European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 7, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday january 7, 1986 the stars and stripes Page 7 Leffer spurs interest in licensing legislation Washington a a letter from sen. John Olynn a Ohio. To advice columnist Ann Landers is spurring interest in legislation designed to Block doctors and other health care professionals barred from practice ing in one stale from participating in Federal health programs in another. Doctors pharmacists and other health care practitioners who lose their state License to practice All too often simply move on to Greener pastures new slates in which to set up practice Glenn wrote in response to a letter Landers received from a woman who said she was sexually abide by a psychologist. The woman asked Why a psychologist who was stripped of his right to practice in one state was allowed to set up shop in another. Glenn said Many practitioners obtained licenses in several states before they got into trouble and that states have no Way of easily checking into their backgrounds when issuing licenses. He is sponsoring legislation that would establish a National computer system to track unfit health care pro viders and give the department of health and human services authority to prevent them from participating in medicare and act Licard As Well As in veterans admins Iraklion health programs. Under the measure those convicted of crimes related to the delivery of health care the unlawful dispensing of controlled substances or neglect or abuse of patients As Well As those convicted of fraud taking kickbacks or submitting false claims would be barred from participating in the Federal health programs. State licensing boards would be required to report to has any sanctions imposed on practitioners in heir jurisdictions and All surrenders of licenses. Landers urged readers to clip her column and Send in to their senators and representatives asking them to support the Bill. One Senate aide said there has been a flood of inter est in the Bill from both the Public and lawmakers since or from medicare and medicaid reimbursement if he is convicted of a crime Rel Ald to i Host Federal programs according  Iii is spokesman. However the Agency has no authority to Lake action for offences unrelated to medicare or medicaid he said. The american medical association supports legis lation barring Frum medicare and medicaid those physicians who lose i hair licenses in any jurisdiction for cause related to professional  in testimony delivered to the Senate finance com Mittee last july. Ama president Harrison Rogers said the association has been gravely concerned thai health care Racli liners found unfit to practice in one jurisdiction could set up practice elsewhere. These practitioners discredit their profession and subvert procedurally the state Licon sure programs in our ," Rogers sail. However Rogers said has should nol become a can Glenn s ice scr appeared in the column last month. The a Clearinghouse for state License actions As other legislation was first introduced in 1984 and is pending in groups Are already involved in disseminating that infer tile Senate finance committee mation. Rogers said the Ama alerts slate authorities it s incredible the aide said of the response. When a physician licensed in the slate has his License under current regulations has can bar a prac Tirion suspended or revoked in another. Items Worth $18 i on 3 men begin police Nab 3 taking Mideast artwork fasting Over new York not three men including a Manhattan Antiques dealer broke into a customs warehouse in Queens county n.y., on sunday and took Middle East Ern antiquities valued at More than $18 million the police said. Then As the men loaded inc items into two getaway cars about 15 police officers who had been slaked out to wait for a burglary moved in at 1 30 . And captured them. A police spokesman said the three had entered the warehouse by breaking through a Concrete Wall with sledgehammers and prying Metal plates off a garage door. The police said 105 works of Art some dating from the sixth or seventh Century b.c., were recovered. The pieces ranging from vases urns and plates to coins and jewelry included a Gold bowl valued at More than s3 million they said. The works of Art were on their Way from London to an undisclosed location in the United states. They were being kept in two crates at the warehouse which is bonded by the Cus Toms service until their shipment to the mor Gan warehouse in Manhattan. Deputy inspector Ronald Fenrich said that a police surveillance team had been investigating the suspects for More than four months and that an informer had told them a break in was planned. The site had been slaked out by about 15 officers before the suspects arrived at about i ., the inspector said. Fenrich of the Central robberies Divi Sion said at a news conference