European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 23, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes Friday november 23,1990families May want extra insurance As military medical services shrink by Gary Pomeroy staff writer families of service members deploying to operation desert shield May want to buy supplemental medical insurance the 7th medical come said wednesday. A care in military treatment facilities May become More difficult to get a said it. Col. John Kerrigan the european director of champs the civilian health and medical program of the uniformed services. A Many people who Are now receiving care in military hospitals and clinics May have to get it on the Economy. The insurance could cover the costs of civilian health care not covered by champs which pays a percentage of costs. Families May be forced to seek civilian health care because Many 7th medical come personnel Are slated to deploy to saudi Arabia thus limiting the care available in military facilities in Europe. A we have requested replacements for our physicians dentists nurses and other medical specialists from the reserves in the states a said maj. Gen. Richard t. Travis commander of 7th medical come. A what we done to know now is How Many we May get or precisely when they May  Travis estimated that the reinforcements would arrive within a month. Until the reservists get Here patients should also expect some delays in routine treatment at some hospitals and dental clinics. Champs covers much of the Cost of treating family members at civilian facilities. The amount of coverage depends on whether the treatment is on an outpatient basis or in a Hospital. Champs pays 80 percent of outpatient care at a civilian facility but the remaining 20 percent can get expensive Kerrigan said. The supplemental insurance could cover that 20 percent he said. A when you re an e-4 with two or three children and they get these. Chronic illnesses and they go in to a German clinic a couple of times a month. That can Start building up after a while a he said. Active duty family members who Are admitted to a civilian Hospital pay the same amount As if they were patients in a military facility $8.55 per Day a and champs covers the rest. The supplement insurance May cover the $8,55 fee Kerrigan said. Champs health benefits advisers at All military medical facilities have lists of organizations that Cany the supplemental insurance. Kerrigan suggested that people read the Fine print to a make sure that any insurance. Will cover health care in Europe hot just the United  both the non commissioned officers association and the association of the . Army offer supplemental insurance for medical costs. Quarterly premiums for the Coa insurance Are $26.24 for spouses of service members and $17.85 for each child. Retirees Are charged according to age from $49.09 to $113.80, and their spouses from $77.96 to $105.30. Children up to age 23 of retirees pay $37.48. The Ausa quarterly Premium is $24.80 for spouses of Active duty members and $16.15 for each child. Premiums for retirees and their spouses Are the same and Range from $165.67 to $183.08, based on the age of the beneficiary. Children of retirees pay $82.31 each for coverage. Contributing to this report staff writer Janet Howelle Niemey in Washington. News updates More tests ordered Oesterberg a Netherlands a additional psychiatric testing has been ordered for an air Force staff sergeant suspected of killing his turkish wife and cutting her body into pieces. The air Force judge hearing the Case of staff sgt. Donald Short suspended proceedings tuesday to allow for further evaluation and treatment of the suspect. Short a former medical ment and repair technician at the Oesterberg a clinic confessed in a dutch court to stabbing Esin has Turk to death in March 1988, said his former attorney in the Netherlands. He was held by the dutch government until earlier this month when he was handed Over to . Authorities at Oesterberg a. The dutch government returned Short to american authorities after the air Force said they would not try the Case As a capital offence. There is no death penalty in the Netherlands. If Short is found competent to stand trial the maximum sentence he could receive is a dishonourable discharge life in prison forfeiture of All pay and allowances and reduction to the lowest  License Martinsburg . Apr the City Council has postponed debate on a proposed ordinance that would require panhandlers on City streets to obtain a $25 License every six months. Some Council members wanted to vote on the panhandling measure separately but it was included in a package of legislation. City attorney j. Oakley Seibert told Council members that the proposed ordinance was clearly unconstitutional. Council member George Karos said he was concerned about who would be required to obtain a panhandling License. He said he was opposed to such groups As the salvation army and Little league baseball players paying such fees. Mayor Tony Senecal said hell continue to push for the ordinance which will be discussed at the nov. 29 Council meeting. Some Gladio members yearned to attack communists official says Rome certain members of