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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 14, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday november 14, 1985 the stars and stripes Page 5 suit says Hudson did t Tell Lover he had aids   a a nun who says he was Rock Hudson s Lover in the last years of inc actor s life sued his is Lac for Sio million tuesday claiming that Hudson repeatedly had sex with him while conceal ing the fact he had aids he asked Rock and Rock denied he had it attorney Marvin Mitchelson said at a news conference As the 31-year-old Plain Tiff. Marc Christian sat by silently. The suit alleges bodily injury mental suffering and damages for fraud and deceit against executor Wallace shift Secretary Mark Miller and an unspecified number of doctors. It says they All conspired to hide the actor s affliction from Christian. A woman who identified herself As a Secretary in shift s new York City office said he was gone for the Day tuesday. Dale Olson who had been Hudson s spokesman before the actor died said he would relay a request for comment to Miller about the Superior court lawsuit. Tested for aids Mitchelson said Christian lived with Hudson for 2 i years and was flown to Paris for aids testing last summer w hic the dying 59-year-old actor was hospitalized there. Or. Christian did go to Paris and was examined by doctors there Mitchelson said. Their finding was he did not have the antibodies yet. Their diagnosis was he had to be monitored on a regular  but Mitchelson s suit says it is Proba ble that claimant has contracted aids from  Hudson died at Home oct. 2 of complications from aids. Mitchelson said Christian has love let ters from Hudson that would be brought to court As evidence of their relationship. Marc Christian left and his attorney Marvin Milch Lson discuss suit in los Angeles. Mitchelson said the actor insisted to Christian that he was suffering from Ano Rexia and was purposely trying to lose weight but was not suffering from acquired immune deficiency syndrome. This is the most unpleasant lawsuit i be Ever been involved in said the celeb Rity attorney. There s nothing glamorous about it. It s a  Mitchelson said Christian first Consul Ted him three months ago indicating he was considering a suit before Hudson died. The attorney called the suit the first in the nation to Deal with the subject of aids. The key Issue be said is whether Hudson s doctors had a duty to Tell Chris Tian he was being exposed to the disease by engaging in sex. Certainly they have a duty not to hide it Mitchelson said. He did t name the doctors accused in the lawsuit saying he would identify them once he knows How much they knew. The lawsuit said Hudson Learned of his affliction in june 1984, but Mitchelson said the actor continued to have sex with Christian through february i9k5. He said Christian did t learn of the illness until it was announced on the radio in july i9h5. Mitchelson speculated Hudson might have feared a loss of reputation if he told Chris Tian. Asked Christian s reaction. Milch Lson replied. Anger hurl astonishment that someone so close would t Tell him and would carry on an intimate relationship for months  Mitchelson said Christian had sex with no one else during that period. He also said there was no Way Hudson could have contracted aids from Christian because Christian tested negatively for aids anti bodies. However he declined to comment on whether Christian had remained Celi Bate since Hudson died and would t com ment on whether Hudson had been Faith Ful to Christian. In the suit and in a separate Sio million claim Christian contends he lives in extreme fear that at any moment he will receive a death sentence of aids. 10 Days wait Mitchelson said the so palate actions were filed because the claim not actually a lawsuit requires 10 Days waiting time before the estate accepts or rejects it. There is no known cure for aids a  that cripples the body s immune system and leaves its victims vulnerable to infections and other diseases including cancers. Hudson s will filed Early this month placed no Dollar amount on his estate say ing Only that it is valued at More than $10,000. The document left nearly every thing Hudson owned to a Trust fund he established 11 years ago. Star wars producer sues Over term s use in ski ads Washington a George Lucas the producer of the Star wars films has filed suit to prohibit the use of the name in commercials for president Reagan s proposed defense system to destroy soviet missiles be fore they reach the United slates. Lucas film ltd., the company founded in 1975 by Lucas wants the coalition for the strategic defense initiative the Public relations Arm of the private group High Frontier to eliminate the term Star wars from ils is .7 million television advertising Campaign. The producer charged trademark infringement unfair Trade practice and appropriating the Good will and reputation of Lucas film in conveying the false impression that the movie producer had sponsored the