European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 17, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10 the stars and stripes . Friday june 17,1994 superbugs have experts squirming by Mike Toner Cox news service Atlanta a the United states needs a National strategy to Check the spread of Antibiotic resistant Quot super bugs a health experts say. The Call comes after the super bugs germs that can cause deadly untreatable infections turned up in two Atlanta arca hospitals. Although dozens of l a. Hospitals have had outbreaks of highly resistant untreatable infections in recent years the latest cases a at the veterans affairs medical Center and at Crawford Long Hospital a Are the first confirmed in the Atlanta area. Two patients one at the a Center and one at Crawford Long have died. The Crawford Long Case appears to have been an isolated occurrence but a officials last week found five other patients who harboured resistant strains Quot we Hope its not going to be a a or problem but we be Only begun to look David Rimland chief of infectious diseases at the a Center said wednesday Jam to country with the country Jam part 27 . Saturday Juno 18 Kaiserslautern special events Center Pulaski Barracks Cash Prim for Best drafted cowgirl and Cowboy hog calling and dance contests. Mechanical Bull. Live music former Moca it irk if a Tirrit Fol sped a Ewite Cunlif Dan 489-7260. At a meeting of infectious disease experts at the Federal centers for disease control and prevention. The germs a neomycin resistant in Ter Cocci or vre Are one of the most dramatic examples of the diminishing effectiveness of antibiotics. Because vre Are immune to All available antibiotics they kill half of those they infect. Once rare vre infections have increased More than Twenty fold in . Hospitals Over the past four years and the cd says they May be More prevalent than Ayotte suspects. Many hospitals done to test for a neomycin resistant germs and automated tests used by clinical laboratories often fail to detect them. Eniero Coucal infections Are life threatening primarily in people who Are very old or very sick. But the threat is serious enough to have spurred an unusual consensus among researchers doctors and hospitals. National organizations representing the three groups wednesday endorsed sweeping vre control measures drafted by a cd  found to help patients Stop bleeding new York a scientists said thursday that they have found a key blood protein that helps people Stop bleeding a discovery that should help doctors overcome a major Side effect of cancer treatment. The protein prods the body into making platelets microscopic disks in the blood that Rush to the Sites of injury and clump together to Stop bleeding real Ollie and starts after Robb wins primary Richmond a. A Republican Oliver North unveiled a to and about Quot the real Ollie North on wednesday a Day after democratic sen. Charles s. Robb won renomination in Virginia a unprecedented fou Way Senate race. Robb who is seeking a second term easily turned Back three opponents in a primary tuesday the same Day that former democratic gov. L. Douglas Wilder filed As an Independent. On monday former Republican state attorney general Marshall Coleman filed As an Independent. Analysts said the nov. 8 general election could be won with less than a third of the vote. If each candidate can count on support from about 20 percent of the voters the fight will be Over who can lure an additional 10 percent said Robert Denton a Virginia tech communications professor Quot in a four person race you done to need Broad umbrella consensus kinds of campaigns a he said. Quot you identify your Core constituency and you Pound them with it the message that hits them Between the eyes. A a it a going to be intense. Its going to be polarized. Its going to be Black and White because Gray Isnit going to  North a base is Rural conservatives Robby a strength is in the Washington d.c., suburbs Wilder has backing in the cities and Coleman must look for disaffected suburban moderates Denton said. Robb scored an overwhelming Victory in the primary getting 58 percent of the vote to 34 percent for state sen. Virgil Goode. Richmond lawyer Sylvia Clute and Lyndon Larouche Follower Nancy Spannaus trailed with 6 percent and 2 percent respectively. Denton predicted the Campaign a the first Senate race in . History with four major candidates a will turn into Quot an air  and North lobbed the first strike wednesday with a warm and fuzzy television commercial narrated by his wife Betsy. Quot i want to Tell you about a special Man. He a a father who loves his children and a Patriot who fought for his country a Betsy North says. The and depicts North fighting in Vietnam testifying before Congress about the Iran Contra arms for hostages Deal and relaxing with his family. But it also highlights his anti Washington message by flashing a picture of sen. Edward Kennedy dmass., As Betsy North says her husband has a been attacked by the powerful few because they cannot control  Quot but he a never Given up because he believes in his fight and his fight is for you. Thais the real Ollie North a she says. The $200,000 and Campaign will run statewide for several weeks and is the first of about 30 commercials planned by North who already has raised $6 million. A a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a _ a for a would like to thank Billy Joel and his River of dreams tour the 100th a.s.g., the Nurnberg military Community Usa eur Community a and at amp to l00 Ltee a is Shou a Issi amp your outstanding support of the june 12,1994 Billy Joel show