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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 13, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes sunday july 13,1986 nov is Bricis contract for aids tests awarded by air Force san Antonio Texas up blood sys tems inc. Of soils Dale ariz., has been awarded a $4.4 million contract to test All air Force personnel for aids officials said Friday. The contract Calls for a two year testing pro Gram of All air Force Active duty personnel members or the air National guard and the air Force Reserve said it. Marilyn Howe. An estimated 34,000 airmen will be tested each month Tor the antibodies believed to be linked to acquired immune deficiency syndrome. Those who test positive for the aids antibody will be referred to Lackland fab in san an Tonio for further evaluation and counselling. Navy shoots wild goats on san Clemente Island san Diego a after three years of reprieves the Navy opened fire on wild goats roaming san Clemente Island and killed 461. The shooting took place one year after the fund for animals conducted a final sweep of the Island in an attempt to Rescue the animals which the Navy said had to be exterminated before they destroyed several species of endangered plants and Birds. Hunt for slayers snags German Border traffic Munich up the police Hunt for the terrorist murderers of a senior executive of the giant Siemens electronic group backed up traffic for Miles saturday on Germany s Borders. Traffic was piled up for 30 mites on the Cross ing Point into Austria in the Salzburg area. Clearance through police controls and identity checks look three hours. Police also reported traffic jams on the Bor Ders with Switzerland and Holland. The Border checks were ordered because authorities believed that the terrorists would try to flee abroad. The slaying victims were Karl Heinz Buck urts 56, a physicist and member of the Siemens Board of directors and his Driver Eckart ,42. Helms meets Chile Leader apologizes for . Media Santiago Chile a sen. Jesse Helms r-n.c., met with president Augusto Pinochet Friday and later told local reporters he was ashamed of the . News Media because of its treat ment of Chile s government. Helms is chairman of the sen 1 ate agriculture committee and member of the foreign affairs i committee. Also at the meeting Between Helms and Pinochet atthe presidential Palace were Sev eral members of Pinochet s cab inet and Chile s ambassadors to Washington the organization of american slates and the unite nations. Helms was asked later at a Helm news conference about reports on chilean television and radio that Pinochet is preparing a $500 million suit against several american newspapers he claims have defamed his government. The reports quoting unidentified government sources did not identify the papers. I assured president Pinochet that the major median the United states has a tendency to be very unfair to anti communist governments Helms said. I have read a number of things that Are totally misrepresent live of the current chilean situation. In fact i am ashamed of the major Media in my  also said he discussed certain matters involving his government and our government with  thursday Helms criticized state department policies toward Chile. The department in recent months has repeatedly urged a faster transition to democracy in Chile after 13 years of military  indicated earlier Friday that he would seek a new eight year term As president when his term expires in 1989.Helms said thursday that Chile is one of two South american nations battling communism. The other Oneis Paraguay which has been ruled by Gen. Alfredo Strossner since 1954.Helms arrived in Chile on wednesday at the invitation of the National agriculture society an Organiza Tion of landowners for what he said was a totally private visit. He was to leave Chile saturday. Cia Given Day to Day control of Contra operations paper says Washington up the Reagan administration has Given the Cia Day to Day control of managing the military operations of nicaraguan rebels the Newyork times reported saturday. Administration officials told the times the stat department would oversee the policy direction of the contras the forces fighting to overthrow the Nicara Guan government. Cia director William Casey has promised Secretary of state George Shultz that any actions that might prove embarrassing would be cleared first with Testate department the times said. The state department would not comment on the re port saturday and a White House spokesman said the state department will continue to be the Lead Agency with input from the Cia and defense department the times said placing the state department i charge of Overall policy was aimed at deflecting the political backlash concerning Cia involvement. We can t have another mining of the harbours state department official said referring to the april 1984 disclosure that Cia agents had mined Nicara Guan harbours without approval from the Senate Intelli gence committee. Later in 1984, it was revealed that a contractor forthe Cia had written a handbook