European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 28, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse . Must learn to care medical Leader says a rims and inner cities because a disease strikes i . A i. Up the United states must become a caring nation if it is to Avert major epidemics of infectious diseases says the physician who developed a Man Euver to save choking victims a the forerunner. Aids is spreading j r. Henry Heimlich told graduates of Eastern Virginia medical school on saturday. A but that a just the a a Heimlich said syphilis tuberculosis measles malaria Lyme disease and even rabies Are spreading. The agencies responsible for halting the maladies Are. Perfunctorily and silently dismissing them a said. A a a a a. A a. A a we watched aids develop in the Gay Community and the answer was a that a we be allowed poverty to continue in the richest country and that is morally wrong and its destructive a Heimlich said. A if we continue to ignore the problems of our notify groups or Needle users these diseases will reach into our Homes offices and hospitals As has happened with narcotics time and aids. A was Long As this wealthy country turns us Back Impi the poverty in our midst epidemics will Itai told 85 new physicians eight other advanced Dettye recipients and a gathering of several thousand. A no measure of health Cate and no major medical Advance will cure the United states until ii addresses its a a underlying Core sickness. Heimlich said. A a there is a practical preventing epidemics it is called a caring a a a Heimlich said. A hundreds of us. Even thousands should be walking into the inner cities and telling Young people that we care for them. A a a a a a. A a a. A a. A a a a we must provide them with Rea support educate them guide them futures treat their illnesses yes and put our arms around them. Mam in the to dual u my univ. Hit Mam others who quest for Gam. H of lost Ifie Abil us to care we Ili Fot develop a world or we ourselves our Eivihd atom will he vie tuns 9 the Epi demies that Are now said Heimlich. I i he doctors Best known achievement is the Heim Lich Man Euver which he introduced i1 scats ago during the Man Euver someone a applies sudden Sharp pressure to the Abdomen list below the Tab Cage. I he pressure forces an from the lungs to. Rush through a choking person s w my Pic. I los other achievements include the Heimlich operation. Which provides a new oesophagus Tor victims of birth defects or cancer and the Heimlich valve Lor Chest drainage which was used to help save soldiers lives in Vietnam and which doctors employ in emergency rooms around the sufferer May win condom warning Low Santa Barbara Calif. A Jim Niss Lcy a crusade to warn others that some types of condoms May not be As effective against aids could result this week in an unprecedented Law to Force condom Sellers to Post signs. Santa Barbara county supervisors will vote tuesday on a Law requiring merchants to warn customers that a Lambskin a or natural membrane condoms done to guard against the deadly disease As Well As the Latex a in a expecting unanimous support a said supervisor Mike Stoker who initiated the ordinance after Nissley a businessman claimed he contracted the aids virus when using a natural Mem Brane condom. If the five member Board approves Santa Barbara county would be the first in the nation to enact such a Law. Nissley 38, who refuses to disclose his line of work said lie has always used condoms since becoming sexually Active. Last november he tested positive Tor the virus and live Days later was diagnosed with aids. Now he simply wants the Public to be in the stars and stripes 10 year Sago May 28, 1981 a an ea-6b plane used to Jam enemy communications crashed into several aircraft aboard the nuclear Carrier Nimitz setting off a fire that killed at least 14 people and injured 45 others. 20 years ago May 28, 1971 a a congressional study reported that gis hooked on heroin in Vietnam should be forcefully hospitalized for at least three years before they Are discharged. 30 years ago May 28, 1961 a the United states accused communist rebels in Laos of breaking a cease fire agreement numerous times and urged the conference in Geneva to draft a formal truce in Laos to replace the present ineffective a a paper cease fire. 40 years ago May 28, 1951 the . 