European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 12, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday August 12, 1986 the stars and stripes Page 5 peace corps Type Agency urged for drug education new York a mayor Edward i. Koch on sunday criticized the Reagan administration s Call for voluntary drug testing in the workplace asserting that the person using drugs is not going to Volunteer instead the Federal government should mount a Public service Campaign to educate people to the hazards of drug abuse Koch said on lbs tvs face the  the mayor suggested that the Federal government establish a peace corps style Agency to teach Ameri cans that drug use is harmful. He criticized inc Federal government for spending $20 million annually on drug education programs Winall 50 slates. New York City alone spends More than s6 million each year he said. However neither of those amounts will prevent drug  Koch said. Defending the president s program. Or. Carlton Turner White House director of drug policy said Heddin t know what would constitute the appropriate amount of  Turner said that education Secretary William bin Nelt is urging the administration to boost Federal spending to $ 100 million to curb drug use in schools. Secretary Bennett has said i want a Hundred Mil lion for Zero tolerance we want to generate a by slim whet we have drug free schools drug free work i aces Turner said. Money is nol the problem. Society has to say no to drug use Turner said. Education is not solely inc responsibility of the Federal  and it is up to school principals to end drug use by their students he said. Some Republican members of Congress also have been urging the administration to spend More to fight drugs and the new York times reported last week thai the White House might announce a proposal this week to increase inc level 10 s100 million. Democratic members of Congress Are pushing for a much greater increase up to s3 Oillion. Koch disagreed with Turner on the Federal govern ment s role on the basis that it is the government s Job to repel foreign  foreign invader today is the drug Pusher Koch . David Muslo a Yale medical school professor said on face the nation that the current cocaine epidemic is inc second to hit the United Stales in this  190s, we hit a Peak of cocaine use Muslo said noting that the drug was Legal then it became the most hated and feared drug in Amer Ica after people saw what it did to those who used it Muslo said that realization look about 2 to 30 years he said. Transplant surgery abuses found Pittsburgh a most of tile 500 foreign a Licals who had kidney transplants last year got them More quickly than americans on the National wailing list according to a Federal report. The nation s transplant program is vital to the health and Well being of our citizens but there Are Many significant abuses in the  said Robert Kussrow inspector general of the department of health and human services. Favouritism and preferential treatment by some centers to foreign nationals is just one major prob  he said. About 275 10 300 foreign patients underwent the operation in the United states while 200 to 2so kid Neys were sent abroad. The study the first of five major reports on the nation s transplant program investigated the effect of foreign kidney recipients on american patients waiting at both military and civilian hospitals the Pittsburgh press reported in its sunday edition. A 10-Moalh investigation by the newspaper last year found that some american Doctore profiled by pushing wealthy foreign patients to the head of kidney trans Plant waiting lists for non medical  one Case Al presbyterian University Hospital in Pittsburgh foreigners paid four times As much in Bur Gens fees As americans who got the same operation the newspaper reported. The doctors blamed the Over charges on clerical  newspaper also has reported that doctors benefited by keeping kidney patients on  report compiled by More than 100 investigators from Kusserow s office was released to Congress on Friday the newspaper  its findings Are thai foreign patients on the average receive trans plants far More quickly than americans wailing for kidneys. Hospitals discourage a National system of sharing organs when they transplant kidneys into foreigners on their waiting lists instead of Matching the kidneys with an american recipient at another Hospital. Medicare costs Are increasing because americans who Zannol get kidney transplants Are forced to remain longer on dialysis. Tax conferees Hope to finish Bill this week Washington not after four weeks of reviewing and refining their positions House and Senate negotiators on lax Rev Isian legis lation Hope to Complete work his week on a Bill that could affect nearly every person and company in . Bob pack Wood r-ore., head of the sen ale conferees said that if the lawmakers fail to reach an agreement before the end of inc week when Congress begins a three week recess i heir task would become More difficult. The senators and representatives Are not far Aparton How to treat individual but Are divided on questions of business taxation rep. Dan Rostonkowski dial who Heads the House conferees said hews pleased with the Prog Packwood Ress so far but we be go a lot of corporate