European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 24, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Inside stripes d Carlucci pushes for Contra Aid Page 4 g Baker asks irs to simplify w-4 form Page 5 g top ranked Iowa beats Indiana in big ten basketball. Page 19 and filpes unofficial Hii Lichton of the . Imio forci1 vol. 45, no. 279 saturday january 24, 1987  08693 a outpatient fee test not assured  Washington Bureau Washington the Pentagon Wilt not lest proposal to charge family members and retirees Tor output font medical care at military facilities unless Congress approves the plan As part of the 1988 budget. Health officials Hope to convince lawmakers to scrap he plan during upcoming congressional hearing son the defense budget a health affairs spokesman said. We expect questioning this when he hearings get going and or. William Mayer assistant Secretary of defense for health affairs will respond in his usual outspoken manner the spokesman said. The office of management and budget originally wanted the defense department to charge �10 outpatient fees for family members and retirees without test ing the concept the spokesman said. After meetings with Pentagon officials who strongly opposed the concept the bomb decided it would first request a lest he said. The test proposal is buried in the fiscal i988-19&9defense budget request prepared by the bomb. Congress must approve the proposal As part of the fiscal 1988 budget before the defense department would have to carry out a test tie health affairs spokesman said. He said the Pentagon would not draw up plans for a test unless it Rucci Veduch approval. Administration officials believe outpatient medical fees would reduce costs by cutting frivolous use of free government hospitals an bomb spokeswoman said. Some lawmakers will probably like the idea but it costs Money to run a system for charging fees the health affairs spokesman said. We re not sure it would result in much  administration officials have been discussing the Issue with William h. Taft in Deputy Secretary of defense the bomb spokeswoman said but Pentagon health officials said they Learned of it Only a few Days ago. It caught us a bit by Surprise one source said. It s not something we wanted. We certainly did t ask for  Pentagon manpower officials believe permanent sae fee on Page 24 commissaries working on filling shelves a customer at inc Darmstadt commissary stands before empty shelves. S4s Pawlo do own Clio by Marynett consumer editor empty commissary shelves caused by the Folline Dollar and a shipping line bankruptcy problems should be a thing of the past by the end of february officials said. Slock Levels at army commissaries arc expected to be significantly improved by the end of january and Normal by the end of february said Denise Gomes spokeswoman Lor the troop support Agency european commissary Region in Zwic Bruecken . Frank Dooley commander of the air Force commissary service european Region at Ramstein a Germany expect the same to be True for air Force stoics. Shipments delayed by the filing for bankruptcy of United states lines in no vember were the initial cause of the problem. The situation was aggravated by an in creased demand at commissaries As customers hit by the Dollar s decline decreased their shopping on the Economy and re Lumen to commissaries Gomes said. The increased demand was not anticipate when orders for supplies were placed As Long As six months ago she said. At air Force and army stores in ecu see stocks on Page 24 xxi the super Bun i special in the Middle of today s Stripe reminds you that the nil championship game is one Day off. It Ulso offers a Handy Way to Witch the game it feature numerical Rasters formations and a report 00 the brain behind the screen John Madden. Germany May try Hamadi to buy time for negotiations Bonn a the German govern ment is considering trying a lebanese suspect in Germany before extraditing him to the United states for trial on hijacking and murder charges officials said Friday. Putting Mohammed Aii Hamadi on trial in Germany on explosives charges would gain Lime for the German govern ment to negotiate with lebanese extremists who arc believed to hold at least i o German hostages. A High ranking official of the Federal government and a Frankfurt  said Hamadi might be tried in Ger Many. Both spoke with the associate press on cond i lion of anon m ii. Hamadi fats arrested Jan. 13 Ai Frank furl Inu rnai sorial Airport with what officials said Ere three bottles of explosive liquid in his Luggage. Initially the government indicated his extradition to the United slates could be completed quickly. But that was before two German businessmen disappeared in Beirut Lebanon reportedly abducted to serve As bargaining chips in an Effort to gain Hamadi s release. There were reports Friday that two More foreigners possibly germans were kidnapped in Beirut. German officials said they could not confirm the reports. The newspaper die Well which is close to Chancellor Helmut Kohl s government said the government s goal was to try Hamadi in Germany before making a decision on extradition la gave no sources for the Repon. Die Well said a government task Force believed extraditing Hamadi to the United Silies would jeopardize the lives of kidnapped germans and endanger the safety of germans throughout the Arab world. Hamadi is wanted in the United states on air piracy and murder charges Stem Ming from the 1985 hijacking of a Twa jetliner to Beirut. The hijackers killed a . Navy diver and held 39 other americans hostage for 17 Days before releasing them. Naturally a trial Here is possible. The Man was arrested Here because he was carrying explosives the German official said. But i emphasize nothing is decide  the germans known to be missing i Lebanon Are Rudolf cords i3, and Al Fred Stii Liudi 47, lebanese police said Cordes and Schmidt were  officials said they Don t know Whai happened 10 Schmidt because they Haven t heard from anyone claiming to hold him. German Security sources say Cordes see Hamad on Page 24