European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 4, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday december 4, 1991 the stars and stripes b Page 5health staffs gain layer of Protection new safeguards target aids other infections by Cox news service Washington a private employers must provide nurses paramedics and other health care workers with protective clothing vaccinations and other Protection against blood borne diseases such As aids and hepatitis a under new government guidelines announced monday. The new workplace rules have been under development for More than five years by the occupational safety and health administration and have attracted More Public comment than any other Osha Rule in recent years. The rules would affect More than 5 million health care workers along with a half million workers in businesses such As funeral Homes Linen services and medical equipment repair. Osha urged governors to apply the same protections to similar Public employees including those who work in emergency response correctional facilities and Law enforcement. The new standards could prevent about 200 deaths and 9,200 blood borne infections a year and will Cost businesses about $820 million a year. The largest expense will be for personal protective clothing such As gloves Osha said. Many hospitals and health care clinics already require employees to Wear Latex gloves Mouth guards gowns and other protective clothing the labor department said. The new rules establish penal ties for those clinics that done to. In addition health care centers would be required to Institute a Universal precautions established by the National centers for disease control to protect against exposure to contaminated blood and other bodily fluids. The precautions treat All bodily fluids As if they were infectious and would apply to possible exposure to blood semen vaginal secretions and other bodily fluids including saliva in dental procedures. The new guidelines were praised by the american Hospital association and the american nurses association two groups that often found themselves at Odds during Oshay a Rule making pro Cess. A these rules Are not onerous and they will do the Job a said a spokeswoman for the Hospital group. A we Are very pleased that the new Standard has been issued a said an official of the nurses association. She said the rules would improve the safety of health workers especially in controlling hepatitis by which is the most dangerous blood borne disease to health workers. Sen. Edward m. Kennedy d-mass., chairman of the Senate labor and human resources committee said the Standard a represents sound Public health policy that is in the Best interests of both patients and medical  outpacing democrats in fund raising Washington apr president Bush on monday requested $2.6 million in Federal Matching funds for his re election Campaign while the six democrats vying for their party a nomination requested a combined $3.2 million. The first Matching fund requests of the 1992 Campaign offer Clear evidence of the relative ease at which Bush can raise More Money than his democratic rivals. Iowa sen. Tom Harkin made the largest request among the democrats asking for $1.1 million in Matching funds. Nebraska sen. Bob Kerrey and Arkansas gov. Bill Clinton each requested $580,000 and former Massachusetts sen. Paul Tsongas requested $486,000. Trailing in the democratic Field were former California gov. Jerry Brown who requested $289,000, and Virginia gov. L. Douglas Wilder who filed for $203,000. Lenora Fulani a new Alliance party presidential candidate has filed for Matching funds totalling $633,866, which is More than any of the democrats except Harkin in the Field. The requests for Matching funds Are not necessarily illustrative of a candidates Overall fund raising but mondays filings with the Federal election commission demonstrated Bush a commanding Lead Over his democratic rivals in drawing Money. Contributions from political action committees do not qualify for Matching funds and Only the first $250 of each individual contribution is eligible. Bush raised More than $5 million at four fund raisers in the past month. Among the democrats Harkin Kerrey and Clinton Are having the most fund raising Success. Tsongas is holding his own in the Early going. Still fund raising is far off the Pace of four years ago. Michael Dukakis the democratic nominee in 1988, had raised $10 million at this stage four years ago. None of the 1992 democratic candidates has yet raised $2 million. They attribute the slower Pace of fund raising to the late starting race and the anaemic Economy. Kerrey spokesman Steve Jarding said the Nebraska senator raised $1.2 million in october and november bringing his total fund raising to about $1.4 million. Harkin aides said the Iowa senator had raised about $1.3 million As of last week. Clinton aides refused to provide fund raising totals. Tsongas spokeswoman Peggy Connolly said he was approaching the $1 million Mark and had borrowed $175,000 against