European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 22, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday july 22, 1991 the stars and stripes a Page 3 a v a amps Lynda Davidson pfc. Steven Gentry of the 70th trans in in Mannheim receives a shot of Benzoin from pfc. Kym Dill a medic assigned to the 12th evacuation Hospital in Wiesbaden. . Medics inject solution to troops painful problem by Ron Mckinney staff writer Buijk Netherlands a spec. Trevor Cassidy gripped the Side of the cot where he Lay. His body Tensed and his face twisted while he turned his head to the Side so he  see what was being done to him. Cassidy pained expression remained Frozen and his body rigid As a medic injected a drug called Benzoin into one of eight blisters on his feet. A a you la be uncomfortable for just a moment a warrant officer Jim Coker the medical officer for Aid station no. 2, told Cassidy on Friday. Cassidy gasped a barely audible moan of agreement. Halfway through the final leg of the International four Day marches last week soldiers pulled into Coker said station for a Short breather and a Quick fix of Benzoin a resin based substance that forms a protective coating Over the tender wound. The Aid station was located at the second of three designated rest areas just across the Maas River from Buijk. Soldiers marched into the rest area looking for their country a Flag that marked their Aid station then took Breaks that lasted a few minutes to an hour. At the height of troop traffic the Grassy Field became a stable for hundreds of soldiers reclining against Rucksacks their eyes closed and feet elevated. For Many a Choice had to be made endure a few minutes of the pain that Cassidy experienced or try to ignore the constant pain of walking on those burning sores. Cassidy who compared the pain to that from a tetanus shot was a firm believer in the Benzoin treatment. A a they re the blisters not too bad because of this stuff Here. It works great a said Cassidy of the 3rd in 8th inf regt in Mainz Germany. In treating the marchers medics drained the blisters applied an aesthetic and injected the Benzoin. The Blister is later covered with a Cotton wrap soaked with More Benzoin. A this Patch forms a second skin and stays on even when they go Back to Camp and Shower a said Coker of the 122nd main support in in Hanau Germany. Some soldiers were reluctant to seek treatment for the blisters the medics said. Instead they would grit it out and use the time to relax perhaps shaving or cleaning up a bit before hitting the Trail again. A a lot of these Guys Are so Gung to they wont Stop for anything a said sgt. Timothy Mcgill of the 32nd combat support Hospital in Wiesbaden. A a they re More scared about being pulled and not being Able to finish than having their feet worked on a said pfc. Keith Williams a medic with the 12th evacuation Hospital. Pfc. Stephen Hicks of the 16th engr in in Niernberg Germany took time to rest at the Aid station. But he  allow anyone to see his feet which he and his teammates said resembled mutilated hamburger. A i done to think there a that much they can do for me a Hicks said. A a in be put too much into this to give up  cleared to tear Down nuclear Plant Washington apr chief Justice William h. Rehnquist refused saturday to Block the Transfer of the Shoreham nuclear Power Plant to new York state which plans to dismantle the never used facility. Rehnquist denied an application by the Justice department and the nuclear regulatory commission to halt the Transfer of title a supreme court spokeswoman said. On Friday a Federal appeals court refused to delay efforts to decommission the Plant which has been the focus of a decade Long safety Battle. A three judge panel of the . Circuit court of appeals for the District of Columbia denied a request to Block a downgrading of the plants Rehnquist License. That change will pave the Way for the plants takeover by the state said Joseph Mcdonnell a spokesman for the Long Island lighting co., which owns Shoreham. Quot Quot the Plant could be turned Over to new York state As Early As this summer Mcdonnell said. New York state Long opposed operation of the Plant on grounds that there was no Way to evacuate nearby residents in ease of an Accident. That led to an agreement to turn Shoreham Over to the state in return for a guarantee of future Utility rate increases., world War i Ace Brooks Dies at 95 Summit . Apr Arthur Raymond Brooks a world War i Ace who shot Down six planes and whose fighter is on display at the smithsonian institution died last week at his Home. He was 95. Brooks was the last surviving american Ace from the War said retired army col. J. Duncan Campbell of Harrisburg pa., a world War i aviation expert. Campbell described Brooks As a a Fine old gentleman. He was very Alert even in his 90s.�?� Brooks health began to fail after a recent fall friends said. He died wednesday night according to Brough funeral Home. Brooks worked at Bell labs in new Jersey for decades after world War i developing electronic air navigation and communications systems. He graduated As valedictorian from Framingham Academy and High school in Massachusetts in 1913, and graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of technology in 1917. He flew into Battle for the first time in the summer of 1918. He was awarded the distinguished flying Cross and the Silver medal of the City of Paris. Brooks shot Down six German Fokker during the War according to the american fighter aces association in Mesa Ariz. His Spad Xiii biplane was restored and is on display at the smithsonian a National air and space museum in  Gas May damage protective Ozone new York a Levels of protective Ozone a which shield people from the suns harmful rays May decline 12 percent Over the Northern United states and Europe this Winter because of mount Pina Tuboz a eruption a study suggests. The reductions which will be lesser in the Southern half of the country could raise skin cancer risks scientists say. Guy Brasseur director of the atmospheric chemistry division at the National Center for atmospheric research in Boulder colo., said the Ozone could also continue to decline next summer at about half the level of the Winter rate. Ozone is a pollutant at ground level but at High altitudes it Shields the Earth from solar ultraviolet Light that can cause sunburns and skin cancer. The centers projections were based on studies of Fulfur dioxide Gas that was contained in the filipino volcanoes plume. Fulfur dioxide combines with water vapor in the air to form tiny droplets called aerosols. The surface of these droplets provides an area for further chemical reactions that promote Ozone destruction Brasseur said. Brasseur said the Ozone depletion would last perhaps two or three years diminishing Over time. His projections found Ozone depletion More severe the farther North one travels from the Equator. The 12 percent wintertime depletion was for 40 degrees North which includes Philadelphia Columbus Ohio and the area just North of. Denver. At 30 degrees North which runs through Northern Florida and North of new Orleans and Houston wintertime depletion could be 5 percent to 6 percent Brasseur said. Children Ages 6 to 15 could be at particular risk said Janice Longstreth of Pacific Northwest laboratories in washing ton where skin cancer has been studies in relation to Ozone depletion