European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 4, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes tuesday october 4,1988 senior obstetricians gynaecologists win right to $6,000 boost in incentive pay by Chuck v1nch Washington Bureau Washington some senior military Obs Elri cans and gynaecologists have been added to the list of those having critical wort inc specialities making them eligible for  More per year in medical incentive pay. Or. William Mayer assistant Secretary of defense for health affairs made the announcement in a memo to the services Friday. The message reversed his March memo that turned Down a similar proposal. The new provisions mean that some of guns with More than six years of service will receive Al 6,000 in incentive pay this year up from inc previous limit of $10,000. The special pay will increase to $20,000 a year beginning oct. 1, 1989, under last years defense authorization act obstetricians and Jan ecologists who have fewer than six care of service or who have not graduated from that training program Are limited to 18,000 in incentive pay this year and 110,000 next fiscal year. Mayer s decision came after military surgeons provided him Wilh an analysis showing thai of guns could perform 68 percent of inc expected wartime tasks that would be assigned to general  Pentagon s health affairs office also received a number of congressional inquiries after disgruntled military of guns complained to Capitol Hill about the rejection of incentive pay for their specially seven months  set one condition for the doctors to receive the higher pay they must attend the wartime Surgi Cal skill enhancement training program. The services plan to have All Active duty of guns Complete the course by March 19s9. None of the services currently is capable of generating sufficient numbers of fully trained general surgeons to meet mobilization requirements. Mayer wrote in his Friday memo. One Way to partially satisfy the wartime surgical requirement will be through the Cross utilization of other surgical specialists most notably of guns int general surgical  in View of inc surgeons report Mayer said he has agreed that current general surgery medical plans will include iwo categories regular general surgeons designated is i and other physicians capable of per forming generic wartime surgical tasks to be designated gs-i1. Creating iwo categories will be a matter of reallocating slots and will not increase or decrease current requirements Mayer said. Slots that fall under the is ii category can be filled by general surgeons general surgical residents who have completed at least half their training or of guns and urologists who have completed the wartime skills enhancement program he said. Mayer said the action will have two major positive effects on wartime medical mobilization planning. First it will move the general surgical mobilization requirement in the Active component toward a More realistic level although there will still be shortages of27 percent in gs-1 and 35 percent in is ii categories Mayer , and perhaps most importantly it will for Mally recognize substantial Audi table wartime require ments which can be met by some 284 Active duly of guns not needed to fill wartime requirements for their specially be said. Although there Are 452 of guns on Active duty Only 168 would be needed in wartime he said. News updates 4 poles sentenced Warsaw Poland a opposition activist Jozcfa Pinion and three associates got suspended sentences monday Tor an alleged As Sault on a factory guard during a wave of strikes in May the banned Solidarity Trade Union said. A court in wroclaw in South Western Poland handed Down the sentences after finding Pinion Czeslaw Borowczyk Aleksandra Sarata and Yolanta Skiba guilty in connection with an incident Dur ing a factory rally on May 5. Pinion Borowczyk and Sarata were each sentenced to 1 i Yearsin prison but in was suspended for a three year probationary period the Solidarity spokeswoman said Skiba was sentenced to eight months imprisonment also sus Pended during a three year probationary period. Burma rebel s plea thay Baw to Burma a the Leader of Burma s strongest rebel group monday appealed for International Aid for the students who have fled to his bases seeking Mili tary training id topple the country s authoritarian government. Hundreds of students some of whom had led recent Ami govern ment demonstrations in Burma gathered on a Field at the Karen Camp As Gen. Bomya spoke to thai and foreign correspondents. Sudanese refugees Khartoum Sudan Jap some 600 people icing harassment by rebel troops recently arrived in the Southern town of Elm lad where Camp inhabitants Are already battling malnutrition and disease the Sudan news Agency reported monday. Sun a said that Al Mug lad 462 Miles Southwest of Khartoum Al ready was Home for 5,000 South Erners who had fled fierce fighting Between the rebels and the govern ment in the Countryside. A wartime Formin l tasks t on 16 woul be Neww i wartime a Casio. Army no