European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 22, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 b the stars and stripes wednesday May 22, 1991 at a glance an american red Cross employee will Tappin sorts blood types at a Center in Dedham mass the organization announced monday a sweeping plan to protect the. A Lions blood Supply from the aids virus and other threats. Another Story on aids is on Page 5. Smokers rights the new Jersey state Senate overwhelmingly passes a Compromise measure to protect the employment rights of smokers. A Page 4 watergate accusations former White House counsel John Dean president Nixon a main accuser in the watergate scandal actually initiated the break in arid masterminded the cover up without consulting his superiors a Book charges. A a Quot Quot Quot Quot Page 7 ethiopian Leader quits ethiopian president Mengistu Haile Mariam resigns less than a week before peace talks with rebels Are to begin. A Page 8 vacancies harder to fill spouses of persian Gulf veterans returning to Germany Are quitting their on Post jobs while base closings Are making fewer people apply for positions officials say. A Page 9 Index Abby Ann Landers 19 action line. 16 comics. 19-21 commentary. .13 crossword. .19 letters a 12 Money matters. .17 sports 22-28 to listings. .22 weather. 11 Back to basics care ins on Kutub Dia Island Bangladesh apr . Navy it John Koella fresh from medical duty in the persian Gulf War searched desperately for a clean cup in the Only Hospital on this Cyclone ravage cd Island. All he found was a dirty one shared by a dozen patients suffering from diarrhoea. A even very simple things gel in the Way a said the frustrated physician. A a we saw some dead iraqis in the War. We saw some in bad shape. A but in the grand scheme of things this is far worse a far More  medical care for the 110,000 residents of Kutub Dia was primitive Well before the Cyclone Tore through the Low Brick and mud embankment that kept the Bay of Bengal from inundating the Rice paddies that crisscross the Island. But the april 30 storm overwhelmed what Little help was available. The 20-bed Hospital which has no facilities for surgery was hit by a 20-foot wave Towt ruined its meager supplies and left  for Days. Koella and several Navy medics from the amphibious assault ship Tarawa arrived sunday As part of the . Military task Force providing emergency assist a Nee to 1.7 million Cyclone survivors Bangladesh Navy i t. Cmdr. Mohammad Aziz Al islam a surgeon said most patients had suite Rex storm related injuries by the Lime he arrived May 4, according to Bangladesh official figures ,19,500 islanders were injured and 15,000 to 20,000 died in the past week however the majority of patients were suffering from diarrhoea caused by a chronic tack of sanitation and exacerbated by the Cyclone Al islam said. The latest military figures showed 5,350 cases of diarrhoea 2125 cases of dysentery and six deaths from diarrhoea on the Island. Bangladesh is sensitive about cholera and it has been impossible to confirm any cases because of the Lack of Laboratory facilities. But . And bangladeshi doctors say they have seen All the symptoms and some estimate that As Many As 20 percent of the diarrhoea cases May be cholera. Bangladesh army capt. Mohammad Rahim Gir who has been treating about 200 patients a Day since May 3, said most Farmers use their Fields As toilets contaminating the water that they then use to drink and Cook. The first foreign doctors arrived Satin Day. A a. A. A. Or. Jim Wood a 56-year-old missionary said medical conditions were a fair a Wales fla., helps a bangladeshi boy take a drink at a make shift Hospital on Cyclone Duva stated Kutub Dia Island. Cry from his wealthy Hometown of Green needs Are the same. We All need to be Wadi conn., where he has a private Pray loved. We Alii need to be helped by one. To quo another a and that a what i want to do a but you know what the human he said. Correction because of late copy from an advertising firm. Entry forms for the Sato Continental airlines Quot yellow Rishon going Home ticket Giveaway did not appear in saturday s editions As stated in a store. He entry Torin is in today a paper. Another is scheduled to appear monday Vienna Austria apr the first International study of the effects of the chernobyl nuclear Accident suggests its Impact on the health of hundreds of thousands of soviets has been greatly exaggerated. The report released tuesday for a four Day conference said researches found widespread stress and anxiety am3ttiti-Zens of affected areas of the Ukraine byelorussian and the russian Republic. But scientists who began their study a year ago found. No evidence to corroborate suggestions that hundreds thousands or tens of thousands of people would suffer leukaemia thyroid and other health problems As a  of the worlds worst nuclear Accident. The study conducted  200 researchers from 25 countries under . Auspices did not study the 18-mile zone around the chernobyl station. The zone was evacuated alter an explosion during a routine shutdown april 20, 1086, released a Cloud of radiation eventually detected around the world. Soviet authorities say 31 people died As a direct result of the Accident. Some soviet scientists say the toll was much higher the study covered consequences for about 825,000 people living in 2.225 set a cements across a 10,000-Square-mile Swath of byelorussian the Ukraine and Russia. People moved from the evacuation zone and cleanup workers Are being monitored separately in a soviet study said to include up to 570,000 people. Viktor a. Gubanov head of the soviet. Committee dealing with the consequences of chernobyl said 116,000 people were evacuated in 1986 and about 600,.000 More took part in the cleanup operation. Previous estimates were that 130,000 people were evacuated immediately after the Acci Deal. Quot from 1990 to 1992, soviet authorities plan to resettle 218,000 people most of them volunteers. Gubanov said. In 1990, soviet authorities relocated 88,000 people including about 27,000.who were moved because they lived in areas deemed contaminated he told reporters. Some. 20,000 people still live in contaminated areas and will be moved this year Gubanov said. The study known As the International chernobyl report suggested relocation May be a bad idea because it increases stress. But Gubanov said affected citizens particularly those with children Are so mistrustful of the scientists assurances that they prefer to move. ,. A therefore the government has an approach not of massive evacuation but of saying a if you done to w ant to live in this area we will help you move a Quot he said. Gubanov voiced satisfaction that the International study largely condoned soviet research methods and conclusions and stressed the report should be publicized in the soviet Union to increase Public Trust