European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 24, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes saturday december 24,1988 doctors Kong of sife eaves questioned Chicago a doctors should not give in to pressure to write phony excuses so healthy workers can Call in sick say two researchers. Or. Marsha clinic Hollcr Nan or the family prac Tice Center at Baylor College of Medicine in hous ton and her husband Warren l. Holcman an assistant professor of ethics there suggested doctors not provide excuses unless they actually treat the patients. Physicians also should develop guidelines for handling requests for school and work releases they said. Until guidelines arc developed doctors will continue to be placed in a compromising position medically ethically legally and financially while doing Little to ameliorate he problems of casual absenteeism the Hollemans wrote in Friday s journal of the american medical association. Casual Absentee cases per year the Hollemans said earlier research indicated casual absenteeism has been on the Rise for 25 years and May Cost . Industry $30 billion a year. Workers who App Cdr Well often Tell doctors they arc sick the researchers said. In addition they said some employers pressure doctors to reveal confidential information about a patient s illnesses to get a patient Back to work. The worker has few incentives to Tell the truth and the physician has Tew incentives to ascertain the Rulh the Hollemans wrote the physician who questions the veracity of this worker s claim can look Forward to losing the worker s family As patients or if they remain to a strained relationship. The physician who refuses to sign this worker s release might feet awkward about charging a fee for the visit while the Ripon had no figures on the number of they said absenteeism often is triggered by work place atmosphere finances or other non medical problems that should be dealt with by someone other than a doctor. Asking physicians to police inc problem is treat ing the symptom rather than the disease they wrote. At least one ethics professor was troubled about the idea of strict guidelines Kenneth Vaux a professor of ethics at the univer sity of Illinois College of Medicine in Chicago said doctors should retain their traditional roles As protectors of the weak. Guidelines allowing absence excuses Only with treatment could be aimed at generating More medi Cal business and workers May not be Well protected if companies hire doctors to screen patient care he  can t go to the Point where a physician be comes an instrument of societal vigilance and Socie Tal vengeance Vaux said jury convicts 3 polygamists on reduced charges in slaying Coalville Utah a three polygamist clan members wept and hugged their families after a jury convicted them on reduced homicide charges in the shooting death of a Law officer killed during a 13-Day siege. Clinin patriarch and dim Swapp 27, and his brother in Law. John Timothy Singer 22, were convicted of manslaughter thursday in the death of state corrections it. Fred House. Swapp s brother Jona than Swapp 21, was convicted of negligent Homi cide. House was killed Dur ing a Jan. 28 shoot out that ended inc clan s armed standoff Wilh police at their Marion  impasse had begun 13 Days earlier when Addam Swapp who said he was guided by a divine Radium Bupp revelation bombed a nearby mormon Chapel. The three had been charged with second degree murder in the death of House who was struck by a ride Bullet As he directed police dogs to attack the Swapp Brothers in an arrest attempt coordinated by an Fri hostage Rescue team. The maximum penalty for second degree murder is five years to life in prison. For manslaughter the Maxi mum term is five years and for negligent homicide one year in jail and a 12,500 Fine. Third District judge Michael Murphy scheduled sentencing for Jan. 20.the Trio was somber and observers were silent As the verdicts were read. But after court adjourned Addam Swapp wept As he leaned Over a rail to embrace his wives Sisters sons and brother in Law. Jonathan Swapp also embraced his wife whom he married in a Jailhouse ceremony in november i m pleased and disappointed by the verdict disappointed because we have an abiding conviction of the innocence of our clients said John Bucher Addam Swapp s attorney. Fred Metos Singer s attorney said his client was relieved because he escaped a lengthy prison term. Earl Spafford Jonathan Swapp s lawyer said he could the happier with the jury s decision. Addam Swapp was seriously wounded by an Fri Sharpshooter during the 20-Sccond Exchange in Jan uary. He said he never fired and agents differed Aslo whether he was shouldering his Rifle when he was shot. Singer acknowledged firing the shot that killed House but said he was shooting at inc. Dogs. Jonathan Swapp also admitted firing his Rifle but said he was trying to keep officers from shooting his brother again. Prosecutor Dave Schwendiman and fellow prosecutor Creighton Horton said they were neither surprised nor disappointed by the verdict. Ii was simply a Tough ease for the jury Horton said. This