The News from Frederick, Maryland • Page 26

Page D-S THE Frederick. Friday. August 19.1977 'Clean bill of health' given Eastalco by medical director Learning about EMS radios Ambulance personnel throughout Frederick County attended an informal meeting at the nurses" charters at Frederick Memorial Hospital Wednesday night to learn proper procedures for the newly installed emergency medical service radios. The new equipment will enable the ambulance personnel to talk directly with doctors at the hospital. Mike Smith, left, coordinator of the Mid Maryland Emergency Medical Services Council was the instructor.

These representatives will be responsible for teaching other members of their companies the proper radio procedures. For an effective system, everyone concerned must be speaking the same language. IPhoto by Susan C. IVicol) Eastalco Aluminum Co. has been given a clean bill of health medically, according to a statement released Thursday by company officials.

Dr. Robert J. Thomas, Eastalco's medical director, reports there are no medical problems resulting from the working environment at the plant near Buckeystown. The statement also says Dr. Thomas gave the plant a clean bill of health for its medical program, the general health of its employes and its compliance with all state and federal health regulations.

Pulmonary function tests performed regularly on Eastalco plant employes "have never produced a case with significant change." Dr. Thomas said. Chest X-rays performed on a regular basis at Eastalco ''have never turned up a pathological condition resulting from the working environment. "Urinary fluoride tests have never turned up an elevated case," Dr. Thomas says in the report.

According to the statement. Dr. Thomas says unequivocally the medical condition of the workers is continually monitored and that no problems have resulted medically from the working environment. "Actually, the health program at Eastalco is a quite sophisiticated one," Dr. Thomas reports, "and I can say quite positively that no worker has had a problem with fluorides or with pulmonary function tests as a result of the working environment." Each employe undergoes an extensive physical examination when he is considered for employment, producing -among other things a base-line level of pulmonary functions.

Employes, subsequently, have an annual medical review, including urine fluoride tests, pulmonary function tests, and chest X-rays which are compared to the individual's medical history. Employes working in high fluoride areas in the plants are given the urine fluoride test every six months. It is from these regular monitorings that Dr. Thomas has drawn his conclusions, the Eastalco statement reveals. The medical director also pointed out in the report the urine fluoride test "would detect any fluoride problem long before it could be damaging to the health of a human," but no elevated eases had ever turned up at Eastalco.

In addition to Dr. Thomas serving as plant medical director, Eastalco provides specialists to its employes when needed and has an industrial nurse on staff full-time, with a part-time assistant. Ms. Betty A. Duvall is a certified industrial auiometrie technician, as well as a registered nurse.

Also, all plant guards are trained in first aid in case of emergeccies, according to the statement. "Eastalco has clearly demonstrated its all-out commitment to the good health of its employes," Dr. Thomas concludes in his report. New teacher orientation set New teachers in Frederick County will be welcomed at an orientation program scheduled for 9 a.m.. Aug.

31, at Walkersville High School. Following registration and coffee, teachers will be greeted by Mrs. Frances W. Ashbury. president of the Board of Education; Nancy L.

Gordon, president of the Frederick County Teachers Association, and Dr. Alfred Thackston assistant superintendent for Curriculum and instructional Services. A film and short briefing have been planned for the first part of the session. Later in the morning, new teachers will meet in seperate sessions with Area Directors Frank Cleary. John L.

Thompson and Evelyn Lezzer. During these sessions, teachers will have a chance to ask questions and gain information about the school system. Music for the meeting will be provided by Carol Ann Martin a first year music teacher at Frederick, accompanied by Teresa Main Burner a first ye'ar music teacher at North Frederick. Anyone interested in Tuberculin Skin Tests should report to the health suite. The orientation meeting is scheduled to end at noon.

Court rejects Fogle's bid By WILLIAM E. GRAFFAM Staff Writer A pest-conviction motion asking for a review of sentence for credit for additional time already served in jail was asked Thursday morning by Richard R. Fogie, who pleaded guilty on April 5, of second degree murder. The motion held in open court by Circuit Court Judge Robert E. Clapp Jr.

was denied. Fogle was sentenced to ten years with the Maryland Department of Corrections by Circuit Judge Samuel W. Barrick on June 14, for his part in the murder of Francis Edward Hunkles, 46, operator of Runkies Junkyard near Mt. Airy. Runkies was found dead by a customer of the junkyard about 6:15 p.m.

