European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 25, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday october 25, 1991 the stars and stripes a Page 9dod raising civilian health care fees by Walter Jahncke staff writer civilians will pay More for medical care at military facilities this month As higher fees go into effect throughout the european commands. The fee changes Are the result of an annual Cost adjustment review by the assistant Secretary of defense for health affairs and the Pentagon comptroller at the Start of each fiscal year. The fees will take effect at different times throughout Europe. Current defense department policy is that the charges Are not retroactive. A spokeswoman at 7th medical come which oversees the army a medical interests in Europe said the new rates will be in effect at All army medical treatment facilities in Europe next week. The Navy has not yet implemented any of the fee increases a spokesman for the Navy a european come said. The air Force surgeon general sent out a message oct. 4 informing the service s bases worldwide of the change in rates according to an air Force surgeon general spokeswoman. Quot she said the message does not specify a Date on which the change must take place but rather states that the rates take effect when each base gets the message. Quot All medical facilities did not get word of the new rates at the same time. For this reason the new rates went into effect at different times. At the air Force Hospital in Wiesbaden Germany for example the rate changes went into effect oct. 15, said capt. Cliff a. Atkinson chief of Public affairs at Lindsey air station in Germany. The 48th fighter Wing Hospital at Raf Laken Heath England enforced the new rates oct. 9, said Joan Cross medical services accounts officer. The 401st fighter Wing Hospital at Torrejon a Spain began using the new rates oct. 11, said Yvette n. Radcliff a budget analyst at the Hospital. Fee changes for fiscal �?T92 Paul int status amount Changa Hospital inpatient civilian Active duty dependents of Active duty or retired retired officers retired enlisted non beneficiary $657.00 $4.80 a $92.00 .10 $8.95 .40 $4.80 -.10 no charge -$4.90 $701.00 a $98.00 outpatient civilian non beneficiary $72.00 $77.00 Ltd it $5.00 $6.00 includes contract personnel civilian emergency and unauthorized person address system on schedule . Officials say by Crystal Laureano staff writer Ramstein a Germany a despite being surprised by the complaints of overseas military postal patrons . Postal service officials on a visit to Europe said wednesday that they Are satisfied with the Progress of the new address system. A a lot of Peoples expectations were that on Day 1 it was going to work a said Alan Kane assistant postmaster general for delivery distribution and transportation. A that just can to happen. The system is too huge. A but put it into perspective. Its Only three months into  Kane is in Europe to meet with army and air Force postal officials in Germany and Navy postal officials in London. With him Are colleagues from the . Postal service and the military postal service Agency the Liaison Agency Between the military and civilian postal services. The air Force and Navy in Europe began using the new four line address some new zip codes and a instead of new York ., on july 15. The army in Europe delayed implement Ion of the program until oct. 1. Both old and new addresses can be used until july 15, 1992, the deadline set by the . Postal service for All overseas military mail to carry the new address or be returned to the sender. Since july service members have complained that companies in the states have not accepted the new addresses particularly the a designation. Some Post offices stateside also have refused to accept packages destined for Apo a insisting that the sender use Apo new York. Such problems a took us a Little bit by Surprise a said Kenneth Mcfadden general manager of the International and military mail operations division of the . Postal service. A we put it out through Normal communications the Way that we implement a change a Mcfadden said. A we did no to expect the Type of reaction we  Mcfadden said he  say How individual com i m guardedly confident that we Are better off than we think we Are a col. Don Price panties were notified of the address changes but he insisted that the word was distributed through Standard channels. The information was stressed especially with the postal services largest customers. A the word was put out and it was the expectation on our part that the word would get disseminated a Mcfadden said. Officials have tried to rectify any confusion by stepping up their information Campaign with major mailers and through notices in postal bulletins. Meanwhile the postal service is using feedback from disgruntled postal customers to identify specific prob lems. A