European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 16, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday August 16, 1989 the stars and stripes Page 3 new emperor Marks Japan s surrender Tokyo up for the first time since the end of world War ii. The voice of the late emperor Hirohito was missing prom an annual Observance tuesday marking the exact minute when he announced Japan s surrender to a Defeated nation 44 years ago. But the words of new emperor Akihito the 55-year-old son of Hirohito who was Only 11 when two atomic bombs were dropped on japanese cities bringing the War to a close Days later were nearly the same. I feel a deep sorrow when i think of the Many people who lost their valuable lives in the last War and their bereaved  Akihito told More than 7,800 people attending the government sponsored memorial service at Tokyo s Budo Kan Hall just outside the moated Imperi Al Palace. I am moved to Sec Japan in peace and Prosperity today As a result of uninterrupted efforts by the people now 44 years after the War. Now together with the entire Japa Nese people i Pray for world peace and the further development of Japan the emperor said. Akihito led the nation of 122 million in a minute of silent prayer for Japan s 3.1 million War dead at the stroke of noon the exact moment Hirohito Broad cast his country s unconditional surren Der to Allied forces on aug. 15, 1945. Akihito s words differed somewhat from the traditional address by Hirohito who died Jan. 7 at the age of 87, the last of the major world War ii leaders. Hirohito in his final speech a year ago had said my heart still aches when i think of the people who lost their  prime minister Toshiki Kaifu who assumed office a week ago pledged his government would do its Best to slab in a Toyko is Nice family members mourn v Lish world  the oldest in the crowd was 94-year old Kichijiro Suzuki of Tokyo. Hose son was killed in the War. It was the first time in nine years that both the emperor and Empress attended the nationally televised ceremony held amid a backdrop of 25,000 yellow and White chrysanthemums and the rising Sun japanese Flag. Clims of the atomic bombing of japanese cities that ended world War ii. In past years former Empress Nagako was unable to attend the ceremony be cause of failing health. Controversy was again stirred by the visits of at least 10 members of Kaifu s 20-member Cabinet to a shinto shrine where several japanese world War ii leaders hanged As War criminals Are buried. Former prime minister Yasuhiro. Nakasone s visit to the Yas Kuni shrine in 1985 the first by a prime minister since the War sparked Strong reaction from China and Korea where the brutal Ity of japanese occupation is still a vivid memory. Out of respect for asian neighbors victimized by the old japanese Imperial army the prime minister and his foreign minister stayed away from the shrine. Suit claims Navy doctors left Marine his wife baby with aids Boston a a Marine has filed a $55 million lawsuit against the Navy charging that malpractice forced his wife to have a blood transfusion that left her infected with aids which she passed on to him and their son. Martin Gaffney 40, a chief warrant officer at the South Weymouth naval air station contends that Navy doctors mishandled his wife s pregnancy in 1981, resulting in a Stillbirth and the need for a trans fusion. At the time Little was known about acquired immune deficiency syndrome and donated blood was not routinely screened for the virus. But Gaff hey s lawsuit which is scheduled to go to trial aug. 21 in Federal court says the transfusion would not have been needed had doctors properly treated his wife Mutsuko. Mrs. Gaffney died of aids in 1987, shortly after the lawsuit was filed. The Gaffney son Johnny was born with aids and died in 1986 at the age of 13 months. The Only member of the family to be spared infection was their 6-year-old daughter Maureen a. Gaffny himself has tested positive Lor the virus although he has not yet shown any symptoms. Marianne Bowler an assistant . Attorney who is representing the Navy declined to comment on the Case. Gaffney s attorney Jacl n Mck Cnancy said Navy investigators traced one of the units of blood that mrs. Gaffney received to a discharged Marine. A deposition from the blood donor identified As John Doe in court records shows he has refused to be tested for aids because he fears the result might prevent him from getting jobs and health insurance. Mrs. Gaffney was under the care of doctors at Long Beach naval Hospital in California when she delivered the stillborn baby four weeks overdue. The doctors had declined to induce labor earlier or to perform a Caesar Rian Section to deliver the baby the lawsuit says. Record Seff no air defense exercise starts fort Bliss Texas a sixty five soldiers parachuted into West Texas Early monday launch ing the first attack in the largest air defense artillery exercise Ever conducted in the Continental United states. The mountains and desert of Texas and Southern new Mexico arc the backdrop for the two week Multi Force roving Sands exercise. Since the beginning of the month More than 8,000 soldiers airmen and marines have been con verging on the army s fort Bliss along with aircraft and artillery. The exercise s mock Battles will also be carried out at locations including the White Sands missile Range Holloman fab and Roswell in new Mexico. It s being done on this scale so that it can coordinate the movements and activities for not Only the army but the marines As Well and the capabilities of the air Force said Brad Rose fort Bliss spokesman. Rose said practice Maneu vers on a similar scale have been carried out in Europe but never in the United slates. The 11th air defense arty brigade based at fort Bliss is running the exercise. The operation has brought in air Force units from Cannon Holloman and Kirtland Abs in new Mexico Carswell fab in Texas and tinker fab in Oklahoma. Also participating Are marines from Eltoro Marine corps air station and Camp Pindle ton in California and from Yuma Marine corps air station in Arizona. The Marine corps is playing the bad Guys sgt. 1 St class James Swartz said. Killer bees not expected in . Unf/7 91 Washington a Africani Zed Honey bees arc still heading North across Mexico but Are not expected to arrive in the United slates until 1991 or later the agriculture department said monday. Popularly called killer bees by some including movie writers the migrating bees were Origi Nally expected to reach the Southern United states in 1987 or 1988. Then maybe 1989 or 1990. But department officials now say the bees won t reach the Rio Grande Valley of Southern Texas for another 18 months or  James w. Glosser administrator of the department s animal and Plant health inspection service said a joint project with Mexico has delayed the bees arrival and should give re searchers and beekeepers enough time to study the Bee and learn How to manage it the Africani Zed Honeybee is the hybrid off Spring of european honeybees and pure african Queen bees brought to Brazil in 1956 for re search. The african Queens escaped and began interbreeding with native honeybees. Africani Zed bees have been migrating North Ward since then and were found in Southern Mexico in 1986. Today they Are about 400 Miles South of the . Border near Taco Lula in the mexican state of Veracruz although the venom of Africani Zed bees is no More potent than that of the european bees that Are common throughout the United states the hybrids can be More dangerous because of their aggressiveness and the likelihood they will sting in greater numbers