European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 13, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes sunday november 131936 hand washing push begun to arrest hepatitis epidemic Tacoma Wash. A exasperated health of vials Are distributing 20,000 bumper slickers thai read dirty hands spread disease Wash to Nam in a Bailie against a hepatitis a epidemic. The novel approach to disease prevention is a last ditch Effort by the Tacoma Pierce county health department to Stem a disease that has increased tenfold in the puget sound area in three years. The disease passed through focal matter is most commonly spread by people who Don t Wash their hands after using the restroom and then handle Foo that they or other people eat health officials said. We decided we. Had to do something different to try to Stop  official Allene mares said. Hepatitis a shows Little sign of letting up in inc Region. Marcs said thursday. The county he ally department usually sees to to 40 cases a year. But since 1986. The number of cases reported annually has been in the hundreds. This year More than 350 residents have been i. In 1987, there were 2,500 cases of hepatitis a in the stale compared with an average of 300 to 700 during the Early 1980s. Hepatitis symptoms include nausea vomiting abdominal pain cramping fever yellowing of the skin and loss of Energy and appetite. Type a hepatitis is primarily spread by food servers. Agent Ken Sioux Rolls Over fake watches. Police take time to crush 17,000 fake wristwatches Miami a about 17,000 counterfeit wristwatches were crushed with a steamroller after . Officials threw their weight behind efforts in Slop fraud in the marketplace. The fake rolex patek filipic Corum con Cord and Piaget watches further proof thai All that glitters is not Gold were flattened int looping metallic pancakes thursday. They were seized More than three years ago Ina . Customs secret service Case code named operation Stopwatch. Customs officials believe More than 13 billion Worth of counterfeit goods Are produced each year in Italy alone. Fake designer leather goods and watches Are among popular items. Swiss watch manufacturers estimate that More than 10 million counterfeit watches Are sold worldwide each year the officials said. Customs authorities said 26 people in South Florida were convicted on fraud charges Stem Ming from operation Stopwatch. Although it also affects drug users. It usually lasts a few weeks. Type b is primarily found among drug use Sand people with frequent sexual contacts. Left untreated it can be fatal. Because of the High number of cases in Pierce coun the attention no one can figure out Why the disease has hit the West so hard. Oregon California and some of the Mountain Stales also have experienced outbreaks in recent years. Marcs said frustration led to the $6,000 investment in the bumper stickers which will he distributed free to residents and mailed to All City county and school employees. Five thousand companion stickers printed for restaurant washroom Walls read Don t serve disease. Wash your hands mares said. We would have virtually no cases if people would just Wash their  mares does t can whether some think it s embarrassing to be publicizing the fact thai Pierce count residents Don t Wash their hands properly. The image that will go through Peoples minds is that Pierce county is doing something about hepatitis she said principal s arrest Sparks Rev new of school system new York a an elementary school Princi pal has been released without bail after pleading inno cent to drug charges and school officials Are question ing a system thai protected him for 16 Yean. Matthew Amwell 55. Was freed on his own recognizance after pleading innocent to a Misdemeanour charge of criminal Possession of a controlled substance during arraignment in criminal court Friday. A Macli the first City principal Ever arrested on drug charges is to return to court nov. 22. He will receive his $62,199 salary pending the end of his Case. His arrest wednesday for allegedly buying two vials of a Type of cocaine known As crack on a Harlem Street Omer has sparked a review of the process that kept him on the Job despite complaints about Job performance drinking and drug use. Barnwell s problems caused his removal front the school three times in seven years said school Board 9 member Jerome Green. In addition the principal twice received unsatisfactory ratings because of absences and lateness school officials said. Barnwell was allowed to return and run the school after each incident prompting school Board president Robert Wagner or. To criticize the Council of supervisors and administrators. That Union represents 4,600 principals and other administrators. The Union s pushing this Guy Back is a tremendous disservice to kids Wagner saw. Union president Ted Elsberg who stressed this was an isolated incident noted that until his recent arrest there were no formal charges brought against Amwell. Only one principal has been fired in the City school system in the last nine years. The process from complaint to Resolution lakes 14 months said James Stein director of the Board of education s office of appeals and reviews. The principal remains on inc payroll during the investigation. Michael Sofarelli inspector general for the Board of education confirmed that his office received a tip earlier this year that Barnwell was having problems with drugs and  reports said the 16-year Veteran principal had nodded off in meetings and behaved erratically sofa Rulli said. But the tip which came in an Anonymous letter was never substantiated school officials said. Board president Curtis Johnson said at a thursday night meeting of parents from . S3 in the South Bronx that Amwell had gone for alcoholism counsel ing. And a report Friday in the new York Post said he had also requested drug treatment. Barnwell was arrested a week after schools Chan cellar Richard Green announced a drug crackdown in schools. . 53, located 13 blocks from Yankee stadium Enrols about 1,300 students. Police arrest Drinker underage by 45 minutes Orange Conn. Api a Man was arrested for underage drinking after liquor control agents found him getting a 4s-minute head Start on celebrating his 2ltt birthday. Michael Luc Tjun a University of new Haven Junior was drinking at a restaurant when uie agents arrived on a routine Check. Luetich and three others were arrested. When Midnight struck and Luetjen turned 21 Connecticut s drinking age he was at police head quarters. They All wished me a Happy birthday he  a half hour slay. Luetjen was released without bail Tor a court appearance. 50% consider Job training adequate study finds Chicago up about 50% of working americans believe they have been adequately trained for their jobs a nationwide Survey con ducted by the Wyatt co. Revealed. The study showed however that a Quarter of . Workers feel they have no Opportunity to learn new skills at work. Many of these dissatisfied workers were Veteran  Wyatt Wor America Survey con ducted among 5,000 . Workers from All Geo graphic areas industries and Job Levels revealed that younger workers were inc bes satisfied with their on the Job training programs. Many companies train primarily new employees without developing the potential of their older or More senior workers said Gwen Stem a Chicago consultant for the benefits and compensation consulting  said companies often trim costs by slash ing training programs. Unfortunately the Short term savings often leads to a Long term dip in productivity Job skills and morale Stem said. . Reporter follows Atlanta editor quits Atlanta a the Washington political correspondent for Atlanta s two major newspapers has quit because of the resignation of editor  Mashek said he sent his two weeks no Tice by express mail tuesday Glenn Mccurl Chen managing editor confirmed Friday that Mashek had resigned. Kovach was named editor of the Atlanta journal and the Atlanta Pohsl Tulion in 1986 in what Wasseen As an attempt to enhance the papers National stature. But the former Washington Bureau chief of the new York times resigned last week in a dispute with the newspapers management. Mashek told Usa today that he was leaving. Because of Kovach s departure. We were on the Way to building something great he said. Now that dream has been Shat.  -. More than 150 authors Community activists and journalists deplored Kovach s departure in full Page advertisement in thursday s editions.  newspapers. Texas . Firms join in largest jaw merger new York not the biggest Texas firm and a 100-Lawycr new York partnership. Have announced the largest merger in Law firm history. The merger Between Fulbright & Jaworski and Reavis &. Mcgrath will create the seventh arg est firm in the United Stales with 575 lawyers in seven cities around the nation and two abroad. The merger continues the consolidations that have reshaped the Legal  Large part the wave of mergers in new York and elsewhere has been brought by pres sure on Middle sized firms those Wilh too to 200 lawyers that must compete with larger partnerships thai can offer More services at a lower Price. \.,., but lawyers involved in thursday s announce ment said in was the larger firm fulbright.&,r Jaworski that had been feeling a stronger need to merge. I. ,