European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 4, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday january 4. 1986 the stars and stripes Paga 7 Epa won t switch from Auto Fleet to taxis Washington a the environmental Protection Agency says it will retain id Fleet of cars to ferry top executives around including to their lunches even though the inspector general deter mined thai Ulii could be hired at roughly one ninth the Cost. One third of the trips made by 13 cars assigned with Drivers to 150 Epa official were to restaurant at lunchtime Accord ing to the inspector general s audit report. Which was made available by inc Agency on thursday. Counting All he costs of leasing the cars and paying Drivers a trip in a Fleet vehicle com $45, White the average Washington cab fare is about is the re port noted. The report did not calculate it extra Cost of taking a car o lunch compared with leaving it  report written to August recon a contract with a taxi  a plan was then under consideration. John Chamberlain the Agency s director of administration said the Epa accepted most of the recommendations Bill decided not to hire a cab company. Chamberlain quoted from an october memorandum from comptroller Morgan Kinghorn to inspector general John mar tin that said cabs would not provide the level of service required for Epa executives because it was important that they be Able to conduct business in route and in traffic and be reachable on the Tele phones in the cars. The auditors did not say any of the trips to lunch during the audit period april through August 1984 were improper. Bui the report did say. It appears thai some Agency personnel May not be fully aware thai Agency vehicles Are Only to be used for official government  report no cd that the general coun Sel had decided in 1979 that unch trip were not ordinarily official government business. But if Agency officials War going to business lunches with counterparts from other agencies Trade associations it congressional offices the uie of a car would be proper with permission of superiors the general counsel s memorandum  s main building is a rarity among Wshington based Agency Headquarters in that it has no cafeteria or other restau rants Only a shop Selling pre wrapped cold sandwiches. The Headquarters is in a residential neighbourhood and the nearest other government building is about three quarters of a mile away. There Are ii restaurants in walking distance three fast food outlets three offering ethnic fare and five that Are fairly expensive. In addition to the 13 chauffeured ears Epa had 16 other cars vans and station wagons during the audit period some used As shuttles to a Large Epa installation in Arlington is. Across the Potomac River. Since then one car from the executive Licet and four other vehicles have been Given up and the number of people authorized to use the executive cars has been trimmed to 120. The number of executive users was a bonded from 30 in i9s3 because the 15 cars available then were standing Idle too much. The auditors found however that the average mileage per car declined from 1,600 per Quarter to 1,200. I a poll supports blood tests to gauge spread of aids Virginia Beach a a More than 70 per cent of americans say a blood lest should be administered to the general population to determine How far acquired immune deficiency syndrome has spread according to a Gallup poll released thursday. The poll commissioned by the Christian broadcasting net work also showed that 79 percent of those surveyed believe homosexuals should be required to take a blood test for ads before being allowed to work As food handlers. Nearly 70 percent said homosexuals should take the blood lest before being allowed to Leach and 77 percent wanted a blood test for homosexual seeking to become medical doctors or Day care nurses. Seventy two percent wanted the National blood test with the strongest support coming from southerners. Blacks and  responded affirmatively to the question. Do you feet there should or should Noi be a National blood test to determine How far this aids virus has spread clearly the Public a deeply concerned George Gal Lup or. Told a news conference. Thais shown in inc rather extreme measures they would  percent said homosexuals should not be Al Lowed to work As Day care nurses and 55 percent said they should be barred from jobs handling food. Fifty three per cent said homosexuals should not be medical doctors and 19 percent said they should not be  than 66 percent said Gay Bali houses should be closed and 52 percent said the government has failed to take adequate measures to protect the Public against the Public is impatient for understanding and knowl Edge of this problem Gallup said after appearing on the 700  a talk show on the network featuring the Rev. Pal  aids patients Are homosexual or bisexual men intravenous drug users people who receive blood two Stu. Sions from infected donors and my partners and children testing for aids virus antibody aids 1 virus a human antibody 1-Jto aids virus 1test tube coated with Inadi voted aids virus Jbf Dodtobe  to tube Chow to thru gupte Yourak  Irce Ula a nolo Taum Niota 3tube i washed Elwood has Arti bootes to aids the will Bond to inactivated virus coating 4enzymeci a tube is Corr Pound o washed which Bonds again com to antibodies Pound remains t added if antibody is present a solution to added that will rum Orange in the aids antibodies Are present of people with aids. More than 15,000 cases of aids hive been reported in the United Stales since the disease Wai identified in 1931. Twenty one percent of those polled said they believe aids is a judgment from god on sexuality. Fifty five percent disagreed and 14 percent said they did not know half of the respondents said homosexuality u a sin 32 percent said in is not a sin and 1h percent said they did not Enow. Fifty Tiv Cal percent believe that homosexual can turn to a heterosexual lifestyle 17 percent said they cannot and 2& percent said they did not know. Thirty five percent of who polled said the Christian Community s response to aids has been poor 11 percent said it has been Good or very Good 20 percent said it was adequate and 24 percent did not know. Gallup said he asked whether blood tests should be required for Homo Sensab because they Are 15 percent of aids patients. He said his polls show that the Public generally supports civil rights for homosexuals but believes comr Nunnly health is More important when asked about aids. He said i organization interviewed Sid people nation wide by Telephone for the poll. Only 20 journalists apply for space shuttle Mission Atlanta Nasa a received Only 20 applications from people who warn to be the first journalist aboard the shuttle despite the fact that about 4,000 Bop fuss have re queried the Nec Essary forms. The deadline for the Appie cations to be returned is Jan. 15 the selected journalist will be expected to report Fern spa on a a few eve Gayle Silford we few  in space project told the Atlanta Constitution. The National aeronautics and � a word people the astronauts Are More technically  Alist picked for fall s a cations which is located a Columbia s.c., in cooperation with Nasa and 16professional journalism organizations. Selection officials Are looking for applicants Wilh a solid consistent record of professional productivity and evidence of peer recognition i reapplication brochure says. Eight journal us will be selected from each of five regions in the country. Five finalists Wilt be chosen from that Field Ai � representative of the More than 125,000 journalists in this country the participant will be obligated to. Share re ports and respond w questions from peer from the time of selection at the regional level through the training period the flight and for 3d Days following return from the Mission says the project brochure. The selected journalist and an alternate will receive 114 hour of training at Nasa s Johnson space Center in tews and at Kennedy space Center in Florida. Send garbage to Libya Maine do fetus listeners Bangor Maine a a radio station outraged at libyan Leader Moa mar khad Afy j threats against americans urged listeners thursday Tomail their garbage to Libya s Mission to the United nations. Clean up America Send your Gar Bage to khad Afy blared Lcuy pm. A 3,000-Walt Rock station in Bangor. The Campaign started wednesday night As a reaction to khad Afy s warning that any retaliation against Libya for the terrorist attacks at the Rome and Vienna airports would be met by retribution against inc United slates. It began when one of our jocks mud an of handed reference to the fact that khad Afy s statement was so outrageous it was a Bunch of garbage Suid guv program director Jack Roberts. The disc jockey Brian Mai tits suggested sending garbage to the libyan Mission. The Campaign gained ileum thurs Day Roberts said Bui the tuition ran into two problems pinpointing the Loca lion of libyan representatives in the United states and determining wit Tiger mailing garbage was Legal. Postal officials Slid refutations prohibited sending garbage Bui acknowledged that there were varieties of refuse thai could be legally mailed. They could t Reilly define garbage As being totally our said Roberts so we re calling in clean garbage or  Dicku Ronnan. A customer service representative at the Banger Posi office said customers ure not Perm lied to Send packages Hal Emit liquids or give of a foul smell