European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 15, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday july 15, 1991 the stars and stripes Page 5election Aid recipients push Disney plan Anaheim Calif. Apr five congressmen who received Campaign contributions from a Disney political action committee Are seeking $395 million in Federal Highway funds to help expand Disneyland a newspaper reported saturday. The California democrats want the funds included in a Federal transportation Bill. The Money would finance freeway improvements and a parking garage Complex near the Anaheim amusement Park the los Angeles times reported. The congressmen a reps. Mel Levine of Santa Monica Howard Berman and Henry Waxman of los Angeles Vic Fazio of West Sacramento and Don Edwards of san Jose a estimated the Disney development co. Project will pump $2.4 billion into the Economy. The California department of transportation turned Down a Disney request to help pay for the improvements a source told the times. The construction is part of Disney a $3 billion proposal to expand its Anaheim Park. The project includes new hotels and an attraction modelled on Epcot Center at Walt Disney world in Florida. Disney vice president Alan Epstein told the newspaper that company officials Felt justified in seeking taxpayer help because the improved transportation will have a Broad Benefit in the Region. According to Federal election commission re cords cited by the times the lawmakers received Money from the Disney political action committee during the last three years. The amounts include Levine $7,000 Berman Waxman and Fazio $2,000 each Edwards $500. I Levine was approached by Disney s Washington lobbyist Richard Bates said Bill Andresen Levine s administrative assistant. A the came to us. We responded because it looks like a Good project Quot Andresen said adding that Levine also wrote letters on behalf of a Tunnel project near los Angeles International Airport. It was not Clear from the Story whether the times tried to Contact the other  dentist with aids creating wary Public from wire reports patients have grown wary about dental safety since it became known that an aids stricken Florida dentist infected five patients but health officials say the risk of getting aids from a dentist is very Low if proper procedures Are followed. A the unfortunate Case in Florida has literally caused an epidemic of fear a said or. Richard Miller a Louisville ky., dentist who is a consultant on his infection for the american dental association. A people have the idea that every dental office can transmit the disease because the Media has blown this Case out of proportion. A but it is the Only Case where people May have become infected from a practitioner out of probably a billion patient visits in the past 10 years. We feel that by using Normal Universal precautions there is safety in the health care  in a related Case More than 400 patients of Morgantown w.va., heart surgeon or. Grady Edward Rozar or. Are now being notified that he tested positive for the aids virus in april 1989, according to Monon Galia general Hospital. Rozar reportedly operated on those patients Between August 1986 and november 1988 at two West Virginia hospitals the states hospitals president said. N the stars and stripes10 years ago july 15,1981 a shortly after 1 a.m., a helicopter began spraying pesticide Over a fashionable area of 40,000 Homes in san Jose Calif., in the opening of a massive Aerial attack on the Mediterranean fruit Fly in the Santa Clara valley.20 years ago july 15,1971 a a military court handed air Force capt. Thomas s. Culver a reprimand and $1,000 Fine a nearly the minimum sentence a for his conviction of breaking military regulations by participating in an Antiwar demonstration.30 years ago july 15,1961 a iraqis Premier Abdel Karim Kassem threatened War against Britain unless the British cease their Quot attacks and  he was referring to British troops stationed in kuwait.40 years ago july 15,1951 a North korean and chinese communist officials agreed a in principle Quot to demands that the armistice town of Kaeson be neutralized and that Steps be taken to insure the safety of United nations delegates. The surgeon is currently director of the Laboratory at the Marshfield clinic in Marshfield wis., 150 Miles East of St. Paul., Minn. He has reportedly not performed surgery since april 30, 1989. In general patients concerned about aids in medical or dental facilities Are advised to look for practices where health care workers use protective masks gloves and sterilized instruments and equipment surfaces according to the Federal centers for disease control. Such precautions do seem to offer some Protection from spreading the his virus As Well As other More easily transmitted infections. For example several outbreaks in the 1970s of hepatitis b were linked to dental offices. But since the cd issued its infection control guidelines there have been no reported cases of hepatitis transmission in a dental practice. The aids