European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 21, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes wednesday january 21,1987 Dod to test charging some outpatients from Page 1 outpatient visits Ever 1 year. This is rather obscurely buried in the budget and the word is Only now starting to seep out said a top Pentagon official who requested anonymity. Bui it s already sending people up the Walls. The general Public might View his As reasonable. But it s an incredibly emotional thing la Ift military. Rational people Sci irrational on  another Pentagon source acknowledged that from inc standpoint of health care policy it s probably  you can understand inc genesis of it this official continued. But the military has certain obligations to its people. For example the Sailor goes off to sea. Leaving behind a teen age wife and new baby the wife does know How to take the baby s temperature so she brings him to a clinic. It happens. So How Are you going to charge her for that we re very concerned about this agreed Chap Man Cox the Pentagon s top official for personnel issues. In was absolutely nol suggested by the defense department. We re Good soldiers and Well do it the test if we re told to. But we will do i he Best a can to protect the interests of our  the plan id test outpatient fees is outlined in a sin Gle paragraph in supporting documentation sent to Congress with he 1988 budget. In refers 10 two projects to improve conditions for servicemen an women and their families As Well As to reduce  one project will involve an Experiment to determine if private firms can do a More efficient Job of running military commissaries. The Oiler is a plan to colled on a Lesl basis ,.nal fees for outpatient medical care provided to no. Active duty patients to determine whether such tuscan reduce costs and improve the Quality of care in military medical  the budget states. De Dale a spokesman for inc bomb acknowledged that there was some Back and Forth internally be tween his Agency and the Pentagon Over the idea. But its purpose is fairly obvious. A with other user fees its purpose is to reduce marginal some might say frivolous utilization of health care facilities. And it would also reduce the net Cost to the taxpayer David Newhall the principal Deputy assistant Secre tary for heal i h affairs said it s Loo Early for us to know How the test will be conducted since we just a few Days ago found out there was to be such a lest.1 another official said however that the bomb Origi Nally demanded in december thai the defense depart ment implement fees averaging Sio per visit without any test. The Pentagon reacted angrily responding in a memo that such fees would be an Ero Sion of military personnel benefits and would have an Adverse Impact on troop  the infighting finally ended with bomb dropping in demand for immediate implementation but insisting that the Pentagon at feast perform a Lesl. Giants from Page 1 in each of inc 10 College bowl games and having the closest tic breaker score in the fiesta bowl. Karrick guessed 34 Points would be scored in the fiesta bowl which Penn state won Over Miami a 10. It was not 3 lie breaker he though would win Over 79,734 other entries. I thought jeez somebody has to be closer than 10 Points i did t really think i had the winning entry Karrick said. 3ut he did and he credits his Success to the statistics the stars and stripes published dec. 17 on All the bowl  he had the stats the military intelligence major used his Noggin o do some figuring. "1 studied the statistics and got put my calculator to average out everything per game Karrick said it made a differ ence when 1 decided to pick Boston col lege Over Georgia in the Hall of fam bowl and Ohio stale Over Texas am in the Cotton Bow and How about picking the upset minded nit Lany Lions of Penn Slat Over Miami s hurricanes in the fiesta bowl i looked at who Miami played during the season and i did t feel they play Edas Strong a schedule As Penn state. Also Over he years Penn stale has consistent  maj Charles Karrick and tils wife Nancy show off their super bowl tickets by had Good learns White Miami has Bee More of an on and off again thing de pending on if they had the players. How did he come to pick the 34 Points that made the difference Between his entry and the 14 others who correctly picked All the bowl games bowl games Are either so lopsided that they end up with scores like 50-7 or they re Low scoring. My theory is that the teams Haven t faced each other All year so they spend the first Quarter just gel Ting to know each other out there on the Field Karrick said Karrick turned in seven entries with one constant on each entry i picked Auburn Rny Alma mater to win the Cit rus  the tigers did 16-7 Over Southern Cal but this was t the first time Auburn made a difference in Kanick s life. It Salso where be first met his wife. Nancy told me it was the Best 12 cents i Ever spent but i did t even do that he said of his contest entry