European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 5, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes june 1985 army medical Center faces 38 claims in one 6yearold boy died while being treated Tor a Cut lip a an army medical Center where a boy died during treatment for a Cut lip faces 38 malpractice claims totalling nearly and claimants allege that 12 people have died because of Hospital the Seattle Post intelligencer re ported copies of the claims pending against Madigan army medical Center were released monday by the army after the newspaper requested them under the Freedom of information fifteen of the claims involve allegations of Misciagno such As failure to read an xray correctly or not recognizing signs of a heart the newspaper four represent allegations of mishandled births that led to severe brain damage in the and eight claim bungled Darryl Madigan declined comment on the saying he could not Dis cuss pending Powell defended the 378bed Hospital last month after a 6yearold boy died of a heart attack on april 14 while being treated there for a Cut the boy had been Given a pain cocktail of three drugs that apparently was administered an army investigation Powell said the boys death was an isolated occur the parents of the Scott have announced they plan to file a claim for damages against the under army claims must be filed with the commander of the Hospital within two years of the treat ment at the army then has six months to respond and can ask the plaintiff to extend the time if the Case Hast been settled within six the claim can be filed in District since awards totalling More than million have been made against Madigan in Federal Twenty eight of the 38 pending claims represent Inci dents that allegedly occurred Between 1982 and fourteen were filed in the highest number in a single the number of claims filed against civilian hospitals annually generally Range from none to said Gary risk management consultant for Washington Hospital liability insurance a mutually owned insurance company representing 70 of the states 125 in the military Hospital Active duty personnel Are barred from filing malpractice thus the suits filed against military hospitals Are those of either dependents or retired military a Pentagon audit of Madigan last fall criticized the Hospital for a shortage of qualified personnel and for inadequate emergency room Hospital spokesmen have said the problems described in the report have been Navy slogan no shield against spy ring up the Navy slogan Loose lips sink ships is a sacred Security motto in the Home of the worlds largest Navy which officials say also is a key target for words of caution Are posted on military bulletin boards and posters and even printed on paychecks As reminders of the threat of espionage to the More than uni formed and civilian Navy employees in and around the arrest in recent weeks of a Sailor and his father and Uncle who Are both retired from the Navy showed the shield can be Michael stationed aboard the aircraft Carrier Nimitz his John a former chief warrant officer and his Arthur a retired lieutenant were charged with passing Navy secrets to the a third retired Navy Jerry Whit of described As John walkers closest was arrested monday in the san Francisco area and charged with complicity in the spy the damage from the spy ring still is being assessed and military Security is being Many sailors interviewed by United press International said they were not surprised that Michael Walker allegedly was obtain military secrets despite the layers of they some Security is said Dennis i believe the Navy has a Good there is always room for but there is Only so much you can do in a free the free society in the Hampton roads area Norfolk As Well As five surrounding cities includes 10 military bases and about 300 private companies with some level of Security to do military Norfolk is Home port to 108 ships of the Atlantic including six of the navys 14 aircraft and hundreds of Navy and air Force in addition to cautionary the Navy Security Campaign includes an elaborate clearance system for military and civilian training films that warn of foreign spy recruiters and even a requirement that window curtains be drawn when classified materials Are somewhat Federal authorities few spies have been arrested in the two years Sailor Brian who had to secret clearance As a member of an intelligence gathering was convicted of unauthorized the soviet embassy and soliciting embassy personnel to buy classified during world War Waldemar ohm a German who walked the cites streets As a Doort door was convicted of being a spy for the neither Horton nor others activities Are believed to come close to the espionage the walkers Are accused of John Walker is suspected of having been a spy for nearly 20 All three could face life in just the mention of the walkers names draws sneers and angry words from Guys Are wishing it were wartime so they could be said Norman of West a Mechanic stationed aboard the aircraft Carrier Stricklinq Rodney of a storekeeper aboard the destroyer maybe there Are More spies in the you look at people with Security clearance now and you wonder if they deserve another Young who declined to give his they ought to be they compromised our Loose lips sink testing the map photo an my missile lifts off on a 30minute test flight from Vandnberg air Force base in the carrying six unarmed successfully travelled Landing in the target area in the Kwajalein atoll missile Range in the Pacific to reporter sentenced to jail for refusing to identify source Boston a a television news reporter was or dered to spend up to three months in jail tuesday for refusing to identify her source for a report that police officers were involved in the looting of a Suffolk county Superior judge James Donohue said a cab reporter Susan Wornicki refusal to testify and her contempt of a court order was impeding a grand jury investigation and obstructing Donohue ordered Wornick to jail for a maximum of three or until she discloses the name of a witness who said he saw the police or until the grand jury which it May do when it believes the investigation is Donohue said could remain free while her attorney appeals his jail is not the Wornick said after the a reporter is Only As Good As his or her i gave a Man my i cant go Back on i could never go out and do my Job she said the witness fears police Donohue said that without Wornicki the Only winners will be the allegedly corrupt officials be cause the grand jury has said it will not return indictments without hearing from Wornicki the Public has a right to every mans time is of the this investigation must proceed at Donohue Michael an attorney for a cab and argued that investigators were trying to wrongly rely on Wornick instead of doing their own they have not done their Job they Are using miss Wornick and they Are using the news Media for their own he a cab broadcast an interview with the reporters confidential who told her that he saw Revere police officers looting a drugstore this past the Man kept his Back to the nasal astronaut roster swells to 103 space Houston a thirteen new astronauts were announced tuesday by the National aeronautics and space swelling the corps of professional space travellers to the highest number the new group consists of six pilots and seven Mission two of whom Are they include five civil three people each from the Navy and the air one from the Marine corps and one from the the new astronauts were named after Nasa chose 166 from a selection roster and narrowed the list of candidates to among the new astronauts is Navy Michael who is serving As an instructor at the United kingdom test Pilot school at also named were Marine Robert who is stationed with a Marine aircraft group in Japan and Navy Stephen who was born in and is stationed at the Cecil Field naval air station in