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THE BATTALION
Tuesday, Af'j
Clay,April If
Children die in hospitals, foster
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Two boys who stopped
breathing as they were restrained in mental hospitals re
cently are among at least 29 children who perished in
the past 2 1/2 years in state-regulated youth institutions
and foster homes.
Asphyxiation, suicide, drowning, car accidents and
medical problems were some of the causes of death. The
children ranged in age from 10 days to 17 years old.
Most were teen-agers.
The Associated Press obtained child death statistics
for residential treatment centers, foster homes and men
tal retardation homes from the Texas Department of
Protective and Regulatory Services under the Texas
Public Information Act.
Twenty-six children died — 10 each in fiscal years
1998 and 1999 and six so far in fiscal 2000, according
to the protective agency.
The state’s fiscal year ends Aug. 31.
Two youths died during the same 2 1/2-year period
in institutions of the Texas Department of Mental Health
and Mental Retardation. Both were teen-age boys who
killed themselves at the Austin State Hospital, said
agency spokeswoman Laurie Lentz.
The Texas Department of Health, which licenses
psychiatric hospitals, would not disclose any child death
information. It cited a new law that the agency contends
bans it from releasing details of hospital complaints to
the public. State Rep. Patricia Gray, D-Galveston, the
lawmaker who authored the bill, said she did not intend
for it to keep the public from learning about hospital
complaints.
At least one child — 14-year-old Willie Wright—died
at a psychiatric hospital in Texas this year. Wright stopped
breathing in March as he was held to the floor by w ork
ers at Southwest Mental Health Center in San Antonio.
Wright was banging himself into a wall when three
mental health workers restrained the 250-pound boy,
said hospital president Fred Hines.
*Tt (physical restraint) is something we hate to use,
but we’re dealing w ith the absolutely sickest kids there
are in terms of psychiatric problems,” Hines said. “We
get kids that get totally out of control.”
A cause of death for Wright has not yet been determined
by the Bexar County Medical Examiner’s Office.
The Texas Department of Health completed its inves-
“The dirty little secret of
foster care is often it is
not safe.”
— Richard Wexler
Executive director of the National
Coalition for Child Protection Reform
treatiMj
ligation and did not find any state violations, Hines said.
Police did not file charges in connection with
Wright’s death or w ith the February death of 9-year-old
Randy Steele of Nevada, who stopped breathing after
he was restrained by workers at Laurel Ridge Hospi
tal’s residential treatment center in San Antonio.
As two workers held Steele to the floor, he vomited
and stopped breathing, police said. He died the next day
at a general hospital.
The Bexar County Medical Examiner’s Office ruled
Steele had an unusually enlarged heart for his age and size
and that he died of “excited delirium” during a struggle.
Satellite pictures of
Area 51 put on Web
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - The truth
is out there — on the Web, Photos of
Area 51. the super-secret Air Force test
site in Nevada that has long tantalized
UFO and conspiracy buffs and fans of
“The X-Files,” are being posted on the
Internet.
“This is the first glimpse into the
most secret training and testing facility
for the Air Force,” said John Hofirnan,
president of Aerial Images Inc. of
Raleigh.
The company planned to post the
images in collaboration with Microsoft
Kodak, Digital Equipment Corp., Au
tometric Inc. and the Russian agency
Sovinformsputnik.
The partners launched a Russian
satellite from Kazahkstan in 1998 to
map Earth’s surface and Area 51. An
open-skies agreement signed in 1992
by 24 nations, including the United
States and Russia, made the effort
possible.
The Air Force only recently ac
knowledged that Groom Dry Lake
Air Force Base even exists. The
8,000-square-mile base is 75 miles
northwest of Las Vegas, in the arid,
rugged Nellis Range.
Beginning with the U-2 spy plane in
the 1950s, the base has been the testing
ground for a host of top-secret aircraft,
including the SR-71 Blackbird and,
more recently, the F-117A stealth fight
er and B-2 stealth bomber.
