European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 7, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4the stars and stripes thursday March 7,1991 in the Gulf Hampus discount offers called illegal Washington a a South Dakota clinic and a new York Hospital of Fred discounts to families of military personnel serving in the persian Gulf. A group of Florida doctors even offered their services for free. A a a a a but Federal officials say the discounts and free health care however will Birtten toned Are illegal. The doctors and medical facilities risk being fined or dropped from the govern mint program that provides health insurance to military dependents using civilian facilities a civilian health and medical programs of the uniformed services or champs. A if we go to jail i guess you could Call us pos a said Jim Neisen business Gulf stormin Norman featured on video a from wire reports los Angeles Crank up the or. Storming Norman is coming to a video store nearby. A 75-minute video of the military briefing a week ago in which desert storms commander army Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf outlined the military strategy that crushed iraqi forces is expected in stores next week. A Schwarzkopf How the War was won Quot produced by Abc news will sell for $19.98. Mortuary closing Dover fab Del. A mortuary facilities set up temporarily at Dover fab will be dismantled now that a cease fire has been declared in the persian Gulf War spokesman capt. Christian Geisel said tuesday. The defense department spent $1.5 million to expand the base mortuary which is the largest owned by the military. Service members killed in the six week War had been returned Here to be prepared for burial. A con artists arrested new York three people who stopped a woman in the Street and asked her to donate her jewel to help needy families of persian Ulf War soldiers were arrested tuesday police said the victim a woman in her 40s whom police would not identify handed Over $2,000 Worth of jewelry she was wearing said sgt. Grace Ridley. She then told the three a woman and two men that she was leaving far a moment to get another $1,200 she would contribute Ridley said. The woman called police and the three were picked up and charged with burglary grand larceny con game criminal Possession of property and second degree burglary Ridley said. Major visits troops Kuwait City Kuwait prime minister John major of Britain hailed his troops As heroes wednesday and said they would be going Home As soon As possible. Major on a Daylong visit to the emirate also said it was unlikely Britain would contribute soldiers to any standing army in the persian Gulf Region. Manager of the Brown clinic in Watertown . Families of Active duty personnel Are. Required by Law to pay w percent of the Cost of outpatient care untied the Cham pus system a. The South Dakota clinic in january. A started waiving the Cost sharing payment for 60 area families of reservists and National guardsmen who Are. Deployed in the Gulf Neisen said monday. The Central general Hospital in Plain View n.y., and several of its physicians offered the same discounts according to the american medical association. / members of the Manatee county medical. Society in Bradenton fla., offered free health care to military dependents but the government also considers that illegal the Ama said. Quot by Law champs is a Cost sharing program a said Huston Worthey a spokesman for the program. Quot the provi. Sions on Cost sharing and the requirement that the Cost sharing not be waived is spelled out in . Bill Young r-fia., is sponsoring an amendment to the supplemental appropriations Bill for operation desert storm that would temporarily waive the Cost sharing requirement retroactive to last August. A the amendment was approved by a House appropriations subcommittee last week. A. A it is  that when doctors Are trying to be helpful to  that the Federal government is not recognizing the situation and allowing it to occur Quot said James s. Todd executive vice president of the Ama. Sen. Tom Daschle d-, said the insurance program is a being rigid and  the South Dakota clinic expects to continue offering the discounts for several months since most of the local reservists Are expected to be among the last to return from the Gulf Neisen Saidl one of the clinics Laboratory technicians was sent to the Gulf and several other employees have husbands and sons who Are deployed there Neisen said. Singing the troops praises Jessica Reynolds from left Debbie White and Kelly Brinker Square in Cincinnati  7 thnh join a rendition of a god bless the Usa Quot led by country Singer Sun Nort for the a people turned out to show Lee Greenwood during. Rail tuesday afternoon at Fountain be ret of How zoo Quot p is an a Quot of a of Gisin a. By Gary Miller Mediterranean Bureau Naples Italy a Dora Passaro decided the Buck had to Start somewhere. So the grandmother from Salerno Italy collected $175 to help pay for operation desert storm. Her daughter and son in Law on tues Day turned the Money Over to maj. Larry Christie commander of the Marine corps Security Force company at the naval support activity in Naples Italy. In a note she sent with the Money Passaro called the contribution a Token to a the splendid government of  Passaro who donated $155, and the three other pensioners who contributed another $20 remember the bravery and kindness of american and Allied troops who in 1943 wrested Salerno from nazi control a a Quot a a a a. Located about 30 Miles South of Naples Salerno was the site of a major Allied Landing and fierce fighting against German forces. Once the nazi troops withdrew the allies tried to help the ital lans. A they were giving us food and taking care of our problems Quot said Passaro a daughter Nadia Peddrick. Her husband Pat Peddrick retired from the . Marine corps As a master gunnery sergeant after 25 years. To he Peddrick Hapij lived in Salerno since pats retirement three years ago. They share an apartment building with Passaro. A when Passaro asked How to make the donation Peddrick contacted Christie Christie found out from the  embassy in Rome that the defense department had established a special desert storm fund for contributions from both individuals and governments that have pledged funds toward the War. As of tuesday individuals have contributed $73,053.14 to the fund. Foreign governments have pledged about $14 billion a Quot this sets an example for other people and governments Quot Christie said of the pensioners contribution. Peddrick said his Mother in Law and the other contributors thought it was time to help a country that had helped them. A the older generation remembers. They remember How hungry they were and who brought them food a Peddrick. Said. A they just wanted to show their appreciation a