His body was found on his screened back porch on Vfoodville Road with several bullet wounds. Jesse Newlin West, "ine trigger man," was convicted of first degree murder following a plea of guilty in Prince Georges County and given a life sentence in 1973 for his role in the slaying. In the Thursday proceedings before Judge Clapp, to which Fogie was brought by officers of the Division of Corrections, Fogle, representing himself, asked the Court to consider his motion oa four grounds: that the original court lacked jurisdiction, that ais extradition proceedings were improper, that there was new evidence exculpating his role, and that the court should give him credit for time served. Opposing Fogle's position, State's Attorney Robert Rothenhoefer said the issue of jurisdiction had been well established by state and federal courts; that the extradition from Pennsylvania where fogle was in jail was proper, and that the new evidence was really not new at ail to Fogle who could have used it at many times earlier in his various legal writs and motions before the courts. The new evidence referred to a letter written by West in which he said that Fogle's role in the crime was "a minor" one.

Rothenhoefer and Judge Clapp both called Fogle's attention to the fact that if his ease were reopened he would be subjecting himself to retrial oa a charge of first degree murder rather than the second degree charge to which he pleaded. He replied, "Oh, I didn't know that," and indicated that would not at all be satisfactory to him. Judge Clapp noted: that even if Fogle had been brought into the state illegally, he still ould be under the jurisdiction of the state and its charges; that by his plea of guilty he had effectively waived all prior defects in the legal process; that as regard the West letter and its view of Fogle's "minor" role that such a view does not cover the issue in a moral or legal sense. Judge Clapp said that he would have ao authority to modify the terms of the sentence unless the conviction were set aside and under such conditions Fogle would be subject to reindictmeat. Tuttles awarded for accident injuries By WTT.T.TAM E.

GRAFFAM Staff Writer A circuit court jury Thursday assessed damages due to Mr. and Mrs. Donald H. T-jttle of Liberty-town from Maryland State Trooper Donald R. Bartgis at S5.500 for an auto accident near New Market on Sept 1975.

Judge Samuel W. Barrick ordered a directed verdict for the Tuttles as regards liability which was not contested after plaintiffs attorney, Ronald C. Brigerman, put on his case. Brigerman called as witnesses: Dr. Gerald M.

Reed, Dr. William P. Roberts, Dr. Tse-Shiung Wu, State Police Cpl. Larry Taylor and tie Tuttles.

Defense attorney Fred Bower called only on defendant Donald Bartgis. The accident occurred about 5 p.m. at the intersection of Md. 75 and Md. 144 near New Market on a day when visibility was low, according to Bartgis, and happened as Bartgis pulled out of Md.

144 through the intersection and struck the Tuttle car. Tattle, 42, had been going to his home about six miles north of the accident scene from his work at the Vitro Laboratories in Gaithersburg. The suit originally asked for 530,000 for Tuttle and for $5,000 for both Mr. and Mrs. Tuttle.

During the summation, attorney Brigerman indicated that a reasonable assessment of damages would be a total of $22,526 to cover past and future medical expenses, pain, and expenses. The jury took 32 minutes to reach its decision. Members of the jury were: Ray E. Trout, foreman; Roy F. Fogle, Mildred M.

Reed, Calvin E. Weishaar, John F. White, Kathryn C. Staley, Kenneth L. Alger, Nadine Morgan, lone R.

Lenhart, Robert A. Kline, Ralph L. Abelow and Melvin Mclntosh. Montgomery's pre-release program cited as exemplary From The Montgomery Bureau ROCKVILLE With praise for its "wide range of well designed, developed and managed rehabilitation services," the county's prerelease program has been named an "Exemplary Project" by the National Institute of Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice. The program, operated by the county's Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation since 1968, was cited specifically for individual tailoring of such services as counseling, education, job development and placement, a low walk-off rate and community support.

