European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 2, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 a a a the stars and stripes wednesday May 2f 1990expert predicts aids virus will strike about 1,000 military children in �?T90s by Check Vinch Washington Bureau Washington a perhaps 1.000 children of Mili families a a a ill be infected with the aids virus in 1 Vos. A health expert Sas. Quot the number of dependent children infected with he is de Fitek on the  said or. Col Ger i Cher. Director of the military paediatric his Proa the uniformed services University of the ru-g.�?�. Sciences in Bethesda. My. M e than 100 children of service members have her.  As having or being at risk for the  immunodeficiency virus which Breaks Down the us Dye a immune Susiem and opens the door for a he t of ravaging illnesses. In. This decade As Many As 400 to 500 More children or army personnel will be identified As having the virus. Which can be earned in the body for years before causing aids. Fischer said the number could easily be race that when the other services Are included. About 80 percent of the children who test positive for the virus inherit it from their mothers he said. Most of the rest have Haemophilia or Are infected through blood transfusions. The sen ices Are moving toward a centralized record system to track infected children and their parents he said. It will be based at the Walter Reed army medical Center in Washington. A the top Nonty is to help those who need care Butla. Drops ban on junk food in school cafeterias los Angeles apr the school Board weighed jobs with junk food and voted on the Side of potato chips and pop. The los Angeles unified school District decided unanimously monday to end a 10-year-old ban on junk food As a Way to counter cuts in Federal food subsidies. A efm ashamed of what happened tonight but we really done to have a Choice a Board member Roberta Weintraub said after vote. A it s a question of jobs versus junk  a $10 million deficit in the districts cafeteria fund and the Prospect of laying off More than 100 cafeteria workers prompted an end to the ban officials said. The school Board Hopes several million dollars a year will be generated through the Sale of junk food in school cafeterias. Also lunch prices will be increased by 10 cents for some elementary students and 25 cents for some Junior High and High school students to increase Revenue. The Price increases will not affect the estimated 80 percent of the districts students who come from Low income families and qualify for free or reduced Price meals. School Board members said a policy that allowed student run stores on campuses to sell snacks undercut the cafeteria ban. We also want to team As much As we can about the Way this virus works a Fischer said. A without a coordinated Effort to identify infected babies and parents As soon As possible we May miss key aspects of the epidemiology of the  one of the most mystifying aspects of his is that Only about 30 percent to 40 percent of the babies bom to infected mothers test positive for the virus Fischer said. Quot that s a key Issue that we done to understand yet a he said. Quot were not sure if the Mother somehow a the number of dependent children infected with his is definitely on the  a or. Gerald Fischer protects the fetus. We be seen situations where a woman has had twins and one baby is infected and the other Isnit. We be seen a woman have one infected baby a healthy baby and then another infected  a baby May also appear to be infected when it Isnit Fischer said because the indicator used to detect the virus is the presence of the antibodies that the body produces to fight the infection. Apparently an infected Mother can pass his antibodies to her fetus without transmitting the virus itself. Fischer said he does no to see a need at this Point to require mandatory his testing of military spouses and children but the services would like to get military families to Start thinking of such testing As a routine part of their health care regimen. All of the services already have mandatory testing for service members a we want to make people realize that this is important to their health and that there Are various therapies and treatments available now such As the drug at to help those who do become infected a he said. A just like we urge routine Pap smears for women we can urge routine his  one of the biggest issues facing health care professionals is persuading infected parents not to have children Fischer said. A sometimes when things Are difficult in a relationship. Having a baby May seem like a Way to pull things together a he said. Quot but if one of the parents is infected with his it adds whole new dimensions to the  in about half of the families that Are involved with the military paediatric his program both parents Are infected he said. A a that presents All kinds of problems even if the children done to become infected a Fischer said. A what would happen to them if their parents become sick or die and if the kids have the virus that makes the situation even  of says Crew of Jet that crashed