European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 4, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday june 4, 1988 the stars and stripes Page 5 Jackson gangs meet in California by the Assoc filed press Jesse Jackson met with member of los Angeles Street gangs in an mtr ardinary Campaign spectacle thursday while fellow demo crat Michael Dukakis Cut Short a California Campaign trip to be Al his titling wife s Side. Dukakis cancelled a debate with Jackson and slew Home id be with his wife Kilty for surgery Hal one of her doctors described As nut Emer gency Hill  or. James r.  said surgeons a mud remove two Horti rated discs thai Are pressing dangerously on her spinal turd and could if left ukr Cuico cause paralysis. Vixo re Sidon a torte Bush pronounced Hinell a ref Ibishi la candidate after four Dayi of Skull sea Jun i with aides and oils our advisers in Kinnic Hun port. Maine lie said he won t Chongc ladies just because he Trail Dukakis in Thrpo k. I be never i More relaxed never fell Marc convinced Hal we re on the right track bus said Al his vacation Home. With his armed secret service guards in alien dance Jackson my privately with members of the Street gang blonds a goes smoothly picked up 21 additional delegates during the Day bringing his total to t,76s in the associated press count. He is Espic cd i achieve a nominating majority of 2.qr1 by the Lime inc Voles Are counted tuesday nigh in the final democratic primaries of the year in Cali fornia. New Jersey. Montana and new Mexico. Jackson has fewer thin 1,000. Credentialing procedures at Bethesda Are criticized by Norman Black a military writer Washington two years after its chief heart surgeon was court Martiale inc both Coda naval hos Pital has come under new criticism for tailing to follow physician credentialing procedures. An internal investigation has concluded the. Latest problem did not jeopardize patient care and the competence of doctors never was called into que lion at the Maryland facility officials said. But the finding that there was a procedural failure in the hiring and Mereden Xialing of a physician at the Navy s Premier Hospital nonetheless has attracted High level  one of the officials said. The criticism is contained in an interim audit report by the Navy s inspector general. The report was prompted by a complaint from the current head of Fiche sea s cardio Thor acc unit the Navy said thursday it would not release inc interim audit report but several officials agreed to discuss the matter on condition they not be identified. The Issue is a particularly sensitive one for Bethesda because of the Case of or. Donal m. Trillig the former chief cart surgeon. Billig was court Martiale and convicted in 1986 of involuntary manslaughter and negligence in inc deaths of three patients. Thai conviction was overturned in april by an appeals court however and Billig receive Dan honorable discharge. One of the key issues raised by prosecutors during inc court martial was thai Billig hid a visual Handicap from his superiors and that military recruiters failed to investigate his background adequately. In the latest Case the sources said the inspector Gen eral found inc Navy failed to adequately review the patient survival record of a heart surgeon who was returning to Beth Coda after five years in private prac Tice As head of the Howard University Hospi Laj cardio thoracic unit. The surgeon involved or. Reginald Peniston was a prosecution witness against Billig. The officials said that Peniston s credentials were not reviewed formally by a new panel of naval officers before his appointment to the Hospital. Peniston s appointment was finalized in february Wilh orders Given to him to report for duly in March. Peniston who was assigned temporarily to the ear Dio thoracic unit at Walter Reed army medical Center Early in May did not return a phone Call thursday to discuss the Mailer. The inspector general launched the investigation after a complaint was filed by cmdr Edward Woods current head of the Bethesda cardio who Ramie unil. Tall to Tower collapses 2 killed Colony to. A a television lower More than twice As tall As the Eiffel Tower collapsed thurs Day killing two maintenance workers seeking 10 strengthen Ilic Structure and leaving one missing authorities said. The 2,000-foot Tower was reduced to a tangled pile of Metal said . Harlan a Missouri stale Highway patrol dispatcher. Workers used torches thursday afternoon to Cut through inc debris in search of the third Man. The Center Section of inc Tower