European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 10, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                V Page 4 a the stars and stripes 1 . Wednesday february 10. 1993 Man bursts into Hospital shoots 3 doctors v. _. Assailant sought pain medication witness reports los Angeles a a Man carrying three guns and demanding pain medication burst into an inner City emergency room and critically wounded three Doc tors in an attack that heightened fears about safety in big City hospitals. The gunman who told police he suffered from aids also held two women hostage monday at the los Angeles county University of Southern California medical Center. He freed them unharmed after several hours and surrendered. It apparently has to do with what he perceives to be poor Mcdial treatment it. John Dunk said. The medical Center is in a neighbourhood with some of the City s worst gang violence. Yet most doors Are wide open and there Aren t enough guards staff Mem Bers said. We  clothing off them and we find guns on them said or. Marc Eckstein chief resident in Emer gency Medicine. And their buddies in the waiting room have on gang  the suspect was identified As Damacio Ibarra Torres 40. Torres was booked for investigation of at tempted murder and kidnapping. Police recovered two handguns a sawed off Rifle and a knife. He told a swat officer that he has aids said police spokeswoman Sharyn Michelson. Hospital officials said the gunman was a former patient but they refused to discuss his medical history citing confidentiality rules. The three victims Are or. Richard May 47, who was reported to be in extremely critical condition with a gunshot wound to the head. Or. Glen Roger 41, who was in serious condition. And or. Paul Kaszubowski 44, who also was in serious condition. The doctors were shot at a desk near the Entrance where they examined patients to expedite treatment in the crowded trauma Center. The sole guard in the area was in another part of the emergency Center officials said. May had just taken patient Dora Castaneda s blood pressure when the shooting started said her husband Arturo Castaneda. He was coming you know he had the look of the Devil in him. I thought we were next Arturo Castaneda said. A swat team prepares to enter a los Angeles Hospital monday after a Man shot three doctors and took two hostages. Patient Hope Flynn said she heard the gunman de Mand pain medication seconds before the shots rang out. He was Yelling i want something for pain cant you understand me can t you see i need help she said. The Hospital is one of the nation s largest with More than 2,000 Beds. Its exterior is the Model for general Hospital in the Abc soap opera. Its emergency room is one of the nation s busiest treating 600 to 650 patients a Day for everything from stomach aches to gunshots said spokesman Harvey Kern. Kern and others said Hospital safety has been improved in recent years with More guards and the use of card keys to enter some areas. Dunkin said Security at the Hospital is Good. The los Angeles times reported tuesday that the Hospital had been unable to fill its allotted Security Force. County records show that 84 guards Are authorized but Only 71 had been hired As of december be cause of difficulty in recruiting them. Guns drugs and limited Access to health care Breed violence in the nation s overcrowded emergency rooms said Anita Shaffer of the greater los Angeles count chapter of the state emergency nurses association. Emergency rooms have been the receivers of. Allow society Sills she said. Damacio Ibarra Torres sits in a los Angeles police car after being arrested in the emergency room attack. Powell wooed by investment firm among others by the Washington Post Washington the Carlyle group a Washington based investment firm would like army Gen. Colin l. Powell chairman of the joint chiefs of staff to join its ranks later this year. But his assistant said monday that p6well is evaluating numerous possibilities. The Carlyle group is but one of Many Many groups or interlocutors for groups that have approached the chair Man or that the chairman has had discussions with said army col. Dill Smul in his assistant for Public affairs. He has made no decisions. It is not Likely that he will in the near  a rank c. Carlucci a former defens Secretary who is vice chairman of Carlyle said the firm does not comment on peo ple who May or May not be considering employment because it would be an inva Sion of their privacy. Carlucci and Powell worked together for years on National Security matters. This week s time Magazine said pow Ell is rumoured to have held Job talks with the Carlyle group and characterized James a. Daker Iii and Richard Darman As two other rumoured Carlyle  Baker was the Secretary of state under president Bush Darman is a for Mer director of the office of manage ment and budget. A spokesman for Baker said he has not made any decision regarding any association with a Law firm or financial , who was at Carlyle s offices monday would not comment. The time article also said Powell might leave his Job before his term As chairman is finished at the end of sep tember. But Smullen said monday that Powell plans to remain in the military Post until fall and will not make final decisions about future employment until then. Carlyle which owns companies ranging from an airline catering business to a commercial real estate firm also owns bpm International inc., a local defens technology firm and general dynamics electronics systems. The firm earns Mil Lions of dollars a year in investment advisory fees. "1 would t bet that Carlyle ranks any higher than anything else on his list of probables and he is not spending a lot of time on this Smullen said. But As he runs into people on occasion they will say if you Are interested let me know " Smullen noted that Powell s experience overseeing major military operations Complex issues millions of people and no fewer than 25 crises of consider Able import would make him an Ideal candidate for Many top jobs in the Pri vate sector. Over 35 Vears Smullen said one gains a lot of managerial skills. Hell Nave no difficulty making the transition and will be a True asset to anybody he chooses to associate himself with in the business world. It is too Early to Tell who that is going to  . Health department doggedly Sticks to procedure by William Murphy new Day liw York Doggone that health department. They can t even get fido s dog License right. Thousands of new York City dog owners who got their 1993 License renewals in the mail during the Pas month got old 1992 stickers to put on their pets red License tags health department officials confirmed monday. Although the owners already have the Green 1992 stickers the health department sent them More of the same anyway. Why i had nothing else to give them said Martin Kurtz director of veterinary Public health services for the health department. Kurtz said that his Agency has been having trouble getting its dog licensing ducks in order since 1991, when it took Over the function from the american society for the prevention of cruelty to animals. The department has been plagued with data entry problems and with the poor Quality of stickers provided by manufacturer. The department finally mailed out 27,000 License renewals with 1992 stickers in the last week of 1992 and the first week of 1993, he said. Of r he Resl of 1993 d�8 owners will get the yellow1993 sticker Kurtz said. And what about people who get stopped by enforce f Nunn Tiff  _. T t i a mint agents for having an expired dog License i Haven t heard any complaints about that Kurtz i would Hope enforcement people would Concan ate on people to have no dog License at  said. Trate