European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 25, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday april 25, 1992 the stars and stripes b Page 9doggone Good treats amps Jim or Helm a furry Friend doggedly licks his whiskers As Marine Lance Chi. Todd Brown feeds him Peanut butter. The pair was taking a pause for some snacks on mount Etna Sicily. Brown with the 24th Marine expeditionary unit out of Camp Lejeune n.c., has been helping in the Effort to Detour the flow of lava from the erupting Volcano away from the nearby town of a Florana Etna. When it came time for a break the Marine  help but share his meals ready to eat Peanut butter when the Friendly canine hounded him for a Little taste. See pages 14,15 and 16 for a related Story and photos on How the Battle against the raging mount Etna is . Battle against Etna winds Down by Gary Miller Mediterranean Bureau in what May be the . Military a last contribution to the Effort to Stop the flow of lava from mount Etna Navy construction workers at Nas Simonella Sicily spent Friday preparing to drop More traffic barriers into the volcanoes vent. The construction specialists or Seabee loaded two dozen 8,000-Pound Concrete a Beirut busters a on trucks that would carry them to Rifugio Sapienza a ski resort High on Etna a Southern face. From there Marine corps and Navy ch-53e super stallion helicopters will carry them into position around the vent Navy spokesman it. Mark Mccaffrey said. Italian officials Hope to use explosives to blow the traffic barriers off the rim and into the vent Mccaffrey said. When the choppers will lift the blocks is unknown because the aircraft Are currently grounded because of a flee twide maintenance problem Mccaffrey said adding that Navy officials Hope to begin flying monday. The . Military began its efforts two weeks ago to help divert the lava from flowing toward Zafferano Etna a Village of about 7,000 on the foot of the Volcano. Blocks were last dropped in the Volcano tuesday evening. While that Effort appears to have stopped the flow officials Hope to ensure Zaff Cranas a safety by dropping More blocks Mccaffrey said. A we know that what we be been doing is working a said or. Franco Barberi Italy a leading Volcano expert. A now we need to continue the operation to ensure the safety of the  working with italian officials and experts american service members including Seabee Navy engineers and helicopter flight Crews have battled High winds and freezing temperatures while trying to alter the course of the lava  detected among India s naval officers new Delhi India a detection of aids among some Indian naval officers in Bombay has sparked off a scare in one of the nations top naval bases a newspaper reported thursday. A total of 1,200 officers were tested for the human immunodeficiency virus and 13 of them have tested positive the Pioneer newspaper reported quoting an unnamed defense spokesman. A this has sparked off an aids scare of sorts a said the newspaper without elaborating. This is the first time that the armed forces admitted existence of aids among its 1.2 million personnel. Bombay indians business capital is the Headquarters of the Western naval command. The entire Navy has 52,000 personnel. Ominous warnings that India Home of 844 million people is on the threshold of a catastrophic aids epidemic Are largely ignored by the government. But the world health organization predicted in a february report that India and its smaller neighbors will be the worlds worst affected area by the turn of the Century outpacing sub saharan Afri Ca. Who experts estimate that 400,000 to 1 million people in India Are infected that Cai causes aids. By the year. Quot Ili with his 2000, they say India could have 5 million his carriers or about one sixth of the worlds total projected cases. In Bombay alone 30,000 prostitutes May be infected with his up from 10,000 two years ago says the Indian Council of medical research. Studies suggest that they infect at least 300 new customers every Day. Since 1985, when aids first came to Light in India the government has recorded 7,050 cases of his infection and 112 aids patients. But even the government admits the figures grossly understate reality. Testing is done Only on High risk groups in 62 of the country s 457 administrative  Man bares assets after loan denial san Antonio a an upset Bank customer was arrested after he stripped off his clothes and quacked like a Duck when his loan application was denied. A it was a first for us a Bank one spokeswoman Diane Vaughan said. The unidentified 40-year-old Man was seated naked in a vice presidents office in the loan department when police arrived thursday. Authorities said he replied with Duck quacks when he was questioned by police. After his arrest police said he caused $1,000 damage to a police vehicle by butting his head into a window Frame and kicking a door. Gabe Quintanilla or held for psychiatric magistrate dered the Man evaluation. Bank one officials would not disclose Why the Many Sloan was rejected. Convicted vote seller gets jail term Columbia . A a former state representative convicted of Selling votes was sentenced to two years and three months in prison. A Jesus Lead me. It looks like the government wants to feed me Quot Ken Bailey said thursday As he left . District court. It was his Only comment. Bailey has three months to report to a minimum Security prison. The sentence imposed by . District judge Falcon Hawkins was the lightest allowed under Federal guidelines. He was convicted in August of extortion and of conspiring to extort $500 from a lobbyist serving As an Fri informant