European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 07, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday August 1993 . The stars and stripes Page 7 senators ask probe of military deaths Washington a a bipartisan group of senators asked defense Secre tary Les Aspin on thursday to Convene a special inquiry into the deaths of 50 sail ors whose families have questioned the military s findings that they committed suicide. Trie concerns of these constituents simply cannot be dismissed As delusions stemming from denial about their sons deaths As some have suggested said sen. Alfonse m. D Amato r-n.y., in a letter signed by 10 other senators. Further provision should be made for increase found in tots falling from windows Chicago a at 13 floors up the Only thing Between 5-year-old Jeffrey Moman and the enticing world below was an open window. He crawled through it and there were no screens or guards to protect  april eight children have fallen from windows in Chicago. Two of them Jeffrey and another boy. Were  problem is occurring nationwide say paediatricians and safety experts. But so far Only new York City has mandated window  from windows Are a significant problem for children riot Only in easter cities but throughout the nation said authors of a recent study that found 151children fell from buildings or other structures in los Angeles county be tween 1986 and 1990. Only one child died but 15 were neurologically impaired and costs were $5,000 to $8,000 to hospitalize each child the authors reported in the july Issue of paediatrics  new Cork began its window guard program in 1976, the number of annual Falls has dropped from 159 to 49, said Charlotte Spiegel who spearheaded the City s  the 1991 victims a re Rock Star Eric Clapton s 4-year-old son Conor who fell from his Mother s Manhattan High Rise after a cleaning woman left a window open without a guard in place. Estimating that 70 people die each year in window Falls the consumer product safety commission last week issued its first window safety Alert recommending Metal guards where local codes permit  of the recent Falls in Chicago occurred when children were left alone i apartments or climbed on furniture placed by open windows. Falls typically occur in summer month sin Low income housing with no air conditioning. Possible Hurricane Heads to Antilles Miami a tropical storm Bret raced toward the Caribbean on thursday and forecasters said it May reach Hurricane strength by the time it reaches land. The storm could hit the lesser Antilles islands As Early As this morning said Hugh Cobb a fore Caster with the National Hurricane Center in Coral Gables. Bret formed wednesday in the mid Atlantic and was moving West. Hurricane Center experts emphasized that the storm could change course at any time. Changes in death certificates and All re lated documents in those cases where the evidence does not conclusively prove a self inflicted death the letter 5aid. It. Cmdr. Brian Cullin a Pentagon spokesman had no immediate response saying we re riot aware of the  the letter reiterated a request some of the senators made to Aspin in june after the Philadelphia inquirer reported that the families of 14 servicemen whose deaths were ruled suicide or accidentally self inflicted believe their sons were Mur dered and want the cases reopened. The families also told their stones to a House armed services subcommittee probing military investigative agencies in the Wake of the Navy s Tail Hook sex scan dal Frank Coleman a d Amato spokes Man said the initial letter was answered by the defense department s inspector general who said he would not conduct an investigation while the subcommittee staff was looking into the Natter. Since the report on the 14 families Coleman said More have come Forward with similar allegations. Some of the families contend their sons died after witnessing drug sales or use by other soldiers and sailors the inquirer reported. Others said the deaths came after their sons complained of lax conditions or thefts aboard ships or on bases. The families accused the military of lying to them covering up evidence los ing blood samples or other evidence and failing to interview key witnesses or per form Basic forensic tests. They said the military ruled the deaths suicides to try to avoid embarrassing allegations. Ailing infant from Bosnia getting care Loma Linda Calif. A an8-month-old bosnian boy will undergo tests at a local Hospital to determine whether heart surgery will be per formed to remedy Blue baby Dis ease a Hospital spokeswoman said thursday. Or. Senad com Colic a bosnian physician practising at St. John s Hospital in Santa Monica interpreted for Little Mario tool garlic s Mother Selma. Thank you to the Hospital. Than you to everybody who organized this the Mother said. Mario suffers from tetralogy of fal lot More commonly known As Blue baby disease said com Colic. The birth defect prohibits oxygenated blood from being transported to the heart. The condition can cause clubbing of the fingers or toes a failure to gain weight and a Blue skin tone from tack of oxygen the physician said. Mario has been hospitalized since he was 8 weeks old. Spokeswoman Anita Rockwell said doctors at Loma Linda University medical Center will decide Early next week whether to perform surgery. Coughing As medics gave him oxygen Mario arrived at Norton fab Insan Bernadino in a . Air Force plane. Mario s scheduled flight was can celeb last week because his Mother was not feeling Well authorities said. His father is still in Bosnia and the family apartment there was destroyed by recent bombing. Mario is one of 19 bosnian children flown to the United states last week. Selma tool Grilc of Bosnia holds her son Mario As he receives oxygen upon their a half arc being treated at California rival at Loma Linda University medical Center in California on thursday. Hospitals. Coast guard puts an end to its dots and dashes Boston a in the end the coast guard s Morse code emergency distress system went out not with a bang but with a dash. Now closing Down continuous watch began the last Morse code message broadcast by the coast guard. Fair winds and following seas with 73s Best wishes from All of  with these words transmitted in the code s familiar dots and dashes coast guard Veteran Rusty Hemer Iway closed out an Era. The coast guard began monitoring the 500-Kilohertz radio frequency for Dis Tress signals at the turn of the cent Ryand in 1924 set up its first radio station to Monitor the frequency continuously. Since then coast guard radioman have answered thousands of distress Calls that s sos or three dots three dashes three dots and saved countless lives. But with the Advent of satellite and digital technology such As Marine phones ship to Shore Tel printers and electronic beacons that can pinpoint a ship the Morse code frequency has been made obsolete. It s a step Forward like going from the horse and buggy to the car said it. Cmdr. William c. Glidden who oversees communications in the coast guard first District based in Boston coast guard radioman expressed nos Talgia for the code which Many had use for most of their careers. It s another link in the winding Down of a culture like when people stooped sneaking latin said kick Booth coast guard spokesman. Coast guard officers Are realists he said. They see that it s time to go but they re still a Little  i hate to Sec it go away but it was inevitable that the digital technology would take Over said Hemenway the 30-Yearcoast guard Veteran who was asked to Send part of the final message. Responses to the last message broadcast at 8 . Eastern Daylight time 0000 Greenwich mean time came from ships ranging from a bar har Bor Maine ferry to a luxury liner in the Caribbean. Many wished Good Luck and goodbye to the senders