European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 12, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 b the stars and stripes Friday april 12,1991 at a glance a browser at a new York Bookstore examines a copy of a Nancy Rea pan the unauthorized Biog a  mrs. Reagan is encouraging her friends to speak out against the Book. Story on Page 7. Electric cars Ford motor co. Plans to build As Many As 100 electricity powered be hides by 1993 for . And european testing before going into mass production. A Page 4christianity favored new religions and immigration from the far East and Arab world have barely dented the overwhelmingly Christian composition of the . Population a 13-month Survey of 113,000 adults has found. A Page 6shevardnadze Speaks out former soviet foreign minister Eduard Shevardnadze said he resisted pressure by hard liners to use military Force to Stop German reunification. A a / a a a a a a a \ a.  Page . To take census its time for the census in the United kingdom and anybody and everybody in the country on april 21 will be counted including tourists. V. A page9 help for big phone Bills a new program is helping ease the anxieties of some operation desert storm families facing whopping phone bids. A a Page 17index Abby Ann Landers. 19 action line. 16 comics. 19-20-21 commentary .13 crossword. 19 letters. 12 Money matters. 17 sports. 22-28 to listings .____22 weather .11 go if vets to turn in anti nerve Gas pills vials by Rosemary Sawyer staff writer it service members returning from the persian Gulf with chemical gear in Tow should turn in their anti nerve Gas pills and injectors to avoid accidents especially involving children officials warn. Each service member in the combat area was issued atropine and Pali oxime. Chloride vials to be self injected. During attacks involving deadly nerve agents. They also received a pack of 21  tablets commonly called a tabs. Service members take the White pills if they arc under threat of a nerve Gas attack. A a a a a a a a Quot the atropine counteracts the effects of nerve agents relieving muscle spasms and convulsions. Pali oxime prevents the chemical agents from latching onto nerve endings. The  permits Freezer transmission of nerve impulses to Muscles. Its unlikely accidental doses of the substances would kill an adult or child officials said. But they can cause Side effects that require medical attention they  unit should decide whether to collect the medications from soldiers while still in the Gulf or upon returning Home said it. Col. Virginia Pribyla a . Central come spokeswoman in Riyadh saudi Arabia. Individual service members attached to units other than their own can choose where to turn in the controlled substances. A fall of our soldiers sailors airmen and marines should understand that they Are chemicals and they do need to be turned in a Pribyla said. Based on reports from two returning v Corpis soldiers not All troops have turned in the chemicals. V corps spokesman it. Col. Dick Bridges said corps officials were looking into the reports to see whether the problem is widespread a there Are procedures for issuing and collecting this stuff but there May be cases where these procedures have lapsed a Bridges said. If persons do accidentally ingest the agents or inject themselves with them they should be taken to the local emergency room along with the Container of the substance said or. Fred Seidel from the army research Institute for chemical defense at Aberdeen proving. A a. A amps Dav Edidio ingesting these anti nerve Gas substances  harmful especially for children ground my. A Seidel said a tabs Are More dangerous to children than atropine. The tablets can cause nausea vomiting diarrhoea abdominal cramps and an increase in bodily secretions S.C. As mucus in the nose and. Saliva in the Mouth said Seidel who directs a course titled a medical manage Rhent of chemical  the a tabs effects on asthmatic children could prove life threatening because the medication would restrict the Muscles that permit breathing said or. Charlesn Onufer an army colonel who serves As a 7th medical come medical consultant. A there s almost no reason to have the medication at Home in your Medicine Cabinet a Onufer said noting that Only people with a generalized muscle weakness would use the drug outside of wartime.  condition is rare Iri children atropine is Likely to have a const Pating effect Onufer said. Its other symptoms include dry Mouth sensitivity to Light blurred vision fever dizziness restlessness and fatigue. The effect of the 2-Milligram dose in a injector on a 20 to 30-Pound child would probably be dry Mouth and Light sensitivity he said. A but the child would certainly experience some of the Side effects for four to six hours a the paediatrician said. The injector which looks like a Large Felt tipped Marker shoots the vials contents when pressure is applied to the tip. An adult accidentally injected with atropine would Likely experience dry Mouth and an increased heart rate but probably not enough to be noticeable Seidel said. More noticeable would be Blurry vision and the body a inability to regulate its temperature through sweating. Adults probably would not feel the effects of Pali oxime Chloride. Children could experience nausea vomiting and temporary Eye problems S.C. As double vision. Contributing to this report staff writer Chuck Vinch in Washington Washington a the Senate judiciary committee on thursday rejected president Bush s nomination of Miami judge Kenneth l. Ryskamp to a seat on the 11th . Circuit of appeals. Ryskamp is the first of Bush a 77 judicial nominees to be rejected. The panels 8-6 vote against the nomination and its refusal on a 7-7 tie to Send Ryskamp a nomination to the full Senate without a recommendation effectively killed the nomination. Opponents charged Ryskamp was insensitive to civil rights citing comments he made from the Bench and his longtime. Membership in a country club that had a reputation for discriminating against jews and Blacks. He was opposed by a coalition of nearly 51 civil rights hispanic and women s organizations. Ryskamp released a statement saying a the constitutional process has run its course and i accept the decision of the  a the charges against me Are wholly false and repugnant to All that 1 stand for a Ryskamp said. A in accordance with my oath of office i will continue to administer Justice without respect to persons and do equal right to the poor and to the Rich and i will faithfully and impartially discharge the duties of my  two perennial swing votes Sens. Howell Heflin d-aln., and Dennis Deconcini a Ariz who often vote with republicans on judicial nominees joined six other democrats to vote against Ryskamp s nomination. All six republicans voted for Ryskamp who remains a Federal judge in Miami. Quot a it s just a pity. This appears to he a partisan vote a sen. Strom Thurmond r-s.c., said As he urged the panel to Send Ryskamp a name to the full Senate without a recommendation. Committee chairman Joseph r. Biden jr., d-del., said he had voted for All of Bush a previous nominations a but the nomination of Kenneth Ryskamp is the one i can to  Cleflin said he was concerned that Rys. Kump would not continue the tradition of. The 11th circuits commitment to equal Justice. A a a this perception must not be changed a Heflin a statement said. A the perception is Justice is fundamental to the survival of the judicial system that is based on equal Justice under  Biden questioned Why Ryskamp failed to resign front a country club with a reputation for excluding Blacks and jews until the eve of his confirmation hearing. Biden said he was concerned that Rys Kampus remarks from the Bench in a police brutality Case and rulings in a series of civil rights suits in which he was reversed by the 11th circuit indicated a Lack of judicial temperament. Sen. Orrin Hatch a Utah made an impassioned speech in defense of Rys Kant saying the. Opposition is a one of the greatest Quot injustices i have seen this committee . Hatch and other republicans noted that when Ryskamp was confirmed for a Federal District court scat in 1986, his membership in the Riviera club was never an Issue