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In an article yesterday about the lack of psychiatric care for violent youths, the name of Dr. Christiane Tellefsen, acting superintendent of Clifton T. Perkins Hospital Center, was misspelled.The Sun regrets the errors.After a 16-year-old youth was recently charged in Baltimore County in the slaying of an 18-year-old man, he was examined by two physicians who recommended an emergency psychiatric evaluation for him.But when officers immediately notified the Clifton T. Perkins Hospital Center -- the only state mental institution that treats the criminally insane -- they were told the hospital would not admit the youth because it takes only adult patients.

In an article yesterday about the lack of psychiatric care for violent youths, the name of Dr. Christiane Tellefsen, acting superintendent of Clifton T. Perkins Hospital Center, was misspelled.The Sun regrets the errors.After a 16-year-old youth was recently charged in Baltimore County in the slaying of an 18-year-old man, he was examined by two physicians who recommended that he receive an emergency psychiatric evaluation.But when officers contacted the Clifton T. Perkins Hospital Center that same night -- the only state mental institution that treats the criminally insane -- they were told the hospital would not admit the youth because it only takes adult patients.

Dr. Paul F. Guerin, a Cockeysville pathologist who worked at Franklin Square Hospital for 24 years, died Jan. 23 at the University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore after a long respiratory illness.Services for Dr. Guerin, who was 71, will be at 4 p.m. Saturday at Towson Unitarian Universalist Church, 1710 Dulaney Valley Road in Lutherville.A native of Erie, Pa., Dr. Guerin graduated from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine in 1945 and served in the Army Medical Corps from 1946 to 1948.

Leroy L. HubbardConstruction workerServices for Leroy L. Hubbard, a retired construction worker, will be held at 1 p.m. today at the Zion United Methodist Church in East New Market, Dorchester County.Mr. Hubbard, who was 78 and lived in East New Market, died Monday at the Memorial Hospital in Easton.He had worked for construction companies for many years, especially James Julian Inc. in Delmar, Del.He was a member of the United Methodist Men at the Zion church.His wife, the former Virginia Thompson, died in 1985.

From: Del. Mary Louise PreisD-District 34, Bel AirThe crime victims article that appeared in your Sunday, April 28 issue ("Victims of crime call for improved support services") was a remarkable report and I commend you and the author for it.Alan J. Craver aptly related the sentiments and concerns expressed at the victims rights hearing at Harford Community College Wednesday, April 24,for all of us to reflect upon.I have been following these issueswith particular interest because they were presented by many crime victims earlier this year to the House of Delegates Judiciary Committee, of which I am a member.

Many Harford doctors are registered to work at both Franklin Square and the two Upper Chesapeake Health System hospitals, Fallston General and Harford Memorial. Dr. Dean L. Vassar, a staff cardiologist at Fallston General, is one such doctor.He says he determines where to send patients based on what services the patient needs and which hospital has the best equipment for that patient.Vassar finds that in his practice, he admits most patients to Fallston General."We do have patients at Franklin Square, but 99 percent of our patients are admitted to Fallston," he said.

Franklin Square Hospital is using a host of inducements -- includingformer County Executive Habern W. Freeman Jr. -- to win Harford patients and move in on the county hospitals' traditional market.The Baltimore County-based private hospital's bid for Harford County patients has included contests for schoolchildren, free blood-pressure tests, a new drug- and alcohol-addiction treatment center and a local-call telephone number to its Essex headquarters.And it is paying off -- one in eight of its inpatients comes fromthe southern part of Harford, statistics show.

A 14-year-old boy was killed early yesterday in a fire that began in his bedroom in an Essex row house, authorities said.Bernard Langley of the 1500 block of Hopewell Avenue died in the fire, which began at 3:45 a.m. His father's girlfriend, Janet Ann Depalo, 41, of the same address was critically injured, fire officials said.Five police officers, who were the first to arrive at the scene, entered the house to try to rescue its occupants and were overcome by smoke. The five officers were treated for smoke inhalation at Franklin Square Hospital and Key Medical Center and released, officials said.