Show ta Voi 84 No 225 Monday September 20 1993 Clinton takes health-car- e WASHINGTON (AP) — President Clinton today asked prominent doctors to overhaul promissupport his health-car- e ing malpractice reform less paperwork fewer hassles with government regulations and no reductions in pay interest Wooing a key health-car-e group the president told more than 100 doctors in die East Room "We clearly must preserve what is right with our health care system" He ticked off a list of what must not suffer in health-car- e reforms: "The dose patient-doctthe best relationship doctors and nurses foe best academic or Logan Utah ©1993 Bridgerland's Daily Newspaper research the best advanced technology in the world “We can do that and still fix what’s wrong" he said "In fact we can enhance what’s right if we fix what’s wrong" But he insisted that real change is needed "We can do better than this" The comments came as Clinton’s plan was drawing early fire from a key Democratic senator Sen Daniel P Moynihan chairman of the Senate Finance Committee chose foe word "fantasy” to describe foe $238 billion Clinton wants to save over five years by restricting growth in Medicare and Medicaid spending "It’s fantasy but accurate fantasy" Moynihan said on NBC’s Meet foe Pnss “These numbers all come out of their computer in that way They won’t last they mustn’t last" Clinton later told reporters his dan would make foe promised cuts "I believe that if you give us five yean to do it we can get there but it will require some substantial changes" He said the skepticism is based on years of avoiding tough cutbacks “People in Washington can’t imagine that it can be different because of foe experience Economists 50 Cents doctors to plan they’ve had in foe last five years" he said Among those in foe audience today were Clinton’s personal doctor Andrew Kumpuris of Little Rock Aik and his daughter’s physician Dr Betty A Lowe also of Arkansas Hillary Rodham Clinton who opened foe meeting named former Surgeon General C Everett Koop to organize a series of forums designed to give doctors input and information about foe reform plan Urging doctors to support healthcare reforms Koop said problems with one or two details in Clinton’s plan "cannot give us the excuse to oppose everything" Koop who served under Republican presidents Ronald Reagan and George Bush said Clinton has already “acreform complished more in health-car- e than all of his living predecessors put together” The meeting opened a frantic week of work as Clinton nails down foe final details of his sweeping health-car- e package His staff said Sunday that Clinton is contemplating foe aAlitifm of nursing home insurance to Medicare for the elderly Mubarak calls on Arabs to support peace forecast slowdown in growth WASHINGTON (AP) — The improvement in the nation’s economy is some of foe expected to be short-live-d nation’s top economists contend in a forecast that disagrees with Clinton administration 1994 projections ALEXANDRIA Egypt (AP) — Egyptian Resident Hosni Mubarak ending a surprise summit with Israel’s prime minister said Syria was genuinely seeking peace and agreement predicted an Israel-Syr- ia could be reached within months During foe meeting Sunday Rime Minister Yitzhak Rabin told Mubrrak that Syria must stop encouraging guerrillas fighting Israel in southern Lebanon before talks progress said an Israeli official who accompanied Rabin Mubarak who is scheduled to meet with Syrian Resident Hafez Assad soon pledged to try to move the process forward "We will try and reach a " between Israel and Syria" Mubarak said "It is not a miracle I don’t think it will take more than a few months” foran agreement The Egyptian leader also sought to allay Israel’s concerns that Syria was serious about negotiations because it sheltered 10 hard-lin- e factions in Damascus and did not rein in the Muslim militant of Hezbollah in Lebanon "I think Syria genuinely wants peace genuinely wants to solve foe problem and l neaxu uus nom Resident Assad time" Mubarak told a news conference Israel wants Syria to agree to a deployment of foe Lebanese army in southern Lebanon and to allow it to disarm guerrillas there according to foe Israeli official who spoke on condition of anonymity "It is clear Mubarak will raise the foings he heard from Rabin in his meetings with Assad" said a APphoto spokesman for Rabin Gad Ben-A- ri Assad was quoted as telling Although foe consensus of 41 forecasters surveyed by foe National Association of Business Economists does not suggest another recession soon it projects a steady slowdown in the economy after the current quarter “While our panelists do expect a rebound in real growth to 3 percent in foe third quarter that’s as good as it gets" according to a summary of foe survey released today The survey which was conducted in late August was presented to foe association’s annual meeting in Chicago and made available in Washington The survey consensus projects growth in the gross domestic product slowing to 29 percent at an annual rate from October through December 2A percent in foe first three months of 1994 and 21 percent during foe following three months The GDP is foe total amount erf goods and services produced in the United States and-PL- O Iran-back- ed "Over foe four quarters of 1993 GDP is now expected to rise only 23 percent" down from the 28 percent In the April survey and 31 percent last February” the summary said "For 1994 GDP is expected to grow 27 percent down from the earlier prediction of 3 percent" in 32 percent in rcbnuuy it Agdani Actually foe business economists’ 1993 growth forecast of 23 percent fourth quarter over fourth quarter is slightly more optimistic than the administration’s 2 percent projection A street vendor in Gaza City sells once-banne- Palestinian flags d — Egypt’s newspaper that and Israel will continue their Syria negohatiOTS Syria has demanded that Israel withdraw from foe Golan Heights which it captured in 1967 Rabin’s visit as Arab foreign