European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 21, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes sunday june 21,1987 news updates Bond comeback Atlanta a civil right activist Julian Bond said he May seek Public office again eve though he know he will be Shad owed by allegations that he used drugs. The former slate legislator con tends that by reputation Hain been ruined but i think it s sul lied and i think it s going to re main sullied for the rest of my life he said during an appearance on lbs nigh Walch Bond s estranged wife Alice Bond told police in March that he used drugs. Bond has denied the  u a Adorney Robert Barr has announced he will not pursue obstruction of Justice charges against Atlanta mayor Andrew Young for telephoning mrs. Bond about the matter. Police exam scandal Boston a a Man who became police chief of Revere after getting the top score on a promotional exam was sentenced Fri Day to four years in prison Tor his conviction on charges that he received an Advance copy of the lest. He a a the sixth person sentenced in the Case. Last week. Young handed Down prison terms ranging from four to 20 Yean to four former police officers and one former legislative aide convicted of stealing Selling and buying police promotional exams. Temperatures european Wea Atner or Bur Aaan t a 73  50 u a. D m Siho p i or re 1 so Tiv of 63. To to for army. A h Unco. D u � Oak. An to Toronto. I u 3u 17 ii ii w n u medical malpractice claims increase against military by Chuck Vinch Washington in Reni Washington medical malpractice claims against the military Rose by35 percent while the total amount of pay ments jumped 116 percent Between Fis Cal 1982 and 1985, according to a Gener Al accounting office report. Between fiscal 1982 and fiscal 1985, the number of malpractice claims in creased from 689 to 930, the report said. Total payments went from 129 Millionth $62.5 million. Almost 30 percent of the malpractice claims were related to obstetrics and gynaecological services. Sixteen percent were a result of emergency medical serv ices. Paediatrics accounted for 7 percent of the claims and 6 percent resulted from general surgery. Forty one percent of the claims resulted from total permanent disability or death according to the Gao report re leased this month. The report recommended that the de sense department develop a centralized medical malpractice information system which it said could help reduce the num Ber of claims and generally improve Mili tary health care by identifying recurring problems and focusing attention on correction and prevention. Among he services Only the air Force collects data on malpractice claims and feeds it Back to its facilities but it docs not routinely share that data with the other services the report said. A random Sample of files Analysed by the Gao showed that patterns of recur ring problems such As specific hospitals that Are involved in proportionately More malpractice claims can be identified. Conclusions about Quality of care can t be drawn from that kind of Analy Sis but such data can be studied to Sec if problems in care exist the report said. Similarly individual doctors could be tracked by Dod to identify physicians responsible for substandard care on multiple occasions the report said. A Cen trial tracking system is especially important in the military because military physician get transferred from one hos Pital to another often actual claims Are filed a year or two after the incident occurred the report said. Information on potential claims As Well As actual claims can pro vide a More current and Complete Pic Ture of medical care  Dod officials generally agreed with the recommendations but raised two major concerns about a centralized sys tem Lack of resources to operate it an keeping the information confidential. Recent legislation that provide confidentiality Lor certain Dod medical Quality Assurance records should help alleviate that concern the report said. Gao believes that the benefits of systematically analysing past mistake in providing medical care to identify Issue needing special attention arc Worth the additional  the report noted that Dod i experience with the increasing number of Mal practice claims is similar to what it Hap pening in the civilian sector. But the report said the number of military claims is proportionality Lea be cause Only family members am retire scan make malpractice claims. Active duty service members Are barred from making Fuch claims under a 19j9 supreme court ruling. Spain vows renewed terrorism fight in Wake of car bomb that killed 15 Madrid Spain a prime min ister Felipe Gonzalez pledged saturday to step up government efforts to eradicate Basque terrorism As the nation Mourne the is victims of a car bomb attack. We will renew our combat against terrorism with a Cool head and every measure permitted