European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 26, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes tuesday november 26, 1985 66 recruits barred after positive aids tests by Norman Black Washington a the Pentagon has barred 66 civilians from military service during the Pas month be cause they Les cd positive for exposure to a virus associated with the disease aids according to informed sources. The 66 were among 71.683 recruits screened since mandatory testing  started on oct. 15 for evidence of the fatal primarily sexually transmitted disease the sources wild. We Are coming in lower than our Best Guesstimate among the health people and the actual numbers arc indeed Small one source said speaking on condition of anonymity. That is not to Minimi a the severity of the problem but it is not an epidemic the source said. And it is certainly not a rate for those already in the military in s a rate for Job applicant for civilians trying of join the  the defense department has completed a statistical breakdown on 34.996 of the 71,683 recruits already tested. Of those 34.996. 40 had been been exposed to the aids virus producing an incidence Rale of 1.14 per 1.000. No actual cases of aids were reported although an undetermined percentage of people exposed to the virus later become infected with the disease itself. That is below the rate predicted by Pentagon health officials last August when they decided to begin screen ing All recruits. It is higher however than that reported by civilian blood Banks although defense department officials discount the Validity of such n comparison. On aug. 30, based on what we knew or. William Mayer predicted the services would Sec a rate of two or three out of a  said one source who spoke on condition of  source said the figures would be shared with the centers for disease control in Atlanta because no government Agency or private firm has embarked on a screening program As massive As that of the defense department. The Pentagon began screening voluntary blood donors on july i. Starting oct. 15, the program was extended to All recruits seeking to join the military. Last month. Defense Secretary Caspar w. Weinberger decided the testing should be extended to All Active duty and Reserve personnel although that phase is not expected to begin before next year. Aids or acquired immune deficiency syndrome is a fatal disease that attacks the body s immune system. It has been confined primarily to homosexuals intravenous drug users and individuals who received tainted blood transfusions. However some evidence now suggest the disease a spreading to the general population. The blood screen employed by the Pentagon known As the Elisa test can do no More than indicate whether people have been exposed to a virus associated with the disease nol whether they will contract it. Under a policy directive signed by Weinberger on oct. 24, Active duty personnel who lest positive but show no signs of the disease will remain in the service but recruits who test positive Are automatically denied , the assistant defense Secretary Tor health affairs declined to discuss the initial recruit results saying the department was still developing a policy for handling and disseminating such information. But a Pentagon official outside Mayer s office agreed to provide the first completed report to the associated according to this source 71.6x3 recruits have been screened. Of that total 66 have been confirmed As hav ing been exposed to the disease but the screening for that total group is incomplete. As a result the source continued. Pentagon officials Are now focusing on a report covering recruits who were screened during the latter half of october and for whom All tests have been  that category arc 34.996 men and women who attempted to join the army air Force Marine corps and Navy and who underwent screening at military processing stations. Those who tested positive at least twice on the Elisa screen were subjected to a More sophisticated test known As the Western blot. It was the latter test that finally confirmed 40 Cam out of the group. The source could not say whether All of the 40 were  stressed however the incidence rate of 1.14 per 1,000 for the group while significantly higher than be 0.4 per 1,000 reported by civilian blood groups could not be used to predict the incidence of exposure among Active duty  average recruit is in his late teens 85 to 90 percent male and single. One can at least raise the ques Tion for example of whether the population presenting itself to enrol m the military is somewhat More sexually promiscuous than the blood donor population and we re dealing with a sexually transmitted  news update no probe planned los Angeles a the los and Els county grand jury has decided not to investigate the death of actress Marilyn Monroe 23 years ago following the Lead of the District attorney according to a statement released Here. A letter was sent to the los Angeles county Board of supervisors stating that the 1985-86 los Angeles county grand jury will not pursue the Marilyn Monroe Case any further said a statement from grand jury Foreman Charles Richardson. The Issue of whether to open an investigation was under review for several weeks by the grand jury s criminal Justice committee the re lease said. Bonner signed pledge Newton mass. A the seriously ill wife of soviet dissident Andrei Sakharov has told relatives the won permission to travel next month to Rome and Boston for medi Cal treatment after signing a pledge not to talk to reporters. Sakharov a Nobel peace prize Winner said he ended a hunger strike and rescinded his resignation from a prestigious soviet science Academy after his wife received permission to leave Gorky where they Are in inter Nal exile. Bonner said she will Fly to Rome on dec. 2 for an Eye examination and to Boston a few Days later for a Cor onary bypass operation. She warned her children not to be shocked by he poor condition. Mother