European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 21, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Illinois Dairy workers get clean Bill of health in Salmonella testing april 1985 the stars and stripes Page 5 Chicago a tests virtually have eliminated Dairy workers As the source of the nations second largest Salmonella out which has hit nearly people in six including an infant infected at officials Illinois top health official defended his Agency thursday against charges by two University of Illinois professors who criticized a two week delay in test ing the Dairy Michael speaker of the Illinois called for legislative hearings into the state Public health departments handling of the which was recognized March it prompted the closing of jewel Compa Nies Hill farm the source of milk believed to have carried the infection confirmed victims of the epidemic numbered by late out of cases health officials most of the cases were in with Vic Tims also reported in Minnesota and five deaths have been linked to the outbreak and nine others Are under the unidentified child who was infected at birth by its Mother was in Good condition thursday night at Bronson methodist hos in officials he Mother had drunk milk sold at a jewel food the fifth Salmonella linked death was re ported in will county Coroner Robert Tezak Lauren of died in Silver Cross Hospital in Joliet after being admitted for acute leukaemia on april Tezak her death was attributed to with Salmonella listed As a secon Dary the outbreaks 46th lawsuit against jewel was filed Robert an associate pro Fessor of epidemiology at the University of and Samuel professor of environmental and occupational health criticized the Public health department for the two week delay Between the time the outbreak was identified and tests on Dairy if Early testing had turned up a worker with a Salmonella Strain identical to that in the it could have provided a significant clue to the source of the co Tami Northrop testing employees is Days after the outbreak after thousands were would not Tell investigators Jeremy acting Public health said Early testing of employees was considered but that experts from the Dairy Industry and state and Federal governments agreed that where you have Carrier con you can expect its Marks to be found in the Salmonella primary cause o eating food contaminated by organisms symptoms q abdominal sometimes usually fever o especially among can be severe time Between eating contaminated food and first symptoms 472 hours average 18 hours treatment n bed fluids and treatment for diarrhoea and cramps d the very Young and very As Well As anyone with severe should Contact doctor or go to emergency room n antibiotics Are not recommended q disease should run its course within 23 Days How to avoid catching it from someone else n avoid Contact with fees of person who did not become ill or who has recently recovered it takes adults 5 weeks to rid their systems entirely of bacteria q Wash hands thoroughly with soap and warm water after using bathroom help their hands completely after toilet use d use hot soapy water when doing laundry n people in sensitive occupations who have symptoms of Salmonella should avoid direct Contact with food and care until they have had 2 consecutive negative tests of Stool samples Chicago Tribune graphic source Illinois department of Public health pirate nations Deal Senate told Washington up a drug Fig ure turned government informant told the Senate Friday fugitive financier Robert helped by Nicaragua and was involved in cocaine traffic from South America to the United James who ran a procurement company called everything goes told a Senate subcommittee on family and alcoholism that Vesco and his associates were involved in setting up cocaine operations under the Sanctuary of the governments of both Nicaragua and the chaired by Paula also heard testimony from government officials on Nicara guas role in drug they maintained drug trafficking activities were Sands of time officially sanctioned by both customs commissioner William von Raab testified that both countries were using the drug Trade to generate hard Cash for both the cuban and nicaraguan governments Are in a class of pirate led by individuals whose National policies Foster drug or von Raab herring told the senators he once sailed to Cuba on a freighter that was intercepted by a cuban gunboat carrying Vesco and cuban in another he said he and a Vesco aide inspected a Rice farm in Nicaragua to build an Airstrip for ferrying herring said the freighter also carried High technology equipment to Cuba and picked up drugs for transportation Back to the United in four trips to Cuba and four to Nicara now a government maintained that the drug related activities had the Sanction of each and that the drug profits went into each nations Justice department official John Keeney told the subcommittee there is Strong Evi Dence that High officials of the Nicara Guan government were indeed involved in the International cocaine Sarali assistant press officer at the nicaraguan emphatically denied that the nicaraguan government was involved in As weve said those accusations Are absolutely she we consider it one More try of the Reagan administration to Dis credit the government of Christopher criticized the subcommittee for singling out the leftist government and not focusing on other drug producing countries such As Turkey and he noted that Nicaragua is an area of con Cern since both the Senate and House Are scheduled to vote next week on president Rea Gans proposed million in Aid to rebels fighting the sandinista i think we mislead the american people and mislead our colleagues in Congress if we suggest today that drug trafficking is the exclusive Domain of Dodd in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today april 1945 soldiers beat Down the last organized German resistance and captured Nuernberg As the French 1st army reached Rothweil and pressed on toward Southern Germany Mountain 30 years ago today april 1955 West Germany moved closer to sovereignty As the United states and West Germany deposited treaties to that similar action by Britain and France was expected 20 years ago today april 1965 the rampaging Mississippi River breached one of four dikes protecting the North Side of la flooded a Cluster of gasoline tanks and Trig gered a fire threat in the 70 years ago today april saudi arabian Petroleum Sheik Ahmed Zaki Yamani said there May be a confrontation Between Oil producing and Oil consuming nations leading to higher Oil prices unless the two sides can resume the talks that broke Down in Paris last Lavelle goes to claims Frame up up Rita a for Mer official of the environmental Protection Agency who says she was went to prison Friday on charges of it is totally ludicrous that i have to go through with Lavelle but Ive made a decision to end two years of hell and go through with the american people know i was Lavelle told reporters As she entered the Pleasanton Federal correctional institution to serve a six month Lavelle was found guilty in december 1983 of lying to a House subcommittee investigating a scandal in the Epa Over toxic waste cleanup Twenty two including former administrator Anne were fired or resigned As a result of the Lavelle was the Only one indicted and is the Only member of the administration Ever to be found guilty of a felony involving official Lavelle blamed people in the Justice and people in the White for making her a its a disincentive for people to go to Washington and open yourself to this kind of she Why Are they spending taxpayer Money to Frame Rita Lavelle the former Epa official said she has written a Book about her ordeal to be published soon which will name she said that was the Only Way she could pay her Legal her James said in Washington thursday that an Appeal to the supreme court would be filed within a few Days seeking her but Lavelle seemed resigned to serving in prison Al though she i dont know what in going to be and in she arrived at the Campus like Federal prison 40 Miles Southeast of san Francisco in a Mercedes Benz Sedan with three after a few words with reporters she was ushered into the facility to begin William director of said she would not be segregated from other Shell undergo a week of orientation and be assigned to some sort of work unit food or maybe the furniture Cowan the prison houses 565 medium and Low Security Pris mostly Patricia Hearst served her 22month Bank robbery sentence there in the the prison is in a Remote area of the Livermore inmates have Freedom of the grounds and recreation facilities including Tennis courts and handball Cowan said Lavelle would probably be housed in a room with another she was convicted on four felony counts of perjury for lying in sworn testimony and in a statement to two House Lavelle had denied under oath before a House subcommittee the previous year that she was aware her former the Aero Jet general was involved in a major toxic waste dispute with the at her witnesses testified that she had participated in the cleanup she refused to resign and was fired