European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 31, 1964, Darmstadt, Hesse So Furoy october 31, 1964 the stars and stripes i National Merit tests set for next March germ leu Tab Mer Abers of toe preventive Medicine unit 7 it Naples Are constantly fight ing a War on germs. At Letl Hospital corpsman3rd clan Lewis a. Bunch prepares a specimen or water analysis. At right u John a. Mat Rennan checks piling from a pier at Rota Spain for termite damage. The Naples unit Isone of Low worldwlde.-sft8 photo Langfield Karlsruhe. Germany Spe Cial National Merit scholar ship qualifying tests for . Army dependent High school Stu dents will be administer a i at Alli High schools in the european area on March 1 and 13. It has been announced by the director ate for . Dependent schools european area . Forty 4-year army Merit scholarships and forty 4-year individual Loans Are available to qualify ing dependents of army person Nel under an agreement betwee the department of the army and the National Merit scholarship corp. A Mac. Administrator of the program. More than 17,000 senior throughout the United states and overseas competed for the National Merit scholarship awards last year with 14,000 emerging Newry pm specialists protect 6th Fleet personnel medical sleuths want to go out of business by Sam Bauman 88 Naples Bare a Naples is masking behind the rather prosaic title of preventive Medicine unit pm 7 is a group of medical sleuths who guard the health of the . 6th Fleet and All other Navy outfits from the azores to Burma. We re an outgrowth of the world War ii anti malaria health groups said it cmdr Stephenj. Kendra of Lansford pa., assistant officer in charge an epidemiologist with pm 7. But now that malaria has Bee largely conquered we be turned to the Public health sort of , who splits the bulk of the constant travel required bythe unit with the officer in charge capt e. C. Sweeny relaxed in his office at the naval support activity in Naples and explained that there Are four plus in Naples Honolulu Norfolk andean Diego. We re the Only overseas out fit and with six officers and eight men we be kept Prett Busy around our area Kendra licked off the sections of the unit administration gotta keep those papers insect study or control of vectors a scientific term for things that transmit disease Public health Labora tory and epidemiology study of epidemics. Everyone working with pm is a specialist Kendra said. But we do a Little bit of every thing. For example our entomologist is also tied in with the Bureau of docks. 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For one thing you can t grow hepatitis virus in Thea oratory so you can t really prove that any one thing is Carrier. So we have to depend on what we Call presumptive evidence. For instance we once had 14cases of hepatitis. The Only thing All 14 men had in common was hot they All bought sandwiches from the same Street Vendor himself was t affected by it hut we were a Leto establish that he was exposed to hepatitis himself through sewerage or other known cases Kendra does a person guard against hepatitis we presume the virus is killed by cooking but we Aren Tsure. Cooked foods seem to be less to blame. Raw seafood oysters clams danger Nils. Ditto for raw Naiad. Retraced eight cases we think a raw salads to one restaurant Kendra said. Olton the victim does t eve know he has hepatitis for months. He suffers Tram a Sim ple Lousy feeling said Kendra we Don t know Why but Al most always cigarettes Don t taste Good to those who have it Kendra said. Then cames a Gen eral weakness fever loss Ota Petite and visible jaundice isolation and careful extensive treatment Are the Only known people who live Abou the Mediterranean when the sanitary facilities Are backward usually develop an immunity i their youth Kendra said. By when americans from the Hughl septic . Atmosphere Are sex Wood to hepatitis it can tracking Down a hepatitis source is difficult the commander said. Each victim is about places where the has eaten or had something drink in recent months. Other clues can be areas where their tin has been swimming or sleeping. Statistics Are vital in Chidem ology said be Milru. With ii hem we d be helpless with such diseases As hepatitis. And Statis tics help us to protect our people on Long he walked to a Large map of the world with various coloured pins clustered in undeveloped areas of the world. This map graphically show where the six major internationally reported diseases Are com Mon or currently Active. We Chart the plague Black death cholera Small pox yellow fever Louse borne typhus and pm men not Only act As med ical cops said Kendra but they also sometimes serve As he explained in 1m1 we answered a Cal for help trom the sudanese gov can mint. It seemed that an eld comic of yellow fever had broken out along the Blue Nile we rushed equipment and administered thousands of also helped out in Iran in 63 when a four year drought brought the nut Liin to near Paral Ysis. Food was Low and diseases of All kinds spreading we jumped in and helped however we units the Navy also operates re search units about the Mediterranean two in Egypt. One is i Cairo and the other upriver at Ual Akal. Kendra said. Bot study tropical and neotropical most of our work is Rou Tine lab study identification of bacteria from Navy hospitals water examination confirmation not suspected diseases for ships at sea or station hospitals Check son local swimming areas Ken dra is a major activity with the unit As Well he said special classes for ship and land personnel outline necessary precaution for those living or operating in the Mediterranean area. We try to let them know what s new or different from the states and How Best to adapt if they d just listen to us we t be almost out of business grinned Kendra. As Semi finalists. Many Stu dents in the european area were among the 1.125 awarded Merit scholarships in 1w4. Based on scores attained in the National my it scholarship Quail Ying tests each student will be advised by the a Mac through the High school where the test was administered that he is 1 a commended student or j who must take the hol Aslly aptitude test in order receive further consideration i a May apply for army loan assistance and will to addition automatically be considered for a National Merit scholarship Andin army Merit scholarship upon successful completion i Thech Lustic aptitude test. The names of the Merit scholars for this year s program Iii be announce in april Merit scholarship is a our year award to cover the undergraduate College years. Final Sis select the College they wish attend and the course of study hey plan to scholarship Winner s Sti Pend under the army program Anees from 1190 to a maximum of 11,500 a year. The amount of assistance will be increased at any time if there is sufficient change in College costs or in the ally s financial Merit program was Estah shed in 1159 with g. Juls trompe Ford foundation and the 7arnctie corporation of Newyork. The United states army Hli shed its educational asses once program in conjunction with the a Mac program in 1m3.about 9.100 Merit scholars have been appointed to Dale under the a Mac program. Awards under the a Mac pro Gram reach a maximum of or the four years of under the a Mac pro ram now average about 1800 year. Lindsey hosts fit course Wiesbaden. Germany Spe Cial an aerospace maintenance management course for key maintenance officers throughout Safe has been held at funds Zyair station under the sponsorship of Brig Gen n. C. Spencer jr.,Deputy chief of staff for Materiel. Conducted by the school of sys tems and logistics a Branch of the air Force Institute of technology fit the three week course was geared to bring Toto maintenance officers and managers the latest information on aerospace maintenance. Rome g. Peppers was the chief instructor for maintenance and j. Richardson Johnson the lecturer on maintenance manage ment principles. The two me travel world wide to air Force installations to bring maintenance officers information on the latest development philosophy and directives relative to the aerospace maintenance Mission. The m students attending to Henndsey course came from bases throughout Germany Italy us a Turkey England France Greece and the Netherlands. . Carnival planned Frankfurt Germany Spe Cial the annual German american carnival sponsored bythe Frankfurt boy scouts will be held saturday through tuesday on the parking lot in front of u04 Cavern on Hansa Alice i Frankfurt. On tuesday at 1 p.m., the traditional kiddies festival with free rides will take place
