European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 2, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and St Hopes saturday april 2, t3fls Bonus pay to Start this fall for eligible military doctor news updates by William j. Bartman Washington Bureau Washington big pay incentives for critically needed military physicians Are set to begin lain this year but a proposal far similar bonuses to help re Tain badly needed nurses appears stalled. The incentives for certain specialists who can receive bonuses of up to $20,000 per year were authorized this month by or. William Mayer the assist ant Secretary of defense for health affairs. The bonuses take i acct in october the Start of the new fiscal year. Although Mayer also supports bonuses for mining specialities be has not endorsed a Senate measure proposed by sen. Daniel Inouye a Hawaii that wout Tive incentives to certain nurses. Capitol Hill sources said there is concern that the incentive pay concept for Mili tary Medicine might Start getting out of hand. Iuppo nera of inn tics argue that such bonuses arc cheaper in the Long run than training a new physician or nurse. As an example the military spends a average j 30,000 per year to train a physician Over the Normal 3vr-year Resi Dency program. That is considerably More than the annual bonuses being offered which help retain experienced physicians As opposed to a trainee. The physician bonuses Are for the areas of Anaesthesiology general surgery and several surgical specialities including orthopaedic cardiac thoracic Colon rec Tal paediatric peripheral vascular neurosurgery and pm Telic surgery. Mayer said the bonuses will bring physicians closer to lie pay they could be earning in the private sector thereby encouraging them to remain in the military longer. Doctors with Lii or More Yean of experience arc eligible to receive bonuses of at least s 16,000 in fiscal 1989  thereafter. Those with less than six years of experience May receive s 110,000 in fiscal 1939 and s 11.000 hereafter. Residency training program directors with 20 or More years Oia Clive service will receive a $12,000 annual Bonus those with less than 20 years of Active service will receive . Mayer also granted the services he authority to pay in additional 52,000 to physicians with unique military duties and those who take training and stay cur rent in a critically Short wartime special  the Money is paid to All of these Anas the services Are authorized to Dis tribute any remaining Money in the in Cen Iive budget to other specialities which pose unique staffing problems Mayer said his key objective is Outi Lize the incentive funds to the Maxi mum extent possible to attract and retain those physician spec Folicu most needed for our critical wartime health care mis  drop in size of . Labor Force Senf jobless rate to lowest Point in 9 years Washington a a Sharp de Cline in the size of the . Labor Force last month sent the civilian unemployment rate to j.6 percent the lowest in almost nine years the government said thursday. While the number of people at work in March dropped by 306,000, those either holding jobs or looking for them fell by 445,000. The 0.1 percentage Point drop from february 5.7 per cent jobless rate reflected a decrease of 137,000 to 6,8 million in the number of workers listed As unemployed. The 5.6 percent seasonally adjusted Rale is the lowest since May 1979, the labor department reported. Janet Norwood the commissioner of labor statistics said a slowdown in the expansion of the labor Force is beginning to be reflected in unemployment rates which had until last month been drop Ping More on the basis of Job growth. The birthrate decline in the 1960s and the Early 1970s has resulted in fewer Young people reaching labor Force age in the 1980s," she said. While the number of americans at wort has grown by 3 million Over the Las year the labor Force has increased by less than 2 million she told die the con Gressional joint economic committee. Even though the unemployment Raie has fallen a full percentage Point from March 1987, the Faieta government data indicate that the Job Boom May be com ing to an end the number of to called discouraged workers people who have Given up the search for a Job out of the belief they cannot find one and Are not included in the labor Force or jobless rate calculations Rose by 11 $.000 in the first three months of 1988 to 1,027,000 after falling by More than100,000 last year. Two thirds of the increase in discouraged workers was adult men. Factory employment which had soared through the Lul half of 1987.was stagnant for the second month in a Row. At 19,417,000 people manufacturers actually had 1,000 fewer people on their payrolls than in february. Factory employment however is Mill More Tala 420,000 above where it was a year ago. The unemployment rate calculations Are based on a sampling of the nation households. Health care and business service provided 85,000 of the new jobs with construction adding 80,000 More. The growth in construction jobs a us a jump of 10,000 people on real estate Agency payrolls affirm earlier indications of a re surging Housum Market things