European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 21, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 a a the stars and stripes Friday september 21,1990news update big injury award new York apr a Man who lost an Arm after failing on the subway tracks while drunk has been awarded $9.3 million by a jury. Quot god bless America a said Francisco Marino a mexican citizen who had been in the United states for one year working As a dishwasher before the april 1989 Accident. City transit officials said they Woula Appeal wednesdays state supreme court decision which compensates Marino 30, for pain and suffering and loss of earnings. He was hit by a northbound train after falling. A a we re outraged and we Are confident that this will be overturned on Appeal a said a transit authority spokesman termaine Garden. His lawyer Alan Shapey contended Marino would not have fallen in front of the train if transit officials had followed their guidelines to Quot take charge of disabled or intoxicated people at least until a police officer arrives to ensure their safety. Shapey argued that although a transit clerk reported Mannos presence on the platform the Man was not  tie up Bolzano Italy api a lines of trucks grew longer at the italian austrian Border crossing thursday the third Day of work stoppages by italian customs officials. Local authorities said about 1,000 trucks were lined up As customs officials refused to work overtime thus delaying clearance of import Export documents and crossing of trucks through the busiest Road link Between Italy Austria and West Germany. Trucks also lined up for Miles along the Brenner Highway but did not immediately hamper car traffic. One officer at Brenner said the number of blocked trucks May reach As High As 1,700 by the weekend. The labor action by customs officials who Are demanding contract benefits is scheduled to last 13  High plans service for 2 teachers Frankfurt West Germany a a memorial service is planned next week for two overseas schoolteachers who died during the summer. The service for Wayne a a Toby o. Erdmann and Martin a a Marty l. Miller or. Will be held at 6 . Thursday in the Frankfurt Central Chapel in the Abrams Complex. The service is being conducted by Frankfurt High school where both educators taught. Erdmann a teacher in the talented and gifted program died june 23 at the army Hospital in Lan Stuhl. Miller a business education instructor died july 5 at grand View Hospital in Rockhill a. Students faculty and friends Are invited to attend the service. Correction an article yesterday incorrectly identified the Type of gathering to be held by the . Air forces Europe a enlisted corps in Honor of Gen. Michael Dugan the event is a dining in which Means it is for enlisted personnel Only. The headline incorrectly said that Ramstein a enlisted corps was giving the Honor. More military care could bring champs savings study says by Janet Howells Tierney Washington Bureau Washington a the military could save millions of dollars by expanding health care resources and treating More patients covered by the military a civilian health insurance a recent government report found. Staff shortages have caused most military hospitals to operate at less than half their full capacity general accounting office investigators said in the report. During fiscal 1988, military hospitals operated at about 45 percent capacity investigators said while at the same time 70 percent of champs costs were being incurred at nearby civilian facilities. Champs is the civilian health and medical program of the uniformed services. The government program covers private medical Bills for service members families and military retirees when military care is not available. The report estimated that champs care costs twice As much As that provided in military facilities. An increase in the champs Bill from about $1.4 billion in 1985 to about $2.5 billion in 1989 prompted Congress to request the investigation into the savings potential if military health care expanded to treat More patients. Officials assume that because military Hospital care is essentially free More eligible peo it be would seek health treatment in those facilities if it were available. For the study investigators focused on medical specially areas in six military hospitals that they estimated had the highest likelihood of savings. Psychiatry orthopaedics obstetrics and gynaecology were the areas studied although All the areas were not covered at each Hospital. Data for the study came from Evans army Community Hospital at fort Carson Colo. Walter Reed army medical Center in Washington the 554th medical group at Nellis fab Nev. And naval hospitals in Jacksonville fla., and san Diego and Camp Pendleton Calif. Investigators found that Many factors influenced the amount of savings a military Hospital could expect from expanded health care. The Cost of care in the surrounding civilian Community the military hospitals unused capacity and the availability of additional staff would All affect possible savings. Also considered were the Cost differences Between three different types of staffing military civilian government or contract personnel. While investigators found that civilian government workers were less costly to hire than the other two staff types they concluded that most hospitals would use a combination of personnel for civilian care in the areas near the six hospitals studied the defense department paid $37 million in 1988 for champs costs. That same care would have Cost an estimated $ 16 million to $ 19 million using the hospitals available capacity the study found saving the government from $18 million to $21 million. That comes Down to champs funded care costing from 43 percent to 52 percent More than what could be provided at the military hospitals. Because the government pays a larger share of civilian medical Bills incurred by service members families treating More family members at military hospitals would result in even greater savings investigators said. A a variety of efforts Are now being tested to reduce medical costs by bringing civilian care providers to military hospitals to treat patients at discount rates. Officials say More time is needed to determine if these actions have savings potential. Haine Berg school denies students forced to help clean during strike by Jimi Jones education writer students teachers and administrators pitched in to clean the Haine Berg school Complex in Wiesbaden West Germany this week after janitors walked off the  in a pay dispute. Despite complaints from some parents however administrators said the student labor used was strictly Volunteer. Quot we be been without cleaning since monday morning a Haine Berg elementary principal James Lenz said thursday. A what we be done is that teachers lunch aides principals and Volunteer students have pitched in to help. No one has been made to clean anything unless they want to and the kids have been excited about being Able to help he said. A its not an Ideal situation a he said a a in a much rather have the janitors Back but adults cleaned the  two mothers who called the stars and stripes however said their children had been forced to clean at the schools. The women said that fifth graders were cleaning toilets and that one child was told by a teacher that if he did not take out the trash he would be sent to the principals office. A they Are using our children without our permission a one of the mothers said. A i feel if parents were notified they would pitch in and help. This is a serious problem. Our children done to need to be Messing with the  Lenz said he had received no complaints from parents on the cleanup Effort. At Aukamp elementary school about two Miles from the Haine Berg Complex principal Leo Sunada said he has two cleaning women working Days although night workers have not shown up. A i done to have the massive night team but we Are of. Even so teachers Are putting out trash cans and older kids sometimes  cleaning contracts for the schools Are negotiated by the local military Community. The cleaning company Geb amp Ude service or. Zimmermann has the contract for Wiesbaden schools. Workers from the firm last cleaned sept 14, according to Gerhard Preisser a Community spokesman. Preisser said the company promised that workers would be Back at work thursday night. Firm looking for a few Good truckers Heidelberg West Germany Lowell ark., trucking company is making a swing through West Germany Over the next week in search of military personnel interested in civilian careers As truck Drivers. . Hunt transport inc. Recruiters will be in Kaiserslautern Nimberg Wurzburg Stuttgart and Frankfurt through sept. 28. The recruiting trip was set up with the assistance of the army continuing education system. Dennis Murphy one of two . Hunt recruiters on tie trip said the company is interested in hiring service members who have truck driving experience As Well As those who done to. Depending on experience recruits will be required to take a two week or four week trucking course in Lowell before going to work. Tuition is free for military personnel who sign up with the company before leaving the service Murphy said. . Hunt recruits Drivers up to two years before they separate from the military Murphy said. First year Drivers usually earn Between $25,000 and $30,000 in annual pay he said. Pie company a recruiters will be in Kaiserslautern on Friday and saturday at american legion Hall no. 1. For More information Call staff sgt. David Jones at ets 489-7887. On monday the recruiters will visit Niernberg to interview  applicants at building no. 43 on Darby Cavern. For More information Call Jan Luce at ets 460-6851. On tuesday  applications will be taken in Wurzburg at building no. 15, Leighton Barracks. For More information Call Dennis Sherrod at ets 3507181. On wednesday and thursday interviews will be held at building no. 3637 at Nellinger Cavern in Stuttgart. For More information Call Louisa Sig Man at ets 420-7114. The . Hunt recruiting trip will wind up in Frankfurt on sept. 28 with a session at the civilian personnel offices training room 2426 Hansa Allee. For More information Contact Betty Harley at ets 320-5465. 65 criminals executed in chinese City Hong Kong apr authorities in a Southern chinese City executed 65 criminals including murderers rapists smugglers and Quot hooligans in one of China a largest mass executions an official report said. The executions on tuesday in Guangzhou or Canton constituted the largest such occurrence since a nationwide Campaign against crime began in China a year ago. They followed the executions of nine people in Shanghai for murder theft and pimping last week. According to a report in tuesdays editions of the Yanchen evening news published in Guangzhou 65 Quot criminal were executed in 12 areas of the City. The crimes included murder rape gun smuggling hooliganism and Quot major crimes Quot which often Means theft extortion or burglary. Among the executed was a woman the report said. The method of execution in China usually is a Bullet to the Back of the head