European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 17, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes Friday june 17.1988 other diseases hike risk of getting aids Stockholm Sweden a peo ple with sexually transmitted diseases such As herpes syphilis and chlamydia have an increased risk or contracting aids through Pietero sensual Contact an american doctor said thursday. Program to control aids should therefore include efforts to combat other sexually transmitted diseases said or. King Holmes of inc Arborview medical Center in Seattle. Holmes spoke Ai inc fourth International conference on aids or acquired immune deficiency syndrome. Holmes said that the highest increase in risk is associated with diseases thai produce genital ulcers or lesions. The most important of these in the United states is herpes followed by syphilis and Chancroid a bacterial infection. Lesions produced by these diseases May Alia the aids virus to enter the bloodstream More easily Holmes said. The venereal disease chlamydia is also military Roundup associated with increased risk of getting aids he said on wednesday Ola seines of the Johns Hopkins medical institutions in Baltimore said that people infected with inc aids virus show no sign of mental problems until they develop physical symptoms associated with ads. Also at the meeting. Or. Jonas Salk the polio vaccine Pioneer described his first efforts toward an aids vaccine. Or. Daniel Zagury. The French scientist who in 1986 injected himself with a experimental aids vaccine said that with Booster shots he has developed anti bodies that might be capable of destroy ing inc aids virus. The aids virus attack the body s immune system leaving victims susceptible to a wide variety of infections and can cers. Ads is most often transmitted through sexual Contact. Other Means of transmission include transfusions of tainted blood or blood products and inc sharing of contaminated hypodermic Needles or syringes by drug abusers. Aids can also be passed from Mother to child at or before birth. The study by seines and or. Justin Mcarthur also of Hopkins was in tended in resolve questions raised by ear Lier studies that had found distinct men Tal problems Inch As loss or memory in people infected with the aids virus. Those changes sometimes seemed to appear before any other signs of aids infection. As a result concern was expressed thai people in sensitive jobs such As airline pilots nuclear reactor operators or operators of heavy Industrial equipment should be. Removed from their positions if they become infected with the aids virus even if they arc not outwardly sick. Based on our results we do not feel there is any cause for alarm or  seines said the debate involves whether menial problems appear Early in the course of infection before other diseases strike. There is general agreement that about to percent of those who die or aids have significant menial and neurological prob lems after other symptoms develop according to a report released by the world health organization. Salk said in a report on his vaccine research that he has completed the Firat human trials of an unusual vaccine in tended 10 keep infected people from developing aids. He said he. Had Given the vaccine to nine men with arc or aids Itale Complex. The vaccine appears Safe he Taid. La also appears to raise Levels of immune system cells and in one test subject the virus seemed to disappear completely. In a separate report Zagury a univer sity of Paris scientist. Mid his administration of an experimental vaccine to himself in 1986 had enhanced Hii body s production of antibodies against the aids virus. Recreation support Center to Mark 40fh anniversary a Schaffenburg. West Germany the army recreation services support Center will Mark its 40th anniversary wednesday wild a ceremony special awards and musical performances. The Center is a  Supply maintenance and service Point for Usa eur Community and family support activities. It stocks non Standard supplies and equipment for various Community activities provides costumes and special effects equipment for to menu nity theafers and designs and prints promotional pos ters. The anniversary Celebration will be from 11 15 . To 4 . And will feature the Usa eur soldiers chorus and a defense department touring show. Customers of the Center Are invited. 2 Safe cos honoured As outstanding airmen Randolph afe. Tenas two airmen assigned to Europe arc among the dozen named outstanding airmen for i9sb by the air Force. Master sol. Moreen m. Mafias was honoured for her work As Branch superintendent for the 48th Supply so 48th tac fighter Wing at Raf Lakenheath. England Macias increased storage space in three major sup ply facilities. She also reduced delivery time on fast moving aircraft parts by More than half by moving them to a centrally located Complex. Macias also planned and supervised a method of transferring dec my fluid expected to save More than s 1 8,000. Macias holds in associate s decree in logistics management from the Community College of the air farce and has completed 82 hours toward completion of her Bachelor s degree. Master sol. Glenn e. Palmer was selected Tor his achievements As noncommissioned officer in charge of Lite combat control learn of Del i 1723rd combat control so. At Rhein main a he supervised combat controllers and managed mis Sion related equipment valued at More than 52 Mil lion. He also ensures thai teams fulfil combat Readi Ness training requirements despite their being on temporary duty for an average of 1 to Days a year Palmer is enrolled at Embry Hiddle aeronautical University has accrued 63 credit hours toward his associate s degree with Community College of the air no Spon Dence course. Force and is enrolled in a senior no Academy Corre other outstanding airmen include staff sol. Rickey to Pierce or. Kaduna a Japan master sol Paul a Murphy. Luke fab Ariz. Tech sgt. Neil a Crow Lackland fab Texas staff sgt. Terry l. Cavallo Elmendorf fab. Alaska master sgt Michael a Lynch Dyess fab Texas . Melissa a. Bigham Edwards fab. Calif. Master sol. Forrest d. Earlcy Charlotte . Chief master sgt. Roy r. Arakaki Norton fab Calif. Tech sgt. Thomas c. Voegtle Peterson fab Colo. And tech sgt. Donald e. Wal lace Wright Patterson fab Ohio. Canadian Man accused of spying on . Sub Mon for no operations St. John s. Newfoundland a a Canadia who lived for a Lime in Hungary has been charged with Thering secrets about .espionage fur allegedly gathering submarine monitoring operations Union. For the soviet Stephen Joseph Ratkai 25, a native of Nova Scotia was charged with three counts of espionage under can Ada s official secrets act during an appearance in St John s provincial court on wednesday officials have not said whether any information was actually passed to the soviets Kalocai was ordered held without bail until june 28.he did not have to enter a plea. The suspect said nothing when reporters shouted out questions As he left the courthouse. Ratkai was accused of gathering classified . Mili tary documents about the Navy s submarine tracking base 41 arg Celia during 1987 and 198ft. The documents were intended for a foreign Power namely the Union of soviet socialist republics the charges stated. Xaikai was arrested last saturday in St. Johns Fol lowing a 2 a year investigation by the Canadian Secu Rity intelligence service the Royal Canadian mounted police and the . Naval investigative service. The Artemia base on Newfoundland s foggy South coast keeps an Eye on soviet submarines by monitoring network of underwater listening devices in the North at lactic near Greenland Iceland and Britain. The base is operated Byus. Military personnel and canadians. Bee off with you of photo a group of unwelcome hitchhikers in Neuenburg Buzz of he Gal a Ridging a Eunse. So slut i bet Switzerland found this to be it Honey of a cat devised Driver to do he Calk in Bette per who wednesday and when the Driver Laid the snare to manages to clean up a rather Sticky situation