European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 16, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes saturday november 16, 1985 guidelines for aids screening issued by inc Cox news Sylce Washington there is no need to screen America s health workers or food handlers for aids inc department of health and human services said thurs Day. However in issuing aids guidelines for inc work place. Inc Federal Agency excluded health care work ers and professionals who perform invasive proce dures such As a surgeon performing an operation Ora dentist extracting a tooth in those cases said James Mason. Inc acting assistant Secretary of health there could be a risk of transmission of the disease through blood either from a patient with aids Toa health care worker or from a health care worker with aids to a patient. Whether additional restrictions arc needed for health care workers who perform these invasive procedures is still under consideration said Mason. In general though aids acquired immune deficiency syndrome is extremely hard to catch if certain behaviour is avoided said Mason at a Washington press conference. The workplace guidelines he Laid represent no change in the Basic message about aids that the Public health service has been conveying All along that aids is a blood borne sexually transmitted Dis ease that is not spread by casual  legislation has been introduced in several state Legislatures and in Congress that would test some workers ranging from Cooks to teachers to nurses to Sec if they have the deadly disease. The health and human services department guidelines however say such testing is unnecessary. Except in rare cases of transmission by blood transfusion or perinatal by from an infected Mother to her infant or by accidental Needle stick injury aids is transmitted Only by sexual acts. Or by sharing drug abuse equipment said Mason. Not by casual Contact. For this reason the Public health service does not recommend routine aids antibody  the aids antibody blood lest indicates that a person has been exposed to the virus that causes the disease and could infect others with aids. The health and human services department guide lines for the workplace went into greatest details for health care worker out of the 14,000 or to confirmed aids Case in the United states Mason said several Hundred involve health care workers. The vast majority of these people got the disease through their lifestyle and not from infected Needles or other workplace a Zardi he a a. Only three arc known to have contacted aids by work related accidents. Health care workers ranging from physicians to morticians should take precautions appropriate to prevent the transmission of All blood borne infectious Dis eases Laid Mason. The guidelines were detailed in a morbidity and mortality weekly report which was scheduled to be issued Friday by the . Centers for disease control. Particularly said Mason precautions must be taken with Needles and other Sharp instruments. Likewise he said personal service workers such As Tattoo artists or ear piercers whose work involve penetrating the skin should take special care with their instruments either disposing of them after one use or thoroughly cleansing them. As for food service workers Mason said All evidence from epidemic logic and Laboratory studies indicates that aids u not transmitted in connection with the preparation or serving of food or  food service workers known to be infected with the aids virus need not be restricted from work unless they show evidence of other infection condition or illness for which there should be such a restriction Mason added. In an office or factory. Mason said aids is not spread by non sexual person to person Contact among workers clients and Consumers. Workers known to be infected with aids virus should not be restricted from work on this account nor should they be restricted from using telephones office equipment toilets showers eating facilities and water fountains he said. Aids is not easy to catch and is not spread by casual Contact Mason emphasized.  by my . To Law newts re let Leader of abortive Liber an coup slain by Doe s forces radio says Abidjan Ivory coast a Liberi an state radio reported Friday that the Leader of an abortive coup brigadier Gen. Thomas qui Wonkka was shot dead by government forces. The announcement was made by head of state Samuel Doe whose forces crushed the coup attempt that began Early tuesday in the impoverished West african country. The broadcast was monitored in neighbor ing Ivory coast. A journalist in Liberia s capital of Mon Rovia said by telex that qui Wonkka had been captured Early Friday on the outskirts of Monrovia when he tried to get food and drink. The journalist spoke on condition he not be identified further. Qui Wonkka s whereabouts had been unknown since the failed coup attempt. The former commander of the armed forces helped Doe take Power in a blood coup in 1980. He was fired from his Mili tary Post and the ruling Council in october 1983 and the next month was accused by Doe of plotting a coup. Qui Wonkka announced tuesday morning on radio Elwa a private Christian station that insurgents had toppled Doe s govern ment. We decided to take the ultimate Gamble in the task of National liberation he said in a broadcast. But tuesday night Doe said in a Broad cast Over radio Elwa that the coup had failed. By thursday Doe s administration said All fighting had ended and most of the rebels Haa been killed or captured. Government officials and raid tits of