European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 17, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday. February 16,1993 . The stars and stripes pages Navy girding for Tail Hook tidal wave Washington a the Navy has quietly Laid the groundwork for the Complex Legal fallout expected from a potentially explosive report on the Tail Hook sex scandal. The report by Pentagon inspector general Derek  Schaaf will Deal with the Tail Hook convention in Las vegas in 1991, where several dozen women complained they were groped and fondled by Navy and Marine corps aviators. The report also is supposed to take up any attempts to cover up any misconduct. Because of the report scores of officers Are Likely Tobe referred to courts martial or recommended for lesser disciplinary proceedings. The report won t be released until a Navy Secretary is appointed by president Clinton the Pentagon said tuesday. The charges could prove devastating to the highest ranks of the service if senior admirals Are accused of failing to halt the tawdry activity that had been known to have taken place for years at the convention. It s going to be ugly no doubt about it said one senior officer whose Boss could be among those targeted. The Navy and Marine corps each will chose a High ranking officer to decide whether the cases against individuals named in the report should be sent through an administrative process convened by an individual commander known As a Captain s Mast. A court martial is called to try the most serious charges and is automatically required in the Case of felonies. A Captain s Mast deals with noncriminal act that usually involve disciplinary matters the establishment of the so called Central Conven ing authority for each service is to ensure a fair treat ment for each of the accused Navy officials said. The process could take months and perhaps years to Complete should some cases be extended by lengthy appeals. The commander of the Navy s surface ships in the Atlantic vice adm. J. Paul reason is Likely to be tapped for one Job while Marine maj. Gen. Charles c. Krulak the commander of the combat development command in Quantico va., is expected to assume the second Post. \ during the Navy s initial probe of the incident the service encountered problems because some of those who May have faced punishment would have been judged by higher ranking officers who also attended the  two officers do not have to be bound by the report issued by Vander Schaaf said one senior Mili tary Legal officer. However the material gathered in the report could be used to establish probable cause to pursue the matter through the military Legal system said the offi cer who spoke on condition of anonymity. The months Long probe conducted by the office Ovander Schaaf will go beyond documenting previous allegations of grabbing and for idling of women pushed through a Gauntlet at the 1991 Las vegas convention and the subsequent mishandling of the Navy s initial investigation of inc incident according to one report. Vander Schaaf is expected to include allegations that some men exposed themselves and at least one Man engaged publicly in Oral sex with several women the Losangeles times has reported. In the stars and stripes 10 years ago feb. 17,1983 about 95 per cent of the civilian guards at nato bases in Germany went on strike to Back demands for better pay and working conditions the Public serv ice Union Oto saw. 20 years ago feb. 17,1973 a . District judge in Washington d.c., ordered the department of health education and welfare to begin desegregation proceedings against All Public school districts in 10 states and some systems in six other states. 30 years ago feb. 17,1963 an escape bid by three Young East germans ended 100 Yards Short of a West German checkpoint As their car riddled with bullets fired by communist Border guards went up in flames. 40 years ago feb. 17,1953 american fighter jets intercepted and then fired on two soviet planes Over Japan s northernmost Island of hokkaido after they refused to land As or dered. 50 years ago feb. 17,1943 american flying fortresses attacked Palermo in the first raid on Sicily by the Allied air forces in North Africa. World War ii 50 years ago too a feb. 17 the us 1st a my Orv ree Back m Western Tunisia Ater testing to tit of Cis of its a Engin to Strong German tank attacks to Rajnka kops enters Fen Ana but in Bortnem Ponve of Tyva offensive Dot veg on sorta to weakened by me ones on & troops toward Fundock. Red a my troops capture sayans on the soviet re. C Ekau a Minnesota student doctors Appeal for reinstatement of famous surgeon Minneapolis a student tors appealed monday for the reinstate ment of transplant Pioneer or. John Najarian As surgery department chairman at the University of  surgeon who saved the life of Little Jamie Fiske with pioneering. Liver transplant opera Tion a decade ago was ousted Las week in the Wake of accusations that he mismanaged a transplant drug program. About half of the University s 105 res ident student tors held a news Najarian conference after Anjou