Are not to wed in banking Andon Wall Street however with employ men dropping by 5,000 last month. It was the second straight monthly decline. Retail Trade employment was Flat last month after rising by 250.000 workers in january and february. The jobless Rale for Whites fell from 4.8 percent to 4.7 percent while rising from 12,6 percent to 13.8 percent for Blacks. The rate for hispanic dropped from 8. Percent to 8.2 percent. Job Leaeu among men was unchanged at 4.9 percent but dropped among women from $.2 percent to 4.8 percent. The Rale for teen agers Rose from 15.4 percent to 16.5 percent. Black teens sow their rate drop from 38.3 percent to 36.9 percent. An alternate unemployment calculation including Ibe 1,7 million members of the armed services stationed in the United Stales also fell 0.1 percentage Point to 5.5 percent. German satellite Bonn a West Germany m Signet a contract with France i Arian space to launch it second television satellite one month after efforts were abandoned to Salvage its first crippled arbiter officials said thursday. The Federal postal mistry Laid West Germany s tv-sat2 is scheduled to be carried into orbit by the european space Agency a Jne 4 rocket by the Middle of i rtt year. Arian Espach the european space Agency s commercial . The West German space Center tried repeatedly 10 free a stuck solar panel on West Germany s to sat i. Which was launched Las november but declared tie satellite a loss after a final attempt Loco Ned the problem failed a month ago. Vaccine urged Atlanta a Federal health officials say children infected with the virus thai Caus of aids should receive measles vac Cine since their risk of severe Mea Sles is worse than their risk of com plications from the vaccine. The  practices advisory committee of the .centers for disease control thurs Day said children infected with the virus that causes acquired immune deficiency syndrome should n chive the common note stat mumps Nib Lla vaccine whether or vol they show signs of the devastating symptoms of aids itself. Previously the committee bad recommended thai children show ing aids symptoms Shoutd not be vaccinated because their immune systems might be Loo severely armed to tolerate the live virus measles vaccine. Soldier killed As Auto hits tree near Kitzinger Wurzburg West Germany a Schwabish Hall Soldier died when his car Well off the Road and struck a tree near Kili Ingen Al about 1 30 . Fri Day a Community spokesman Aid. The name of the specialist four who was alone in the car was withheld Pend ing notification of Neil of Kin said Juan Melendez. The victim was an air traffic controller with the 3rd in 58lh aviation regt working Al the Harvey Barracks control in War Mclend i said. Military authorities Are investigating the Accident military testing Olive Oil sold in commissaries Heidelberg s4s Olive Oil told on commissary shelves is being tested by the 7lh medical come after tainted Spanish and italian Oil was found in West German stores last month. So far there has been no recall of any brands of Olive Oil available in commis Saries said Dave Stewart a 7th medical come spokesman. West German Heath officials said March 24 that a chemical used in dry cleaning had been discovered in cold pressed Olive Oil from Italy France and Spain. The chemical  was found in different concentrations in Quality Olive Oil in various parts of the country. As a precautionary measure Veteri nary officials from the 7lh medical come Are testing Oil from Italy and the United states that is sold in air Force and army commissaries. Italian Oil u bought from the Bertoli company. However some american companies buy Oil from european coun tries bottle it in the United slates and then sell it to the commissary system said a spokesman from the defense subsistence Region Europe the buyer for the army and air Force Brand name Olive oils sold in air Force commissaries include Goya Prog Reno pompeian and Bertoli said mar Vin Rusinen a commissary management specialist. Names of brands sold in array commissaries were unavailable. Swiss Avalanche kills 5 members of dutch ski party Scakel Switzerland a an Avalanche engulfed a dutch ski Lour party climbing the 3,021-meter san Lorenzo Mountain Friday killing five and Grav Ely injuring another police said. Seven dutch skiers and a local Moun Tain guide were swept away by the noon time Snow slide the deadliest in the Swiss Alps in three years. The guide and one tourist freed them selves and alerted Rescue helicopter by Welkjr Ialine Grisons Canton police said. Search learns assisted by dogs recovered five bodies and a seriously injure woman who was flown to a Zurich hos Pital. The Accident occurred about 2,600 meters above the Scarl Valley. The Swiss Avalanche research Institute on Friday bad warned of moderate Snow slide danger above 2,000 meters. The dutch tourists came to Scarl last sunday for i week of ski touring. Police did Dot immediately release the names of the victims. The deaths brought tie winter1 Avalanche toll in Switzerland to 19. Com pared 10 is for All of last season. It was the deadliest Swiss Snow slide since 11 people were killed near zen Natl three years ago