European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 18, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes tuesday March 18, 1986 unwarranted fear of aids still causing blood shortages stateside Washington a the food and drug administration concerned that unwarranted fear of aids is continuing to hamper blood donations is telling its Region Al offices to reassure potential blood donors such fears Are groundless. In an advisory distributed within the Agency the Fra said a Survey conducted for the american association of blood Banks found 34 percent of the american people believe they can get aids by donating blood. This unwarranted fear May be producing blood Short Ages As Many potential donors Are scared out of giving vitally needed blood the advisory says. Blood Banks throughout the nation Are reporting declines in donations and consequently in their blood  the Agency said the greater new York blood program reported recently that its blood reserves had fallen to about a third of their Normal level. Recipients of contaminated blood products can in fact contract aids although tests Are now used to screen out infected blood. For donors it s another Story. The Federal centers for disease control has recorded no cases of aids from donating blood the Fra said. And procedures followed in . Blood Banks which Are regu lated by the Fra do not allow any Contact that would permit the aids virus to spread from one person to another the Agency said. The Fra in its advisory suggests regional officers Point out to potential blood donors that blood donations do not involve Contact with anyone else s blood. The Needle and tube used to draw blood is sterile and disposed of after workers rally for jeep Plant Toledo Ohio a United Auto workers Mem Bers say jeep s Home is Here and they want american motors corp. To keep it that Way. We can Only go into this with a great Deal of Hope. We were born Here and we d like to stay Here said jeep worker Art Schroeder one of several Hundred people who marched through downtown and rallied sunday in an Effort to persuade am to keep its jeep Plant open. Am has said it will close its Auto Plant in Kenosha wis., and build a new one elsewhere. The company has said it might close the aging jeep Plant and build those vehicles at the new Plant. There is no guarantee that we will go with the Plant if it does. There is nothing solid we can rely on. Also it s almost a family thing said Schroeder who said he has worked at the Plant for nine years. The jeep line goes Way Back. It goes Back to our  Shannon Lacourse 13, whose parents work at jeep read a letter she wrote to am officials. If they close the Plant my Mother and father will lose their jobs. I think the jeep Plant is the heart of our Community the letter said. Besides Ohio about five states Are wooing am for the new Plant. Ohio department of development officials recently presented am with a package of incentives to keep the Plant in Toledo. Jeep employs about 7,000 workers in Toledo where the vehicles have been built for More than 40 years. The Plant was built in the Early 1900s. Jeep worker Harry Mangold said workers feel that am does not care about them. Sometimes the workers feel they Are right in the Middle the company Don t care and the Union Don t care said Mang old who said he has worked at the Plant for three years. I think it s a scare tactic. The effect on the whole City if they go out 7,000 workers. Do you know How much they generate not Only in sales but in taxes to6?" one use. Therefore the donor is never exposed to a Needle that has been used before or to any substance or equipment that might Harbor the aids virus the Fra said. Fear of contracting aids from donating blood is groundless and should not prevent anyone from giving  aids acquired immune deficiency syndrome is caused by a virus that is passed from one person to another through the Transfer of body fluids. It kills by destroying the body s immune system leaving the body vulnerable to other infections. There is no known cure. Both the american red Cross and the blood Bank association said Friday that donations have improved some what from a Low Point in january but that Many potential donors still express fear. This january was much worse than in past years but it has gotten a Little better said Jackie Campbell of the blood Bank association. But we have had reports that fewer new donors Are coming into the system and we think this aids May be a  she said los Angeles for example had 200,000 first time donors in 1982. That number dropped by 10,000 donors in 1983 by 4,000 in 1984 and by 14,000 in 1985. The drop in new donors is partly offset by increased donations by Long time donors she said possibly in response to broadcast appeals. She said for example that the percentage of los Angeles donors giving blood three times a year has increased from 12.6 percent to 15.3 per cent. Lightheaded up photo Larry Schneider of Dallas puts his head into his work As he goes about the business of replacing burned out bulbs in and around the City. New York lawmaker seeks to ban Blade