Monrovia hid thursday that soldiers had begun arresting suspected supporters of the coup. Residents said the Headquarters of the opposition Liberia action party burned Down wednesday night during the curfew when Only the military was allowed out on the streets. Residents also said Liberia s Borders and airports remained closed thursday. Doe ordered stores and businesses to re turn to Normal operations immediately according to liberian radio reports monitored thursday by the British broadcasting corp. In London. Doe s press Secretary Patrick Kumeh said in a Telephone interview with the associated press Bureau in London that army commander Gen. Maurice Zee was fired for not taking appropriate action during the coup. Radio Elwa broadcasts said Zee was replaced by Gen. Rudolf Kola co Liberia s ambassador to India. Kumeh said authorities also had detained two opposition politicians for questioning. He identified them As Carlos Smith head of the Unity party and mrs. Ellen Johnson who won a seat in the Senate forthe Liberia action party in the oct. 15 National elections. Doe was chosen president but opposition parties charged that the election was rigged. Liberia founded in 1847 by freed Ameri can slaves has a population of 2 million Andis the Only Black african country never to have fallen under european colonial Rule. Doe is Liberia s first Leader who was Nota descendant of the freed slaves. Vietnam to return remains of 7 More american mias official says Bangkok Thailand a Vietnam will turn Over to the United states Early next month what it says Are the remains of seven More americans missing in action during the Vietnam War a diplomatic source said Friday. The source who declined to be further identified said the remains would be turned Over to . Military officials in a ceremony at Hanoi Airport he refused to give the Date of the ceremony and said he had no additional information. The handover will take place shortly after the scheduled completion of the  joint excavation of a plane crash site in Northern Vietnam. The official Vietnam news Agency monitored in Bangkok said thursday that four american members of the team arrived in Hanoi the Day before. Seven More americans Are to join them monday. An official at the . Embassy in bang Kok said the four Man team from the . Joint casualty Resolution Center met thursday with vietnamese officials i Hanoi. At the meetings which Hanoi recently agreed to increase from four to six a year officials discuss missing americans anyways to retrieve their remains. The embassy official said americans and vietnamese on monday would Start excava Tion of a site just outside Hanoi where Viet namese officials say a b-52 was shot Down in 1972. The embassy official who spoke on condition of anonymity noted that the Viet namese previously Nave said that such joint efforts were not appropriate since the two countries do not maintain diplomatic relations. He described the joint excavation As a Milestone the excavation site is in yen Thuong Village in the District of Gia Lam. The is. Side will pay All the costs of the excavation which is expected to take 10 or More Days said the embassy official. A total of 2.441 americans remain on the official list of us. Soldiers missing in action in Indochina 1,797 of them in Viet Nam. Seeking to improve relations with the United Stales Vietnam recently pledged to account for missing americans within two years. In August they turned Over 26 sets of remains the most Ever at one time. . Experts have identified 24 of the 26 vietnamese officials say the b-52 was shot Down during the 1972 Christmas bombings that president Nixon ordered on the Hanoi Haiphong area. The is. Embassy official said about a dozen american b-52s were downed during that period. A b-52 normally carries a Crew of six. News update retraction sought los Angeles a the Fri s claim that the jewish defense league was responsible for the bombing that killed an Arab Ameri can civil rights activist u patently untrue says a lawyer for the group. Either indict them or Don t. But Don t accuse a whole organization of murder jul lawyer Gary Fleisch Man said. It s  Fri spokesman Lane Bonner said the Fri believed the jul responsible for the oct. 11 bombing that killed Alex och at the Santa Ana office of the american Arab anti discrimination committee. Fleischman said a lawsuit against the Fri might be futile because or fed eral immunity but added that he Hopes the threat will convince Bonner to keep his Mouth shut next  settlement approved Chicago a a Federal judge has approved a $306,250 settlement for 20 plaintiffs spied on by the police red squad and cleared the Way for five others to test the constitutionality of surveillance Dur ing the turbulent 1960s and 70s. The settlement Money implies what the police did was unconstitutional but it s not the same As an actual court decision saying that said Richard gut nun an attorney who has represented the plaintiffs since their lawsuit was tiled i 1974. The settlement worked out be tween gut nun and attorneys for the City last month and approved during a Brief appearance before us. District judge Susan Getzendanner provides for payments of $20,625 to a of 10 organizations and of$10,000 each to 10 individuals corrections nit and "ff3 article Abou How to umjut"1. Bang account  Kin Arll Cle Lucy rated that Bill Transfer payments Are possible trough an american express sry Bank savings account. Bill Transfer p.2. Menu Are possible through a checking a ? a per transaction charge a ? transactions and bul Doe not