The base’s airspace is restricted; air
craft are not allowed to fiy over it. But
satellite overflights are allowed as part
of an agreement to verify arms-control
compliance.
Among UFO aficionados, it has
long been known simply its Area 51. the
base's designation on old Nevada test
site maps. They believe that unidenti
fied flying objects from other worlds
are hidden at the base, where their parts
are copied for U.S. prototypes.
The images, with resolution good
enough to distinguish a car from a
truck, are better than earlier telephoto
shots from the nearby mountains. The
only other known image purportedly
was shot by a satellite in the 1960s. It is
much fuzzier."
“There arc runways, there arc build
ings, there are buses, there arc test sites,
but there aren’t any little green men or
super-secret aircraft to be seen,” 1 loff-
man said of the new photos.
Several government agencies are
aware of the images and haven't re
sponded, said Hoffman, 52, a Vietnam
veteran who recently retired from the
National Guard after 23 years. ‘T've
had no feedback from anybody that in
dicates anybody gives a hoot,” he said.
An Air Force spokesperson w'ould
not comment Monday on any security
concerns about the images.
“We acknowledge having an oper
ating site there, and the work is classi
fied,” spokesperson Gloria Gales said.
The work involves “operations critical
to the U.S. military and the country’s
security.”
Aerial Images, at www.terraserv-
er.com, planned to offer a link to the
Area 51 pages. Viewing the images is
free; downloading them costs $8.95
and up. Kodak will print photographs
for $20 to $30.
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Microsoft to give
money, software
to tribal colleges
The Texas Department of Protective andR
Services continues to investigate Steele’sd
agency spokeswoman Marla Sheely.
Another Laurel Ridge Hospital patient, ft
Rochelle Claybome, died after she was re!
ing a scuffle with staff members in^
state later found the hospital violated some si
dards regarding restraint use.
An internal memorandum obtained fa
tective services agency cites five other chili)
Texas dating to 1990 in state-regulated facisj
which the use of restraint played a role.
One was a 14-year-old boy in foster care aitl
w aite who died last November of asphyxiatioij
Of the 29 children who died statewided
1 2-year period, 15 lived in foster homes while!]
in residential treatment centers, psychiatrichos
mental retardation group homes.
There are approximately 11,000 children it
care in Texas, including residential 1
Sheely said. Richard Wexler, executive c
National Coalition for Child Protection I
Alexandria, Va„ contends there are high ratesofl
neglect and accidents in foster care, includingttpljor all-Am
tial treatment centers, because nationally the: ^standing I
overloaded. H
"The dirty little secret of foster care is oftetp,
safe," Wexler said, adding that chronic abuser
gleet is a problem that can’t be measured,
Children who live in foster homes, groupte
residential treatment centers often have seriod
tional or behavioral problems, Sheely said, fcf
have severe medical troubles. glr xas 1
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difficult kids." Sheelv said, but added that an' ;ec '
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SHIPROCK. N.M. (AP) — Mi
crosoft Corp. says it’s donating
more than $2.7 million in software
and cash to help bridge the “digi
tal divide" and economic disparity
between American Indian tribes
and wealthier segments of society.
Bill Gates’ Seattle-based com
puter software giant announced
Sunday it will give a total of $2.5
million worth of software and
$200,000 cash to be divided
among eight tribal colleges. Each
school will get a cash share of
$25,000, Microsoft spokesperson
Jenny Moede said. The schools in
clude Dine College in Shiprock,
where President Clinton plans a
visit Monday.
“With a high level of poverty
and geographical isolation, Amer
ican Indians are the ethnic group
most likely to be caught on the
wrong side of the digital divide,"
said Jose C’ de Baca, executive di
rector of the American Indian Sci
ence and Technology Education
Consortium.
net, announcing pledges of rl
ey, training and ec l ui P me,1t ' lof inn^l
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Clinton announces
plan for phones on
reservations
PALO ALTO, Calif. (AP) — To
speed computer access and im
prove telecommunications for
American Indians, President Clin
ton announced a plan Monday to
provide basic telephone service
SAN ANTONIO (AP)
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