in manhat Tan that the three men were part of a larger ring that operated internationally and specialized in the theft and trafficking of Antiques and artwork. A photo police sgt. Harry Sakin holds up a solid Gold Tureen recouped from sunday s then. These Guys were pros said sgt. Harry Sakin who displayed the Gold bowl neck laces an ancient Royton used for drinking and other Art objects at Manhattan Rob Bery squad Headquarters. The three men seized sunday were identified As Thomas May 52, of Elmhurst Queens and Daniel Kohl 44, of Long is land City Queens who were charged with burglary and Ned Atullah Sakhai 48, of old Westbury n.y., a Manhattan Antiques dealer. Mia Issue Kent. Wash. Athree men began fasting sunday in an Effort to persuade president Reagan to schedule a meeting with a Vietnam Veteran who fasted for 51 Days to draw attention to servicemen missing in Southeast Asia. Oino Casanova a former Marine who served two Tours of duty in Vietnam ended his fast when Reagan telephoned him dec. 5. Casanova said the president promised 10 meet with him within 60 Days to discuss the pow Mia Issue. Casanova contends that hundreds of servicemen remain prisoners in Southeast. Asia. No meeting has been scheduled but Ca Sanova said sunday he would be satisfied if Reagan met with a delegation. Why won t the president of the United slates sit Down and talk to these people about mias i d be More than Happy to wait outside Casanova said at u news con Ference in the cow pasture where he con ducted his fast. We Are still trying to set up a meeting Between the White House and or. Casanova while House spokesman William Harl said sunday. Casanova 34, who lost 45 pounds during his fast in a Bamboo hut said he would give the White House More time to arrange a meeting. Although his doctor has recommended against it he said he would fast again if an appointment was nol made. The three who began fasting sunday in separate tents in the pasture vowed to drink Only water Flavoured with Lime juice until an appointment Issel. Killer whale bumped pair wins claim against airline born in Captivity in Good shape san Diego a a captive killer whale gave birth sunday at sea world and the baby was reported to be healthy spokeswoman at the Marine Park said. None of the killer whales previously born in Captivity has survived. Park spokeswoman Jackie o Connor declined to release any information about the Dir a other than to say the baby appeared to be in Good shape. H is the first killer whale born at sea Wolfla. 1977. Los Angeles a a couple forced off a Europe bound Airliner because they were wearing jogging suits have won a $1,000 judgment against world airways. Donald and Magdalena Colgan of Oxnard calif., boarded a world airways Jet in los Angeles last june for their first trip to Europe. But they Only got As far As Balti More Washington International Airport. Although their Matching Gray jogging suits were acceptable in los Angeles an airline official in Baltimore found them Loo casual. The couple had bought the half Price tick ets from a Friend through a world airways program offering discounts to friends and relatives of employees. The airline said a Bro Chure accompanying the discount tickets said Dressy attire was required of such ticket holders. Nobody mentioned that to us when we boarded in l.a.," said Colgan 37. If they had we would have come  next Day or changed our clothes there or whatever. We wanted to be  Bui they could t get to their clothes Dur ing the Ballimore Stopover and the plane and their Luggage Well on lowest Ger Many. The Colgan returned Home on an other airline. The airline is appealing the judgment the Colgan won in Small claims court. The Colgan said that in their 10 months of planning for the trip obtaining visas and passports and a $15,000  to buy a car in Europe iwo Nice clean jogging suits were the last thing they expected would interfere. We told inc judge in arc s no Way we would have consciously ignored a dress code said Colgan a safety Engineer for an insurance company. I think the main Point is that they let us on the plane in los an Geles without saying  Colgan said they were wailing to Leboard the Jet after a Layover in Ballimore when they were told they had to be properly attired. I said. Of give me my bags and Well change they would t give us our bags  he said. I asked if i could buy a jacket and tic somewhere but there were no shops in the  about half an hour before departure time. Colgan said the ticket clerk s supervisor came  and put the couple  on the plane where in arc were plenty of peo ple in casual dress. Fill can minutes later he said that super visor s Boss came aboard and escorted them off again. The fact that somebody would do some thing like thai knowing All the planning you Don t go from California to Europe on a whim to have somebody upset All those plans on a capricious whim really irked me Colgan said