European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 28, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday april 28, 1990 the stars and stripes a a a Page 3 head of clinic respects teen privacy by Deedee Arrington Doke Kaiserslautern Bureau Ramstein a West Germany a fewer teenagers would seek help for sex related health needs if air Force clinics  guarantee adolescents confidentiality the commander of Ramstein a base clinic  result would be increased numbers of pregnancies and cases of sexually transmitted diseases among minors or. Col George Meyer said in a talk to Community members at Ramstein Junior High school. But base doctors who treat minors also urge them to avoid sex at an Early age and to talk to their parents he said. A it is not smart from a health Point of View to be sexually Active at an Early age a Meyer told an audience of about 150. Fifty percent of american Young people Are sexually Active by age 18, he noted. The percentage of sexually Active teens is about the same in other Western countries. But the pregnancy rate for . Adolescents is higher than for teens in other countries. Meyer accompanied by several doctors and the bases top Legal adviser led a 2 a a hour discussion on the bases adolescent clinic. The service is offered in the 316th air div clinic at Ramstein a. A discussion on the clinic originally was scheduled for february and then abruptly postponed. Base officials said then that the meeting was postponed because they received too Little notice that it was to be held. On thursday col. Scott summer Field base staff judge advocate said the meeting was put off because officials were told that a protest against clinic policies was planned. A we determined it to be in the Best interest of All to plan an orderly program a Summerfield said. Summerfield warned the audience that he would advise the panel to leave if disruptions broke out. On thursday a key area of debate was a 1977 supreme court decision that extends minors right to privacy to birth control matters. Some Community members believe that parents should be notified if their minor children seek such help. A even though the supreme court has ruled that minors have the right to privacy we believe that parents should be involved with their children every step of the Way. But when a minor tells us that he or she wants privacy we have to respect that. Its the Law of the  Mcyr said. Parents will be told however if their child has a life the catching disease such As aids Meyer said. Additional debate focused on rumours that the Ramstein adolescent clinic was an Quot abortion  Meyer said such rumours including one that the base clinic provided transportation to a nearby German Hospital for abortions were untrue. A we do not refer anyone there or anywhere else for abortions Quot Meyer said. Federal Law prevents abortions in government facilities and prohibits funding the procedure unless the mothers life is in danger. Most clients at the adolescent clinic Are girls. They must demand that their boyfriends use condoms Meyer emphasized. A she has got to learn that she a got some rights Quot Meyer said to loud applause. Another speaker was maj. Don Christenson a protestant chaplain at Ramstein. He compared the clinic to a tree s branches. Quot i Sec us needing to Deal with some of the roots. What Are we As parents doing with our kids in our Homes Quot he asked. 3rd colombian candidate killed plan to assassinate Cardinal foiled Bogota Colombia apr Colombia Friday rejected Calls to postpone the presidential election after the assassination of Carlos Pizarro the third candidate for president to be gunned Down since August. In another development Church officials in Medellin the Home of a major drug Cartel said they had foiled a plan to kill colombians roman Catholic prelate Cardinal Alfonso Lopez Trujillo. On thursday a 25-year-old Man on a suicide Mission killed Pizarro a former leftist guerrilla on a colombian jetliner carrying 97 people. Bodyguards killed the Assassin who reportedly was hired by drug traffickers. Leaders of the leftist patriotic Union party whose presidential candidate was slain last month urged Colombia to cancel the vote May 27. However Interior minister Horacio Serpa told reporters Friday that the elections will not be postponed or cancelled. In a televised speech late thursday Serpa said the government would fight the country a terrorists a without  in Medellin the City a Catholic Church said it discovered the plan to kill Lopez Trujillo after intercepting messages on a radio frequency used by the men plotting the crime. Three men disguised As police agents entered Lopez Trujillo a offices on wednesday and thursday asking for the prelate but he was not in said the Church statement late thursday. Lopez is archbishop of Medellin the country a second largest City and chairman of colombians Bishops conference. Pizarro was the third presidential candidate slain during the Campaign and supporters of his m-19 movement burned buses and threw rocks at police in clashes in several cities. Thousands of m-19 supporters marched Pizarro a body through the streets of Bogota to the Capitol building late thursday. The body was to be in state until burial saturday. The patriotic unions presidential candidate Bernardo Jaramillo was fatally wounded March 22 at Bogota a Airport by an Assassin with a machine gun. The August assassination of another candidate sen. Luis Carlos Galan of the governing Liberal party prompted the government to launch a .