European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 13, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday january 13, 1989 the stars and stripes Page 3 Lack of Snow ruining North Italy ski season Milan Italy a skiers and operators of fashionable resorts in the Alps and dolomites Are facing a severe dry spell that has left Northern Italy Knowless and caused Sharp losses to the multimillion Dollar ski Industry. But in the Long term the dryness May be most damaging to Farmers in the Plains. Their National association claimed this week that this year s har vests of wheat and Barley Are being jeopardized by the Lack of moisture. It also said an expected lowering in River Levels May Hurt Rice farming in the to Valley this Spring. If it does not Snow and a lot within this month we will have no water to submerge 150,000 hectares 370,500 acres of Rice said Bruno Pusterla a to official of the italian agricultural confederation. In the meantime drought is already causing damage  the latest snowfall on the italian Side of the Alps dates Back to Early december when an average of eight inches of fresh Snow elated owners of hotel Sand ski lifts. Not a single drop of rain or a Flake of Snow has since been spotted in Northern Italy. Dozens of tourists upset by the Lack of Snow and poor accommodations protested in Salice d Ulizio near the French Border forcing local authorities to negotiate repayment of a share of their prepaid vacations. Unusually High temperatures prevented the use Osno makers considered a Good defense in Case of late Winter snowfalls in resorts such As a Estrere Cou Mayeur Dormio Madonna i Campiglio and Selva Val Gardena. Resorts had spent several Mil lion dollars to install batteries of Snow making equipment on Alpine slopes. Snow bulletins issued weekly by tourist offices listen increasing number of closed ski lifts and Cable cars. The highest Alpine ski tracks above 6,000feet report no More than 12 to 16 inches. The few resorts with favourable ski conditions be cause of their Shady positions were invaded by thou Sands of Christmas Holiday skiers who quickly spoiled the slopes. The unusual High pressure Over Northern Italy also touched off several consecutive Days of thick fog in the Plains which closed airports hampered Road traffic and caused pileup on highways. We can Only Hope that Snow comes soon an plentifully to Salvage a tourist season already com promised says Caterina pro Sliner who runs a Lux Ury hotel in Val Badia near the austrian Border. Some International Cross country races schedule Din Northern Italy in mid january were cancelled for Lack of Snow while world cup races Early in Decem ber were held with some difficulty on artificial Snow. Several of the Early races of the Competition i France Austria and Switzerland were rescheduled last month. However the three neighbouring Alpine countries have had some recent snowfalls of 14 to 40 inches. 1,200 doctors want National health insurance Boston a a group of doctors has recommended that All private health insurance in the United states be abolished and replaced with a Federal pro Gram that would assure equal care to everyone. The program would be modelled Ocanada s National health program. Its proponents said it would Cost no More than the current system. Our health care system is failing the doctors wrote. It denies Access to Many in need and is expensive inefficient and increasingly  the proposal drawn up by a 1,200-member group called physicians for a National health program was published in thursday s new England journal of Medicine. The group s 30-member writing committee was chaired by drs. David. Himmelstein and Steffie Wool handler. The two doctors based at Cambridge Hospital in Cambridge,mass., recently published a marxist View of current. . Health policy which also praised the Canadian sys tem. There Are people of All political stripes involved in writing this from the right to the left Wing Himmelstein said in an interview. I am clearly one of the left Wing  a second paper in the journal writ ten by Alain Enthoven and Richard Kronick of Stanford business school proposed a less drastic plan for uni Versal health insurance. Their pro Gram would retain private insurance but require employers to provide coverage for their workers. Those not covered at work would contribute through taxes and poor people s coverage would be totally subsidized bythe government. These authors argued that a com plete government takeover of health care financing such As the other group suggested would represent far too Radical a change to be politically feasible in this  or. Arnold s. Relman the journal editor wrote in an editorial that the time has come for Universal health insurance but he did not endorse either plan. The proposal by Himmelstein an Woolhandler said that a single comprehensive program is necessary Bot to ensure equal Access to care and to minimize the complexity and expense of Billing and  funding would be based on an in come tax or other progressive  the program would Cost no More than the current system the authors said. The Cost of extra service would be offset by lower administrative overhead. Every year As the costs of the cur rent system go up and up and the num ber of uninsured people go up and up that will be a push toward this Funda mental change in our system Himmelstein said. Allowed to be loud a Schoolboy visiting the arts and crafts museum i Hamburg West Germany responds loudly to a museum guide s announcement that in the interest of music appreciation members of a touring class could try out some of the instruments on display. The youngster grabbed the biggest Horn in sight and started puffing to the consternation of his class mates. School s tuition Bill sent to fired Feacher colled harassment Point pleasant . A a High school mathematics teacher fired dec. 19 for refusing to Wear a tie and dress pants to class received a $4,647 Bill from the school system wednesday for his son an daughter s tuition. Bill Webb called the move one of lowest forms of harassment i be Ever heard of but superintendent Charles Chambers said that Webb was not being singled out and that parents of All out of state student were billed. Webb who lives in Gallipolis Ohio said that because he taught at Point pleasant High school in West Virginia tuition for his children had been waived. The Mason county Board of education has voted to Bill out of state students who attended local schools in the past two years. Webb was charged for his daughter Jarrod senior and son Shannon who graduated in 1987. Webb whose firing for insubordination for no following the school s faculty dress code was upheld last week by the state education workers grievance Board said he will pay the Bill and then fight it. Chambers who became superintendent last sum Mer said state Law requires him to charge tuition for out of state students. He said previous superintendents May have waived tuition but had no right to do so. The action applies to a handful of children i addition to Webb s. Webb had been suspended three times for defy ing the school s dress code which was instituted in August. He said that he does not like wearing a tie an that his casual clothes make it easier to communicate with students