European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 28, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 a a a the stars and stripes Friday september 28,1990 military round Paf Hospital not taking appointments oct. 17-19 Wiesbaden West Germany a routine medical appointments will not be available at the Wiesbaden air Force Hospital on oct. 17-19, because of an annual medical readiness exercise. Sick Call patients arc asked to report to the facility a emergency room on those  can now apply for Wii pow medal St. Louis to. A Between 80,000 and 100,000 philippine citizens Are now eligible to receive the . Prisoner of War medal. Defense Secretary Dick Cheney approved the award of the medal for eligible philippine Commonwealth and guerrilla unit veterans held captive Between dec. 7, 1941, and sept. 26, 1945. Eligible persons or their next of Kin May apply for the awards by writing to the . Army Reserve personnel Center attn dark Pas eap pow 9700 Page blvd., St. Louis to. 63132-5200. The medal docs not entitle the recipient to any benefits officials  communities chosen for excellence Heidelberg West Germany a Heidelberg bad Kreuz Nach Wei Brincken Wiesbaden and the 7th army training come will receive $170,000 each As usage urn a 1990 communities of excellence. The five communities also will go on to compete with army communities worldwide for a share of $8.75 million in awards. Army level winners will be announced next Spring. Livorno Italy and Bamberg West Germany will receive $85,000 each for being designated As come comm the commands most improved communities. Other categories of the Competition winners and monetary rewards include a housing 7th army Trainin $100,000. The 7th army training com nity includes Hohenfels graft Wohr and Vilseck in West Germany. A expanded self help programs Frankfurt West Germany $100,000. A morale welfare and recreation Baum Holder West Germany $100,000. A a civilian personnel office Kaiserslautern and Nairn Borg in West Germany $100,000 each. A transportation and motor Pool Zwic Briick in West Germany $100,000. A productivity and Quality army communities in Belgium Fulda Heidelberg Mannheim Wiesbaden and Wei Brincken in West Germany. $90,000 each. The nearly $2.2 million in award Money will be taken from usage urn a operation and maintenance funds a command spokesman said. Communities arc to use the Money to improve Community living standards through minor construction projects facility Upkeep and improved programs. World today outbreak of dysentery in Indonesia kills 23 Jakarta Indonesia up a the worst outbreak of dysentery in four years has killed at least 23 people and infected More than 2,000 others in the province of Banjarmasin the official new Agency Ankara reported wednesday. Zafrullah Ashar chief of the Banjarmasin health office said the current outbreak of the disease was the worst in the City in the last four years. Zafrullah said Lack of clean drinking water and polluted Rivers combined with Peoples Lack of awareness of the dangers of drinking in purified water were to blame for the outbreak of the  inspectors arrive in Britain for 2 Days London apr four soviet army officers arrived wednesday to begin a two Day inspection of Britain a compliance with a 35-nation agreement on military activities defense officials said. The soviets were visiting under the 1986 Stockholm conference agreement an Accord designed to prevent an accidental War in Europe. Soldier thanks Stop loss for turning life Topsy Turvy by Ron Mckinney staff writer Schwet Zingen West Germany spec. Clint Osborne was a Day away from trading his m-16 for his mothers Apple pie when the army hit him harder than a Mike Tyson right left combination. Osborne took the unexpected blows with a Broad smile he could stay near his Girlfriend in West Germany instead of journeying to the hot Sands of saudi Arabia. Osborne like Many other service members was hit by an army program called Stop loss that prevents them from leaving the service because of the persian Gulf buildup. The Soldier was making plans to return to the United states when he got the word earlier this month that the army was delaying his plans to enter civilian life. With news about Iraq filling the newspapers Osborne began mentally preparing himself for desert duty. A it took a couple of Days for me to get a grip on my going to the desert instead of going Home a said Osborne a construction Surveyor with he co 94th engr in in Darmstadt. Then the army landed its second blow an hour before Osborne was to turn in his car for shipment to the United states on sept. 18, his personnel service Center told him that he was staying with his current unit. Osborne a initial confusion Over his Fate is one reason the 1st personnel come in Schwet Zingen created a Stop loss staff to answer questions about the program. The staffs first Mission was to create a 24-hour hot ets 379-6046/6059/6065/6066. By sept. 26, the hot line staff had received 1,467 phone Calls said sgt. 1st class Joe Lancaster the non commissioned officer in charge of the staff. Two answering machines Are used for Calls received after duty hours. Some callers have been asking How they can receive an exception to the policy. As of wednesday morning 