European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 9, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 2 the stars and stripes saturday november 9, 1985 aids claiming More lives study finds Atlanta a aids has become a major killer of Young people seconding to a new York re searcher who says the disease will soon be the no. 1 cause of premature deaths among that City s men under65. A study reported thursday by the National centers for disease control found that aids robbed new Yorkmen age 15-64 of More than five limes the number of years of life that it took just two Yean earlier. There s no Good news Here said or. Alan Kristal. Epidemiologist with the new York City health depart ment. This Points out the severity of the Impact of the disease. The disease has really changed longstanding Pat term of health in this country. All of a sudden there � anew major killer of Young health researchers measure years of potential life lost from deaths before age 65 As a statistical tool to determine the killers of younger people. In i98, aids killed 923 men in new York City. But since Many victims of the disease which most often strikes homosexual men and intravenous drug abusers Are relatively Young researchers found aids robbed them of More than 24,400 Yean they could have been expected to live the cd reported. The main difference Between the leading causes of death in 1984 and i9s2 is the addition of aids the cd report said. Aids robbed americans of 74,000 years of life in 1984, compared to 11.000 in 1982, and it May emerge As a leading cause of premature death in 1985," the Agency Tai Din its morbidity and mortality weekly re port. As the number of acquired immune deficiency syn drome cases increases so will the number of life Yean lost to the disease Kristal said. Once the 1985 statistics Are compiled aids should be the top killer of new York s younger men moving ahead of even homicide suicide heart disease and can cer he said. Aids was not As great a Factor in the deaths of new York women with 132 reported deaths and 4,300 years of potential life lost in 1984. However that still marked a tenfold increase in the number of life years lost to the disease when compared to 1982. Since the cd began compiling aids statistics in 1981, 14,519 cases have been reported in the United states 4,677 of them in the new York area with a total of 7,450 deaths nationwide. ., soviet Union test hot line facsimile link Washington a the United states and the soviet Union As part of an Effort to modernize the hot line Between Moscow and Washington have successfully tested a new facsimile link by transmitting fall Page documents in each direction. The test disclosed thursday by Penta gon spokesman Robert Sims occurred lat last month. Sims declined to say what types of documents were sent by each country i idling the new link. The preliminary results Are judged to have been Good he said. Following evaluation of the initial test results More com plete operational testing will take place i january 1986." once the january tests Are completed we Hope for full facsimile operation by late 1086 or Early 1987," Sims added. The addition of facsimile equipment tallow the transmission of documents maps and other graphic information is part of a modernization package approved by the two countries in june 1984. The upgrade using american mad equipment that is being purchased by the soviet also includes an increase in Speed for the existing teletype network. The communications Channel for 22 years has consisted of two slow Speed Tele Type machines one at the Pentagon and the other at an unspecified location in Moscow. The machines Are now linked by both satellite and undersea Cable lines to provide redundancy and the system is routinely tested 24 times a Day every Day. Sims said the new facsimile equipment was tested using satellite link Over the Intelsat global system. Known formally As the direct communications link for crisis control the hot line was activated on aug. 30, 1963, in the Wake of the cuban missile crisis. The hot line is designed to ensure that the leaders of the United states and soviet Union can communicate directly with etch other in writing .0 avoid misunderstand Ings that could Lead to War. President Reagan signed a Resolution a theorizing the Start of the upgrade work hut August. According to Sims us. And soviet technical experts have met tour times sine the project was announced last Yew wit the most recent round of talks occurring b september in Moscow. Puerto rican gang threatens . Recruiters san Juan puerto Rico up a gang that claimed responsibility Tor shoot ing a us. Army major threatened thurs Day to till the cemeteries with military recruiters and anyone who helps organization of volunteers for the puerto rican revolution which has claimed at least five other attacks on . Military personnel or installations also said the ambush of maj. Michael Snyder on wednesday was carried out to protest a visit to the . Commonwealth by Fri director William Webster on tuesday. The group reiterated its solid support for 13 suspected members of another organization los Mac heteros who were arrested in Fri raids in puerto Rico and Dallas Texas on aug. 30. They face felony charges stemming from a $7 