European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 6, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday june 6, 1968 the stars and stripes Page 7 . Aids estimate is 450,000 in 1993 Washington a Federal officials project that at least 450,000 Ameri cans wit have been diagnosed with aids by the end of 1993, according to published reports. The estimate reported in sunday editions or the Washington Post and the new York times represents the first major revision in two years of the nation s projected aids caseload. It also is the firs to extend the original Public health service figures beyond the 270,000 people expected to have devel oped the disease by 1991. The current cumulative total or aids victims is 63,726. The new projections were presented last week to More than Iso senior health service officials who gathered at a Pri vate meeting in  va., to plan a Federal response to the aids Epi Demic the newspapers reported. The boldest proposal at the Confer ence according to several key participants interviewed by the times was a Call by the drug abuse working group for a Large increase in the Quantity and qual Ity of treatment programs for intravenous drug users. According to drug abuse professionals who heard the panel s summation the times said experts from the National Institute on drug abuse recommended that the number of slots in drug abuse treatment programs be boosted from the current level of 148,000 to 380,000 to serve roughly one third of All the nation s drug abusers. Aids or acquired immune deficiency syndrome is a contagious disease that attacks the body s immune system Ren Dering it incapable of resisting other Dis eases and infections. As of june 2, aids had been diag nosed in 63,726 americans of whom More than half or 35,798, have died since june 1, 1981, according to the Cen ters for disease control. No one is known to have recovered from aids. Bride Kathleen Boutin thanks the Best Man the maltese cat after her marriage to Terry let Griffith. Horse rounds ouf bridal party Stanton Del. A the Best Man at Terry Lee Griffith s wedding saturday had a shiny coat and three tails. One was his own. Griffith s Best Man was a horse. The Delaware horse Trainer said he picked his thoroughbred race horse the maltese cat As Best Man because the horse which he purchased with three other horses in 1986 for $1,250, won More than $40,000 for Griffith pulling him from near bankruptcy. He was Good to me said the 44-year-old Trainer. Although the maltese cat stood by a human couple witnessed the simple ceremony for Griffith and his Bride Kathleen Boutin in the Ricc Bor a Rcd paddock Al Delaware Park raceway. The couple who share an interest in horses met at a feed store in april 1987. From there we just started horsing around said Griffith. The 6-year-old thoroughbred was Betler dressed lit the wedding than his owner. Griffith donned a Grey suit but the maltese cat was Clad in formal Wear including a lop hat White shirt and White socks. The Bride wore a gown of Aqua Over while and Rode a whal else horse drawn Carriage to the ceremony. 36 mexican aliens found wandering in Arizona desert Tucson Ariz. A thirty six undocumented mexican aliens were found saturday wandering with out food or water in the scaring Sonora desert North of Tucson after two of them came to a ranch seeking help authorities said. The 35 men and one woman whom officials said had been walking four Days since crossing the Border onto the Tolono o Odham Indian reservation were brought to Northwest Hospital by Border patrol bus. They were in generally Good condition said nursing supervisor Cheryl Lanier. Three men were treated for dehydration and the rest were simply Given drinks and a Chance to Cool off in the Hospital s cafeteria said emergency room services director Ardis Waite. After treatment All 36 were returned to the custody of the Border patrol. Those in Good physical condition who wanted to return to Mexico would be allowed to do so voluntarily said Border patrol supervisory agent Clyde j. . The mexicans ranging in age from 18 to about 50, All came from the state of Oaxaca and probably crossed from the town of san Miguel Sonora South of Sells Ariz., Benzon Hoofer said. He said they had told officials they were hoping to find farm work probably near Phoenix and had been travelling mostly Al night. They ran out of water Friday afternoon or saturday morning. Benzenhoefer said the group was found about 3 . He said the group had located Runoff water near the Silverbell Branch mine operated by the Sarco co., about 60 Miles North of the mexican Border and about 20 Miles Northwest of Tucson where the temperature reached 108 degrees saturday. They had just found it when we got to pm. Apparently they would have kept on going if we had t found them he said. They were probably in pretty bad shape. I would imagine it was 110 decrees out in the desert   said All but three men had crossed in one group. He said those three joined the others on saturday. Both groups were out of water and two of the three went to a rancher about four or five Miles from the mine and asked for help. The rancher notified the Pima county sheriffs authorities who in turn called he Border patrol  said. Border patrol agents said the bodies of about 70 illegal aliens have been found in the Sonora desert area since 1980. Hearing begins in swimming Pool death of Sailor Pensacola Fla a a Navy Rescue instructor yelled get him be fore a panic stricken recruit was forced Back into the swimming Pool where he died a classmate testified saturday. The classmate airman apprentice Gregory William Boos was unable to identify which instructors were among the four or five who pulled airman re Cruit William Mirecki 19, of Appleton wis., into the Pool March 2 at the Pensa cola naval air station. Doos was inc lend witness in an investigative hearing to determine whether six sailors should face court martial in the death of Mirecki. Another one of Mirecki s classmates airman recruit Gregory Harkrider Testi fied that the panic sync Ken recruit had shouted leave me alone. 1 quit and indicated he was quilling the Rescue school. A heart specialist testified that heart fail ure most Likely caused by fear induced stress apparently killed Mirecki. But cmdr. Richard Osborne a cardiologist at the naval aviation medical Institute said his assessment was Only conjecture based on a review of the autopsy report. A third student airman apprentice Paul shiver testified he heard the com Mand As get Mirecki Seaman apprentice Scott Richcr said he overheard someone say maybe we used Loo much Force during a meeting Between two instructors and it. Thomas Torchia he school s commander shortly after Mirecki was taken away in an ambulance. Riemor shiver Boos and Harkrider now Are taking technical training Al he Memphis naval air station in Tennessee. Prior to the testimony la. Steven h. Cohen the lawyer for one of the accused Petty officer . Richard e. Blevins complained that information from an investigation by the judge advocate Gen eral s office was being withheld on orders of the Secretary of the Navy. Cohen and lawyers for other defendants made a motion thai the proceedings be sus Pended until that information is released. Presiding judge cmdr. Daniel j. D Alosio rejected the request. It. Cmdr. Larry d. Wynne the prosecutor assured defense lawyers the information would be made available before the conclusion of the hearing which is expected to last several Days. Boos testified that Mirit Tki panicked during Drill known As Sharks and Dai  the exercise nits instructors play ing the role of Panicky drowning victims against trainees who then Are supposed to drag them underwater to break their hold and Rescue them. Mirecki was having difficulty and swam to the Side of the Pool. He was pulled off inc poolside swam Back to the Side climbed out and held on loan equipment rack Boos said. He wus panicked Boos said. He was scared. He was Yelling. It was obvious he did t want to be sack in the  Boos said he could t understand what Mirecki was screaming. The next time be saw Mirecki Boos said the recruit was pulled to the Side of the Pool by one of the defendants Petty officer 2.c, Michael Combe five enlisted instructors arc charged with involuntary manslaughter and conspiracy to Commil Battery. They Are blk Vins Combe Petty officer . David j. Smith and Petty officers 2.c. Frankic d. Deaton and John w. Zelnock. Torchia the school s commanding officer is charged with dereliction of duty. When the hearing ends d ale sip will make a non binding recommendation to rear adm. David r. Morris chief of naval air training in Corpus Christ Texas. The Admiral can drop the charges order courts martial or impose non Judi Cial punishment if convicted in a court martial each of the six could be dismissed from the service. The five instructors also face maximum penalties of three years in prison on the manslaughter counts and six months for conspiracy Torchia could be sentenced to a maximum of three months in jail