European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 25, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday october 25. 1985 the stars and stripes civilians examine Madigan army Hospital controversial facility found understaffed fort i Avis. Wash. A an army Hospital plagued by do ens of Mal practice claim needs a larger staff and May have to limit us services a civilian panel has reported the staff of Madigan army medical Center is overworked the panel said wednesday in its report but employees arc dedicated and conscientious profession  the staff includes both military and civilian employees. The review Board was named last sum Mer at the re Bicsi of army surgeon Gener Al Quinn Becker Afier a number of patient died at the facility Scoll Johnson. 6. Died in april after Here s 60 being brought to the Hospital with a Cut lip. Painkillers were improperly administered officials said. His family has filed a si.5 million claim against the Hospital. More than s23 million in malpractice claims against the Hospital has been paid since i979 to other claims totalling about si.10 million Are pending. A is million claim was filed by the family of air l orce master sol. James Stanley alleging that Stanley died after formaldehyde was pumped into his kidney dialysis machine in april 19k4 the parents of an infant filed a 54 50,000 lawsuit when the boy died of double pneumonia in april 19x4 after the Hospital re fused to i Mil him. And a  million  suit was filed after Pamela Cartwright of Tacoma died in i9s4 of oxygen Sla Nalion while being treated. Or. David Dale Dean of the University of Washington school of Medicine headed the seven member civilian panel. Brig. Ien. Darryl h. Powell command ing officer at the health Center said the Hospital nearly lost its accreditation last summer because it was so Short of nurses. Powell released the report by the civilian Board As Well As a companion report by the joint commission on accreditation of hospitals which said Madigan had 20 percent few or nurses than it needed in the summer the   Ihil 1.x50 employees when 2.4m were needed the commission said rep. Norm Dicks. L Vash. Whose District includes Llie army Hospital said con Gress had appropriated s7.7 million for Madigan. And that new staff members were being added. The civilian Siudy found that Madigan served about 700.0 10 outpatients a year equal to the number of outpatients treated at five major Seattle hospitals and that -40 percent of the workload is for military Reli re s and their dependents. The panel suggested thai the facility limit its services to such personnel Abc Foasis Carson on birthday Burbank. Calif. A entertainer Johnny Carson celebrated his 60th birthday wednesday telling his television audience that Abc marked the Day by naming a Speed bump in the parking lot after him. Before the 5 30 . Put taping of wednesday night s show the staff of the tonight show feted Carson backstage with cake and Coffee. Brandon Panikoff. Presi Dent of Abc entertainment presented Carson with a t shirt that had the number fio printed on it Carson and sidekick lid Mcmahon linked arms and each ate a bite of cake. Carson warned Mcmahon Don t say anything about marriage referring to his recent divorce. After the show began Carson made several references to his birthday during his monologue. He said his Legal fees from the divorce were so High that my staff sent my gifts to the Gal firm of Jacoby &  in another 20 years i la be eligible for a guest shot on the love boat " he said. Carson was born oct. 23, 1925. In Corning. Iowa but grew up in Norfolk neb. He s been the Host of the tonight show for the past 23 years and has no plans to retire. Carson has often said he would give up the show Only if it fell out of first place in the late night rating or if it Ujano longer interesting. Tonight show producer i red do Cordova an occasional target of Carson s humor Lurns 75 sunday. 2 indicted in redeye import plot new York a two men one nosing As a latin american general have been indicted in a plot to import and sell heat seeking missiles to undercover agents Federal prosecutors announced wednesday. Alan Robert Schaible. 4". And Douglas bag Alviras. 56. Were named in a one count indictment tuesday charging them with conspiring to import 2,000 Rcd a missiles. Said . Attorney Raymond j. Dearie. The redeye an american made weapon is an is Pound self propelled heat seeking missile capable of destroying an aircraft according to the indictment. Schaible a Naples. Fla. Businessman and Agla Viras. A greek National were arrested oct. 9 at Kennedy inter National Ai Sporl after a flight from Thailand said assist Ani . Attorney Gregory j. O c Onnell. Bag Alviras was dressed As a five Star general from an undisclosed  american country and has carrying passports from Greece. Bolivia and Honduras he said. Llola men were arraigned the next  and have been held without bail. O c Onnell said. Schaible