European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 11, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10 the stars and stripes february Vietnam War put spotlight on problem services fight alcohol abuse War trint in Shpir flu urn lira by Jay Lewis fort Texas boredom and problems familiar to every person who Ever served in any army have surfaced in the Mili tary in the form of serious alcohol and dig according to congressional and army for army Seal Islic estimate Meo and women i in per cent i of the Garrison til the army most heavily populated base fort Hwd in Texas abuse and liquor to a degree requiring Hiir in rehabilitation programs sponsored by the Oiler sources say abuse of drugs and no Cohol is much More ranging up to 70 percent of Thi population of a Mili tary the aware of i hts shifting require ments of the pos Vietnam has put drug abuse High on its list of priority prob the army has begun to recognize the importance of the welfare of individual sol beyond realizes in must keep its soldiers clearheaded enough to deploy instantly anywhere in the the 10 percent figure is fort hoods am based on the number of persons recommended for drug or alcohol rehabilitation a congressional task Force on drug which plans to open hearings on drugs in the service later this places the estimate on marijuana use among Junior unlisted members As ugh As 70 percent the group arrived at the figure through a questionnaire Survey of select Navy and air Force bases the there is very mile actual knowledge of be extent of drug abuse in the Glenn a task Force Junior enlisted personnel we indicated anywhere Frum 60 to 70 per smoke at least one marijuana Cigar Jeven More English is of the military Security dear s cancelled last year were pulled because of drug 56 people were handling everything a secret codes to nuclear command at fort Hood keeps a full staff of m people who manage a Broad ram of drug 1 coordination with the posts medical military police and Field command Roy an artillery officer i a College degree in social work who 4s the program at the said his in have under their care at any time i average of they Are rated under guidelines established by a 5 army wide personnel regulation for i Alment of substance Al we treat alcohol and drug abuse As one said this treatment is process the army has set it Italy arrests suspect in 70 coup attempt Marto head of the italian was arrested As he disembarked at Romes the arrest was in connection with his alleged involvement in an abortive coup attempt in the 1970 plot was masterminded by Prince Juno Valeric Borghese the so called Black Prince who died in exile in Spain in Rosa had been accused of being in charge of plans to Kidnap than police chief Angelo 30 die in rhodesian clash Salisbury Lupoli the military command reported another 30 War deaths including 17 civilians killed by crossfire during a clash Between troops and Black As Early us the Lale 1960s As a of some things ire were encounter ing in Vietnam when we first recognized we had a drug the drug problem itself has evolved Over the addiction to heroin and Opi ates which initially alarmed the army is on the followed close y by is the most commonly Abu Fri we appear to be moving toward poly drug but the age has a lot to do s what Hes Henson with about 86 per cell of our Alco hol is the primary of half also use while inc drug use problem May to relatively chief Counselor Karen Rushing said the main causes amount to boredom and the Cash out is to Sny theres nothing to do she or maybe there not meeting the problem Headon startled motorists in fort thought a Jogger had tame to grief until they investigated and found the tops Turvy victim was a rubber photographer James Carroll placed the Model head tint in the Ley mud to draw City officials alien Tion to a dangerous dip in the Street caused by an overflowing drainage App nto Eugi exposed of Afef in 57dies of leukaemia Idaho up Paul Cooper the exse Viceman who claimed his leukaemia Vas caused by his Clos Range Observance of an army nuclear explosion 20 years has a spokesman for the veterans administration Hospital said thursday ofneit1 Bee on and off for the past year with he was a Nhsn a Means claim witnessing the alarm Pherice tests in the Nevada desert caused leukaemia Tours film 10 gain disability benefits res in Wal quest for hundreds soldiers awarded a month server and other agencies Are Dis apri veterans administration appeals r s leukaemia was due to the granted be locate the soldiers the health and environment subcommittee of the House has held hearings in Washington to determine whether there is any connection Between the tests and Cooper was one of troops assigned to the nuclear working in their chosen Field and rated Over part of our let them know what fort but a lot of the soldiers ant from their and living Arent very its very Hart see How a private with a wife and my and the wife int working it the key to treatment is the Mufti who has daily Contact i Soldier and is in the Best him for last staff trained nearly of tiers in today classes on f drug users and using the to help identify a drug Tot Ai Mander draws on military until october 1976 could order spot urinal Ysl people at random to submit i that program has cause of Legal Bat i Mander still May direct a is suspects is using drugs to submit in the commanders duct health and welfare Impi his troops and their i sniffer dogs and handlers from tary police if he needs m once in the the do eng a 60day intensive treat which he is counselled twice needs the client it moved inure sponsored Halfway House Ford once he completes Ahtl the client receives weekly a for another 300 at the end of the i cent of the clients Are declared n the remainder Are i the army with a chapter an administrative release Underh blk conditions and referred to to we ans administration for Furt Hoti Henson and Rushing said r release and referral Are the i pro vement to the army t the change was pressure on the individual j easier to draw clients into the r Tion a Side effect of the change is that More senior noncom i cers with drinking problem i without fear of if Rushing Henson suggested that the tics show that fort hoods drug p no worse that any comparably i Ion Community with ayoung i dont think the army i any greater than the civilian i he if you Start con Ages of the 11 the rates of abuse Are r Industry and civilian c Roll Royce recall automobile London iup1i of the most expensive j Ever built because the t Shadow the Verible and the f Lave a which cars can break Down us eced the recall is As the result of the Niperia in the United Stales and there Al a single Dennis Miller said the ported that when he braked control installed b number lit any cat 9sy was to be freakish Sara forwarded to the Low managing director of motors but weve solved it