switched to a system of pre set payments to hospitals depending on the diagnosis of inc patient. Rather than explore such a switch Lopre set payments for champs Mayer wants to Reform the system in one step and Lake advantage of the Competition within the marketplace the source said. The source stressed that Mayer does not want to eliminate any options for dependents and retirees. The Winner of a National contract would probably be asked to establish a network of health maintenance organizations or preferred provider groups where beneficiaries would receive care and avoid All or a Large part of the current co payment  if a beneficiary wished to continue using a private physician the individual could still do so if he was willing to continue paying a larger share of the doctor s Bill the source said. European weather f e Sun id. Rainy and i oubs Condl  Lor ,111 veal Hayti tempera la cd trom m.d-4ot to Lov i0v Iron mid -301. To  -4ro, cd 70 48 arts nv1 " 3 Jerusalem t 66 4 Lisbon. Cos 39 temperature will Frankfurt i London cd Madrid i , Clear to by Rome Ltd a 7ih Sta the r Urci 4am 4prn 41 11 34 � s4 ii 78 41 m 40 41 m 39 4 Trabyn of half Mont Tai. � Moscow. Cd Olio cd Toronto to Vancouver c such lord to the  pre. To nov up rely it oud. In log a rain. � High Low 36 36 2 31 43 30 30 11 it n  
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