European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 13, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 c the stars and stripes wednesday november 13, 1991 at a glance Jerry Boggess creates items to improve the fighting capabilities of . Soldiers. A recent item should help reduce cases of Friendly fire. See Story on Page 19.cuomo jokes abound comics and cartoonists Are having a Field Day with the Public ruminations of Mario Cuomo Over whether to run for the presidency. A Page 4heart attack findings Short people have significantly More heart attacks than tall people according to two separate studies. A Page 6neglected hero honoured a Black world War i Soldier who single hand edly turned Back a German raid but died a pauper without decoration from the . Government was honoured monday. A Page 7u.s. Envoy in Cambodia the United states on monday stationed its first Diplomat in Cambodia in 16 years to help the War shocked nation arrange democratic  Page 8 dangerous toys listed teenage mutant ninja turtles May be the craze but a suburban Chicago optometrist says several of the toys that Bear their name May cause serious Eye injuries. A Page 9interest rates staying put the Federal Reserve Board has virtually ruled out further interest rate reductions this year despite the Economy a persistent sluggishness. A Page 14 Index Abby Ann Landers .20 action line. 18 comics. 20,22-23 commentary. 13 crossword. .20 faces no places .21 letters. .12 Money matters. 14-15 sports. 24-32 to listings. .31 weather. 11 Sites from Page 1 to Speed the Pace of the . Draw Down overseas notably rep. Pat Schroeder d-colo., who chairs the House armed services military installations subcommittee. A a they re nibbling at the edges but we re not anywhere near the meat of the overseas base Structure yet a said a House armed services committee staffer. A a it a a bit disingenuous to say we be announced plans to shut Down 25 percent of our bases in Europe when most of these facilities Are really  but Satterfield defended the Way the base closure process in Europe is proceeding. A we have a completely different infrastructure supporting our forces in Europe than we do in the United states a he said. A most of the installations we have in Europe Are Small scattered Sites that we took Over after world War ii a he said. A they May be Small but in fact these facilities do represent a significant portion of our infrastructure in  almost 30 of the Sites announced for closure since january 1990 have had More than 1,000 military personnel and civilians assigned to them he said. One of the biggest installations on the list is the . Army Hospital at bad Cannstatt. The 7th medical come will close the Hospital which serves the Stuttgart military Community by the end of june 1992. A clinic for outpatients will remain on the Cavern through september 1992, according to 7th medical come officials. The bad Cannstatt Hospital is being closed because of the reduced military population in the Stuttgart area. A the number of people assigned in that area did not justify retaining a fully staffed Hospital a said maj. Gen. Michael j. Scotti jr., commander of 7tn medical come. A the closure of bad Cannstatt is also consistent with our policy of keeping our Best facilities because extensive renovation of the Hospital would have been necessary to keep it open and up to our  when the Hospital closes 7th medical come will have three medical clinics in the Stuttgart area to serve the remaining population. One clinic is located in the Pattonville housing area another is on Patch Barracks and the third is in Bobingen on Panzer Cavern. Patients who need in Hospital care will be referred to the army Hospital s in Heidelberg which is the closest . Military in patient facility to Stuttgart and Lan Stuhl or Frankfurt according to the 7th medical come officials. The european come has established no definite timetable for closing the other facilities on the list. A in each Case the appropriate schedule Anc actions a said Navy cmdr. John h. Woodhouse european come spokesman. A a the 69 army and two air Force Sites named for partial or total closure now provide jobs for 3,646 . Military personnel 648 . Civilians and 628 Host country civilians Woodhouse said. The defense department decided which facilities to close after the european come had submitted a list of recommendations on the subject he said. European come troop strength not counting the Navy afloat is now about 290,000, Woodhouse said or about 25,000 fewer than a year ago. Operations desert shield and storm put the planned draw Down behind schedule but the command expects to catch up by withdrawing another 60,000 troops by the end of the current fiscal year he said. In contrast to previous announcements most of the installations on the current list Are considered relatively Small. They include lightly staffed radio relay facilities storage Sites ammunition depots and missile stations. For example the seven facilities to be returned from ans Bach do not affect very Many people. But the seven Sites in Fulda slated to be renamed to the germans includes Daley Barracks which has 1,800 authorized military positions and 131 local National positions according to Usa eur. The list also includes two family housing areas in Germany and one in Britain the Deu Schorden Cavern in Wurzburg Germany and three armed forces recreation Center installations in Garmisch Germany a the Garmisch sport Center the Garmisch Supply area and Sheridan Cavern. The missile stations included in the list Are air defense Sites