European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 23, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 2 the stars and stripes sunday october 23,1994 at glance Texas Richards George w. Bush Texas gov. Ann Richards said George a. Bush does t have the resume to Back up his claims while the Republican challenger accused her of avoiding the real issues. Sec 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 ". Page4 a act Chavis Settle the a act and former executive director Benjamin Chavis settled their dispute Over his firing a -. Pages. Battling cancer a discovery that May rank among the most important advances against cancer in recent decades was announced by Boston researchers. 7 Clinton wants change president Clinton will ask lawmakers next year to revise the War pow ers Resolution. 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 n 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 twas Ever used. They be Only found a few dozen veterans among the 700,000 Menand 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 hews 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 off 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 and irritability. I can t work i can t stay awake. 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 an 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. The 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 twas 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 diagnose 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 req troops begin Micinac is in Haiti port a Prince Haiti troops from As far off As Bangladesh and As near As Jamaica Haye begun taking Over duties from american troops in Haiti As the . Command steadily draws 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 dreams maj. Gen. David c. Meade . Ground forces commander said Fri Day. \ r special in. Envoy Lakhdar Brahimi is scheduled to come to Haiti today to As sess the operation. His report to could help determine when the Haiti Force changes from . To multinational command a move expected by the 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. A Bob Murphy carries a wet chair from a Home in the Sims Bayou area of Houston on thursday morning. Havoc from Page 1 ties have been declared Federal disaster areas. " a. Floodwaters receded in most places Fri Day although the town of Liberty about 35 / Miles East of Houston remained inn detect because of levee failures thursday More than 3vi inches of rain fell in dal Las on Friday briefly knocking out electricity to 1,400 people and triggering some flooding. " More than a dozen cars were submerged up to their roofs in some suburbs. In the suburb of Balch Springs an 11-year-old bodied after falling into Ari uncovered Man Hole while playing in a flooded Street. In nearby Southeast Dallas a 35-year-Oldwoman was missing saturday after she slipped into a rain filled drainage ditch while walking to a Day care Center to pick up her son. Two colonial pipeline co. Pipelines buried under the san River ruptured thursday spilling gasoline and diesel fuel. Tremendous explosions sent flames racing Clown the River about 120 people suffered minor injuries. The coast guard had suspected that the Texaco line was leaking with the others thursday but could not confirm the break for a Day. Texaco spokesman Mari Pat Sexton said that the company had a hard time deter mining if its 20-Inch-diameter Oil line was leaking because of the fire and the flood ing. She also said the Oil pipeline had been Idle for weeks preventing pressure gauges from detecting the leak. Although Friday s spill left some water logged Homes near the River awash in Oil some were More worried about wildlife. Crude Oil is very damaging to any environment said Gary Woods president of the Houston Audubon society. If Birds or animals get in it they Are in the red Cross had 44 shelters operating in 33 Southeast Texas counties. The Agency estimated it had housed nearly 11,000fami lies. Also saturday mourners filed into a school gymnasium in Anderson 50 nines Northwest of Houston for funeral services for an 8-year-old boy and his 5-year-old Sis Ter who drowned when raging floodwaters separated them from their Mother s grasp. Put. 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. V i in r i
