European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 26, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes Friday january 26,1990 news updates Salmonella outbreak Minneapolis a contaminated cheese was the sole source of an outbreak of Salmonella infection Hal sickened thou Sands of people in three states Las summer according to a state health department investigation. The outbreak which officials say May have affected 15,000 Resi dents of Minnesota Wisconsin and North Dakota was traced to Mozzarella cheese that was contaminated through poor sanitation practices at the now closed Kasson cheese Plant in Brillion wis. The lain cd cheese was made into shredded cheese products at three other Wisconsin plants and one in Minnesota said stale epidemiologist Michael osterholm. Investigators believe the cheese probably was healed enough Al the Brillion Plant to kill any Salmonella present during processing. Osterholm said tuesday. However there was ample Opportunity for contamination of finished cheeses from employee handling or contaminated work surfaces before the cheese was  he said. Nurse sentenced Riverhead. . A a nurse was sentenced to 50 years to life in prison thursday for killing four patients by injecting them with a powerful muscle relaxant in a scheme to revive them and play the hero. Richard Angels 27, of Linden Hurst was convicted dec. 14 of two counts of murder and one each of manslaughter and Crimi Nally negligent homicide in the 1987 deaths Al Good Samaritan Hospital. He received the Maxi mum sentence. Anglo told police he injected patients so thai he could revive  his trial the prosecutor called him a monster in nurse s  officials exhumed i he bodies of 33 patients who died suspiciously Al Good Samaritan while Anglo worked there. Traces of the muscle relaxant Paulon were found in six of the bodies. A Paulon laced syringe was found in Anglo s apartment the Day before his arc so. Tunisian floods Tunis. Tunisia a Rood ing from three Days of torrential rams have left at least is people dead and destroyed 11.000 Homes authorities said thursday. Another 10 people Are reported missing in Central and Southern Tunisia the regions of the North african country hit hardest since the Rains started monday Accord ing to tunisian officials. The food Waters washed away Bridges and isolated some areas of this largely desert country. Restrictions eased Beijing a a foreign ministry spokesman said thurs Day that Beijing based foreign Cor respondents no longer will have to apply 10 Days in Advance to cover events outside the capital. Spokesman Jin Eguihua however made Clear Al a news briefing thai under new regulations announced last saturday foreign re porters still will have to receive permission from local authorities for All trips outside Beijing. The 10-Day Rule was imposed in 1986 but generally ignored until authorities in the tibetan capital of Lhasa invoked it in october 1987 to expel foreign reporters who had come to cover anti chinese riots in the City. Of s size could shrink one third by 95, personnel official says by Deedee Arrington Doke kaisers Listern Bureau Ramstein a. West Germany the air Force could lose nearly 200,000 personnel by i99s if budget and political trends continue the service s Deputy chief of staff for personnel said thursday. It is not beyond the realm of you imagination to Sec an air Force five years from now that is Only about two thirds of its current  said la. Gen. Thomas Hickey. The air Force has 595,000 Active duty personnel. About 87.500 Are assigned to major commands in Europe including 59.700 in the . Air forces Europe. Hickey would not estimate the effect of troop reductions on the air Force in Europe. I think it will be smaller because i think we will gain agreements that make it prudent and Safe for us to reduce that Force Structure he said thursday Dur ing a visit to Ramstein. There s not a magic strength number that we need in Safe or in the air Force nor is there one we arc trying to protect he said. Budget cuts arc forcing the air Force to trim 24,000 peo ple in 1990 and delay Many permanent in Angl of Slation moves that had been scheduled Between june and september among other measures. The three Star general described presi Dent Bush s defense budget proposal which will be unveiled monday As probably the toughest budget we be had to put together since 1980." but he believes next year s financial re Hickey strains will be easier to handle than the package Given to the services last month. Both years Are going to be very difficult to get through Mickey said. But i would surmise 90 is tougher than 91 be cause we did t have very much Lime to react. That meant we had to make More dras tic moves because we had a Shorter time period in which to reflect  Hickey said the 1991 Outlook could change if More troop cuts and additional budgetary restrictions Are required. And there s a very real possibility that will Hap pen Hickey  a was one of Mickey s stops in Europe. He told reporters his visit was not related to reports that  on a list of proposed base closures to be announced monday by defense Secretary Dick Cheney. Hickey said some base closures will occur rapidly although others