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Tattoo tributes Vince Lombardi and Lambeau Field are the latest Packers icons to decorate Chad Loch's backD-1 FRIDAY, October 20, 1995 500 Mini scram Area hospitals could lose millions Battle's not over, yet Even with a House victory, the outcome of this year's Medicare battle is far from decided. The Senate must approve legislation, too. anct the GOP plan that's likely to wind up on President Clinton's desk will be vetoed because the president says it cuts too much. The Senate could act on it as soon as early next week. Some sort of compromise will cut back Medicare's growth, but whether it will be a Band-Aid or major surgery is unclear.

Count Green Bay area hospitals as losers if GOP Meaicare-Medicaid proposals become reality Green Bay hospital officials say they stand to lose about $100 million over the next seven years under the proposals. They already are looking at how they will make up the difference. Those that could be affected include other health-care consumers and insurers. And rural hospitals in the area may take an even bigger hit because they tend to have a greater percentage of Medicare and Medicaid patients. For more on the potential impact on local and area hospitals, see page A-3.

Republican plan could shake up health care By Judi Hasson Gannett News Service WASHINGTON The Republican plan to overhaul Medicare is, in the end, a giant experiment. In the short term, seniors would be asked to pay a little more $26 a month more by 2002 for the same kind of care they now receive from hospitals and doctors. But in the Ions term, the Dlan could lead care ei -n .) lle nroc c- But with this plan, the House is taking the first step toward reining in the growth of Medicare, which would help reduce the Please see PlanA-3 both urban and rural America as federal payments to those facilities drop. And other moves could pressure doctors to change the way they practice medicine: Many more would have to join managed health-care industry more responsive to the marketplace. Critics say it may mean more people will find it harder to get the same services: access to doctors and diagnostic tests.

dure ihi uri.iei Tile result: linker bcallliv.uv i th.t i'. he wiuild make to the closing of less profitable hospitals in Packers oore also finally get Jackson enies he was involved By Pete Dougherty and Chris Havel Press-Gazette Tight end Keith Jackson ended a 90-day holdout today by agreeing to join the ttreen Bay Packers, the team has confirmed. Though Jackson and the Packers have been negotiating a Contract extension on and off since they first acquired him in March, he is joining the team under his existing contract. His current deal is in its last year and called for him to make $1,125 The Monfils trial 1 I uil f. 1 if million for a full season, though the sides are expected to continue trying to work out a new contract.

Jackson, 30, will not play Sunday against Minnesota, but Sherman Lewis, the Packers' offensive coordinator, thinks Jackson could contribute as early as the following game, Oct. 29 at Detroit. "He can probably help Jackson Won be ready for Sunday By Paul Srubas Press-Gazette A 20-minute discrepancy in the times Rey Moore said he went near Tom Monfils' paper machine places him right at the scene when Monfils probably was beaten unconscious, a prosecutor tried to show Thursday. But Moore denied there was a discrepancy and denied participating in or witnessing any beating of Monfils. Moore.

Keith Kutska, Mike Piaskowski, Mike Hirn, Dale Basten and Mike Johnson are accused of being party to homicide in Monfils' death Nov. 21. 1992, at the James River paper mill. Moore was on the witness stand for about four hours Thursday, after which his lawyer, Robert Parent, rested his case. His voice occasionally cracked with emotion, but Moore held up under often aggressive questioning by Brown County District Attorney John Zakowski.

"Your attorney talked of a conspiracy of silence in the mill," Zakowski said. "Have you ever heard of a conspiracy of deceit?" "No. what's that?" Moore answered. Zakowski said paper workers presented police with a series of lies about what went on at the James River mill the morning Monfils disappeared. Then Zakowski added: "Do you expect us to believe you never struck Tom Monfils?" "Correct." Moore said.

Moore said he arrived at the No. 7 and 9 paper machines about 7:40 a.m. to hear Kutska's tape of Monfils reporting to police that Kutska intended to steal an extension cord from the mill. But Moore on six occasions told police he got to the area at 7:15 to 7:20 a.m., he testified. And Moore told James River investigator Frank Pinto that he arrived about 7:15 a.m.

Prosecutors have placed Monfils' death at between 7:35, when Monfils was seen working on the No. 7 machine's "turnover" or roll change, and 7:50 a.m., when workers reported him missing. "Wouldn't you agree the difference between 7:20 and 7:40 is significant?" Zakowski asked Moore. "Not in a paper mill." Moore said. "Isn't it part of your defense strategy to put yourself in the No.

9 (control booth) after Tom Monfils did the 7:30 turnover?" Zakowski said. "No." Moore answered. Moore admitted changing his version of when he arrived in the area, but he said 7:20 was an estimate and he always told police he could have been as much as 15 minutes off in that estimate. He said he changed the time when he realized its importance, but he said "I personally believe it was more like 7:40." Moore said he made the erroneous time estimate just once, but police kept repeating it every time they questioned him. Thursday's highlights A-2 The trial at a glance A-2 v- VTA I' 0 I Piess-Gazette pnoto by John Robb Under questioning: Rey Moore, fying Thursday in Brown County defendant in the Tom Monfils murder Court.

Moore denied any involvement case, listens to questions while testi- in the beating or killing of Monfils. as early as next week in limited duty," Ijewis said. can't learn the playbook in a week, but e'll try to work him in some. A lot of it depends on what kind of shape he's in." Under Jackson's current contract, he will earn $661,765 over the next 10 games. Because he already was under contract, he u- subject to a possible $4,000 fine for each cIpv he missed beginning July 21, a total of Mike Reinfeldt, the Packers' chief finan-cial officer, said Jackson appears open to playing more than just the rest of this season with the team.

