European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 21, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 6 the stars and stripes August 1985 Hollywood worries about aids in Wake of Hudson admission Hollywood up Rock Hudson Public and i that he is an aids victim has created a whirlwind of dread and suspicion in it is topic a at on movie and to in restau rants and wherever Industry workers from stars to stagehands meet to work or not until Hudson went Public last month with the news that he is suffering from acquired immune deficiency syn drome did the entertainment Community become deeply concerned by the proximity of the deadly disease who is a patient at the Urcla medical Center treatment area for aids has been visited by a number of Hollywood including entertainers Juliet sch Zaboth Carol Burnett and Claire tre Hudson s Dale said the actor has who co starred with Hudson in giant in 1956 Hryc m mics but requests for interviews from the Media Are routinely dozens of Floral arrangements sent to Hudson have been Given to other two Large sacks of mail have not been much less answered Hospital authorities arc guarded about his condition he is listed As because aids primarily affects the homosexual com there has been understandable concern among homosexuals who work in movie and to production in front of the cameras or behind them and related Fields but the straight Community has become As much or More concerned about the increasing number of heterosexual men and women falling victim to the virulent and highly communicable creating anti homosexual Bias and prejudice among formerly Friendly one Urcla department head who had seen significant Progress in their acceptance by straight society m the past few fear the aids epidemic will set Back the cause and make matters worse than they Ever were he expressed fear if a Strong schism arises be tween straight and homosexual prejudice of dangerous proportions could it could Lead to ant Gay demonstrations and he like most concerned individuals discussing the the who predicted the aids disaster two years asked that his name not be it was the same with one of Hollywood most Romi nent who said Hudson failure to Tell his co workers that he had aids did everyone a per haps despite City Council action to ban discriminatory Hir ing practices and other manifestations of anti homosexual there is growing fear among straights of Contact with although medical authorities say sexual activity is the primary Means of spreading the All the straights Are talking about avoiding restaurants employing homosexual waiters or Kitchen individuals with homosexual friends Are thinking twice about sipping drinks from the same Glass or kissing or otherwise coming into physical Contact with parachutists plan scale Sears when jump w i Nicholas Feteris talks to reporters after his a photo Chicago up a 24yearold australian Butch or s attempt to scale the Sears Tower and Parachute from the top was foiled monday by who arrested the Man outside the worlds tallest building it would be tremendous to jump off the Nicho Las Feteris said after his maybe would let me do it Why dont i ask them heteros of Al was arrested and charged criminal trespass when he returned to the 110 Story building after being told to leave the he was released on Bond later after being to duo appear tuesday in Misdemeanour court two of Feteris Kenneth Rick and Jeanette is Walki talkies and wearing dark police said vol Ftp a jump from the top would involve a free fall of roughly 800 feet before the Chute opened about 700 feet above the pavement Feteris was arrested just before 3 when he was discovered hiding in front of the Tower guards Hen spotted his accomplices police add no that one Parachute also was the three had been told to leave the area moments when Security guards heard Feteris tapping the windows on the Side of the police speculated that Feteris was testing the thickness of the Glass to determine whether it would hold his is As he climbed the Side of the building 8 5 nuclear workers splashed with contaminated water a five workers at the Munct c reactor on the Hanford nuclear reservation splashed with contaminated but the exposure a unc nuclear industries spokeswoman said the workers were contaminated when water surged in Hose they were using to Wash a storage Basin in the splashing them with particles from the basins the spokeswoman the workers were decontaminated by showering after the incident and then returned to she none of the workers received radiation exposure of More than one on Hundredth that allowed by the depart ment of Energy in its Federal occupational exposure guide she 5 c judge denies Dotson plea for new trial on rape charge Chicago a a judge has denied Gary Dotson request for a new trial to Clear himself of a rape Charee he was convicted of six years ago but which his accuser later said never Cook county circuit judge Richard Fitzgerald re turned his decision after a hearing in which a prosecutor said the criminal Justice system has already turned somersaults for Gary Fitzgerald said he based his decision on an examination of the original trial records and hearings before circuit judge Richard Samuels in which Dotson was denied an acquittal this prosecutor under investigation in handling of child abuse cases i a Minnesota attorney Gener Al Hubert Humphrey said his office began looking into the possible removal of a local prosecutor in one Day after she dismissed charges against 21 adults accused of child sexual testifying before a commission that will de cide whether Scott county attorney Kathleen Morris should be ousted for her handling of the Jordan sex abuse said news reports and Public outcry led him to begin the 6 a memo responding to Humphreys questions was dated 16 the Day after Morris dropped the charges and two Days before she came to Humphreys office seeking help with the v we were receiving questions and Calls from the pub Humphrey that memo May have been in Tion Why a grand jury int investigate Illinois governor announces he plans to seek fourth term Thop Ringfield do up Republican James inborn son has announced he will seek a fourth term As ending months of speculation about his political of intend candidate for reelection to the office h Illnois in the March 1986 primary elec Thompson and i intend to ask George Ryan to be my running democratic attorney general Neil Hartigan plans to Zornan a announcement on his candidacy for the governorship next Uii ins Canuti Jacv for in i next court inundated with three mile Island suits a More than six years after three mile Island became known for the worst commercial nuclear area residents Are going to court in claiming health problems from cancer to the number of lawsuits filed this year has climbed to Well Over More than 100 were registered last week theres no Point in counting county judge William Lipsitt he counted to and then i gave the deluge of suits apparently was Trie pc in injury ass first years after the j 979 Accident Jed to at least 9 million in even though the Plant did not admit since those the court has been swamped by new Persona injury claims against the plants general Public and other to related the suits blame the in which some nuclear fuel melted in the Tim unit 2 for causing emotional problems As Well As physical lawyers say millions of dollars is at stake m the although the plaintiffs do not say specifically How much Money they Are seeking in More according to some is the possibility that court trials will shed some Light on the question of what might be the accidents effect on the health of area the monetary reasons dont really enter Herman also filed suit i k he a Klee said a doctor told him in 1983 he was loaded with its All through your 1 just figured something went wrong officials say studies show the Acri plaintiffs claim the Accident caused or increased the risk of hair Early tutors and birth one plaintiff said she has acquired immune deficiency a fatal disease known As aids that mostly strikes homosexual men and is apparently spread by sexual but one official from an insurance com Pany representing the Plant said it gets a Little ridiculous to claim All those ailments were caused by the the first trials would not occur until at least next Lipsitt he is to become a senior judge in Jan meaning that he will retire but still help the i could be a senior judge and work on the Tim cases for the next 10 he
