European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 29, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday december 29, 1985ounaay. Dec Ember a Lima the stars and stripes Page 7 Navy heart surgeon to face court martial mid january general court martial Navy officials said Friday. Officials said five counts of involuntary manslaughter and 24 counts of dereliction y �8ainst Billig were approved for trial by rear adm. Robert c. Austin chief of Navy technical training. The charges had been approved for trial in october but were sent Back to officials for a new investigation after Billig s defense lawyers argued that the hearing officer nearly investigations was biased. Pretrial motions Are scheduled for Jan. 6 and jury selection and trial Are expected to follow inc next week. If found guilty Billig could be dismissed from the Navy lose his pay and allowances and receive a maximum sentence of 27 years at hard labor n Ivy or facials said As a result of the investigation that began in november 1984, 10 officers including the former commanding officer and executive officer at the Hospital have received or face disciplinary sanctions for their roles in hiring and retaining Billig. In april 1985, Billig s surgery privileges and appointment As head of the department were revoked by the Hospital. In june naval investigators recommended Billig be charged with four deaths and dereliction of duty in 24 operations that inc Navy said he undertook without the proper supervision. Navy spokesmen said the investigation also Rcv Calvd that Billig had severe loss of vision in one Eye and problems with depth perception. Separate pretrial investigations began late in inc summer and a fifth involuntary manslaughter charge was added in septem Ber. It sounds like a corny movie fluff s Frue Larchmont . A a Man declared legally dead after he suffered amnesia and vanished 15 years ago hits his head recovers his memory returns Home and embraces his faithful wife on Christmas Day. How corny can you get ask James and Anne Mcdonnell who played that script in real life. It s like a fairy talc mrs. Mcdonnell said Fri Day in the thick Brogue of her native county Cor Ireland. I m still realizing  Ever since her husband vanished on March 29 1971, and even though she had him declared dead in 1976 in order to get on with her life she says she kept hoping hoping hoping maybe someday he would return. She stayed in the same House in this new York City suburb and kept her Telephone list ing under his name. On Christmas morning mrs. Mcdonnell had re turned from Church and was fining a late breakfast when he Doorbell rang. Hello Anne said the 64-year-old Man at the door. It was something out of tie Blue mrs. Mcdonnell said. He had a Beard and looked like Santa Claus. I thought it was a joke then i recognized him he so thin now. He s been neglected i  Mcdonnell told his wife he had spent the past 15 years in Philadelphia As Jim Peters Short order Cook bartender and seasonal Santa for kids in an orphanage. He lived quietly in a House he bought and occasionally played poker with friends. On Christmas eve he said he bumped his head in the cellar of inc Luncheonette where he worked. The lost memories of his life in Larchmont flooded Back and Home he came on the next train. I be always Felt right from the beginning that he had to be a victim of amnesia said George Mulcahy a former detective who had investigated Mcdonnell s disappearance. Mrs. Mcdonnell said she also thought of amnesia As a possibility through the years she waited sup porting herself As a nurses aide. He had two accidents and had head injuries i thought maybe thai was it she said. The Mcdonnell who arc childless had been married ii years when on feb. 24, 1971, Mcdon Nell fell Down the Back stairs of his Home. The next Day in a violent fit of sneezing he lost control of his car and crashed into a pole. A Day later he complained of a headache at work and fell Down a flight of stairs after a dizzy spell. On March ii he suffered a mild concussion and Brief unconsciousness in another car Accident. Then on March 29, he recalled he began walking Home from an errand because he had a headache and thought some fish air would fix it. The next thing i knew i was in Philadelphia he said. "1 Don t know How i got  he did t know anything about himself either except that his first name was Jim. He took the name Peters from a storefront. When people asked me where i was born or where i came from. I would say of somewhere someplace he said. It did t occur to him to go to police or see a doctor he said. Susan Shriver the owner of the Pip Luncheonette in Philadelphia confirmed that Mcdonnell worked for her. Four policemen from new York came Down Early this morning with a s-by-7 Black and White of Jim she said. I knew him As Jim  now that he s Home Mcdonnell would like to get his old Job Back As chief letter Carrier in the Larchmont Post office. Exposure to agent Orange called no reason for anxiety san Antonio Texas a  who were exposed to agent Orange during the Vietnam War Are dying at about the same rate As the general population according to the latest figures from a 20-year study of people who worked with the herbicide. It find no reason  anxiety said or. William Wolfe who Heads the epidemiology department Al the school of aerospace Medicine at Brooks fab. We be Learned that these people do not appear to be dying at an