Military malpractice issues come before Byron subcommittee
The House Armed Services subcommittee chaired by Beverly Byron examined a bill allowing active duty personnel to sue the government for medical malpractice under defined conditions. Expedition of reform drew witnesses from Barney Frank and Concerned Americans for Military Improvements, while officials from the DoD and GAO defended current doctrine and ongoing reforms.
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House
Armed Services
Frederick
Beverly B. Byron
6Th
Byron
Supreme Court
Feres
United States
Veterans Administration
Barney Frank
D-Mass
Senate
House Judiciary Committee
Frank
Reagan
Americans For
Mary Day
Cranston
R.I
Congress
Nuong Brown
David
Womack Army Hospital
Fort Bragg
N.C
Tulsa
Okla
Navy
Richard
K. Willard
H. Lawrence Garrett III
Department of Defense
National Defense
General Accounting Office
David P. Baine
GAO
DOD
Downs recaptured near scene of Oregon prison escape
Elizabeth Diane Downs, who fled from Oregon Women's Correctional Center on July 11, was recaptured Tuesday less than a mile from the escape site. She is escorted from the state police headquarters, flanked by state trooper Cynthia Kok.
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Elizabeth Diane Downs
Oregon Women’s Correctional Center
Ms. Downs
Cynthia Kok
Domestic disturbance arrest top drug charges in Frederick
Doris Harris called police during a reported domestic disturbance at Taney Apartments in Frederick Tuesday. Deborah Oran, 34, was found cleaning suspected cocaine from a kitchen table while Dayton Harris, 24, returned to the scene. Both were charged with possession and distribution offenses plus related counts and common nuisance. Bail set at $10,000 each.
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Taney Apartments
Frederick
Frederick City
Doris Harris
Pvt
Edward R. Kormacki
Deborah L. Oran
State attorneys drop rape charges against three men
State prosecutors plan to drop charges today against three men accused of raping a woman in Pinecliff Park near Frederick on May 25. Insufficient evidence and further sheriff's department work plus polygraph testing prompted the decision. The woman, who knew two of the men, said she was lured into a car and compelled to have intercourse.
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Pinecliff Park
Frederick
Lawrence Dorsey Jr
Frederick County
Sheriff's Department
Man accused of abuse was boy's Big Brother
Alfred Philip Vogel a former Montgomery County teacher faced third degree sex offense child abuse and battery charges. Prosecutors say he befriended a boy through the Big Brother program and took him on overnight trips while the boy’s father was dying. The case details alleged sexual abuse beginning June 22 1985. Vogel denied the charges and his attorney questioned timing and witnesses.
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Montgomery County
6Th Judicial Circuit
Barry Hamilton
Alfred Philip Vogel
Hamilton
Vogel
Phil Vogel
Pennsylvania
Thomas J. Gagliardo
Gagliardo
Big Brother Association
Wilmer S. Cady
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