European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 05, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse The stars and stripes vol. 53, no. 110 500 Friday August 5,1994 d 8693 a 1 epidemic Down 2nd on the Rise Goma Zaire a with vital water supplies increasing Aid officials said thursday that they had All but halted the deadly Scourge of cholera sweeping through the refugee Camps. The cholera epidemic May effectively be Over said Ray Wilkinson spokesman for the . High commissioner for refugees. Both the number of cases and the number of deaths Are now but Wilkinson arid Philippe Giberson president of the French Charity met jews sans fro Fteres doctors without Bor Der cautioned that dysentery was on the Rise among the nearly 1 million rwandans packed into the squalid Camps in Eastern problem cholera seems under control Giberson said but it is to soon to consider that we Are Over the catastrophe even though it will be less Visi ble than in the past few weeks. Dysentery will continue to be a very big problem and is already spreading through inside today in Goma service members thoughts turn to Home renegades threaten refugees return envoy says Page 4 tie whole Region. I am much More afraid of dysentery than of cholera is easily treated by replenishing the liquids and minerals its victims lose through vomiting and diarrhoea. But dysentery whose symptoms Are similar requires five Days of costly Antibiotic treatment. Wilkinson said two dysentery cases for every Cage of cholera were being admitted to the Camp hospitals and clinics. The Overall death rate from All diseases has decreased to an estimated 500 see Rise on Page 2 yanks missed British to by Lance Gay Howard news service Woodbridge England it been nearly a year since old glory was furled they Gates to Raf Pentwater were padlocked and the last american Pilot waved of the quaint Suffolk town of Woodbridge say things Haven t been the same since. They miss their yanks Jet stand sore Are yearning for them to come Back. At their Peak Raf Ben Waters and Woodbridge had 4 100u s a remembers assigned to them the bases have closed Down victims of the draw Down of . Forces in Europe i miss them dreadfully " Anne Allen owner of the Bull pub said of the americans the Tudor Era pub located Ott Trie town Square also provided bed and breakfast accommodations that the americans favored for visiting relatives and had Good times when the Ameri can forces were Here and we Matea Lotof friends. It was a Good social life she said. A East there was some life to the area " Allen added that it was also a financially lucrative relationship. We re built the Bull on the Money they spent she said. At the modest town Hall town clerk Bill Cotton said it s the Little things he notices like the thin sound of the Wood Bridge choral society now that the Bari tones have gone the emptiness of the streets and the absence of the noise of a. ,. To _ Foj. 4. 1 i re of r Oil of 3 Vou can l qua Niue uni i adj Vieri Zmij. A my. See yanks on Page 2 for the multinational forces aiding refugees. Inside Topay n the Balkans humanitarian Aid flights May soon resume Serbia cuts links to faction in Bosnia historic roles see Page 2 americans help put on the student prince1 see pages 20-21
