European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 28, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 news updates the stars and stripes thursday july 28,1988 Winans term slashed new York not r. Fos Ter Winans the former columnist for the Wall Street journal who was convicted of securities Law violations in an insider trading scan dal has been granted a six month reduction in his prison sentence. Winans who began serving an 18-month sentence in february will have to serve Only 12 months under the reduced sentence. In ruling on the reduction Las week . District judge Charles e. Stewartjr. Said Peter n. Brant a co defendant and chief witness against Winans had received Aless severe sentence while profiting the most from the trading scheme. Brant a former stockbroker with Kidder Peabody & company agreed to testify for the govern ment against Winans and other  was sentenced to eight months in prison to be served on weekends along with a $10,000 Fine and five years probation. Stewart sentenced both Brant and Winans. Artworks returned Rome a six stolen Art works discovered a year ago hid Den in the Paris Home of an italia have been returned to Italy the cultural ministry announced  15th Century triptych by Gabriele Difrancesco was among the works. The painting in three Side by Side panels was stolen in 1985from the altar of the Cathedral of Coniglione 33 Miles North of Rome. A 15th Century painting by Francesco Ribolini three 17tncentury compasses with Ivory cases and Francesco Netti s 1800"procession of penance during the 1794 eruption of Vesuvius also were recovered. The three were stolen from Italy betwee june 1983 and August 1984. Burmese president Rangoon Burma a Sein Lwin a former army general who ruthlessly suppressed dissidents Over the past Quarter Cen Tury wednesday was named presi Dent of this troubled Southeast asian nation. Sein Lwin who replaces 70-year-old san you on tuesday assumed the country s most Power Ful position chairman of the ruling Burma socialist program party. An emergency session of parliament also elected the former Deputy prime minister and plan Ning minister Tun tin As prime minister. Vice president Aye a remained in his Post. Parliament also promoted de sense minister Kyaw thin to the no. 3 government position As head of the Council of state which the 64-year-old Sein Lwin had vacated. It also endorsed a package of economic reforms proposed at a recent party Congress. Private contractors expected to Speed champs payments Janet d Agostino medical writer Heidelberg West Germany champs officials Hope to get the Check in the mail a Little More quickly once a private contractor takes Over claims processing and reimbursement for the health organization s european operation. Champs the civilian health and medical program of the uniformed services started seeking bids from Pri vate contractors interested in taking Over claims processing for the european office in june according to Huston Worthey the acting director of the european of fice. The european office is the sole Hampus of fice where the government processes claims. A private contractor is being sought because it is becoming More difficult for government employees to efficiently pro Cess the increasing number of claims being filed. We simply cannot staff the office with enough government slots to Han dle the workload Worthey said. The number of champs claims received in the office has tripled from 15,000 in 1980 to 42,649 in 1987. The number of claims anticipated for 1988 is 48,000. Ninety four percent of those claims come from West Germany the United kingdom Spain Greece Italy and the Netherlands. Claims also come from As far As Africa and the Middle East. After resolving a backlog of claim earlier this year Worthey said it now takes about 30 Days for a reimbursement Check to be issued once a claim is filed. In the United states champs requires private contractors to process 75 per cent of All claims within 21 Days he said. Worthey said none of the employee sin the european office Many of whom Are germans would lose their jobs. Employees will be placed in new jobs or possibly hired by the company taking Over the processing he said. He would not say How Many people work in the office. Worthey did not know when a con tractor would be chosen but bids will close sept. 7. Companies interested i taking Over the service could be health care firms or data processing companies he said. The successful contractor will be paid a set Price per claim by the depart ment of defense. There will be no change in the Way beneficiaries use the service once the contractor takes Over. The service will be As Good or better than it is now Worthey said. People who can use champs in clude retirees and husbands wives and unmarried children of Active duty serv ice members and retirees. Active duty personnel Are not eligible. Champs does not provide free medical care. It is a plan where the government shares with service families the Cost of health care from civilian hospitals and doctors when that care is not Avail Able at a military Hospital or clinic. It does not cover All health care but most medically necessary care. It does not pro vide for dental coverage. People who have questions about Hampus should Contact their health benefits advisers. Snag in