European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 30, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 2 the stars and stripes Friday september 30,1994 at a glance a Man identified As Joel or Hector Csc Idiz was arrested wednesday As a suspect in the assassination of the no. 2 official of Mexico s ruling party. Sec Story on Page 12. No lies about Elvis a state review of Elvis Presley s medical records found no evidence that lied when he said the linger died of heart disease officials say. V page4 defense Bill of d the House has approved a $244 billion defense spending Bill that maintains most major Pentagon pro Grams. ". Pages. Ola chided a review of a $310 million office building for the Cia s spy satellite Agency said the Agency failed to pro vide Congress with adequate Cost data. " y pag7 teen held in abuse a 17-year-old girl a self de scribed nazi was arrested tues Day and charged with tormenting a 14-year-old jewish girl police said. Page 8 United in poll a new poll shows Blacks and Whites Call crime and the breakdown of the family two of America s big Gest problems. Page 9 Index Abby Ann Landers. 25 classifieds. 28-33 comics. 25-27 commentary. 17 crossword 25 entertainment. 19-24 faces n places. 14 Horoscope 32 Jumble 32 letters. 16 Money matters 18 sports 33-40 to listings 39 weather 15 . Forces in Haiti warned of aids other Hea Bydo Kirkman Scripps Howard news service the 18,000 . Service members in Haiti have been told that they re in one of the worst aids hot spots in the Western hemisphere and that the Small Caribbean nation also has Many other serious health problems. To prevent infection,.military doctors Are recommending sexual abstinence in a we re aware that Haiti is an aids Hotshot and we made sure that message got through to the troops said maj. Vincent Fonseca a preventive Medicine specialist at the army surgeon general s office in Falls Church a. We wanted the men to know that a per son who looks healthy May have his and we also told them to take precautions when handling blood and fluids that might be contaminated with his ulv is the human immunodeficiency virus that causes aids. The warnings about aids and other health threats on Haiti Are outlined in pamphlets and booklets that were distributed to . Forces before they went ashore sept. 19. A 15-Page pamphlet titled staying healthy in Haiti was published by the Walter Reed army Institute of research before the intervention and distributed to go who died in Haiti identified Washington a the-10thinf Mountain div Soldier who died of an apparent self inflicted gunshot wound in Haiti has been identified As spec. Alejandro Robles of los an Geles the Pentagon said thursday. Robles who died sept. 27, would have been 21 years old thursday officials said. He was assigned to co a 1st ,22nd inf regt of the 10th inf Moun Tain div based in fort drum . Robles was found shot to death in the Northern part of port a Prince. Stanley Schrager spokesman forthe . Embassy in port a Prince said the death occurred at Villa d a Ceil Haiti s state guest House on a Hillside estate above the capital. The american soldiers were there cleaning the mansion and making Security arrangements to House haitian parliament members. Haiti bound soldiers marines airmen an sailors. / v / a More comprehensive 70-Page Publica Tion sustaining health and performance in Haiti was assembled by Walter Reed and the army research Institute of environmental Medicine in Natick mass., and distributed to company and platoon com Manders before the landings. Haiti s problems with aids go Back to 1981, when physicians discovered the virus was attacking primarily four groups of peo ple homosexuals Haemophiliacs heroin users and haitians. Researchers quickly identified Haiti As a enter of aids contagion with most infections being caused by heterosexual inter course. Haiti is still one of the worst aids spots in the americas said or. Armando Perugia a world health organization epidemiologist and aids expert. Haiti probably hashed 10,000 aids cases since the beginning of the epidemic and May now have 100,000hiv infections he estimated that Means approximately 1.7 percent of Haiti s 6 million people May be infected bythe virus some other areas in the americas May have equated Haiti s his aids infection rate notably Rio de Janeiro and sap Paulo in Brazil and san Pedro Suta in Hon Duras. But none have surpassed it be Ruga said. Parents from Pagel put on file within a year. The Bill would also direct the de sense department to draft new regulations that would spell out guidelines for granting leave to service members who Are summoned to appear in child sup port cases. The Bill is part of a broader legislative Effort to strengthen the nation s child support system by cracking Dowson parents who try to escape making their obligatory support payments. It would Call for hospitals to establish paternity at birth. Among other Mea sures it would require states to revoke the Driver s licenses of parents who fall behind in their child support payments and modify individual tax reporting forms to include information about such payments. In addition to the House armed serv ices committee six other House panels Are playing a role in drafting the legis lation formally known As the child support responsibility act of 1994. Twas introduced in june by rep. Pat Schroeder a Colp. One Issue that remains murky is How foreign child support cases involving . Servicememoers1 should be Kan died. The Bill would treat foreign child sup port judgments the same As interstate cases but rep. H. Martin Lancaster d-n.c., questioned How service members would appear in foreign courts if they did t have the Money to travel overseas on their own. Is the defense department going to pay to Fly them to wherever they need to go he asked Fites. In interstate cases the Bill would allow participation in court proceedings by Telephone. Extending that provision to foreign cases is one possibility but language barriers could be a major headache in those situations. We need to Clear that up Fites acknowledged. We Haven t thought that through very while there still May be holes to plug lawmakers Are heartened that the Bill is taking shape. One of the primary causes of women with children going on welfare is a Lack of child support payments said Harmand Calif. This legislation would finally serve to collect from som of these Deadbeat search from Page 1 As a body so that it can be hauled to the surface. However the robot s main task is to photograph the wreckage As completely As possible to see what went will try first by robot to identify the problems said Rescue Directo Raimo Tiilikainen at the operation s Headquarters in Turku. After an Analy Sis and the investigation we rape to draw up a picture of what robot made by a swedish company called Sjoe Tek a is roughly the size of a very Large suitcase. Equipped with a Strong Light and lowered by Cable it can electronically transmit pictures to a receiver on the surface. Eventually Salvage workers May try to raise the ferry from the Bottom of the sea. It s very Likely we will raise the wreck although no decision has been taken said Pentti Partanen the director of res Cue services at the finnish Interior ministry. There Are very Strong pressures to raise it including for investigation Pur poses and . Because of victims. The swedish government estimated the Cost of raising the ferry at up to $34million. Primarily it s a decision for the ship owners and the insurance companies he. Told a news conference in Turku."-%. Though helicopters and Navy ships crisscrossed the Baltic disaster site thursday chances of finding anyone else alive were virtually nonexistent. Search and Rescue operations were being curtailed. Sailor seriously injured when hit by car Var in of i r on i. A. Naples Italy is a Sailor stationed at naval support activity Naples remains in serious condition after being struck by a car saturday. The Petty officer 3rd class whose name was not released apparently was struck while walking near a Highway in pin Tamare a town about 20 Miles from Naples that houses a Large number of american military personnel. The american whose identity is being withheld pending notification of next of Kin was transported to Carta Rellie Hospi Tal in Naples by italian ambulance. He sustained a Skull fracture and other head injuries. It. Terry Sutherland Public affairs officer for Asa Naples said the Sailor is in the italian Hospital because the . Mili tary Hospital in Naples does not have a trauma unit. The service member s condition is considered too serious to transport Lan Stuhl Germany the nearest Ameri can facility with neurosurgery care. He is being tended by a . Navy doctor at the italian Hospital
