European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 14, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday september 14, 1985 the stars and stripes Page 7 aids fear blamed for blood shortage by the associated press blood supplies Are critically Low in scattered sections of the nation and some health officials say unfounded fears of contracting aids May be keeping potential donors from giving blood. The Atlanta regional office of the red Cross which serves 106 hospitals issued an emergency Appeal for blood donors thursday and sought to assure donors that there is no danger of contracting aids or any other infectious disease through the donation  aids has just been in the Public Eye so much lately you can t help but feel that plays a part in the shortage said or. Adelisa , acting director of blood services at the red Cross chapter in Nashville term., where the inventory was 670 pints wednesday Down from inc usual 2,000 to 2,500 pints. Some cases of acquired immune deficiency syndrome have Bern linked to receiving transfusions of contaminated blood. Bui you cannot contract aids by giving blood said or. William c. Sherwood director of red Cross blood services in Philadelphia. Giving blood is an extremely Safe and easy  it is routine practice in the United states for blood to be extracted from donors with sterilized Needles that arc used Only once and thrown away. Health officials in some regions blamed shortages on the annual summer slump in donations and on increased demand. Traditionally this Lime of year across the system we Sec shortages said Gene Jeff cars manager of press relations for the american red Cross in Washington . He said vacations mean people arc away from Home and not donating and at the same time arc More Likely to be in traffic accidents. And while some officials in some regions blamed fear of aids for reducing donations at the moment we Don t at the National level feel there is a problem with the aids  Jeff cars said. In its emergency Appeal red Cross officials in Atlanta said that blood supplies would be 1,500 units Short of the number needed for Hospital requests by he end of the Day. In the next three Days at least 3,000 donations arc needed to return supplies to a Safe level. In a statement the red Cross blamed the shortage on the labor Day weekend and generally poor collection for the past few weeks but added that blood donors should be assured that there is no danger of contracting aids or any other infectious disease through the donation  we Are getting More and More inquiries from people who have very bad misconceptions said or. Gerald Shulman medical director for the blood Center which serves much of North and cd neral Georgia. Many peo ple believe that giving blood is a dangerous procedure. Which is  along with Atlanta and Nashville officials cited fear of aids in shortages in Oklahoma and in the Southern new Jersey and Southeastern Pennsylvania Region served by the Philadelphia red Cress. Red Cross and Hospital officials in Louisville ky., cited fear of aids As a Factor in a shortage that had them seeking blood from As far away As Kansas. There is a Good Deal of misinformation about aids and we re trying to let potential donors know that we need them and it is Safe said Kathy Denton of the red Cross Philadelphia chapter which serves 97 Hospi tals. Instead of its Normal inventory of 1.600 units of o positive blood the Philadelphia Branch had Only 333 thursday. It should have 250 pints of of neg Atic but Only had 89, Denton said. The Oklahoma blood Institute in Oklahoma City normally has 1,500 to 2,500 units or pints of blood in Reserve but on wednesday that was Down to 500 units and dwindling daily said or. Ronald Gilchr director of the Institute which serves 41 hospitals in Central and Western Oklahoma. The Louisville red Cross had Only 96 units wednes Day. We re trying to cover emergencies said Janet hard Sty. Some people have the mistaken impression Lii Al they can get aids when they give blood said  Gobst a spokeswoman for the Nashville red Cross office. Aids cripples the body s immune system defense against disease. It is spread through contaminated Needles shared by intravenous drag abusers. Receiving of transfusions of info Clad blood or sexual Contact usually Between homosexual males researchers say. Ban on Gays upheld for armed services Philadelphia not in a Case watched closely by military officials Educa tors and advocates of homosexual rights a Federal judge has held that rules barring Home sexual from the armed forces take precedence Over conflicting local anti discrimination Laws. Judge James t. Giles of Federal District court in Philadelphia ruled that a local Law enacted in 1982 that prohibits discrimination based on sexual preference must yield to the Power of the u. S. Government to run its armed forces As it sees fit. The ruling invalidated an order issued earlier this year by the Philadelphia com Mission on human relations requiring Temple University to bar representatives of the judge advocate general s corps from interviewing Law students on Campus for Legal duty with the military. Along with the rest of the military the corps refuses to hire homosexuals. The commission issued its ruling in a Case originally brought by two homosexual Law students at Temple who had unsuccessfully sought positions with the corps. By allowing employers who discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation to use Campus facilities the students charged Temple was in effect guilty of discrimination itself. Lawyers for the commission had acknowledged that it had no authority to in validate military regulations but asserted that it could prevent Temple from participating in such discrimination. But the commission s ruling Giles held marked an improper attempt by local authorities to regulate directly or indirectly the conduct of the american military. While its hiring policy was abhorrent to the local ordinance he said the military s autonomy in such matters was established under the Constitution and protected by its supremacy clause which makes Federal Law Paramount when it conflicts with state or local statutes. Defense department regulations state that homosexuality is incompatible with military service and adversely affects the ability of the armed forces to maintain discipline Good order and  the military s policy toward homosexual hiring has  upheld by the Federal courts. About 50 cities and counties have anti discrimination statutes similar to Phila Delphia s and lawyers for the armed forces had warned that a court decision holding them applicable to the military could seriously hamper recruiting. The military departments must recruit approximately 550,000 new members each year. Some 5,000 of them the equivalent of six army infantry battalions come from Phila Delphia. Daffy and bugs finally make it Duck Jones left and Fritz freking. Cartoonists for Winter bros., stand by their drawings to the museum of mod Ern Art in new York City. In Honor of the 50th anniversary of Looney tunes and Merrie melodies cartoons the museum is sponsoring a special exhibit entitled that s not All folks dog archers Are Southern Fried Wadley a. A City officials who ear Lier this year Drew criticism when they ordered police to shoot stray dogs on sight arc now using Fried Chicken As bait to capture the canines. The new animal control program went into effect when officials tailed two wire Cage Type traps with Fried Chicken and other table scraps. Officials have estimated that As Many As 200 i Ray dogs roam the streets of the East Georgia City in packs destroying property snapping at children Ana howling at the Moon. Some of the City s 2,700 people have even accused the strays of digging into Graves in the local cemetery said polio chief Randy Hagans. Fri probes Green River murders Seattle up the Fri is joining investigation of the nation s longest series of unsolved killings the 31 Green River murders because at least two of the Vic Tims apparently were taken across state lines before their deaths the Bureau said. Allen Whitaker Fri special agent in charge in Seattle said a preliminary inquiry into the murders of two Young women whose decomposed remains were found last june in a suburb of Portland ore., determined there was a reasonable presumption that the victims May have been kidnapped and transported to the state of Oregon prior to their death. This would involve a violation of the Federal kidnapping statute Krown As the Lindbergh la which is within the investigative responsibility of the Fri Whitaker said. It was the first time authorities officially said the port land victims Denise a reel Bush 23, and Shirley Marie Sherrill 18, both of Seattle May be linked to the serial killer. Two other murdered women whose still unidentified remains were found near Tualatin ore., in april have not been added to the list of the Green River victims. The other 29 Green River victims All were found in King county Wash. The skeletal remains of another murdered female identified wednesday As Mary exp cute West 16, were located in a Seattle Park the first time a possible Green River victim has been found within City limits. West s name was on a list of 12 women whose disappearances Are tentatively linked to the Green River killer so nicknamed because his first victims were found near the Green River South of Seattle. Although her name has been taken off the list of missing it has not been added to the murder list yet. The Green River task Force of dozens of inv Ligator has spent millions of dollars in a search for the killer who first struck in 1982 and usually leaves his victims near wooded areas