European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 5, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes saturday. November 5.19b3 beef up of military health service school teens to lighten Burden on champs by Chuck Vinci Washin Rlynn Herrou Washington the defense department plans to Bee Tup service at its military health care facilities under anew test program designed to lighten Fie budget crunch faced by the civilian health and medical program of the uni formed services. I Ach military service will be Able to Channel up to Jio million in Champu funds for fiscal 1989 into improving the productivity of military medical facilities said or William Mayer assistant Secretary of defense for heal i h affairs. Champs is the Milia re s medical Hon fits program thai generally buys Careon a Cost sharing basis in the civilian sector primarily for family members of Active duty personnel retirees and their families. In recent years heavier than expected demands for services forced Congress to allot extra Money to keep the health program solvent. Twenty one projects suggested by the military1 services have been approved by , they Are Wpc Clad los ave about $14 million this fiscal year by shifting nearly 1,000 inpatient admissions and 20,000 outpatient visits from champs to military facilities. Mayer said inc test projects focus a mainly on providing More i Patk fat Carein military hospitals and clinics to champs beneficiaries which should account for More Ihan three quarters of the expected savings. The projects also emphasize the Hir ing of More nurses and increasing the availability of psychiatric care in Mili tary hospitals a Pentagon health affairs official said. For example if a local commander has shut Down a Wing of his facility be cause of staff or Money shortages this will now allow him to perhaps contract out for a physician or hire More support staff to reopen that  among the army s enhanced service projects approved by Mayer arc open heart surgery at fort Gordon Fia. I by Chihry at a Eaumont army medical Cen Ter Elpaso Texas car. Nose and Throat services at tort Devoir a. Obstetrics and  at fort Dii. N.j.-, and gynaecological surgery cardiology and of on at fort Hood Texas nuclear Medicine gynaecology and Psychia try and mental health at port kno by gym theology at fort Monmouth . Obstetrics and psychiatry at fort Riley Kan. And obstetrics at fort Stewart la. Air Force projects approved include obstetrics and gynaecology at Elmendorf fab Alaska tinker fab. Okla., and Hil fab Utah Nen Cral surgery Vipla Isburgh fab . And psychiatry Al offrim fab neb., and Eglin fab. Fla. The deadline for approval of other projects has been extended by Mayer to March 31, and additional proposals Are Welcome he said. French West German Summit ends Bonn West Germany api French president Francois Mitterrand and West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl wrap Ped up talks Friday that focused on in creased cooperation in developing join policies toward the soviets. In a joint press conference after a Sec Ond Day of talks Friday the two Leader described the talks As a constructive working session. Kohl said he briefed Mitterrand on his a Iceni trip to Moscow and that the two men discussed a Range of economic political and cultural topics. Kohl visited Moscow last month for id ranging discussions with soviet resident nil thai i s. Gorbachev. Mitter Rand is scheduled to visit Moscow later this month. Relations with Moscow and a com Mon policy toward the soviet Union topped inc Agenda for the 52nd French German Summit officials said. Our talks once again have shown How extremely important the dialogue Between our two countries France and West  Kohl told reporters. Mitterrand referred to the Good an healthy tradition of relations Between the two nations. Kohl said the two leaders also Dis cussed preparation for an upcoming Mccuing of european economic com my nity leaders on the greek Island of rho ,.-. Preparations also Are moving forwarding Selling up a joint French German Mil itary brigade which should be in place in two years Kohl said. On thursday Fried Helm Osl Kohl s spokesman told reporters the Chancellor and Mitterrand agreed their two coun tries should work More closely together on policies dealing with soviet relations. The two underlined the nor Mobil importance of stronger cooperation in this area for the development of relation with countries of the Warsaw  Oil said. 1 Kohl said earlier this week that France Francois Mitterrand left and Helmut Kohl at a Bonn news Confer hit Friday. And West Germany should work together to develop a joint european policy to Ward the soviet bloc  new developments in the East. That arc filling us with  Kohl also assured his guest of the West German government s support for France s efforts to reduce its Trade Defi Cit Ost said of said West German and Vic will help with thaw efforts but he did not elaborate. The West German Chancellor also spoke with French Premier Michel to card. Kohl and Ricard discussed obstacle that remain to the dec s plans for re moving Trade barriers within Ilie inc by i1 As Well As environmental Protection and cooperation in High technology areas Ost said. West German environment minister Klaus to pfc said Friday that a agreement had been reached la set up a joint environmental advisory Council. Reward offered for information of gun Worz Bung West Germany army criminal investigation corny officials still Are offering a 11,000 Reward for information leading to the return of a machine gain stolen at least one year ago an agent said Friday. Investigators believe the m240c machine gun valued Ai 54,650, was stolen Between february and december 1981.a 3rd inf div warehouse worker in Veit Hochheim signed movement documents on the weapon on feb. 19, but failed so verify that it had arrived at the warehouse 1 ,. The weapon s designated recipient to. Co 1st brigade 69ih army. In in Kitzinger never received the machine gun. It has since been replaced. Inquiries have been sent to All Crimi Nal investigation come offices in Ger Many Italy and the Netherlands but no positive responses have been received. The weapon is designed to. Remounted on inc Bradley fighting Chi Cland ils serial ,u4s552. Anyone  can contact1special agent Pamela Russell. At. Ets350-48 or "tsi9 or German civilian0931-80-1811 or the military police at ets3so-4sqo. In Brawl Meef with colonel Frankfurt West German Sas a lop Frankfurt military official Mcl for about an hour Friday with event can Agurs who were involved in the tuesday morning Brawl outside Frank Furt High school. Deputy Community commander col. Thomas Horre me wish the seven teen agers and their parents in what a Community spokesman called an informs Tion session thai stressed hat similar actions will not be  Only five or the teens arc students Al Frankfurt High. Frankfort High school principal Dan Basarich attended Friday s meeting Sadid military police officials. The spokesman said he arc was await ing More information from a police re part before taking any disciplinary action against inc Terni or their families. Possible action could include suspension or expulsion of the students from school he said. Expulsions would need the concur rence of Joseph Blacks cad who Heads the department of defense dependents schools Germany Region. The fight which resulted in six in lines broke out tuesday a isl As students from Darmstadt were getting off a school bus. Police stepped up patrols later in the week under orders to remove non Stu dents from the school grounds the spokesman said. 400-foot fall kills chief Petty officer on tour of Island Lajes Field azores is a Navy chief Petty officer on deployment to Lajos Field was killed wednesday in fall Down a 400-foot Cliff a Navy spokeswoman said Friday. Chief Pulty officer Christopher s. Joy,36, assigned to patrol so 44 at the naval air station in Brunswick. Maine was sightseeing near the Edge of the Cliff when the ground gave Way. Said it. Jackie Yost. At the Lime of the foil Joy an Ord Nanneman aboard a 3 Orion aircraft was on an Outing with a dozen co work ers on the Island ofter Scira where Lajos is located. Yost said that the fall occurred about a i5 . And that a helicopter search for Joy was called off wednesday because of darkness. Joy s body was recovered thursday at the base of he Cliff about 12 feel from water he is survived by his wife Maurine and son Brandon 11, both of Bruns Wick dolls being recalled because of unsafe eyes Washington