24 of 54 soldiers Nave been exempted from the program for hardship reasons. Still pending Are 25 requests five have been disapproved. Requests for the exemption must be filed through 1st personnel come Ana approved by the department of the army said maj. Howard l. Loney chief of the transition management office at 1st personnel come. A most of the hardships a is really looking at Are those families who have shipped their household goods a Lancaster said. A some of them have sent their family members Home Early and they be also moved out of government quarters or they be Termi hot line on sept. 6. Four lines were opened /606rated their Economy  family members still have the option of returning to the states if their sponsor remains in West Germany because of the program Lancaster Saia. Stop loss affects service members in the health services come military traffic management come and most of the units in Central come and forces come. The Stop loss pro Gram which began Osborne sept. 1, also stops enlisted personnel and officers in hundreds of critical Job specialities from leaving the service. A they remain with their current units not to exceed 12 months past their Date of reassignment a Loney said. A at this Point we done to have guidance on what happens after 12  in the first weeks of the program some soldiers affected by Stop loss had returned to the states to Complete their final army paperwork before returning to civilian life. Loney said those soldiers probably joined a unit deploying to saudi Arabia. A once he gets to the state there a a possibility that he will be sent to a desert shield deploying unit or anyplace else depending on the needs of the army a Loney said. Lancaster suggested that soldiers affected by Stop loss should Check with their finance office to ensure that their pay has not been stopped. For Osborne the army a decision produced several surprises. On sept. 20, Osborne discovered he had made the cutoff score for his sergeant stripes and he Snow considering re enlistment. The next Day he surprised his West German Girlfriend Marion Blumenroth who left Darmstadt on sept. 17 for a we Klong training seminar believing he was bound for saudi Arabia. At the time their plans Only person who believed that Osborne was going to the Middle East. In preparation for his departure Osborne a German friends threw a party in his Honor. A i was real depressed about leaving Germany a Osborne said. A i made a lot of Good friends Here. Now in a looking Forward to a a Welcome backs  Congress refuses to reverse restrictive Dod abortion Rule by Chuck Vinch Washington Bureau Washington a abortion rights advocates in Congress have failed for a second time to reverse a 1988 policy Banning most abortions in military medical facilities overseas. The House rejected an amendment to the fiscal 1991 defense authorization Bill by rep. Les Aucoin d-ore., that would have allowed military health care beneficiaries to obtain abortions in overseas facilities if they paid the costs. The sept. 18 vote was 216-200 against the amendment. In Early August the Senate rejected a similar amendment to its version of the defense authorization Bill by a narrow margin. But the two close votes Means the Issue Likely will be raised again in next years budget debate congressional staffers predicted. Supporters of the House amendment argued that abortions should be available to . Servicewomen and female military spouses overseas to the same extent As in the United states. The 1988 policy change established by the Pentagon at the direction of Reagan administration officials a places in grave danger the life health and welfare of american women who Are dependent on the military health care system a said rep. Vic Fazio a Calif. The policy forces women abroad to choose Between unsafe and often illegal abortions or paying the High Cost of travelling to medical facilities in other countries Fazio said. A this insensitive policy makes an Alrea agonizing decision even More painful a he said. But critics charged that the amendment amounts government support for abortion on demand Evi though the patients would pay for them. A the amen ment would allow abortions for any reason at any tin including in the ninth month of pregnancy for reason sex selection for convenience Sake As a form of Bir control and for other purposes a said rep. Barbara v Canovic a Nev. A the key word in this debate is not Money it is n payment it is involvement a she said. A if this amen ment were to pass the government would be required facilitate a policy of abortion on demand at any verse  the Issue said rep. Christopher Smith in. Comes Down to whether the government a provides to Means the operating rooms the personnel the Surgick instruments the suction machines to Cut and dismember unborn children like tutors and  despite Fazion a assertion that the amendment is nol Federal funding Issue rep. Beverly Byron d-md., Sav spirit of current Law Banning the u or Federal funds for abortions except when the Mother me is threatened. A in imposing the restrictions co Gress clearly did not intend that any other Type of Abc Tion be performed in military hospitals a said Byre who chairs the House armed services subcommittee it military personnel