us under Law Gonzalez told reporters after cutting Short a state visit to Brazil following the Friday attack. He said he was to meet immediately with Interior minister Jose Barrionuevo and Deputy prime minister Alfons Guem to discuss police strategy. Commandos of the Basque separatist group Eta set off the car bomb in a underground garage of the Barcelona department store Hipe Cor lulling is peo ple and injuring 35 others. Hospital officials said 24 of the injured remained hospitalized saturday Many with serious bums while others received treatment for smoke inhalation. The death toll was the highest in any sin Gle attack by Eta which began its terrorist Campaign for Basque Independence in 198. Several of Spain s leading newspaper saturday criticized police for bomb search and store evacuation efforts after telephoned warnings that the bombs would go off. The Calb were made to Polk and the Barcelona newspaper Tavui about 45 min Una before the 4 1s Pun. Local Lime blast Barcelona civil governor Ferrari Cardinal said saturday. Cardenal defended police saying that when the bombs did t go off minutes after the threats were made u the callers bad warned police believed they were late alarms. Barcelona Spain s second car tit Ehy was chosen last october to Host the 1992summer olympic games. In the Tad year Eta has aimed responsibility for seven bomb attack in the northeastern Mediterranean City. Surf the attacks involved car bombs that sided three people and injured More than 20. Friday s attack came a Little More Ihma week after june 10 municipal regional and european parliament erections the Radical Basque nationalist party Herri Bataluna considered be Legal political Arm of Eta woo one Icett in the european parliament with 360,000votes, a third of the Voles coming from outside the Basque country. Assad tells Beirut s syrian command to get . Journalist 2 others freed Beirut Lebanon up syrian president Hafez Assad has directed his command in moslem West Beirut to secure the Quick release of  journalist Charles Alaji and the son of Lebanon defense minister believed held by pro iranian zealots officials said saturday. Syria a main Power broker in Leb anon with 35,000 troops has been directly involved in behind the scenes negotiations with the group responsible for the abduction of class Ali Oise Iran Theson of defense minister add Osseiran and their Driver. Under instructions from president Assad the syrian command in Lebanon has been issued Clear orders to intensify its efforts to secure the release Fosset ran. Glass and the bodyguard defense minister Osseiran quoted syrian vice president Abdel Halim Kov dam As Tell ing him in a Telephone conversation. Haddam said that Syria has Given top priority to the Issue of the Cap Tives release and that Syria s intervention is pushing the matter Forward. Glass 36, a former Abc television correspondent the younger Osseiran 40 and the Driver Suleiman Suleiman 26, a police sergeant were seized wednesday by 14 bearded gunmen on the Mouzai coastal Highway at the mainly a Falite moslem Southern Entrance of Beirut. A syrian military tourer in Beirut said that Damascus has demanded the release of the three men without any Condi Tion warning that it will resort to military action if  syrian source who requested anonymity said the syrian led ongoing negotiations Are a bit complicated but might Lead to the release of All three within the Corning 48  he refused to disclose he identity of the Capton or their demands. No group has claimed responsibility for the abduction of Glass the ninth american and the 25lh foreigner held in the terror plagued capital since 1984. Some pro syrian moslem lebanese leaders accused Hezbollah or party of god for the abduction of Glass the first foreigner kidnapped since Syria moved some 7,000 troops into moslem Beirut feb. 22 to end three years of militia Rule. The moslem fundamentalist pro Ira Nian Hezbollah strongly denied to charges. Syrian officials believe that the abduction we aimed at undermining the Syri an Security plan in wot Beirut ii a a harsh blow but we won t allow ther to succeed even if it Means resort ing to Force to deter them � syrian offi Cial said. Ahem Kanso the Bead of the Leb anese Wing of the syrian Arab both party said the three Are being held in the Southern suburbs of Beirut and have been moved from one hideout to another during their three Day old Captivity. The Southern suburbs an area out Side lebanese and syrian Security control is the main stronghold for Hezbollah which consists of lebanese shite clergymen and activists Loyal to the Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini inn s religious Leader. The group with main bases in East Lebanon s Bekaan Valley is believed to bean umbrella for Clandestine diction which claimed responsibility for Kidnap Ping foreigners in Lebanon in the past three years