European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 4, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 a the stars and stripes for Jay. May 4, 1&9cva fails to collect almost $400 million Washington api a the veterans affairs department lost As much As $392 million in one year by ailing to collect from private insurance companies for health care according to the general accounting office. The report released this week by the congressional auditing Agency said the  missed collecting from $55 million to s392 million in so called third party reimbursements in 1988. The department spends about so billion a year on health care for veterans including those with private insurance. Congress m 1986 gave the government the Riant to collect from private insurers As a Means of it no the Detia. The report did note however collections have great a exceeded the costs of collecting the Money. In the 1988 fiscal year the report said the a spent $8 million to collect about si00 million from insurers. The report said a centers could increase collections significantly if they used better methods to identify insured veterans and Bill insurers and committed More people and time to collections. A even when centers identified insured veterans they did not always Bill insurers the report said citing inadequate controls and manual Billing systems. The report said Many veterans Are a confused or afraid that disclosures about insurance would jeopardize their admittance to the  the veterans department operates 172 hospitals. 233 outpatient clinics and 119 nursing Homes. The hospitals recorded 1.1 million admissions and 20 million outpatient visits. The report was based on collections at six a medical centers Albany . Bay Pines. Fla. Martins Burg. . Minneapolis Seattle and West los Angeles. Calif. The report was requested by sen. Frank h. Murkowski. R-ala., the ranking minority member on the Senate veterans affairs committee. The a. In its response acknowledged problems and said it was taking a number of Steps to address them. In its 1991 budget proposal the department said it would introduce legislation to improve and expand its third party collection activities.65-Pound tumor taken from woman s Bod luxury travel lounge car passengers relax wednesday during the first trip of a deluxe train from Chicago to Phila Delphia. And John Wallowitch adds to their pleasure by playing a piano that s Laden with hours d oeuvres. Jacksonville. Fla. Apr a 65-Pound tumor has been removed from the Abdomen of a woman who was admitted to the Hospital after suffering Chest pains. Sandy Caron. 47. Thinking she might be having a heart attack asked her daughter to take her to the emergency room at St. Vincent a medical Center last week. An Electrocardiogram showed no problems and the pain subsided. Quot but the doctor would t let me go  she said. Quot he kept looking at my stomach and then my arms then at my stomach and then my arms then said. I done to think your stomach should be that big a a cat scan showed that Caron had an ovarian tumor said or. William j. Garoni or. Her surgeon. After a 3-hour operation Garoni removed the benign tumor. Quot i be seen ovarian tutors that were 30 to 40 pounds. But in 28 years of doing surgery. I be never seen anything like  the doctor said. The largest tumor recorded according to the guinness Book of world records weighed 328 pounds and was removed from a Texas woman in 1905. After Caron s surgery the 5-foot-6 Jacksonville woman weighed 205 pounds. Garoni said. A i can see my feet to Lay in bed and see my feet is really neat she said wednesday from her Hospital bed. Caron said she had put on weight with each of her six pregnancies and had never been Able to trim her Abdomen even following a diet in which she lost 75 pounds. A i thought i was just fat said Caron who will be released from the Hospital this  buys firm to ensure yachts completion new York apr american real estate and Casino magnate Donald Trump has bought a Small dutch shipyard to ensure that it completes his new Mega yacht. According to Media reports. Trump s new shipyard is amels Holland. A 90-employee company outside Amsterdam that is said to be one of the worlds top makers of luxury yachts the newspaper new York new Day reported thursday. The shipyards owners reportedly were unable to persuade Trump that they had sufficient credit to finish building his 420-foot pleasure Craft the millionaire Developer refused to accelerate payments and cancelled the contract. New Day said. After trying arbitration to recoup the Money he had already paid. Trump wound up buying the Yard 11 Days ago it said. The Price tag was under s5 million about one fifth the Yards value the newspaper said. Trump officials declined to comment on the matter. Andries Bosma financial controller for amels shipyard said he had not been officially notified that Trump had bought the firm. Trump who is going through a highly publicized divorce from his czechoslovak an bom wife Ivana has built several luxury apartment buildings in new York Cit including Trump Tower on fifth Avenue. Last month he opened the Taj mahal Casino resort a s1 billion gambling Center and hotel in Atlantic City n a. One of the few places in the United states where Casino gambling is Legal. The 1,250-room hotel has an extravagant decor including pavilions reminiscent of India s Taj mahal. Last week the us. Business Magazine Forbes estimated that Trump has a personal Fortune of about $500 million. Previously his wealth had been estimated at $1.5 billion. The report led to speculation that Trump was in a financial squeeze which he and his aides have denied. Trump is known for a flamboyant lifestyle. Including travel in a military Type Jet helicopter and lavish entertaining aboard yachts. He is also the author of a Best Selling Book tided. A the Art of the  that recounts his business triumphs. 31 injured when train crashes into log truck Durant. Miss. Apr an Amtrak passenger train crashed into a truck thursday morning derailing three engines and three cars and injuring the truck Driver and More than 30 passengers and Crew authorities said. Amtrak officials said the Accident occurred about 9 30 . When the Quot City of new Orleans a train in route from Chicago to new Orleans struck a log truck at a Railroad crossing just inside the Durant City limits. It was the second Amtrak crash in As Many Days. An incorrectly set switch sent a Chicago to Indianapolis train crashing into freight cars wednesday night near Crawfordsville ind. At least 26 people were injured in that crash. District two Community Hospital in Durant reported that 25 people were brought in from the scene of thursdays Accident. A spokeswoman who did not give her name said that except for the truck Driver most of the people suffered Only minor injuries. The truck Driver. Andrew w. Boren 69, of Potts Camp was transferred from the Durant Hospital by helicopter to the University medical Center in Jackson. Where he was listed in serious condition. The state Highway patrol said that in addition to those taken to the Hospital about 10 other people were treated at the scene for minor injuries. A it was a big Jolt Quot said passenger Melissa Mitchell. Quot every body woke  she said she saw no one injured in her car the second from the front. A we got outside and saw that we were majorly off the track but upright a she said. A Boren was trapped in the wreckage for More than two hours after the Accident. The log truck had left a nearby lumberyard shortly before the crash occurred. State Highway patrolman . Clark said three engines ran off the tracks and were lying on their sides next to the rails. Three passenger cars also derailed but remained upright. There was lumber All Over the Roadway and scattered up and Down the rail line Mitchell said. Amtrak officials could not immediately say How Many passengers and Crew were on the train but said it can carry up to 163 passengers and Crew. Mitchell added that the train was fairly full. Uninjured passengers were taken to new Orleans by bus. If Durant is located about 45 Miles North of Jackson in Holmes county