European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 27, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Inside stir toes q putting the Emph Asla Back on English Page 7 q the dangers of warfare in the dark daily Magazine d cardinals hike Lead to 4 games Page 21 the  author tiled Uno Fici. Publication of the . Admeto forces vol. 44. No. 162 Friday. September 27, 1985A d 8693 a prostitutes in Berlin spreading aids to some gis doctor says Washington a West German prostitutes have infected some . Soldiers with aids and those soldiers appear to be spreading the disease to wives and girl friends As heterosexual transmission of aids moves from theory to reality a har Vard researcher testified thursday. Or. William a. Hasltine of the Harvard medical school told a Senate bearing that an army study found that s percent of the . Soldiers in Berlin seeking treatment for venereal disease Are infected with the aids virus. He said they apparently were infected by local prostitutes. Among prostitutes surveyed he said 20 percent to 50 percent had the aids virus. Haseltine did not say in his prepared testimony How Many soldiers or prostitutes were surveyed. Blood samples by the army have shown that an infected male Soldier can transmit the aids virus to a female sexual partner and that she in turn can transmit the virus to other males Haseltine said. And he added there Are some reports indicating lesbian women can spread the disease to other women. A lethal venereal disease is now spread ing through our population All the More dangerous because infections May remain in apparent for a Long time Haseltine said in testimony prepared for the Senate appropriations subcommittee on health. Public awareness of the dangers of aids is spreading also. A Washington Post Abc see Berlin on Page 28 Dollar plunges in Germany Gold prices stable London up the Dollar plunged another 2 per cent thursday against major european currencies while the Price of Gold firmed. The Greenback closed in Frankfurt at 2.6590 German Marks Down from $2.7160 on wednesday. Sales of German Marks to is. Personnel for person Al use will be Al the rate of 2.64 Friday based on a Price fixing at midday. See other rates on Page 27. The Dollar s slide was less accentuated in London where it finished trading at 1.4382 to the Pound thurs Day Down from 1.4322 the Day before. It closed in Paris at 8.1145 French francs Down from 8.2750, and in Brussels at 54.50 belgian francs Down from 55.45 on wednesday. The Dollar s fall in Paris following wednesday s Central Bank intervention to ease pressure on the franc was caused by rumours that the entire French Cabinet was about to resign Over the Greenpeace scandal. The Dollar closed in Milan at 1,794 italian lire Down from 1,835. It was the first time the Dollar had fallen below 1,800 lire since sept. 3, 1984. The Dollar dropped 5 percent on monday after the United states and the four other leading non communist Industrial nations agreed to push Down its Worth because it was judged to do overvalued. Gold closed in London at $329.25 per ounce up from $328.75 wednesday and in Zurich at $330.50, up from$329. On its final voyage the tugboat his Uranyl lows the damaged Rainbow Warrior once Ibe flagship of the Greenpeace environmental movement across the Harbor in Auckland new zealand on thursday. The ship extensively dam aged by mines on july 10, was beaded for a scrapyard. See Story on Page 28. Pentagon stresses commitment to health care by Clint Swift Washington Bureau Washington making readiness the Pentagon s top medical priority will not mean an end to High Quality health care on base in peacetime the defense department s chief medical officer says. We will not make a departure from our firm commitment to provide Quality health care to dependents of our Active Luly forces and w retired members and their families William Mayer assistant Secretary of de sense for health affairs said tuesday. Recent press stories that this May be among our plans Are not at All Correct he told the Senate armed services subcommittee on manpower and personnel. Mayer also struck Back at press reports that he said used selected incidents to imply that most military medical care is not Quality  i remain convinced that the Overall Quality of care in military Medicine is equal to if not better than care Overall in the civilian sector he said. Mayer has said the rate of malpractice claims against military medical practitioners is 8.7 per 100, half the civilian rate even adjusted for the fact that Active duty members cannot sue he government for medical malpractice. He pointed to a directive of july 18 requiring licensing of military health care personnel and directives to be signed this month against conflicts of interest in Man aging clinical investigation funds and physician moonlighting As Steps to improve problem areas. The decision to hire civilian peer review agencies such As state medical boards to Monitor the Quality of military medical care should be a continuing guarantee of the care s effectiveness he told the panel. Mayer said he was aware of Long Waits for appointments at some military medical facilities. He also acknowledged complain s about prices and the complexity of the civil Ian Cost sharing program champs. He repeated a Public pledge to seek a civilian military partnership that would improve health care delivery while per mitting the military to concentrate on get Ting ready to save lives in War. We do not foresee a significant change in that 25 percent civilian versus 75 per cent military workload split Mayer said. We May however Sec a change in the Type of work done in House so that it Best serves and is most relevant to the special ties and work Force needed to meet our readiness  Mayer said he Hopes to take advantage of Competition in the civilian medical Community to change the Way the defense department pays for the 25 percent of beneficiary care in non military medical facilities. Mayer s concern about Public perception of military medical care stems from a series of critical audits and widely publicized malpractice lawsuits. The Navy is taking testimony in washing ton As part of a pre trial investigation in the Case of a former heart surgeon charged with five counts of involuntary manslaughter at the prestigious Bolh Coda naval Hospital. The military medical system operates 500 facilities including 168 hospitals. They arc staffed by More than 170,000 physicians nurses administrators corpsman and other support personnel. On any Day some 23,500 people will be in patients Al military facilities or at civil Ian ones under champs. During the year the facilities provide 56 million treatments. Mayer is asking $9.6 billion for military Medicine next year