i tent it maps military postal system and it did t Cost  for the Price of a newspaper then the Karrick will Fly to Pasadena. When it comes to super bowl xxi Nancy and Charles Karrick May be going to the game together but they re tilling on opposite sides of the Fence when it comes to the team they think will win. Nancy always push for the underdog no matter who is playing so she going for Denver Karrick said but fiasco on what the giants have done Over the year i d have to pick them. I think each team will score at least one touchdown but defense is the key for new  and what about their daughter s response to the trip wet Don t think Nancy could car less about the super bowl she s More excited because she s going to get to seeker grandparents her Mother said. The Karrick weren t even Able to escape a reference to winning the contest when they attended International Baptist Church sunday. The pastor Rev Ray Reynolds was giving a Sermon about lusting after things your neighbor s wife that sort ordeal Karrick said. Then he said now i know you All have been lulling after those super bowl tickets and that broke everybody  Dollar from Page 1 the lowest in More than six years and to 150.4 Japa Nese yen the weakest level since 1949. Sales of German Marks to . Personnel for person Al use will be at the rate of 1.82 wednesday based on midday Price filing and allowance for handling charges. Set conversion rates on Page 27. Officially the Reagan administration has welcomed the Dollar s slump As a Way of making . Exports More competitive thus reducing a huge Trade deficit that has put a heavy drag on the american Economy. So far How Ever the . Trade Gap has Only grown larger. In much of Europe the Dollar s drop particularly its most recent decline is viewed As a crude . Ploy to Force economic policy changes in Germany Europe s strongest Economy. A weaker Dollar has meant a stronger German Mark not Only in relation to the . Currency but also against the currencies of its other main trading partners. That has Hurt Germany s Export driven Economy while failing to substantially increase its appetite for american made goods. The Bonn government which faces a National elec Tion on sunday so far has resisted the . Demand that in Cut its interest and la rates. With support from its european neighbors in argues thai Washington is diverting attention from the most important cause for concern about the global Economy the huge . Bud get  rarely saying so in Public some european business and government leaders feel the United state Sis being unduly aggressive to using Exchange rates As a lever against its european allies. The Dollar s decline is far beyond economic exp la  said Peter Pietsch an economist at commery Bank a in Frankfurt. It s now a matter of  these worries Are compounded by a . Threat to Cut off certain european agricultural exports on Jan. 31 unless the 12-Nauoti european economic Community meets its demand for larger Grain sales o Spain. The dec has said it would retaliate if . Sanctions were imposed. Four months ago european finance ministers publicly urged Washington to Stop talking Down the Dollar and to live up to its commitment to help Stabi Lize Exchange Rales. The europeans said that if Nec Essary they would act on their own to Stop the Dollar s decline after a period of relative stability the Dollar s drop resumed in Earnest Early this month contributing to disarray on european Exchange markets a tit forced Germany on Jan. 12 to agree to officially raise the value of the Mark against most of the other european currencies. Last week Jacques Delors president of the dec s executive Branch called for an urgent meeting of toe major Industrial Powers to seek agreement to Slop dead the Dollar s decline. Kidnap from Page 1 predicted that Hamadi would be extradited to the United Stales very quickly now that Washington has pledged he will not face the death Panahy. The need for such a pledge had been the main obstacle to extraditing Hamad i who was arrested in Frankfurt last week. German news reports have speculated that cords kidnappers Are attempting to Force the Bonn government into re leasing Hamadi. Bonn government spokesman Fried Helm Ost said tuesday that Cordes kid napping was related to Hamadi s Arm but he did not elaborate. Oil said the government had imposed a news blackout on the Corde Scase. Cordes was abducted on saturday four Days after Hamadi s arrest in Frankfurt. Germany s largest daily newspaper gild said the government had made con Tan with inc kidnappers and May Send special envoy to Beirut this week to try to secure Cordes release. Bild said Jucar gun Muellemann a High ranking foreign ministry official and Hans Juergen Wischnewski a prominent opposition social Democrat were under consideration for the trip. Meanwhile Geh said Bonn Justice of. Facials have nol received in writing the . Promise that american officials would not seek the death penalty against Hamadi. Germany has never had the death Penally