European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 27, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes sunday october 27, 1985 defector dragged screaming Back to ship new  up1 a Young soviet Seaman seeking to defect to the United states jumped into the Mississippi River and swam to Shore but was returned screaming to his ship by Federal officials who could not understand what he was saying. Border patrol agents apparently believed that the Man who twice jumped overboard was a stowaway. He finally was carried Back o the ship by a group of soviet seamen. State department officials saturday planned to inter View the Man aboard the marshal Konev a Grain ship anchored in Belle Chasse near the naval air station aboul10 Miles South of new Orleans. We have reason to believe there s a Sailor on this soviet ship whom i nut wish to depart with his ship said Charles Redman a Deputy spokesman in Washington for the state department. We will interview him in an environment where he can freely express his  soviet diplomats have been on the ship he said As have . Officials who Are guarding the Seaman. The soviet ship is free to leave when we have Salisi cd ourselves about the individual s  Redman said. The Seaman escaped from the ship about midday Friday by jumping into the River and swimming to Shore. But Harbor police could not understand him because he was speaking russian. Believing he was n stowaway officials turned him Over to the Border patrol. David Lambert District director of the . Immigration and naturalization service said the Border patrol did t understand what was going on and did t realize he was trying to defect and brought him Back to his  in route to the ship the Seaman made a second bid for Freedom by jumping overboard and again swimming to Shore. Officials recaptured him and held him until about eight soviet crewmen brought the screaming Man Back to the Grain ship. Raymond Guthric. Operator of the boat said the Man did t speak English but we knew he did t want logo  i Felt sorry for the Seaman he was hollering Guthrie said. He did t want to go Back. There was a language Barrier but i knew he was pleading not to go Back. I did t know what would happen to him once he got Back. But american officials were saying he had to go  Lambert added it s very sad to me. He made it to Shore then he was Pul Back on his  tests from Page 1 sophisticated test known As the Western blot blood screen. It was thai procedure which confirmed he 44 cases. The confirmations translate to a Rale of 0.07 percent of those tested the sources noted. What it says is that there is no huge number of individuals in the military right now who arc showing evidence of expo sure said one source. But nothing should minimize the seriousness of  it s a very frighten in thing and in can t be dismissed agreed another source. That 0.07 percent rate is higher than the 0 04 percent rate being reported by civilian blood agencies. And if you apply it against the Active duty population of 2.1 million that s still 1,400-plus  Overall however military medical officials arc viewing the initial figures with some Relief one source said. We do expect our rate could be somewhat higher because our military population May be More sexually Active than the general population one explained. But the people who have suggested the military rates arc going to be very Large Are going to be  the Pentagon began screening the blood donated to military blood Banks on july i. The move followed the Lead of civilian agencies like the red Cross and rep. Enter the defense department s first response to aids from Page 1 the respective military department such As medical personnel involved in the care of aids inf Culious patients. 6 All remaining individuals in conjunction with routinely scheduled periodic phys ical examinations. Before Friday a number of difficult policy issues regarding aids testing remained in dispute. Among them were procedures for dealing with individuals who test positive but who show no other signs of contracting the Dis ease. Officials were also discussing the level of confidentiality to be accorded individuals who disclose during exams that they arc drug users or  abuse and homosexuality Are grounds for discharge from the armed services. Aids or acquired immune deficiency syndrome has been most prevalent among homosexuals and intravenous drug abusers. The disease for which no cure has been found destroys the body s immune system against infections. Weinberger look a Strong stand on both those policy questions. Individuals who test positive but who Manifest no evidence of progressive clinical illness. Shall be retained in the military he wrote. A medical examination will be required at least once a year and the individual s assignments and deployments to overseas posts May be limited but he cannot be Dis charged solely because he shows signs of having been exposed to the disease Wein Berger said. As for confidentiality Weinberger wrote that if a Soldier discloses he is using drugs or is a homosexual during the course of an  assessment and interview by a physician that information May not be used against the service member in actions under the uniform code of military Justice. Or on the Issue of characterization in separation  but information pertaining to drug abuse or homosexuality derived through separate Independent investigations can still be used in disciplinary actions regardless of what the Soldier told his military doctor Wein Berger wrote. Groups representing homosexuals have criticised the testing program As Likely to be used by the military to search out homosexual men and women. According to it. Col. Pete Wyro a Pentagon spokesman the new policy makes it Clear that a person testing positive can Only be discharged if he is already disabled by the disease or doctors have determined that he has the disease and will Only get progressively worse. In each instance of discharge the individual will be entitled to an honorable Dis charge and eligible for continued medical care Wyro Sarif. The screening will be performed with a blood isl approved earlier this year by the food and drug administration. The lest can Only indicate the presence of an aids antibody meaning a person has been exposed. Thus a positive result does not mean a person will actually contract the disease. Those who lest positive on the initial lest will be subjected to increasingly sophisticated medical examinations to determine their precise status Wyro said. No Dale has been set for the Start of screening but top