European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 09, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse Wednesday August 9, 1978 the army program looks to Protection of children against abuse neglect a kills a ". Has been abused or neglected May Rei the stars and stripes Page 27 schools reporter Heilbronn. Germany people Laid to think of child abusers As psychotic alcoholics or just Plain crazy. In most Stjes the abusing Parent does t fit int any of those categories said or. Ken he is president of the child Protection f Cue management team which is part of the army child advocacy program i Acap. In Heilbronn Germany Farmer a 28-year-old general practitioner from Leeds. Ala., is part of. A move ment within the army to look out for the interests and Protection of children and Hose who Ace unable to protect them selves from physical emotional an sexual abuse and All types of not punitive he added. Our Best tool is making Clear to parents that this is not a punitive pro Gram. Our interest is in helping children movement was codified two years ago when the army adopted its child advocacy regulation and program. Farmer said. The current army program is scheduled for reorganization on or about oct. 1 older the new army Community service regulation. The program will be streamlined re sorting procedures consolidated and a Cen Tal person will be made responsible Forto Sung Community Acap efforts according to or. Isobel Benjamin usar eur child advocate director. Fanner said there Are two sides of he House in the business. One the Community human resources development coun cil Hrdy. Is concerned with incident reporting procedures investigation of re ported incidents taking Steps to alleviate ngh risk child abuse situations child advocacy education programs and publicity for the program Hie other Side the other Side of the House is the medi Cal staff which composes the child Protection Case management team a pct. Lids group s role is to look at individual re ported cases and decide according to the facts if there has been abuse or neglect then determine what treatment therapy Sal protective measures Are Williamson president of Heil brews rdc. Said. Our boards consist of doctors psychologists the clergy a jag officer a school Counselor a Community i Earth nurse the Community Corn and me. The Community social. He continued the regulation sets Theam up on a Community basis and l much of the program s Structure up locks a file photo of a battered child. Dpi to the Community so the number of people involved will vary. But just because a Community is Small and does t have a lot of professional people to form its boards does t mean Itcan t have an effective program. There is enough Talent in any Community to do Farmer said anyone who thinks a child 32 More die in Rhodesia War Salisbury. Rhodesia map the Mil itary command Here monday reported the deaths of 32 More people in Rhodesia s six year Bush War. The dead include eight Black civilian Sand a Witch doctor who were All killed by Black nationalist guerrillas the communique said. The doctor was 50-year-old Simon Ngwe nya Johnson from the midlands tribal area of a Hwnbey. The communique reported that guerrillas burned out his eyes with red hot Sticks and then beat him to death. They accused him of being a sell out and of Liv ing like an latest deaths bring to 2.247 the num Ber of civilians killed since the War Esca lated in late 1972. In the same period Secu Rity forces have killed 4,985 guerrillas themselves sustaining a loss of 555 men and 1.270 guerrilla collaborators recruits an crossfire victims. Since january. 143 Security Force Mem Bers and 1,294 guerrillas have died. 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The reporting person name is kept confidential but no Anonymous tips Are accepted. This. Farmer said is to protect people from Crank re the report is taken an investigator visits the Home. An interview is done in anon threatening and the whole matter is kept out of military channels except in very rare stances according to there is evidence of abuse or neglect additional screening of medical and school records is done. When All the information has been compiled and reviewed the boards decide if there is a problem and then what to do about it he said Heilbronn averages two Bona fide cases of abuse or neglect a Mon thin the 9.000-person Community. Zero Power Farmer said the Board has Zero Power to take a child out of a Home but can go through local courts to have the child put in a Foster Home. The Community Here has developed a Foster Parent program but so far has not had to use it because in Ger Many you have to prove a life threatening situation before the court Wilt remove Achild from the Home. It s tougher Here than in the said military life creates special High risk child abuse , who has been involved in child advocacy for about two years said when first got into this i thought child abuse and neglect were relatively rare thing Sand that i would t see much of it. I be been very surprised at what i be problems Williamson added. There Are special problems which military families must face that civilian families Don t normally have to. There is stairwell living High mobility isolation from Home and parents Absentee fathers and perhaps the biggest problem of Alt the very Young Imma Ture Parent Soldier. More than half the Young soldiers remarried and a Large part of those have children. Many of these soldiers and their spouses Are still teen agers themselves and have a hard time coping with being transplanted to a foreign country their duty responsibilities and often Are the victims of. Child abuse themselves and react to these new stresses in the Only Way they know striking out at their 15 most Active new York up Stock Exchange compost i trading at 4 . Tiv " sum Latt . Koolmo tit � h . 4imoo Imetra tumor 4144v 121 it to Tongco hum 71� �2�ltvcorp. Tomoo in Mato Altce. .2m.no � in Texaco inc. 213.10 21u to Amtull Tom. 141400 . 242.no 74 h san Rock. 215400 ii Poun Mync. 28400 my 1.03 cop killed in Philly move raid Philadelphia a gunfire erupted tuesday and one policeman was killed after authorities using a Bulldozer and a Cherry picker began demolishing the Headquarters of the Radical group said at least 13 persons were in police officers five firemen and two Movic. Members were injured after Hel meted police marched into the ramshackle three Story House to remove those holed up inside authorities said. The dead officer was identified a James ramp 51. A Trail of blood a half Block Long smeared the Street outside the House about five blocks from the University of Pennsylvania Campus. Fired upon police commissioner Joseph o Neill said move members initiated the contained the building the first second and third floors and the people inthe building ran into the basement he told reporters. We were fired upon fro inside Telb police said they found several weapons including shotguns carbines and rifles in the least six members of the group called move a name with no known significance were arrested. I heard a lot of gunfire and what sounded like a bomb going off said Paul Lazorko who lives nearby. I saw a police officer lying in the Street. They put him in a Van. Police were running around telling everybody to get off the earlier a Bulldozer smashed a Stock Ade like Fence around the House in about 10 minutes and began blowing into the shouted for the move members to come out with your hands above your head some of the group members emerge from the House and removed a dog buried in the debris then returned Bouse Twenty eight officers wearing riot Hel mets and flak jackets marched to the front of the House As firemen trained a water Cannon at the old Structure. When the move members refused to come out. 14officers stormed the House. Gunfire broke out about one hour later after officers began shouting throw out the gun throw out the woman holding a baby ran from the House sobbing and collapsed on the Side walk. She and the baby were taken away by had a court order to arrest 22 move members but officers estimate that Only five persons were inside when the wrecking began. Move members have occupied the House for several years claim ing to be devoted to a simple life in which they shun modern Laws and technology. Conversion rate London a tuesday s closing rates of the . Dollar to european currencies. Figures Are expressed in dollars to the British Pound other local currencies to dollars Tuv ,. Breilh pot. 1.hoo 10100 4.1u7 4.mkoutthguugor 2.1710 my Balg Lanfranc italian Lara _.�. Ult surf tronc 1.7b70 . M�407 1u� Turkl Uhira 1141 2s.2sspaniinptuu 71.10 Rue these Are commercial rates and can be related Only to the use of foreign currency by . Forces for official of German Marks to . Personnel for personal use will be at the rate of 1.97 on wednesday which is based on Price fixing at midday and allows for Standard handling charge