my staff has personally called Over 200 firms in the United states and gotten very favourable reaction from them in terms of the changes they needed to make Quot he said. A and Well continue to do that As service members Over Here encounter  Mcfadden was caught off guard by complaints he has heard while in Germany that the four line address was not being accepted by some organizations. A a in a not so sure that there is a problem so much As a perception of a problem. I done to know a he said. A that is something that i am carrying away from this  officials Point to a Survey of overseas bound mail conducted at two stateside Gateway airports saying it shows the new address system is Well received. Mail was surveyed oct. 7 and 8 at Dulles International Airport in Washington and John f. Kennedy International Airport in new York said Marine col. Don Price Deputy director at the military postal service Agency. Some 30 percent to 40 percent of the mail leaving Juk had the new address format and zip code designation As did 35 percent of the sampled outbound mail at Dulles. A a in a guardedly confident that we arc better off than we think we Are a Price said. A that Survey was taken on the 7th and 8th of october and i think now we Are higher than  a maybe there is just too much emotionalism around this thing a Kane said. Quot it seems to me that the game plan was to go All the Way until next july to make this thing work. Its now three months into it and we re up to around 40 percent and we be got nine months to go. That a not  husband can be found guilty of raping court in Britai wife rules London a the House of lords the highest court in England and Wales has overturned a centuries old interpretation of marital Law in ruling that a Man can be convicted of raping his wife. Five senior judges wednesday dismissed a final Appeal by a Man who in july was sentenced to three years in prison for assaulting and attempting to rape his estranged wife. Women a rights campaigners immediately hailed the ruling As a a fantastic Day for women  a the judges have finally nailed a Legal lie which has somehow survived for three centuries a said Claire Glasman a spokeswoman for women against rape. Men May be prosecuted for raping their wives in Scotland which has its own judicial system separate from the rest of the Britain. The defendant involved in wednes Days ruling a 38-year-old Man from Leicester had his first Appeal dismissed in March by the court of Appeal. In that judgment the lord chief Justice lord Lane criticized the centuries old principle of English common Law that a woman implied permanent consent to sexual Intercourse with her husband by the act of marriage. Lane called the principle an a anachronistic and offensive fiction a declaring that a a rapist remains a rapist and is subject to the criminal Law irrespective of his relationship with his victim. The five Law lords on wednesday agreed with his ruling confirming a wife a right to refuse to Nave sex with her husband. Lord Keith one of the five called the principle that a wife gives up this right irrevocably on her wedding Day a quite unacceptable in modern times. That principle had been established in English common Law in a 1736 ruling. Blue Angels plan Milestone in 92 their 1st soviet show Pensacola Fla. A the Navy a Blue Angels will make their first trip Ever to the soviet Union next year says the flight demonstration squadrons commander. The trip will be part of a .-soviet military Exchange program which has involved reciprocal port visits by warships and inspection Tours by top military officials. A a we in real excited about that a said cmdr. Greg Wooldrige the Leader of the Blue Angels. It would be the teams first visit to Europe since 1973. The soviet show will be toward the end of the squadrons 1992 schedule which Wilf run from March through november said it. Cmdr. Chuck Franklin spokesman for the Blue Angels. Exact dates will not be released until december. The Blue Angels Are based at Nas Pensacola and annually perform about 40 shows. They will close their current season with Homecoming shows nov. 8-9 at Pensacola. Shooter mistakes Mother for Deer Tarrytown  A a Man who routinely took target practice in the wooded area behind his House mistook his Mother for a Deer when he shot her while she was pruning a tree police said wednesday. Takeko Hose 47, was reported in critical condition at Phelps memorial Hospital. Her son David Joseph Isamu Hose 19, fired two shots from a .22-caliber Rifle into her Chest tuesday evening said police it. Andrew kill Cher of Greenburgh. Tarrytown a new York City suburb on the Hudson River is in Greenburgh. Kelliher said it is illegal to fire a weapon in the neighbourhood but an investigation showed that Hose routinely took target practice or shot Ai game in the Woods behind his House. Police said an investigation was continuing