Reform to  Bill passed by the House in december made few changes in the main tax deductions used by individuals but would Cut Back Sharp Lyon Hose applying to businesses. By contrast the version approved by the Senate in june would leave most corporate tax Breaks intact bul would eliminate or restrict Many deductions now taken by  the last few weeks House negotiators have adopted the Senate s position Oil most questions of individual taxation or have suggested com promises acceptable to the senators. As a result the final legislation will almost certainly abolish most tax shelters especially in real stale trans actions eliminate deductions for Inie Resl pay ments on Auto Loans credit card accounts Andu Lher consumer borrowing limit deductions for medical and work related expenses and disallow deductions for contributions to individual retire ment accounts by most Middle and upper in come  senators voted Over the weekend to limit the tax deductible amount homeowners could borrow against their Homes to finance other purchases. The representatives May resist that proposal but appeared Likely to accept a proposal to eliminate deductions Tor Slat and local sales tax payments. . Cracks Down on mortgage fraud Washington a housing Secretary Samuel r. Pierce on sunday announced Broad measures to reduce fraud tin Home mortgages particularly i Cue insured by the Federal housing administration. Pierce implementing recommendations made by a task Force he appointed said he will order lenders to deny new Loans insured by the Cha to any person who has paid a claim for a de faulted mortgage in the last three years. Lenders also win be required to report the names of people who default on Cha insured Loans to credit bureaus and credit checks will be required of peo ple who seek to assume an Cha loan. Pierce said he also plans to impose More restrictive underwriting and appraising procedures for builders and other Sellers who offer financing conces Sions to buyers. The task Force s recommendations were announced in april following a re View of 1,7 million Cha insured Loans made since 1980. The group concluded that most Cha fraud was committed by investors rather than people who obtained Loans to buy a family Nome. The task Force headed by assistant housing Secretary Judith tardy concluded that while investors received Only 12 percent of Cha Loans made last year they accounted for 30 percent of defaults an claims. 50,000 expected to vote in Navajo roce window Rock Ariz. Up in cum Binl Peterson Zah and the Man he Defeated four years ago Lead a group ot12 candidates seeking the chairmanship of the Navajo nation America s largest Indian tribe in tuesday s primary elec Tion. Zah and Peterson Macdonald Are sex ducted 10 win the most votes in the Pri Mary and Square off in the nov. 4 Gener Al election. A Strong dark horse bid is being made by Laurence Manuelito who has been gathering support from tribal employ Sand younger voters. A political newcomer Manuelito was the first Navajo to be Given a lease by the tribe to explore and develop Oil and natural Gas reserves on the reservation. A record 80,000 Nav Jos Are registered to Vole and 50,000 Are expected logo to the polls a tribal spokesman said. Zah has been sharply criticized for failing to deliver on Campaign promises but is expected to finish first. Macdonald chairman from 1971 to 1983, lost to Zah in 1982 largely because of his reputation for using his Power for living in the former joint use area once shared with the hopi  Zah has stressed the land Dis Pute with the Hopes Manuelito has pro posed dozens of reforms to create More jobs on the reservation and called for the end of regulations that he says stifle eco nomic  other candidates in the race in clude three members of the tribal Council Andrew Benallie James Tahiti an Bobby Charley and the first Navajo woman to seek the Post Kay Bennett others in the race Are former chair his own financial Benefit us ten n  has managed to soften that image Man Raymond Nakai who led the tribe during the Campaign and is expected to from 1963 to 1971. Raymond Rosleen finish a Strong second mostly through the support of older navajos and those pro Lyon Loistl Iva Jimmu  Tso Collier Grayhat Daniel Deschinny and Cecil Largo. Maricl of time in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. Aug. 12, 1946 at least 5,600 peo ple have been stricken by infantile Paral Ysis in the United states since the begin Ning of this year and 154 of them have died reports published in new York said. More than 1,200 new cases were reported last week alone and the number is rising the reports said. 30 years ago foe a. Aug. 12, 1956 London newspapers quoted Egypt s former minister of National guidance maj. Saleh Salem As saying we will destroy the Suez canal rather than let it pass out of our  20 years ago today aug. 12, 1966 Gen. Willia Westmoreland commander of . Troops in Vietnam said in Hawaii that he will need More troops but declined 10 speculate on the number that ultimately would be required. 10 years ago today. Aug. 12, 1976 House speaker Crl Albert and 172 other congressmen asked army Secretary Martin Hoffmann to intervene in West Point s cheating scandal. They said the academic system at West Point encourages cheating