shooting knife Albany . A knives that shoot the Blade up to 30 feet could join the ranks of weapons banned in new York state if an assemblyman has his Way. A distributor in Florida has run ads for the product in such magazines As american survival guide and describes it As the knife that shoots. The commies had it. We stole it. Now you can buy it the most devastating knife Ever produced silent and  the Plum ballistic knife presents a danger not Only to the Public at Large but to our state s Law enforcement officers As Well says assemblyman Vincent Graber who is calling for a state ban on the weapon. He proposed legislation that would make it a mis Demea nor to possess manufacture or transport the knives in new York. A Misdemeanour is punishable by up to a year in jail and a $1,000 Fine. Dod sends 26,757-Page report to Congress to justify budget Washington a the Pentagon sent Congress a record 26,757 pages to justify its budget requests last year More than twice the 11,927 pages submitted in. 1974 during the War in Vietnam according to a study. More pages Are expected this year because congressional panels debating the Pentagon budget have asked for 1,087 reports up from 784 in 1985, said the study con ducted by the general accounting office Congress investigative Arm. Although Pentagon officials Are being asked to Send More paper to Congress they Are being summoned there less frequently the study said. Congress held 441 defense hearings in 1984, compared with 840 in 1969, when 3,361 Pentagon officials were called to testify. Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger appeared before congressional committees for 26 hours in 1984, compared to 102 hours for Robert s. Mcnamara when he was Secre tary in 1966. Marine biologists want to find where Humphrey has travelled Sausalito Calif. A Marine biologists trying to understand migratory patterns have asked people to be on the Alert for Humphrey the Humpback whale who wandered Inland Waters for three weeks last year before swimming out to sea. We want to find out where he has gone since he left the Golden Gate said Mary Jane Schramm spokeswoman for the California Marine mammal Center a private non profit animal Rescue Agency. The whale returned to the Ocean nov. 4 after his mean Dering course through san Francisco Bay s shallow Nar Row tributaries. Effort to solve parking problem turns into a Fine Opportunity Allentown a. A Federal officials were in town to discuss the City s problems in collecting $9,800 in parking fines run up by . Servicemen. They found a $3 ticket on their car for a meter violation when they left. The parking authority had announced it was taking on the army Navy and marines for ignoring thousands of dollars in fines and penalties incurred by recruiting offi cers and staff members since january 1985. Authority director Robin Kleckner said some of the servicemen driving government vehicles had blatantly disregarded the Law while others mistakenly thought they were exempt from using meters and paying tickets. Three representatives from the general services administration arrived to discuss the problem. Kleckner said they made it Clear that the Serviceman not the govern ment is responsible for fines but promised to help the City solve the problem. The ticket waiting for the representatives outside was for overtime parking at a meter. They paid promptly. Utah utilities group will sell surplus Power to la Vernal Utah a a group of six Central Utah utilities has agreed to sell its surplus Power to los Angeles with utilities on both ends using the profits to help the poor pay their electric Bills officials say. The agreement thought the first of its kind was engineered by Joseph p. Kennedy la s citizens Energy corp., said Rex Wood House chairman of the coalition of six utilities called Utah municipal Power Agency Boston based citizens Energy uses its prof its mainly from natural Gas and Oil deals to help Low income people pay heating Bills. Under the agreement citizens Energy will sell Umpa s surplus Power from the Bonanza Power Plant near Vernal to the los Angeles water & Power department. Citizens Energy will take 10 percent of the profits to cover its overhead then split the bal Ance Between the los Angeles Agency and Umpa members said Donald Allen a Washington d.c., lawyer who served As intermediary Between Umpa and citizens Energy. The profits will be Given to the salvation army red Cross and other agencies qualified to Aid the poor with their Utility expenses. Kennedy interviewed by Telephone praised Umpa for its demonstration of innovative and creative  it will be a Good thing for the poor in Utah and Southern California but it will also be Good for Umpa he said. It s a Good program for everyone concerned Woodhouse said. It will help us out and will help people  Allen estimated the agreement will Gen Erate hundreds of thousands of dollars Ini  Kennedy 33, the oldest son of the late sen. Robert Kennedy founded citizens Energy in 1979. Officials estimate it has an Nual revenues of $1 billion. Kennedy is running for Congress in Massachusetts 8th District