European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 19, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday december 19, 1987 the stars and stripes Page 3 merry makers urged to celebrate sober i chv.stai., stuff writer he Ideiil in the army and air Force have joined forces  in the annual celebrate sober Campaign to encourage  civilians and family members in Europe to use alcohol responsibly during i he holidays. With the celebrate sober Campaign we re not saying Don t Demk " said de her pc. Usa eur drug and alcohol education manager. We re promoting two things responsible use of alcohol and not 10 drink and drive he snid. The statistical goal Roar dated by the department of defense is to reduce alcohol related traffic Acci dents and incidents by 5 percent compared to the previous Campaign Herp Esaid. So far in oath Campaign we have been Success  her pc said that during the 1986 celebrate sober Campaign in Usa eur alcohol related accidents were reduced s percent and driving while into i Cal cd incidents were reduced by 12 percent. The air Force also met he Goat said Cape. John Gabby chief of Safe s drug alcohol and abuse program and policy division. In 1986, the air Force in Europe reduced Dis by 32 pc Iceni alcohol related vehicle accidents by 40 percent and non vehicle accidents by 35 percent compared to the 1985 Campaign. Gabby said. A Large part of the Success goes to Ilic efforts of 1hc Provost marshals said Hurple. Cop la know that especially during this Lime they arc going to lie making Specia efforts to identify drunk Drivers he said. People know Hal there is going to be a consequence for their behaviour and that is Why they change their behaviour and what the Provost marshal folks arc saying is thai there will be a  education and commander emphasis make n successful Campaign Gabby said. Units that give their personnel briefings and the commanders who arc actively soliciting support for the program create  he said Herpic said Success also comes from the Effort to make people aware. The signs the posters inc education the commercials All those different kinds of things that have people thinking about the program make a differ ence he said. Campaigns Are designed and operated at the Community level based on the needs and assets of Hal urea. The people doing the campaigns have gotten so sophisticated and experienced at it that they Are doing the kinds of things thai they know work he said. After three or four campaigns icy know what works and does t  the program strongly encourages use of the differ ent systems available in give people rides Home if they arc too intoxicated to drive such As the designated Driver program. Gabby said. In Heidelberg they have the Juc Light cab which is the i  Herpic said. They will give anyone a ride if Illey need it depending upon Hie workload at that Point in time. No incident will be tiled and no names will he taken. There Are versions Oft Hal All Over Europe Canadian forces Europe and the British Royal air Force in Germany also have adopted inc american theme Hurple said they use the logo celebrate sober1 to promote drunk driving prevention during this period he said. At one of the Raf bases anyone who go off the base after i think 10 p.m., has to Stop at the Gate walk across and show their id card Al he i Booth said Hurple. The purpose is to see if they Are capable of walking Back and Forth. Everybody knows that and it prevents people from leaving the base drunk the celebrate sober Campaign includes inc thanksgiving Christmas and new year holidays Gabby said. Although the program runs from nov. 23 10 Jan. 4, officials Hope thai the message stressed during the Campaign will say with people All year. Responsible use of alcohol in t just important during the holidays or inc summer months Hurple said. A s a Frame of mind thai lasts All  Boring Hospital stay spurs Good Samaritan to act b Connie Dickey staff writer Frankfurt during a february Hospital slay . Mercado decided she was going to do something for patients Al inc Frankfurt army regional medical Center. She came through on Friday it s Boring being hospitalized said Mercado. Who was in intensive care for bronchitis and pneumonia it was terrible. My husband s visits would be about five minutes Long be cause he can t stand hospitals. And after he would leave there was Noth ing to  when she asked for a television the nurses wheeled in an old one on a cart. The television was shared among a inels. I decided right then something had to be done and i m a doer so that became my  Mercado suggested thai profits from the second hand shop at Mcnair Ca sern in Hochst be used to Purchase six televisions for intensive care and paediatrics. The Community Council agreed and gave her two months. The televisions delivered to the Hospi Tal Friday Are 19-Inch, Remote con trolled color Seis. Mercado who is the former second hand shop manager at Mcnair along with her husband haul a ser can at 32nd signal in and second hand shop Volunteer Rose Anderson put in Many hours on weekends and evenings to in crease the profits at the shop. The Council approved us to use 20 percent of the profits from consignment goods and 100 percent of the profits from inc Thrift shop goods. We washed and mended things to improve their look. We even had special sales like two for 5 cents. When we finished we had j1.652. Many of the soldiers donated Money without making purchases Mercado said. I m a former Soldier too and i be found soldiers willing to give if it s for a worthy  capt. Mary e. Smith head none of the intensive care unit said the unit will put the sets to Good use. We have a lot of patients who have had Nehesi pains and who Are being tested to see if they have had 3 heart Allal that process takes Ihrck Days so they have a lot of time on their  and because the unit is a recovery room receiving As Many As 18 patients a Day from the Hospital s operating room one set will be used for inc family wait ing area. Their families Wail Here since hey can t go into the . One of these tvs will be an especially big help in that Wail ing Aura Smith said. Dutch treat in Kroggel i he Netherlands Alko International employee Paul a ers Simples a product intended to satisfy those with Suret tooth who like their Des Sert with a Little kick. The alcoholic itt Cream will soon be marketed in the United Smuts in peach chocolate whiskey and Amaru to flavors. Hacker s greeting invades worldwide computer network new York not gremlins have invaded ism s computers. Worse Yel they reproduce. The giant computer company said thursday that some one the company thinks it knows who Bui won i say put a Christmas message into a net the computer net work that links International business machines corp. Executives around the world along with some customers and suppliers but it was no Ordinary message. Whenever a a Nel user called the message up it secretly looked for the user s distribution lists the names and electronic addresses of colleagues who use the system. Then it put a copy of the message which included an illustration of a Christmas tree and a holi Day greeting into the Cleel Ronic Mailbox of everyone on the list. The result was a huge electronic traffic Jam that tied up inc system last Friday. The message did t eat anything up or do any  said Pete Judice. An ism spokesman. But it Raiissi d a lot of traffic. It was sort of like the Long Island expressway on a bad Day ism said thai a  into the source of the message Points to the  but the company perhaps Irving nut to incite More pranks is treating ii event lightly. Men s clothing magnate Dies Dallas a Joseph Marion Haggar. Founder of inc nation s biggest manufacturer of men s Siavos spoil coals and suns has died at age survivors include his ions and a daughter Rosemary Hagar Vaughn. Haggar s wife. Raw dred in 1965