The review board which made the selection lauded the center's ability to respond to the needs of convicted people from county, state and federal SPAPFRI Disruptive Youth workshop Three teachers from each of Frederick County's primary, secondary, and middle schools participated this week in a workshop on "The Disruptive Youth." Experts on various aspects of disruptive behavior spoke during the course of the week, and a panel discussion was held Thursday. -Sitting on the panel were (left to right) Cam Smith (Juvenile Service), Fred Younkins (Vocational Rehabilitation), John Harmand (Social Service), Det. Sgt. William L. Newcomer (Md.

State Police), and Frederick City Police Chief Major Richard J. Ashton. Jay Berno (standing behind moderated the discussion and much of the three-day workshop. (Photo fay C. Kurt Holler) Civil Rights Commission 9 report urges government control over TV stereotypes jurisdictions and its successful control of client behavior.

The center also was cited for "extensive and sophisticated integration of planning, screening, programming, client assessment and general managerial control." An evaluation of the program last spring showed only five out of more than 400 participants were arrested for new crimes while they were living at the center. At the same time, the study revealed, 80 per cent of successfully released residents had not been re-arrested a year after their discharge. The pre-release program began in a dormitory of the Detention Center. It was moved to a leased building, with 22 participants at a time in 1974 and in 1971, expanded to handle 40 people at a time. WASHINGTON (AP) According to the TV critics over at the U.S.

Commission on Civil Rights, television's typical situation comedy is built around this formula: "Any problem can be solved, by luck or by someone else." But that's make believe. In the real world of government, it takes a study, a report and if the commission has its way a new set of rules to solve a problem. That is the formula evident in the Civil Rights Commission's 181-page report on women and minorities in television. It cost S321.419 and it concludes that the government should do something about television. advances made in portrayal as well as in employment opportunity, minorities and women particularly minority women continue to be underrepresented in dramatic programs and on the news and their portrayals continue to be stereotyped," the commission held.

It's solution: "Television should accurately reflect the ethnic and gender diversity of the nation. and women should participate fully in bringing this about. "The federal government should ensure that this is Whatever the sins and shortcomings of the evening's fare of TV shows these days, the government probably could make matters worse. The Civil Rights Commission solemnly complains that the population of the TV shows doesn't accurately reflect that of the nation too many- men, too many young women, not enough elderly people. It reports that the women in situation comedies tend to be subordinate to the men.

In the police and private eye shows, the commission says, women are far more likely than men to be the victims, rather than the perpetrators, of violence. This observation is followed by a footnote: "While this commission does not advocate that women should be portrayed as the perpetrators of violence, nevertheless it should be noted that woman are portrayed as more vulnerable than men since they are more frequently victimized." And that's not an. "A comparison of the population of the television world with that of the real world reveals that there were many more males on the screen than there are in reality," the report notes. "Male characters constituted 73.9 per cent of the television population, while males actually constitute 48.6 per cent of the U.S. population." The complaints about TV programming are one phase of a civil rights commission report that also advocates new standards and quotas for the employment of minorities and women in the broadcasting industry.

The commission wants the Federal Communications Commission to come up with rules on the portrayal of women and minorities in TV programs. The FCC says that would create a regulatory nightmare, and it is indeed hard to see how the government could enforce such program rules without a corps of censors to examine TV scripts and reject those that present stereotyped characters. In any such system, somebody would have to decide what was an acceptable presentation of a female or minority character, and what was not. But the Civil Rights Commission in- sists that it doesn't want or government previewing of TV scripts. The commission doesn't say how its ends could be attained without government intervention, before or after a broadcast, to supervise the content of TV shows.

Nor, in all its 181 pages, does its report mention the simplest solution a viewer has to deal with objectionable TV programming the knob that turns off the set. ALL KINDS OF PEOPLE ALL KINDS OF PLACES Meadows Van Storage, Inc. YOUR NORTH AMERICAN VAN LINES 4GENT Packing Moving Storage Frederick, Maryland PHONE 663-3155 The Gentlemen of the Moving Industry YOUR OIL HEATING COMFORT OUR BUSINESS ECONOMY OIL WEIt BROTHERS 662-1121 829-1144 NEWSPAPER!.