European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 17, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday. November 17. 19b7 the stars and stripes Page 5 Presidio child care Center closing was site of alleged child molestations san Francisco a1 the  has announced thai 11 will close a child care Center at the Presidio Here amid allegations thai As Many As 60 youngsters have been sexually abused there. Maj Greg Rixon. An  spokesman Al inc Pentagon said the Presidio child development Center would be closed . 20 and a new Center will be opened by april. Presidio spokesman Bob Mahony said the closure revealed saturday was for ii Ali safely and sanitation Rea sons and not As a result of allegations of child  Bui rep. Barbara Boner d-calif., said  officials had told her earlier that some children were afraid to return to inc Center. She said authorities could t Rule out that All inc problems have been  attendance at inc Center reportedly has declined from a maximum of about 250 to 180 recently a Federal grand jury in san Francisco spent 10 months investigating abuse allegations surrounding the Presidio Center and almost 100 children were examined for physical or psychological signs of sex Ual abuse. Al least four children were found to have chlamydia a sexually transmitted disease. Gary Willard Hambright 34. A former minister who worked Al inc Presidio As a civilian employee for 18 months was indicted sept. 30 on 10 counts of lewd and lascivious conduct with children and two counts of Oral copulation with children. His trial has been set for april 4, assistant . Attorney Peter Robin son said Hambright was charged with molest ing Only 10 children because other alleged victims were so Young they would not be Able to testify in court. Parents have claimed thai As Many As 60 children were molested at the Center and Mahony said earlier this year that More than 70 children had been inter viewed As potential abuse victims a 16-Mcmbcr  review team recently inspected the Presidio Center is part of an investigation of the almost 300 child Core centers run by the  which care for an estimated 94,000 youngsters daily. Allegations of sexual abuse have sur faced Al More than 30 of those centers since 1984. Among hem Are the centers Al fort dts n.j., and the . Military Academy at West Point . Dixon said the inspection team looked at several aspects of the Presidio Center including hiring practices and inc physical Plant itt cof which will be demolished. The decision to close inc can scr was made by Secretary of the  John o. Marsh or. Chief of staff Gen. Girl Vuono and Cion. Allen k. Ono the Dep Uty chief of staff for  personnel Rixon said. Several parents of allegedly molested Raj Loren said i icy were pleased with . This is a statement that the  is going to Roll up its sleeves and sort through this said capt. Mike Tobin. Whose son allegedly was abused by Ham Bright. I Hope inc Navy the air Force and the coast guard pay attention too he said at a news conference with other parents. Sprucing it up for Christmas new York general services workers in Albany , Errol � 35-foot Christmas tree in front of the state Capitol. The Blue Spruce was donated by the Gogolla family from Colonie an Albany suburb. Hospital mystery deaths probed West slip. . A authorities said sunday they arc investigating several recent deaths of patients Al a Hospital Here thai investigators say Are mysterious and May have been deliberately caused. The president of Good Samaritan Hospital. Daniel Walsh and a spokesman for the Suffolk county District attorney s office said an investigation was being conducted into 10 deaths that have been termed Irreg ular by county medical examiners. The investigation was first reported in the sunday editions of new York new Day. The investigation was triggered by claims of a patient in inc Long Island Hospital s cardiac care unit who had difficulty breathing after a male nurse injected a sub stance into his intravenous Tubo oct. 11,Walsh said. The Only person on duly fitting the description by the patient was Richard Angelo 25. Of Lindenhurst. He said. John Williams a spokesman for Suffolk county District attorney Patrick Henry said authorities were searching for Hjeln. Who has not been heard from since bit week. He has not been charged. The newspaper said Angela was suspended with pay oct. 12 after the first suspicious Case was reported Angelo was suspended by the non profit Hospital with out pay oct. 3d pending the outcome of tie District attorney s investigation. New Day reported sources close to i he investigation say records had been turned Over to the District attorney s office about 37 patients who suffered problems on an Oclo s 11 . To 7 . Shift during the past two months. The sources say 10 of the 37 people have died and their deaths arc termed irregular. Henry Lold new Day that this could be a multiple death Case. It s conceivable we May have to obtain a court order for  Williams declined to comment on details of the investigation but said the new Day article was essentially  Walsh said thai after the cardiac care patient reported the incident there was sufficient doubt and con Cern to require that the incident be reported to the new York slate office of professional discipline and the new York department of  upon questioning Angelo denied that he had injected anything into the patient s in tube Walsh said. On oct. 12. The Hospital discovered that a vial of pave Ion a paralysing drug was missing from the Hospital unit where Angeio worked Walsh said. Teats of the patient s Unne revealed on . 3 traces of Paulon. He said and the District adorn by s office was notified. Jet lands safely after shutting Down one engine los Angeles a a Delta air lines do to bound for Hawaii resumed w los Angeles International Airport sunday when a Bird apparel my was sucked into an engine during Takeoff an a Irvinc spokesman said. The three engine Jet flight 1567 to Honolulu made a Safe emergency Landing. Delta spokesman Bill Berry said in Atlanta the passengers were transferred to another plane to continue their journey he said. The Jet was at 1,000 feel minutes Afler taking off at 10 55 . When sensors showed that something had gotten inside the Tail mounted engine the spokesman said. He said the Captain shut Down the engine and continued climbing for several thousand More feel before turning Back and dumping fuel Over the Pacific Ocean. The plane landed safely Al 11 20 ., he said. Berry said he did not know How Many people were aboard the do to which can carry up to 2b4 Passen Gers and a Crew of 13. Maintenance workers found no exterior damage when they examined the engine but will Lake it apart 10 examine it Berry said. A Bird is believed to have caused the damage be cause the Tail mounted engine is too High for ground debris to have hit it he said. Berry said a do to can Fly Well with one of ils three engines out. Sands of time in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. Nov. 17, 1�47 German  Wilhelm  barely escaped injury when he was at tacked at the Vienna music Hall by Aboul 50 members of the austrian political persecutes association. 30 years ago today. Nov. 17, 1957 the North Atlantic treaty coun cil s emergency meeting failed to heal the breach by Iwen France which opposed  shipments to the former North african protectorate of Tunisia and Britain and the United slates which agreed to Supply . 20 years ago today. Nov. 17, 1967 Al least 25 turkish cypriots were killed in an eight hour Battle with greek cypriots that shattered inc months Long truce on Cyprus. In tie Wake of the fighting demonstrations erupted in Ankara and Istanbul. / 0 years ago today. Nov. 17, 1977 under heavy guard inc Shah of Iran concluded his two Day  and Oil discussions with Presto int Courti f us thousands of masked demonstrators jeered him through loudspeakers outside the White House