European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 29, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 2 r the stars and stripes Friday july 29, 1994 at a glance new York gov Mario Cuomo said that president Clinton once offered him a seat on. The supreme court. Cuomo deflected questions about Why he declined saying Only that he wants to remain new Yorkus governor see Story on Page 8. Setback for hair drug Upjohn co s Hopes of Selling the anti baldness drug Romaine without a prescription were dealt a blow by a scientific advisory Page 6 Dod plan assailed a secret Pentagon decision to pay military contractors billions of dollars to underwrite expenses connected with acquisitions and mergers was attacked in Congress. A Page 7 separating the sexes a new iranian policy to keep men and. Women separate has been called a gender apartheid Quot by Page 11 looking outward a new Era has begun for the German armed forces they re now allowed to operate freely outside nato. A Page 12 More . Taxes the International monetary fund s executive Board recommended last year that the United states consider adopting a Federal sales tax. A Page 18 Index Abby Ann Landers 25 classifieds. 28-31 comics. 25-27 commentary .17 faces a no places 14 focus. 19-24 Horoscope. 30 Jumble. 30 letters.16 Money matters 18 sports 34-40 to listings. 39 weather. 15 $32.4 billion Bill on crime approved in negotiations Washington a House and Senate negotiators compromised thursday on a 532.4 billion crime package that includes a ban on assault weapons and life sentences for third time felons. With a flurry of votes on remaining differences a House Senate conference committee ended three Days of negotiations and sent the legislation to the House and Senate for final votes. President Clinton who has made the Bill a major Domestic priority hailed the agreement. Quot this is truly a historic Day we re on the verge of a major Victory for this country. \ this is one of the reasons Why i run for word of the completion of the conference committee s work came As Clinton was at the Justice department for a speech to Law enforcement officers. He told his audience that the Long delayed risk legislation represented a the toughest largest smartest Federal attack on crime in the history of our the Bill would devote si0.7 billion to state and local Law enforcement including Money to put 100,000 More police officers on the streets. It also authorized spending $10,5 billion on state and local prison construction $7.4 billion for crime prevention programs $2.6 billion for Federal Law enforcement and courts and $1,3 billion for drug courts. Senate judiciary committee chairman Joiseph Biden d-dcl., called the final measure the Quot toughest the most comprehensive Crim pc Bill that Congress has considered in its history. Rep. Charles Schumer in y., chairman of the House judiciary committees crime panel called it Quot a serious Bill that meets the Rwanda Relief Effort from Page 1 to be identified. If someone does get infected the disease probably will react like a bad Case of the flu he said. A cholera is just not very dangerous to a healthy american Soldier a he said. A a in a say the chances that someone would die of this disease would be less than 1 percent a and that a Only if it was left untreated a he said cholera causes the epidemics seen in the refugee Camps when the a population is already malnourished stricken with other diseases and continues to cat and drink contaminated food and water.�?�. He said medical personnel Haven to dismissed the cholera threat entirely but Are focusing on other health risks such As malaria hepatitis parasites snakebites and mental stress. A we Learned a lot in Somalia and Are taking those lessons into Rwanda Zaire and Uganda a the official said. A actually the health risks in Somalia a especially in the. Beginning a Are greater than what we expect in based on the Somalia lessons medical personnel expect that two to eight out of each 100 people will require minor medical attention each week for pulled Muscles insect bites and skin addition one person out of every 1,000 will require hospitalization because of illnesses such As malaria of Dyson Teiry As far As mental stress the official said psychiatric teams were sent to Somalia and he expects similar teams will be deployed to Central Africa. A stresses do not replace each other a they add on to one another and continue to build Quot he Best Way to combat stress is for soldiers to Sec and really believe that what they Are doing is making a differ needs of the american on the other hand rep. Henry Hyde r-ill., called it a the whole Emerald City of Seri. Orrin Hatch a Utah called it a a big spending Boondoggle that Isnit going to do what we want it to do a he said that it was a loaded with billions in dollars for pork and that Republican efforts to change it were in vain. The Bill Calls for funding $30.2 billion through a Trust fund of Money saved from reductions in the Federal bureaucracy Over the next six years. However it also authorized spending an additional $2,2 billion for prisons to come from other sources. The assault weapons ban and a controversy Over allowing the use of statistics to help prove racial Bias in death penalty cases have drawn the headlines. The units from the following bases in the . European come Are sending people to Africa to help out in the crisis on Rwanda s Border with Zaire. Rhein main a Germany 435th Airlift Wingra Stefn a germany2nd air evac so 86th medical group. 86th air trans hospital86th logistics so .86th trans so Stuttgart germany3rd special forces group Kaiserslautern germany21st theater army area come a Germany. 52nd civil Germany 3rd inf div Heidelberg Germany. Headquarters . Army europ Eraf Mildenhall United kingdom 100th Security. Police Suraf Alconbury United kingdom352nd special operations group Avla Noab Italy 3rd in 325th int regt airborne in combat team. / 40ist Supply fuel Quot More units Are expected to follow. Source . European come a ence he said. Defense medical personnel have prepared a 14-Page Book similar to the ones that were made for the persian Gulf and Somalia that outlines the medical dangers personnel will face in Central Africa. It was printed thursday and will be a a rushed to All deploying units the official said. A every Soldier will have one of the booklets in his or her pocket a he said. A according to some Points outlined in the Book a the climate is considered moderate and is not nearly As hot As in saudi Arabia or Somalia. The dry season is july through september. A poisonous snakes such As Green mamas cobras and various vipers Are found in Central Africa As Well As centipedes scorpions and Brown Recluse spiders. Bites from some of those creatures Are quickly fatal. Therefore it bitten personnel should find medical attention immediately. A amps. A malaria is a killer virus that is transmitted by mosquitoes. All personnel must take malaria pills As prescribed and must use insect repellent. A his the human immunodeficiency virus that causes aids is prevalent in the local population. Personnel should avoid sex a a saying a not will save your life a and should always Wear gloves when handling bodies bodily fluids or human waste. A the Rivers and lakes contain parasites that can cause serious illnesses. Personnel should not swim or Bathe in Ponds streams Rivers or lakes. If one must Wade in fresh water keep skin covered. In addition to the Booklet the official said deploying personnel Are getting classes on what to expect a what they Are going to see and what kind of an environment they will be in a before they leave their Home stations. Army civilian Dies of aids in Heidelberg Heidelberg Germany a amps a an army civilian worker who had lived in the Heidelberg area for 14 years died tuesday at the 95th combat support Hospital. Randall c. Fries 34, died of kidney failure that resulted from the aids virus according to former colleagues who Are arranging a memorial service. The service is scheduled for 11 30 . Wednesday at the Chapel at Zachrich ten Cavern site of the Hospital. Fries a native of new Lothrop mich., graduated from Central Michigan University in mount pleasant in 1981 with a bachelors degree in music education. He joined the army in 1981 serving four years with the . Army band and chorus As a French Horn player. He had worked for the army in Heidelberg As a civilian since 1985 most recently As a 7th medical come Headquarters conference planner. After learning that he had the aids virus Fries visited several american schools in the area to discuss aids with students. He was admitted to the Hospital july 28. In his memory friends Are requesting donations to aids Hilife Heidelberg Heidelberg account number 7870 Biz Bank code 67250020. His survivors include his parents Robert and Dorothy Fries of new Lothrop
