European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 11, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday november 11, 1993 the stars and stripes Page 3 . Plans hot line for blood queries Heidelberg Germany is beginning Fri Day americans with concerns about his tainted blood can Call an army hot line 7th medical come officials say. I the German ministry of health on monday initiated a similar service manned by medical students. The establishment of both hot lines follows the re cent shutdown of us plasma a Koblenz company that is alleged to have distributed blood products that were improperly tested for the aids virus to German medi Cal facilities. The army hot line at Lan Stuhl will be staffed from unidentified . Service members in Berlin one dressed Assanta Claus wave from a sightseeing train As they head out to various Points in the City for the last time to collect Christma Stoys for children living in state Homes. Under a program dubbed toy Box which started in i960, donated toys Are picked by Gary Miller pies taken by the command said it. Jon Mediterranean Bureau Smith of the naval support activity s Naples Italy the commander of Public affairs office. The results naval support activity. Naples on wednesday lifted a ban on drinking water issued nearly two months ago. Navy capt. William c. Vivian s Deci Sion affects hundreds of american families who live in the pin Tamare housing area and the adjacent Castel Volturno housing area. Those living in the two housing areas located about 18 Miles North of the sup port activity were told sept. 16 that local tap water contained High Levels of col form bacteria. However tests during the last two weeks produced no signs of Bac Teria or contamination in any water Sam american military forces will join this weekend in their first integrated land sea and air exercise military sources said wednesday. The five Day exercise named Bright 7 30 . To 4 30 . Weekdays said Mel Trafford an Glish speaking student will assist if the caller is speak administrator at the Lan Stuhl my regional medicating in English. Center. The clinical services staff of the medical Center spokeswoman Christina Fried Mohr said about five is Manning the line. A. Americans called  number is Dan 486-8888 or civilian d6371-86. A. .8888. Outside Germany the country code is 49. It w not known How Many americans have called the hot line will not be available on . Federal hoi s Nice scr cd. Gan monday or what the subject of Days Trafford added. The Calls was of nude Mohr said. The number of the German hot line in Bonn is civil anyone with questions about the aids Sims the Ian 02m-941-1111 and is staffed from 9 . To 6 . Risk of infection or other concerns about transfused everyday. Blood products can obtain  either hot although the phone is answered in German an in line. Teachers delay picket withdraw labor charge by Jimi Jones education writer a teachers Union postponed informational picketing planned today i Ramstein a Germany saying it is satisfied with efforts to solve pay problems that have plagued Dodds educators in the Mediterranean Region. The overseas federation of teachers also withdrew a Federal complaint filed Friday against the . Air forces in Europe. We be postponed the picketing not cancelled just postponed said Ernest Lehmann outs european director. We Reserve the right to conduct the picket at a later Date said Lehmann who directs the Union that represents most teachers in the Mediterranean re Gion of the department of defense do Pendents schools. The informational picketing planned As a protest of the air forces civilian payroll system was postponed because officials at Ramstein s 26th regional accounting and finance office have Given us basically what we were asking leh Mann said. We re pleased with the involvement that Gen. Robert a Oaks has had in correcting the situation and we arc pleased with the work of the finance of fice and or. Michael Ayers in making sure the Dodds service is appropriate he said. Oaks is commander of the . Air forces in Europe. Ayers is the regional accounting and finance officer. Last month the Union asked Permis Sion for its members and supporters to picket and distribute leaflets for four hours on veterans Day at Ramstein a s main Exchange. In response base officials offered a location outside the air base s West Gate which was rejected by the Union. Base officials subsequently offered the Southside mall area As an alternate pick eting site but by then the Union had filed an unfair labor practice charge with the National labor relations Board. A nov. 8 letter from Ayers to Dodds Mediterranean officials and Lehmann which outlined the finance Center s goals and status was the deciding Factor in postponing the protest leh Mann said. It answers the four major problems addressed he said. Based on that and that teachers now have Access to sys tems such As electronic mail for pay in quiries we Are assuming that they will carry plans through. I think this will go a Long Way in improving the morale of the  in a letter to Oaks on wednesday Lehmann said the Union was withdraw ing the charge of an unfair labor practice filed against your  last Roundup for toy Box up from Berlin s 23 town Halls and distributed to kids a Christmas. Broken toys Are repaired at army maintenance shops. Because of the military draw Down the popular program dreamed up 33 years ago by a German working for the army s logistics department will be history next year. Navy lifts ban on Naples tap water tests show no signs of bacteria or contamination prompted Vivian to lift the ban Smith said. Navy Hospital specialists regularly take water samples from government leased housing units in High Rise apartments at pin Tamare and at a lodging area about a mile away. In All the two areas House about 600 american families. Some american residents. Have claimed the water caused a variety of Dis the source of the contamination which varied in degree during the More than 50 Days that the ban was in effect. Residents were advised to avoid using the water for drinking cooking or washing. Castel Volturno City officials also declared area water non potable in mid sep tember but that move was based on find Ings of High Levels of Iron nitrates and magnesium in the water. The italian Community lifted its ban oct. 5. The support activity supplied two water tanks at the pin Tamare towers and eases. However local Navy doctors have another at the Naples elementary school said there has been no increase in the in pin Tamare during the ban. Number of patients suffering from Dis Navy officials plan to continue Mon eases linked to contaminated water. Storing water Quality in the pin Tamare Navy and italian officials never found area. Smith said. Egyptian . Forces to hold joint War games Cairo Evem Cap egyptian and desert West of the Mediterranean port of on each Side. A smaller exercise was held fir ? ., Alexandria and around Cairo egyptian in 1990. No reason was Given for the Lac military sources said. Of joint Maneu vers since. About 1,500 egyptian troops would Bright Star is part of a . Military co take part said the sources speaking on operation package that followed Egypt s condition of anonymity. 1979 peace treaty with Israel. Each year it u9 44 a t a a Whf we w i i 11 Star opens saturday and will put Egypt the Bright Star exercises were begun the United states gives Egypt $1.3 billion Tian and . Troops in the same Battle in 1981 and held every other year1 until in military Aid and $865 million in eco teams for the first time. It will be in the 1989, with about 9,000 troops taking part nomic assistance alus Grants