European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 29, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Inside stripes army seeks Money to defend front line 5 couples in uniform breathing space daily Magazine d today s Dollar buys 2.12 Marks rates Page 27 the Silzars and stripes Tutop Piui. Publication re Tim . Armid Rori ii vol. 45, no. 102 tuesday july 29,1986 pc o., a ctr d 8693 a family finds Jenco fragile j 0 relatives reunited in Germany with former hostage b Wendy Bourland staff writers Wiesbaden. Germany family members the Rev. Lawrence m. Jenco said monday the former hoi a is fragile and emotional following his release nearly 19 months As the captive moslem extremists in Lebanon. He s going through a period adjustment right now Nephew Andy Misclich said following a two hour visit with he priest Al the air Force regional medical Center in Wiesbaden. He is a very fragile Man very emotional. He seems to be in Good Condi Tion considering he s been held captive for 19 months but that docs not mean he is a Well the 5 1-year-old roman Catholic priest was released saturday in the syrian controlled blk Tel Valley in East Ern Lebanon. He was flown to Germany sunday an will undergo medical and psychological testing Tor Al least the next two Days. Military doctors said Jenco is in satisfactory Condi Tion but he is suffering from fatigue and heart disease. Ten Jenco family members three Brothers three Sisters a Nephew and three spouses were flown Cornein main a Early monday and were then driven by Convoy to the Hospital and a Long awaited family reunion. We re keeping our visits Short for now. We Don t want to put extra Strain him Misclich said. He s a very tired fragile Man. But he s responding quite Well considering his Mihelich and other family members said they were not shocked by Jenco s appearance. We had seen him television so we were pretty Well prepared he said. The biggest Surprise was when he entered the continued Page 28 Bas photo l Emnott unit . Jenco clenches fast after throwing a kiss to crowd at Hospital. With him is Wiesbaden lord mayor a Helm Exner 6,000 soviet troops to leave Afghanistan Moscow up soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev made an overture for peace in Afghanistan by announcing the withdrawal about 6,000 soviet , in a nationally televised speech from the Pacific coast City Vladivostok Laid monday that the nates concerned were Tola in Advance plans to return six soviet regiments to their Home bases by the end 1986."it must be answered by the curtail ment outside interference in the affairs the democratic Republic Afghanistan Gorbachev soviet Union initially explained its 1979 intervention in Afghanistan As answering a request from the marxist administration for assistance. But Gorba Chev made Clear soviet troops Are thereto protect the afghan people and arc there from the interests he soviet Union s the announcement appeared time for the resumption the seventh round the deadlocked afghan peace talks i Geneva wednesday but it was not Clear if the withdrawal a Small portion the estimated 115,000 soviet troops would affect s Chicken feed. It s a gesture said a Western Diplomat. I think Gorbachev will have to show a Good Deal More if he is going to convince Western car bomb kills 32, wounds 140 in Beirut Beirut Lebanon a a carjacked with a Quarter ton explosives blew up in a Christian residential District during morning Rush hour monday killing 32 people wounding 140 and wrecking dozens buildings police reported. The blast Tore balconies off High Rise apartment houses and set seven them ablaze. Rescuers using lad Ders and forklifts saved More than to people trapped rooftops. Ambulances raced in and out the stricken area. Radio stations broadcast App pals for blood donations. It was the wont seven car bomb Ings this year in Lebanon whose 11-year-old sectarian civil War has taken More than 100,000 lives. No one has claimed responsibility for any the at tacks six them in Christian East Bei rut and one in the port City Sidon a moslem stronghold. A Tota 98 people have been lulled and 580 wounded. Many victims were burned beyond identification. The explosion the White Mercedes gouged a Crater More than 6 feet deep. Police said up to 550 pounds font was packed into the Cor which exploded at 8 28 . When bin rum Maneh was jammed with traffic. Aids testing to begin for gis in Europe by Judy Sarasohn medical writer Heidelberg aids testing All . Soldier sin Europe begins Friday. The screening is being done to ensure combat Readi Ness and Protection the Battlefield blood Supply said maj. Paul View Meier chief Usa eur s fit Ness Branch. Also a Soldier with an impaired immune system would be at risk from live virus vaccinations he said. If a Soldier tests positive the army s support net work comes into play. The Soldier s commander medi Cal personnel chaplains social workers and others Are available to help him handle the devastating news. It s a disease that needs to be treated with compos an trill broadcast i special radio and television report aids testing in Usarek at b . Today. Also see related aids stories pages 3 Tut 6. Sion said . Col Michael Banc non preventive Medicine consultant for the 7th medical come. People have got to try to understand. It is not an indicator homosexuality drug use. It s wrong to Label begins next month at Ramstein a Ger Many and Raf upper Heyford England. But full scale screening for the . Air forces in Europe is not scheduled to begin until september. Officials Are meet ing this week at Malcolm grow medical Center an Drews fab. Md., to discuss details the Navy began testing european Shore command personnel in january. Units at sea May be tested in Europe by request. The test screens for the antibody that indicates exposure to the a Tiv Iii virus which causes aids acquired immune deficiency syndrome. The disease continued Page 3
