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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 20, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 a the stars and Stripe police charge four men in Phoenix slayings from wire reports Phoenix a four men have been charged with murder in the slayings of nine people at a Buddhist Temple. A fifth Man arrested in the Case was released. The five had been ordered held without Bond after their arrest Friday in the killing of six monks two male disciples and a nun aug. 10 at the Wak Prosku Nara Temple West of Phoenix. A criminal complaint filed tuesday by the Maricopa county attorneys office named Michael Lawrence Mcgraw 24 Marcus Felix Nunez 19 Dante Parker 20 and Leo Valdez Bruce 28. Each was accused of nine counts of first degree murder nine counts of armed robbery and one count of burglary and conspiracy. A fifth Man Victor p. Zarate 28, was released tuesday. Paul j. Prato a Deputy Public defender said he did no to know Why charges had been filed against  sentenced Ocala Fla. A the Man suspected of killing five College students was sentenced to life in prison As a habitual violent criminal wednesday for robbing a grocery store in september 1990, several Days after the slayings. Danny Harold rolling is the prime suspect in the mutilation murders of five Gainesville College students. The 37-year-old drifter from Shreveport la., was asked by circuit judge Thomas Sawaya if he had anything to say. He replied a god bless the people of Florida and the lord help  assistant state attorney Rock e. Hooker said the life term carried no minimum mandatory sentence. A it is supposed to be True life. He is not supposed to get out until he is dead a a Hooker said. No one has been charged with the slayings which occurred in apartments near the University of Florida Campus in Gainesville in August 1990.football Star slain Crosby Texas a a Star High school football player was shot to death wednesday in the Cam jus cafeteria apparently by a girl who was upset because he had called her names. The shooting at Crosby High school was the latest in a week of violence at Houston area. Schools where there have been two murders one attempted murder a rape and two beatings. Arthur l. Jack 17, was waiting in line for breakfast when he was shot once in the head with a .38-caliber revolver. Harris county sheriff s sgt. Skip Oliver said the girl was being charged with murder and would be turned Over to juvenile  is Small change Philadelphia a the Man who committed Philadelphia a 112th Bank robbery of the year on wednesday Wasny to greedy police said. He Only wanted $10. According to police the suspect entered a downtown Branch of the Cor estates first Pennsylvania Bank and handed the Teller a note demanding $10. The Teller handed Over a $10 Bill and the Man fled on  found in area san Diego a a woman found about 30 razor Blades embedded in a Sandbox and other playground equipment after noticing a Blade on a slide where she was about to put her toddler police said. A the woman whose name was not released by Eolice found the first Blade embedded in the Handrail of the slide monday. She and a maintenance Man then searched around Dusty Rhodes Park and found about 30 double edged Blades. Police officers were sent to the playground to scour the Sand and equipment but no More Blades were found it. Tom Gianquinto said. Police searched other playgrounds and reported no other Blades found no suspects. Friday september 20, 1991 . Health officials urge patient screening for aids by the los Angeles times Washington a Federal health officials proposed wednesday that All patients entering hospitals be routinely encouraged to undergo screening for infection with the human immunodeficiency virus. The proposed guidelines Mark the first time that the Federal government formally has moved to urge testing among Hospital patients not necessarily considered at risk for aids infection. A similar suggestion by several Public health officials in 1987 was abandoned along with a proposal to test All applicants for marriage licenses. The guidelines drafted by the National centers for disease control in Atlanta Are expected to have a major Impact on the practices of Public and private hospitals and on state and local health departments across the country. A we Are not recommending mandatory testing but we Are suggesting that we treat his today the Way syphilis was treated in the past a said or. James o. Mason assistant Secretary for health in an interview. A years ago patients were routinely tested for syphilis As part of a Hospital  the guidelines stressed however that his testing should be conducted Only with the patients informed consent. Tests would be accompanied by counselling so that patients understand the implications of the results. Mason said he expects the recommendations will evoke considerable opposition from a people who done to like testing and who want As Little testing As  officials said they Hope such testing will enable infected patients to receive Early medical intervention and would protect health care workers who