European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 7, 1964, Darmstadt, Hesse                              1964 Ord recruit tells of bout with meningitis the stars and stripes started seeing Star they found red spots on me san Francisco Iii on inc evening of a slender army recruit was Silling in inc Iso us when he started shivering the Kevin of Boulder made his Wuy Buck to his Post us Nerhy lie Wen to the Hospital find was promptly put in my mind was real ii i want sure what people were i started see ing i just aleut passed out when i woke up monday Nior Nink i had a headache Ive never had such a terrible head and they found the red shots on me like i didst know what i what pvt Kevin Kemper had was spinal a paralytic disease that attacks the Mem Brane surrounding the brain and spinal so fur this year meningitis has struck More than 100 army recruits from the Western Stales undergoing Basic training at fifteen have when several came Down with the disease Ufler being exposed to Ord clamor went up from some con Gressmen and civic groups de manding that training be sus Pended at the Central California the army has completed a pleasing out process fur a halt in mining for the months of de Cember and the Deci Sion was made against a Back Winner of medal could hardly believe ape Ery Soldier has an urge to gel to the proving u hand some medal of Honor Winner said army Cut Roger Donlon of smilingly added that ii turned out to be a Little More than that in Viet the trim 6fooll Wear ing the Green Herd of the Spe Cial passed through new Arken route to the while House in at a special president Johnson lire rented him with the first medal of Honor awarded for bravery in South very proud before boarding a plane at new Ark the 30yearold Don Ion remarked that he was terribly proud about the Honor that had come to members of his family accompanied they had driven Here from their Home at Sauger in Well Back on the Road to recovery Donlon said of the wounds he suffered last july i during an attack by communist Viet Cong guerrillas at Camp Nam Dong in South he  talk about the but the White when it announced the said that Donlon commanded t special forces detachment at the Camp and personally led sue Cesi Ful defense repeatedly exposing himself to heavy enemy training effective Donlon did say that the training of South vietnamese sol Diers has been he said he and american comrades saw the fruits of their work in the any the native soldiers held Thi Camp against numerically Superior Donlon was wounded four Lime during the five hour ii said he suffered shrapnel and grenade wounds in the Shou stomach and it want us bad As the thought it was us he we hospitalized for three weeks Donlon said Hal just before h left Vietnam he Learned that h wus being recommended for the medal of i could hardly believe hard to believe that i we being considered for and the i was terribly i didst know i was actual to receive the award until lend called the other Donlon said he arrived Buck in be United states on to but Var Leflang delayed his return to huge rules until thanksgiving the who indicated he As no marriage plans i have my work Cut out for me in the ervice said he volunteered or service in South he grew up in Sauger Lles where e attended marys parochial school and Saug Artles High after High school he at need the military acid Emy at West he quit and worked briefly for International business machines and then for Kastern air in new York City As a ticket after about a Donlon he begun to feel that army service was his one Rea he was because so Many members of his family had served their country at one Lime or another in inc he enlisted in the army and was sent to officers candidate afterwards he Volun leered for the special forces he was sent to South Vietnam last May with him in route to the while House ceremony were his Moth Marian Donlon his Sis add Lieuie Brothers Paul and and Michaels the Captain is Fine of eight children five buys and three ills father died in the former Eastern air lines ticket agent departed with his family on an Kastern Cathedral Progress is being nude in the construction of u Catholic Cathedral in the modern Structure was designed by Frederick lip Kenya to become a Republic this week Nairobi will become a Republic at the stroke of Midnight one your to the Day after it was Given Independence by while retaining us member ship in the British common Kenya will no longer recognize Queen As the head of the new republics head of stale will be presi Dent Jomo who has served As prime minister since june four Days of celebrations have 9 survivors of Donlon team attend presentation ceremony Washington a surviving members of his special forces team were on hand at the White House when army capt Roger Hugh Donlon received the medal of Honor for gallantry in South the army said nine men who were with Donlon in the action which won him the nations High est award for bravery last july were invited to the two others were killed in inc the nine Are first it Julian Olen Lucak of Chicago sgt 1c Vernon Bee son of Sec Thurman Brown of s sgt Erwin Woods sgt Raymond Whytsell of Madi sgt Keith Daniels of sp5 Thomas Gregg of Fayelle Villa sp4 Terrance Terrin o and sp4 Michae Dis scr of Leen planned to Mark inc trunk they will Start thursday my last until the following Mon on Friday governor Cic neral Malcolm Muc Kinald Wil he also nerved As governor of Kenyu in the year fore Macdon Aid will return to Kenya in Jan Lary As Balluh High commis on Kenyatta und Mem Bers of his Cabinet will attend parliament fur the formal open ing after his speech to the a statue of Keny Ulta will be unveiled outside Purlin Mcnol since Independence a your Kenya has become a Tan time observers Suid that this was inevitable if Kenya was to create its own More suitable to the african mentality in government than the British pattern of parliamentary the Public has taken the Dos solution decision by the oppose lion the Kenya Africus democratic us a Demon slut Ion of Faith and Trust in tin ruling Kenya african nut Ioui Fri tried by the reality of the situation he observers is that Ken can govern better within a Republic under a one parly Kenya itself is in a critical phase of development in a Iron led us leadership be Strong and highly reprise la Lve of All in introduce the government must feel that u has the full con ground of medical opinion that meningitis May become virulent under conditions of Exchange of climate and lowered resistance Liec use of other infectious Many of these factors Ore Apt to he present in the Case of Mili tary together with the fact Many of these men come from isolated areas where they have had i previous exposure to the the California medical association the army found that almost 70 per cent of its cases occurred during the first three months of to a lesser extent Hie disease was Sci arled this your ill Leo mind and cyclic increase officials notice a cyclic in crease in the incidence of Menin gitis every 10 or so in 1053 the army had 261 including 18 a person May Curry the germs shul produce menial los without being Iii but Phillip chief of the Stute depart ment of Public Healths Bureau of communicable said data on civilians stricken with meningitis showed that in nine cases out of 10 victims had no Contact with Tell Lenry per he said the is widely spread through the entire popu lation and hut since 1959 there has been a 13 per cent increase of meningitis throughout the nation with the Pacific coast urea showing a 101 per cent when and if it meningitis does get into the it could be easily eradicated by natural Condil said although once in u while some one comes lilting who is not sufficiently immune and Menin go Coccus gets into his system ind produces resistance eloped during world our ii the army meningitis outbreaks by use of this worked for 20 years until it wus found that the disease was developing a resistance la the sulfa today the army is treating cases with massive doses of u Sulu derivative and Kevin Kimper is on the Roud to recovery after progressing from to serious to Good tie no longer needs inc Intra venous the spinal the the constant watch by army specialists As he did inc first few Days after he wus the bespectacled youth said he want Loo worried Over his bout with the Ive been in a lot of hospitals he said four years ago i Cut my i had a hernia operation last and two years Ugo i was bitten by a sidewinder rattle Tidence and support of All of Ken Yas racial and tribal i guess in a cat with nine 4 1 Hurt As Small plane crashes in Landing attempt api four persons were killed and an other was injured when their  air plane crashed while attempting to land at the municipal Airport the Federal aviation Agency said the a Cessna was in route from to the Only survivor was identified by authorities us Ken Milf she Wax found out Side tin wreckage beneath a bleeping authorities said other Occi besides the Merle of identified by her husband and her old in Heffner identified the fourth victim As Donuil of she said a Friend of her had gone on inc flight just fair the ride Heffner Suid Gladden was encased in a full body cast and had Heen a Hospital