European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 31, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday july 31, 1994 the stars and stripes crisis in Rwanda r Page 5 gis assured a shot in the  by Doyle Tillman Kaiserslautern Bureau Kaiserslautern Germany despite a momentary shortage of mening Coccus vaccine at Raf Lakenheath England military officials in Europe Are firm on the following those who deploy to Africa with operation support Hope will have their shots. A a there a a concerted Effort to emphasize preventive Medicine. Because of the disease threat in Rwanda said air Force it. Col. Virginia Pribyla a spokeswoman for . Air forces in Europe a nobody is going to Africa without their  the possibility of vaccine shortages became a reality thursday As medical officials at Raf Lakenheath had to find outside sources when their Supply of mening Coccus vaccine was exhausted. Pribyla confirmed the base experienced a shortage but said it was Quot Only a minor  the base now has plenty of the  officials at Lakenheath identified 30 airmen who processed through the support Hope deployment line without the shots and inoculated them after a vial of the vaccine arrived from Raf Alconbury England. The mening Coccus vaccine is one of several immunizations Given to military members deploying to Africa. This particular vaccine is used to prevent meningitis. What service members and civilians receive before they deploy depends on an individuals shot history a particularly if they have deployed before a said Millie Waters a . Army Europe spokeswoman in a statement sent saturday to the stars and stripes. The immunizations required for the rwandan area include typhoid yellow fever meningitis hepatitis a and immune serum globulin shots a tuberculosis skin test and malaria prophylaxis. Airmen and soldiers in medical Fields As Well As those previously exposed to hepatitis must also receive a hepatitis b shot. Service members Are issued two insecticides  or deet for personal use and per Methrine for clothing. As the deployment to Africa expands military members waiting in processing lines Are becoming a common site around Safe and usar eur. Through saturday morning the army in Europe had deployed 220 soldiers to the refugee Relief operation and. The air Force had ordered through Friday morning 385 people to Africa More airmen and soldiers Are awaiting the Call to deploy officials said. And increased requirements mean an increased demand for medications and vaccines. Each vial of mening Coccus vaccine contains 50 doses Pribyla explained. And Lakenheath officials stressed that they would buy the vaccines on the Economy or whatever it took. But no one would leave without the inoculations she  Page 1 aircraft were Landing. Trucks carrying emergency supplies to the Camps drove past. A . Air Force forklift operator cursed and said that the Man would be run Over if someone did no to move him. The Man Lay there for at least two hours a a minor traffic nuisance for the humanitarian Relief operation a until someone finally found the time to take him away. In Goma where thousands Are expected to die this weekend a single dying Man is not an emergency. Still american military members who have spent a week in the Central african refugee City say the situation is improving noticeably As fresh water increasingly flows into the Camps that House up to 1.2 million rwandans. A the sights in Goma Are bad but they re getting better a said staff sgt. James Bagwell a Green Beret with the army a special forces. He arrived with the . European come assessment team a week ago saturday. A but still a Bagwell said a when the soldiers that arrive Here go through town and see the amount of people and the amount of death that a a motivating Factor. In be talked to just about every Soldier Here. Yes it upsets them but it also makes them work  Only about 100 . Military personnel were in Goma As of late Friday including a 37-member task Force from Mannheim Germany that has been pumping and purifying water since 10 49 . Tuesday. The americans live in tents either at the Airport or at the water purification site on the other Side of the City. The Camp site at the Airport is an old trash dump that the americans cleared away. The water site is on a Rocky Wall overlooking Lake Kiva. A things Are markedly different than they were a week ago a a Relief worker said. A Ngoma is no longer a disaster  but it remains an unhappy place with unhappy sights. One air Force sergeant said he saw a a father and son holding each other As they sat along the Side of the Road. A it looked like a perfect scene of paternal nurturing a the sergeant recalled. A instead they were both  \ army spec. Caesar Gongora of Richmond va., tests water saturday at a purification site in Goma Zaire. The army and several Relief organizations Are decontaminating water in an Effort to Cut the deaths from cholera among rwandan  Page 1 Sels Belgium in route to the rwandan capital said that sending limited . Military forces into Rwanda will enable a doubling of Relief to millions of refugees opening a new phase of . Involvement in that struggling country. Perry reiterated pledges of no . Combat involvement in the Central african country torn by tribal warfare. But he said foreign forces in Rwanda Are expected to reach 9,000, including 4,000 american soldiers on an emergency Relief Mission. The . Government also is ready to help Fly in foreign peacekeeping troops and to provide some equipment he said. . Forces in the rwandan Effort now total 844, said maj. Gen. Jared l. Bates operations director for the joint chiefs of staff who joined Perry in a briefing on the flight from Washington . The Kigali Airport reportedly is in a useable condition a according to the european come. However officials do not know what support facilities and equipment remain at the Airport. The assessment team will report Back to operation officials. The Airport at Goma Zaire where Relief flights currently land is saturated Deutch said. It can handle about 34 to 36 cargo aircraft per Day the european come said. The deployment to Kigali is part of a two phase operation to increase the amount of Aid to rwandan refugees Deutch said. The first part establishes the air Hub in Kigali. The second phase of the operation a increasing the number of . Forces in Rwanda a is contingent on a steady flow of refugees Back to their Homeland Deutch said. Contributing to this report the associated Prosa jewish Sites in . Take new Security by the Washington Post Washington jewish organizations Here have taken new Security measures and the holocaust memorial museum has placed barriers around the building after bombings at jewish centers in London and Buenos Aires Argentina. A everyone has a heightened awareness now. You would have to have your hands in your eyes and your fingers in your ears not to think about the situation a said Joan Wadkins the museums acting Media director. The israeli embassy in Washington and israeli offices across the United states also have responded to the bombings by tightening Security. Further measures were taken after a specific warning by . Authorities the embassy said in a news release. A spokesman said the state department has been working with local Law enforcement officials and the secret service to increase Protection for israeli diplomatic facilities. The blast at Argentina a main jewish Community Center july 18 killed at least 96 people. In London last week attacks on the israeli embassy and a jewish fund raising organization injured 19. At the by Nai by Rith building on Rhode Island Avenue people have not been allowed in unescorted since the bombing in Buenos Aires said its director of press relations Robin Schwartz Kreger. At the National museum of american jewish military history Security measures have not been so tight since the persian Gulf War in 1991, said communications director Howard Metzger. Parcels that look suspicious or dam aged or do not have a return address Are refused he said. Jerome Segal president of the jewish peace lobby said it was a troublesome and horrifying that civilians had been  bows out bows Down after victim offers prayer Conway Ark. A Cindy Hartman summoned help when she encountered a pistol toting burglar in her Home she dropped to her Knees and prayed. The Call to a higher authority was enough to rattle the robber. He apologized joined Hartman in prayer and returned everything he had stolen. He also left his gun. A the pretty much broke Down a said Hartman a husband Kevin. Cindy Hartman 26, said the burglar confronted her when she went to answer the phone. He ripped the Cord out of the Wall and ordered her into a cramped bedroom closet. Then she dropped to her Knees. A i asked if i could Pray for him a she said. A i told him a i want you to know that god loves you and i forgive  a she said the Man also Knelt then apologized and asked to use a shirt to wipe off fingerprints. Then he yelled to a woman in a pickup a a we be got to unload All of this. This is a Christian Home and a Christian family. We can to do this to  Cindy Hartman remained kneeling while her furniture was returned