a secret cold War resistance network established with . Aid hoped to launch attacks on italian communists an official said tuesday. The statement by Gen. Gerardo Serra Valle was expected to further intensify an uproar in Italy that began when the euro pea wide civilian network was exposed last month. Serravalle who in the Early 1970s headed a unit of military intelligence that oversaw the network known As operation Gladio said its members had different Aims. A when during my period of command i asked to meet the 15 Heads of groups of Gladio. I realized that half were fully convinced of the Choice to stage an unorthodox War in the Case of an invasion a he told the parliamentary commission on massacres. A meanwhile the other half citing the examples of the Eastern european communist parties that had called on the soviets prompting the occupations. Said to me a Why do we have to wait for an occupation we will attack them  a in the past month several countries in Europe have admitted that they had branches of the civilian resistance network established in Many cases with Cia Aid and coordinated through nato. But the outcry has been the biggest in Italy. Politicians and newspapers have alleged that Gladio May have had links to mysterious terrorist attacks in the 1960s and 1970s, when the communists Italy a no. 2 party were on the Brink of Power. The attacks have been attributed to the right Wing. The government has denied those assertions saying that Gladio was made up of a a patriots who wanted to help form a resistance organization in Case of an invasion by the Warsaw pact. Serravalle said he was concerned that some members of Gladio a could pass from a defensive Post invasion logic to one of attack of civil  he said his fear was one reason Why secret arms dumps hidden around Italy for the Gladio operation were dug up in 1972 and transferred to police stations. Authorities have said that 127 of the 139 arms deposits were moved starting in 1972, but that two were found ransacked and 10 could not be reached since they were covered Over by new building. On tuesday police dug up one of the 10 deposits in the Northern town of por Denone near Venice. It contained rifles pistols and ammunition. Operation Gladio was named for the Short swords carried by roman gladiators. . Chemical arms unloaded at atoll Suva Fiji apr the army has unloaded about 100,000 units of chemical weapons shipped to Johnston atoll from Germany the . Embassy said wednesday. The weapons which had been deployed in Germany As a cold War deterrent Are scheduled for destruction under a demilitarization agreement. The weapons were put into military vans and taken a Short distance to the islands a red hat storage area an official said adding that the unloading was finished last week without incident. Army officials in Washington said last week that two Navy vessels left Germany under Navy escort on sept. 22 carrying the weapons. The Convoy sailed around Cape Horn and arrived at Johnston atoll 700 Miles Southwest of Honolulu on nov. 6. Still in Battle ready condition the weapons will be stored in seven out of 54 Bunke like igloos where about 300,000 obsolete weapons have been kept since 1971. All Are to be destroyed in the Johnston atoll chemical agent disposal system slant which has been conducting test urns since late june. Full scale destruction is expected from the end of next year through 1994. On a recent Media tour of Johnston army officials insisted the Plant was Safe despite repeated mechanical shutdowns and at least six false Gas leak alarms. Some Island states and environmentalists have expressed concern that Johnston could become a permanent toxic waste and weapons disposal  oct. 27 in Honolulu president Bush told a first Ever Summit with Pacific Island leaders that the United states had no plans to use the Plant after the weapons now there were destroyed. Commissaries discontinue pet inc. Products we Brucken Germany a amps pet inc. Food products will begin disappearing from commissary shelves As current supplies run out. The defense logistics Agency suspended the contract with pet on oct. 25 because of criminal charges filed against the company said Denise m. Gomes spokeswoman for the . Troop support Agency european commissary Region. The affected products include Prog Resso soups Underwood canned meats old Elpaso Taco shells pet evaporated milk accent food seasoning a amp a baked Kazanc Ulm tuna Al .21 a a. Beans Hollywood cooking Oil Sego diet meals pet Ritz pie shells Downe Flake Frozen waffles Whitman a candies and la Creme whipped Topping. Orders placed on sept. 30 and oct. 15 for these products were cancelled. They would have been delivered in january. The commissaries will try to quickly replace the Supply with similar products Gomes said. But there Are no identical substitutes for some of the items including Underwood canned meat spreads some old Elpaso products pet imitation sour Cream and Sego diet meals. T pet is involved in criminal proceedings in . District court in Florida a support Agency statement said. The Case stems from prosecution of the daily Industry in Florida from 1970 through aug us said no other details were available wednesday