European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 29, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                June 1985 the stars and stripes Page 7 details Given on charges against Navy surgeon by Norman Black Washington a allegations that three re tired military men and the wife of another died As a result of surgery botched by a Navy heart surgeon will soon be aired in a general in each of the four Donal for Mer chief of heart surgery at Bethesda naval is charged with culpable negligence under an involuntary manslaughter the Navy said the Navy said Billig would also stand trial on 28 counts of dereliction of duty for performing open heart surgery without the presence of another cardio thoracic surgeon As if convicted of All he could face a maximum 26 years of confinement at hard the widow of one of the Lily Grubb of Lan said thursday she had initiated Legal action to assure that he never treats another another widow said she bore no i feel sorry for said Kiyomi Estep of Temple he i he tried the Best he in a lifes in gods the Navy disclosed last week a special Board of investigation had recommended the court martial of Billig and disciplinary action against 10 other officers involved in his recruitment or that investigation was launched in april when Billig was formally relieved of his duties amid questions about his surgical the investigation determined was allowed to join the Navy and Given the rank of commander in late 1982 despite evidence provided to recruiters that cast doubt on his investigators also deter mined that Billigs vision in his right Eye was Only 20 the Navy has so far declined to say whether Billig was Ever administered an Eye test upon entering the before the appointment of a court martial the precise charges against Billig had remained the Navy asserted thursday it could prove that on March Billig did by culpable negligence unlawfully kill Harold Coplan by wrongfully tearing his and then improperly suturing the in the course of performing coronary artery bypass graft surgery upon on Billig did by culpable negligence unlawfully kill William Grubb by wrongfully fashioning Saph Enous vein bypass conduits in such a manner that a Small conduit with an inadequate Lumen was the Only conduit connected to his Aorta on Billig did by culpable negligence unlawfully kill Joe Estep by improperly grafting Large Saph Enous vein bypass conduits to very Small coronary and by wrongfully sewing the distal Anasto Moses nearly and on Billig did by culpable negligence unlawfully kill Lois Parent by wrongfully tearing her then wrongfully placing her Back on the heart lung bypass machine and wrongfully attempting to re pair minor leakage at the site of the Stephen a Navy said Coplan was a retired lieutenant colonel in the air Force who lived in a Washington William Grubb was a retired army major from Lancas the spokesman he said Joe Estep was a retired Navy Petty officer 1 St class from Temple Hill scamp Springs area of Mary land outside and Lois Parent was the wife of Maurice a retired Marine sergeant major from the spokesman also acknowledged that since none of the four were on Active duty at the time of their opera their relatives could sue the Navy for under a Legal doctrine upheld by the supreme Active duty military personnel Are generally precluded from pursuing such liability interviewed by said she had retained an attorney to file a negligence claim against the she added she was especially upset that after her husband Billig sent a subordinate to explain what had he want going to be bothered he want particularly she a Navy official who spoke thursday on condition of said the service had not formally conceded liability to any of the but i dont think we would contest liability when were citing the Case in a the source according to Only three of the 28 patients whose surgery led to the dereliction duty charges were Active duty those do not assert the patients received substandard Only that Billig operated without a fully credentialed cardio Tho Racic surgeon at his the spokesman Billig and his Neil have repeat edly declined to discuss the first bib in air Force inventory lands at Offutt Offutt a the first b1b bomber to be deployed by the Strate Gic air come landed thursday after Mak ing two ceremonial passes Over about officials and their guests watched the swinging bomber knife through the Clouds at 600 Mph at an Alti tude of 250 the aircraft then flew by at a slower banked sharply to the left and made its Landing thirty demonstrators against nuclear armaments staged a die in at a Gate to the base when the plane passed but the protest was peaceful and no one tried to enter the the demonstrators were among the 500 people who police said at tended a noon rally in downtown Omaha to protest the planes Frank Birk of who piloted the plane from Edwards landed the bomber at the fou member Crew included air Force Secretary Verne after introducing the other Crew Mem Orr and of i handled defensive avionics and successfully fought off All threats during this hazardous he said the b1b program clearly is Success we Are better off having this system for Orr Birk said the plane flew like a Edward a Mem Ber of the foreign relations called the b1b the Bird of it allows us to replace the aging b52 Force As quickly As possible and takes pres a photo sure off of the development of the air forces first b1b flew like a Champ on its Way to Offutt fab Zorinsky the aircraft rolled out of Rockwell inter nationals Plant in april and will be stationed at Dyess it will enter the air forces Active forces the 30th anniversary of the introduction of the b52 the most recent bomber Model to be put into Bennie commander of the strategic air will Fly with the Crew when the plane is taken to Davis flew one of the first b52s when they were Barry the chair Man of the Senate armed services commit this is a great Day for Goldwater said the deployment of the which was put on hold by former president represents the efficiency of corporations because it was produced under projected costs and finished ahead of among the speakers at the protest rally was the Jesse who said the b 1b cannot get the hostages out of Beirut and wont increase National this is the right place to be at this hour in american history to witness for Jackson told the crowd at Central Park As the by bomber lands Here we stand solidly against the making and production of the by another 99 bombers will be built in the next three years and stationed at Dyess near Abi Lene Ellsworth fab near rapid grand Forks fab near grand and Mcconnell near the Cost of the by b project in 1981 dollars is according to the air Prudhomme retains Crown in crawfish Kookoff new Orleans a crawfish slam Bam beat crawfish Tom Mccall by a Tail and chef Paul prud homme of Louisiana got to keep the Crown he collected last year As the King of crawfish but the four judge panel thursday scored his pair of recipes Only six Points above two prepared by chef Marcel Lahsene of Jakes crawfish restaurant in for the second crawfish culinary cup the Tongue Incheck Competition was begun a year ago to promote the crawfish industries of Oregon and Louisi judges last year gave Prudhomme a 32 this years final score read Louisiana Oregon Prudhomme said the winning entree was a Las minute invention that got its slam Bam taste from a veal Lahsene whipped together an unusual entree he named after a former Oregon his crawfish Tom Mccall combined fresh wild mushrooms from Oregon and Oriental Rice with 4when we created this we an Oregon life was a bowl full of crawfish and Lahsene Prudhommer fans packed his French Quarter restau Spauls Louisiana some oregonians wore distinctive papier mache crawfish hats and others wore crawfish Louisiana Edwin Edwards challenged Oregon Victor Atiyeh to participate in the second annual new Orleans Atiyeh want but Edwards stood alongside As Prudhomme and carried Sam Ples to the i tasted the dishes in the the most creative thing that worked Well was the dish with the cherries in said throwing a compliment to we envision the time in the future when something like million will be brought in for Louisiana Craw he Louisiana is the nations largest producer and consumer of crawfish with 100 million pounds harvested last but oregonians boast that their crawfish called Ever Green lobsters Are bigger and they Call them mud bugs in Oregon but they still eat said Bill owner of Jakes retired Admiral Dies a Russell a retired fourstar Admiral who commanded the Light Cruiser Santa be in the Pacific during world War has died at