-backed crackdown on colombians cocaine cartels. Since then drug traffickers have killed More than 230 people including judges politicians police officers soldiers and newspaper employees. Antonio Navarro Pizarro a second in command said on National television that m-19 doubted peace was possible in  was a former Leader of the m-19 guerrilla movement. Hundreds of leftist guerrillas belonging to the group Laid Down their arms last month and formed a political party with Pizarro As its presidential candidate. Government officials had said that Pizarro might help mediate peace agreements with other leftist insurgents. Governing party candidate Cesar Gaviria the presidential front runner suspended Campaign activities following the Pizarro killing. In a radio interview he condemned the killing As another act by a powerful organizations trying to impose an a Empire of evil and  As precautionary measures the Bogota municipal government closed All schools until wednesday and banned the Sale of alcohol. A caller to the National radio network Caracol said he represented drug traffickers who arranged the assassination. The Anonymous caller said that the traffickers had drawn lots to determine which of four leading presidential contenders would be killed and Pizarro a name was picked. The caller said traffickers threatened to kill other candidates if traffickers Are not pardoned of drug charges. The other candidates Are Alvaro Gomez Hurtado and Rodrigo Lloreda both of the conservative party and Gaviria of the Liberal party. A the next drawing will be Between Gaviria and Lloreda a the Man said. The caller said a group known As the extraditable had contracted Pizarro a killer. Filo Gen. Michael j. Duga Dugan to be named Asaf chief of staff Washington a amps a president Bush intends to nominate Gen. Michael j. Dugan Safe commander As the next air Force chief of staff the defense department announced Friday. The White House had no information available on when the president would act on the nomination to the Post which requires Senate confirmation. Dugan was unavailable for comment. Dugan would succeed Gen. Larry d. Welch who is due to retire june 30. The 53-Ycar-old fighter Pilot has been the Safe commander since april 1989. The Albany n.y., native is married and has six children. Army disputes of report on pilots Hospital wait by Rosemary Sawyer staff writer a Pilot who ejected from an f-16 Jet fighter in december received medical attention five minutes after he arrived at the Heidelberg army Hospital an army spokeswoman said Friday in disputing an air Force report. The report on a midair collision dec. 18 in Maxdorf West Germany claimed that the downed Pilot had to wait 2 i hours for care at the Hospital emergency room. A maj. Roderick Kallman May very Well have been at the 130th station Hospital in Heidelberg. For As Long As 2v4 hours a said 7th medical come spokeswoman Barbara Slifer. A however official documents on file at the Hospital indicate he arrived at the emergency room at 5 15 . And his vital signs were taken at 5 20 . He was seen by a physician at 5 50 .�?� Kallman and 1st it. Steven Sundstrom of the 496th tac fighter so at Hahn a were practising air to air combat techniques against an f-15 from Pitburg a when they collided at 4 12 . Sundstrom died after his Parachute failed to open. Kallman parachuted to safety about eight Miles North of Ludwigshafen. Slifer said that while Kallman was in the emergency room for 35 minutes before being seen by a doctor he reported that he Felt Fine. The Check of his vital signs confirmed his apparent Well being. When Kallman arrived a the emergency room physician was treating two other patients with severe respiratory distress a Slifer said. A it was appropriate protocol for the physician to remain with those patients prior to seeing  blood samples were taken from Kallman and he was released from the emergency room at 6 30 . The air Force Accident report asserted that the army facility failed to properly control Kallman s blood samples forcing him to have blood More taken at Hahn a upon his return at 11 that night. Slifer said Hospital workers maintained control of Kahn and a blood samples the entire time the vials were in their Possession. The samples were a sealed and labelled immediately after blood was drawn and were refrigerated a Sli Fersa d a Kallman then carried those samples to Hahn Abas agreed upon by the Hahn flight surgeon and Heidelberg officials inc said. Slifer said Kallman s delay in leaving the army Hospital could be attributed to confusion Between Hahn officials and Heidelberg Hospital personnel Over How the Pilot would be transported Back to Hahn. A it was ultimately decided that the 130th station Hospital would return Kallman to Hahn and the Host Tal duty Driver was contacted at 7 to make the trip by Sedan a Slifer said. In response to the army a comments Safe spokeswoman capt. Paula Kouglas said Quot the Normal procedure for a downed Pilot is to Lake him to the nearest medical facility which was done. A however the air Force has specific procedures for treating downed pilots and these procedures Are not always known by those facilities. There arc sonic lessons that we be Learned from this incident involving this particular Pilot and we Are to Keg Steps to inform medical facilities of our