Hess' healthworsening,son claims'.'.BERLIN (API — The son of former Hitler deputyRudolf H«s said Thursday his ailing father's condi-tion is deteriorating. He said his father did not recog-nize him during a brief visit on Thursday in a Britishmilitary hospital.Wolf-Ruediger Hess told reporters his 92-year-oldfather, who has been hospitalized with pneumonia fortwo weeks, "doesn't know what he is saying and whatis happening around him."He said it was the first time his father had not recog-nized him. Because of his father's apparently wor-sening condition, his son said he will renew appeals tothe Allies for his release."Obviously the pneumonia is more serious thanthey considered, because his whole condition is dete-riorating." he said."We have to consider now what we'll do, but defi-nitely we will make an appeal to the four (Allied) pow-ers lo release him."In addition, we will involve the (West German)government." he aid.The last imprisoned leader of Nazi Germany wastaken from Spandau Prison lo the British military hos-pital in West Berlin on March 1.Allied officials refuse to say what is wrong with him,but his son says he has. been suffering from pneumo-nia.The younger Hess, a Munich businessman, flew toWest .Berlin lo see nil father. He was allowed lo seehim for five minutes, but could Only stand in the door-way and was not allowed lo enter the room.His father wax sitting up in two big chairs, wearingpajamas and wrapped in blankets, with his hair un-combed, the younger Hen said.The elder Hess, who was sentenced in 1946 to life inprison at the Nuernberg war crimes trials, is allowedPage 9WolMtncdiger Hew, son of Rudolf Hess, talks la reporters after vlsitinji his ailing rather Thursday,W photoone family visit a month, 'But he wrote a note lo hospital authorities earlierthis week that he did not want to see his son until theend of March, Wolf-Ruediger Hess said,The younger Hess said he could tell by reading thenote that his father had been in a "very confusedslate" when he wrote it, and so asked lo see his fatheranyway."Do you realize it's your son standing in front ofyou?" he asked his father from the doorway of theroom.The elder Hess laughed in a disoriented way andsaid, "My son is not coming until the end of themonth," Wolf-Ruedigcr Hess said.The younger Hess said hospital personnel had (oldhim Thursday his father was disoriented about 95 per-cent of the lime.But he said that just two weeks ago. he had receiveda letter from his father in which the handwriting wasvery clear.The Hamburg-published Bild newspaper reportedlast week that Hess was comatose on recent occasionsand had been acting mentally unstable.The younger Hess said he would return lo Berlin atthe end of the momh and try to see his father againthen. He did not make any predictions about when hisfather would be released from the hospital.Two herpes viruses may trigger onset of AJJJSSAN AnTONIO, Texas — A team ofAir Force smi civilian scientists isstudying the poJkibiliiy thai two com-mon herpes viruseVlrigger the devel-opment of AIDS.The team wants to SHi^why theAIDS virus may lie dormantTWiitvic-tims for years, according to an AirTNews Service release.Researchers believe two common vi-ruses — cytomegalovirus and Epsiein-Barr virus — may serve as co-factorswith the HIV virus lo trigger or speed upthe development of acquired immunedeficiency syndrome.Every week, seven to 20 Air Force ac-live-duly members, infected with theAIDS virus called human immunodefi-ciency virus, or HIV, are sent lo WilfordHall Medical Center at Lackland AFB,Texas, where they are evaluated andtreated.Dr. (Col.) R. Ncal Boswcll, chief ofimmunology at Wilford Hall, said theAir Force AIDS-tesling program offersresearchers a broad cross-section ofAmericans outside the high-risk AIDSgroups.The scientists are working under a$1.6 million grant from the Army Medi-cal Research and Development Comd,which coordinates AIDS research pro-grams for the Department of Defense,The twc^year project, which began lastAugust) is being conducted at Wilford'IgTt, the Southwest Foundation for Bi-l Research and the University