priority will be Given to men and women now serving in or subject to deployment to areas of the world where diseases such As malaria Are widespread. Contracting of aids by an individual in such an environment could hasten death. The spokesman also confirmed that for the same reason the defense department is now considering the question of whether family members of servicemen posted Over seas should be screened. That is under consideration but the policy on such screening must be addressed separately Wyro said. He said that no final estimate had been developed but that the initial screening program could Cost roughly $20 million. In his policy directive Weinberger also reinforced an earlier decision to begin screening All military recruits. Weinberger overruling earlier statements by a Pentagon official said recruits who tested positive would not be eligible for military service. Defense Challenge delays surgeon s trial Washington a the Navy s Effort to expedite the court martial of one of its heart surgeons was temporarily blocked Friday when defense attorneys again challenged the handling of his or Clori . On thursday the Navy announced that the chief of the naval medical come had approved the immediate court martial of or. Dona m. Billig on five counts of involuntary manslaughter in connection with the deaths of patients. That decision by rear adm. Joseph Cassells was based on the recommendations of Commodore James t. Sears who presided Over pretrial hearings last month. Navy prosecutors had hoped during a hearing on Friday to obtain a trial Date for Billig. But that Effort was sidetracked by a defense motion challenging Sears role As the investigating officer. According to it. Stephen Pietropaoli a Navy spokesman the defense attorneys asked a military judge to set aside Sears recommendation to Cassells on grounds he could not be considered impartial. The motion is based on Sears membership on a special Board of review that initially investigated the allegations against Billig. Defense attorneys had challenged Sears role during the pretrial hearings last month but Cassells refused to remove him. College football saturday s games Arm 45, Catt 43 Naur 11, no Trofi 7 Lewa 41,  10 Manuan 39, Horftis career st10 Florida a vat Tina Tel 18 Narida is. A m. Carlma u Maryland 40, do 10 Myttan 42, Mana u Nao Raita 17, Catora 1 Oklahoma is 17, Kamat 10 \. Can Tia a. F. Camota 10 motto an so 21, Punk 24 Hon dam 37, us 3 Arka Raat 57, hat ton 27 according to Pietropaoli Friday s de sense motion was taken under advisement by the judge who scheduled another hear ing in the Case on monday. A ruling in favor of the defense could Force the Navy to appoint a new investigating offi cer who would have to repeat the pretrial investigation conducted by Sears. That in turn could raise a Legal Issue about the Navy s failure to provide Billig a speedy trial. Billig 54, was for More than a year the chief heart surgeon at the Bethesda naval Hospital. He is accused of culpable negligence in the deaths of five patients on whom he performed open heart operations. Billig who holds the rank of commander was relieved of his surgical duties last no vember and dismissed for incompetence in april setting off the investigation by the special Board of review. If convicted on the five manslaughter counts As Well As 24 counts of dereliction of duty Billig could receive 27 years in prison. The disease s appearance. The use of the test on blood donors was quickly overshadowed a month Laler however by a decision to begin screening the blood of All military recruits. That screening began throughout the country on oct. 15. Then on oct. 18, officials disclosed de sense Secretary Caspar w. Weinberger had decided 10 extend to swing to All Active duty and Reserve personnel. The final policy directive for such testing was issued on Friday. Efforts to obtain nationwide figures on the results of the first week of testing recruits were unsuccessful. It. Col. Pete Wyro a Pentagon spokesman said such figures had not been compiled and that in any event the defense department was still developing a policy on the handling of such information. The sources stressed the 44 blood donors who were confirmed positive had not been found to actually have the disease. Under the policy directive released by Weinberger on Friday individuals who test positively but who show no signs of contracting the disease itself will remain in the service Al though their assignments and overseas deployments May be limited. Temperatures october 25 l m in 62 Albany 47 74 Albuquerque 4 18 a Chorao 60 79 Atlanta 59 76 Atlantic Clov 60 70 Ballimore 49 77 Billing 66 60 Birmingham m 60 birmingham43 54 Boise 5? 49 Botlon 48 $9 Buffalo 4$ 59 Burlington 64 79 Charleston a. 5fl 9 car Tilori . 36 67 Chicago 49 67 Cincinnati 39 59 Cleveland 67 00 Dellas Forl Worth 43 76 Zonver 39 7 is Molne 43 64 Detroit ? 8 Fairbanks 33 68 Faroo 59 67 Hartford u w Honolulu 68 79 Houston 42 u indianapollt67 81 Jacksonville m 74 Kama City s3 u Lai vegas l h 62 76 it Law Rock 62 7b lol Ang a 52 60 Loul vim 63 77 me Nienalt 11 n Miami a sch 37 a Mph is. Paul s8 73 Netth Vulto 72 77 n Orwant 57 70 new York 63 76 Norfolk 56 79 Omaha Civ 52 74 Omaha 71 87 Orlando 56 72  a pm Ouren 64 90 photo la 52 61 Portland Malna 50 so Portland on. 59 69 prov Lomo 57 11 Rowgh 31 72 Rhiw a 74 St. Lull 70 b7 St. Pitt Triburgo 50 70 Halllam City 59 71 san Datoo 53 7 san Francl Tco 73 85 san Juan 46 s3 a Aalto 47 &8 Syracusa 55 90 Tunon 60 70 Waining tool 76 Knila i european weather forecast for sunday parity it oud to it oud Ticle with widespread Loo throughout nor Lotrn Germany and the Benelux. The remaining areas will be fair with u0m Ria. Locally Dent fog will form in a Ftp army by let att noon. High temperatures from the Mld-40i to Tow 50s, lows from the upper 20s to Tow 30s. Zumel Sunda 509, lung la monday 7.11. Out Tooh Lor monday it oud shirts with widespread dense log in Northern Germany and the Benelux. Fair Ihlow end Light Nan time two. Temperatures nearly the same. Temperatures recorded saturday 4am 4pm adar is 68 Amsterdam in 36 48 Athens f so 55 Aviano i m 63 Berlin c 16 38 Bre Merhavi 10 39 41 Brussels i 34 m Copenhagen d Frankfurt f London d Madrid i Munich f Pri i Rome f h a Iritz 3a m 41 so 4$ 0 27 s3 41 99 50 Omer worldwide temperature a High Low 79 is 57 41 50 39 u 54 72 54 Cairo cd Dublin a Helsinki. I Jerusalem d Lisbon i Montreal d Moscow i Olio cd Toronto d Vancouver r 51suo Olied by the Atio caled  cd Clouds of in lev it oud in log a rain. Hohlow 57 3a 45 41 47 30 9 4