European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 16, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                So years of service vol. Is no. 212 3sf monday november 16,1992 d 8693 a science could make res shockingly Good Spokane Wash. A food researchers Are tons of Crane Hiick. In part and Spokane Wash. Apr food researchers Are turning to electricity to improve meals ready to eat for service members. Washington state University in Pullman said Friday that it will share a nearly $1 million army Grant with Tacoma based Nalley a Fine foods to develop More palatable fare for the Field. Bacteria and other undesirable organisms in liquid food can be destroyed with pulses of High voltage dec Trinity rather than traditional heating methods researcher Barry Swanson said. The technique destroys bacteria without subjecting food to High temperatures which can Dull flavor and decrease Vitamin Content said Rich Mever a vice president at Nalley a. Using a set of electrodes about 1 millimetre wide scientists pulsed electricity through Raindrop sized portions of grape juice Yogurt and Bouillon. The electricity kills food borne microorganisms while leaving vitamins and minerals intact Meyer said. If the process proves feasible on a Large scale electricity could be pulsed through food immediately after it is processed in the factory he said. The research was made possible by new advances in producing extremely High voltages for very Short durations. Up kilovolts of electricity could be pulsed through food in about a Millionth of a second said Swanson a professor of food sciences and nutrition at Washington state. Swanson said relatively simple workplace precautions would be necessary to protect workers from the High voltages involved. But he said he could think of no dangers to Consumers from food sterilized through the process. The army Hopes the Grant will Lead to better tasting and More nutritional portable meals said Patrick Dunne a food engineering scientist for the army a research development and engineering Center in Natick mass. The work also could allow troops to Dine in the Field on foods that cannot go into res now because they would spoil such As Dairy products. A it looks like it could Lead to a real breakthrough in both the Quality and variety of foods available a Dunne said. Researchers Hope the technology can replace most Frozen and canned foods someday. A what we Hope to get out of this is a restaurant Quality shelf stable food a Meyer said. A it could have quite an Impact on Frozen and canned  gym a firefighters look Over a battered train engine after its collision with a derailed freight car in North Elm Germany Early sunday German rail crash kills 11 Northeim Germany apr a passenger train slammed into a derailed ear of a freight train in this North German town Early sunday killing at least 11 people and injuring 30. Hundreds or rescuers were struggling to recover bodies and survivors from the Heap of twisted Metal hours after the Accident at the train station of Northeim 40 Miles South of Hannover. The German railways directorate in Hannover said at least 11 people were killed and 30 injured. The passenger train was travelling from the austrian Alpine town of Innsbruck to the danish capital of Copenhagen. The train slammed into the derailed car of a southbound freight train that had stopped at the Northeim station. The car had become detached from the rest of its train derailed and see rail on Page 2 Mash troops get Early Jolt by Vince Crawley Staft writer Zagreb Croatia a the american military Hospital in Croatia officially opened for business sunday although it began seeing patients the Day before when a croatian Bulldozer Driver was injured in a land mine explosion. A i heard there would be land mines but i did no to expect that they would really blow up a said a . Army nurse who heard the explosion about two hours after arriving in Zagreb on saturday. Land mines remain subjects of discussion among the 350 american soldiers deployed with task Force 212 at Plazo Airport about 18 Miles South of Zagreb the capital of Croatia. The 212th Mobile army surgical Hospital commonly called a Mash is set up in front of a Bullet riddled hangar about half a mile form the airports passenger terminal. The task Force is located on a fenced guarded compound at the Airport that is Home to . Peacekeeping forces in the area. When Croatia declared its Independence on june 25, 1991, the serbian Austria Cloven Quot american military Hospital Romania t Bosnia �?o7 Buta Fikter  Herz Egowa v Serbia \ v an attn Tormo a j Kosovo y it re a it Macedonia Bant to Reese Mumm of vets dominated yugoslav army vandalized the area and put land mines across the Airport before turning it Over to croatian officials. Because of this task Force soldiers literally must walk Between minefields to get to the eating area the procedure is easier than it sounds however. All the paved areas Are considered Safe and soldiers Are being warned to see Mash on Page 2 Clinton urged to loosen abortion Pill restrictions san Francisco a women physicians and breast cancer patients urged president elect Clinton to help make the French abortion Pill ru-486 available immediately for testing in the United states. Clinton has indicated willingness to encourage the marketing of the drug in the United states. But the new York times on sunday said there is still Little Prospect that the Pill will be available in the country soon. The drug is now available Only in France Britain and Sweden. The american medical women a association said saturday that the juror Over abortion has denied . Researchers Access to the drug despite indications it might help treat a variety of diseases including cancer. A for too Long political controversy Over abortion has held ru-484 hostage a said Marjorie Braude chair of the Amway a governmental affairs committee. A we Are Here today to make an open urgent Appeal to or. Clinton to take immediate action in making ru-486 available for Large scale research Here in the .,�?� Braude said. The Federal government in 1989 banned import of ru-486 for personal use. The drug technically still is available for testing but proponents say the ban persuaded see Clinton on Page 2