European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 7, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse 1985 the stars and stripes Page 7 16year desegregation fight in May end Baltimore a a tentative agreement Between Maryland and the Federal government to desegregate the states Public colleges and universities could end one of the longest running such disputes in the the five year plan to end the 16yearold Case was worked out Over months of negotiations Between state higher education officials and the office of civil rights of the department of the sunday Baltimore Sun what remains is working out the Legal aspects Between our lawyers and said Sheldon state commissioner for higher under the the state must increase White enrol ment at traditionally Black colleges from 9 percent in the base year of 1982 to 19 percent in 1989 and Black enrol ment at traditionally White colleges from 11 percent to 15 according to the the plan also commits the state to enhancing academic offerings at the states four historically Black state ins Titu Coppin and Bowie state Morgan state University and the University of Maryland Eastern the agreement Calls for 25 new academic programs at the four colleges by 1989 and provides million to those schools Over the four the state also must establish three teacher education centers by 1988 to attract students of both the Sun we tried to be Knorr we didst want to take Blacks out of the historically Black colleges and leave them weaker and the Case dates Back to 1969 when the office of civil rights informed Maryland and nine other states that they needed to eliminate dual systems of Public higher Educa the a act Legal defense fund later sued the and then the Federal government began proceedings to Cut off nearly million in the Federal action was halted in 1976 when District judge Edward Northrop granted a preliminary injunction which has been in effect for nine years while the state schools have operated under plans not sanctioned by the Federal reaction to the tentative agreement included Praise and the state commitment to help Black colleges will be very said Calvin president of cop pin state were in the process of trying to develop a strategy for increasing White i think we can make one of weaknesses of the plan is a severely inadequate financial Aid system in this state that impedes needy Stu dents from achieving a College said state Delegate Howard who has been involved in desegregation matters for Many operation can restore lost voices Indianapolis a the precious gift of speech will come Back to Virginia Lacey this week in the form of a plastic and rubber device implanted in her for the first time since cancer took her or voice in of will be Able to talk without electronic soon after losing her Lacey wrote of her life without speech not inferiority though the device itself is surgeons say the procedures necessary to implant it could Cost As much As but Lacey Bill will be paid by a new Institute and its who Hope to restore the voices of eight indigent patients this a widow living on social is one of More than americans who have had their Laryn xes removed during surgery for cancer of the the Larynx is a Small Box of cartilage atop the or it contains the vocal which vibrate under air pressure to produce the sounds of because the operation requires cutting into the surgeons leave a Hole in the Throat so a patient can Lacey will receive her voice Back As a gift from the head and neck cancer rehabilitation it was established by Eric a speech pathologist who devel oped the voice prosthesis in and his Mark Singer and Ronald with the help of donations from former an Indianapolis hos Pital and a medical Supply one of its goals is restoring speech to people unable to pay for the Blom before Blom and Singer developed their Throat cancer patients had two options for speaking again using an electrical device held against the Throat to pro Duce vibrations or learning to Swallow air and speak by burping the air up through the god is with me a photo Eric Blom and Virginia Lacey inexpensive prosthesis restores a persons voice aids not a Gay preacher says Blom and singers lightweight prosthesis is about 2 inches Long and is inserted in the Throat in the Hole left by the the prosthesis includes a one Way valve that allows air to be forced upward into the but closes to prevent food and liquid from getting into the the device needs to be surgically implanted just but several times a year it requires that is done in a fitting in a doctors office without further Blom and Singer have restored the voices of about 400 patients by using other clinics and hospitals also perform the proce the device allows a patient to speak in a hoarse the Quality of the voice varies with the individual and depends on the size and resonance of the persons said the device is manufactured by a division of the american Hospital Supply which has agreed to give a lifetime Supply to patients aided by the Blom he said the Institute has raised about in its first but needs the whole thing May fall he we dont know if we Are going to be Able to raise the Money to he said the Institute has enough Money to pay indigent patients air fare to and from where methodist Hospi Tal has agreed to provide free Hospital Singer and Hamaker also donate their surgical and therapy the Institute also plans to provide a annual Grant for research in head and neck and five scholarships for clinicians to learn More about voice Restora Blom in an Indianapolis Hospital last week after the first step of the prosthesis procedure was smiled easily As Blom described what he would do during the fitting Blom asked her Why she wanted the operation using the electric voice Box Shes been Lacey to get rid of leaping Deer kills Santa up is not abandoning aids victims or punish ing homosexuals by giving them the deadly but rather is with them in their a Gay Clergyman told an episcopal Church the Steve of the mostly Gay metropolitan Community Church in los told More than 300 people at an Episcopalian mass for aids Vic Tims that his Battle to Deal with the Dis order has strengthened his Confidence in gods rather than feel deserted by i have never been More sure of god s love for said who suffers from acquired immune deficiency god did not give me this god is with me in this Pieters speech brought tears to the eyes of Many in the predominantly Young male he expressed optimism that religious Faith and the Solidarity of the homosexual Community will ultimately Triumph Over i have never been More proud of being he even a deadly disease like aids cannot kill the Pride i have in my in a very real sense i am experienc ing a peace that surpasses All understand god is greater than the led by Gay author and civil rights activist the Malcolm also featured a mass performed by the Gay mens chorus of los Angeles and a speech by mayor Valerie Terrigno of West the country first City with a predominantly homosexual City Terrigno said no homosexuals must accept the fact that aids exists and realize that Are vulnerable to the which strikes mostly homosexual it is not easy to see a Man we love waste away and but we need to know them and know that the plague that afflicts them afflicts us Terrigno it is not a curse or a but a disease that can affect charges to be dropped Stockholm a a prosecutor has announced that the government will drop tax fraud charges against Sweden first artificial heart Leif the fourth person in the world to receive a permanent artificial was charged with tax fraud seven years a a Man Cruis ing the Merritt Parkway on his motorcycle was killed Early sunday when a Deer leap ing Over a Fence landed on his state police Harold of who would have been 40 on was Able to keep his motorcycle upright for about 300 feet before it said state police dispatcher Sandra she said the Accident occurred along a Section of the Highway where Woods Are separated from the Roadway below by a the Deer leaped out of the Woods Over the Fence and landed on top of the Motorc Zaccagnini asked How police knew the Deer landed on the she the people who investigated could Tell from the Way both of them were the Deer also was killed in the 5 she
