European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 13, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page a the stars and stripes Friday november 13,1987 a ors in Gulf find language brightens duty Manama Bahrain a ii begins with the dance of the whales in inc a. Man parking lot and travels up the goo through the Sid worm envelope until it reaches Wady  translated from Navy Slang that Means a Convoy of flagged kuwaiti tankers assembling off the coast of the United Arab emirates in the Gulf of Oman and sailing through the Strait of Hon Nuz into the persian Gulf. With a total of 17 convoys up or Down the persian Gulf since july 21, . Sailors have had time to devise their own lexicon of Slang for the operation and the key Points or interest along the 650-Mik 19 torn outside the Strait Othor Mutto Kuwait the dance of the whales refers to the Man Euver ing of the huge tankers into line for the Start of a Convoy. The Kmart parking lot is the Tanker Anchorage off1 the coastal port of Khor Bakkan where the dance takes place. The Waters there arc part of the Gulf of. Oman otherwise known As the  the silkworm envelope is the Strait of Hor Muz or at least that part of it within Range of the chinese made silkworm anti ship missiles Iran has deployed along its coast the missiles several of which have been fired at Kuwait in the Northern fenian Gulf but never in theh onnus passage have a Range of about 50 Miles. For reasons that remain obscure. The persian Gulf has been dubbed Why world t term Bor rowed from a film starring comedian Chevy Chase. Other terms include the penalty Box an area inthe Northern goo where , worships cruise when await ing the Start of a Convoy. Abo out there in the goo off he coast of Oman is the Bear Box where soviet vessels Anchor when no patrolling or escorting tankers inside Watty of base tests will determine if radon poses health threat by Norm an Black a military writer Washington the air farce has launched a testing program to determine if the natural radioactive Gas radon is posing a health threat at its Bates. The service Aid thursday it would begin an initial screening for the Gas Early next month at air Force bases around the world. Thirty buildings will be selected at random for test ing at each of the 136 air Force Bates where military housing is maintained the service Laid. Child care Cen ters schools and family housing will also be selected at random along with Barracks and dormitories. If any building at a base is found to have radon Levels exceeding Federal guideline All the buildings at that facility will be tested the air Force said. Results from the screening Are expected to be Avail Able in May. Mitigation work11 will be ordered for buildings with ext Misc level of radon the air Force said. Radon is a colourless odourless natural product of decaying Pran am in the soil. Medical research has indicated that exposure to High Levels of radon May increase the risk of lung cancer. Results of commercial testing in communities throughout the United slates coupled with concern about the health of air Force members and their families prompted the decision to test the service said. The air Force is the first military service to undertake a radon testing program. Because of previous commercial and environmental Protection Agency test results the air Force said it expects to find buildings at some of its bases that exceed the Epa guideline of four Pic curies of radon per liter of air. The service said it expects to spend anywhere from $1 million to $2.6 million on he initial and follow up testing programs. The Cost of correcting the problem inside buildings where radon Levels exceed standards could Range from to million to 130 million Over the next seven Yean. Radon risk evaluation Chart buildings with radon Levels above . Epa Fykse line wid be corrected to bring Levels Down to aunt Tard step to reduce  pm income Mlinck radon entry Points and installing tub slab  Glenn flood a Pentagon spokesman mid be air Force a the first of the military ice vice to Tam Cha comprehensive screening program but added that the Navy Marine corp and army Are such a move. N. Y. Building collapses boy Dies 4 rescued new York a a five Story building undergoing structural repairs collapsed wednesday pinning five occupants under tons of nibble and killing one of them a 13-month-old boy. Rescuers worked in a sleet storm to pull a married couple from the wreckage is minutes Aller the 10 30 . Collapse. The fast person was pulled out at 1 40p.m. All were rushed to hospitals. The baby Peter Deluca jr., was pronounced dead at is. Vincent s Hospital officials said. His Mother Jane Deluca 36, was in critical condition at Bellevue Hospi Tal. Scores of emergency workers picked at the debris with tools and their hands. Others propped up he rubble with beams so those who were trapped could be extricated. The building in Greenwich Village collapsed moments after workers renovating the lower two floors of a funeral Home Felt vibrations and fled one worker said. The establishment s owners live Don the third and fourth floors another couple on the fifth. Crews were shoring up floors to re Lieve the weight on the foundation said buildings commissioner Charles Smith one of several City officials at the scene. Something went wrong he said. A Wall gave Way the floor collapsed the whole building came Down a floor at a  one worker who escaped Lewis pan key 40, Taid machinery being used to clean out the area under renovation apparently caused the Structure to vibrate. Supervisors ordered everybody out of the building he said. As we came out of tie building we realized there were still some people in there it key said. As soon As we stepped Back in it just  besides the infant and his Mother the wife of funeral parlor owner Peter Delu Ca those caught in the collapse were identified by police As Dawn Barton 30, a housekeeper for the Delucas and Steve and Chizuyo Westron who lived on the top floor. Celery handlers could get skin rash study indicates Portland Ore. A Groc Ery produce workers risk contract ing a skin disease from handling Cut celery Federal researchers say. The researchers studied 19 work ers at an Albany supermarket who suffered skin rashes after they handled celery and then were exposed to ultraviolet i Jet the workers skin became in flamed and developed dark splotches a condition known As  according to a report in the november Issue of the archives of dermatology. Clearly the condition a prevent Able by educating employees and by Small Maneu vers that can be done in the store said one of the Arti Cle s authors or. Paul Seligman of the National Institute for occupational safety and health in Cincin Nati Ohio. The affliction can be so severe that skin remains irritated for months or so mild that it goes unnoticed the article said. The disease is triggered when skin contaminated by the chemical Psora Len is exposed to ultraviolet rays from the Sun or sources such u tanning Booths. Celery contains Psora Len. Grocery employee can get Psora ten on their skin when they Are Cut Ting the tops of celery moving toe vegetable through the Check hand putting it in bags or carrying pack Ages to customers can said or. Toby Albias a researcher at the Institute and an author of the Arti Cle. Researchers Are unsure of the extent of the problem among grocery workers or whether Eon sunny hive been afflicted with the Discue. But if it could happen u it worker in a grocery store neck yet it could happen to a housewife male Quiaid. Some con shed aids virus research indicates Baltimore a the possibility that some people have a natural ability to rid themselves of the virus that causes aids is being investigated by re searchers at Johns Hopkins Hospital. Several his inf died patients suddenly tested negative for the aids virus after repeated positive tests according to a report wednesday by Wal to. The observation is very interesting said or. Homayoon Farzanegan a researcher at he Hopkins aids unit. It could mean some answers to that question Are people being infected in the world that can get rid of the Vires doctors have been unable to find a cure for acquired immune deficiency syndrome and no vaccine has been developed against the virus his which causes the fatal disease. None of the patients in the Hopkins study had developed the disease. Hopkins researchers in reviewing lab test results of people who had tested positive for the virus Dis covered at least three people who tested negative for his after repeated retesting had produced positive results the tests were quite accurate Farzanegan said. In fact we be ruled out the Pott ability of a Laboratory Suup. It s not a Laboratory error. And the tests Are very  the station said Hopkins researchers have Dedi oed to discuss further details of the research until the publication of their study in the British medical journal. The lancet possibly in the next few months