gets probation Santa Monica Calif. A a japanese Mother who drowned her two children in a ritual child Par ent suicide after being shamed by her husband s adultery has Bee placed on five years probation. Fumiko Kimura 33, who Emi grated from Japan 14 years ago was ordered to undergo psychiatric treat ment. She also was sentenced to one year in county jail including time already served which meant that no further jail time was required be cause of allotted time off for Good behaviour. Salesman once employed by Asa arrested As suspected soviet spy Washington a a boat Salesman formerly employed by the National Security Agency was accuse monday of conspiring to pass secrets to the soviet Union becoming the fourth person arrested on espionage charges in the past five Days. Ronald William Pelton 44, was arrested about 12 10 . Monday at a hotel in Annapolis md., an Fri spokes Man said. The spokesman said a Federal complaint would be filed monday before a Federal magistrate in Baltimore. Others facing espionage charges arc Jonathan j. Pollard 31, a civilian analyst for the Navy arrested outside the israeli embassy thursday and charged with Selling classified military documents to Israel and Pakistan for $50,000 Over the past two years. Anne l. Henderson Pollard 25, pol lard s wife arrested Friday and charged with gathering or delivering defense in formation. Larry we Tai Chin 63, a for Mercia intelligence analyst arrested Friday and charged with Selling . Secrets Sochina since 1952 Tor More than $152,000, including information on communist chinese soldiers taken prisoner during the korean War. Pelton was charged with violating fed eral Law concerning the gathering of de sense information for a foreign govern ment. The Fri said Pelton was employed As a communications specialist by the nation Al Security Agency from 1965 to 1979. Since leaving the Agency he had been working recently As a boat Salesman. No Hometown for Pelton was available the Fri said. The Asa the nation s largest Intelli gence Agency is responsible for global electronic surveillance breaking foreign codes and protecting the safety of .codes. In Jerusalem the israeli government in its first admission that it May be connected in some Way to the Pollard Case on sunday pledged a thorough investigation and possible dismissals. Actions of this kind against the United states stand in total contradiction to the policy of the israeli government said the foreign ministry statement coordinated Between prime minister Shi Mon Peres and foreign minister Yitzhak Shamir. A thorough examination is being undertaken. Should a deviation be found to have occurred the necessary conclusions will be drawn said the statement using a phrase indicating severe punishment. Pollard who was arraigned saturday faces a maximum penalty of 10 years imprisonment and a $10,000 Fine. His wife was ordered held without bail Friday Federal prosecutors charged in an affidavit that Henderson Pollard after a Telephone Call from her husband on nov. 18, gave a Friend a suitcase she said contained classified documents and must be destroyed because something bad happened to her  the documents were recovered by the government. Chin according to a complaint tiled by the Fri was paid by the chinese for information he obtained Over 30 years while working for the . Consulate in Hong Kong and the Cia s foreign broadcast information service outside Washington. He retired from the Cia in 1981 and was arrested at his Alexandria,va., Home. Chin appeared in Federal court in Alexandria where he was ordered held without Bond on a charge of conspiring to commit espionage. Colombia declares Safe of emergency Bogota Colombia a presiden Belisario Betancur and his Council of state declared a state of social and economic emergency sunday in the aftermath of the nov. 13 mudslide that killed 25,000 people and the earlier takeover of the Palace of Justice by leftist guerrillas. The economic and social order of the country has been disrupted according to the decree which is in effect for 35 Days. The mudslide triggered by the eruption of the Nevado Del Ruiz Volcano caused an estimated $400 million in damage to the colombian Economy the government re ported. No breakdown was provided. The 28-hour Battle Between the military and the april 19 movement inside the pal Ace claimed 97 lives including 11 of the nation s 24 supreme court members. Fire gutted the Palace the exterior of which is marked by machine gun and can non fire. The declaration that the two incidents constitute serious disturbances to the eco nomic and social order was signed by Betancur his vice president and the Council of state members. Meanwhile the Bogota daily newspaper Al Tiempo reported sunday that four More looters were shot to death by Security forces in Armero a City that once had 28,000people and now is now buried beneath a Lake of mud. The newspaper said the men were Wear ing red Cross armbands but refused to Stop when ordered five looters have been killed since the disaster the newspaper added. Cardinal Alfonso Lopez Trujillo Arch Bishop of Medellim announced he will bless Armero from a helicopter on wednesday. The Fate of the town is Uncertain new mayor army maj. Rafael Ruiz Navarro Hassid the decision to rebuild the City will be left up to its former residents. He has said he wants the area made into National Park. On thursday the Cardinal and 100 roman Catholic priests will hold in Ibargue a mass for the victims buried beneath themed. Geologists monitoring the Volcano from Manizales issued a communique saturday saying they selected Light activity fro the Volcano. There was no visible audible or other Phenomena to indicate the towering Moun Tain was Active. Al Tiempo also reported sunday that geologists have contacted an unidentified Swiss a pert to study using dynamite to explode the us Nereida Glacier on the Sid of Nevado Del Ruiz. The newspaper reported the geologists Lear the Glacier might break Loose in another eruption