European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 10, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes new updates boy off Respirator Furcro . A1 an ii j car old who survived Yeinji Suh Mercil in an icy River for nearly 45 a mules was taken off a Respirator tuesday and delighted rela Tives and physicians by asking for a sods. Trench Fries and a Ham Burger. Alvaro of Moorhead minn., was considered clinically dead with a body temperature of 80 de Grees when he was taken to St. Luke s hospitals on Friday nor Borg sited. The youth fell through thin ice on the red River near his family s apartment while inspecting a dead Squirrel his father Alvaro Gara sr., said monday. Airport bomb threats los Angeles 5 65 5?1 11 66 w 79 69 71 m 45 39 31 a 55 75 49 57 m 41 ?1 61 15 14 30 7 61 3160 14 59 47 a 53 1 19 12 i 3 or 2t 15 m 51 31 53 50 67 10 30 t 50 �5 54 58 maa 75 3s 30 50 41 55 is 37 30 3i 30 79 6se m Tel 38 65 33 51 395 a 46 31 48 31 senator warns on widening of Gap be Ween a pay and civilian wages by William j. Bartman Wash Nylon Bantu Washington despite a general accounting office report showing that military pay is belter than civil service salaries service members wages still lag More than 9 percent behind the private sector. Sen. John Glenn said. The Ohio Derno Cral is concerned that the Gap Between military and private Sec Tor compensation could Widen. He said monday thai Gao findings could be misconstrued to mean thai our military personnel Are overpaid and therefore de serve no  the draft Gao port which was re leased in november by the project on military procurement a private watch dog group indicated that its figures were no sufficient to draw conclusions about the appropriateness of pay Levels. The preliminary Gao report indicated that military personnel make 27 percent More than evil servants on the average. Glenn said the findings result from the fact hat civil service pay has been wrongly scaled Back for several years. It has been capped for a number of years so it is now far behind comparable pay in the private sector Glenn said. The Pentagon s top manpower offi Cial David Armor said in a statement released last week thai we should not penalize military members because senior civilians Are  Glenn said thai instead of using civil service pay As a Benchmark for setting military pay. Congress should be work ing to raise the civil service pay along with the military pay and compare them both with what the private sector  As measured by the employment Cost Index the scale used by he defense department to compare military pay in creases to the civilian sector service members Are 9.4 percent behind private sector wage growth. In an earlier report the Gao had found that private sector pay exceeded military pay in 49 out of 52 occupations compared. Many defense experts argue hat the Large military pay increases of the tarty 1980s, which often exceeded civilian raises were critical in attracting and re Taining Quality military personnel. While Armor conceded that the data used in he Gao report was technically accurate for the most part Armor mid the comparisons Between military and civil so Vanl pay were largely Orrele  Armor said  arc not employees like civilian workers who have employment protections such As overtime pay. Civilians Are no subject 10 the military jus Tice system and arc free to quit or change their jobs at any time he said. Typically military members work Long hours with no overtime compensation serve worldwide under conditions that Are often stressful and sometimes dangerous Are subject to frequent moves and family separations and Are not free at any time to go gel other employment or change jobs in their own  armo said. Pir Masens tampon buyers face Little risk by Darvle. Green  Buret Wei Brocken Germany the chances of contracting toxic Shock syn drome from Playtex super tampons that were removed from the Market in 19s5 and found in the Pir Masens commissary Friday Are Small according to 7lh medi Cal come officials the Chance of people using them having a problem arc very very Remote said or. It. Col Michael Benenson the command s chief of preventive medi Cine. Commissary personnel found three packages of the tampons after a troop support Agency european commissary Region staff veterinarian saw the items in the Pir Masens commissary. He chief warrant officer Paul d. Taylor was there on other business and just happened to see them on inc  said Denise Gomes of the troop support Agency. After finding the packages a Check was made to determine if they were among the tampons that were voluntarily withdrawn by the manufacturer two years ago. The packaging of the with drawn items is practically the same As the ones thai Are presently sold. Comes said tuesday. Although the discovery is believed to be an isolated incident commissary officials Are checking All stores to ensure that the product has been withdrawn from Sale. The tampons can be identified by inc inclusion of Rayon Polya Cyldie fiber in the list of ingredients on the package. Customers arc asked to Slop using these Lani Pons and return whom to the local commissary where they will be Given re funds or credit slips Ojomes said. Playtex super tampons that arc Safe to use include Rayon fib a in the Lisl of ingredients. Playtex super tampons manufactured with Polyac relate were associated with the increased incidence of toxic Shock syndrome which usually strikes women who arc having their menstrual period. Victims suffer a drop in blood pressure fever nausea vomiting. I Artlica rash and flu like sum Plains such As muscle aches. In inc severest raws toxic Shock syndrome is fatal. Commissary officials Are unsure How the product which was to be destroyed two years ago made is nay to the commissary shelves. Apparently when hey destroyed Hirn they missed these Gomes said. It ii not common practice for the commissary to store Ilmi for to or More or in in their  before putting them on Sale in the More the said