European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 28, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes Friday. August 28. 19b7 lawmaker proposes panel on child abuse in military world today b William j. Bartman Washington Bureau Washington reports of child abuse by serv ice members and Schual abuse at military Day Tare Cen ters have prompted new legislation on Capitol Hill. A Bill by rep. William Boner d-tcnn., would re quire the Secretary of defense to establish a task Force to evaluate How the military handles abuse cases. It also would establish procedures for military intervention or counselling in child abuse cases. The legislation features a special provision covering sexual abuse at Day care centers. We would like to see each commander at a military Infin Lvalion establish a child abuse intervention team an aide to Boner said Bui with one session of the current Congress nearly Over and Boner running for mayor of Nashville an election that would remove him from Congress before the first session even ends the congressman is realistic about inc chances against his Bill Bucom ing Law this year. Whal we re mainly interested in is to simply Start drawing attention to the Issue the aide said. He said the legislation has been forwarded to the House armed services committee which will Confer with inc de sense department. However defense officials say programs Are already in place to guard against parental As Well As outside abuse. Boner s aide said the congressman s office talked with parents As Well As military officials and Ducler mind they do not have it on a comprehensive basis for child abuse caws. We Don t believe there s any consistent  said no one is suggesting that i military has child abuse problems worse than the Public sector but we simply would like o see a belter policy in place thai would allow he military to respond. Sometimes the counselling for offenders has 1o go on for a period of time and this could be difficult with inc transient military  department figures for fiscal 1986 showed 13,401 reports of child abuse in military families of which 7.904 were substantiated. Sexual abuse in Mili tary Day care centers is infrequent by comparison Only several confirmed incidents among All of the serv ices  affected families lend 0 believe the number of sexual abuse Kincid cols Al Day care centers is higher than the services statistics show. In the san Francisco area a group of army families claims 37 children were sexually abused at the army s Presidio Day care Center. Controversy also has erupted Over alleged incidents Al a Day care Center at West  official with the military family resource Cen Ter said the services for some Lime have had programs designed o Deal with sexual abuse at Day care  wish they Boner s office had talked to us first. We re already doing what the Bill Calls for said one  july i the official said All military Day care centers have been under orders to immediately Alert the Pentagon to any sexual abuse  drafted his Bill after learning of child abuse reports at fort Campbell ky., located near his con Gressional District. Ancient Greece on the High seas a photo greek culture minister Melina Mercouri hands an Olive Wreath toll. Dimitrios Pip Ados left during the commissioning ceremony far Greece s it Cal but most ancient ship a replica of a trireme. The ceremony took place wednesday in Piraeus the rep Lica Cost $600,000 and was built by the greek Navy. I up Dos captains the vessel named the olympiad the Man at Rigel is not identified. 3 killed in Yugoslavia when slide derails train Belgrade. Yugoslavia a three people were killed and 10 slightly injured when a Rock slide derailed a train carrying More than 200 passenger the National news Agency Tan Jug reported thursday. The Accident happened during inc night on the Sara a cup Kardel Jovo line in the Republic of Bosnia Herze Govina Tan Jug said. The engine Driver a ticket collector and one Passen Ger were killed the news Agency reported. East German Engineer safely escapes to West Hannover Germany a a Young East Ger Man escaped Over his communist country s heavily guarded Frontier lowest Germany without injuries Early wednesday police said. The 20-year-old Engineer fed Over he Frontier in inc Northern slate of lower Saxony apparently unnoticed by Border guards police said. Meanwhile a czechoslovak musician deserted his orchestra a Hussen stale in Central Wesl Germany where the players look part in a musical Competition police said wednesday. Police at the Border Between Bavaria and Czecho Slovakia noticed inc 24-year-old was missing when other orchestra members arrived at Lac Frontier to re turn Home. 1 St heart transplant done under new israeli Law Jerusalem a israeli doctors on wednes Day performed the first heart transplant since the country s chief rabbis ruled the operation does not violate jewish Taw a Hospital spokeswoman said. Ovadia Masri 50, who received the heart of an unidentified youth was in stable condition after the five hour operation at Jerusalem s Hadassah Hospital spokeswoman Ruth Mckel said. The heart transplant was the first to be performed since Israel s chief rabbis decided last october Hal the operation docs not violate jewish Law As Long As he donor is diagnosed As being brain dead. The rabbis ruling altered inc jewish definition of death from an earlier require Mcm total respiration be halted. That requirement ruled out transplants because once breathing stops organs Are denied vital oxygen and cannot be transplanted nigerian government lifts ban against Magazine Lagos Nigeria up Nigeria s military govern ment wednesday lifted a ban imposed nearly five months ago on the nation s most popular weekly news Magazine because of irresponsible unauthorized re porting. The lifting of the ban against no Swaldi coincides with the second anniversary of a coup Hal brought president Ibrahim Baban Gida to Power on aug. 27, 1985. The government said it imposed the ban originally ordered for six months because inc Magazine published without authorization a secret report from a commission discussing methods to overhaul inc Politi Cal system of the economically oiling nation. Navy to name new ship after Vietnam War Battle Washington a Navy Secre tary James h. Webb a decorated Marine  of the Vietnam War said wednesday he had selected the firm Navy warship to be named for a Ballac from that War. In remarks prepared for delivery wednesday night la the . Mann corps league Webb announced the ship would be an Aegis Cruiser bearing inc name Hue City. That vessel is to be built by the Ingalls shipbuilding division of Litton Indus tries and ii scheduled for delivery to the Navy in october 1991. An outspoken Veteran who has never made any secret of his belief thai politicians prevented american forces from prevailing in Vietnam Webb said he hoped selection of the name Hue City would cause ail of us to remember the rewards of courage and the sad legacy of commit mems abandoned through he confu1 i of Domestic  the. Try of Hue an old Imperial Capi Tal was overrun by North vietnamese during the so called tet offensive of 1968. A Force consisting primarily of . Marines and South vietnamese sol Diers subsequently managed to retake the City after a month of bitter fighting. One of the most closely guarded prerogatives of any Navy Secretary is the right to make the final decision on names for new warships entering inc Fleet. An aide said wednesday that Webb had resolved after becoming Secretary to commemorate combat action in Vietnam despite the fact the War itself was ultimately lost Webb also announced he had a Clit Lod names for Ihrck other Aegis cruisers including another Hal would Honor a hat lie in which the Marine corps filmed the Brunt of the action. Oliai vessel is scheduled for delivery in 1990 and will be named the chosen commemorating a Battle during die Kwan War. The other two cruisers to be delivered in f 93. Will be named the Shiloh after the civil War Batik and the an to after the Allied invasion at Anzio Italy Dur ing world War ii Webb said. Webb announced lln1 it w names Afler receiving the Marine corps league s Iron mile auard Given annually to a individual judged to have made significant contributions to the unit d stat Sand tit corps