his expected Matching funds. Brown is limiting contributions to $100, so his match ing fund request of $289,000 mirrors his Overall fund raising. Wilder a fund raising has been sluggish forcing him to push Back to feb. 1 his goal of reaching $1 million by the end of the year. The Matching funds requested monday will be paid out in january after a review by Federal election commission auditors. If All Are approved the Treasury account for primary elect Ion Matching funds could shrink to about $10 million. N the stars and stripes 10years ago dec. 4,1981 a Solidarity Union leaders threatened to Call a general strike after police raided a sit in at a firefighters school in Warsaw Poland. The raid prompted criticism from Solidarity leaders that communist authorities were destroying Hopes for National Unity. 20years ago dec. 4,1971 a in a Post Midnight address six hours after pakistani aircraft attacked Indian airfields along the Northwest Frontier Indian prime minister Indira Gandhi told her nation that Pakistan had a launched a full scale War Quot against india.30 years ago dec. 4,1961 a the president of the society of new Jersey chiropractors warned that the twist described As a Quot no Contact dance based on gyrations of the Torso Quot is Quot a potentially hazardous torque movement Quot that could cause Back injury. 40years ago dec. 4,1951 a the soviet Union disclosed that a . Air Force transport plane missing since nov. 19 was forced Down in Hungary by soviet fighter aircraft. The Moscow radio announcement added that the four american airmen on Board had been handed Over to hungarian authorities. Illinois Annunzio to leave House rather than oppose Rostenkowski Chicago a . Rep. Frank Annunzio said monday that he would retire rather than Battle fellow democratic rep. Dan Rostenkowski for election in a redrawn congressional District. Rostenkowski chairman of the House ways and Means committee announced monday that he would run for re election in the new 5th District. A new congressional map wiped out Annunzio a current District on Chicago a North Side and created a District from parts of Rostenkowski a current District Annunzio a District and parts of a District represented by Democrat Sidney r. Yates. Annunzio 76, said in november he would seek re election in the redrawn District. He said monday he was confident he would have won. A however after spending thanksgiving with my family in Chicago i realized that it is time for me to come Home a said Annunzio who was first elected in 1964. A instead of answering quorum Calls and attending All night sessions of the House i want to be with my  Annunzio said he would support Rostenkowski a 33-year House Veteran. A a in a relieved that we Haven to got two incumbents fighting a Rostenkowski said in a Telephone interview. Rostenkowski 63, had delayed announcing whether he would run. He said he told Annunzio last week that he had swung from being against running to being 70 percent sure that he would run. He said he did not speak again with Annunzio before the retiring lawmakers announcement. Dick Simpson a former Chicago Alderman also is running for the demo Rostenkowski cratic nomination to represent the new 5th District. Court proposal redraws political lines to group minority voters in California san Francisco a the state supreme court released new political maps monday that could substantially increase minority representation in the legislature and the states congressional delegation. No data were immediately available either from the courts reapportionment panel or democratic or Republican consultants As to How the proposed districts May affect the political strength of the two parties in the coming decade. Federal Law requires the legislature to draw new congressional and legislative District lines every 10 years to reflect . Census data. The court took Over in sep tember when Republican gov. Pete Wilson vetoed plans draw ii by the democratic controlled legislature. The three retired judges selected by the court to break the partisan impasse said they did not consider party registration when they Drew the map. Paul Mckaskle chief counsel to the courts reapportionment panel said the judges also paid no attention to where incumbents in Congress or state legislators live. He had no information on incumbents who might be thrust into races against each other. Mckaskle said the plan gave a High priority to grouping hispanic Black and other minority voters in new districts to increase the chances of electing More minorities. The courts plan would give hispanic voters a majority in six state Assembly districts three state Senate districts and four congressional districts in los Angeles county alone Mckaskle said. In the detailed explanation of its plan the panel said it Drew its own maps because it found those by the democratic con trolled legislature and Wilson a reapportionment commission to be unsatisfactory party leaders said it might take them several Days to Analyse the court plan and determine its potential Impact