European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 26, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 28j the stars and stripes saturday. October 26, 1985 Navy to court martial sex heart surgeon Washington a or. Dona m. Billig fur Marc than a year the chief heart surgeon it Bethesda naval Hospital has been ordered b no superiors to stand trial on five counts of involuntary Man Slaughter m the deaths of patients. thursday inc Navy announced an investigating officer and the chief of the naval omd had rejected efforts by Tillig i. Attorneys to set aside the ch.irpe-. Bringing to a close Lour months of Legal Ocic my. Commodore Lames t. Sears after re View inc the evidence a Airm Billig. Has recommended that the convening authority move Forward with a general court mar said . Cmdr. Bill a Harlow. A Navy spokesman. Rear adm. Joseph Cassell the naval medical Comman copied Fie Sci Oman Cndia trend has referred the charge so Torl martial har Low continue do fraid prosecutors were to Isk a maj Wirf judge during a hearing Fri he Date for court martial. Billip 54, is accused of culpable negligence in the deaths of five patients on whom he performed open heart surgery. The Navy also has charged he failed to disclose his serious loss of vision in one Eye. While pursuing the charges against Bil Lig the Navy acknowledged i he surgeon was recruited in 1982 despite the fact his credentials had been called into question two years earlier by a new Jersey Hospital. Billig surrendered his new Jersey l so rather than face an that state s Hoard of medic this week said it would court martial on line officers involved in Rucci lds the rank of commander de of his surgical duties Hist no vember and dismissed for incompetence in april setting off an investigation by a Spe Cial Board of review. That probe led to a june announcement by the Navy that it would court mania Billig on four Man Slaughter counts. Hillig s defense attorneys immediately challenged the move successfully arguing thai their client was entitled to a formal pretrial investigation and the right to Cross examine prosecution witnesses. Or Curtal hearings were conducted last mom scars. Harlow said Thurall Flat scars deemed the to recommend a trial on Ray tour original manslaughter cup a Well As a fifth manslaughter of narc filed sept. 23. Cassells immediately accepted those recommendations the spokesman said bringing to a close the pre trial mane vering. Besides those five counts Harlow said Sears had recommended and Cassells had approved Billig s trial on 24 counts of dereliction of duty. If Billig is convicted on All 29 counts he could receive a maximum 27 years imprisonment. to con acl Billig or his Altorn cys Laic thursday by Telephone were unsuccessful. The physician repeatedly has refused past requests to discuss the allegations. Became the chief heart surgeon Al rebels from Page 1 umber of soviet ss-20s Fia Arbeen Cut us says both Coda in june 1983rvhe jew inc Post until Novin Tea Btu when his privileges were Uinn late Iri the Wake of questions a Trow surgical four of inc five operations he is accused of bungling took place Between August and november 1984. The pretrial hearings last month produced conflicting testimony on Billig s surgical abilities. During one session a Navy Anaesthesiologist testified that the death of one patient probably was linked More to the dangers of the operation than to any Clum siness on Billig s part. During another session however an army surgeon described Billig As incompetent to perform such demanding surgery and dishonest in evading proper supervision. During closing arguments on sept. 27, Billig s attorney said the surgeon had per formed technically adequate operations and that prosecutors had failed to prove the patients deaths were caused by Billig s techniques. S. Africa from Page 1 Brussels be pin a the United states asserted Fri to thai the so Viel Union had not altered i nuclear lipped ss-20 pledges to dismantle part of the Arst the . Statement set the slag for dutch government to give the Fin at ahead for deployment of America Recide nuclear missiles on its soil. A Job tech announcement is set for next Frid in a move aimed at the dutch missile decision Ujj Iet Leader Mik Hail s. Gorbachev said Fri Paris earlier his month that he Wouly Marduce the number of ss-20s on Sian it Alert dismantle sonic missile i Jor Bachur also said inc number of is 20s aim Rio Al Western Europe had been to 243. Although he did not say i Nany were in place in the Eastern Sovi cd Union. The much government has said thai if number of ss-20s wins 37s or less 3ov. 1 of this year it would nol accept in 48 . Cruise missiles. If the number was higher than 378, the deployment would o ahead. J. Allen Holmes director of political a tary affairs at the . Stale do a news conference in Brus Sels Tliatfclss-20s still were deployed throughout Union. We Haven the a any reductions Holmes said. Holmes spoke with raters after Neci ing with senior nuclear Porfyl Yaj facials from the nato nations to re vice Totel licence data on the soviet nuclear arse i and to discuss developments in control talks. He suspects the victim might threaten pub Lic order. A police spokesman in Pretoria said the intensity of the lawlessness in the Cape town area prompted police to act. Steps were taken against certain individuals in terms of Section 50 of the internal Secu Rity act said the officer who cannot be identified under department rules. A mixed race member of the parliament Archie Pool was ambushed in his car by a mob of Stone throwers Friday but he said he scared off he attackers with his handgun. Temperatures my employee burned Iru Jerlin digging Acci Clint an employee of pfc army Mirceta Cilc of engineering Are housing on 70 percent Al his Bod Friday add working at Tito american shopping get ran army Sonc Sman said the accede a occurred men the worker was digging a to a Pojo Matic Drill and struck what App card Roc a hot water line he said. Engine Rel Jed housing officials Are investigating the Kidani. The injured Mafi Masc name is being withheld was Tann to Lugi Isla Viloria Hospital in Berlin. Docton Leisi his condition As serious. Wheat pact Exten obd Walf Langton a to Senate has nil find an Extension of the in Emolion us irn cat agreement a treaty. Calion in wheat Trade including action of Supply demand and Price d the Vole was 98-0 with no debate. Fultz from Page Mission to inc the soviet to re porters said. 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National Security id of in in a television interview Friday pm ctn t have much of a Prospect for a Brolet successful relationship unless this of inc soviet Union to seek to cd find outside its Borders is president Reagan in a . Speech urday urged the soviets to sponsor no Between warring parties in of l Angola Cambodia Ethiopia and in Cihura. He accused the soviet Union of pm moving warfare against the Peoples of Thop Wintries. Mcfarlane Tom fac Abc to network s Good morning Abaca program that no president can exam to sustain a serious Effort at arms Corm or bilateral issues or Trade unless the Bacican people and the Congress see a bal inn soviet behaviour that is compatible with Leagan will talk to nato after Summit Brussels ii a Lull la i ii president Reagan will attend a up meeting in Brussels nov. 21 to discuss his Summit meeting with soviet Leader Mikhail s. 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