might be exposed to infected  aids risk minimal doctors say Boston apr a patients risk of aids infection during an operation is about the same As being killed in a car Accident on the Way to the Hospital according to a new estimate. Drs. Albert b. Lowenfels and Gary Wormser of new York medical College made the calculation in a letter to the editor published thursday in the new England journal of Medicine. They estimated the chances that a patient in surgery would become infected with his the aids virus through exposure to a doctor or other health care workers. Among their assumptions a four of every 1,000 surgeons Are infected with his. A the risk of transmission of his infection from a surgeon to a patient after a single puncture wound is 1.5 per 1,000 incidents. A surgeons and their assistants experience eight accidents during every 1,000 hours in the operating room. Putting All this together they calculated that the probability of transmitting aids from a doctor to a patient is one Chance in 21 million for each hour of surgery. If the doctor is known to be infected with his the risk is much higher but still Only one Chance in 83,000 for each hour of surgery they figured. Stanford asks Navy to remove whistle Blower after suit filed Stanford Calif. Apr Stanford University on wednesday asked the Navy to remove the Man who oversees federally funded research at the school and blew the whistle on Stanford a overfilling scandal. Paul Biddle the Navy a oversight regulator at Stanford has estimated that the University overfilled the government by As much As $200 million for indirect costs related to research in the 1980s. The scandal prompted Stanford a president controller and chief financial officer to resign. Government auditors remain on Campus investigating his charges. Stanford a general counsel John Schwartz on wednesday sent Biddle s Washington Boss a letter seeking to remove him from the Job because he reportedly filed a personal lawsuit against the school. The lawsuit called a qui Tarn or a who As Well action was apparently filed under Seal on behalf of bid dle and in support of the government according to a defense contract audit Agency official Schwartz said. A qui Tarn suit allows a private citizen to sue a Federal contractor for allegedly defrauding the government and to collect a portion of the misused amount As damages. Under the lawsuit Biddle can seek triple damages against the school a and collect 30 percent Schwartz said. The letter was sent to adm. William c. Miller chief of naval research. Biddle has said he is concerned that even if government investigators substantiate his and other Federal auditors claims of overfilling the school might not have to pay Back the Money. A lawsuit would be a Way to ensure that Stanford does reimburse the government he has said. Doe report critical of nuclear Plant from wire reports Golden Colo. A the department of Energy has criticized Rocky Flats nuclear weapons Plant managers for safety problems at the facility according to a report. The report was compiled by Mark Williams Deputy director of performance assessment for does office of nuclear safety. It warns that failure to Correct the problems could have serious consequences. The report was completed tuesday but has not yet Een made Public. It focused on the Plant s efforts to reopen building 559, the Laboratory that analyses chemicals waste and radioactive materials. A congressional source who asked not to be identified said does rare criticism of its own operations in the report indicates the change in Doe a a culture promised by Energy Secretary James Watkins is occurring a but at the top and not yet in Rocky Flats Middle management. The report said Plant operator leg amp a  Industrial health and safety programs Are  it said workers in charge of handling radioactive materials had a gaps in knowledge about safety limits and said Middle and upper management seemed unconcerned about keeping radioactivity to the lowest Levels possible. Rocky Flats plutonium operations were suspended in december 1989 following repeated safety violations and problems. Watkins has promised that the Plant will not be allowed to resume operations until it is deemed Safe. The Plant is the Only . Facility that makes the cores for atomic bombs for nuclear warheads. A spokesman for leg amp a said the company is preparing an a action plan to respond to the report. In a related development the environmental group Greenpeace criticized the operators of the Savannah River nuclear weapons Plant in South Carolina. It said the 14 a heavy water spills at one of the Savannah River site reactors pointed to problems in employee training and safety procedures. The reactors produce nuclear material used in atomic weapons. Greenpeace asked a Federal advisory Board to investigate the spills and to consider whether the reactor should be restarted As scheduled by years end. A spokesman for the company that operates the Savannah River site said Westinghouse Savannah co. Already has taken Steps to solve the problems  
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