increased rates or of unusual  since the air Force began keeping figures in 1982, 55semcemembcrs, or 4.4 percent of the 1,257 i n the stud group died about what would be expected of a croup of similarly aged people Wolfe said. However the doctor noted that the results arc far from Complete and that they represent Only the beginning of a si00 million 20-year air Force study supervised by Brooks researchers. The study to be completed in 2002, will compare death and sickness Rales of  who were exposed to inc herbicide in Vietnam with those of the general Popula Tion. Agent Orange which contains dioxin was used to strip Jungle foliage. Earlier comparisons based on physical exams had shown that  in the same test group had higher incidences of skin cancer than those of comparative group who had not been exposed. The new statistics Mark inc third Lime researchers com pared the test group and the unix posed group the first two comparisons had similar results. Project researchers Are also performing the second of seven physical exams that will be done about every other year. Wolfe said he Hopes further physical exams will determine whether the first exams finding of increase skin cancer was significant. The  in inc test group belonged to an air Force unit that sprayed a genl Orange from inc Ai Between 1962 and 1970. Laic last year Vietnam veterans and their families sued the . Government for $1.82 billion accusing officials of frustrating efforts to collect Money for injuries and death caused by exposure to the herbicide. The suit was a response to the Oul of court settlement reached in a veterans class action suit against seven manufacturers of agent Orange. Under Hal settlement Al most $200 million was Sci aside for veterans who were exposed to the chemical but some activists thought in amount was not in ouch. 2 men sue Over football contest claim they Are due $20 a Jon Ati a kit a an  Atlanta a two men who said they cracked the formula for a promotional contest sponsored by Bea Trice food co. Have filed suit to claim More than $20million in winnings. The Chicago food and Home products company can celeb its football contest in november after learning the two men held about 4,000 winning tickets according to the lawsuit filed thursday in . District court. The suit contends Hal Frank Maggio 23. Holds cards entitling him to More than $16 million and a trip to the super bowl in a private Jet. James curl. 26. Is due More than j4 million the suit claims. Kirby Turnage Atlanta attorney for Beatrice declined comment. Two weeks ago a Beatrice spokesman said the company cancelled the contest because some game cards May have been obtained in a manner which May have compromised the fairness of the  Maggio a sales representative for Procter & Gamble inc., said thursday that neither he nor curl his Boss broke any of the game rules when they rounded up their 4,018 tickets and figured out a Way to make them pay off. The two said they got most of their cards from a Calrice either through the mail or from sales  were picked up in grocery stores they said. In november Maggio said he called Beatrice and told them he had figured out inc game and was holding Mil Lions of dollars world of winning tickets. On nov. 27, Turnage wrote to  Clinchburg jr., Maggio and curl s lawyer to say the Conlest was can celeb. A Calrice Lacr announced in newspaper advertise ments that the contest had been cancelled. Contestants had to scratch patches on game cards to match touchdowns and Field goals scored in actual professional football games. Maggio said he cracked the code when he realized that rather than every card being different there were several series of identical cards. Afler exposing All the numbers on a Sample from each series he knew where to find the Matching numbers on the other cards he said. Virginia prison has right to search baby s diaper Federal court rules Richmond a. Up prison authorities have the right to search a baby s diaper for contraband before allowing the child a prison visit with his convict father Federal appeals court has ruled. Robert Farrar a prisoner at the Nottoway correctional cell or argued Hal his infant son s fourth amendment rights were violated when the baby s diaper was removed and searched before the child and his Mother were allowed to visit in a Brief opinion a three judge panel of the 4ih . Circuit court of appeals wrote in a unanimous finding that prison visitors of course retain an expectation of privacy albeit a limited  when the baby s limited expectation of privacy is weighed against the prison system s interest in Security however clearly the Security interest must prevail the judges decided. The judges ruled Farrar could not act on behalf of his child and that prison officials were Clit cd to search a baby s diaper Farrar initially brought the suit in his own name he Lacr used to Serl the child s name Inlo the complaint the lower court ruled he could not act for the child because his Mother signed a consent form. It said Hal Farrar was incapable of transacting business for his child because he is behind bars. Even if Farrar had standing to sue on his son s behalf As guardian the strip search did nol violate the child s fourth amendment rights the court ruled. A search of a a Isilma relative Al a prison Musl be  prison officials said it is possible for contraband to be smuggled in a diaper and that the Only Way to search diaper is by