European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 25, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday october 25, 1966 the stars and stripes . Says a4ex/ co doing better of spraying Washington api the state department hid Mexico appears to be improving its Aerial Spray ing of drug crop but it s too soon to Tell whether the Effort win substantially Cut the amount of opium being produced in that country. Ann Wrobleski assistant Secretary of state Tor inter National narcotics matters said thursday that us. Drug agents verified that Mexico sprayed Heidi Ciuti on 99 percent of the opium Fields they had told Ujj. A Tho Lei they would Spray in the current Campaign. In previous Yean Mexico promised to Spray a num Ber of Fields but spot checks by . Agents showed that Only 20 percent of them had actually been sprayed. But it s too Early even for preliminary estimates of How much opium Mexico will produce this year since the Harvest has just begun Wrobleski said. There have been some improvement in eradication but we Don t have any production figures yet she said. The department s Semi annual report an foreign anti drug efforts made no Chandra in february s preliminary assessment that in 1985 Mexico was once again the largest single country source of heroin and marijuana imported into the United  Mexico produced up to 45 metric tons of opium and up to 4,000 tons of marijuana last year and cocaine shipments from South America through Mexico to the United states increased according to the report. The figures indicate mexican drug production in creased tenfold in the four Yean leading up to 1985. The report and wrote ski s comments about tie mexican efforts appeared to reflect state department efforts to show that despite some troubling developments the United states $60 million a a car inter National drug control program is paying off. Among problems listed in the report were the slow Pace of judicial preceding against suspects in the 19ss murder of Mexico bated drug enforcement administration agent Enrique Camarena and the arrest and torture of another agent Victor Cortez this sum Mer. Cortez was released. The report noted increased opium cultivation in Pakistan and said the government remained concerned about reports of Large scale opium cultivation in Laos Afghanistan and Iran. Court upholds panel charged with censoring mining ban in education material for women 3 Alaska Parks san Francisco a a Federal appeals court thursday upheld a ban on mining in three of Alaska National Parks until the government assesses potential damage to land and water. The 9lh . Circuit court of appeals forbade min ing in three Parks until the National Park service pie pares a report on the environmental Impact. In Alaska s five other National Parks mining operations Are to be allowed after environmental reviews for each project. A three judge panel of the appeals court unanimously affirmed a decision last year by . District judge James von Der Heyl s order. About three dozen Placer Gold mines were in the pack areas two years ago said a lawyer for the Alaska miners association which carried the Case to the appeals court after the Park service decided 10 comply with von Der Heyl s order. While sympathizing with the real financial hard ship faced by miners the appeals court said the ban was proper. The ruling was praised by a lawyer for environmental groups but criticized by the miners lawyer. Until the suit was filed in May i98s, mining was disaster in the Parks said Philip a Matt of the Sierra club Legal defense fund which represented the three environmental organizations that filed suit. James burling of the Pacific Legal foundation which represented the miners group said the order upheld by the court was. Much too harsh and could be catastrophic for Small miners. Red Cross screens Forhtlv-1 virus Chicago up the american red Cross said thursday immediate Steps would be taken to keep Hilvi a virus in the aids family believed to cause a form Ofle Kemia out of the blood  the next 10 Days the red Cross will been a Pilot program in five areas to Check 30,000 blood do Nalion for antibodies to the virus to determine if fur ther action is necessary said or. Gerald Sander associate vice president for red Cross medical operations. The red Cross collects about half of the 12 million pints oxblood collected in the United slates every year. Our primary concern is whether any of this infection by come into the eligible blood donor Popula Tion Sander said. .,., Sander said this pre Lection could take the form of a mass screening similar to that conducted for the aids Hilvi like the aids virus Htlv-3, comes from a family of Virtues known As human retroviruses which Are characterized by Long strap topless incubation periods. Both Are spread through sexual Contact and the sharing of blood. Htlv-1 i thought to Trajer adult ced leukaemia which causes White blood ceus to reproduce in Abnor Mally tone amounts. Htlv-2, another retrovirus has a Issaie with hairy Ovule Kernit.  the viruses Sander said Oman red Cros guidelines should m theory Elani Bltehtlv-1 carriers up Mil t there Are Tome unique Jcu to Wilh respect to a worldwide Washington taken in retaliation for the la Angeles arrests of sort twi and nil May  who were  a Cue that entered wound Fonner Funi