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Prisoner-of-war survivors gather for reunion mm/aum i as vecas iai»j — ] Japanese soldiers knock B'7Vi%!lH'B ing 0,1 h*»r <loor in tin* i'hiltppini's ami ordering her to prepare ihree (lav-, worth of food and clothing for herself and her 3'y«nr old son Three days stretched into three years anti two months in a World War II prison <-*mp where the young Anwnan mother gave birth io a daughter and nearly lost h«r own I»f«« Sam* and her husband celebrated her 'Olh birthday on Saturday and the 50th anniversary of the American liberation of prison <amp« run by occupying Japan ese fortes in the Philippines They were among more than 5f»0 sur vivors and rev uers who gathered for their fourth reunion this weekend at the (io!d Coast Hotel A (.'isintt The liberators wcrr member* of the \' S Anm ’* 44th Tank Hat talion and 1st Cavalry Division. the first to liberate a ftpatima camp, on Fab 3, 1945 "Feb t is a significant dav for thorn of us in Santo Tomas, and Fell 4 is the first time wit were able to vim the f Ampriunl flag in three years." said Terri Johnson, One of the reunion organizers, who was interned during murh of her teen age years Santo Tomas was on* of several t amps in the Philippine, "We have people from all over the world hero Australia. England, Wales, the Philippines. 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Medical journals include reports of parent* ordered to stay away from their children before the medical«ondition was ding nosed and even of one father w ho killed himself in jail, he said ’XJbviously, it s devastating for parents to bo accused of molest ing their child or told that some one in their environment ha* been molesting when it hasn’t been occurring," Pride said. Out of roughly 500 children a year brought to Children's Hos pital in New Orleans for sus pected sexual abuse, 20 to 30 turn out to have medical condi tions that include diaper rash and infections. Ib Kathryn Coif man said Some conditions look Iik•• bruises, burn* or blister*, or moke hair fall out in clump* Others l iiuw1 rednos*. bleeding, blistering or what look like scrapes or scratches on the geni tal* or around the anus, she said. Pride, of Danville. Pa . remem bers one young patient brought in with brownish, bruiselike marks on her face that suggested she'd been beaten up. It turned out the marks were an allergic reaction to celery souu The 20-plus conditions Pride desi ribed make up such a small percentage of all suspei ted abuse cases that they are easy to overlook, he said New York University Medical Center doctors reported a father was kept away from his family for a year before his daughter was diagnosed with an autoim mune condition that causes blis ters and raw skin in and around her vagina The disease is called bullous pemphigoid, and Pride said, that os of 1991 only :i.1 cases had Ink'll reported in children The father who killed himself was arrested because his son bore bruises from a Vietnamese folk remedy called cao gio, whit h calls for rubbing the skin with a spoon, coin or other hard object. Pride said A letter from an Oklahoma City doctor in the Journal of the Academy of Dermatology said the boy died of influenza, but his bruises led doctors to sus pect abuse The father went to jail, where he committed sui cide. Pride said. Strep infections can turn a baby's buttocks deep red. and some bowel infections can leave the anus gaping, as if it had been penetrated, he said. Then there are lice. Their biles can cause bluish marks the size of someone’s little finger nail. as if someone had been pinched. Pride remembers a 7 year-old patient with spots on his shoulders. "Abuse was suspected until nits were found in his scalp and a diagnosis of head lice was made.” Pride said Snowstorm surprises eastern states NEW U)Kk |AP) • Winter rami* oul of hibernation in the East on Saturday w ith a blit/jird that dropped a thii k layer of snow from West Virginia to New England "This is impossible to keep up with." said Pat Rodgers, of the Transportation Department in Connecticut, where 2 to 1 inch es of snow fell an hour, leaving a foot in Milford and 11 inches in New (laita(in About 9,000 customers in the state were without power by late afternoon The East's first major storm of the season started Friday in the Midwest and gained strength as it moved eastward and pound ed the Middle Atlantic states overnight with heavy snow, winds up to 40 mph and low wind chills. It dumped 0 inches of snow in Kentui ky and 4 inches in much of Indiana and Illinois. The nation's capital was blanketed with 6 inches Eleven inches fell oi Baltimore County. Md . and up to 14 ill the Philadelphia suiniriis. Ten indies covered the West Vir ginia mountain* and up In 16 fell in (tuilra! New Jersey By Saturday night, up to 18 iiu.tins had fallen on parts of east ern and central New York Neve York Crty koi 10 inches The storm arrived during a so far mild winter in the East — n sharp contrast to last year. when alwut 17 storms dropped 50-plus inches of snow • It's about time!" said Deborah Fcsdelli, riding a commuter train from Connecticut to her job at Mat v s in New York City. I just hope it doesn't hinder people from getting to where they want to go." Guess again. In Now Y ork. La Guardia and Kennedy Airports were closed most of Saturday morning, stranding thousands of people Newark International Aiquirt was able to clear the snow by early afternoon and flights that weren't canceled were departing on time Driving was treacherous as snow turned to sleet and freezing rain in some areas, and high winds dec reased visibility else where At least four traffii. deaths — two in Kentucky and one each in Massachusetts and New Hamp shire — were blamed on the weather. 1'he Massachusetts Turnpike w as closed to propane trucks and tandem trailers Numerous minor at i idonts and three rollovers went reported, state police said. There were no immediate reports of serious injuries In New York City, 3,000 sani tation w orkers using 1,300 plows and 350 salt-and sand spreaders were out, Sanitation Department spokesman Lucian Chalfen said Things were different for those who didn't have to work against weather, however. 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