European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 23, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Inside stripes a Blind hiker finishes 2,167-mile  a Milli Vanilli claims they were  7 a 10 years later horrors of quake haunt  9 a Bostons Boddicker goes to royals Page 17 the  authorized unofficial publication for the . Armeo forces vol. 49, no. 223 Friday november 23, 1990 Good morning 25� Damy and sunday d 8693 Abush troops share Turkey from mire reports Liddah saudi Arabia a president Bush flew across saudi Arabia on thursday to share thanksgiving with . Combat troops in the desert and assure them that a America is proud of you and the Job you re  for Security reasons the White House refused to say exactly where the president was going but sources said and Jis wife Barbara would visit within 100 Miles of the Border with iraqi occupied Kuwait. Bush said he was not concerned for his safety. A i have never Felt More secure in going any place than i do in going to see our troops Over there. Its not a risky Mission in my   go if i thought it Wasny to Safe a said mrs. Bush who was to have Turkey dinner with the president Bush is welcomed by saudi arabians King fahd on his arrival at Jeddah Airport wednesday. President and service members while seated on sandbags. A a we a rather be Home for thanksgiving but then so would 200,000 other people. We want them to know we care about  More than 230,000 american troops Are spread across the persian Gulf Region and Bush has ordered an additional 200,000 to the Region. Only a fraction of them actually will see the president. On wednesday night Bush was greeted on his arrival at the Liddah Airport by King fahd the Monarch who granted permission last summer for the . Military deployment. He also met with the exiled Emir of Kuwait. On thursday his first Stop was to be at an air Force command Center near Dhahran on the persian Gulf coast. The next Stop requiring a Long helicopter ride was to be at an isolated army Encampment in the desert. From there the Bushes were to take a chopper flight to the Nassau a helicopter Carrier in the persian Gulf. The final Stop was to be at a Forward based Marine command Post where marines Navy Seabee and British a desert rate tank men were assembled. Along the Way the Bushes were to Sample thanksgiving dinner and attend a religious service on the flight deck of the Nassau. Bush flew to Liddah after the wrap up in Paris of a 34-nation Summit on european Security. Bush declared he so More committed than every to driving Iraq from Kuwait. A i think we should take action right away in the United nations for More resolutions a the president said. He told reporters he would Tell the troops that a we Are going to prevail that they re not there on a Mission  the president announced that he will meet with syrian president Hafez Al Assad on Friday in Geneva on his Way Home. He defended his decision to meet with the controversial Leader whom the United states officially considers the head of a terrorist state. A syrians want to see Saddam Hussein out of Kuwait just As much As we do a Bush said. A i have no problem sitting Down with him for this common  after meeting with Kuwait a exiled Monarch Bush see Bush on Back Page sobbing Milken gets 10-year term new York a junk Bond financier Michael Milken was sentenced wednesday to 10 years in prison for breaking Federal securities and tax Laws in the most celebrated Case of financial corruption in Wall Street history. Milken who sobbed at Points during the sentencing stood with his head Down As . District judge Kimba Wood pronounced the stiffest punishment yet in the fraud scandals that have gripped Wall Street since the mid-1980s. In addition she sentenced him to three years probation plus a total of 1,800 hours Community service after his term expires. Milken 44, faced a maximum of 28 years but Woods sentence is far stiffer than Many had predicted. A i believe that a prison term is required for the purposes of general deterrence a Wood told a court crammed with 200 spectators including Many of Milken a friends and supporters. Wood said Milken a misuse of his leadership position constituted a serious crimes warranting serious punishment and the discomfort of being removed from  she said Milken was a Man of a Talent and Industry but that a Long prison term was required to Send a message to other possible securities Law violators. The judge said she considered evidence of additional crimes including obstruct see Milken on Back Page scratch Flea Collar fad doctors Tell Gulf gis. I it i. _ i Rastkar cur of Norl co1s\/um Olin he  Vic nil Nonh by Joseph Owen Stuttgart Bureau Stuttgart Germany some desert bound gis to they be found the perfect fashion accessory to tech their a dog tags a Flea collars Tut those soldiers May wind up visiting the doctor i hang dog looks if they insist on wearing the collars Stuttgart area soldiers Are buying the insecticide in pet collars in Large numbers to Wear while Partick ing in operation desert shield said army or. In Niall b. Finnegan commander of the 167th vet Tail de Tat Robinson Barracks in Stuttgart he soldiers apparently believe the collars will repel sets from humans As Well As dogs Finnegan said. Flea collars gradually Emit a Cloud of Poison either an organophosphate or Carbamate that works Best when undisturbed Finnegan said. Fleas thrive in an animals sleeping environment and the insecticide works Best when the animal is immobile for a Long time. A the thing about these agents is that they re easily absorbed through the skin a said or. Col Thomas m. Cashman an occupational Medicine specialist at 7tn medical come in Heidelberg. As temperatures increase absorption is improved. Absorption can produce a number of unpleasant symptoms he said the most immediate of which Are muscle twitching and sweating in the area where the Collar is worn. Other symptoms include Low blood pressure vomiting diarrhoea difficult breathing overactive sweat and salivary glands headaches visual problems and involuntary defecation. Cashman said agricultural workers reaction to pesticides used on farms provides the basis for medical knowledge about these effects. He cited one Case of a 3-year-old girl who ran Barefoot through a freshly sprayed Field and died later from the Poison her body absorbed there. Chances of soldiers suffering the same Fate because of Flea collars would be a pretty unlikely unless they wore 30 of them a Cashman said. Nonetheless Finnegan said a Soldier  risk health problems by wearing the collars. A a it a going to make him sick before it makes the fleas sick a he said