million Wells Fargo robbery in Hartford conn., in sep tember 1983. Callers claiming to represent both groups look responsibility for the ambush of Snyder which happened not far from the site if a december 1979 attack on a bus carrying Navy personnel. Two communication workers were killed and 10 wounded in that attack for which both groups claimed responsibility. Snyder shot by two men on a motorcycles he Rode his Motorbike to work was in the intensive care unit at the Veteran s Hospi Tal with gunshot wounds in the Large intes Tine military officials said. A statement from the organization of volunteers was found by a reporter. It was anchored by a Rock beside a trash can to san Juan s Bautista Plaza. A male Carter gave directions to the site in front of tie Seaside Capitol. The statement also threatened members of the education department who give army recruiters Access to school fact litter. Postal officials touring German mail facilities by Chris Estes staff writer Darmstadt Germany three american postal officials Are Louring Ger Many As part of a German american Exchange program to compare problems in the two countries mail systems. The . Postal service and the Deutsche Bunde Spost established an Exchange program with representatives fro the two postal systems visiting each other s country said Mary Laylon assistant postmaster general in charge of Public an employee information. She and two other officials Are in Ger Many to Lour the systems and learn about the Way the mail is processed and Exchange information and at the same time learn More about the country and the peo three representatives from the Deutsche Bunde Spost completed their half of the Exchange about two weeks ago she said. The americans Are past the half Way Point of their visit she said. We be been visiting mail processing facilities parcel Post facilities. Apos a Bun despoil office at an american military base we visited the Bureau where the Stamps Are printed in Berlin we be met with a number of officials in Bonn. We be teamed about everything from operations to their tour began oct. 25 and lasts until nov. 15. The americans have been to Bonn Hamburg. Bremen Bremerhaven Berlin and Darmstadt. They plan to visit Heidel Berg and Munich then return to Bonn. We spent two Days in the postal technology said Harvey Donaldson chief of operations research. We Dis cussed personal technology and the application of mechanization and automation to the Bunde Spost and to the . Postal service. We have some common supplier for our the one thing that is probably not obvious to most postal service customers is new Mercedes is cheaper by 125 Marks that most of our new technology in terms of optical character Reading equipment and advanced sorting equipment comes from european said James Joyce general manager of the new York International and bulk mail Center. It it i1 largest mail processing facility in the United slates and the one through write mail destined for spot in Europe is seat. In t think it can be translated to benefits that a customer coming up to mall a Letler would receive Layton said but hopefully the program will enable us to Lake advantage of advances that we Lea about the Post business is the business of by the stars and stripes it has just become 125 Marks cheaper for american service members stationed in Germany to buy a new Mercedes Benz. In the past Mercedes buyers had to pay a 125-Mark handling fee to the Canadian automobile and miscellaneous sales transaction office in Lahr. Which proc Essed the paper work for Mercedes. No More u spokesman for usar eur s morale welfare and recreation Anil thursday. Mar has concluded an agreement with Mercedes through which Mercedes will pay the fee he said starting with the 1986 Model year the 125-Mark service fee will be deducted from the Bill when your new Mercedes is ready for delivery the mar spokesman said. The deduction does not apply to order thai Are placed and then cancelled the spokesman said. In those cases the canadians will deduct the 125-Mark fee from the Deposit before returning the Money tothe customer. Mar is trying to arrange the rebate for who buy european cars from of her manufacturers the spokesman said. Similar arrangements Are being sought with other Auto firms which i Only offer lax Relief purchases through the Canadian of fice the spokesman said. Customers should find the 125-Mark credit on their final Bills when they pick up the car said the mar spokesman it tarts with 1986-Model cars american european specifications if the paper work is processed through the canadians if there s a problem the spokesman Pip h in auteur Headquarters Heidelberg be changed to enhance the service we pro a not Only to the american my Louiry but to West Germany. I be Learned several things that will be applicable in my own Plant that will shorten the amount of urn that it takes for me to work mail lit Benefit that s sort of difficult to spell out he said the two postal system Start everal problems. We both have motivational problems How to get the Craft worker to work in a More productive manner employees who Don i come to work on regular basis we both have similar Job. Lems on keeping equipment running. Thero s a commonality of problems and Chal Lenges for operations