8th a army closed a giant trap on an estimated 60,000 chinese communist forces in North Korea who were forced to surrender or flee abandoning equipment artillery ammunition and even personal weapons. Aware through signs placed near condom displays that using just any condom May not be sufficient As aids Protection. A i have committed my life to stopping the spread of aids,7�?T Nissley said. Studies show that Latex condoms Are 99.6 percent effective in stopping the spread of the virus and Lambskin condoms Are 95 percent effective said a county Public health officer. Or. Alan Chovil. The proposed signs would say in English and Spanish a warning condoms Are not 100 percent Safe but Latex condoms labelled for disease prevention provide greater Protection against aids than do natural Lambskin though Nissley thinks the signs Are important in the Battle against the aids epidemic reaction among storekeepers is mixed. A i think there definitely is a need for the signs. There a not enough said about it a said Caroline Duxbury Smith a pharmacist at a Sav on drugs store. Tom Atwill manager of Cantwell a Market objected to county intervention. A i don7t think the county should inter Fere with something that should be a Federal Standard a Atwill said though he added he would put up a sign if Given one. The Cost per sign would be no More than $5. One county Public health officer. Or. Sarah Miller said no decision had been made on whether the signs would be doled out to businesses free of Cost. One merchant does no to care if the signs Are free. Inge or Orbell does no to want one on her shelves along with other signs mandated by the government such As a placard that warns pregnant women about the dangers of alcohol. Nissley Hopes to convince the two companies that produce the you Rex and Tro Jan Brand Lambskin condoms to print warnings on the packages much like the surgeon general s caution on cigarette Cartons. An executive at the Trenton a Trojan company defended the condoms and said there Are no plans for warning labels. A a it a theoretically possible that some viruses can get through Lambskin condom but in no Way do we feel our product is dangerous a said Mark Klein trojans vice president of marketing. Jim Nissley coast guard Navy team seize boat with 5,604 pounds of cocaine Miami up a a . Interdiction team seized 5,604 pounds of cocaine from a fishing boat off Colombia after the honduran government denied the vessels claim of honduran registration the coast guard said. The seizure was the largest for. A joint . Coast guard and Navy team said it. Cmdr. Jeff Karonis in Miami. The seizure occurred thursday in the Pacific about 140 Miles South of Panama City but was not made Public until sunday. The Crew of the fishing boat Endeavor. I gave the coast guard permission to search the vessel Karonis said. A during the course of the hoarding and in a later search by a Navy helicopter a total of 408 pounds of cocaine was found floating around the Endeavor Quot the coast guard said in a statement. T he vessel was in International Waters. The Crew claimed it was registered in Honduras meaning the honduran govt Ernie Atwould have permission for a seizure. A we went Hack to the honduran government and asked it that claim was valid. T he honduran government stated no it was not valid a a Karonis said. A therefore the vessel cannot claim the Protection of any. Flag and was determined to. Be ,. That classification allowed the team to enforce . Law aboard the vessel Karonis said. The Endeavor i was Lowed to Rodman naval station in Panama Lor a More extensive search which turned up secret compartments loaded with cocaine. In All 5,604 pounds of cocaine were seized from the vessel and four colombian Crew members were arrested on smuggling charges. The crewmen and the boat were still in Panama on sunday pending Transfer to other Federal authorities. in that its a very very ,�?T�?T Karonis said. A in the past few years we be been seeing smaller quantities. They be been dividing up their shipments.�?�. A Ca on Dubuque Iowa apr the pre graduation shenanigans went ahead As usual except that someone videotaped the dozens of mailboxes realty signs and other goods allegedly stolen from abound the City being dumped outside a High school. The a scavenger Hunt is an annual Spring rite before graduation but a a it a the first time we caught them in the act with the goods a said police capt. Jerry Sjobakken. A a it a really kind of wonderful getting a videotape of crime in action a he said. Police said they confiscated the tape from an 18-year-old woman who was recording some 90 items being placed on the front Lawn of Dubuque Wahlert High school Early thursday. The tape shows teen agers placing on the Lawn a Pink Flamingo an Auto repair shop car City Street barricades a red Wagon 13 realty signs two Patio umbrellas car tires an Anchor a toilet seat a plastic Deer and a Ceramic Donkey police said. Some youngsters smiled for the camera and introduced themselves police said. The school s Auto repair shop ear sustained $50 1 in damage when it was flipped Over on the Lawn. Police have six to eight suspects in mind and Sjobakken said the tape will be played for various people who can identify others who were involved. No charges were immediately filed