could Lake years to Complete. Border dogs from e. Germany arrive in West and now need a Home by Ken Clauson Bremer Stven Bureau Bremen West Germany they re unemployed unshaven and Don t speak English but East German Border guard dogs need love too. The first of 2,500 of the former Borde walkers have arrived in West Germany looking for Good Homes. And that includes american Homes according to us Rich Karlowski the assistant managing director of the West German animal Protection society in Bonn. Karlowski expressed Surprise at the amount of interest in the dogs and said his office has received Many inquiries from people in the United states. The stars and stripes also has received Calls from readers asking How to adopt the dogs. That is a problem we had t really thought about Karlowski said. What happens to the dog when i he . Mili tary person returns to the slates we want to be sure the dogs get Good ownership and arc not left Here we have to be sure they will Lake the dogs with  most of the dogs arc German Shep herds but a few arc rottweilers and giant schnauzers. The dogs we be seen so far Are very Friendly and in need of social Contact Karlowski said. The dogs offered for adoption Are not attack dogs but were used As decoys to prevent people from trying to Cross the Border he said. Americans wishing to adopt one of the dogs should Send a postcard or letter with their name address phone number and the Breed and sex of the dog desired to Deutsche  Bau Schul Allce 15, 5300 Bonn i West Germany. The cards and letters will be for warded to an animal shelter in the applicant s area. Veterinary exams and shots will Cost the new owners up to about $90. Karlowski said people not Able to obtain dogs in West Germany should be Able to gel them directly from the East German government in East Berlin but . Regulations present a hitch to that plan animals arc not allowed passage through checkpoint Charlie. Americans can adopt romanian orphans by the stars and stripes . Citizens Are eligible to adopt romanian children though there is not yet an official Way to do so a spokesman for the . Embassy in Bucharest Roma Nia said wednesday. The new romanian government legalized adoption of orphans by foreigner soon after the fall of Nikolae Ceausescu. The final decision in each Case is to be made by the president of the National salvation front the coalition that is run Ning the government the spokesman said. However adoption procedures have not yet been determined nor is the actual number of available orphans known. We have currently seen no adoptions except cases pending before january 1989 when the Ceausescu government outlawed foreign adoptions the embassy spokesman said. At the romanian embassy in Bonn West Germany a i official said the romanian government is trying to catch up with the backlog of adoption cases before taking on new ones. The american embassy in Romania is preparing an advisory for . Citizens interested in adopting romanian Chil Dren. It is compiling a list of romanian attorneys who will handle foreign adoptions the . Spokesman said. The embassy said . Citizens must comply with . Pc adoption require ments. Army units leaving Berchtesgaden in sept. Berchtesgaden West Germany is the army plans to pull out its Small contingent of troops from the bavarian resort town of Berchtesgaden in september in a move that will Cost 80 German workers their jobs. The withdrawal which involves less than 20 military personnel will Force the closure of the commissary Bank medi Cal clinic and elementary school at Strub Cavern Munich Community spokeswoman re Nat Badziong said. Support for the 53 remaining Ameri cans in Berchtesgaden employees of the armed forces recreation Center will be provided by arc beginning oct. I meaning the soldiers arc no longer needed. Their removal docs not otherwise affect any arc hotels or recreational facilities arc spokesman Harry Connors said. Active duty military personnel As signed at Berchtesgaden will be re assigned to other commands unless they arc already scheduled for reassignment Back in the United slates. Badziong said. The Exchange service will keep the Small Exchange and sports store at the Post open for americans visiting arc hotels Exchange spokeswoman Barbara Kirsch said. Slot machine debts end 17-year career in Ciurlik a turkeys a an air Force staff sergeant was sentenced to a year in prison and Given a bad conduct Dis charge for writing More than $10,000 in bad checks to pay Tor Slot machine losses. Staff sgt. Eddie Langston. Assigned to the 628th military Airlift support so Atin Ciurlik pleaded guilty to two counts of intentionally writing checks for sums he knew were not in his Bank account base spokeswoman tech. Sgt. Many Davis said. Langston a 17-year air Force Veteran was also ordered to forfeit $483 a month and was reduced to airman Basic. He was instructed to pay off his deals from inc remainder of his salary. The 37-year-old sergeant said before his Jan. 13 trial Hal gambling had never been a problem during previous assign ments in England and West Germany. Life in the Barracks in Turkey and not having enough to do with his free time led him to Marl playing the machine heavily he said