European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 14, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday october 14,1987 the stars and stripes pages police seek better information on aids Philadelphia a police fears of contract ing aids especially in shootings or drug busts where blood is spilled prompted nearly 100 officers from across the nation to gather Here monday for a Confer ence on protecting against the fatal disease. We re worried said Robert Hurst president of the Philadelphia fraternal order of police which arranged the two Day meeting to Deal with the medical and Legal aspects of aids. The average cop who comes on a crime scene and sees blood really sees a lot More than red. Police Nee to have a Clear Cut  Jack o Brien chairman of the local Fop s health and welfare committee and chairman of the meeting startled the audience when he disclosed that two Phila Delphia policemen had died of aids this year and two others were reported infected. "1 Don t know How they got aids he said adding that he had no other details. There was no answer at the office of police spokesmen monday a Legal holi Day. Hurst pointed to the disclosure As the reason police have been afraid when they go into the Street to pick up sick and injured people. There has been foot dragging in educating  Hurst said. Doctors and hospitals keep secret those who have aids and i think that s wrong. Cops Are panic stricken about getting it and so Are firefighters and Rescue workers. There is an epidemic out  however or. Louis  de Beck Philadelphia s director of aids policy and planning told the Confer ence people with aids should t be treated  they can go to school he said. They can continue to work. They can use water fountains eating facilities and bathrooms. You can get aids Only through sexual Contact or through Needles. Our no. I enemy is ignorance. Our no. I ally is  afterwards  do Beck said he understood police photo or. M. Louis  de Beck demonstrates packet mask designed for Rescue workers treating aids victims. Concerns but sought to allay their fears. Of the 42,000 cases in the United states not one has occurred to a policeman on the Job he said add ing he was unaware of any aids deaths involving an Philadelphia officers but acknowledged such information is kept secret by doctors and hospitals because we have no right to know who they arc. Policemen must take All the necessary precautions. They should use gloves and masks when blood is pre sent. They have the equipment to protect  the National Fop representing More than 200,000 officers also expressed concern As did officers who came from such cities As Knoxville tcnn., Galloway Ohio Bohemia n.y., Richmond va., Baltimore Washington Boston Chicago. Houston. Dallas an Dover. Del. We need guidelines and maybe legislation to re Duce the risks and Hope the doctors arc telling us the truth Dewey Stokes of Columbus Ohio National Fop president said in an interview. Aids is some thing everybody is interested in and few know about it. Would t you be worried if doctors say that 1.5 million carry the virus today. Police come into Contact with them and it s prevalent in All so  the centers for disease control in Atlanta Esti mates that i million to 1.5 million americans have been infected with the aids virus and of that total 20 to 30 percent will develop aids by the end of 991. Typical of those who came to listen and learn Waswo Nicl Wink of Jacksonville Fla. I m Here for fact finding Wink said. We be had officers who came in Contact with aids patients and they Are concerned. We must learn How to protect  Deputy sheriff Michael Williams of Albuquerque n.m., also said he came to be educated. A doctor Here tells us you can t get aids when someone spits at you but a lot of officers Don t believe that and when someone spits on them they Are scared Williams said. Dentists warned to Wear gloves to ovoid aids Las vegas nov. A dentists should Wear gloves masks and protective Eye covering As a precaution against being infected with the aids virus a dental educator warned. All dental professionals must assume they arc presently treating patients with undiagnosed his virus James a. Cot tone professor of Oral Medicine at the University of Texas san Antonio told the 128th annual session of the Ameri can dental association. Cotton recommended the use of gloves masks and protective Eye cover Ings. These techniques along with recommended disinfection procedures minimize any risk of contracting infectious diseases he said. Dentists also have an Opportunity and responsibility to assume a leadership role in the Early detection of aids Cotton said adding that dentists May often be the first to see Oral symptoms that Are the Earl warning signals of aids. As Many As 3 million people Are infected with his a precursor virus that can develop into acquired immune deficiency syndrome Cottone said. Aids is caused by a virus that dam Ages the body s immune system leaving victims susceptible to infections and can cer. It is spread most often through sexual Contact Needles or syringes snared by drug abusers infected blood or blood products and from pregnant women to their offspring. More than 32,000 dentists attended the convention which began saturday and ends thursday. Cronkite would have fired rather Over walkout Austin Texas a former news Anchor Waller Cronkite said monday that he would have fired Dan rather for walking off the set of a lbs newscast and forcing the network to go Blank for six minutes. I can answer that question in five words i would have fired him Cron Kite told the University of Texas student newspaper the daily texan. There s no excuse for it Cronkite said in a Story published in tuesday s editions. However at a later appearance Mon Day at the headlines club Cronkite tempered his remarks. I thought about that after i spurted that out out there today Cronkite told the associated press referring to his comments to the daily texan. I Don t know what i would have done. My first inclination would be to fire him but i would have put a lot of other things into the mix before i would continued airing a . Open women s semifinal Tennis match at 6 30 . In Stead of switching to the lbs evening news As scheduled. But the Tennis wrapped up quickly and before rather could be brought Back the network went Blank for six minutes. A truncated version of the news Wenton at 6 39. In a statement released after the Inci Dent rather said that letting the network go Blank was an Accident. My. Psychiatrist cleared in complaint Over comments new York not a Maryland psychiatrist did not commit a Legal Vio lation or ethical impropriety when he appeared on a television program and advised patients not to take prescribed drugs under certain conditions the Maryland commission on medical discipline has ruled. In an appearance on the Oprah Winf Rey show in april or. Peter r. Breggin advised patients seeking a new therapist Sec if that person cares for you sup ports you if that person offers a drug. Don t take the  the National Alliance for the mentally 111, an educational and lobbying group for families of psychiatric patients complained to the commission charging that patients who heard the remarks might Slop taking medication. Breggin a critic of Many psychiatric practices including the use of anti psychotic drugs maintained that he did not mean that patients under treatment should Slop taking medication. He said the complaint was an attempt to silence dissenting views within psychiatry. The commission would not comment on the Case but in a letter to Breggin or. John b. Dochoff assistant executive Secretary of the Maryland department of health and mental Hygiene found that this entire matter is essentially a Freedom of speech  the commission voted to dismiss the complaint and remove i from its records the letter said. Have taken that drastic action he said. Cronkite said the incident was Iso lated and that rather his successor on the lbs evening news has great contributions to make to the network. Walter s remarks do not reflect the position of lbs news and we disagree with them lbs news spokesman Tom Goodman said monday. Rather anchoring from Miami to cover the Pope s visit to the United states left the desk when the network Sands of time in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. Oct. 14, 1947 a bomb exploded at the . Consulate in Jerusalem injuring two employees. The attack was the third on consulates of nations that favored the Palestine partition. 30 years ago today. Oct. 14,19s7 communist East Germany virtually scaled off its people while it pushed through a Blitz currency changeover that Cost the West millions. In a Surprise broadcast at 8 a.m., Premier Otto Grothwohl ordered 18 million East germans to surrender their Money for the new currency by 10 . At a one to one Exchange rate. 20 years ago today. Oct. 14, 1967 Folk Singer Joan Bazzand 56 other conscientious objectors filed suit in . District court seeking refunds on the portions of their 1965 and 1966income taxes that were used for military purposes. W years ago today. Oct. 14, 1977 the . 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