"There's always the possibility that he'll be here for more than the final 10 games of this Reinfeldt said. Jackson is one of the NFL's premier tight ends, and the Packers acquired him from Miami for a second-round draft pick in hopes of limiting the loss of receiver Sterling Sharpe, whose career has ended because of a neck injury. The move was a calculated risk because Jackson had said he would retire if the Dolphins traded him. Ron Wolf, the Packers' general manager, received criticism for giving up the second-round pick as Jackson's holdout continued. Wolf would not say whether he feels vindicated, but he did say today: "Initially, when we made the deal we got a quality player.

Now he has some time to make up: he lost three months. It remains to be seen what effect that will have. I would hope it doesn't have that much of an effect." Jackson, an eight-year pro and five-time Pro Bowl player, caught 59 passes for 673 yards and seven touchdowns with Miami last season. Over the past seven seasons, he has more receptions (388) and touchdown catches (38) than any tight end in the NFL. Hirn contradicts some of the others' testimony tention that Monfils' No.

7 paper machine experienced a paper break about 7:15 a.m. on the morning of Monfils' disappearance. In doing so, Hirn contradicted testimony by Piaskowski, who said he i-ecalled a paper break earlier that morning but none then. Such breaks are logged automatically, but several people have testified the recorded time is unreliable, and none of the crew members of the No. 7 machine recalled a paper break at 7:15 a.m.

Prosecutors have tried to establish the time between the paper break and a 7:30 a.m. "turnover" or roll change as the period for a confrontation Kutska, Piaskowski and Randy Lepak had with Monfils in the No. 7 control room. Monfils was last seen working on that turnover, and prosecutors believe a second confrontation occurred after that turnover in which co-workers beat Monfils into Please see HirnA-2 resumed this morning. He.

Keith Mike Piaskowski, Rey Moore. Dale Basten and Mike Johnson are accused of being party to hoiaicide ir. Monfils death Nov. 21, 1992. at the James River paper mill.

Kutska, Piaskowski and Moore testified ear lier week. Basien likely will testify before the week is over. lawyer won't say whether his client will take the stand. In his testimony so far. Hirn: Confirmed the state's con By Paul Srubas Press-Gazette In only 20 minutes of testimony Thursday, Mike Hirn contradicted several important points established by other witnesses in the Tom Monfils case.

The fourth defendant to testify on his own behalf, Hirn squeezed in just 20 minutes of testimony, with his lawyer asking the questions, before Judge James Bayorgeon adjourned for the day. Hirn's testimony Hirn On the stand for 20 minutes 1 Boy, 12, awarded $8.85 million after washer accident 4 machine at Bay Ridge Laundromat in Sturgeon Bay on May 17, 1994. Doctors reattached his limb in a surgery at Froedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospital in Milwaukee. Newell and his parents Terry and Loxlev Newell filed a product liability and personal injury suit a gains six defendants. Named as defendants: the manufac-tuivr, IPSO International, a Dutch firm: the distributor, Mac-Gray Co.

and its insurer, Commercial Union Ins. the installer, A-meri-can Queensway and the owner of the Laundromat, Struck Brothers Inc. and its insurer, Sheboygan Falls Mutual Insurance Co. The settlement did not involve Struck Brothers and Sheboygan Falls Mutual. The lawsuit against them is pending before Dietz.

Newell suffered permanent injury and has no sensation in his forearm and hand. He barely moves his fingers and is scheduled to undergo bone graft surgery on Oct. 30, said Terry Newell. "We're pleased with the settlement, but we all wish this would have never happened," Loxley Newell said. "It doesn't really compensate for his loss.

Nothing can compensate." The Associated Press coiiiribuied.io this story. ByS.U. Mahesh Press-Gazette A 12-year-old Egg Harbor boy whose arm was ripped off by a faulty washing machine last year was awarded $8.85 million Thursday in an out-of-court settlement. "This is probably the fifth- or sixth-largest settlement ever for a personal-injury case in Wisconsin history," said William Cannon, the Brookfield lawyer who negotiated the settlement on behalf of Michael R. Newell.

"And for an arm amputation, ther are no ife, ands or buts this is a record. Brown County Judge Richard Diotz approved the settlement between Newell's lawyer and the manufacturer, distributor and installer of the washing machine. Newell's left arm was severed below the shoulder when his hand got caught in a sleeping bug in a washing Michael Newell Faces more surgery on his arm 3ft Thursday's SuperCash Saturday: WeatherOtter says: Windy, cold, rainy a De Pere, which moved to 9-0, and Green Bay East, despite losing to Green Bay West 17-8, are in the high school football playoffs. But Ihey won't mp I Elder-Beerman Stores Corp. isn't interested in escaping its financial troubles by selling itself, preferring to return to profitability by its own devices.

But the company did not rule out being bought by another retailerB-5 Around the BayB-3 Classified C-5 Comics D-4 Lifestyle D-1 LocalState B-1 Money B-5 Nation A-3 Obituaries B-2 Opinion A-7 Records B-2 Sports C-1 World A-6 know who or where they play until later today. A lawsuit involving Superior High School held up announcement of pairings by the WIAAC-1 Pick 3: 9-3-4 Michigan, Illinois lotteries B-2 Weather: B-6 2 rT ZSLf.