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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 2, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Pas 28 the stars and stripes sunday february 2,1986 army to test All personnel for aids antibody by Chuck Vinch Washington the1 that it will begin testing All Active duty a so incl for the a Tiv ill aids virus antibody i month. Army officials issued a memo setting out the guidelines for the testing procedure and said the memo comple ments the previously announced policy of test coming personnel and applicants for which remains in  the army is the first Servat Issue guidelines for testing All its in i  nil 11 have been screen ing recruits since la a the  that mrs who test positive for the a Tiv Iii Antigo Ibe temporarily limited to assignments in the Continental United states Hawaii and Alaska and will not be considered available for overseas assignments i soldiers who test positive will not be i Ial operations come units a ammo. Lpverseas_iamupi"nia8 army unit stations i will be instituted for with confirmed soldiers will not be separated having tested positive for the a Tiv Iii anti. The exception of recruits undergoing initial training. Soldiers infected with the a Tiv Iii virus who demonstrate progressive clinical illness or immunological deficiencies will be processed for physical disability separa Tion. A positive test can t be used As the basis for disciplinary action under the uniform code of military Justice nor can it affect the Cei a individual re. Seeking to enlist who test positive will not be eligible for entry into the  spokesman said the army Hopes to screen about 25,000 soldiers in february and eventually award a con tract to a civilian Agency to do the screening. By the summer of 1987 we Hope to have All Active duty troops and about half the Reserve Force screened spokesman said. Fuck greening will be for Active duty personnel Only he Saio  Hopes to Start testing reservists this  the spokesman Saidl Nib to undergo testing will be those subject to Short  the army has slightly More than 783, 730,000 National guard and Reserve personnel. Haiti from Page 1 volunteers for National Security militia. The militia succeeded the Tonton a Coute the notorious personal army created by Jean Claude s father Francois papa Doc Duvalier from whom he inherited the presidency for life in 1971. The slate department said More than 15,000 americans in Haiti were Safe but did not express support for Duvalier and indicate that half the $51 million in is. Aid Haiti was to receive this year May be held Back because of human rights violations. Rioting was spurred by rumours sweeping across Haiti that Duvalier s government had fallen and he had fled the country. Presidential spokesman Larry Speakes told reporters just that Friday morning. The White House retracted the statement later citing conflicting  Duvalier said in a radio broadcast after the Speakes statement the president is Here Strong firm As a Monkey s Tail my dear friends because of wild rumours and nonsense circulated by Good for nothings for some time now i m obliged to take to the  the reference to a Monkey s Tail is a Cre Ole expression that implies strength since monkeys in Haiti use their tails to hang and swing from  said the portly 34-year-old president took his ride through the streets at about 9  his address at 1 p.m., he called for National Unity to restore peace and no malfunctioning of institutions and said he would wore for the Good of the people de spite the wave of violence that has spread through the  recognize that the per capita income is very Low that the distribution of wealth i unequal and shocking he said speaking in French. I solemnly vow to present a new plan for society under which All resources will be kept under strict control. It is Al ready designed by planners and will be presented to you soon. I understand your impatience your legitimate aspirations of improve your Stan Dard of living but we should remember that disorder and anarchy could Only aggravate the situation be said adding that he invoked the 30-Day state of siege to restore order and protect people and property. The siege suspends individual liberties and gives Security forces wide Powers of search seizure and arrest Haiti with about 6 million inhabitants is the poorest nation in the Western Hemi sphere. About 77 percent of the people most of whom speak Creole have annual incomes below $150.about 200 of Duvalier s Blue uniformed militiamen marched through the streets about an hour after the speech waving rifles an automatic weapons in the air shouting such slogans As All priests Are communists and heroes from Page 1 toward the Sun and then swept out of View into Clouds. Reagan stood on a slight Rise overlooking a Grassy quadrangle surrounded by the Modem White Stone and Black gloss build Ings of the National aeronautics and space administration a front of him the crowd filled the Plaza and spilled around a Duck Pond and into a Grove of Pines beyond. To his left was Mission control the nerve Center of space shuttle flights. Its computers charts and screens Are froze yet to the moment 11 39 13 . Est 16 39 13 get when the challenger exploded in flames tuesday 73 seconds after rising from its Kennedy space Center launch pad at Cape canaveral Fla. Behind Reagan was one of the Engi Neering buildings where the astronauts had spent Days preparing for what they hoped would be an adventure in orbit. And across the concourse was the astronaut