European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 12, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes Friday december 12,1986 health workers not at risk of aids study says Boston up no special precautions arc needed to prefect doctors nurses and lab technician from closure to aids a Licals other than safeguards taken against any infectious disease researchers say. We really Don l think it s no Assai to put a sign on inc door saying this person has aids said or. J. Louise  a member of the task Force Al the University of California in san Francisco. The task Force findings published wednesday in the new England journal of Medicine were based in part on a study involving 326 Hospital workers that found none 10 be infected Wilh the acquired immune deficiency syndrome virus unless they were at High risk such As homosexual men. The study covers workers in Hospital aids units aids labs and aids clinics and includes nearly 100 people who have had Needle Slicks and been splashed Wilh blood said Gerberding. She said that of More than 2,400 health care work ers who look part in a varied of . Studies Only one has been documented to have contracted aids through Contact with an infected patient. The 19-Mcmbcr task Force which originally issued a set of guidelines for handling hospitalized aids Palionis in 1983, reviewed and rejected a variety of Spe Cial procedures for dealing Wilh victims of inc deadly virus. Among those was a proposal for Blanket screen ing of incoming Hospital patients for exposure to aids which destroys inc body s immune system. The panel comprised of 16 doctors and three registered nurses concluded that Standard precautions against any infectious disease such As hepatitis arc sufficient safeguards against aids  said. Wilh aids patients As Wilh victims of any infectious disease health care workers should Wear protective clothing when directly contacting blood Orother body fluids Wash hands thoroughly carefully handle Laboratory samples and try to avoid being slurp Wilh Needles. Dentists also should use masks and protective Eye Wear when exposure to splashes of saliva blood and other secretions is Likely. Alone on a Wall of water a Phalli four Lime world professional surfing Champion melt Richards of Australia shoots across the Bee of a 25-foot wave during he Bil Tabang hawaiian prom a it Walmon Bay. , the meet s defending Champion was among 16 surfers to Advance la the final rounds of the event. . College costs highest among 5 Western notions Washington a College in the United Stales costs thousands of Dol Lars More than in Western Europe be cause european stud cols pay Little or no Lilion and fees according to a five nation study of financial Aid released wednesday. The study. Sharing the costs of higher education published by inc College in trance examination Board compared Means of paying for higher education in the uni cd Stales great Britain swe Den. France and Germany. The direct Burden of higher educational costs on parents in Sweden is the lightest at All income Levels said the report written by Dbruce Johnstone. The greatest Burden on inc Low income parents seems to be in  Johns one president of Buffalo state College and an authority on financial Aid policy said parental contributions in the United states Are very Light at the Low and lower Middle income Levels. But he said they become substantial at upper Middle and higher incomes for families Wilh children attending expensive Pri vate colleges pan of this heavy parental Burden reflects the higher Cost of instruction at . Colleges most of which have More extensive physical plants non academic student support services and administrative support than do their european counterparts Johnstone said in the study. Bui part of it seems from a policy Deci Sion to allow much of higher education to be operated and financed privately thus relieving the government and Las payers of most of the Cost he said. According to Johns Lone europeans find it astonishing that some american parents pay Over s12, a year to Send their children to private colleges. Discounting Lilion French costs Are the lowest while education costs the Mostin Sweden reflecting the country s High Cost of living Lack of government subsidization of living expenses and a cultural View that would have a 21-year-old student live at about the same Stan Dard As a worker or clerk of the same age Johnstone said. Swedish students pursue i hair educations with government Loans the study said. Sweden was the Only country of the five studied in which parents officially arc not Cupec cd to contribute to their children s education. They do. However pay High fanes and some also make an Nual payments for years on their own education Loans the study said. France and Germany offer govern ment subsidized housing and meals to study nos Johnstone said. He said severe Means testing is the Rule in both coun tries reflecting the philosophy that Edu cation is primarily a family responsibility and taxpayers should Only be responsible for a sharply targeted pro Gram of assistance to the very  German parents Are required by Law to contribute a percentage of All family in come above a certain protected amount for College costs the study said. The government also offer a loan program with easy repayment terms. Student contributions Are lowest in great Britain which has no government sponsored student Inan programs and actively discourage students from working part time the study found. The great majority of families however Are eligible for Grants and Many Don l have to make any contributions. The United Siales was the Only coun try studied that actively encouraged Stu dents to work part time to the Point of subsidizing universities to hire them Johnstone said. Part time or academically disadvantaged . Study nos qualify for pants that Are generous compared to what other countries provide he said. Institutions and philanthropists Bear a substantial share of the costs for privately educated students from Low and Middle income families he said. Pentagon identifies remains of 2 More mias Washington a the Pentagon announced thursday it has identified the remains of two addition Al american servicemen killed during the Vietnam War that were recovered earlier this year. The remains of inc two air Force officers were to be flown from Hickam fab in Hawaii to Travis fab calif., on Friday following a full military honors Cere Mony the Pentagon added. One of those identified thursday was among a set of 21 remains repatriated by Vietnam to the United states last april and is the sixth of that group to be identified by the army s Central identification Laboratory in Honolulu. The second was repatriated to the United slates by Vietnam on sept. 17, the men identified thursday including their rank and Home of record at the Lime of their disappearance were u. Col. Arthurl Warren of the air Force bom on april 20, 1936. With a Home of record of Toledo Ohio. Warren was lost Over North Vietnam on dec. 5, 1966. Maj. Richard l. Butt of the air Force born on feb. 28, 1943, with a Home of record of Norfolk a. Butt was Tost Over North Vietnam on nov. Ii 1966. Butt s remains were among the ii repatriated by Vietnam last april. Those of Warren were returned separately to . Custody in  . Government appreciates the cooperation by the socialist Republic of Vietnam that retried in the return of these service member remains and Hope it represents just one of Many continued stept � re solve ibis longstanding humanitarian Issue the Pentagon said. The Pentagon said 2,422 americans lit toll Unac counted for in Indochina As a result of the War. Of Elliat total 1,782 Are miming in either apr Tviet Nam or South Vietnam 552 in Caos 12 in camb Odd and six in China