European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 24, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes sunday january 24,1968 ready for the kill a Mirija Huddin fighter Limi it Sling anti  while Caminde scans the distance with a afghan imn Lluu Hare used the Rel site against Lew flying soviet helicopters with deadly earn drench in their it niggle to Ami soviet troops from Thuli Elrud. 4 officials take Over new posts in philippine military Hierarchy Manila Philippines a president Corazo Aquino saturday swore in a new defense chief and three generals to lop military positions in an armed forces revamp Trie sered by the resignation of former Detent minister Rafael Alclo. Also saturday unidentified gunmen shot and wounded bodyguard of Alclo shortly after the former defense Secretary was dropped offal his Home officials said. Alclo told reporters he did t think he was the real targe of the attack which he matted a Chance  tech. Sol. Exequicl Zaragosa who was alone in a Secu Rity car was shut in the thigh and was not seriously wounded said defense department spokesman de Pang it Nan. The swearing in immediately Drew fire from opposition sen. Juan Ponce Enrioc who said Aquino should have waited for Congress to approve her appointment of armed forces Chick Gen. Fidel v. Ramos to replace Lacto in the Cabinet position. Under the philippine Constitution appointments of Cabinet members and military officers above the ran of colonel arc subject to approval by a joint commis Sion of inc Senate and mouse. Enrile said the swearing in was unconstitutional. I am malting my own list of violations of the con suit Union imputed to Aquino Enrioc told a breakfast forum. She should Noi have allowed her appointees to Lake their oaths of  presidential military affairs adviser Jose Magno noted that philippine Congress is not due to reconvene until monday from its Christmas recess. He said Ramos and the other appointees would take up their posts in acting capacities until the Congress ratifies their  also administered oaths of office to Gen. Ronalo de Villa who replaced Ramos and it.  Ermita and Cen. Ramon Montane who re placed do Villa in the two jobs he held. Ermita was named the armed forces vice chief of staff and Montano was named chief of the philippine constabulary. The president also promoted 21 Colo Nels to the rank of brigadier general. Leto resigned thursday saying that the 160,000-Slrong armed forces were too divided to be effective against the communist insurgency and that his plans to strengthen the armed forces were ignored. He at tended Salu Roay s ceremonies at the presidential Mala caning  a Brief talk with reporters after the ceremonies Ramos said his program to fight the communists will not just emphasize military action against the 24,000 atm bar communist new people s army. He said a coordinated economic social political and military program involving All government Agen cies will be needed to combat the insurgency which is now in its 20ih year. He said it will take some Lime before results Are seen. New herpes Frea Menf announced military Roi Trump 3rd army div commander nominated for promotion Heidelberg Mai. Gen. Thomas n. Griffinjr., commander or the 3rd amid div has been nominated for promotion to lieutenant general and assign ment Schief of Mit of Allied forces Southern Europe at Naples Italy according to Usa heur official. The Senate must confirm the nomination. Maj. Gen. George a. Joulwan u5areur Deputy chief of staff for operations has been named to succeed Griltz maj. Gen. Thou c Foley will replace Joulwan at Usa eur. Incl Lik a housing office wins of Competition in Ciurlik a Turkey the inc Riik a Hsiuin office was named Best in the air Force in 1987 in Competition involving Small units 1,000 or fewer Fain ily housing unit. The base housing office was inspected in november in 49 areas including tiling systems customer com ments and condition of family housing units and the self help store. It is the first contract operation to win the award according to Davis Annis the Andrlik a housing  winning the air Force Honor the inc Riik a office won top honors in 16th air Force and Safe world today 25 More Naples workers charged with absenteeism Naples Italy a authorities on Friday charged 25 sanitation workers with absenteeism after they did not Snow up for work in this Southern port City plagued by Mounds of  garbage. We cannot create miracles said a pamphlet re leased by City officials who have opened an inquiry into the reasons behind the rising amounts of refuse authorities say could endanger the health of the i Zens. Friday s charges bring to 43 the number of Sanita Tion workers who have been accused of absenteeism Naples sanitation service which is considered the most inefficient in Italy because of its chronically High rate of absenteeism has also declared itself bankrupt officials say it will take five years before the situation can effectively be turned around. New device detects objects buried 5 feet deep Tokyo up Nippon Telegraph and Telephone corp. Said Friday it has developed a new technology Tod elect buried objects at Depths of up to about s feet with High accuracy. The company said the technology supplement the conventional method of using radio wave with a jul Nal processing system that employs a new frequency analysis method. With the new system objects located in comple underground conditions that could not be detected easily by conventional methods have been identified even by persons who have no experience the company London u i the British medical weekly the lancel. Said in its latest edition Friday that Israel doctors believe they have found u new Sicam to treat herpes is dually transmitted viral disease. The do cows said in a paper published by the lancet that they had conducted a two year study using Cream with  a in a to Init the effects on herpes sufferers. The cold sores typical of the disease cleared up much More quickly among those using the in a Cream it said. A control group using a Placebo showed consider ably fewer signs of improvement it said. The paper said the in a Cream May be a convenient and efficient option for the treatment of recurrent  is a Nan fatal viral disease usually transmitted by sexual Contact causing cold sores in the genital area the Mouth and  doctors from four leading israeli universities and medical research centers Suid that in a when applied daily to affected areas significantly reduced the number severity and duration of lesions and de creased the Rale of recurrences for patients with herpes. In the in a group three of 12 patients had one Orless recurrence per year and seven out of 2 had two episodes per  it said. Itching Burnine pain an severity were improved in All but one of me patients receiving the in a  the control patients who used the Placebo experienced a recurrence rate that ranged from four to 20 limes per year. They said 1fn-h could have a distinct advantage Over acyclovir the Only other drug known to treat herpes because it is applied locally and causes fewer Side effects. Acyclovir has to be Lakin by Mouth to achieve the same effect As in a and can Nave toxic Side effects. "1nf-b produced no significant Side effects Only two patients complaining of a mild Rath the doctors said. But they cautioned like acyclovir in a does not cure the disease. The new technology will not Only prevent Accident involving damage to underground communication Ca Bles Gas pipes and reinforcement rods during Cau Truc lion work but it will also permit a drastic Cut in the number of manually performed tests required to detect such objects Nippon did. Day night headlight use to be mandatory in Norway Oslo. Norway a As of april i All cars and trucks on norwegian roads will have to turn on their headlights whether it s Day or night the government decided Friday. In a further move to increase Road safety it was decided earlier that All new ears must have headlights thai automatically Light with the ignition headlights around the clock have been mandatory for motorcycles since 1978