European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 4, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday november 4, 1985 the stars and stripes Page 7 fort Gordon Hospital May lose accreditation Augusta a up the Hospital at port Gor Don has closed one Ward and May lose the rest of its. Patients and ils Federal accreditation if it cannot nay More Money to attract nurses. The director of the fort Gordon Eisenhower medical Center said last week the Hospital has been ordered to reduce ils nurse to paid pm Ralio. An order he said was easier to Issue than carry out. We Are the lowest paying facility in the regional Market for nurses. We Don t have Job openings and the spaces we do have we can t fill said Brig. Gen. Alcids Latouc. Latouc said the Hospital employs 188 nurses with an annual starting pay of $17,824. He said the nursing staff is about 20 percent Short. We need help in locating More nurses As Well As upgrading their pay  he said. In said in recent months one Ward has been closed and the Palicot census has dropped. He said Many of the extra Beds have been placed in storage. We have had to turn patients away but we always try o accommodate the Active military personnel he said. The . Surgeon general told a congressional com Mittee last week that seven of the eight army regional medical centers Are in danger of failing to meet Federal standards because of nurse shortages. Eisenhower medical Center the newest of the eight centers was  in May for three More years but last month the Hospital was notified that inspectors w Ould return in nine months to Sec if the nurse to a Licul Ralio has been corrected. Latouc said. We have not accommodated inc growth needs for the proper nurse to patient ratio  said. Since we have been in the Hospital business for Only a Short time we have not grown in Stal Urc to handle the  the Hospital takes patients from tort Binning. Fort Jackson and Forl Stewart hospitals because those  pics do not have such specialists As neurologists  said. If the Hospital loses ils accreditation its patients will be sent to other hospitals in Augusta he said. But i can guarantee that we won t lose our accreditation he said. Juncos quit hostage group after editorial Chicago up relatives of one of six americans held hostage in Lebanon said they arc withdrawing from the recently formed american hostage committee be cause they fear the group has lies to the Palestine liberation organisation. Family members of inc Rev. Lawrence Martin Junco a roman Catholic priest kid napped in Beirut Jan. 8, cited a newspaper editorial alleging ties Between the committee and the Plo As a reason for their withdrawal. The editorial in the oct. 29 Issue of the new York Post said the committee was organized and supported by Arab and Plo lobbyists who Are using it to Poison the . Israeli Friendship to promote sympathy for terrorist demands and above ail to oppose any retaliation for terrorist  Jenco s brother Joe told a news Confer ence that family members believe they Are being used by some committee members to further the Aims of the Plo and to bring criticism against the . Government. We As an american hostage family have determined that there arc More than sufficient reasons to reassess our involve ment and affiliation with the newly formed american hostage committee Junco said in a press release. He said the family s Only interest is to win the Safe and speedy release of the american hostages in Lebanon. We As a hostage family cannot resolve Middle East problems and have no desire to be used As a tool by any foreign Power to Furth to fir own interests which May be contrary to those of our own nation Jenco said. Peggy say sister of hostage Terry an Derson said from her Home in new York state that the editorial was irresponsible journalism. I m just sorry that the Juncos allowed that kind of attack to devastate them she said. The Juncos Are the Only family that gave it any credibility and it is incredible on the face of  there is a Strong Unity among the families and his in t going to disturb it. We be had a Strong enough voice to get into the White House she said. From left Prince Rainier Princess Stephanie Prince Albert and Joan Lundon of television s Good morning  raising funds for Princess Grace foundation Monaco Royalty invades los Angeles West Hollywood Calif. Up Prince Rainier Iii of Monaco and his daughters. Princesses Caroline and Stepha Nie saturday attended an Ultra private celebrity Brunch hosted by the Princess Grace foundation and a wealthy austrian hotel owner Reinhardt Stefan Tomek. The fund raising affair at the Granville hotel was attended by about 100 invited guests including entertainers Liza Minnil a Roger Moore and Myrv Griffin. One Musl know the Royal family very Well to get in explained one of eight Spe Cial Security guards stationed at the hotel Entrance. It s a pretty Light knit  the Royal family arrived at the hotel in a motorcade of Black stretch limousines and Caroline dressed in a Crimson Blouse and Black skirt smiled briefly As More than a dozen photographers recorded the moment from a sidewalk 10 Yards away before entering the hotel with her father and Sis  s Royal family was in Southern California to raise Money for the Princess Grace foundation a Charity of inc late Princess Grace that awards scholarships to students studying Ballet music and Cinema. Princess Grace former movie Star Grace Kelly and the wife of Rainier and Mother of Caroline Stephanie and Prince Albert died in a traffic Accident in France in 1982. Tomek who owns an austrian hotel frequented by Caroline used the gala to commemorate the recent transformation of the Granville hotel from a residential apart ment building off Sunset Boulevard to an elaborate 37-Suitc hotel. In the afternoon the Royal family at tended a celebrity Tennis event at Pic fair in Beverly estates and is scheduled to at tend a Brunch monday on the set of the television show dynasty before returning to Monaco later hat evening. On Friday night Albert and Stephanie attended a Rock v Roll Benefit. Among the guests at the Benefit were Model Cheryl ticks actresses Lynda car Ter Kristy Mcnichol and Suzanne Somers musician Henry Mancini and Abc entertainment president Brandon Tartikoff. King birthday Celebration plans proceeding slowly at Lanta a plans for the first National Celebration commemorating inc birth of the Rev. Martin Luther King or. Are moving slowly As organizers Are having trouble raising Money and enthusiasm. The slain civil rights Leader s birthday will be celebrated for inc first Lime As a National Holiday Jan. 20, but the Federal commission charged with organizing for it has raised Only about one fourth of the is million planners say is needed. Support for the Celebration has been at a much lower level that had been anticipated in Atlanta where King was born. President Reagan signed the King holi Day Bill Imp Law in 1983. Congress created a King Holiday commission but stipulated that it rely on donations for funding. That has slowed the Holiday preparations said rep. Ralph regular Ohio a member of the commission. Going out and planning things and Rais ing Money is not easy he said. So far Only two major fund raising efforts have been undertaken according to organizers. The first organized by sen. Robert Dole r-kan., and Edward j. Jefferson the chairman and chief executive officer of Dupont a letter sent to about 200 businesses Bro ight in $183,500. Said Lloyd Davis executive director of the Martin Luther King or. Federal Holiday commission. The of her Campaign spearheaded by Jesse Hill jr., president of Atlanta life insurance co., and Nicholas Katzenbach senior vice president of ism netted just $5,000. In Atlanta a Kickoff rally held last week at the Martin Luther King or. Center for non violent social change Drew fewer than 70 people. La could have been a much better dam ont ration of Ini Eickst and enthusiasm said William Walker a member of he King Center s Board of directors. There have also been problems generating enthusiasm elsewhere in Georgia. State Kep. Calvin Smyre said he is not counting on Many volunteers. In Rural Georgia he said you re not going to gel any volunteers because the bulk of those areas Aren t going to rally behind Martin Luther  but Rygula said the Celebration is going to happen with or without inc