Long meeting with University presi Dent Nils Hasselmo who stood by his decision to remove Najarian after 25 years in the  surgery resident Jaime mayoral said we want the people of Minnesota to know that the loss of or. Najarian s leadership jeopardizes the future of the surgical training program at the univer sity of Minnesota. He is the main teacher. He is the one we re Here  Najarian 65, has said he will continue doing surgery research and teaching at the University. Hasselmo said he understood the Stu dents concerns but stressed that Najari an was t leaving the  arc simply taking the. Step of changing the management of the surgery department he said. The world renowned surgeon began developing the experimental anti rejection aug Minnesota  or male before he came to the University of Minnesota in the mid-1960s. Male is made from blood taken from horses that have been injected with human White blood  after Organ transplants it helps keep the patient s immune system from at tacking and destroying the transplanted  years the University failed to com ply with food and drug administration requirements to get the drug approved and last summer the Fra halted All sales of male. There also arc allegations the University made huge profits from the $10 million a year sales of the drug which it produce for 150 transplant centers around the  Condie who headed the male program was fired last fall after University auditors discovered that he had received about $62,000 from the Sale of am alg byproduct to a Canadian company. He is challenging his dismissal and de Nies any  has said he deserved to be re moved As head of the male transplant program because the problems occurred on his watch but said Nis removal As sur Gery department chairman was too harsh. Under Fra rules Najarian was the primary investigator who ultimately was responsible for ensuring the drug was use properly. In a letter to Hasselmo the student tors said that they fear Najarian s ouster will Hurt the school s ability to attract top notch residents and faculty and that the Quality of health care in Minnesota will suffer. It s been our position All along that it going to take Public opinion to change this situation surgery resident Anders us land said. The parents of 11-year-old Jamie Fisk support Najarian who performed a liver transplant in 1982 on the Massachusetts girl mayoral said. Her Case helped create the National computer system used to match donors to  patients Are also coming Forward. Fred Roc 50, was the first adult to sur Vive a liver transplant at the University in 1982."i attribute a lot of it to or. Najarian he said of his survival. He said the drug saved his life after his body began rejecting the transplanted liver. Texans to vote on plan to fund poor schools Austin Texas a the state Senate agreed monday to let voters de cide on a Robin Hood school funding proposal that would allow tax Money to be transferred from wealthy school districts to poor ones. The proposal is meant to meet a Texas supreme court order for lawmakers to pass a constitutional plan to equalize funding available to property Rich and poor school districts. It. Gov. Bob Bullock asked about a Likely contingency plan if voters turn Dov h the proposed constitutional Amend ment May 1, said  if a plan in t passed by a june 1 court deadline school districts face a cutoff of state Public education Money. That could mean school closings because Public schools rely on state Aid and local prop erty taxes. The Senate voted 27-4 to concur with the House version of the so called Robin Hood proposal. The House proposal also would permit voters to decide on exempting school districts from future education mandates that Are imposed but not funded by the state with some exceptions. That proposal would be a separate ballot question from the share the wealth proposal. House republicans who number 58 inthe Iso member chamber had blocked the share the wealth amendment until late Las week. Proposed constitutional Amend ments require a two thirds vote in the legislature to be put on a state ballot. I believe the prudent course for us i for All of us to accept something a Little less or a Little different than we would prefer said Republican sen. Bill Ratliff. Gun in suitcase goes off wounds airline worker Daytona Beach la. Up1 a Delta air lines baggage handler was wounded in the Abdomen by a .38-caliber Derringer that v ent off inside a suitcase As the Man  loading bags. Delia distinct manager Terry Braley said the baggage handler Hose name  not re eyed was putting Luggage on a conveyor Belt just outside the plane sunday night at Daytona Beach International Airport when a gun went off. The Man was in intensive care Mon Day. Airport director Dennis Mcgee said Robert Fisher 41, of Gary n.c., was re moved from the plane and charged Vith culpable negligence. Mcgee said passengers May transport firearms in checked Luggage. But you have to declare the firearm at the ticket counter it must be unloaded and it must be in a hard sided Case he said. This was loaded and was in a piece of soft