European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 30, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday August 30, 1994 the stars and stripes Page 5southerners focus on health care Nashville Tenn. A Congress should leave health Reform up to the states Mississippi gov. Kirk Fordice said sunday at the Start of the annual Southern governors association meeting. A a a a a i done to believe we should Rush ahead at the Federal level without seeing what a working on the local level a said Fordice a Republican. Southern governors Are holding their 60th annual Summit in Nashville through today. Health Reform is High on the Agen Quot a which also includes prison Reform education Reform and As always gripes about Federal mandates. Governors also Are finding time for Golf a Black tie dinner and a concert by country music Singer Marty Stuart. Tennessee gov. Ned Mcwherter a Democrat and Host of the Summit said president Clinton a health Reform plan  achieve the level of coverage his state has. Quot a a Quot. A a a Mcwherter aides said his ten care health care Reform plan combined with private insurance and government plans provides health insurance coverage to 94.1 percent of tennesseans. Mcwherter was to announce plans monday that could bring in additional 300,000 people about 6 percent of the states 4.9 million residents under ten care. The Tennessee medical association which represents 6,700 of the states 10,000 practising physicians is less enthusiastic about ten care. Or. Virgil Crowder a Lawrenceburg surgeon and association president said Money paid by the state to managed care organizations does no to always filid its Way. To doctors hospitals and other health care providers. A an co is an insurance company. And an insurance company is a company designed to make Money a he said. A the decision on How to spend medical care funds or who needs to be rationed should be decided by somebody with medical knowledge not an insurance company a he said. Georgia democratic gov Zell Miller chairman of the Southern governors association said he is More inclined to see what develops in Congress before proposing sweeping health Reform in his state though a bipartisan committee is studying the Prospect. Puerto Rico gov. Pedro Rossello a surgeon said he is discouraged at the slow Pace of Reform. A we need Universal coverage and it should be done fast rather than slow a he said., a. Mcwherter said some of the associate ions most productive meetings were held behind closed doors so he scheduled a private session for this  has rough time at Golf a Vineyard Haven mass. A the Golf Ball landed in the rough on the 14th Hole and the president of the United states looked the situation Over carefully concluding a this Isnit what i had in  Bill Clinton looked As grim serious and determined As he did when political opponents tried to derail his crime Bill. He scrambled in his Golf bag found a 9-Iron, scowled stepped up to the Ball Shook his head and said a this is a real hard  Clinton swung. The Ball landed in a Sand trap. A i just  get it out a said the president. A i did the Best i could do.�?�. So go vacations even presidential vacations amid the weathered Gray shingles and oceans of White paint that Mark the Island of Martha a Vineyard As a posh and tranquil Retreat. A but on an Island if a Golf game goes sour you can always take to the water. Clinton did so in the late afternoon sunday cruising with his wife Hillary Rodham Clinton and their daughter Chelsea aboard the 72-foot yawl Zora. The White trim sailing yacht Cut through the shallow Waves of Vineyard sound for More than two hours trailed by a Small flotilla of . Coast guard cruisers Martha a Vineyard police boats and local and visiting pleasure Craft. President Clinton took the Helm for a while As the Zora allowed a sports fishing boat crammed with photographers and television camera Crews to catch up. One of the Crew members aboard the Zora was entertainer James Taylor a Friend of Nat benjamins the owner. A local minister gave Clinton his Benediction for a respite of Sun beaches Golf horseback Riding sailing and any other forms of recreation the president chooses to pursue in what for two years has been his summer White House. A even a president needs some time off a said the Rev. Edward Vander hey during his Sermon at the Tabernacle a 159-year-old religious Camp in nearby Oak Bluffs. In i president Clinton just  get into the swing of things at a Massachusetts Golf  probing Why tourists failed to help woman a ranches. France map a police opened inquiries monday that could Lead to charges against tourists who watched and videotaped a woman As she drowned at the ancient Mont  Abbey. The inquiries Are in the preliminary stages judicial sources said and Are aimed primarily at determining what the attitude of the was and what efforts were made to Alert rescuers. Dozens of tourists at the Abbey one of Frances most spectacular and visited monuments Are said by residents to have watched the woman drown aug 22 As she tried to save her child. If they failed to take  Steps to save her like seeking help they could be prosecuted for no assistance to a person in danger punishable by two years in prison. French radio reported monday that one retired Man was filming the Scenic Bay surrounding the Abbey saw the woman in trouble and told someone next to him to find help. The Man who was not identified resumed filming and captured a failed Rescue attempt by two firefight a ers. He tried to sell the tape to a regional television station but was refused. The firefighters were alerted by a cafe owner who wondered Why so Many tourists were standing in one place. A a a a a a a a. A a a a a a it was not Clear whether he was the person to whom the tourist with the camera spoke. Victorine Guill Ernde 6, was saved from the deep water Hole into which she had fallen at the base of the Island. Firefighters said they arrived 10 minutes too late for her Mother Maric Noelle 42. The tourists were higher up on the Island in the ramparts of the medieval Abbey. Millions of visitors annually crowd onto the tiny Island off the  by water at High tide it is ringed by dry land when the sea goes out. The tides Are treacherously a Swift. A a a. A a a a a a belting a executed prisoners Are the source of most Organ transplants in China and the donors sometimes Are still alive when their organs Are removed a human rights group says. Executions appear to be scheduled according to transplant needs human rights watch Asia said in a report. A patients Are told exactly when they should arrive at the Hospital and the organs duly arrive on time the group said. It said prisoners consent is rarely sought or is coerced in the last few hours before death. In some cases kidneys have been removed from prisoners the night before the executions and some executions have been deliberately botched to keep the bodies alive longer and improve chances of Organ transplant Suc Cess the group said. In other cases medical personnel attend the execution and swiftly remove the organs after death is announced it said. The number of executions in China is a state secret but human rights watch Asia said a tens of thousands of people have been put to death since 1983, when the number of death sentences began to grow under anti crime crackdowns. Corruption and drug trafficking Are among crimes punishable by death. A secret communist party directive in 1983 said some anti government actions were punishable by death human rights watch Asia said. But it noted that no executions of dissidents have been reported in the past 15 years. The group cited government documents medical journal articles and statements by doctors and others As evidence that executed prisoners Are the source of most organs used in transplants in China chinese government offices were closed sunday and a Telephone Call for comment was not answered. The government Long denied that executed prisoners were a source of organs the report said. But it said that in 1993, China told the . Committee against torture that organs occasionally were removed with prisoners consent. Human rights watch Asia said chinese trials often Are unfair a including coerced confessions and the growing use of torture in the 1980s a leading to a High risk that innocent people Are executed and become Organ donors. The group urged China to ban the use of prisoners organs. It also said foreign governments should bar their citizens from getting Organ transplants in China and should Stop cooperating in chinese transplant research. It also urged China to abolish the death penalty. China usually executes prisoners by shooting them in the Back of the head. Human rights watch Asia said families either Are not informed about the Organ donation or Are threatened with Large Bills for the prisoner s food other expenses and even the Cost of the Bullet used in the execution if they refuse consent