European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 9, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page g stateside the stars and stripes May 1985 a stars Star a photo comedian Dom Cluise polishes his Star on the Holly Wood walk of Fame after it was unveiled in a nighttime it was Only the second time a stars Star was unveiled after Texas Candy Salesman arrested in9 Chari Money Cedar Texas a a Candy sales represent tic who police say pocketed at least collected by Dallas area students trying to raise Money for Charity at Christmas has been charged with felony authorities say the amount missing May be As High As Brad of a sales representative Tor Cherrydale Candy farms of was arrested near his Cedar Hill police Phil Hambrick he was charged with third degree felony and was released after posting police say Bradford collected Money from students who made Doort door Candy sales for Charity and school projects and deposited it in his own sterile me flies released in bid to control pest in Florida Miami up five million sterile Mediterranean fruit Hies were released in an Effort to control an infestation of the pests that could threaten Florida billion Dollar Citrus the release Over dad county marked the first use of sterile me flies in entomologists believe it will prevent reproduction by Fertile female officials plan to drop 5 million to 8 million me flies six Days a week Over the next 10 weeks three times the expected life Span of the the biological approach was used successfully to eradicate the pest in there is a great Deal of optimism that this will be a Florida agriculture commissioner Doyle con Ner told House passes Bill phasing out import Export duties Washington up the House on tuesday unanimously approved phasing out All duties on All imports and exports Between Israel and the United creating the first ire Elradie agreement for the United the which now goes to the would put into effect an agreement negotiated by the two countries and signed by president Reagan on april the plan commits both governments to phase out duties on All products within 10 some duties will be eliminated while others will be eliminated in three stages before exiting duties would be for certain products until the two governments can agree on a plan to eliminate those duties without harming Domestic Wallet sized card can hold 800 pages of medical history Baltimore a a Wallet sized card that can store rays and up to 800 pages of medical devel oped by a 19yearold computer consultant with the states largest health insurer and two College was unveiled monday by Blue Cross and Blue shield of Mary the life card stores information on a laser optic Mem Ory strip similar to those on the Back of Bank about the size of a credit it resembles an Ordinary health Benefit it will enable a doctor to gain Access to specific facts about patients without looking through their entire medical said Douglas who helped develop the Blue Cross and Blue shield subscribers will receive the which Cost the company about free of the company Becker is senior management consultant for health management systems the Maryland Blue Cross and Blue shield subsidiary created to develop the life card whose interest in computers began As a Hobby graduated from Baltimore oilman High school in 1984 and was accepted by the University of the school granted him a deferral after the idea for the life card system was accepted by Blue Cross and Blue shield of he was hired to develop the although Blue Cross and Blue shield had discussed the idea with doctors and hospitals during the past several years Becker we believe it literally will revolutionize the administration of health said Thomas an executive vice president of Blue Cross and Blue shield of Maryland and the chairman of health management svs the life card will save it will save Money More it will save Sherlock said at a news rays and results of electrocardiograms will be Amone the data the memory strip can the insurer will use another the Columbia medical to test the life card beginning in novem members of the Columbia plan will provide Benefit information and medical history which will be stored on each along with the photograph and signature of the Maryland Blue Cross and Blue shield expects the card to be in use by All its million members within the next two the company the life card system could be made Avail Able to Blue Cross and Blue shield companies nationwide Sherlock a personal computer and life card system software can be used to retrieve and update data on the card hospitals will be Able to Purchase the software Froni Maryland Blue Cross and Blue shield for about 000 the company Security Access codes have been built into the software to protect cardholders personal Becker Blue Cross and Blue shield of Maryland is a nonprofit but the life card system is expected to be a profit making venture for its has a spokes Man for the insurer Man who was denied Job because of obesity wins fight a i d a Viv twi f a a woman who spent 11 years single Anderly battling Xerox after it refused to hire her because she was obese won her Case tuesday in the states highest the court of appeals ruled 51 that the based in had no right to deny Catherine Mcdermott a Job As a systems analyst in 1974 on the grounds that a company physician diagnosed her Over weight condition As Gross we have found nothing in the state human rights statute or its legislative history indicating a legislative intent to permit employers to refuse to hire persons who Are Able to do the Job simply because they have a possibly treatable condition of excessive chief judge sol Wachtler wrote for the the state human rights Law prohibits employers from Rei using to employ people with i  believe i would have but its like Yogi Berra its not Over until its you know said of Staten she had pursued her Case through the courts without the Aid of a in Mcdermott was offered a Job As a systems analyst in Xerox Rochester if she passed a physical at the Mcdermott was 56 years 5 feet 6 inches and weighed 249 on she was told she had not passed the jury awards former insurance company fired Man Boston a a jury has awarded to a Lormer Prudential insurance executive who was fired from his Job after he spoke out against the sexual harassment of female Raymond who was a vice president at the com Pany s Northeast regional office in sued for breach of contract alleging that his career had suffered after he criticized the demeaning Way male employees treated their Lemale olins attorney David said company officials compiled a secret dossier of complaints1 against Olin after he spoke out about sexual the jury of five women and one Man returned the ver dict Friday to District judge Bailey and she was later informed that she failed solely because of her according to court the company s physician had concluded that her obesity posed a risk to shorthand Lon term disability and life insurance Mcdermott argued that she had always been Over weight but that it haunt prevented her from performing any task or including raising five children who were under age 10 when her husband Mcdermott said she didst know what amount of Money she might receive for Back pay and other benefits As a result of tuesdays As the Case climbed its Way up the she said the company had made a of escalating settlement offers starting with and reaching in March just before the Case was argued in the court of Marshall counsel for the said he could t comment on what settlement offers were it 1  have taken said the was i was trying to get a tuesdays ruling upheld an earlier decision by the appellate division of the state supreme it had concluded while Mcdermott had a disability of she executive for protesting sex harassment olins at the company started after a group of female employees called a meeting to that they were the target of obscene jokes and physical harassment by male the rec w0rking under him to any harassment that Olin was fired for his views ment it his management and Hyde fired in March 98 1 was out of work for n f now earns a As an official of Itan insurance in los