European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 13, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 b the stars and stripes Friday March 13, 1992 . Reconnaissance planes to be sold to Germany from wire reports Washington a the Bush administration intends to sell Germany nine High Altitude reconnaissance planes and support equipment for $795 million the Pentagon announced wednesday. The aircraft known As d-0500, is considered to be a scaled Down version of the tr-1 spy plane used by the . Military. Its prime contractor is a systems inc. Of Greenville Texas. Oscar Winner Dies Beverly Hills Calif. A writer director Richard Brooks who directed the classic blackboard Jungle and won a Best screenplay Oscar for Elmer Gantry died wednesday. He was 79. Doctors said Brooks a renegade Tough Guy died at his Home of congestive heart failure. Born in Philadelphia Brooks wrote directed or produced More than 20 films including key Largo storm warning the Brothers Karama Zopf Ca on a hot tin roof9 lord Jim in cold blood and looking for or. Goodbar. Drifter faces new charges Jacksonville Fla. A drifter already accused in a series of Church fires in Florida and Tennessee was charged wednesday with burning seven other churches last fall. A Church fires Are particularly nefarious because they attack our religious freedoms a said . Attorney Robert w. Genzman. The new indictment charges Patrick Lee Frank 42, of East Ridge tenn., with setting fire to a Church in Lake City two churches in Ocala one in St. Petersburg two in St. Augustine and one in Jacksonville Beach. End to Aid pact of d Washington a the House foreign affairs committee voted wednesday to end future military Aid to Al Salvador a leading Central american recipient of such assistance Over the last decade. But the action taken on a voice vote was seen As largely symbolic. The measure is unlikely to come to a vote in the full House because of the unpopularity of foreign Aid issues in this election year. Spanking Law clarified Lansing Mich. A Michigan became the first state to Roll Back restrictions on Corporal punishment when Republican gov. John Engler signed a Bill spelling out when teachers May use reasonable Force in schools. The Bill signed tuesday is designed to clarify a 1988 Law Banning Corporal punishment. Teachers complained the Law was vague and left them with Little recourse in their efforts to maintain order and safety. Office workers slosh through the High water As they head Home wednesday in Montpelier it. Montpelier floodwaters recede after breakup of Large ice Jam Montpelier it. Apr floodwater that turned downtown streets into canals receded after a Crane pounded apart the largest of three ice jams that diverted a River into the town and destroyed a Bridge. The downtown area of the state capital remained closed off thursday to prevent looting with state police posted at every intersection. Residents and business owners needed permits to return. Electricity was out schools remained closed and most state offices were shut though the legislature planned to Convene. Hundreds were evacuated from apartments businesses and stalled cars wednesday by emergency workers using Jet skis and boats after ice jams diverted the Winooski River into the town of 8,000 people. Streets were inundated by up to 7 feet of water. Ice jams come with Spring in Northern new England when sudden thaws break up Frozen Rivers. In new Hampshire residents and rescuers reckoned with their own ice jams and floods thursday on the Connecticut River which runs along the Vermont new Hampshire state line and the sugar Semig Wasset and Gale Rivers. No injuries were reported in either state. On wednesday Crews in Montpelier used boxes of old tax forms along with Sand to keep the water out of the states Pavilion office building. Authorities said it was the worst flood in Montpelier since 1927, when 60 people were killed. Democratic gov. Howard Dean who declared a see related Story on Page 11 state of emergency and called in the National guard said damage would be in the tens of millions of dollars. The area affected by the water was More than a mile Long and about half a mile wide. A this is a tremendous amount of damage a Dean said As he toured the area thursday morning. A this will be a real trick to get this up and  the water had subsided after a huge Crane was Able to break the largest of the three jams near Montpelier repeatedly dropping a heavy weight to break up the compacted ice. But another ice Jam crushed a Railroad Bridge spanning the Winooski River pulling Down most of the Power lines supplying electricity for the capital. Telephone service also was disrupted. The red Cross set up a shelter at Vermont College where evacuees included 70 sixth graders from out of town who were staying at a Downto Wrt hotel during a trip to the capital officials  virus transmitted by Organ donor Boston up a seven people were infected with the aids virus by receiving transplanted organs and Bones from a gunshot victim government researchers said wednesday. But the researchers emphasized that transmission of his through Organ donation is  the transplants took place after the 22-year-old Man died in october 1985. But scientists did not begin tracking the subsequent developments until last year when a woman who received a Bone graft from the victim tested positive for the virus a study reported. Altogether tissues Bone and organs were transplanted into 48 people said the scientists at the Federal centers for disease control in Atlanta. In the new England journal of Medicine they said All four recipients of organs and three recipients of fresh Frozen Bone were infected with the human immunodeficiency virus. However none of the remaining 34 people who could be found and tested was infected said the chief author or. . Simone. He said that there have been previous sporadic reports of transmission of his through Organ transplantation and that Organ donors have been routinely screened for the virus since 1985. However in this Case the donor tested negative for his and had no known risk factors for the virus such As intravenous drug use homosexual contacts or receipt of blood transfusions the researchers reported. It can take up to six months for telltale antibodies to the virus to appear after a person becomes infected and the researchers speculated that the donor was in an Early stage of infection that could not be detected. They said a search of cd records turned up Only a handful of similar cases since 1985 a a period in which 60,000 organs and 1 million tissues were transplanted in the United states. However they said their investigation was useful in pinpointing several reasons Why doctors May not identify transplantation As a source of his infection attributing it instead to other factors. Among those who became infected in this Case was a kidney recipient whose his infection was initially linked to blood transfusions rather than the transplanted Organ Simone said. A a. Signs and symptoms of immunosuppression May be attributed to the anti rejection therapy rather than to his infection a he said. A finally As was the Case with a liver transplant recipient a patients May die of other conditions before his infection is diagnosed he added. A to avoid such delays those providing medical care to transplant recipients should be aware of the possibility of his transmission by screened donors and should promptly evaluate transplant recipients with signs or symptoms of his infection a the study concluded. The researchers noted that the Public health service is revising its guidelines for the prevention of his transmission through Organ and tissue transplants. It is also considering whether to expand Federal regulation of such procedures they said. They said advances in techniques for inactivating the virus through processes such As heat and chemical treatment of tissue As Well As improvements in donor screening and careful record keeping a would reduce further the already exceedingly Low risk of his transmission