European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 20, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes sunday july 20,1986 svs cousins Din Masulo 10, did Tomm Facer 2, both of Bellefonte a help just say when. Glub. Glub their canine Friend Max a match his thirst on a recent dog Day afternoon. Brand Masulla the month old Puppy s owner and another family member Appolo trailed Max to gulp water As it squirt out of the Garden Hose. Rule requiring new army Hospital will Hurt other projects study says by Norman Blac Washington a an amendment to the Pentagon s military construction budget attached by Texas congressman will devastate work on medical facilities around the world by forcing expenditures Ona new Hospital that the defense department does t want to build an internal review has  review in the form of a three Page Impact memo concludes that the Pentagon will have to delay at least 18 projects scheduled for construction starts in fiscal 1989 and possibly seven others because of a amendment authored by rep. Tom Loeffler a Texas. That amendment attached to the Pentagon s Mili tary construction budget recently directs the Pentagon to proceed with design and site preparation work for a450-bed replacement Hospital for the Brooke army medical Center in san Antonio . William Mayer the assistant defense Secretary for health affairs overrode the army and cancel construction of a Large replacement facility for Brooke on june 12, saying it is unnecessary. Instead Mayer authorized planning for a Iso bed facility. According to Bill Marinelli an aide to the House appropriations committee s military construction subcommittee on which Loeffler sits the Texas re publican succeeded in attaching his amendment to the spending Bill on june 16 by a s-to-4  amendment survived House floor action and is now awaiting a Senate vote Marinelli  amendment directs the Pentagon to spend $14 million to Complete design work for a 450-bed facility and another $10 million to begin site preparation. According to the Impact memo the subcommittee did not increase funding to cover that work meaning that other projects must be  Impact memo dated july 16, was prepared for Mayer s office by Gordon a Dowery the director of the defense medical facilities office. The Loeffler amendment would Force the defens medical facilities office to use $24 million or 63 percent of its fiscal 1987 request of $37.9 million for planning and design funds on the Brooke project Leav ing Only $13.9 million for All other design require ments the memo states. New prenatal test works earlier than amniocentesis doctors say bar Harbor Maine up a  prenatal testing for birth defects can be performed much earlier than amniocentesis and can reap results within minutes rather than weeks apparently with out any additional danger of miscarriage doctors say. The new method known As Chorion villus sampling or tvs allows blood and tissue to be taken from the fetus nine weeks after Conception instead of 16 wee Sand produces results within 15 minutes instead of Sev eral weeks. Or. Laird Jackson of Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia said he thinks the new technique will replace the majority of amniocentesis procedures. Jackson described tvs during a course on genetic thursday at the Jackson Laboratory a research Institute. Performing the test earlier allows women who Dis cover they Are carrying a baby with a defect to choose an a onion at a safer time. If the test is negative the results relieve fears sooner he said. In the United states about 25,000 women undergo amniocentesis each year to get samples to perform prenatal testing. The procedure is recommended Only for women who Are at High risk because of their age or family history because disturbing the womb can resulting miscarriage. In amniocentesis a Needle is inserted into the womb to remove fluid for analysis. In the tvs procedure tube is inserted into the Vagina and through the uterus until it reaches the Placenta which nourishes the  tissue Sample is then taken for analysis. So far about 8,000 tvs procedures have been per formed in the United states and the procedure appears to be As Safe As amniocentesis which can cause spontaneous abortions in almost 3 percent of the cases said Jackson. A larger study is being done to confirm the proce Dure s safety he said. In another development researchers reported a new More accurate genetic test to determine whether women Are carrying Haemophilia and predict if their babies will inherit the blood disease. The most common form of Haemophilia Haemophilia a occurs in about one in every 10,000 births and almost exclusively affects males. Haemophiliacs blood fails to clot properly. Patients can live into adulthood with treatment and transfusions but Many die in their30s. A blood test that has been used is Only about 80percent accurate while the new genetic test which analyses the genes in blood or fetal tissue is 98 percent to 100 percent accurate according to or. Stylianos Antonarakis of Johns Hopkins University school of Medicine in Baltimore. Stateside 3,000 Ford workers on strike in Atlanta Hapeville a a about 3,000 worke Raat for motor co s Atlanta Assembly Plant Here went on strike at Midnight Friday but a spokesman for the automaker said farther talks were not immediately scheduled. Bar gainers for Ford and the United Auto workers Union local 882 held talks up to the Midnight deadline said Ron Parham Union chairman of the parts  had tried for the past few month to resolve what the Law called an overload of jobs on the Plant Assembly line As Well As health and safety concerns. We very much regret the work stoppage by Mem Bers of Law local 882," Ford spokesman Richard Judy said in a company statement in Detroit. We Hope for a Quick Resolution of the issues and win continue to work for an Early settlement that is satisfactory to both  several earthquakes hit Eastern Aleutian islands Palmer Alaska a a swarm of earthquakes including three in the moderate Range jolted the Unalaska area in the Eastern Aleutian islands but caused no damage Friday night the Alaska tsunami warning Center  Traturyk of the earthquake Observatory  largest temblor registered 5.3 on the open ended Richler scale at 8 25 ., 4.8 at 9 04  And 5.1 at 10 53  The first two were entered about 60 mile Southeast of Unalaska and the second was about 40 Miles Southwest of Unalaska he  tremors occurred in an area where the Pacific plate of the Earth s crust meets the North american plate and were not related to volcanic activity strata Ryk said. All were Felt in and around Unalaska but no damage was reported he added. Zoo staff seeks new Home for ornery asian elephant Denver up Kansas zoo officials wish twin Kles a 6,500-Pound asian elephant could develop a personality to match her  the meantime they Are searching for a new Home for the temperamental  Sana director of the Lee Richardson zoo in oar Den City Kansas says twinkles is not mean but her ornery behaviour is More than Kansas zoo workers can handle. He  23-year-old twinkles has not directly Hurt anyone although she knocked Down a keeper breaking the keeper s  s a Tough  we re looking Lor a Home for twinkles Baff Asaid adding that Nis staff lacks the years of experience necessary to handle  s just like people who once a year gel irritable and get in a tight he said. That does t make those people killers. We Lack Long term professional expertise in handling a Tough