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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 31, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Inside stripes d police track night 5 the abcs of gourmet 9 n Brigham Young Downs Boston 21 the stars and stripes authorized unofficial publication for the armed forces 135 August 1985 d 8693 a flee Elenas coastal path a coastal counties from Florida to Louisiana were under declarations of emergency Friday after More than people fled from Homes and offshore Oil rigs As 350mile wide Hurricane pumping winds of 95 Mph and picking up churned to Ward its a very serious this will be Well Over a billion said forecaster of the National Hurricane Center in Coral its a fairly Large As Elena it altered its Northwest Ward course across the Gulf of Mexico slightly to the National weather serv ice forecaster Mike pass said that meant it could hit near or to late a Hurricane warning was posted from Morgan to Apalachicola in the Florida up to 10 inches of rain was expected in the hurricanes Elenas indecision on landfall and its drop in Speed gave the storm More time to beef up its said Wade civil defense director in Harrison and a Hurricane by the time Elena hits its winds could Range from 120 Mph to 150 putting it in the class of Hurricane which ripped into new Orleans in Guice As an estimated people left their Homes and businesses in Mississippi on major highways from the states three coastal counties were crowded with traffic As far North As about 150 Miles the giant Ingalls shipyard in pasc Agou a major military shut its doors and sent its workers Ingalls workers re floated a ship that had been in dry Dock and secured others that were under besides fierce the storm could raise tides by eight to 12 feet along the cutting off escape routes when it hits the weather service the fifth named storm of the 1985 Atlantic Hurricane became the fourth Hurricane when sustained winds topped 74 Mph at 9 Edt squalls from Elenas Northern fringes were reported on the Florida Panhandle shortly before Midnight a Flash flood watch was issued in Northwest Florida counties West of the Chattahoochee in the people jammed stores see Elena on Page 28 3day death toll tops 30 in South Africa South Africa a three Days of rioting have left 33 dead and in Cape town a school and a factory were among buildings destroyed in the particularly hardhat coloured police and unofficial sources said disturbances continued Friday in the or mixed districts of Mitchells Plain and with gangs of youths hurling rocks at cars and police patrols and blocking roads with piles of blazing tires and police said Friday that 28 people had been killed since a wave of looting and Stone throwing began wednes Day in Cape towns biggest Black and spread to engulf the five major mixed race with unofficial reports of two Blacks killed thursday in the Cape town area and police reports of three Blacks killed that Day in other the riot toll across the country since wednesday was in the italian and Luxembourg foreign ministers arrived on a three Day Mission that they said was aimed at expressing the european common markets opposition to at Stelle Bosch the Premier afrikaans an Guage 20 Miles from Cape about 300 White and students attempted an ant apart Heid March to the town Center they were turned Back by police after walking a and were pelted with eggs and water bombs by righting witnesses it was thought to be the first such protest March at a Campus of All White except for 500 mixed race and Black students admitted under an exemption in the Reagan showing increasing impatience with the Pace of change in South is calling on president Botha to make a Clear commitment to open talks with Black leaders on ending a senior state department who briefed report ers said Botha has indicated he wants negotiations with Black but has done so in a manner so opaque As to be difficult to in a manner that has led to further we do not ignore the obligation of any government to see Africa on Page 28 a South african policeman with a whip charges a crowd of protesters outside Athlone services to test All entrants for aids virus a photo stadium in Cape Washington up All recruits and persons entering the armed forces starting 1 will Given the new aids blood test and rejected if results show they have been exposed to the the Penta gon announced William assistant defense Secretary for health told a Pentagon news conference that additionally if a Spe Cial Board now considering the problem of acquired immune deficiency syndrome so tests May be extended to All million men and women currently in the armed the test will Cost million a Mayer said so far some 100 cases of aids have been detected in the Navy and air those aids victims currently in the service who fail to respond to medical treat ment will be entitled to an honorable medi Cal he starting some men and women who apply each month for military service will be or about a testing this will Cost about million he tests will also be administered to men and women coming into the service from the service academies and from the Reserve officers training he the blood which became available in the detect the presence of antibodies to the virus believed to cause but do not indicate whether the person has or will develop Only a Small percent age of persons carrying the antibodies will develop Many Are believed to be capable of passing the virus to As regards potential the Penta gon statement individuals with Posi Tive test results will be referred to their private physicians for More thorough Eval those who Are determined to be negative upon reevaluation and who Demon Strate no signs of aids will be reevaluated and processed for entry into the armed serv  
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