European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 17, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday june 17, 1992 the stars and stripes b Page 5some doctors found Blind to abuse new York up a doctors often close their eyes to Domestic abuse affecting their patients even though As Many As one in four women seeking emergency medical care May be battered health leaders said tuesday. A group of studies published in the journal of the american medical association show . Physicians frequently do not recognize victims of Domestic violence and if they do Many Are reluctant to intervene. A it is time to take this Issue out of the shadows and address it openly. And we cannot simply Mouth the words and raise our eyebrows while allowing violence through inaction or indifference a . Surgeon general Antonia Novello said in a statement. A Survey of 38 doctors at a Large health maintenance organization in an Urban area found 61 percent had no training on Domestic violence while Only 8 percent said they had Good training on the problem. More than 70 percent of the doctors indicated they did not ask patients about violence at Home because it might take up too much time. Fifty five percent of physicians cited fear of offending the patient As a deterrent to talking about  is time to tales this Issue out of the shadows and address it  . Surgeon general Antonia Novello the Survey was conducted Between August 1990 and february 1991 by researchers from the University of Washington in Seattle. Another report prepared by the amass Council on ethical and judicial affairs states that most physicians fail to properly diagnose patients who Are victims of Domestic violence. One study cited in the report found that emergency room doctors identified Only one in 35 of their female patients As being battered although a review of medi Cal charts showed it was Likely that one in four were victims of Domestic abuse. Physicians a should routinely inquire about abuse As part of the medical history a the report recommends. In an Effort to improve doctors treatment of family violence the american medical association on tuesday announced it will Issue guidelines on preventing diagnosing and treating child abuse and neglect child sexual abuse and Domestic violence Between adults. Reporting in the medical journal Judith Mcfarlane and her colleagues from Texas woman a University in Houston said Many cases of physical and sexual abuse of pregnant women can be uncovered if medical workers ask the right questions. When 691 pregnant women at Mablie clinics in Houston and Baltimore were asked t Irce simple questions about abuse 17 percent reporter they had been physically or sexually abused during pregnancy a More than twice the level found by other diagnostic methods. Sixty percent of the women said they had been abused two or More times during their pregnancy and the risk of violence was a appreciably worse for White women than Blacks or hispanics the researchers said. 10 stars and strict s years ago june 17,1902 a the . Supreme court ruled 5-4 that children of illegal aliens have a right to a free Public education and unanimously ruled that japanese owned companies operating and incorporated in the United states could not discriminate by hiring Only japanese men for executive jobs. 20 years ago june 17,1972 a Clifford Irving was sentenced to 2years in prison his wife Edith was Given a two month term and they were fined $10,000 each for concocting a the literary fraud of the Century a a bogus autobiography of billionaire Howard Hughes. 30 years ago june 17,1962 a South koreans entire Cabinet resigned after it. Gen. Song to Chan quit As the country a Premier. To chants resignation was in apparent protest against the currency Reform decreed the previous week by Gen. Park Chung Hee s military regime. 40 years ago june 17,1952 a an unarmed swedish air Force Catalina search plane was shot Down by soviet Mig-15 Jet fighters Over the Baltic sea. A mob of angry swedes shouted a we want to see Stalin hanged a outside the soviet embassy in Stockholm Sweden. 50 years ago Tobay a june 17 1 a 9 4 2 the afrika Korps advances to the coast East of Obruk cutting the port s last land link with Britain s 8th army the British 4th army brigade butlers heavy losses trying to break through Axis troops near Sidi Razegh. On the Southern soviet front German and romanian forces storm the Quot Siberia Quot fortress at Sevastopol a key Strong Point defending the crimean port source 2194 Days of War w h. Smith pud Visners inc. World almanac Book of world War ii. Bison boo a com 1961 a building Faith in police will take time new  los Angeles a Willie l. Williams the Man chosen to Lead the City a troubled police Force through the 1990s, urged residents monday to give him time to restore Confidence in the department and boost officer morale. Williams who is scheduled to be sworn in june 30, said he understands the Public a desire for change in the 7,900-member department after