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 orphans Dpi a Young soviet Seaman seeking to defect to the United states jumped into the Mississippi River ind swam to Shore but was returned screaming to his ship by Federal officials who could not understand Uhal he was saying. Border patrol Apenes apparently believed that the Man who twice jumped my aboard was a stowaway. He finally was carried Buck to the ship by a group of soviet scam state department officials saturday planned View the Man aboard the marshal komm in rain ship anchored in hello c  near ten air station about 10 Miles South of new we have reason us of Csc there s a Sailor on this soviet ship who in Lufft wish to depart with his ship said Charlesk Affnan. A Deputy spokesman in Washington for the site department we will interview him Irvan environment where he can freely express his  soviet diplomats have been on the ship he say . Officials who arc guarding " " the soviet ship is  w c have Santisi cd ourselves abut p0wuatsin tent ions Redman said from the ship about midday Friday into the River and swimming to Shore. But Harbor police could not understand him because he was speaking russian. Believing he was a stowaway officials turned him Over to the Border patrol. David Lambert District director of the . Immigration and natural Alion service said he Border patrol did t understand what was going on and did t Cali a he was trying to defect and brought him Back to his  a route to the ship the Seaman made a second bid for i Ard and again swimming to vials recaptured him and held him until about eight soviet crewmen brought he screaming Man Back to the Grain ship. Raymond Guthrie. Operator of tie boat said the Man did t speak English but we knew he did t want to go  i Felt sorry for the Seaman. He was hollering Guthric said. He did t want to go Back. There was a language Barrier but i knew he was pleading not to go Back. Did t know what would happen to him once he got Back. By american officials v Ere saying he had to go  Lambert added it s very sad to me. He made it to Shore then he was put Back on his  tests from Page 1 sophisticated lest known As the Western blot blood screen. It was that procedure which confirmed the 44 cases. The confirmations translate to a rate of 0.07 percent of those tested the sources noted. What it Sas number of i  Tail ii military right now who arc showing evidence of expo sure said one source. But nothing should Minimi a the seriousness of  it s a very frightening thing and it can t be dismissed agreed another source. 0.07 percent rate is Hie the of to Rale Vilian blooddjmflf9? if you apply it ii  in of 2.1ttion, that s still 1,4 Overall however military mcdic3 vials arc viewing the initial figures with sonic Relief one source said. We do expect our Rale could be somewhat higher because our military population May be More sexually Active Kop Litho  the military rates Are going to be very Large arc going lobe  the Pentagon began screening inc blood donated to military blood Banks on july i. The move followed the Lead of civilian agencies like the red Cross and represented a Csc department s first response to the disease s appearance. The use of the Lesl on blood donors was quickly  a Montler later  Imp Ohhi aids from the respective Thi Juary department such As medical person Keithi Lvcy in the care of ads infectious Palicz 6 All remaining ind Vidith a conjunction with routinely scheduled per talc pc phys ical examinations. Before Friday a number of difficult by issues regarding aids testing remain it in dispute. Among them were procedures for dealing Wilh 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 Are drug users or homosexuals. Drug abuse and homosexuality Are grounds for discharge from the armed services. Aids or acquired immune  syndrome has been most pre Valcom a King homosexuals and intravenous . The disease for which no by Anas been found destroys the body so Fri Une system against infections apr Weinberger took Affong stand on both those policy Quisti a individuals who test positive but we mania Cal no evidence of progressive a Micai illness. Shall be retained ii fac military he wrote. A Radical examination will be required at least once a year and inc 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 in epidemiological assessment and interview by a physician that information a be used against the service  Lions under the uniform lice. Or on the Issue tier re separation Procco but Ornu nation oin nning to drug abuse or Homos Ltd  through separate Independent Juga Lions can still be used in Discie Jarry Anios regardless of what the  his to Fol try doctor Wein troups representing Horrion Tauialo have criticized the i Sling program  used by the military to search out hot Ual 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 Saio. The screening Wilt be per blood test approved earlier Hij food and drug admin Sta of the Lei can Only indicate  of an aids antibody Mca Nirum Bbeson has been exposed. Thusly pave Rchull docs nol Meana per Sonja a pct uly contract the disease. 10 test positive on the initial test subjected to increasingly Sophi Licat medical examinations to determine their precise status Wyro said. No Date 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 thai 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 to said. Tid that no final estimate had been but that the initial screening program la Cost roughly $20 million. In his polic tick tic Weinberger also reinforced an a my decision to begin screening All military fruits. Weinberger overruling earlier Struem Fol in a Pentagon official said recruits who led positive would not be eligible for military defense Challenge delays surgeon s Tria 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 pret i Al investigation. On thursday the Navy announced that the chief of the naval medical come had approved the immediate court martial of or. Donal m. Billig on five counts of involuntary manslaughter in connection with the deaths of patients. Thai decision by rear adm. Joseph Cassells was based on the recommendations of Commodore James t. Scars 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 lot. Stephen Picl Roppoli a Navy spokesman the defense attorneys asked a military judge to set aside scars 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 bul Cassells refused to remove him and Sears refused to disqualify himself. 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 scars. 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 Bolh Coda naval Hospital. He is accused of culpable neg Lig Cnoc in the deaths of five patients on whom he performed open heart operations. The Navy also has charged he failed to disclose his serious Losa of vision in one Eye. I while pursuing the charges again Btl i Lig the Navy has acknowledged the surgeon was recruited in 1982 although his credentials had been called into question two years earlier by a new Jersey Hospital Billig sur rendered his new Jersey License in 1981 rather than face an investigation by thai state s Board of medical examiners. Earlier last week the Navy said it would court martial one of the officers involved in recruiting Billig. A Billig who holds the line Fuff commander was relieved of his surgical duties last no vember and dismissed for incompetence in april setting off the investigation by the special Bonf 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.  recruits. That screening began throughout the country on oct. 15. Then on oct. In. Officials disclosed de sense Secretary Caspar w. Weinberger had decided to extend testing to All Active duty and Reserve personnel. The final policy directive for such testing was issued on Friday. Efforts to obtain Nalion wide figures on the results of the first week of testing recruits were unsuccessful. It. Col. Peic 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. I sources stressed the 44 blood donors on firmed positive had nol been found Una have the disease. Under the policy Dirac Sta ased by Weinberger on Friday.  test positively but who show no signs disease itself will remain in i t Hough their assignments and oversell ploy cats May be limited. 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