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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 28, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 othe stars and stripes saturday february 28,1987 Black widow collapses Dies while on the run Anniston. Ala. A a fugitive murderer known As Ike Black widow Tor inc arsenic poisoning of her first husband died of exposure thursday hours after she was found on the porch of u Rural Home authorities  Marie Hilly was the subject of a search since she disappeared sunday from a hotel Here where she was visiting her second husband on a three Day pass Tram prison. The preliminary causes of death were expo sure and hypothermia said doctors at Northeast Alabama regional medical Center. Witnesses told inc Anniston Star that Hilley s3, was incoherent and Muddy when she was found by a passer by less than a mile from her Birthplace in the Blue Mountain  it. Tom Wright said the woman talked to officers who were called to the scene but did not reveal her identity. She suffered a seizure Enro Ute to the Hospital he said and medical personnel could not revive  was sentenced to life in prison in 1983 for her conviction in the 1975 fatal arsenic poisoning of her first husband Frank Hilly and attempted murder in the 1979 arsenic poisoning of her daughter who  disappearance sunday prompted a prosecutor to Promise an investigation possibly by grand jury into prison furlough policies. District attorney Bob Field said Hilly. Who once faked her Awn death and disguised her identity while eluding authorities from Florida Tonew England for three years should never have been eligible for a  prison commissioner Morris Thig pen said a review of policies regarding the re lease of inmates on passes already has started. "1 think it s Likely that some More restrictive policy will be enacted he  county sheriff Roy Snead said Hill by apparently fled after meeting with her second husband. John Homan during the weekend at Anniston s guest House  Harris executive director of the guest House said Homan told him the couple split up sunday morning and were supposed to meet again in a local restaurant at 10 . Shedin t show up. And Homan found a Farewell note in his rooms said the sheriff. Pentagon testing discovers 3,000 exposed to aids virus washington1" Pentagon testing for aids has turned up Mocvan 3,000 men and women including about 2,100 Avic duty personnel who have been exposed id the de Fly disease military sources say. Moreover inc defense apartment which Al ready runs the most extensively is testing program in inc world is now debating duh or testing should be extended to civilian employees in of rfcs add. The army which oversees All Mary research involving the disease has joined Pentagon manpower executives in pushing to extend the Lingg at least to those civilian workers deployed overseas. Bui the idea has been adamantly of Post by the Pentagon s office of general counsel and some health officials making it increasingly Likely the Natl cd u have to be decided by defense Secretary Weinberger the sources say. The internal Pentagon debate comes on the heels c Public controversy Over the extent to which aids screening should be pursued in the civilian world. Some health professionals have suggested mandaton1" testing of Hospital patients pregnant women and aged couples although such suggestions were Rati sized earlier this week at a special of ruin sorted by the centers for disease control in adj the new figures on testing were compel Day when Pentagon officials agreed they not be identified to discuss Sig Ping results for Active duty personnel. The Pentagon now routinely rep Puthe results of its aids screening for new  the department has yet to release any results of testing of men an women already on Active do of spite More than a year of testing. According to the source mow ver the army Navy air Force and Marine ups have now tested almost 1,3 million of the  men and women currently on Active duty Fly Hal total some 2,100 tested positively As Hapij said. Those  with tallies on recruit test ing show thu pc Ense department s screening pro Gram has  More than 3,000 cases or exposure.  announced dec. 12 that 976  of 641,220 recruits screened during the year eng sept. 3d, 1986, had tested positively. Health organization reported in de Center that 25 percent of people with the virus will hop aids and at least 40 percent More will Duvel Mai Loivai sum i will flu Fie a Tiv Iii virus the officials of ads related syndromes during ii five year period a the discovery of 2,100 Active  translates to an incidence Rale of rough .6 cases per 1,000 individuals tested almost Betly Matching inc incidence raw for recruits  per 1,000. Assuming Hal statistical  inc Penta gon can expect to identify afr another 1,000 cases of exposure by inc time  Active duty test ing the sources noted. " recruits who inst Hii Cly Are denied entry to the military but Alliy Juny personnel Are allowed to re main on duly jul Rig As they show no signs of the actual  overseas who lest positively  to the United states. Aids a required immune deficiency syndrome  s immune system and its ability . No cure has been found far the fatal be ally officials estimate thai Between i million and 5 million americans have been exposed to the virus he defense department became inc first Federal a Fly to respond to inc disease s spread with a testing Rogman in october 1985, mandating blood screening feral Llew recruits. Denial in health officials justified inc move because of the Najl to protect military blood supplies. The program  expanded in january 1986 in include Actu duty personnel. The policy swim Cal that currently guides the test ing allows  to request blood screen ing voluntarily bullets not require u. A copy of the  policy statement obtained wednesday by the alb cited press includes a new Section staling that scr Eming of civilians May be accomplished if the scarce nov is an integral part of a Complete medical a Jaminal i required prior to Mili tary sponsorship  civilian employees Are not m3vluired to undergo medical exam unless required by tic foreign country. The Section was added to inc a because some offices want to provide for civilian in Uig one offi Cial said. But it s proven  a Weinberg or will probably have to decide Hal Issue. The state department began screening i to reign service officers destined for overseas posts in  its program is now under Challenge in cd the Pentagon employs More than i million civil _. Workers including roughly 50,000 american citizens assigned to overseas posts. Behaviour negating effects of exercise poll finds Salem Ore. Ned living.  most terrifying diseases won Tab of Meh Good if we continue to Poison our sett greater numbers with drugs Alland other substances he said. Site of Colony by fugitive Blacks believed found St. Augustine Fla. A archaeologists be Lieve they have discovered the it of the first Freeti Caina marshy area near the virtually unknown fort Mosc Sci Lumc parts say was a Refuge for fugitive slaves More than a Century before the 1863 emancipation proclamation. In terms of history and Black culture 1 believe this find is very  Kathleen Dagan curator of lit Florida stale museum at the University of Flo and Leader of the team that is excava quoted As saying in thursday s no it is evidence of Blacks Ftp motion to colonial life outside of the  she said. Fort Mose is a Svejkar Tablack Freedom in colonial Ameri Ca and Orrl an image we Don t get much of in the history  since digging began Jan. 12. Inc learn has uncovered pans of the fort s defensive system including a Moal earthen Walls and. Posts that were probably parts of an Interior Blockhouse and watch lower Deagan said. _ was Lillic double that what the Letl May be venue i Esi la rugficdfrontier5i a Hialrio Many oct for artefacts or i Ica from such things As Bas Clr architecture and personal items a lest project 10 years ago showed artefacts including gun flints buttons and metals from the Early 18th Century remain on the site. Deagan said. It s really amazing to me thai Florida has had a site that is so historically important that has gone virtually unrecognized All these years stale rep. Bill Clark said recently. For Blacks and hispanics in particular the site is going to provide a significant look Al our cultural Heri Tage Sai founded by the spaniards in 1736, the fort became a Haven for runaway Black slaves from English colonies in Georgia and South Carolina Deagan said. Nearly 1 Black scullers lived there i tempt to recapture the former slaves and ii Augustine Georgia gov. James Ogle Iho pc aitaclrribmkiil743, the butlers fled and the fort was . After the fort was rce5labT$tetel7 18, the settlers lived there until 1763, the Yeai Tafida became an English Colony. Then they moved on to Cuba Deagan said  
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