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Show Thi1 1 T; ''liunr, llir I 1U t' T. II. ink vivi Medical Student Loans Unpaid, Probers Say Ktirliam By Gregory Gordon Fluted Dress International WASHINGTON Doctors who were graduated from some of the nation s leading medical schools are earning lag salaries and driving luxury cars while lading to pay back the government loans that helped them through school, federal investigators have learned Slaflers tor the Senate Governmental Uf.nrs Committee cite one giaduate of the Tniversity ol Maryland's medical school who has not missed a payment on Ins $ai,HU0 car loan hut his student loan has been listed as "uneollectable lor lour years and he is ill default lor a Aides to Sen Charles Derey. l committee member, said some 50. IKK) health professionals including 5.710 doctors are seriously delinquent on paying their low interest loans, depleting bv more than $23 million the government money pool for prov iding long term medical school loans The of delinquency rate is nearly the 1(17.000 former medical and health care students benefiting from the program Almost every aspect of the collection end of this program flies in the face of good business sense," said Percy, who will chair full committee hearings Tuesday into the health professions student loan program. 'Would Be Pretty Upset' "If I were a student attempting to secure one of these loans in today's budget cutting environment, I would he pretty upset to be rejected knowing that practicing physicians, many of whom are earning high incomes, have failed to repay the federal loan which made their careers possible." "U s hard for mr to you're four v ears old. Joey, You look IMl'CIl younger." Ix-li- Ydc ran ; one-thir- miM't Eerie Slay Case Faces Justices By Robert Sangixirgo 1'inteil Brest. International A bizarre murder ease faces the WASHINGTON tustiees ol the Supreme Court Monday, locusing on a tormer Green Beret doctor who claims hippies Killed bis u lie and children Federal prosecutors are urging the justices to o ert urn a ruling that threw out the com ictnm ot Dr. Jeffrey MacDonald, who was found guilty of the 'lax logs nine vein's after they happened The time that elapsed between the killings and the comiction prompted the 1th U S Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond, Va., to reverse the verdict. It declared MacDonald had been denied his constitutional right to speedy trial. MacDonald's wile and children were killed m the early morning ol Feb. IT, 1070. He said four hippie intruders all of them high on drugs hurst into his Favettev die. N home, chanting "acid is groovy. Tig' Smeared in Blow! They smeared the word "pig in blood on the headboard of his bed before stabbing his pregnant wife. Collette, and two daughters, Kristen and to death, he said MacDonald also Knnherlv sustained stab wounds MacDonald, who was stationed at Fort Bragg.. N (.. initially was detained by the Army and then cleared Bui his will's mother and stepfather. Mildred and Allred Kasaab of Cranbury. N .1 , persuaded the Justice Department to enter the investigation in DJ7 1. A federal grand jury indicted MacDonald in 11175 and, following various delays, he was tried in 1171). A Prosecutors presented evidence suggesting the physician had sutficient medical knowledge to cut ifttmsell without endangering Ins life. Other Evidence Introduced Justice Department lawyers also introduced evidence that the locution of blood in the apartment and presence of one daughter's blood on MacDonald's glasses cast doubt on Ills story. And they argued that patterns of holes in his pajamas, which his wife was wearing, showed the killing could not have taken place as described MacDonald was found guilty and sentenced to three consecutive hie terms but the divided appeals court struck down the verdict, concluding his original arrest by the military in 1970 triggered his right to a speedy trial drug-craze- d ' A Percy aide estimated that as many as 5,00(1 prospective doctors, dentists, optometrists, pharmacists and nurses will he denied government loans this year because of the abuses. Percy said a General Accounting Office study found that school have been ineffective collecting the loans; in at hi medical schools between 20 and 00 percent of the loans were more than 90 days overdue. In recent years, the Department of Health and Human Services has found major problems in the collection of general government guaranteed student loans, hut the latest studies are the lirst to indicate serious deficiencies in the medical program At Maryland, 091 practicing physicians who graduated from the school are delinquent on their loans, owing a total of $1X9. IMK) although 83 percent of them have ,, effect credit ratings in the private sector, committee aides said They said similar problems have sure faced at some ol the nation's medial schools. . big-nam- Sponsoring Legislation is sponsoring legislation to create new tools for collecting debts under lederal loan programs, including a provision for rcxirting delinquent borrowers to commercial credit bureaus. The 10 year medical loans of up to $20 INK) or more are provided at interest rates ranging from 3 to 7 percent, and doctors are not required to begin repaying them until at leat a year after graduation. SHcial deferments for Percy graduate pus residency training, teaching or work ill ureas with doctor shortages can delay pay ment for up to 5 to PI years This year is the last in which ( ongress is si heduled to put money into the 70 million medical loan fund, leaving it as a revolving ool in the fill ure Computer searches in the Department of Health and Human Services found that of the health professionals, nurses had the worst repayment record with 37.7(0 of some SH.iHKl with loans being m arrears by $1 2 million. 5. 710 ol the 30.179 doctors with loans in default lor $11 million, with dentists, optometrists, pharmacists and podiat l ists hav mg similar default rales 1 Allen's Money Destined For Charity API - Those the bills that have lieen such thorn WASHINGTON 10 $100 a in side of national security adviser Richard Allen and embarrassed the White House ure destined lo go to but no one is saving quite charity when. For the time leing. the envelope ol cash still is in the protective hands ol the FBI, having triggered an investigation that prompted Allen to take a leav e from his White House job and raised questions about whether he will return. .Although the Justice Department inquiry into Allen's handling of the money is closed, there is not word on when it will he returned only that it w ill be. "It wdl be returned House in an appropriate to the Wlute manner," said Justice Department spokesman Arthur Brill. He declined to comment on when or how the money will be turned over. Allen went on administrative leave in last week in the midst of an inquiry to determine whether to recommend a special prosecutor be appointed to review his receipt of the $1,000 from a Japanese journalist. The money was offered us a thank-yogesture for a Jan. 21 interview with first lady Nancy Reagan, and Allen has said he merely intercepted the envelope as it was being to Mrs Reagan, and later forgot about it. The JuStiee Department concluded there was no ev idence to suggest Allen ever acted with criminal intent," but the national security adviser remains on leave pending another inquiry into two watches he received and an error he made in reporting to the government the sale ol his consulting firm. The money was found in a safe in Allen's old office adjacent to the White u J V I li lU.il-- . Brill said once returned to the White House, the money probably will lie given to charity, as Allen has said he intended to do in the first place. saga of the money began in when interviewers from the magazine "Shufu No To mo" (Housewives Friend) traveled to Washington to meet with Mrs. Reagan. The January HAVE A NEW FIGURE FOR THE HOLIDAYS Now Earn 14.669 IRA Tax-Deferr- on First Securitys New AT Savings Plan ed 12 PRICE! This Is a once-a-yebargain! When you and a friend come in together, you each pay only half price! At Gloria Marshall's, youll lose weight without shots, pills or strenuous exercise. 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