ofTexasnkqLh Science Center."We canCTUKi over the course of thetwo-year prograrlNo see somewhere be-tween 700 and l,00^jeople infectedwith this virus from ihc Aorce active-duty population at large," heForty percent of the 650,000 ATmembers have already been testAIDS, he said. Air Force AIDS testing i ,active-duty members overseas, whichbegan in the fall of 1986, will be com-,pleted by mid-April, Boswell said. Tcing will then begin for all Air Fa—live-duty people in ihe United —Boswell said about 80jailnTof HIV-infccted aciive-duiy^ijmen have nosigns or ijrnptotnniTA[DS or AIDS re-latc'd complex and arc being returned loduty.Symptoms of AIDS related complexinclude swollen lymph glands, excessivefatigue and weight loss.In AIDS, the virus overtakes thebody's immune system, the researchers,said, setting Ihe stage for multiplesaults by fatal infections and pjcancer.Cytomegalovirus and^Jfllein-Barrvirus also lower the .i^kys defensesagainst infection. Qgj^cndall Smith,professor of micrgjpnogy with the Uni-versity of TexjfMEallh Science Center,said the coafKf] cytomegalovirus hasprobably jjRled two-thirds of the pop-ulalioiypBT produces few or no symp-torTe problem, Smith said, is that thesuppresses the immune systemJike the AIDS virus.I highly immunosuppressive vi-ruses ger*fielhf r al one time, ihe conse-quences coove fatal," he said.Smith said^K °f the people beingtested have sevrrllhfcclions caused bymultiple strains gj^pHnegaloviriB thatthey have pick^^T from many sexualpartners. Eadpnin may assault the im-mune sysUfflo that multiple assaults inwith HIV may lead lo AIDS,Jme people exposed to AIDS have,..., er been exposed lo cytomegalovirus.Smith said. Researchers arc monitoringIhese people lo see if they remainhealthy?Epslein-Barr virus, passed through sal-iva, is the same virus that causes infec-tious mononucleosis. often called thekissing disease.Dr. Giro Sumaya, professor of pediat-rics and infectious diseases at the Uni-versity t>f Texas Health Science Center,laid pieces of the Epslein-Barr virus stayin the white blood cells forever."Multiple reactivation of Ibis virus inpatients with an underlying HIV infec-tion may increase or accelerate the pro-gression or evolution of the HIV infec-tion into AIDS," Sumaya said.Researchers said they will continue totrack the medical histories of all AirForce people who have tested positivefor Ihe AIDS virus.DODDS offersdtt1 feacfiers c/Ktece to transferByDAVEWALCZAKEducation writer 'The Department of DcfcnscJ^cndents Schoolssysk-rn has offered transfersJflFthc 1981-88 schoolyear to 241 teachers, inclydire 130 in the Pacific Re-gion.Transfers also wcj^ffercd lo 33 teacher* in theGermany Region. J^in the Mediterranean Region, 2Sin the Atlantic Rjjpon and 22 in the Panama Region.JoAntie Eiji^f the Overseas Education Associationand LauraJfcscI of DODDS' personnel division metMarch 3fat DODDS headquarters in Washington,D.C., lo process more lhan 1,400 transfer applications.The program was reinstated this year aftor it wassuspended as part of a Gramm-Rudman cost-outlinemeasure.Notifications lo the 241 teachers have been mailed.Eidc said Wednesday from the association's Washing-ion, D.C, office. Teachers have three days after notifi-cation to accept the offer.Vacancies for Ihe upcoming school year total 179,with Ihe majority in the Germany Region, the system'slargest. Twenty-five positions opened in ihe AtlanticRegion but none in the Mediterranean Region. Nocandidates were found to fill the job requirements for38 vacancies.Education Association, which holdsoverall refliifniaiion rights for DODDS teachers, willmeet again flQksystcm officials March 26-37 for Ihesecond phase oWmjransfer program.Eide said Ihe f«bcr of transfers in Ihe secondphase would "dcpcncn^ithow many teachers acceptoffers in this round." Shi^fcunated at least 200 vacan-cies would emerge by the »|^ phase, most as aresult of first-phase job acceplanThe final phase of ihe programllichcdulcd April14-15. 'DODDS extended offers 10 seven pHit leatherswho qualified for compassionate reassignment;. Eidcsaid no vacancies existed as yet for [In-other 19.