European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 17, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The costly b-2 Page 13 unofficial public1tioh Fob me u.5 jumbo Forth Good Mormina vol. 47, no. 243 saturday. December 17. 19b d 8693 a did kills medical fees ded by Norman Blac a military writer Washington defense Secretary Frank c. Carlucci has scuttled a proposal by White House budget officials to charge military dependents and retirees a user fee for health care Pentagon sources said thursday the sources who spoke on condition they not be. Named said Carlucci had intervened personally with officials at the office of management and budget and made Clear his opposition to the idea. Bomb is backing Down one ranking official said. This plan will be scrapped.". Dan Howard the Pentagon a fire spokesman declined to  bomb had def a to discard the plan. But Howard made in Clear that car dependents retirees Wolff cd have paid the budget office Over  Secretary understated that the military member and his fam medical care in the system As one of ii most important fundamental benefits Howard said at a briefing. A an increase and Chan try charging fees to our service paper Hel would constitute a  net pay an benefits package and changing this Benefit Woid be a breach of Faith with our military service members their families tend our retirees and have a negative effect on attracting and retaining Quality personnel. It would undo some of the gains that we have established in the past eight years in building stir Cost Quality Mili tary Force in Juji i Story of the nation Howard scr this week defense officials Dis i that bomb was pressing the Pinta levying user fees starting next Lepok Jhc sources who claimed Pentagon  going bananas Over the Prospect  fees said the plan was advanced byh8lbjb for inclusion in the defense  Cal 1990 budget proposal. The b scheduled la be submitted to Congress on Jan. 9. Under the plan military dependents and retirees would have been charged 110 for every outpatient doctor visit up to an annual ceiling of $100 s3 to have prescriptions filled and $50 for admission to a military Hospital. Men and women on Active duty would not have been affected nor would the dependents of enlisted personnel in the Bottom four enlisted ranks. In addition the plan called for a Dou bling of the annual insurance deductible for dependents and retirees who turn to private physicians instead of using Mili tary faculties. The so called champs insurance Duduc Tiblis would have in Essed from $50 to i00 for individual Sand $100 to $200 for families. The Imrij orilion of any Type of user fees an emotional Issue within the military because health care is considered a major employment Benefit and enticement for Servic wind Snow hit California Harbor residents Sulva what they can after tale Force w kinds smashed Sausalito North of san Francisco v by the associated press howling winds clocked at 102 Mph battered Nonh pm California on thursday claiming at least one life while Snow and sleet blanketed Southern California causing chaos of Mountain highways and killing two. The powerful winds in the North overturned trucks toppled Trees arid Cut Power to More than 440,000 people. The winds littered Scenic non Horn California with downed Power lines branches and trash. Trucks were overturned and authorities dosed dangerous highways and issued travel warnings. Police said 3-year-old of Asghar died in a Berkeley apartment tire sparked by a Candle used because of a wind caused Power outages his parents and three. Brothers and Sisters were left homeless. Snow flurries appeared in the Southern san Joaquin Valley and sleet and rain Tell around los Angeles including Hills that were dry and ablaze Only a week ago As the storm swept from Nevada across California s midsection. As temperatures headed Down to the 40s for the night los Angeles gave hotel vouchers to homeless people and opened shelters in a recreation Center and an armory. Two armoires opened As shelters in Orange county. Ten crashes involving dozens of vehicles and two deaths occurred on interstate is in Cajon pass the Highway patrol said. No information was immediately available on the deaths. V the san Francisco Bay waterfront was ravaged by. Sea Snow on Back Page swede held in Ideath of Premier Len a a prosecutor de held in custody theirs rime minister Olof palme a major break in Sweden s p Man detained  Olof palme Jor l for the prosecutor s office Stockholm s