European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 14, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday May 14. 19bb the stars and stripes Page 9 military moving allowances fall Short of civilian benefits Dod report says  Vii Shinton Bureau Washington government civilian workers gel a far better package of entitlements than military personnel when they make government moves a recently released Pentagon report reveals. Some of those civil service extras arc paid House Hunting trips a moving or dislocation allowance up to nearly three Lime As High As that allowed military members and reimbursement for relocation or real estate expenses of As much As $25,766. Civilians also gel a temporary quarters allowance for up to 120 Days compared to just four Days for service members moving o the slates from overseas and 60 Days if they re going the other Way. Additionally civilians get the full 18.000-Pound authorization for household goods which is limited to 13,500 pounds Tor service members. The report which contrasts reassignment entitle ments for Federal civilians and military personnel was sent to. Congress in april under a provision in last year s defense authorization acl. We recognize thai full reimburse mini in t Possi ble especially when considering the number of moves by military members required for readiness Grant Green jr., he Pentagon s manpower chief wrote in the report. Bui adequate reimbursement for expenses associated with these moves is  defense department officials recognize that Mili tary moving entitlements fall far Short of those for Federal civilians but the report said the goal is not equity Between the two system but adequate compensation . The report noted recent congressional actions to help reduce out of pocket costs associated with official military moves such As lifting restrictions on the temporary lodging entitlement last year and authorizing per diem Tor family members in i9b6. But it said More remains to be done. For military members change of station orders continue to cause considerable financial Strain the report said. Current reimbursements Are still invade 3uate to cover the Normal expenses of a government ire cled  at the least household goods weight allowances for military personnel should be raised the re porn said. The House and Senate armed services committees appear ready to do that later this year but the House and Senate appropriations committees May decide not to provide the funds to pay for the increase. The re porn also urged removal of restrictions on dislocation allowances. Current Law authorizes Mili tary personnel to receive a dislocation allowance equal to two months of inc Basic allowance for quarters. But Congress has traditionally appropriated Only enough funds la give service members a dislocation allowance equal to one month of the bad. To support its arguments for increased military moving entitlements the Pentagon plans to conduct a random Survey of Between 20,000 and 40,000 scr vie members who recently have moved beginning Early this summer. The report said inadequate reimbursements for moving expenses adversely affect morale and can be a Factor in a service member s decision on whether to leave the service. Steps must be taken to alleviate longstanding inadequacies it said. Data from this Survey will be used to support legislation in those areas where service members Are experiencing inc greatest  Gal Stone Frea Menf smash no Success in . Fest Atlanta a a machine that smashes Falls Longs using Shock Waves was used for inc first time in the United Stales and the a tical involved in the landmark treat ment said it Wasa lot More pleasant than surgery. Lyn Hicks 35, of Carrollton. Joined her doctors Al a press briefing thursday at Emory University s Craw Ford Long Hospital in Atlanta the first in the nation to use a new gallstone Tho trips technique according to Hospital officials. The treatment. Hicks said was virtually  i was released on a thursday and i could have gone Back to work Friday she said. She wound up going Back to work the next monday Afler a follow up visit the Day after her release. H icks said she could feel pressure Akin to a slap each Lime the machine fired Shock Waves at her midsection and was left Wilh some mild tenderness afterwards a far cry from surgery recuperation. I work Al a Hospital said Hicks assistant director of registration for emergency patients Al Carrollton s Tanner medical Center. I know what serious surgery it  Crawford Long is one of 10 . Medical canlers selected for trials of a gallstone Wilhoi Ripich that has shown promising results in tests in West Germany officials said thursday at the news conference. At photo or. Hutty a Steinberg operates a dornier Mph 9000 gallstone smasher during a Lesl in Atlanta. The machine similar to those now commonly used to smash kidney stones represents a major slip for Ward in Medicine said or. Harold s. Ramos medical director at Crawford Long. Gallstones Are Small hard masses that can form in the Gall bladder. The  uses ultrasound to pulling for Charity sixty civil servant pull More than their we Lohl in a a 170-wn British airways 747 Jet 100 Yards in 57.5 Charity lib of we the lets of British poll and seconds smashing the previous record and raising a is bless at Heathrow Airport wednesday Han Ltd about $18,700 for various health Charlies. Locate the gallstones and Send Shock Waves into the Gal bladder literally smashing them to Sand Sie frag ments which can Ihnn be passed into inc Ionics inc and out of the body. Previously gallstones have been removed Only through Complex surgery which can require a week of hospitalization and six to eight weeks of recuperation. For the first time we will be Able to manage Gall stones effectively without surgery without putting the patient 10 sleep without interruption in their daily  Ramos said. The 10 medical centers will use a dornier Mph 9000 biliary  in investigative trials on some 600 selected patients who meet certain criteria. If approved by the food and drug administration the technique could become the method of Choice for treatment of gallstones which plague As Many As 20 million americans each year according to or. R. Car Ter Davis chief of the Hospital s  diag Nostic Laboratory. Although patients during the trials will be hospitalized for two nights in inc near future it will be reduced to an outpatient procedure predicted or. Wil Liam e. Torres associate professor of radiology Al Emory University. Soviets stabilize nuke satellite feared headed Back to Earth Moscow Dpi the soviet Union has regained control of a nuclear powered satellite which Western experts feared was in danger of falling Back to Earth and possibly spreading radioactive debris Over a wide area a spokesman for the soviet commercial space Agency Gla Kosmos said Friday. The situation has us blazed and All is under control now,1 the spokesman said when asked about inc satellite. Cosmos 1900, launched last december. He said he had no other details but emphasized it presented no  he gave no details on How the soviets managed to regain control of the satellite. A British defense ministry spokesman said wednesday his government was racking the surveil Lance satellite which was apparently out of control. Because of its deteriorating orbit 160 Miles above Earth there was a Chance Cosmos 1900 might crash to Earth within we to three months. The satellite which tracks Western ships at sea has a powerful radar that uses a nuclear reactor weighing about 100 pounds As its Power source. Its orbit began deteriorating april 10. In 1978 the nuclear powered soviet satellite Cosmos 951 dropped Back to Earth unexpectedly spreading radioactive debris Over a Large area onto Nhym Canada. The British defense ministry said such satellites Are now equipped with a rail Safe system that would boost them into a higher orbit where they would Drift around for decades break apart and eventually disintegrate