for the contras some of which was devoted to methods of neutralizing opponents. Lawmakers charged that the handbook advocated the murder of opponents but the Cia said Chebook did not espouse assassination. Army copter crash kills 3, injures 2 by the los Angeles times Riverside Calif. An  uh-1h helicopter on a training Mission crashed in a Remote Southern Californi Canyon area killing three servicemen and injuring two others on Board authorities said Friday. The helicopter was reported missing late thursday night. The wreckage was found at 9 . Fonday at an Elevation of 7,500 feet in a rugged area near Yucca Valley 90miles East of los Angeles police said. The survivors pfc. Thaddeus j. Stewart,20, of Pelham ga., a passenger and pfc. Daniel Ray Hauenstein 23, of Pryor,okla., the Crew chief were flown to March fab Hospital in Riverside. Stewart s spine was fractured. Hauenstein suffered Only minor cuts and bruises an  spokes Man said. Both men were reported to be instable condition. The name of Only one of the dead. War rant officer Randy r. Locklear 27, of Montgomery ala., co Pilot of the helicopter was released Friday. The names of the other victims were withheld pending notification of families said Sheila samples Public information officer at fort Sill okla., the Crew s Home base. Specialists from the  safety Centeral fort Rucker ala., were sent to the crash site Friday to begin an investigation into the cause said cant Patrick Healy spokes Man for the National training Center a fort Irwin Calif. The Crew and helicopter belonged tothe  s 200th aviation co 14th aviation in based at fort Sill. They were Ona familiarization m Sion to assist in a joint military exercise to be conducted later this month throughout Southern California Healey said. The exercise called Gallant Eagle is six Day test of the ability of select Ameri can units to fight a desert War on Short notice. Mock combat in the test involves men and equipment from All branches of the military. In Nevada two norwegian air Force f-16 jets collided during War games thurs Day and one of the planes crashed. The Pilot of the downed $ 13 million Jet parachuted to safety. Crash from Page 1 to prevent Aerial photography. A Public affairs officer at Edwards fab said emergency personnel and fire fighting Crews rushed to the crash site which was at an Elevation of about 4,000feet in the Kern River Canyon near the Sequoia National Forest. Don Haley a spokesman at Edwards said an air Force investigative team will work night and Day until it has Salvage the aircraft and its parts. He said they might wait until next week before examining the wreckage to determine the cause of the crash. The air Force identified the Pilot a maj. Ross e. Mulhare 35, a native of fall River mass. He was married and had four children. A Kern county Deputy said a sheriff s department search party reached the site first but was later ordered out of the area by military officials. The air Force refused to say whether the plane originated from Edwards 65miles South of the crash site. The facility in the Mojave desert is used to test advanced military aircraft. In the past Edwards fab has been the Landing site for space shuttles and the b 1 bomber but senior airman Greg Mohnkern a Public affairs officer said the plane that crashed Friday was not bomber. Lightbody said the f-19 is designed to destroy radar and surface to air missile Sites blinding an enemy prior to an air strike. Air Force officials however said the plane was not armed. There Are approximately 20 or 30 i existence Lightbody said. Lightbody said the Jet has folding wings and can be loaded aboard a giant c-5 transport plane. He said it employs stealth technology designed to evade radar detection prob ably a equipped with laser guide bombs and missiles and probably has not been used in a combat situation eve though it was designed in 1973. That plane is designed to Fly in the Middle of the night Lightbody said. Police arrest boy George London a boy George the witty articulate Young Singer who pioneered transvestism in pop music was arrested saturday and charged with possessing heroin police said. Nearly 12 hours after taking him in Scotland Yard released the pop Star and ordered him to appear before a London magistrate on july 29. Boy George who was said to be undergoing treatment for heroin addiction left a North London police station in a chauffeur driven car with a police escort smiling and waving. His Driver Bill but ton said that when drug squad detectives picked the Singer up at an undisclosed address East of Lon Don at 10 ., George was in Good form. He looked Goodenough to do a concert or. Meg Patterson who was treating boy George s addiction was said to be upset that police did not wait for the treatment to be completed but Scotland Yard said he was examined by a police sur Geon and pronounced fit for interrogation. Boy George with his Long hair Pancake makeup and cheerfully admitted bisexuality rocketed to Fame with such hits As Karma Chameleon and do you really want to Hurt   
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