should put to rest the incident at  Ann House widow of the slain officer attended the nine Day trial what was missing in this trial about the killing of it. Fred House was Fred As a real person. He was an still is a Model of character of responsible behaviour she wrote in a statement following the verdict. Mrs. House whose husband had four Black belts in karate said his students and fellow workers respected this dedication loyalty and team support. The Singer Swapp affair is such a contrast in  owner of of or s need tic of search Rig for rec $ Fina solution by Pete Collins Cox news service. Miami the owner of Adolf Hitler s 89-foot, custom built yacht is ready to torpedo the boat and turn it into a habitat for the fish off Miami Beach he is awaiting word from Miami Beach vice mayor. Abe Rusnick so he can unload the Relie of the . ,. Rusnick wants to sink the 50-year-old Ostwind regarded As one of the finest sailing vessels in the world before it was captured sunk raised burned gouged abandoned covered with Graffiti and fanta sized about to Benefit Marine life off Miami Beach and Mark the 50th anniversary next year of the voyage of the damned.  ,. Nelson owner of inc Ostwind said the yacht has been nothing but a pain to him Ever since he became associated Wilh it More than seven years ago. Nelson the. Owner of a-1 Marine and commercial wrecking in Jacksonville said we re Gonna do what Ever Rusnick wants to do with this thing. It looks Tike. We re finally reaching the end of this. Hitler boat business once and for All. We want to Barge it to the coast off of Miami Beach and apparently the jewish Community will be Happy to Lake it and watch it bum and sink. 1 wish it Good and dance  the deep Sixing of the vessel would coincide with he anniversary of the 1939 voyage in which the ship St. Louis left from Hamburg Germany with 900 jews aboard just before the beginning or world War  were refused entry into Cuba and the United states. Eventually they returned to Europe where As Many As 700 of them were believed to have been killed Bolh nazis we want to apply the same solution to the Ostwind that Hitler was trying to apply to the jews said res Nick a survivor of a concentration Camp a Kovno who escaped and joined the resistance. Of course this is an object it s symbolic it snot like we re doing it to people Resnick said. The final solution to this boat is to Lake it out into International Waters sink it and create help for the Marine   Nelson came in Possession of the boat after u was abandoned on his property. He tried to sell it iwo weeks Naff but there were no  men disguised As officers steal millions in Cash Clifton no a two men wearing police uniforms held up an armoured car thursday and got Between $3 million and $5 million in Cash police said. The armoured car owned by the Coin depot corp. Of Elizabeth was robbed about 9 . Behind the first Fidelity Bank said James knights a spokesman for the Fri s Newark  car was dropping off Money said police Cape. James Terri to. The men tied up the car s three occupants put them in the Back of the vehicle and drove loan Industrial part knights said. The suspects then switched vehicles and drove away knights said. The employees were found unharmed after a Tele phone caller told police that the car was at the Industrial Park Terrill  Hurt in attempt to Rescue beagles Dies Pittsburgh a a woman has died of injuries suffered when she went Back into her burning Home dec. 3 in a failed attempt to save her two pet beagles Mac j. Stapp 67, died at mercy Hospital of Burns Over 52 percent of her body. Hardening of he arteries and diabetes contributed to her death said James Gre gris chief Deputy Coroner for Allegheny county according to the Nephew she was t burned or injured when he look her out of inc House the first time. She was Safe but could t leave the dogs inside said lire capt. John Bauer. She tried to save their lives and lost her  the dogs were found in the rubble of the Home. President Kennedy s son to train As prosecutor new York up the son of president John f. Kennedy will become a prosecutor in training with Manhattan District Alloney Robert Morgenthau next summer. -. Morgenthau whom president Kennedy appointed to be . Attorney for the Southern District of new York in 1961, interviewed John Kennedyjr. Toll month and offered him the 129.000-a-year Post sources said. -. Kennedy 28, is a third year Sludden at new York University Law school. He was hired with 19 others Low Ork in inc High visibility office Starling in August the. Sources said.-. -.j.t-. 2nd quake in 27 hours strikes alaskan Region Palmer Alaska a the second earthquake in Alaska in 27 hours rocked two fishing villages Early thursday but there were no reports of damage or injuries from the Strong temblor officials said. ,. -. / the tremor registered about 5.8 on the Richter scale at 1 42 . And was entered beneath the Ocean 20miles Northeast of Nataska Island in the Aleutian it lands group said Alec Medbery of the Alaska tsunami warning  said the quake jolted Unalaska and neigh Boring dutch Harbor a major base for fishing vessels but caused no damage