which include Hawk Patriot and Chaparral artillery units associated with 32nd army air defense come and the v corps and Vii corps said Usa eur spokeswoman Millie Waters. Woodhouse said the defense department still is adjusting and readjusting its base realignment plan to leave behind a Force that will support adequately a . Forward deployed strategy for about 150,000 troops. A a it a a really Complex period we re going through right now a he said. The air Force will be phasing out its bases at no Venich and Leitheim in Germany according to a spokesman for the . Air forces in Europe. No Venich will close before september 1992 and Leitheim no later than december 1992. The two bases have been used As Forward operating locations for the air Force. But with the pending inactivation of the 81st tac fighter Wing and the movement of some a los from the United kingdom to Span Dahlem Germany the Forward operating locations Are no longer necessary said Safe spokesman it. Col. . Crowley. At Leitheim there Are 79 military and four local nationals that will be affected and at no Venich there Are 73 military one . Civilian and four local nationals Crowley said. Joseph Owen and Dava Tarrant contributed to this report blood from Page 1 Heidelberg Germany. A a we re going to need the help of the rest of the european military Community which Wasny to in Southwest Asia to overcome the shortages that May arise from this situation by coming out and  if necessary blood May have to be shipped from the states to Shore up supplies in Europe officials said. A a we re certainly prepared to ship additional blood from stocks Here in the United states to Europe if that becomes necessary a said Brig. Gen. Ronald Blanck director of professional services for the army surgeon general. Army officials cautioned however against fears of widespread contamination of existing supplies of blood taken before the ban was implemented. With Only 22 known cases a the chances that the blood Supply is already contaminated Are very slight a Blanck said. The group that oversees blood Banks in the United states agreed during an emergency meeting in Baltimore on monday to the blood donation ban against serv ice members who visited any of the eight persian Gulf countries since aug. 1, 1990. The ban also covers military reservists who have returned to civilian jobs As Well As business people and tourists who visited saudi Arabia Kuwait Iraq Bahrain Qatar the United Arab emirates Oman or Yemen officials said. There have been no reports of leishmaniasis among service members based in Europe said Bill Swisher spokesman for the 7th medical come. Blanck said military officials Are working on a simple screening test for the parasite which will take at least several months to develop. In the meantime the ban on blood donations from persian Gulf personnel will last until the procedure is developed. Col. Charles Oscr consultant to the army surgeon general on infectious diseases said that 15 of the 22 identified cases of leishmaniasis Are of the routine variety normally associated with Sand flies which causes skin lesions that Are not serious. But seven other cases were More serious and caused diarrhoea stomach cramps and fever. The disease is not contagious through person to person Contact Oster said adding that both types of diseases were treatable. Treatment involves a drug called pen Rostam which is not manufactured in the United states because the disease does not exist there. The military must obtain the drug through a manufacturer in Britain. The Pentagon contacted the american association of blood Banks As some 7,000 of its members began their 44th annual meeting in Baltimore on Friday. Donald Doddridge the associations president predicted the ban would result in a shortfall of blood on military bases which would affect the Public blood Supply Iff it eventually has to compensate for the military deficit. The . Army Europe blood Bank which is charged with handling the collection processing and distribution of blood to . Military facilities in Europe began tuesday to refuse donations trom service members who served in Southwest Asia after aug. 1,1990, Swisher said. It is too soon however to determine exactly How blood collection operations will be affected at . Military facilities in Europe Swisher said. A if we can to support our own requirements for blood we can request blood from the armed services blood program in the United states a he said. Swisher said he did not know a if the Usa eur blood Bank had Ever needed to obtain extra supplies from the United states. The Usa eur blood Bank operated by the 655th medical co in Heidelberg processes and distributes about 10,000 units of blood each year. The blood Bank tries to have on hand about 300 units at any one time Swisher said. Donations Are usually taken at Community military hospitals. A Mobile Van based in Lan Stuhl Germany is also available for blood drives. Blood donations had already been falling off since the end of the Gulf War Swisher said and the 7th medical come had recently sent out reminders for service members and civilians to give blood. The ban also comes just before the Holiday period when donations commonly drop off Swisher said. Officials will Likely encourage service members and civilians who have not been in the Gulf Region to help pick up any Slack caused by the ban Swisher said. A a we la have to work that much harder to encourage donors to come to the  the associated press and stars and stripes reporter Chuck Vinch in Washington d.c., contributed to this report a a