philippine base folks caused by inflexibility1 of ., official claims Manila Philippines up for eign Secretary Raul Mang Lapus said wednesday that talks could resume on the treaty covering . Military bases in the Philippines if the american position was not inflexible about an Aid pack age valued at $ 1 billion a year. Mang Lapus met with president Cora Zon Aquino for the second time since tuesday when he stormed out of a meet ing with . Ambassador Nicholas Platt during a review of the 1947 bases treaty. The philippine panel later issued a statement saying there was a substantial disagreement on the compensation Issue prompting the filipinos to move for a suspension of the talks. The . Embassy said the stalemate was  emerging from a meeting with Aquino wednesday Mang Lapus told reporters hews open to any reasonable suggestions As to the future of these  but we have to be assured that the position Given to us by the american panel As inflexible is indeed not inflexible Mang Lapus said. A source in the department of foreign affairs said the maximum . Offer proposed tuesday provided $540 Mil lion a year evenly divided for economic and military assistance and food commodities. An additional $500 million in local procurements for the bases and salaries to filipino base workers bring the pack age to $1.04 billion the source said. The Philippines is seeking some $1.2 billion in Aid which is based on other items. Philippine negotiators who though they had a Deal after a recent visit of . Secretary of state George Shultz were upset because procurements an salaries have never been counted into the package in previous agreements. The last philippine proposal before the talks broke Down the source said called for annual Aid of $400 million in Eash $100 million in commodities and$700 million in foreign military sales credits. The Philippines also was seeking concessional interest rate of 2.5 percent on military credits and asking the United states to Purchase part of its $28 billion foreign debt at a discount the source said. Korean students arrested in anti-. March Seoul South Korea a riot police wednesday arrested about 30 Stu dents Yelling Yankee go Home who were demonstrating in front of . Army Headquarters to demand expulsion of . Forces. Hundreds of riot police in Green fatigues and Black Visorde helmets swiftly detained the students As they marched toward the . 8th army Headquarters in the Yon san area of Southern Seoul. The students who tried to stage a peace Ful sit Down protest were forced into police buses. The students also demonstrated to Mark the 35th anniversary wednesday of the end of the korean War begun in 1950 by communist North Korea s inva Sion of the South. Forces from the United states and 15 other nations intervened on the Side of the South during the War and China fought alongside the North. The War ended july 27, 1953 in stalemate with the two sides signing an armistice. The students called for removal of the 42,000 . Troops still based in South Korea under a defense treaty and they carried banners denouncing the Ameri can military presence. Down with the United states which forced partition of the korean Peninsula protesters shouted. Radical students claim the United states is responsible for the continue division of the korean Peninsula and rules the South As a virtual Colony. Radi cals have called for immediate reunification with the communist North. Most South koreans fear the North re Mains determined to conquer the South and Are vehemently opposed to the totalitarian communist regime in the North. The radicals have virtually no Public support. The Peninsula was divided by .and soviet forces that ended the Japa Nese occupation at the end of world War ii. Aids punitive Laws on Rise worldwide study says Boston a More and More countries reenacting discriminatory Laws and travel restrictions to fight the spread of aids according to a study. We re seeing an increase in the use of coercion quarantine and criminal prosecution against aids Vic Tims said Larry Gostin. An associate professor at Harvard s school of Public health. It s becoming a syndrome of blaming the victims. Gostin presented highlights of the study tuesday at the 10th National lesbian and Gay health conference and aids forum. Many of the Laws Are based on irrational fears that aids is a foreigners disease and not a worldwide problem according to the study commissioned by the world health organization. One of the countries with the greatest use of Crimi Nal statutes and coercive measures to penalize aids victims is the United states said  found at least 50 criminal prosecutions of peo ple with the his virus and uncovered at least a dozen or criminal " he said. A St a Jwj in in t Viilo turn us Vucicu i Mcamore statutes for quarantine isolation 01 prosecution of people in the United stat scuba and the soviet Union have some of the Tough est Laws to combat aids according to the study. The Survey which was sent to health officials in every country found that 45 percent of the 77 coun tries that responded have aids legislation Gosti said. Most disturbing were the study s findings that 24countries, including Japan China Iraq Libya soviet Union Thailand and saudi Arabia have developed immigration and travel restrictions for people with the his virus Gostin said