European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 20, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday january 20, 1988 the stars and stripes Pago r photo la Sis in to atm �. Bunnjr staff Sal. Junes j. Kovara demonstrate emergency medical techniques 0 member of the Cameroon Ray. Trip to Africa was cultural lesson for medical team support group by Daryle. Green Kalsen Stern bunco Lan Stuhl. Germany a team from land stunt army regional medical Center carried syringes and plans far a joint exercise into die West african nation of Cameroon this month and came out inn a dose of a different culture "1 think we came meeting a government said spec. 4 Robert p. Youngblood. We left  sharing ideas on the effective use of resources and helping to educate people in preventive Medicine were the reasons the americans were there. I think it was not Only a Success from a Mission Point of View but we Sot an added dimension of train ing said or. Col Jerry c. Billingsley chief of the funds Lull contingency teams. The 22 people from lond Simuhl and 20 support peo ple from Safe and Usa eur went to Cameroon Jan 4 to 9 at the invitation of the nation s govern ment. They conducted joint training and administered measles mumps rubella diphtheria and tetanus vaccinations to members of the Cameroon military and local population. In two Days the team administered about 2,600 doses of vaccine and left several thousand More for he cameroonians to use. Bui they also shared ideas on health care under held conditions. "1 think we teamed that the most valuable commod Ity in All the world is  Billingsley said. Good clean drinking Waier we As americans take clean drinking water for  they also Learned about tropical diseases such As malaria that they Seldom so treating patients in Ger Many and the United states. And More than learning medical lessons the Ameri cans got a Chance to Sec a culture different from their own up close and personal Africa was everything 1 had anticipated and even More said Youngblood. As a Black american Youngblood had a special interest in this trip w Africa. He saw it As an Opportunity to get a first hand account of Hii heritage while at the same Lime waving the american Flag. We got into lots of discussions some Jio Lilica some personal about the Way the situation a in americans far As Black americans arc concerned Youngblood said. They have news Media just like we do color television with excellent reception which i Don t have so they have a Media perspective but they wanted to know what it was  Youngbood found the cameroonians Well in formed. They probably knew More about our form of government than we do he said. And they probably know a lot More about Medicine than most people give them a Radii for. Even though the average life Span in Cameroon is about so years and about 6 million children die each year from malaria and diarrhoea the american doctors on the trip come away with a great cat of respect for their Cam Croom an counterparts. "1 think the doctors Are extremely Well educated very Bright knowledgeable and understand a lot of things said or. Maj William Alton Smith. But i suspect and this is not based on sound thorough observation of All aspects of their medical care but i suspect that some of the problems might be in he Lack of certain resources to carry out their medical mis  addition to their medical work in Cameroon the . Military members saw themselves is ambassadors. I d say that on balance we were just what we arc americans Billingsley said. We gave them a real picture of what americans  world today film s atrocity scenes being deleted in Japan Tokyo up scenes of Ulroy Cilicia committed by japanese soldiers in China from director Bernardo bar Polucci s epic film the last emperor will be Cut from the version shown in japanese Heaters the film s distributors said  missing scenes of the rape of banking in which China estimates the Imperial Japa Nese army killed 430.000 people when it entered the then capital in 19 7 were  the suggestion of the filmmakers raid Shinji Scala of the Shochiku Fuji co., the film s japanese dts  scenes Are included in the version of the film now being shown in american and euro Pean Heaters. Gold records saved but building destroyed London up a popular teen age Lour is attraction the hard Rock cafe Wai damaged by fire monday but Gold records and other Memorabilia from pop stars ranging from Elvis Presley to the who escaped unscathed. Fire department officials said a Flash fire in the upstairs Kitchen of the restaurant was nicked through a ventilation Shaft into the basement Kitchen and the basemen area was destroyed. No one was injured. Aids tests of 10 in Rome give contradictory results Rome a ten people who had tested Posi Tive for Etc aids virus have since tested negative but it is not Clear Why it happened or what it Means. An aids Center in Rome reported monday. Francesco Montolla an immunology ii Al the san Giovanni aids Center said antibodies of he virus had disappeared from the blood of 10 of the 400 patient under observation a the Clink. That s what the blood analyses say he said. But the simple disappearance of the antibodies docs not guarantee thai the Vinu has also Digap  islanders of Highway link to Canadian Mainland Charlottetown Prince Edward Island a residents of Canada s smallest province on monday approved a Highway link to the Mainland a move that would end Prince Edward Island s Century old dependence on ferry  a nearly 3-2 vote residents chose to proceed on plans to build a privately financed Bridge or Tunnel to connect the Atlantic province with new Brunswick province. This a Clear indication that the majority of Prince Edward islanders support a fixed  said Premier Joe Glitz. The final count was 33,167 in favor and 22,65  Campaign sparked two months of debate Between residents who wanted the link and those who feared the Rural character of the Island province will be destroyed. Soviets reportedly help hold key afghan City Islamabad Pakistan a soviet afghan infantry units Are holding the strategic City of Khost in Afghanistan despite nightly rocket strikes by moslem guerrillas. Western diplomatic sources said tuesday. The diplomats speaking in Islamabad said the soviet and afghan armies also appear to have launched a new Campaign to drive resistance fighters from the environs of Kandahar in Southeast Afghani Stan. Citing cables from inc afghan capital of Kabul the diplomats said recent trav Elers to the Eastern City of Khost report the main Road leading Mio the City from the West is lined with soviet t-62 tanks heavy artillery and major soviet posts every sit la nine Miles. Khost is Miles from the Pakistan Border is under the control of afghan government troop who still must Dodge sporadic rocket attacks by moslem insurgents the sources said. The diplomats said the recent soviet afghan Campaign to recover the City and he new push around Kandahar May be a soviet attempt to consolidate the afghan army s hold on strategic cities in the event of a settlement Al new  sorted peace talks expected sometime nest month. Afghan president Najib and officials from the government and East bloc held ceremonies and a military Parade in Kabul on monday to celebrate the Victory Over guerrilla Force that besieged Khosla and isolated it for three months official radio Kabul monitored in Islamabad said Afghanistan s lop brass held speeches and decorated soldiers for what it termed their grand military per  however the Western diplomats said the so called Muj Abdeen guerrillas continued fierce attacks. Armor and Supply convoys must run a Gall cd of resistance choke Points beefed up by Mujahid can units thai recently arrived from the North they said. The diplomats said along the Road from Gavoci the main soviet afghan staging area 75 Miles Northwest of Khost nearly All villages were destroyed. Various reports indicate inc War in Afghanistan has continued at an unusual intensity this Winter just its Moscow Bas launched a new diplomatic offensive aimed at ending its eight year military involvement. The Kremlin says it wants a Complete soviet troop withdrawal in 198s, and indicated for the first time its willingness to leave Afghanistan with no guaranteed political role for the Kabul s marxist government. The soviet army swept into the coun try in december 1979 to replace one pro Moscow government Wilh another. Aboul 115,000 soviet troops remain doing most of he fighting for an afghan government Force less than Hal that size. U n. Mediator Diego Cordovez is due in Islamabad and Kabul soon to prepare for a new round of indirect peace talks at Geneva