failed to follow nighttime Rule by Dave Diehl . Bureau Raf Mildenhall England a the Crew members of an Al 1 in that crashed off the English coast feb. 5 were not following a Safe regulation on nighttime bombing Range procedures according to an air Force report. Capt. Clifford w. Massengill 30, and weapons systems officer 1st it. Thomas g. Dorsett 26, were killed when their Jet crashed in 4 is feet of water at about 550 Mph the report said. There was no evidence that either crewman from the 77th tac fighter so at Raf upper Heyford pulled the ejection handles inside the two seat fighter bomber it said. The report said Massengill who was leading a two plane Mission that evening was approaching a target at the Wainfleet Range near Boston on England a East coast on a practice bombing run. The report released this week said that Quot the briefing and execution of the Mission did not comply with Range entry  it did not say what part of the regulation the Crew did not follow. The Crews failure to follow the regulation May not have had anything to do with the crash it. Col. Sam Giammo a 3rd air Force spokesman said. During the Mission the fliers planned to use the planets terrain following radar at night a Mission that Al 11 Crews consider to be very intensive. A it is the most demanding Mission in the Al 11,�?� said it. Col. Paul Ribarich the 3rd of chief of current operations and a Pilot with More than 1,500 hours in the Al 1 id and f. A it is the Mission with the least amount of room for error a he added. With the radar Al 11 Crews can Fly close to the contour of the ground which can help avoid radars. Ribarich said the Al 1 los from Raf Lakenheath that bombed Libya in 1986 attacked at night using their frs. The terrain following radars in Al ii can be set to maintain minimum altitudes at 1,000, 750, 500, 400 300 and 200 feet. The report was put together by 3rd air Force officers and would be used in any litigation Legal claims and disciplinary action that could arise from the crash. Giammo said he knew of no such actions taken in this crash. This report differs from a More comprehensive Accident report which usually states the causes of aircraft crashes. Those reports Are not normally released. There were no malfunctions on the Jet or any maintenance problems mentioned in the report. It said that Massengill from Edenton . And Dorsett of Pensacola fla., a were in Good spirits and were eager to Fly when they reported to their Squadron at noon that Day. Massengill had 1,452 flying hours in air Force aircraft including 557 in f-111a and Al he aircraft Dorsett had 532 hours of flying time with 400 in f-111 As and Al 1 Les. The Accident was the first of two fatal crashes in 24 hours involving 3rd air Force tactical aircraft. On feb. 6, capt. Robert b. Burrows from Raf Alconbury was killed when his a-10a Thunderbolt ii crashed in Wales. Arbitrator rules in favor of Rota school faculty it Navy Mir Al a. By Dave Walczak staff writer a Federal arbitrator has ruled that school officials must provide Relief to teachers at David g. Farragut elementary in Rota Spain when temperatures inside the schools classrooms reach 95 degrees. The ruling gave school officials the option of installing air conditioning adjusting the school Day or excusing teachers from classrooms when temperatures exceed 95 degrees. The March ruling came As a result of a suit brought by the overseas federation of teachers on behalf of the schools faculty who objected to working under the conditions in september 1988. In her ruling arbitrator Susan Mackenzie found that a the employer did not take every reasonable Effort to provide Safe working conditions in the Rota elementary school. During the 1988-89 school year and the commencement of the 1989-90 school year. Spokesmen for the Union and the department of defense dependents schools Mediterranean Region said they would not Appeal the ruling. A a we re not totally dissatisfied with the ruling a said Mike Long who represented the Region at the two Day hear ing in Rota. A a we be put in curtains and fans. We be requested that air conditioning be installed in the school. We Are not an uncaring  Ernie Lehmann who represented the Union at the hearing said the suit was necessary to a encourage our friends in Dodds to move ahead on the air conditioning  a Region spokesman said school officials Are confident that the air conditioning will be completed before the 1990-91 school year. The air conditioning was to have been completed in 1988, but was halted when Asbestos was discovered at the school. Engineers said the Asbestos had to be remove before air conditioning was installed. Officials from the bases occupations health and preventive Medicine depart ment Are expected to take periodic temperature readings at the school and pro vide their findings to school authorities. Long said school officials were Willin to Settle the Issue prior to the hearing a agreeing to provide the Relief later Man dated by the arbitrator. But Lehmann said the offer would have put Quot the onus of proof of unhealthy working conditions on the teachers am not management. We  accept