European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 11, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 a a the stars and stripes wednesday july 11,1990 cosmetic surgery by the los Angeles times san Diego a a High ranking Pentagon lawyer has concluded that military hospitals that perform elective cosmetic surgeries Are violating a 1979 Law prohibiting unnecessary operations. The los Angeles times reported last month that military doctors worldwide arc performing hundreds of cosmetic surgeries at taxpayers expense even though such surgeries Are rarely covered by private health insurance or military health insurance called champs military officials say they expect regulations to be tightened As a result of the Pentagon Legal review significantly reducing the number of cosmetic surgeries including liposuction and nose jobs that Are performed. While acknowledging that the language of a 1979 Law is not entirely Clear department of defense assistant general counsel Robert l. Gilliat said a the Law prohibits the general provision of elective cosmetic surgery a there is some  in a memo dated july 5r Gilliat wrote that the a better interpretation of the current statutory restriction would exclude Many of the cosmetic surgeries now being  the memo prompted by newspaper reports of the cosmetic surgeries is being reviewed by the department of de Fensel a health affairs office which will determine whether to change regulations. Another Washington official who declined to be named said a decision is expected this week. In san Diego alone 544 cosmetic sur Gerics were performed at the naval Hospital during the past two years. Hospital officials have defended these operations saying that they enable surgeons to hone and maintain their skills. And they say that such surgeries allow Young doctors to pass their certification examinations. �?o1 still Feci cosmetic surgery has a valid role to play in our teaching Hospital a said rear adm. Robert Haider commanding officer of the Hospital which has three plastic surgeons. Haider said he was unaware of any new policy but added �?o1 will await further Guia Ance. I done to want to speculate on what they Are going to say. When my Boss gives me an order i follow  critics of the elective cosmetic surgery say that taxpayers should not pay for military personnel to improve their faces and physiques at a time when the government is trying to decrease military spending. A a it a inappropriate to spend taxpayers dollars on medical operations that essentially Are designed to allow people to be More stylish rather than to provide real substantive medical benefits a rep. Duncan Hunter r-Calif., said to the times. A everything he owns a a homeless Man who identified him self Only As George rests on a Boston Bench. His double Decker cart allows him to carry his belongings in one Section and cans and bottles to be recycled for change in another Section. Reporter set free his source san Antonio a a television reporter told a judge the name of a confidential source tuesday and was immediately freed from the jail where he had served two weeks of a six month contempt of court sentence. A i want to see my wife and my son and have a pizza Ana Beer a said Mol reporter Brian Karem moments after he was freed by state District judge Pat priest. Karem was jailed june 27 for refusing to say who arranged a Telephone interview with jailed capital murder suspect Henry Hernandez. Hernandez and his brother Julian Are charged in the March 1989 shooting death of a san Antonio police officer Gary Williams. Karem tuesday identified the source As Deborah Ledesma a Cousin of the Hernandez Brothers. He said he decided to reveal the name after Ledesma who now lives in California agreed to relieve him of his Promise to protect her identity. During tuesdays hearing priest asked Karem about the extent of Ledesmar a involvement. When told she had simply arranged the interview priest said a i done to understand then what would be the need for anonymity on her part. She never had anything to do with the statements that you ran on the air a is that Correct a Karem replied  then Price said a the is  attorneys in the murder trial of the hostage Holder overpowered North Miami Fla. Apr a woman who said she wanted attention held seven Bank employees hostage for More than four hours before one of them overpowered her authorities said. Although Vicki Molina 37, told police she had a grenade a bomb and a gun during mondays standoff at an a cab Branch she was unarmed when arrested and charged with nine counts of false imprisonment about 4 p.m., the hostage taker exhorted police to kill her or she would Start killing the hostages. That a when Hernandez Brothers said they needed to Bank Yacc president Clinton Green 48, know who arranged the interview to As lung a at the woman pinned her against sure a fair trial. The Wall and allowed the hostages to is Henry Hernandez said in the inter police said View that he shot the officer in self de metro Dade special response team offend flyers moved in and subdued the woman. Brian Kare asteroid speeds past Earth orbit Pasadena Calif. Apr an asteroid sped past Earth at a comparatively tiny distance of 3 million Miles tuesday scientists said the asteroid estimated at 300 feet to 1,000 feet in diameter made one of the closest Crossings of Earth orbit observed in 50 years the Jet propulsion Laboratory said. The Rocky object dubbed 1990 of was located on june 26 by jul planetary scientist Eleanor Helin at Palomar Observatory Luelin Heads the Palomar planet crossing asteroid Survey a project to systematically search for asteroids crossing near Earth. The asteroid was 8 million Miles from Earth and travelling approximately 12,500 Mph when spotted. It was then tracked last week by Arecibo Observatory in puerto Rico and by the National aeronautics and space administrations deep space network at Goldstone Calif. Initial calculations indicate the asteroid has an elongated orbit of 161 million Miles and takes two years and four months to Complete each orbit. It was expected to surpass 22,000 Mph at closest approach. Workers taking longer vacations May get More time off Survey says Boston up a . Workers Are taking longer vacations and most can expect at least four weeks off annually within a decade according to a Survey released monday. Employers also Are increasingly offering combination packages of a Learned time Quot that include both vacation and sick leave. This rewards workers who do not Ling Agency that did the Survey. As for the longer vacations the consultants said current trends suggest employees who have at least five years of seniority at the end of the decade Likely will get four weeks vacation or More each year. And 10 percent of the companies surveyed Are already giving five weeks vacation or More after eight to 10 years with the company the Survey said. The overwhelming majority 87 percent however require anywhere from 15 to 25 years on the Job for that much time off. The move toward More time off is both a recognition of burnout among employees As a cause of declining productivity and an Effort by employers to attract the Best workers. A burnout is seen by Many work experts As a subs Tanti cause of lost or declining productivity a Erdlen said. In the Survey of 2,000 companies nationwide to it which 582 responded the consultants found tha a nearly every employer offers at least two weeks vacation after one year employment Quot and 54 percen give three weeks after five to seven years on the Job. Workers at 38 percent of the companies polled get thru weeks after anywhere from one to four years seniority. The Best vacation deals Are at financial educational health care and government employers according to it the Survey. Meanwhile Erdlen said companies Are working h Cut their sick leave costs. Under the so called Yamei time package a company May give employees any where from 20 to 35 Days a year. Erdlen said an employer that used to give thre weeks of vacation and 10 holidays and allow up v three weeks of sick leave thus had a total exposure o 40 Days off by each employee. The same company might now give 33 Days to be use any Way the employee needed it. This would be an in crease in the 25 Days off that someone who took no sic leave w Ould gel