European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 13, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Einstein s Birthplace stripes Magazine d student travel plan survives Page 2 d Randy Barnett s car Corner Page 13 n Dod contractor fined $115 million Page 9 the stars Andy stripes author lazed unofficial Mihuc Hsioh Rodth . Ahmed Foi Good morning vol.47,no,17a thursday october 13, 1988 2s duly fend s d 8593 a plan to of base closings approved by Congress Washington a Congress i rally consigning one of the great sacred cow 10 the slaughterhouse overwhelmingly passed legislation wednesday that authorizes the Pentagon to dose in needed military bases at a saving of up to j5 billion a year. The Senate approved the Bill 82-7 and the House followed shortly afterwards with a 370-31 Vole which sent the measure to presi Dent Reagan. He is expected to sign it. The defense department estimates that Between s2 billion and $3 billion a year can be saved if it is permitted la pare Down the list of 3,800 . Military installations. We Are addressing one of the great sacred cows in this country and in this body said sen. Phil Oramar Texas the Bill sets up a complicated base closing procedure thai essentially culs through the Thicket of Laws enacted by Congress in the past decade to thwart Pentagon efforts to shut Down bases sen. Sam Nunn d-ga., chairman of the armed services committee said. We know we cannot afford excess bases that we Don t need but we All also understand the reality and the sensitivity of he communities in America thai Are so dependent,.in some eases on these bases at least in the Short run and we know see plan on Back Page of Hunts clues to Kc-135 crash that killed 6 airmen probe the Pound far any evidence that might shed Light on the Strat Tanker crash at Wurtin tits fab. Oscoda Mich. A a training exercise for a fire Crew at an air Force base turned into a life and Dalh struggle when a Tanker plane crashed Al Wurt Smith apr killing All six Crew members and injuring to passengers. The Kc-135 Stralo Tanker. A four engine plane used to refuel other planes was returning to the base from a Mission to . Sawyer fab in Michigan s upper pen insula when it crashed and burned said staff sgt Don Ald Lawber a spokesman at Wurtsmith in the North Eastern lower Peninsula the air Force said wednesday it was looking for clues but could not immediately determine the cause of the crash. Aboard of officers is investigating the Accident. The six Crew members died at the scene authorities said. Eight of the 10 injured were treated and released from the 379th strategic Hospital at the base Slaff sgt. Albert Fleming said. Two people admitted to the base Hospital were in Good condition wednesday. The base s firefighters had just completed a training exercise when the Accident occurred and they quickly doused the flame said air Force sgt Gene babble. The aircraft was making its Landing approach when in crashed into the Tarmac said airman Kim Dvorak another base spokesman. The plane s Pilot had not radioed a distress Call before the crash she said. A witness who was not identified told the Detroit news one of the plane s wings touched the ground As ii was Landing before it veered out of control the plane slammed into the ground skidded More see crash on Back Page military says aids tests nearly 100% accurate Boston a carefully con ducted aids tests arc at least 99.9993 percent accurate and almost never falsely show that healthy people Are infected with the aids virus according to Mili tary research. The Public should know that if they choose to they can do Early diagnosis of his infection cheaply they can do it in a logistically feasible Way and they can do it with a great Deal of accuracy said or. Robert r. Redfield of the Walter Reed army Mudica Center s Insl Lutc of research in Washington. The latest findings published in thursday s new England journal of Medicine were based on the first 20 months of military screening of All recruits. Just one of the 135,187 people tested from Rural areas was misclassified As in acc cd according to the study. The test which reveals the presence of antibodies formed when a person is cd Post 10 the aids virus is used to screen donated blood and also offered by Public health agencies to Check those at High risk of the disease such As Gay men and drug addicts. Many of those testing positive for the virus will go on to develop aids or acquired immune deficiency syndrome a crippling of the body s immune system that leaves a person prey to deadly can cers and infections. There is no cure. Experts disagree Over whether such so called his screening should remain largely voluntary or whether it should be expanded to include mandatory testing in some situations of people Al Low risk of aids such As Hospital patients opponents argue that among other things such Broad testing could falsely a abcs Many healthy people As infected. For instance or. Klemens b. Meyer of new England medical Center has suggested that of every 10 Low risk people with positive aids less nine of them might actually be free of the virus. Rcd iced who is one of the nation s most persistent advocates of widespread testing said the latest findings show this is untrue. He believes doctors should routinely Check for aids just As they do for cancer heart disease and other ill Nesses. He suggests that aids screening be part of routine testing of Hospital patients pregnant women marriage License applicants and clients of venereal disease and drug abuse programs. The dim is to spot the his infection Early when ear ners May be persuaded not to spread the disease to others. Or. Harvey Mincberg Dean of the har Vard school of Public health said while the latest data help build the Case for widespread screening they Are not sufficient to shift the balance  issues of confidentiality of test results and possible discrimination against infected people still must be settled he said. Promoting condom and spermicide use fighting drug abuse and providing clean Needles Are More economical ways see aids on Back Page a Dzino Teg by