advertisement. Lucas film also asked that inc coalition be permanently barred from using the term Star wars a nickname commonly used by the news Media and politicians for the strategic defense initiative. The suit was filed tuesday. . District judge Gerhard a. Gesell scheduled a hearing on a temporary restraining order for wednes Day. Retired it. Gen. Daniel 0. Graham who founded the coalition and was named As a defendant along with executive director Richard Sellers said the group would nol Slop using the name. The Lerm Star wars has become a very generic Lerm he said. If or. Lucas had problems Wilh it he should have started in May when the first ads came out 4 on cruise ship Crew Fry of sick Estep cocaine Laws Only dilutes the distinctive Ness of the Mark but gives it a frightful and noxious meaning thereby reducing its value in an amount which is incalculable and irreparable the suit said. Formed in september Graham s coalition has keyed its Campaign to Reagan s Summit conference next week with soviet Leader Mik Hail Gorbachev. Its commercial which began running in the Washington area on oct. 12. Opens with a child s Slick figure Crayon drawing of a family and a House with a Large Sun shining above. A Little girl is heard saying that she had asked my daddy what this Star wars stuff is All about. He said that right now we can t protect ourselves from nuclear weapons and that s Why the president wants to build a peace  to would Stop missiles in outer space so they could t hit our House. Then nobody could win a War. And if nobody could win a War there s no reason to Start  san Juan puerto Rico up Cus Toms officers arrested four Crew members whose sneakers were so packed with cocaine the men staggered As they walked authorities said . Customs and drug enforcement administration agents also arrested three people who were accused of trying to make Contact with one of the crewmen. About 4vi pounds of cocaine Worth si.5 million was seized from the Crew members of the cruise ship Carla a. Aba special agent in charge John Sutlon said. This was an incident of drugs being smuggled via a cruise ship. The investigation is continuing in an Effort to determine How Many other persons Are involved he three of the seven had new York or new Jersey addresses but their nationalities were not immediately known. Rogelio Castillo Urrutia Leandro Garcia Vasqucz Juan Hernandez Velazquez and Manuel bores Fernandez were arrested after cd i Ems officers noticed they were walking stiffly authorities said. All gave addresses in Honduras. Each was found to have about 18 ounces of cocaine in his shoes. Flores 45, helped narcotics officials locale Ariel Santiago Rosa Santiago and Eugenia Osorio de san Tiago who investigators said were to receive the cocaine. Magistrate Justo Arenas remanded the seven into custody on narcotics smuggling charges. Osorio de Santiago 34, was born in Colombia and has a new York address Sut ton said. Ariel Santiago 26, is from Brook Lyn and Rosa Santiago 28, has an Irvington n.j., address. Narcotics officials say puerto Rico has become an increasingly important transit Point for the shipment of drugs Between South America and the United states. By the Union of concerned scientists a group that opposes the initiative. The timing of this would suggest that or. Lucas is annoyed at pro ski use of the term but was t annoyed at anti ski use of the term Graham said. I told the presi Dent that there is no Way to Stop the press from using the term Star wars because i can t get the Friendly press to Stop using it let alone those who would like to use it in the pejorative  Lucas attorneys earlier indicated that the suit would include the scientists group but it was not cited in the complaint. During the weekend that group said it no longer is run Ning an advertisement that uses the words Star  in the lawsuit Lucas film said the company has spent $84 million in Advertis ing and promotion of the name Star wars during the past 10 years. Continued use of the Mark for political solicitation purposes especially in connection with As terrifying a subject As nuclear War not Sands of time in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today.,. Nov. 14, 1945 attorney general Thomas Clark revealed thai Highl German saboteurs who came to the United Stales by submarine in 1942 and who were later captured carried orders to blow up the Tennessee Valley author ii. 30 years ago today. Nov. 14, 1955 or. Paul while said president  s condition has improved so much that he s now More or less on his  White accompanied the president and mrs. Eisenhower on a Denver to Washington flight. 20 years ago today. Nov. 14, 1965 the commission on elections in Manila asked president Diosdado Macapagal to concede defeat in the philippine presidential election after official returns confirmed Victory for Ferdinand e. Marcos. 10 years ago today. Nov. 14,1975 Justice William o. Douglas retired from the supreme court because of poor health  
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