minister gthwrf in m hrsr Yasser Arafat sneak plo about the PLO-Isreaccord Al-Akh- rhrmi el Arafat told the ministers the ot terim accord will lead to an Israeli withdrawal from all occupied land including Arab east Jerusalem The Arab League issued a statement today supporting the peace accord But foe league said peace will Middle East only when occupied Arab land Golan foe Heights and including UbaiWIt fraq WU foe Mlty Arab league member to oppose foe in-n- Arafat also met Sunday with leaders of foe Muslim Brotherhood a major fundamentalist group to enlist their help in thwarting violence by radical members of Hamas in foe territories Despite its opposition to foe peace accord foe Brotherhood appealed to Hamas to stop the violence Israeli-occupi- ed High court clears way for Demjanjuk’s deportation JERUSALEM (AP) — An Israeli Supreme Court justice on Sunday lifted a restraining order delaying John Demjanjuk's deportation clearing foe way for him to leave foe country an Israeli official said Justice Ministry spokeswoman Etty Eshed said that Justice Theodore Orr rejected appeals by Holocaust survivors and Nazi hunters to hold further review of Demjanjuk’s case with an eye towards trying him again for war crimes "This cancels the restraining order cm the deportation" Eshed said She said Orr "rejected the requests for further discussions in the appeals against DemjanjuL” Eshed said be wu free to go but she wouldn’t say when he was to leave Israel radio said be was free to go immediately Former Communists win in Polish elections WARSAW Poland (AP) — In 1991 elections politicians with Communist puts were shut out of Poland’s government This time they have loo much weight to be brushed aside The Democratic Left Alliance a group made up mostly of former Communists emerged from Sunday's balloting with the biggest chunk of votes — 206 percent according to early results — and the accompanying mandate for the first shot at putting together a coalition government The Polish Peasant's Party previously a parliamentary ally of foe Communists wu running a strong second with 13 percent according to foe results based on nearly complete returns from 1000 of 2201)0 precincts The Democratic Union the pillar of the outgoing coalition government got about 106 percent of the vote Turnout among the 276 million registered voters wu 31 percent well above the 42 percent in 1991 The outcome wu shocking to those who recall how the fall of communism in ftiiand had a domino effect across eastern Europe Poland’s reforms have also generated Europe's highest growth rate an estimated 4 percent fois year But it wu no surprise to an electorate disgruntled by the individual pain that has accompanied foe economic restructuring and disillusioned e social safety net by foe h as erf foe Opinion polls had predicted a victory for foe alliance J Inside The arrival cl fall reminds Danny Conway formerly of Logan of when he was 12 playing baseball with a huge pile of apples and his favorite apple tree 9 Index About Cache Bridgerland Classified ads Comics Obituaries Sports 4 fi is here to stay Cooler temperatures should keep days ersp Fan weather nhts dcse to freezing through the res! of the 4 week and cradle-torav- t — 11 Weather J J 4 3 13 wu acquitted on July 29 of being "Ivan file Terrible” a gas chamber Demjanjuk 73 file notorious "We have not received any instructions yet what to do with him” operator at foe Trcblinka death camp in Demjanjuk's attorney Yoram Sheftel said SunPoland But Holocaust survivors sought to ruling marked an end to the lengthy appeals day's have him tried for allegedly being a guard at other against Demjanjuk's release camps "All die motions for further review have been said Prison Authority spokesman Dubi Ben-AMMrtnd M CKnftnl taLI Demjanjuk wu still in his cell Sunday afternoon Nazis-occupi- ed mi US troops kill militiamen MOGADISHU Somalia (AP) — Helicoptcr-bomAmerican aoldien shot and killed two Somali Pakistani gunmen today after peacekeeper wu wounded in a militia attack on UK farces The fighting erupted after a night of sporadic battles with militiamen firing mortars and UK helicopters replying with rockets and 20mm cannon fire e The UK troops almost 27000 soldiers from 28 countries were sent to help Somalis recover from its famine and civil war But they have gotten caught up in a battle with foe gunmen of fugitive militia chief Mohamed Famh Aidid UK officials have issued a for Aidid’s attest blaming him for attacks that have killed 50 peacekeeping troop since May On Sunday UK officials conceded that their farces could have fired two mortars that injured 34 w arrant civilians outside Digfer Hospital a day earlier On Saturday officials said they believed no mortars were fired by UK troops But UK military spokesman Msj David Stockwell said Sunday that two mortars were aimed at a field adjacent to the hospital where UK troops believed militiamen were firing at foe UK compound mortars He said the UK-fue- d were not seen to explode in foe field but still could have hit there without exploding He said foe rounds that struck the hospital grounds could have been militia-fire- d ones that went awvy In file overnight fighting the airport wu hit with 12 mortar rounds in two UN-controll- barrages McDavitt said Capt spokesman Fire from Tim another UN a VS Cobra helicopter destroyed one militia mortar and there were unconfirmed reports that two militiamen were killed McDavitt said UK troops also came under mull arms fire at three other spots but McDavitt said no UK casualties were reported except the Pakistani The wounded soldier wu a demolitions man who wu inspecting a mine on October 21 Road when his unit came under fire McDavitt said his wounds were not serious October 21 Road in northern Mogadishu ts a frequent battleground After foe shooting foe crew of a Cobra support helicopter from foe US Quick Reaction Force spotted two militiamen with grenades and opened fire on them McDavitt said lie said men were killed rocket-propell- Mi ed |