European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 9, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                An air Force officer is treated for symptoms of heat exhaustion during deployment in the saudi arabian desert. Anything new on persian Gulf syndrome by Cox news service q is the cause of persian Gulf syndrome still a mystery is the military giving any attention to the possibility that syndrome could affect the troops Over there this time the National institutes of health concluded in april that something did indeed sicken at least 20,000 men and women who participated in desert storm but could not pinpoint a cause the Best theory is that it was caused by a combination of stress chemicals and parasites. Quot this time around the Pentagon sent medical monitors to watch for signs of the mystery ailment. Quot this is the time to think about preventive  and we want to maintain surveillance of the troops said or. Gareth Green chairman of the Nih panel. Quot we want to pick up any symptom in the Early stages and track it  a a i received a letter from the Federal records service corp. Saying that for a fee it would do the paperwork to get my Newborn a social Security card. Is this legitimate at it is but Why pay them to do it you could save yourself some Money and you Are going to have to fill out some paperwork anyway. Just Contact a social Security office or Call 800 772-1213. A social Security administration spokeswoman assured us it s not a very difficult proposition. Q t has any president Eyer been denied the nomination of his party for a second term at five. Only one Franklin Pierce was elected once and then denied the nomination. The rest John Tyler Millard Filmore Andrew Johnson and Chester Arthur took Over from a  Diean office and then were not nominated 111 heard that president Clinton had signed an executive order while in California stating that any student bringing a weapon into a school would be sentenced automatically to a year in prison. Is that True you re partly right. Clinton was in Sacramento Calif and he did sign an executive order relating to students bringing guns into schools. Quot the president had sighed a Bill several Days before going to California that was part of the Zero Tole nce Effort Quot said Jessamyn Sarmiento of the White House office of Media affaire. Quot if the school involved does not expel the student for a year As required the executive order gives the Secretary of education the capability to withhold funds from the state. It s sort of like withholding Money from a state that does t enforce seat Belt  the penalty is expulsion from school for a year not prison Sarmiento said. What s the significance of wearing coloured ribbons to promote awareness of different causes what do the ribbons represent. A the yellow ribbon worn to signify the Hope of a Safe return for someone in peril is believed to be the Mother of ail awareness ribbons. Red ribbons were adopted several years ago to remind people of the fight a against aids purple ribbons Call attention to worldwide famine. Often worn by african american celebrities purple ribbons also have been adopted in an awareness Campaign against Urban violence. Other colors1 and causes include Blue for child abuse awareness Pink for breast cancer research and Green for Protection of endangered rain forests. A shifting Sand y in last week s column a Reader inspired by the pcs series baseball inquired about the whereabouts of former los Angeles dodgers Pitcher Sandy Koufax. We had to admit defeat despite tracking Down several leads. Several readers responded so we re Happy to Tell you that Koufax lives in Florida. Or is it California or North Carolina or. A Quot Sandy Koufax lives in Vero Beach Fla. Where the dodgers have Spring training Quot said Brent Wallace of Woodstock a. Quot i m from there and my parents arid two Brothers live there. I believe Koufax lives in the moorings. He s frequently seen jogging along a1a.&Quot a Quot Sandy Koufax lives in Atascadero  said John Dobrinsky of Roswell a. Quot i know. Because i moved Here from there and i be seen him. Around the Bank and in other  a a caller who did t leave his. Name said Quot Koufax lives in Southern Pines n.c., where he has a horse farm and is a member of a club called Pine Needles resort. I was up there in september and was told he lives there year  v a and according to Greg Murray of Marietta �a., Koufax lives in Australia. Quot ask Don Sutton Quot he said. Do you have a question about the news ask it. And he Allan a Roumal cons dilution will try to Fin the answer and publish it in this column. While a amp a on the n own Box 4689. Atlanta 30302, Sandy Koufax at Don Drysdale s funeral in 1993.short subject excess military bases Are going Hollywood a. By John Horn the associated pres the new recruits at treasure Island naval station in san Francisco Bay sport ponytails arid faded Blue jeans not Crew cuts and dress Whites. Their Fleet includes bows posh dressing trailers and lighting equipment trucks rather than nuclear submarines of combat ready battleships. \ captains ensigns and chief Petty officers have Given Way to producers costume designers and Dolly grips. Like scores of Basea across the country treasure Island which is to close by 1997, is winding Down operations. As the armed services Retreat from there and other bases Hollywood Crews Are marching in turning mothballed hangars into vast sound stages for multimillion Dollar productions. The two cavernous hangars at treasure Island once housed a 1939 International exposition and sheltered pan am a huge Clipper air planes. These Days construction Crews inside hangar 2 Are constructing an entire 8,000-Square-foot apartment and a police station for the san Francisco murder mystery copycat starring Sigourney Weaver and Holly Hunter. Over in nearby building 180, nails Are being pounded for the oversized sets of the Disney film James and the giant peach a Stop motion animation film Akin to the Nightmare before Christmas. V at Sand Point naval base in Seattle the u coming Fox network show Medicine Ball has constructed a Complete Hospital set incl Dirig emergency room and operating theater inside a building once shared by Marine reserves and the coast guard. Two years ago sleepless in Seattle re created the Empire state building s top two floors inside another Sand Point hangar the futuristic thriller species starring Ben Kingsley called for a High tech facility in the Middle of the desert. So the production will spend a few Days filming at the Tooele army depot outside Salt Lake City. / the defense department in years past. Granted filmmakers very limited Access to its facilities. Only the most Rah Rah scripts were approved and the government would pull the plug on any Effort such As televisions Supe Carriet that dared not to be obsequious. Movies and to shows not at All about the military were shown the door. As More and More bases either close or Are downsized the department of defense has been changing its policy. Military related stories still must past Muster to film on Active or closing bases but nonmilitary films now Are welcomed to closing or shrinking bases. Facilities Are not limited to hangars and can include grocery stores offices Bowling alleys and Homes. The policy shift Means both Urban and Remote locales May now accommodate productions that once a pumped them. Treasure Island a sprawling waterfront Complex which sits Halfway Between san Francisco and Oakland with easy Access from the Bay Bridge quickly has proved itself a nearly Ideal movie venue. Nearby is Hunters Point shipyard a closed base near candlestick Park that is also being used in the filming of James and the giant peach. Quot location Wise you could t ask for a better place lorrae Rominger of the san Francisco him commission said of the two Sites. It16 a military downsizing is not just affecting military bases. A Large Plant operated by defense contractor general dynamics recently closed its doors in South Carolina it Snow housing the production for die hard 3. The stars and stripes k wednesday november 9,1994