European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 23, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes sunday october 23,1994 i at a glance Texas  Richards George w. Bush Texas gov. Ann Richards said George w. Bush does t have the resume to Back up his claims while the Republican challenger accused her of avoiding the real issues. See Page 9 for this Story and other political coverage. Funds for youths a defense department official is reminding military communities to apply by dec. 30 for a share of the $1.5 million Worth of Grants set aside for youth programs. Page 4 a act Chavis Settle the a act and former executive director Benjamin Chavis settled their dispute Over his firing. Page battling cancer a discovery that May rank among the most important advances against cancer in recent decades was announced by Boston researchers. Page 7 Clinton wants change president Clinton will ask lawmakers next year to revise the War pow ers Resolution. A pages potato police Moscow authorities Are taking no chances with the City s valuable vegetables especially the potato. Page 11 negative Outlook Bonds Are sliding on worries that interest rates May Rise but it s Stock holders who should be really Wor ried analysts say. Page 12 Index Abby Ann Landers. .20 classifieds. 24-30 commentary 23 faces n1 places. 20 Horoscope. 27 letters 22 Money matters. 12-13 Mutual funds 13-17 sports 30-36 weather. 21 vets from Page 1 cause they be seen no evidence that it was Ever used. They be Only found a few dozen veterans among the 700,000 men and women who served in the Gulf who came Back with illnesses attributed to the bugs and microbes in the desert. The army Navy and air Force physicians think it has to do with the Oil tires said it. Col. Duayne Munger director of patient administration sgt. 1st class David Mitchell says he was on the euphrates River in Iraq no where near the Oil fires. Still he has fatigue headaches sleeping disorders and skin rashes. I go through two bottles of tylenol a month said Mitchell formerly with the 101st airborne div. They tried to pass my skin rash of As athlete s  former staff sgt. William Martin 42, retired after 20 years in the army suffer ing from maladies that exhausted him and caused muscle aches headaches an irritability. I can t work. I can t stay awake. I have a could t care less  doctors first told him it probably was depression wrought by separation from his routine and his career. But Martin recalls he was so close to the Oil fires i could spit on them and also suspects chemical plants that were blown up by bombs. I sometimes sleep 20 hours then stay up for two Days. I be lost 40 pounds. They say i m depressed from losing my career after 20 years. Wrong answer the first diagnosis often was de pression Munger said. Yeah i d be depressed too if i had been sick for three  i talked to one doctor who thought it was a big scam Munger recalled. After seeing five patients he was crying the symptoms were All so similar anyone who doubted it before that been turned around immensely. There is no pretence Here. No looking for extra Money. They just want to get better. They be come for answers and that is what we Hope to provide  Fitzsimons doctors expect to process 25 soldiers a week 800 in All. After ill Nesses from other factors Are weeded out thousands Likely will be diagnosed with what is now called persian Gulf syn drome doctors say. How Many thou Sands they Don t know yet. Nearly 7,000 veterans have contacted the department of defense s persian Gulf veterans hot line. For More information Call 800 796-9699 pvt. Jason Lee of fort Bragg n.c., gestures Friday while teaching Young haitians in Cap haitian a few English words. About 1,400 . Service members Are in the Northern City. Allied troops begin replacing gis in Haiti port a Prince Haiti a troops from As far off As Bangladesh and As near As Jamaica have begun taking Over duties from american troops in Haiti As the . Command steadily draw Down its intervention Force. Top . Officers sound pleased about the Progress made in restoring a Safe and secure environment their stated mis Sion since . Forces landed Here sept. 19 to oversee the transition from military dictatorship to democratic government we think we Are Way Way ahead of where we could have been in our wildest flood from Page 1 dreams maj. Gen. David c. Meade . Ground forces commander said Fri Day. Special .. Envoy Lakhdar Brahimi is scheduled to come to Haiti today to As sess the operation. His report to. Headquarters could help determine when the Haiti Force changes from . To multinational command a move expected bythe end of the year. The number of . Military personnel in Haiti has dropped from 19,000 to 17,000 in the past week or so military officials reported. Inc. The company said the line had been Idle for weeks but contained 2.1 million Gallons of crude in a 24-mile stretch be tween valve stations. It was unlikely the entire amount would spill officials said. Two colonial pipeline co. Fuel lines also ruptured one spilling gasoline into the nver and the other diesel fuel. Texaco is committed to bringing All 1 i 1 to � a to to a n _  trading rotation inc. Texaco said it was tapping into both ends of jts pipeline to minimize the leak. While the company said it responded As soon As it determined its line was responsible for the Oil leak Ford reiterated saturday his belief that the company was slow. J if they Are seeing some Relief from what they Are doing with this tapping of fort. In maybe we would have been far Bob Murphy carries a wet chair from a ther along had they acknowledged that Home in the Sims Bayou area of Houston they had a problem sooner " he s tid on thursday morning. Natural Gas from the fourth damaged line a 12-Inch-diameter conduit owned by Valero Energy corp., appeared to be dissipating instead of burning company spokesman Keith Booke said. The broken pipelines were believed Tobe about two Miles North of the inter state 10 Bridge near the Mouth of the san Jacinto. The River empties into the Houston bib Channel which in  drains into Galveston Bay. The 25-mile-Long Channel has been closed to traffic since tuesday because of the excessive currents from Rushing floodwaters. State officials ordered shutdowns of All pipelines under the River though the remnants in the ruptured lines accounted for the spillage. T the immediate Houston area was dry ing out saturday from flooding that began with the Onset of rain a week ago. But the Runoff continued to plague coun ties East and Southwest of the nation fourth largest City. The red Cross had 44 shelters operating in 33 Southeast Texas counties the Agency estimated it had housed nearly11,000 families. Thirty three counties were declare Federal disaster areas