fell with such Force that it went into the ground he said. It s so far Down that they have digging equipment out  Colony is about 25 Miles from the Iowa and Illinois state lines and 200 Miles Northwest of is. Louis. The Tower belonged to tvo to in Kirksville. The three workers were in a Basket Type Carrier Al the Joo fact level when the lower collapsed the patrol said. Jerry Heilman tvo general manager said the work Ere were replacing More than 1,000 structural braces. The Tower was reeled i n september at a Cost of s 2.5 million and was one of the tall  transmission towers in the uni cd states authorities said. By comparison the famed Eiffel Tower of Paris is w4 feet tall the Tower s unusual height was intended to expand tvo s viewing area said Kurt Sweeney station news director. It increased the station s audience from 40,000 households to about 120,000, officials said. "1 heard in the collapse and it sounded like a Jet taking Oft said a witness. Tvo went off the air about 9 30 . Heilman said inc stat Ion could be off the air anywhere from two Days to two weeks woman to be court Martiale  Island . Api been ordered for the first of five women charged in a crackdown on alleged homosexual ii Al the Marine corps Parris Island recruit depot. A Dale for inc court martial of . Barbara j. Baum will be set no a week. The proceeding was ordered by inc base commander maj. Gen. Joseph p. Hoar. An article 32 hearing similar to a civilian preliminary hearing was held in april after Baum was charged March 28 under the uniform code of military Justice said depot spokesman maj. Robert Mclean. Baum 23, of Mishawaka ind., is charged with conspiracy to obstruct just ice sodomy in Decca t acts obstruction of Justice and communicating a threat Mclean said. After a thorough investigation and review by the article 32 investigating officer and a recommendation by Baum s commanding officer charges were referred to court martial on wednesday Mclean said. Baum if convicted on All charges would face a maximum of 3s years confinement a dishonourable Dis charge reduction to private and a forfeiture of All pay and allowances Mclean said. Baum who is single entered the service in May h85 and arrived at Parris Island in december 1985, Mclean said. She had been a military policewoman but now is assigned to administrative duty the spokesman said. The Oiler four women also had article 32 hearings and we Are presently awaiting results of Hal Mclean said. School has 14 valedictorians All with perfect 4.0 averages Sands of time bellefonta1ne, Ohio a it s crowded at the lop at least Al in he fan. Lain High school. When diplomas arc passed out sunday to 185 seniors inc school will Honor 14 valedictorians each of whom managed a perfect 4.0 Grade Point average. It makes us look like we re grading on a very easy basis. Bui Icse arc the same standards that we be always had. This is an extreme 1 unusual group of kids who just happen to be in inc same class said George Harris the principal. Harris said the 14 valedictorians had also shown their academic prowess on Toltec go admission and scholarship tests. They earned More than 552,000 in scholarships and three of them Are National Merit scholarship winners. Average act College exam scores for the 14 seniors was 28.6. Placing them Al the 9s-plus Pyrc Entik of All students Tak ing the exam across the nation. Tammy Watson class Secretary and one of inc valedictorians credits the har Mony of the class for its Success. I think the strength of our class is achieving Whit we want through a tremendous Unity Watson said we work together and help each other to reach higher  in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today ,. June 4. I94ii the Senate Afler Long debate passed legislation to admit to the . Up to 200,000 european War refugees Over the following two years. 30 years ago today. June 4, 1958 in new Orleans the first real test of a Federal court integration order aligning buses and Street cars passed without incident when members of both races followed the old tradition of still sealing Blacks to inc rear. 20 years ago today. P june j.96 it no York mayor John Linday praised students who helped  Mccarthy s primary Campaign. He credited Ihm Wilh causing president Johnson to retire getting Vicinal peace talks under Way curtailing bombing lower ing Vietnam troop strength and replacing Gen. William Westmoreland. 10 years ago Roday. June 4. 1978 a lop air Force officer told a House committee that use of hard drugs by  is cd men had declined and Marij Uana use was stable