European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 13, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The s?%flg0ftn>es vol. 50, no. 214 wednesday november 13,1991 authorized unofficial publication for the . Armed forces 35 d 8693 a71 More . Military Sites in Europe to close or be Cut by Chuck Vinch Washington Bureau Washington a seventy one additional . Military installations in Europe will either close or reduce their forces in the fifth major round of overseas base reductions announced by the Pentagon since january 1990, officials said tuesday. Sixty eight of the facilities Are in Germany and one each is in Italy the United kingdom and the Netherlands. The actions scheduled to be completed by the end of fiscal 1995, will affect 3,646 . Military personnel 648 . Civilians and 628 local nationals whose positions will be Cut once the base actions Are Complete see tomorrows stripes for list of installations said it. Cmdr. Ken Satterfield a defense department spokesman. Since january 1990, the Pentagon has announced plans to close a total of 364 facilities in Europe scale Down operations at 37 others and place four More in a a standby status for possible future use. That amounts to 25 percent of the total number of . Facilities in Europe. As has been the Case with previous european base closure announcements most of the targeted installations Are Small and include such facilities As radio relay Sites ammunition dumps bivouac areas administrative buildings and family housing assets. That does no to sit Well with some lawmakers who want see Sites on Page 2 Ali Lii keepers of desert peace marines drop from a Navy helicopter hovering Over the desert tuesday. The troops military the second since the persian Gulf War ended in february. See inside for a were part of a joint amphibious exercise dubbed eager Mace with the kuwaiti special eight Page report about . Troops continued role on the kuwaiti Border. Parasite halts donations of blood from Gulf vets by David Tarrant staff writer military hospitals and blood Banks in Europe have joined in a temporary ban on accepting blood donations from persian Gulf War veterans after reports that some of them brought Home a parasite that can cause serious illness military officials said tuesday. Military authorities have confirmed that 22 veterans of the War carry a parasite that causes the rare disease leishmaniasis. The parasite is often spread by the bite of Sand flies. The disease usually causes skin lesions but one Strain causes diarrhoea fever chills weight loss and anaemia said col. Charles Oster consultant to the army surgeon general on infectious diseases. The situation is a cause for concern a since the Active duty population is the main source of the military a blood Supply officials said. The ban is expected to have a serious effect on . Military blood supplies in Europe where almost half of All soldiers were deployed to the persian Gulf Region officials said. A we expect that it will reduce the number of blood collections in Europe a said it. Col. David Zolock Laboratory consultant at 7th medical come in see blood on Page 2 i 1991-92 College basketball preview a see pages 24-25