European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 27, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                O fiscal year ends with record deficit Page 2 o 226 rescued from fire aboard Delta jumbo Jet Page 5 o Aba season gets under Way Page 21 the stars and stripes vol. 44, no. 192 sunday october 27, 1985 d 8693 a aids testing safeguards okd dependent screening debated b Norman Black Washington al1 defense secret to Caspar w. Weinberger has approved i Poitev fur screening Pinili tiry personnel for exposure to aids  contains Safe guards go earning treatment of those who test positive the Pentagon said i riday. Defense department officials also disclosed they arc debating whether aids screening should be extended to famil members of military personnel posted overseas. Pentagon spokesmen had disclosed a week ago that Einberger would approve the Extension of aids blood screening to All Active duty and Reserve forces setting the stage for one of the largest infectious disease screen ing projects eur undertaken. 2 individuals serving in or subject to Dep of ment on Short Notke to areas of the world with a High nil of endemic disease or with minimal existing medical capability. 3 individuals serving in or pending assignment to All there Are currently 2.1 million n and women on Active other overseas permanent duty stations. Duty with the military services plus 1.2 million reserves. According to the policy individuals will be tested in the following order of priority i enlist pcs. 4 individuals serving in units subject to deployment . 5 other individuals or units deemed appropriate by see aids on Page 28 percentage of is exposed of aids any fess indicate Washington a during three months of screening military blood donors tins summer the Pentagon discovered 44 people who had been exposed to the virus that causes aids according to a confidential internal report. The 44 cases however amount to less than one tenth of one percent of the 62,000 individuals who were screened raising questions about How much of a threat the Scase currently poses to the military. The results also provide fresh evidence of How unreliable the blood test that is used for mass screening can be and of the Poten tial Drain on medical resources that the Pentagon faces in confirming initial results said defense department officials who Dis cussed the report on condition they not be identified. The 44 cases were discovered among 500 individuals who initially tested positive the report said. The remaining 456 individuals were Given a clean Bill of health but Only after additional expensive medical exams. Nonetheless Pentagon officials say the defense department will proceed with its plan to eventually test the blood of All Active duty military personnel and reserves failure to establish such monitoring As quickly As possible could allow the disease to spread undetected eventually a Lopardi ing combat readiness and wartime medical care they say. Aids Short for acquired immune deficiency syndrome is a fatal disease that at tacks the body s immune system. It has been confined primarily to homosexuals intravenous drug users and individuals who received tainted blood transfusions Al though there is now some evidence the Dis ease is spreading to the general population. The blood screening procedure now being employed by the Pentagon can do no More than indicate a person h s been exposed to the aids virus and not whether he will actually contract the disease. As of sept. 30, according to the Pentagon report 62,174 military personnel who volunteered donations of blood had been screened. Of those 62,174, 500 tested Posi Tive suggesting exposure to the virus. Those 500 were administered the same test a second or even third time with 192 again testing positive and being classified repeatedly reactive the sources continued. Those 192 were then Given a much More see tests on Page 28 Jamie meets the press Jamie Fiske of Brid a water mass., who receded a hut transplant nearly three years ago answers the questions of reporter As she arrives in Minneapolis to recent it annual checkup. Jamie s father Charles issued a nation wide Appeal for a hut donor when his daughter was 11 months old. Would be army enlisted gets toot in the door Lansing Mich. A an 18-year old made his Point by walking from his Michigan Home to Washington ., to prove to the army that his peeling feet should t bar him from enlisting. Allan Perkc has received the waiver he wanted gov. James Blanchard announced Friday. Pepke began his journey in new Haven a Detroit suburb on oct. 13, and was known to have been outside Grafton w.va., on wednesday. Now we be got to track Down Allan who s probably at this Point in Maryland maybe Virginia said Blanchard who got the news of the waiver from sen. Carl m. Levin a Mich. Pc pc s dream of joining the army was thwarted when he was rejected As unfit by army doctors who said psoriasis of the feet would prevent him from matting the Tough physical demands of military service. Pupke said other doctors told him it was thick soles. The defense department informed Carl Levin late this afternoon that Pepke s fool condition was a Wai Vable condition and they would waive that and admit him into the army said Blanchard. Levin had already made inquiries into the matter and deserves credit for cutting through the red tape the governor said. It s great  Perkc who has been averaging about 40 Miles a Day was expected to reach Washington on monday. The decision to Issue a waiver was made by an army recruiting come surgeon after reviewing medical records from specialists who determined that Perkc did not have psoriasis said Steve Abney a spokesman for the command at fort Sheridan North of Chicago. Psoriasis is something that cannot be us Lullu Llull ult or Nulu. The same thing would have happened if he d stayed Home Abney added. The paper work was already in the  he said the surgeon had determined that Pupke was obviously highly motivated obviously capable of walking distances in spite of his foot  Tuhcic s still something wrong with his feel but it s something we can Olfer a waiver on he said. "1 think he should finish the ceremonial walk and then celebrate in Washington  Hell enjoy himself said Blanchard who suggested that the Young Man drive Home. The governor had also sent a Telegram seeking president Reagan s help