gets 8-year sentence for role in fencing stolen pm items Rufii a fimm it firm air an inc Heilbronn nose Exchange. The army convictions the spokesman said.he1lbronn, West Germany an army no was sentenced Friday tonight years confinement for his role in fencing stereo equipment stolen from Apost Exchange an army spokesman said. Sgt. Frank Wilkins 41, of co a 2ndbn, 4th inf Rygl at Baden Crof Casem in Heilbronn pleaded guilty in a court martial to eight counts of receiving Sto Len property. The offences discovered by the army criminal investigation come occurred Between september and december 1987while Wilkins was working part time Al in Post. To estimated the value of the stolen stereo parts at $2,170.the spokesman said at least four other soldiers who had received stolen Good from Wilkins received non judicial punishment officials suspect a civilian who has disappeared of stealing the equip  also pleaded guilty to false swearing in connection with statement she made june 17, 1987, while seeking a Security clearance to guard penning i missiles. In seeking the clearance. Wil Kins tried to conceal two prior burglary conviction Alabama courts had sentenced Wil Kins then using the name Frank a Young to a two year prison let in 1964 and a 10-year term in 1967 for burglar convictions. He was released on parole in 1972.during sentencing Friday the judge it. Col. R. Wade Curtis also gave Wil Kins a dishonourable discharge reduced him to the lowest enlisted rank and or dered him to forfeit All pay and allow  will serve his sentence at fort Leavenworth Kan. Go accused in fatal stabbing of turkish girl Mainz West Germany is an8th inf div Soldier has been charged by army authorities in connection with the stabbing death of a 17-year-Flld turkish girl a division spokesman said . Emery l. Franklin of Bury a 1st in 59lh air defense arty at Mccully bar Racks in Wackenheim was charged sat urday with murder said maj. Michae Maher. Franklin is being held Al the army confinement facility in  body of Melina Uzun Karanfil of Sinsheim near Mainz was found a about 6 30 . Friday in the la Smeberg Forest Between Gonsenheim and Budzn Heim a Mainz police spokesman said monday she had been subbed More than 90 times he said. The Mainz newspaper saturday re ported that her body was found by a . Army lieutenant who was jogging in the area. Uzun Karanfil was last seen thursday in a Mainz disco where she had Contact with . Service members the police spokesman said. Two servicemen Bare detained by Ger Man police Early Friday were questioned and released he said. Franklin was apprehended later on Friday. The 19-year-old Soldier was in posses Sion of a knife believed to be the murder weapon the spokesman said. He washed overnight and arraigned before being released to army authorities on saturday Maher said. Fac by of reformer site burglarized gr1esheim, West Germany More than $s,000 in Cash and merchandise was stolen from the cafes facility Atixhe refer Ger redeployment Assembly area in a weekend burglary a Community spokesman said monday. The burglary took place sometime be tween 7 . Saturday and 8 . Sun Day and was discovered by the Assembly area retail manager. Officials said an unknown number of people apparently entered the cafes facility ransacked the place and look about $ 5,300 from a locked Safe in the Exchange office. Also taken were three Cartons of cigarettes and a cassette tap player. A Lal a search showed four Nylon Jack ets valued Al s350 had been taken from a Vendor. It was not known if the two Inci dents were related. A total inventory was being conducted to determine whether other items were missing the spokesman said. The Exchange reopened sunday afternoon. As a result of the burglary Exchange officials have removed All High Dollar items from the facility and have reduce the Supply of cigarettes. The two incidents Are under investigation by military authorities. 4th american Ramstein air show victim Dies correction an article sept. 24 incorrectly identified inc command of West German maj. I n. Bruno von Ming Dan. He is the  of the Bavaria based Mili tary District come i. Kaiserslautern West Germany is a fourth american has died of injuries suffered in the Ramstein air show disaster West German and . Officials said monday. The death loll climbed to 69 sunday when air Force master sol. Stephen Hull 32, died at Brooke army medical Center in san Antonio Texas. The Covina calif., native was As signed to the air Force service information and news Center Kelly fab Texas. Al the time of the aug. 28 disaster Hull was on temporary duty in West Germany said senior airman Rich Romero a Ramstein spokesman. Hull is survived by his wife  monday 59 people injured in the disaster remained hospitalized in 22 Hospi tals. They Are three americans iwo French one italian and 53 West germans. Of the59, seven were listed in very serious or serious condition Romero said. The catastrophe occurred when three italian air Force planes collided during an acrobatic Man Euver and one fell into the crowd