European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 1, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes tuesday april 1, 1986  photo by red Grandy Apt. Douglas Powell injects a Puppy held by its owner Matt Crager who has since been promoted to sergeant. Army veterinarian does t let allergy keep him from patients by Judy Sarasohn medical writer h Ellen Ikon a Greece army capt. Doug Las Powell s work apparently is something to sneeze at. Powell is the chief of veterinary services for the Eastern Mediterranean Branch which brings him into frequent Contact with dogs and cats. The problem is he s allergic to most animals. I sneeze a lot when i work Powell said. If i Don t take my antihistamines it s  besides his medication Powell uses a Small air purifier to Clear the air. The roughest time is when he s prepping a dog for an operation and must Cut the Ani Mal s hair. Powell Learned about his allergy about a year after completing veterinary school at the University of Georgia. His symptoms started when he packed his dogs in his car and drove from Pensacola Nas fla., to visit his family in Georgia. It was  showed he was allergic to most animals although not to horses cows or his pet Boa Constrictor. Powell said it s not too unusual for a veterinarian to develop an allergy to his patients. Some surgeons he said Are allergic to the powder in their surgical gloves. But the discovery of his allergy has not stopped him from continuing his veterinary work. I never wanted to do anything else in my life Powell said. I like my work too  based at the air Force installation near Athens Powell is responsible for animal care at 15 Sites in Greece and sees 10 to 25 animals a Day. Some patients Are turtles hamsters and Birds. But not All of his work is caring for pets. He also is responsible for sanitation and food inspections. His work takes him to dairies and slaughterhouses in is Rael a Dairy in Bahrain and a bakery in Oman. Although he has t let his allergy slow him Down Powell said it s downright disheartening at times. I m afraid i m going to have to go into research. I May not have a  filipino soldiers thwart new attempt by strikers to reach Clark a Gate Clark a Philippines a filipino soldiers fired into the air at the main Gate of the . Base Here monday morning As 500 strikers sought to regain control of the Gate from some 200 bar hostesses and taxi Drivers opposed to the strike. Both sides and the soldiers eventually withdrew without any injuries reported leaving the Gates open. The strike by 22,000 filipino workers at Clark nearby Subic naval base and six Small . Facilities began 10 Days ago. The bar hostesses and taxi Drivers drove off the strikers sunday night and took Down the barricades allowing . Personnel to go in and out of the gales at the sprawling base for the first time in several Days. At least four people were injured sunday in the Rock throwing Melee. Clark Gates were open but the Gates at Subic naval base 50 Miles away remained closed by picket lines. The strikers had returned monday from Manila where they demonstrated in front of the suburban residence of president Corazon Aquino until 4 . About 50 soldiers firing weapons into the air blocked strikers near the base Gate As they returned in buses from Manila. Francisco Nepomuceno acting mayor of Angeles City which is just outside Clark told the bar hostesses and cab Drivers that Aquino would intervene in the strike. Spokesmen for the president said however she had not taken any hand in ending the strike and that As far As they knew it was still a matter for the ministry of labor. Strikers were outside Aquino s residence from Midnight to about 4 . She did not come out during that time. Deputy labor minister carmelo Noriel said there had been no dialogue with Aquino but he understood some parties wanted her to intervene. He said a committee try ing to end the strike would meet tuesday in Manila. Aquino met monday with . William Crowe chair Man of the . Joint chiefs of staff. Crowe said after the meeting that the Issue of the bases strike did not come up and that he met Aquino As a Courtesy Call. Strikers said monday they rejected an offer by leftist groups opposed to the bases to reinforce their ranks and blockade the Gates anew. Lawyer who defended Paul Robeson Dies at 82 Albany . A Arthur Harvey a lawyer and civil rights activist who defended Singer Paul Robeson against blacklisting has died at 82. Harvey defended Robeson in 1947, when the Singer was scheduled to perform at an Albany school and the Albany Board of education denied a permit claiming he had communist sympathies. Harvey won and Robeson Sang. Copies of 2 beatles albums sell out immediately in Moscow Moscow a copies of two beatles albums were an immediate sellout in their debut at soviet record stores officials of the state recording company Melodia said. Long lines formed outside Melodia s main record store on Kalinin Prospect in Central Moscow As beatles fans clamoured for copies of a hard Day s night and a taste of  we sold All of them the first Day a worker at the store said. But she added that More arc expected to go on Sale soon. Yugoslavia s weapons exports reportedly $2 billion in 1985 Belgrade Yugoslavia a this nonaligned communist country last year exported weapons valued at More than $2 billion a senior military officer has said in published comments. The daily acc Cronje no Vosti quoted maj. Gen. Simo Papic As saying mine launchers tanks aircraft and sub marines accounted for much of the approximately 40 product lines exported. We Are engaged in further research development and manufacture of new modern combat Means and systems so As to rely As much As possible on our sources of Supply As Well As be competitive on the world Market he was quoted As saying. The newspaper did not say what Papic s military function was. Be Cernie no Vosti said military experts expect to earn even More this year from weapons exports without giving a specific figure. 11-year-old boy steals bus rams oncoming car injuring 2 Tel Aviv Israel up a bus driven by an 11 year old boy and chased by police crossed a median strip and rammed into another vehicle going in the opposite direction seriously injuring two people police said. The boy had driven 12 Miles before losing control of the wheel and crashing head on into the other car they said. The Driver and another passenger were  boy was not. According to the police the boy took the bus from a Central bus terminal depot in Southern Tel Aviv. He managed to Clear several pre Sabbath traffic jams be fore getting onto the Tel Aviv Jerusalem Highway. Searchers recover 4 bodies after Avalanche in Canada Valemount British Columbia a searchers using helicopters Metal detectors and dogs recovered two More bodies after an Avalanche dumped up to 33 feet of Snow on a snowmobile party killing four people authorities said. It looked As though the whole Mountain fell on them said Mike Wiegel a Pilot who participated in the Rescue Effort in the Caribou mountains nearly 300 Miles North East of Vancouver. It was a huge  the victims All from Drayton Valley Alberta were among about 300 others from Alberta and British Colum Bia attending a weekend snowmobile rally along a Trail. The Snow fell on six people. Two were rescued moments later and two bodies were found. Princess Anne was Kidnap target while visiting Brazil official says London a Princess Anne was the target of a Kidnap threat during a four Day visit to Brazil last week Buckingham Palace and the foreign office said. The trip ended without incident. Federal police in Brazil were quoted As saying a gang of drug traffickers wanted to Kidnap the Only daughter of Queen Elizabeth ii and Exchange her for their jailed Leader Jose Carlos Dos Reis Encina known As Pescadinha. He is known in Brazil for his practice of returning some of the millions from his cocaine and other drug dealings to the country s poor. We can confirm there was a Kidnap threat and we were aware of it at the time said a foreign office spokeswoman