European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 21, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes monday. March 31,1988 red Cross says it erred in shipping blood units Washington a the red Cross Sekunow edged saturday it erred in distributing 34 pints of blood that had failed aids procedures but said non of the blood was used and none curried the deadly  food and drug administration said Friday thai the questionable one pint uti Iti were shipped Las month to hospitals and laboratories by red Cross Cen ters in Washington d.c., and Nashville. Tenn Bat were never used on any patients. The Fra did not identify the facilities thai received the  it should not have been shipped it actually proved to be his aids virus free and a number of units underwent processing thai would inactivate the virus said Gene Jeff cars american red Cross spokes Man. He said there was no known health Hazard associated with the 24 units of blood. We were very Fortu Nate and lucked out in thai there was no human risk atall involved  jct Lars acknowledged however thai five of he unit tested positive for hepatitis b Antigens and could have posed a health risk had they been used in , they were not used he said. Initial tells showed 10 of the questionable units contained his antibodies which signalled an aids Dan Ger but those units underwent a process thai breakdown the blood into components Lor specific uses and eliminates the virus Jeffers  remaining nine units he said were from donors who were unacceptable because they previously tested false positive for aids bul All the actual units were in std As Safe he  officials estimate that the chances of getting aids or acquired immune deficiency syndrome froma transfusion arc one in 40,000. The chief victim have been homosexual men or intravenous drag users. Noone is known to have recovered from the disease that attacks the body s immune system rendering it incapable of misting other diseases and infections. The Nashville Banner reported saturday that two additional pints from disqualified Donon were actually used in transfusions but no patient was harmed. The newspaper gave no details of the transfusions out said fallow up tests of the blood Donon showed they did not carry the aids virus. A cites said he knew of no actual transfusion oxblood that should have been rejected. The Fra report said none of the questionable blood was used on patients. As n result of the errors the Fra said it has in creased its periodic audits of the blood Supply and instituted new training procedures for blood Bank employees. The mistake in Washington was discovered in Aroutine audit. The Tennessee errors came 10 Light in an Fra investigation that followed a lawsuit against local blood Bank officials by a woman who said she became infected with aids through a blood transfusion. Two senior officials of the Washington regional of fice of the american red Cross John Mcgraw and Frederick Darr have been suspended with pay for30 Days pending an investigation of i hair actions said Richard Schubert president of the american Redcross. Schubert said no official in the Nash Villa Cente Rhad been disciplined but that the investigation there was continuing. Six of he questionable units of blood were from the Washington Center and the other in were from Nash Ville the Fra said. ? 0,000 Library books overdue Oscar nominated writer sought san Luis Obispo Calif. A an author up Foran Oscar for co writing the screenplay to full meld jacket was be in sought for questioning after thousands of books from libraries is for away u Australia were found in storage lockers police said  estimated 10,000 books were recovered from a pair of hackers rented in the name of Jerry Glistav Glasford author or the novel the Short timers said Ditc Clive Ray birr eur of California polytechnic Slat University Campus police. The Book was adapted into the 1937 Vietnam War drama full Metal jacket directed by Stanley Kubrick from a screenplay written by Kubrick Hasford and Michael Herr. The three share an Academy award nomination for the  raid was staged thursday by University police who were seeking s7 overdue books that had Bee checked out from the polytechnic University Library in Hasford s name. Fines totalled 53,000,"we found a lot More than we bargained for said Wayne Carmack another Campus  addition to books and periodicals from the uni Rani by they found thousands of books marked As be longing to libraries As far away As England and austra Lia some dating Back to the 1860s, he said. Also in the lockers were books missing from libraries in Sacramento and St. Louis to. Police said they had not cd contacted foreign Library Oflia Tais w confirm whether those books were , who in recent Yean lived in nearby Morro Bay does t attend the University bul got a University Library card under a procedure open to state residents Carmack Aid. However the address and social Security number listed on the card were false he said. University investigators said they arc seeking Hasford for questioning bul did not immediately seek in Amat warrant since they want to inventory the estimated10,000 books in 396 cardboard boxes a circuit said. The Man who checked out the books was known to Library workers and the operators of the storage locker As Jerry Hasford the  told everybody where we be been that he is the author of the Book. The Short timers " Barrett  of the Book and Ibe full Mela jacket screen play were in the lockers he  to reach the author by Telephone saturday through directory assistance in the san Luis Obj Plarea failed As did Effort to reach him through Bantam books publisher of the Short  did t appear Friday night at the writers Guild of America awards ceremony where he was consid ered for a similar award but did t win. The Oscar ceremony is Sci for april 11. 6 injured in Spring break riot port Arkansas Texas a a disturbance erupted Laie saturday among More than 1,000 students on sprint break leaving at least four people and two police officers with injuries authorities said. It s an All out riot said Anthony Lloyd a coat guard spokesman in port Arkansas. They Are setting cars on fire. People Are Hurt on the  disturbance began when a Motorist hit a girl on the Beach at this popular Gulf coast vacation spot an tried to leave the scene said officer . Mihniak of the Corpus Christ department of Public  was a Hil and Nio Accident on the Beach that injured oat Mien ii said. The crowd stopped Theca took out the Occi Spanu and lipped it Over and burned it they stomped the car broke All the Glass oui of it and flipped it Over said Tom Frazier 22, a student atthe University of Tejas. At least eight people were arrested Michniak said More than Foo Law enforcement officers from South Texas and the coast guard using two helicopters and tear Gas responded to the disturbance. Law enforcement officials in port Arkansas said so butane is were unable to get through the crowd la ruin the injured helicopters from the com guard and the Dps swept the area with searchlights Michniak said the Dps received the first Call at 111 5 . And declared the disturbance under control at 2 40 . Sunday. About 30,000 students were slaying in this Island resort for Spring Brink Lloyd said. Stateside 30-year-old Gorilla Dies at suburban Chicago zoo Brookfield. Map a massive brai tumor killed a 30-year-old write Lowland Goril la believed to be the oldest Breeding mate Gorilla in Captivity say official at the  zoo. Samson died at flip zoo in suburban Chidanand an autopsy later revealed the presence of tit born tumor Aid Brookfield spokeswoman Linda it Burl. He had lived four offspring at Brookfield including an infant bom a week Igo. A fifth it expected from a recent mating Elbert Laid. Census Bureau attempts to find problems Early Washington