European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 24, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse Inside stripes q blast Rock British store in Paris Page 2 3 Congress gets Tough on drug czars Page 5 n firemen battling Florida Blaze Page 6 q Mexico upset Over Border searches Page 9 d skiers astronomers clash in Hawaii daily Magazine q track records tall at . Meet Page 21 vol. 43, no. 311sunday, february 24, 198s 0 6693 a audit questions of health care by Richard c Washington up an internal audit of air Force medical facilities found a High potential before March i984 for poor medical care to go unnoticed and Unco reeled because of ineffective Quality control. Procedures were not adequate to ensure potential Quality of car problems were identified and reviewed. We found that Over 70 percent of the medical events which met review criteria for potential problems were not evaluated said the 36 Page air Force audit released Friday. Fully 25 of 54 hospitals that were re viewed had programs that were marginal or unsatisfactory the report said. The evaluation was made Between a gust 1983 and March 1984 at the request of air Force Secretary Verne Orr and stemmed from a directive by defense Sec re tar Caspar Weinberger after the Mili tary Fust a multimillion Dollar malpractice suit in 1982. Audits conducted by the army and Navy found similar problems with health care provided by those branches of the the study by the air Force inspector general did not attempt to assess the qual Ity of medical care since such judgments can be made Only by qualified medical personnel the report said. We concluded that there was a High potential for poor medical care to go undetected and for the causes of poor medical care to go because the air Force medical service did not have an effective Quality Assurance pro it said. Reviews that were performed w arc poorly documented and where problems were identified and corrective action taken there was no follow up to ensure problems were the report said. In addition Pai Ieni car data in Hospital reports were in a separate statement. Orr said he was assured by the air Force surgeon general it. Gen. Max Bralliar. That corrective actions were implemented beginning in May 19k4" Meese wins confirmation by 63-31 Senate margin Washington a Edwin Mccase Iii a key architect of president Reagan s Hartline Law and order policy received Senate confirmation saturday to become the i nation s 7slh attorney general. I the confirmation came on a 63 Lto-31 vote after Republican and i democrats settled on a legislative i plan to Deal with a looming farm i credit crisis. His confirmation had been con i Templ aled for weeks but his final i Victory had to await the end of a i filibuster begun wednesday by i farm state senators demanding i emergency action on the farm prob 1 Lem. Me be democrats had begun began the filibuster in Hopes at gaining leverage to Force the administration to offer More credit help for Farmers caught in a financial squeeze and unable to get Loans to Plant Spring crops. But president Reagan contended that a revised pro Gram of j650 million or More in loan guarantees for Farmers in financial trouble docs enough to help those Farmers who had the greatest Chance of ultimately surviving. When sworn in a desc will succeed William French Smith who held the position during Reagan s first term. Smith gave a Farewell address to Justice department employees on Friday and prepared to return to his Pri vate Law practice in los Angeles. The Vole placed two of Reagan s three top first term aides in the Cabinet. Former White House chief of staff James Baker had no trouble late last month in winning Quick confirmation As Secretary of the Treasury. The third top first term aide Deputy chief of staff Michael Caver has announced he will leave the govern ment. A desc was put on the defensive during two rounds of hearings before the Senate judiciary committee. For six months last year the one time prosecutor was investigated by an Independent counsel who concluded on sept. 20 that there was no basis to prosecute him. Questions had been raised about Loans Meese obtained from acquaintances and associates who later were appointed to government jobs. Top level signing president Reagan sign Cut on the it of mar Bof dime poster child Krislen Ellis during her to lilt o 0 while Home. Krim. Of Hebron by is partially paralysed. She broke her its Kitral wetly ago. Story on Page 2. Rowdy boys fold of fake a hike 14 Miles con Way Brothers suspended from Riding the school bus for in just How far their parents would go to teach them Albec they ordered the boys to walk the 14-mile round trip to scho3m� us Days. Whipping them did t help. Grounding tto4jd� help. Taking away their toys did t help. This is Huto thing we know to said the boys Mother Holly Schne a clan. We want them to understand that they caused this and they have to stand up to the Schneblen 9, and his brother Harry ii were impeded last week from Riding the school bus after the ignored two warnings to stay in their scats. They will be allowed Back on the bus re responsible for them on the school bus and suspending them for five Days was the Only Way we fell we could handle the situation Bobby Acklin principal of Conway Middle school where Harry is enrolled said in Telephone interview Friday. We be talked with the parents but they feel that they re just trying to teach those kids to behave wherever they Are Acklin said and they feel that if they drive them to school they d be complimenting their behaviour. Eddie Hawkins principal of David s school Sallie con elementary said he had asked the parents to consider other forms of punishment. The parents arc just trying to be super supportive of the school District and they always have Hawlins said that two older Brothers also were suspended from Riding the bus a year ago and had to said David is hyperactive and must take medi nine year old David Schne Budeit takes the Long Ink to school after brio i Cine to help control his behaviour. I guess it takes about an hour and a half to get Here but he does t seem tired at All he said. Police chief Vonnico Taylor said Friday that an officer picked up David along a four Lane Highway and drove him near his Home tuesday but the boy refused help from another officer the net Day because he had been punished p photo 1 Riding us bus ill co Wiy Ark. Dlhy officer he had left for accepting the first Ridot Home at 6 30 . School Bogi David told police his parents were in of Che Brothers walk different routes so they would t goof everyone seems to be saying we re bad parents Schneblen said in an interview thursday. But wrong to try to teach your children
