European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 20, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday August 20, 1987 the stars and stripes Page 9 now ornery has something to Crow about Charlottesville. A. A a rooster named ornery has beaten a noise complaint with the help of an attorney who was no Chicken when it came to challenging City officials. General District judge Paul m. Peatross on monday dismissed a noise ordinance citation against ornery s owner because the meter that measured the Bird s loudness had not been checked for accuracy. The Legal mane vering began when a neighbor objected to the Bird s morning Wake up Calls. Ornery s owner Ruth Barker was charged with a Misdemeanour that carries a j100 Fine. But her attorney William Barclay contended that the City had not tested the noise meter annually for accuracy As the Law requires. Right to know of hazards at work being broadened by Che associated press the labor department threatened with contempt of court has drawn up regulations significantly Broa Dening workers right to know about hazardous sub stances in the work place according to reports published wednesday. The rules drafted on orders from a Federal appeals court were signed tuesday by John Pendergrass head of the occupational safety and health administration the Chicago Tribune said. They were to be formally posted wednesday mean ing that they will become effective in nine months a unidentified Osha spokesman told the newspaper. About 14 million manufacturing employees already Are covered by right to know regulations the Protection would be expanded to hospitals construction Sites and other work places covering an additional 59 Mil lion workers the Tribune and the los Angeles times said. This is a very important action in reducing injuries and illnesses due to chemical exposures a depart ment official told the times. Giving workers the right to know in All Sites is a real Milestone in safety and  right to know rules require employers to disclose hazards to employees and others through warning la Bels on containers other written materials and training programs. This is a major  said Margaret Seminario an Al Cio health and safety expert. Unions and Public health advocates began clamor ing for information from employers about chemicals during the 1970s. In 1984, the United steelworkers and other unions sued Osha in Philadelphia to broaden and strengthen right to know rules the Reagan administration established in 1982. The 3rd . Circuit court of appeals ruled in favor of the unions in 1985, ordering Osha to expand the rules. Aids worries people planning trips to Africa Washington a before rep. Jack Fields and some friends left for a big game safari to Southern Africa earlier this month he asked the state depart ment for a list of hospitals that screen blood for the aids virus. Given the High incidence of aids in Africa and the potential for a Hunter needing a blood transfusion All of us in the delegation have been gravely concerned wrote Fields a Texas. Slate department officials say Fields inquiry is Sim Ilar to scores they get from people planning trips to Africa who Are worried about aids the deadly disease that attacks the body s immune system. Almost everybody who goes is concerned said Rob Callard a department official. It scares them More than the diseases like yellow fever and  the concern about aids apparently is one reason travel to Africa has declined dramatically Over the last several years. Other reasons Are the anti apartheid movement in South Africa political instability guerrilla wars and High costs. Because of the sanctions against South Africa South african airways has been banned from flying to and from the United states since october 1986. Travel to Africa is dropping like a Rock Harvey Shields of the . Travel and tourism administration a government Agency said in an interview this week. The Agency s figures show the number of . Depar Tures for Africa declined 13 percent to 113,000 in1985, and dropped another 35 percent to 74,000 in 1986. Departures  off 47 percent for the first three months of 1987. However Jeff Ulrich an agent with travel re sources in Rockville md., said that Many people still Are enthusiastic about taking trips to Africa particularly about joining photographic safaris. Donna Tuttle the head of the travel and tourism administration is vacationing in Kenya this month. Aids acquired immune deficiency syndrome is believed to have started in Africa and is said to be a serious problem in the heterosexual Community in some parts of Eastern Central and Southern Africa. Statistics on aids in Africa Are poor to non exis tent but some figures give an indication of the severity of the disease. The Panos Institute an International research group that studies issues affecting the devel Oping world estimated in a study done in conjunction with the norwegian red Cross that As Many As one in five people in some Central african capitals carry the aids virus. Navy says 2 men missing in boat mishap off Hawaii Honolulu up two Navy men were missing after sudden Waves struck a 35-foot Utility vessel and tossed two dozen men and women into the Ocean a mile offshore near Pearl Harbor. Rescuers searched tuesday for the two missing enlisted men Navy spokesman Gary Shrout said. The other 22 sailors managed to swim to Shore or were picked up by Rescue units after the boat capsized monday night in near total darkness. Fire department and coast guard helicopters and three Rescue boats launched a search until 3 . The Heli copters used searchlights and shot off flares and military divers searched the water. I thought sure i d die said Jordan Currier who worked in the auxiliary machine room of the safeguard. When the boat capsized i was under the water. I was trying to swim up and i did t think i d make it he told report ers. The Utility boat capsized while it was carrying personnel on Liberty from the safeguard a Supply ship at Anchor 2 Miles off Pearl Harbor. Petty officer Guy Snell who works in the ship s dive locker said he turned and saw a 10-foot wave coming toward the boat from the rear. I told everybody just to hang on be cause it was coming Over the Stern Snell said. The wave rocked the boat knocking everyone around and washing two people overboard. Less than 15 seconds later the next wave hit and capsized the boat throwing the 20 men and two women into the water Snell said. Moscow says jailed Indian seeks Asylum in soviet Union Moscow a an american in Dian imprisoned in Kansas for killing two Fri agents is seeking political Asylum in the soviet Union. Radio Moscow reported wednesday. The request from 41-year-old Leonard Peltier is being considered by appropriate authorities the radio said quoting Deputy foreign minister Anatoly 1_ and Amish. Peltier was convicted in 1977 of kill ing two Fri agents during a gunfight two years earlier at the Pine Ridge Indian reservation in South Dakota. He was sentenced to two consecutive life terms at the Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary. Earlier this year the human rights commission of Spain awarded Peltier its International human rights prize. Com Mission officials said he was chosen be cause he was defending the historical and cultural rights of his people against the genocide of his  soviet Media also have cited Peltier s Case As an example of human rights Vio lations in the United states. Is a photo by go Schu alter Are swimmers wading for summer there has been plenty of room this Kason to Public swimming pools such u this oae in Hitchin near Raf Chi Sands England. Summer Heather has nude Only occasional appear ances throughout Central and Northern Europe leaving some swimming Lucili ties nearly empty