building where men and women returned Friday to continue their search for the cause of the challenger tragedy. We re gathered Here today As a family said the Rev. Bernard r. Hawley a presbyterian minister who is the father of Astro naut Steven Hawley and the father in Law of Sally ride America s first woman in space. We Are a family that shares a common goal a common commitment and now common devastating  a delegation from Congress including sen. John Glenn a Ohio the first Ameri can to orbit Earth sat on one Side. On an other Row sat Caroline Kennedy and Joh Kennedy jr., the children of assassinated president Kennedy. The Center Section was filled with astronauts. Each of the fallen astronauts was rep resented by family members sitting jus below the president. Nasa said almost 100 relatives of Ellison Onizuka arrived from Hawaii for the ceremony. Reagan walked among the relatives hug Ging some and offering Comfort an air Force band played America the Beautiful and the audience joined in quietly at first and then with strength. In his Eulogy Reagan said each of the challenger Crew members will be remembered. He spoke of the Vietnam combat service of minion commander Scobee and of Pilot Michael Smith who earned enough med als to cover his Chest Judith Resnik said Reagan found Beauty in the music she played on her piano while Ronald Mcnair a talented jazz musician dreamed of living aboard a space station and playing his saxophone  Onizuka said the president dreamed Asa child walking through hawaiian Coffee Fields of someday flying to the Moon while Gregory Jarvis honoured his University i Buffalo n.y., by taking into space a Token to the people who unlocked his  Reagan said Christa Mcauliffe the Concord  teacher who was selected Ashe first citizen in space captured the imagination of the entire nation inspiring us with her Pluck her restless spirit of Dis covery a teacher not just to her Stu dents but to an entire . Mike. Judy Al Ron Greg an Christa he said your families and your country mourn your passing. We bid you goodbye. But we will never forget  search from Page 1 search helicopters said pieces of debris seem to be getting smaller All the time Ashe Days go by. Every hour disperses the debris More Ana More he said. Although the pressurized Cabin is the most solidly reinforced Structure on the to shuttle some engineers thought it might have burst and that the astronauts remains would not be found. Coast guard it cmdr. James Simpson cautioned that the Large object might not be the Cabin. It could be a shrimp boat from 20 years ago or a Spanish Galleon from 300 years ago he said. The explosion claimed the lives of Christa Mcauliffe a 37-year-old teacher from Concord n.h., who was selected to Fly As the first common citizen in Nasa s citizen space program frauds r. Scobee 46, the commander Michael j. Smith 40, the Pilot Judith a. Resnik 36 Ronald & Mcnair 35 Ellison s. Onizuka 39, and Gregory b. Jarvis 41. As divers stood by to get a close look at toe Large object on the Ocean floor 6,000pounds of wreckage from the shuttle were unloaded at Cape canaveral s port five Large chunks of the ship s fuselage already returned to Jort raised the possibility that the pressurized Crew module might have survived intact the wreckage was spotted floating about60 Miles Northeast of Cape canaveral and it was brought Back by the coast guard Cutter Dallas. The debris included the challenger s nose and part of the Cabin parts of a cargo Bay door and sections of Wing and Tailon the Side of the Cabin area was a Yel Low Arrow with the word Rescue pointing to an area that rescuers would open in Case the shuttle ditched at sea and was intact inside the unit Are switches that would per Mit a Rescue team to shut Down the ship s electronic systems and blow the left Obser vation window off the Cabin. Nasa officials were surprised so Many big pieces survived. The investigation was significantly helped by the amount of spacecraft parts recovered said a member of one investigation team. We had worried that we would not come of with As Many pieces As we have and we re anxious to learn what the big object is on the  the press Are communists they were Friendly to journalists who ran alongside to ask questions however and did not interfere with a us. Television Emi fuming the procession. Duvalier declared the state of siege it 7 a in. In response to the most sustained protests in Haiti since papa Doc came to Power in 1957. Jean Claude known As baby Doc was 19 when he succeeded a  protests began when Security forces shot three students dead nov. 28 during demonstration at gonad via and intensifies sunday in Cap haitian a City of 60,000 peo ple that is Haiti s second largest at least 18people have been lolled and nearly 100 injured ind dung Friday s casualties.3 Maggie Steber a freelance photographer said the army announced a curfew. Friday morning and used dubs and tear Gas to get people off Cap haitian s streets. I saw several incidents of be army hitting people with dubs to get their inside she sat president Salvador Jorge Blanco of the dominican repute which shard the Island of Hispaniola with Haiti said he had closed the Border and assigned More soldiers to it Duvalier s state of Seta communique also ordered three radio stations off . Oat was radio Molcil a roman of stir or Chorea station that broadcasts in Creole and is among the few that can be heard in most parts or Haiti which is about the size of Maryland. J  
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