virus is More difficult to contract than hepatitis. Cd studies show that a hepatitis infected person carries a 30 percent likelihood of transmitting the disease through Exchange of blood. Under similar circumstances the risk of his infection is Only 0.3 percent. A spokesman for the cd said Federal health officials estimate that since 1981 Between 10 to 100 patients May have been infected with his from dentists. A Given the fact there Are nearly 180,000 aids cases we feel there is a very Low risk of transmission in a dental office As Long As precautions Are followed a a he said. The cd has estimated the transmission risk at Between one in 263,000 and one in 2,600,000. Nevertheless a there has been a heightened awareness a said or. Francis j. Murphy of Rockville Centre n.y., president of the Nassau dental society. A in my own practice 1 get about one such Call a Day. Questions i and other dentists Are asked Range from a what Are you doing to protect patients a to a do you have aids a the questions Are legitimate. People should  or. Howard Rodin of Smithtown n.y., president of the Suffolk dental society said dentists have markedly changed their practices. A Only five or six years ago few wore gloves or masks or Eye  now most dentists say they even cover the Light switches buttons or any surface that May be splattered by contaminated fluids and remove the plastic covering after each patients visit. The cd reports 171 cases of acquired immune deficiency syndrome since 1981 among dentists hygienists and dental assistants and the Agency estimates that 1,240 dentists and dental workers have been infected by the virus. Or. Grady Edward Rozar or. Overabundance of cattle harms world s environment report says Washington apr too much meat can be bad for your health and the presence of too Many cattle is harmful to the environment a study says. The environmental study group world watch Institute blames livestock for Miles of trodden Sand surrounding deep Wells dug for cattle in the soviet turkmen Republic and the african Republic of Botswana. Herds Are also responsible for wilted wildflowers in the Netherlands Forest fires in Costa Rica and declining . Water supplies the group contends. In addition a saturated fats that accompany concentrated protein in meat and Dairy products. Are associated with most of the diseases of affluence that Are among the leading causes of death in Industrial countries heart disease stroke and breast and Colon cancer a says the world watch report. The National cattlemen a association disagreed saying . Farm policy emphasizes a better conservation to maintain and improve the land and resources used for productive agriculture. Health problems Are attributable to Over consumption of fat a the association said noting that a a today a beef is leaner than Ever  world watch researchers Alan b. Durn ing and Holly b. Brough wrote a taking Stock animal farming and the  they reported that the world now has three times As Many Domestic animals As people. In old style farming animals have Many uses a they furnish not Only food and clothing but fuel fertilizer transport and draft Power. In India they still carry about half of All goods to Market and they still plow Many North african Fields. World watch said trouble comes when animals Are raised factory style almost exclusively for meat. So much manure gets produced that it generates methane Gas a big element in global warming a 35 million tons of Gas a year. In the Netherlands manure saturates the soil in some areas and contaminates water. Belgium and France Are also officially designated a manure surplus Quot countries producing More than they can absorb. Cattle crowding around Wells in Botswana has stripped areas around deep Wells and in one District has left rings of Sand As Large As six Miles around. Overgrazing and firewood collection have left similar rings around Wells in the soviet turkmen Republic. The report said Farmers and ranchers in latin America have converted More than 50 million acres of tropical Forest to pasture. Ranchers often Clear land by burning the Trees. Nearly 70 percent of the deforested land in Panama and Costa Rica is now reported to he pasture. 12 Hurt after false alarm forces Jet s return los Angeles a an american airlines jetliner carrying 225 passengers made an emergency Landing saturday after a warning Light falsely indicated an engine was overheating authorities reported. The dc-10 landed at los Angeles International Airport shortly after 9 a.m., but 12 on Board were slightly injured sliding Down emergency chutes City firefighter Michael Hallett said. Two of those injured were taken to a Hospital for examination he said. Flight 94 was in route to Boston when the Pilot turned Back said an official with  ral Avia lion  nitration who declined to be identified. The flight returned after a warning Light indicated the Tail engine was overheating said Tim Smith american airlines spokesman. Firefighters who inspected the engine at the Airport found no sign of fire said firefighter Kevin Isozaki