European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 12, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday May 12, 1987 the stars and stripes Gorbachev trusted Over Reagan poll finds Hamburg up an unpublished Survey conducted for Chancellor Helmut Kohl s government shows More germans Trust soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev than Trust president Reagan Welt am sonntag newspaper reported sunday. The conservative newspaper reported that 49 percent of germans polled by the Allensbach Institute said they thought Gorbachev was really striving for peace compared with Only 46 percent who bund the same statement True of the american president. Welt am sonntag said the Bonn government is keeping under wraps the 70 Page Survey report it commissioned on such issues from the polling and demo graphic research organization. Asked which or the two superpower leaders is mouthing Only empty words in Public statements calling for peace 25 percent checked Reagan 18 percent Gorbachev the newspaper said. It said 29 percent of the germans said they had not formed a definitive Opin Ion. The sentiment for preferential co operation with the United states has be come irreversibly weaker the report concluded. Sas photo by Trey Banti nuke slog Aneer a recently painted Ilocano appears Over the Entrance to the often clogged new Elb Trimnel in Hamburg the slogan reminds motorists of their vulnerability la Case of an Accident it my of the five nuclear Power plants located within 100 Miles of the City. The slogan which rhymes in German says in the event of a meltdown this will be yam1 list traffic  military Roundup Rhei Dahlen marches set for groups individuals monchengladbach Germany the 21st anniversary of the Rhei Dahlen Allied marches will be july i. The 15-, 30 and 40-Kilometer marches Are open to All civilian and military members of the Allied nations and their families. Participation can be in teams minimum of five members or As individuals. Children under age 16 May enter if they Are accompanied by an adult. The marches Start in Rhei Dahlen Garrison at 7 30 . For the 40-Kilometer event 9 . For the 30-kilo meter walk and 10 30 . For the shortest March. While around half the population wanted closer cooperation with the americans at the end of the 1970s and still did in mid-1981, the sentiment for Coqui distance from America and the soviet Union has strengthened continually in the last few  Well am sonntag said the study revealed a shift in opinion on the super Powers among adherents of Kohl s own Christian democratic party. In a 1981 Survey two thirds of the Christian democrats had wanted As close cooperation As possible with the United states and Only one Quarter favored a foreign policy that treated both super Powers equally. From this Clear preference of Chris Tian democratic voters for the , of lion a position of parity has developed today the newspaper quoted inc aliens Bach report us saying. Now nearly three quarters favor Equizi Slanoc and in this respect arc hardly distinguishable from the greens the report said referring to Germany s Green party. But inc Survey organization also found that 72 percent of germans favor continued participation in inc nato Alliance against 9 percent who want to get out and 19 percent who Are undecided. Military obstetrics care found better than civilian by William j. Bartman Washington Bureau Washington a defense department study shows military obstetrics care is belter than the same care in civil Ian hospitals but the civilian medical Community says the childbirth numbers can be misleading. Our obstetrics care is at least equal to if not belter than the civilian area a spokeswoman with she army surgeon general s office said As she acknowledged that the studies might Overlook differences in military and civilian care. But a health care economist who has studied infant mortality and teen age pregnancies said that while the Quality of military doctors is Good civilian doctors face a wide variety of social factors such As poverty and teen age pregnancies that the military obstetrician does not Sec. The Pentagon has released Only the air Force figures. But figures from the other services arc very similar 1o the air Force numbers which show excellent re sults said or. Jarry to Clinton Deputy assistant Secretary of defense for health affairs. The air Force statistics show obstetrics care averaging belter than the National norms. For example stillbirths occurred in 0.5 percent of service deliveries and in 0.6 percent to 0.8 percent of civil Ian deliveries. Primary caesarean Section deliveries a practice some officials in the medi Cal Community believe is often done needlessly occur 12.5 percent of he time in air Force births compared to Between is percent and 20 percent in National norms. Tears or lacerations to the Mother Lur ing delivery occurred in 4.2 percent of air Force deliveries and 8 percent of the time in the National Norm. But a lot of the High risk problem births in the civilian sector perhaps would not occur within the uniform groups said Joel Hay the health care economist with the Hoover institution in Stanford Calif. Examples would be Pov erty insufficient medical care prior to the delivery and risk factors such As drug abuse. These Are All groups within the civil Ian population thai you would not expect to be in inc armed services he said. Those factors would most Likely Manifest themselves in the weights of the Newborn infants. Hay said. The Normal birth weight Range is about 5 h to % h pounds. The air Force found that 1.9 percent of deliveries involve babies weighing be tween 4 i and 5 i pounds. The National average ranged from 6 percent to 7 per cent the air Force figure showed thai i percent fits deliveries weighed less than 4 a pounds compared with 6 percent to 7 percent in the civilian Community. The service also had 1.8 percent fits deliveries weigh in at More than 8w pounds considered above average birth weight compared to 5 percent in the civilian sector. Another Factor in the comparison. Hay said is that while inc civilian sector has patients with insufficient or no insurance the military provides a Complete package of care to its members and their families. In other key areas the air Force find Ings showed the service fell within the National Norm for repeal caesarean deliveries hitting 6.8 percent while the National Norm was Between 5 percent and 10 per cent. Delivery utilizing forceps occurred in 1.3 percent of air Force handled births. The National Norm was 5 percent to 8 percent. But a spokesman for the american College of obstetricians and gynaecologists said forceps can be Fine in the doctor is adept at using them. Transfusions the service needed blood transfusions in 1.2 percent of de liveries. The National average was 5 per cent. Entry fee is 10 Marks about is.60 with the proceeds going to Charity. Teams should be registered by june 19. On the Day of the March participants should report in at least 30 minutes before starting time. More details Are available from co Chi Rhein Dahlen Garrison Collingwood Road 27, 405u Moen Chen Gladbach 40, or Telephone civilian 02161-47 2026. Ordnance corps to Mark its 175th anniversary garm1sch, Germany the . Army Ord Nance corps will commemorate its 175th anniversary with a professional development weekend and Ball in Garmisch june 5 and 6. Further information is available by calling ets 494-6548 or 8340. British army schedules summer show in june bad up Springe Germany the British army of the Rhine s annual summer Shaw including horse jumping Polo Competition and free fall parachuting will be june 6-8. The Royal signals motorcycle display team and Royal air Force red arrows acrobatic display team also will perform routes to the show will be Well marked around Paderborn a British news release stated