the Rodney g. King beating in March 1991 but said citizens  expect reforms overnight. A i think some of the expectations May be a Little too High and that a Only because the City has undergone such a dra Willlams Matic series of events in the past 15 months a Williams said in an interview. A but i think ill be Able to fairly Well manage and balance the demands that Are going to be placed upon me in the next couple of weeks and  Williams Philadelphia a former police commissioner was hired in april to replace Daryl f. Gates who is retiring under pressure after the videotaped beating by White police officers of King a Black Motorist last year. Williams is los Angeles first Black police chief. Gates who critics say condoned racism and brutality in the department has filed papers indicating he will hand in his badge on june 28. Williams said boosting officer morale will be his biggest Challenge As chief. He said demoralizing factors include the King beating bickering among top command officers and criticism of police response to the riots that followed the a department chief says quintals of four men in the King beating. A the officers Feci like that they be been put upon and attacked from every Quarter a Williams said. A some of them told me the other Day a there a no place to go but up because we re further Down then we Ever in our lives thought we would  a Williams said showing officers he is eager and ready to Lead the department is a key to lifting morale. He said he plans frequent trips to its 18 divisions in the coming year to speak with rank and file officers about their problems. Once he becomes chief Williams said he will conduct a thorough examination of the department to determine what reforms Are needed and what they would Cost. He said he expects the process to take 90 to 120 Days. Williams said that because he is Black he expects it will be easier for the department to Bridge its differences with the Community a minority populations. Crane wins encounter with City Hall Troy 111. Apr wreckers hired to tear Down the remains of a bakery that burned last week instead accidentally lowered the Boom on City Hall. City administrator Bud Klaustermeir watched in helpless astonishment As a 65-ton Crane backed into City Hall on monday creating a gaping Hole in the front Wall of his office. A this is not a Good Way to Start off the week a Klaustermeir said. But then he thought of the Silver lining a i am very pleased that i was not in  no one was Hurt inside the building but some people were shaken up. A we were just sitting there when we heard this rumbling noise then the building started shaking so we jumped up and ran out a said office manager Joan Eber Hart. A next thing we knew part of the Wall was lying on buds  workers were preparing to Start tearing Down the Walls of Christian Wolf inc., a communion wafer manufacturing company that burned wednesday when the Crane Driver backed into the front Wall of City Hall in Troy about 20 Miles East of St. Louis. A the just Wasny to paying attention to what he was doing a said Scott Bailey site supervisor for Aalto wrecking co., the company hired to do the demolition work. A the was just being careless and Wasny to watching the buy he was supposed to be watching a Bailey said. A damage estimate was unavailable. The Hole in the Wall was temporarily covered with plywood and the municipal office building reopened. Noriega s wife cuts Deal charges dropped Miami apr prosecutors dropped shoplifting charges against Manuel Antonio Noriega a wife monday after she agreed through her attorney to pay $1,300 restitution and perform 100 hours of Community service. The Deal which prosecutors said was common for first time non violent suspects ensures Felicidad Noriega will not join the ousted panamanian Leader in prison where he awaits sentencing on a Federal drug conviction. Felicidad Noriega and a Friend arrested with her Rosa Busto will not even have to return to court under the arrangement. Felicidad Noriega was out of the United states with the courts permission monday according to attorney Leon Tozo who helped with her husbands Case and represented her in the Brief hearing. He refused any comment outside court. Prosecutor Anne Lyons said that under the pre trial intervention Deal Felicidad Noriega does not necessarily have to return to perform her Community service. Felicidad Noriega was arrested March 20 at a Miami area Burdine department store during her husbands trial Here. Authorities said a surveillance camera caught Busto plucking buttons from expensive designer dresses As Felicidad Noriega held up clothes in an apparent Effort to hide her friends activities. Police found 27 buttons Worth $305 in their shopping bags. Under the agreement the women will also have to pay Burdine $1,321 for the buttons and damage to the dresses As Well As sign an agreement not to sue the store for false arrest. Such documents Are common when prosecutors drop charges As part of a plea agreement Lyons said