European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 24, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse Thursday. August 24, 1989 the stars and stripes Page 9 am tamamm Amasa Tammam my in i blasts from the past make Ragtop tops Over Here by Darvle. Green Kaiserslautern Bureau Baum older West Germany Patrick Smith missed the Era or Hula hoops poodle skirts and 57 Chevy but thanks to Ragtop it s not too late Lor him to get Down with he limbo Rock. Smith a 24-year-old first lieutenant with co a 293rd engr in has a 2-1 record in the limbo contests he entered but the real Winner might be Ragtop itself. The 50s and epistle club is gradually becoming a hit in the Baum older military Community and for those who did t grow up in the 50s, there Are the sounds of the 60s. In the 60s, you Start getting More soul. Could be the wave of things to come to military clubs Over Here. It grows every week said Les Quick manager or Ragtop and the Baum older officers club. Our Sale shave grown. From 3 to 8 percent a week since we started in May. The memories that the 50s and 60sconjure up could be part of what makes the new club so attractive. People that came up in the 50shave Good memories Quick said. They associate the 50s with goo memories. They associate the 50s with Good times no problems pc Vietnam Post world War ii baby Boom for those who did t grow up in the 50s, there arc the sounds of the 60s. In the 60s, you Start getting More soul Quick said. About 80 percent of the songs in Here when people Are dancing is soul. They re getting into Diana Ross and the Supra pcs. the folks in Baum older can t take credit for discovering the Appeal in nostalgic music but they have found a Wayto make rocking around the clock work. Fifties style clubs arc very popular in the states right now Quick said. The army clubs have never s always been that you had the Rock club country and Western club an soul a combination of the nostalgia craze that s sweeping the states and the dras tic decline in appropriated fund dollars to morale welfare and recreation facilities makes this trip Down memory Lane worthwhile. The word out now is you re either going to show a positive Bottom line 9r you re going to shut the door said Quick who first had the idea for rag tops. With the appropriated funds gone we have to compete for the Dollar so at Ragtop the patrons twist an shout to a musical blast from the past. They also get to taste a Little of then Vor of the time that the club is trying to conjure up. We went Back to the old concept of White Castle burgers for 40 cents apiece foot Long hot dogs Chili dogs the stuff people were used to eating in the 50s," Quick said. While going Back in Lime on the Price of burgers the club never entertained the idea of cutting the Price of drinks. No we could t afford that Quicksand quickly. It also could t afford to restrict Kag tops which is in the basement of the officers club to officers Only. Officers patrons of Baum older s Ray lips club compete in a limbo contest. Sas Dave Dato clubs arc notorious for losing big amounts of Money Quick said. So in an Effort to expand the clubs Mone making potential he opened Ragtop doors to All ranks above staff sergeant. "1 think it s Smith said of mixing the ranks. As Long As everybody s under control. I think it s Good to go. There s no problem at All with the club mixes not Only ranks but also Ages. It Range it anywhere from 22. 23 All the Way up to 45," Quick does t know How Many other communities arc turning to clubs like Ragtop but he has a warning for those who Aren would Hope that other communities would offer their patrons some thing like this because if they Don to i m going to try to take their customers away from he just might use a Hula hoop to do it. 3 women charge abuse by West Point doctor West Point. . Not the authorities atthe . Military Academy Are conducting hearings Over charges by three women that they were subjected to sexual abuse by a West Point gynaecologist while under his care earlier this women submitted their allegations to army investigators in detailed statements accusing the doctor maj. Ernest Flores. Of sexual improprieties ranging from hugging kissing and fondling to sexual inter course. They insisted that the hearings be Public. Flores has declined to comment on the accusations. Tuesday he received some support from nurses an patients outside the Stone building where the hearings arc being held. Megan Flanagan a nurse said he has never treated anyone with anything but decency and s a very outgoing. Loving Man and he docs give you a hug and a kiss after he delivers your baby Flanagan said but it s nothing More than Wilma Cross holding her 7-Mpnth-old son ton jr.,who was delivered bar Flores said he s very caring very Loving. I believe it s All a . Kathi Baker a 29-year-old Mother of three testified that Flores 44, had sex with her twice in his apartment one evening last March after she offered him a bottle of Champagne at the Hospital to celebrate his saving my life 1 she said Flores suggested going to his apartment to drink the Champagne. Baker the first to testify said the incident occurred two months after she underwent a Hysterectomy and emergency surgery that was a near death she said she could t believe what he was doing but did t have the strength mentally emotionally physically to resist his the testimony against Flores is being heard by j. Harper assistant director of the Law depart ment at West will make a recommendation which could prompt another hearing that would be More like grand jury proceeding where the decision is made whether or not to go to , an 18-year Veteran who won a Silver Star i was shocked but i kept thinking he saved my life and he s so glad he saved my Kathi Baker and two purple hearts in Vietnam had submitted misapplication Tor retirement this year staff officers say. But stayed on at Keller army Community Hospital attest Point because of staff shortages. Baker and the other complainants Susan o Bria Parks and Mclinda Wright said the administrative hear ing was formed Only after they obtained outside Legal help from Harry h. Lipsig and Bonita e. Zelman partners in a new York Law firm and demanded action from the superintendent it. Gen. Dave r. Palmer. The women said that other patients of Flores had voiced similar complaints but were afraid to come Forward because they believed they would damage their husbands careers. Wright s husband is a Captain and the other women s husbands Are noncommissioned officers. Baker in three hours of testimony that was often interrupted to -. Nable her to regain her composure said she gave a pics the Champagne because i Felt i owe my life to they decided it would not be appropriate to drink Itin the Hospital and he suggested they go to his apart two hours she started to leave but the doctor hugged me tight and kissed me at the door leading her to the bedroom. I was shocked but i kept thinking he saved my life and he s so glad he saved my then she said he realized what he was doing and said i can t be doing this. It will be my he went into the bathroom. Baker said and she Luton her coat. But he started kissing me again she Flores and his lawyer. Capt. Lawrence Kerr. Looking on. Harper asked Baker if there had been Tim for her to leave the apartment. She said i was in a terrible mental and emotional state. I was is no longer involved in providing direct patient care pending the outcome of the hearings. No female cadets arc involved in the proceedings. The women s lawyers have asked West Point to Send questionnaires to All patients of Flores to ascertain the magnitude of the