was introduced loan undercover i i agent in August at a Kennedy Airport hotel and hollered to sell the missiles according to the indictment. He was innocent Ann  h7, cries us she aids about her husband Bruit who a convicted of the 1932 Kidnap murder of the child of famed a i Zitur Charles Lindbergh. Mrs.  says be pm can mint executed in innocent Man. She and her attorney said old documents related to the Case found at the Home of a former new Jersey gym a nor exonerate her husband. Rusty torpedo throws a scare no new inmates   c1 my. Into 2 fishermen & Tennessee s prisons  a two Commer Cial fishermen snagged a Rusty torpedo wednesday causing them a few nervous hours until the Navy found it was a Dud. The Crew of the Hunter a 61 foot fish ing boat found the torpedo in its nets during the afternoon. They stayed away from other Boals until Navy explosives experts from Brunswick Maine deter mined that the torpedo was t live said coast guard Petty officer James Lawley. The boat Captain and the coast guard were concerned about the partial torpedo because ils nose Section was intact said Polly officer John Godfrey. A torpedo s nose houses its Detonator and some explosives he said. The Navy experts determined that the device was apparently a Dummy left Over from when the area was used As a firing Range is years ago. The torpedo was Given to the fishermen As a souvenir. Nashville Tenn. A the state of Tennessee cannot accept any new prison ers until overcrowding is relieved at its three centers for incoming prisoners a fed eral judge ruled wednesday. . District judge Thomas a. Higgins berated the administration of Republican gov. Lamar Alexander for missing deadlines on court ordered reductions in inmate populations. The court has acted with enormous restraint and responded patiently time and Lime and time again to delays Higgins said. The overflow at the reception centers has spilled into administrative offices gymnasiums and Day rooms. All inmates must go through the centers before moving into a stale prison. The judge rejected a request by slate attorney general Mike Cody to Pul off the ruling until after the legislature meets in special session beginning nov. 5 to Lake up the governor s new prison i n. Higgins said emergency cases could be Miggin put mylar of inc aim Riipi brought Inlo the system Only after correction founder or museum uses commissioner Steve Norm personally Curti Cambridge mass. A Henry Hornblower ii a Boston stockbroker his tory Buff and founder of the Plymouth Plantation living history museum has died of a heart attack at age 67. Fies the emergency to the judge s special Pris on overseer. Higgins ruling barring new in mates became effective wednesday night. Norris said Higgins ruling would help the overcrowding but it s not a solution to the problem. It simply transfers some of the problems to the local level. Now. We have to figure out a Way How to Deal with  Gordon Bonnyman. Chief lawyer for in mates in a class action lawsuit on prison conditions said at the hearing that the stale always had Pul off cleaning up the system on the grounds that new Reform plans were in the works. All we be gotten for half a Century is promises promises and promises and that s All we re getting now said Bonnyman. He requested the admissions ban in court papers filed oct. 2, attorney general Cody said after the hearing hat the state would try to work out an arrangement with judges to delay sentencing of non violent prisoners out on Bond As Way to keep from overwhelming local jails. The stale said in court papers that As of ocl. 21 the West Tennessee reception Center was 170 inmates Over ils court or dered Cap while the Middle Tennessee reception Center was 117 Over and the East Tennessee reception Center was 111 Over. The order will nol affect a june 27 ruling by Higgins that the state must reduce its prison population from 7,732 to 7,019 by dec. 31. Sands of time in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today oct. 25. 1945 Vidkun Quisling whose name became synonymous with traitor after Selling out his country to Aid the a is was executed by a firing squad in the courtyard of a Kurshus fortress in Oslo Norway. 30 years ago today. Oct. 25. 1955 victorious German parties in the Saar called on the Western european Union to supervise a new election in this Border territory to replace pro Trench Premier Johannes Hoffmann who resigned after the defeat of the Liuro can status statute. 20 years ago today. Oct. 25, 1965 a South Vic Narcse Relief Force pushed toward the plei me Spe Cial forces Camp after frustrating a Viet Cong ambush with a flanking Man Euver and Superior firepower. 10 years ago today oct. 25, 1975 Lam Csonka said he wanted to talk to the Miami dolphins about a possible return to his old team As nation Al football league teams tried to sign the Best of the 380 professional players put out of work by the world a ool Ball league closing