European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 04, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes wednesday May 4, 1977 emotional scenes Mark Public Fra hearing on controversial laetrile no Gas stops for her the Energy shortage real or fancied holds no terrors for Nancy Malan of Washington d.c., As she pedals her non Gai Gatling bicycle past a Bill Board with an Energy conservation menage. Associated press photo a Mckuen claims Bryant is spreading bigotry1 Miami a Singer poet Rod Mckuen joined the growing Dade county homosexual rights controversy monday criticizing Singer Anita Bryant As a kind of Ginny Orange seed spreading bigotry throughout the land and announcing ascribes of Benefit concert around the state. I would ask those who May listen to Anita Bryant when Are people going to Stop taking it upon themselves to be police men " Mckuen said. I am not interest Din is. Bryant s personal life and i am con Vinced that there arc More constructive things for her to do than to infringe on the privacy of individual american  Bryant spokeswoman for Florida Citrus Industry formed a group called save our children that gathered enough signatures in a petition Campaign to Force the Oade county commission to Call a Spe Cial june 7 election on the homosexual rights Law it passed earlier this year. The measure prohibits discrimination against homosexuals in housing and  cancelled to Campaign Mckuen. Whose songs include love been Good to  seasons in the Sun and Jean said at a news conference that he has cancelled several appearances out Side Florida in order to Campaign around the state. The first Benefit is scheduled for tuesday night in Miami with proceed going to the county s Gay coalition. The coalition is raising Money to support the homosexual rights  the Specter of chairperson Bryant astride a galloping White horse As a kind of Ginny Orange seed spreading bigotry throughout the land is certainly theatrical enough the woman is dangerous Mckuen  she continues to mount her crusade i intend to Call upon every comedian Friend i know to have so Many jokes go fort about her throughout the land that she will be a laughing Stock such As this country has never seen before he added. He cited a Miami Magazine interview i which Bryant was quoted As attributing a drought in California to the fact that sever Al cities there had passed homosexual rights , asked if he was a homosexual said i be been attracted to men and i Veblen attracted to women. I have a 16-year old son. You put a Label  added. This is not an Issue of sexuality it is an Issue of human  our children spokesman Mike Thompson called Mckunn s comments a hysterical outburst and an attack on Judaism and  or. Mckuen and his fellow per verts do in privacy is their business Thompson said. What their fellow homosexuals would do in our children s class rooms is our  called Mckuen an out of town car  Kansas City. To. A an emotion Al Public hearing on the alleged cancer treatment laetrile opened monday with proponents calling the hearing a Kanga Roo court and a psychiatrist testifying that the use of the substance was  40 persons were scheduled to testify at the hearing being held by the Federal food and drug administration. The . 10th court of appeals ordered the hearing on behalf of a cancer patient seeking to obtain the  known As Amygdalia and Vitamin b-17, laetrile occurs naturally in the pits of apricots peaches and bitter almonds. It has been promoted As a cancer cure for about 25  has passed no Law against Apricot pits said Michael l. Culbert of Oakland calif., a spokesman for an organization called committee for Freedom of Choice in cancer therapy. Although thesis a Kangaroo court we want the record to show we were  audience participation about 190 people most of them support ers of the substance attended the opening session in the grand ballroom of the Kadis son Muehlebach hotel applauding and cheering those they agreed with and jeer ing opponents of  of those who spoke against the use of laetrile was or. Samuel c. Klagsbrun a psychiatrist at St. Luke s Hospital in Newyork. The hoax of laetrile is being sold to you the Public in an extremely powerful insidious manner he said because of the emotional aspect of this experience he said. I know about cancer arid death Athirst hand. That s my work. I treat people who Are looking for magical cures. It is suicide we re talking  applauded the audience did not agree with Klags Brun and applauded such witnesses Sdavid h. Ball of Ferguson mo., a 76-year old retired chiropractor who testified head been cured of cancer of both breasts by laetrile treatment. I am a cancer victim who has been cured Ball said. Or. John Jennings associate Fra com missioner for medical affairs conducted the hearing which is expected to last through tuesday. We re not attempting to reach a final conclusion on the safety and Efficacy of laetrile Jennings said. The purpose of the hearing is to compile a record of the available evidence about the  Fra says it has found no evidence to support claims that laetrile can cure or prevent cancer. Proponents claim laetrile is not a drug but a Vitamin and should not be subject to Federal drug  substance cannot be sold legally in the ., but is permitted in 26 other coun tries and is smuggled in from Mexico and Canada. Alaska recently legalized its use. However and the state legislature in Indi Ana last saturday overrode a veto by  Bowen. A doctor on a Bill permitting use of  Florida legislature on monday passed a Bill that would permit the use of laetrile and gov. Reubin Askew has said he would sign it. Schools bar kids without measles shot los Angeles a school officials in the nation s most populous count barred thousands of students from class monday because they had t received measles  re not going to be permitted in class. They re not going to be permitted to mingle with the other students said Marie wok spokeswoman for the los an Geles City unified school District second Only to new York in the number of pupils  were not permitted to attend class without proof of having been vaccinated against 10-Day Rubeola measles which health officials say has reached Epi Demic proportions in los Angeles county. At least two deaths and five cases of encephalitis have been blamed on the Mea Sles. 2,300 cases reported officials say 2,300 measles cases have been reported half affecting  number of measles cases were up nationwide meanwhile. Or. Walter Oren Stein measles epidemiologist at the Feder Al Center for disease control at Atlanta said there was a 62 per cent increase in the number of measles cases reported last year Over 1975, and that the increase was continuing into this year. He said 23,039 cases of measles have been reported nationwide As of april 23, compared with 16,492 cases in the Sam period last year. In los Angeles. Wilk said we started out Friday with 34,000 in noncompliance so we would estimate that several thou Sand would be kept away from class. In our District alone we have More than 600,000  the county has 82 school systems and roughly 1.4 million students. Thousands of children and their Parent stood in lines up to three Miles Long during the weekend and about 35,000 children Goethe shots to enable them to go to class under the county imposed deadline. Calif us be 82, ordered retired san Francisco a a special court tribunal monday ordered the retire ment of 82-year-old associate Justice mar shall f. Mccomb from the Californi supreme court the first such action in state , who had fought against forced retirement was accused by fellow justices of falling asleep during trials and neglect Inglis  seven member panel of state court of Appeal justices said it concurred wit findings of the commission on judicial performance that Mccomb is suffering from senile dementia that seriously interferes with the performance of his Judi Cial duties and that the disability is or is Likely to become  however the tribunal said the commis Sion s findings of wilful and persistent failure to perform judicial duties were not supported by the record and that no cause for discipline exists through conduct prejudicial to the administration of Justice which brings the judicial office into  by being retired instead of remove from the Bench Mccomb gets to keep his pension. Mccomb had denied All allegations bythe commission on judicial performance which included charges of falling asleep on the Bench doing exercises in court an being absent. He also claimed that the commission had no jurisdiction and that the proceed Ings were unconstitutional. The tribunal answered Mccomb s Chal Lenges Section by Section. First it rejected his claim that the special tribunal had no authority to determine his future. It said the constitutional amendment approved by California voters last novem Ber which provided for setting up such tribunal was merely a procedural change As distinguished from a substantive jaw change which would adversely affect Mccomb s rights. It also rejected his Contention that impeachment was the Only constitutional Way he could be removed from his Post