European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 21, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes monday april 21, 1986 president Calls on Congress to decontrol natural Gas prices Washington up president Reagan rejecting the idea of an Oil import fee to help the beleaguered . Energy Industry called instead saturday for decontrol of natural Gas prices. In his weekly radio address from Camp David md., Reagan avoided any mention of the week s terrorism Cri Sis except to note that . Oil supplies Are far less Vulner Able to International politics than in the past. He also noted that americans rapidly cancelling plans for foreign vacations will be driving More than Ever going on Sce America first vacations this summer. For the third time in his recent saturday speeches Reagan took full credit for the decline in Oil prices from $36 a barrel when he took office to $12 a barrel now. He also took credit for gasoline prices which he said dropped from $1.25 a gallon to an average of 82 cents lower than in the 1950s, once inflation is taken into account. Reagan attributed the Oil Harvest of the 80s" to his 1981 decision to decontrol the Price of Domestic Oil and he educator warns of aids threat los Angeles up the spread of aids from homosexuals to heterosexuals could Send the nation s sex Ual mores Back to the 1950s, when the common social pattern for Young people was to go steady get engaged and later maintain a monogamous marriage a sex Educa Tor said. Tony Marshall senior Public health educator for san Diego county was one of Many specialists who saturday addressed the annual meeting of the american association of sex educators Counselor and therapists. Basically what we re getting Back to is More and More monogamy Marshall said after his talk. And funny things might Start happening in years to come. Men and women will decide at a relatively Early age that they re going to go steady and become engaged and get married and not have any other sexual partners. Like it was in the 50s." More than 70 percent of known aids victims Are homosexuals but Marshall and other experts at the forum said the disease is spreading to heterosexuals through bisexuals and prostitutes. He said some experts say the number of aids victims in the nation is doubling each year and that the number of heterosexual victims May eventually surpass homosexuals if people do not reduce or eliminate promiscuity. If things continue As they Are for 10, 15 years or whatever it May eventually turn out that there will be More heterosexuals with aids than homosexuals mar shall said. Researchers have found that vaginal fluids can carry the virus believed to cause acquired immune deficiency syndrome. Although researchers have not determined exactly How women pass the disease to men they Point to Africa where almost 100 percent of the cases Are Hetero sexual Marshall said. Experts at the meeting stressed that the disease cannot be passed on through casual Contact. Aids neutralizes the immune system leaving victims defenceless against a variety of maladies including some forms of cancer. The experts agreed that until an aids vaccine is devel oped education remains the Best Way to prevent the spread of the disease. Called on Congress to pass his Bill to decontrol natural Gas prices. He said decontrol would drop the Cost of Home heating Oil by $45 in the first year. Reagan said most . Oil imports have shifted from the organization of Petroleum exporting countries and now come from Canada Mexico the Caribbean and Britain. Noting that the economies of our Oil states have cooled Reagan said while our belief in the free Market remains firm that belief is not inconsistent with a sense of compassion and concern for the individuals who Bear its economic  he made no suggestion for easing the Burden saying the answer to these problems is not an import fee on imported Oil. That would be a step  rather than an import fee Reagan said it s time to go for lower prices go for More Freedom and go for the growth that will  it s recess time up photo the arrival of warm Spring weather quickens activity in an Amish schoolyard at new Holland a. After several dreary Days of cold Rainy weather the Welcome Sunshine lures the girls out for fun on the Teeter totter during a break in their lessons. Deaver linked to acid rain policy Washington a a White House report says former presidential Deputy chief of staff Michael Deaver played a key role in discussions on acid rain before leaving the administration and becoming a lobbyist for Canada a newspaper said sunday. The Washington Post in sunday editions quoted unidentified administration sources As saying that Deaver actively participated in discussions on the acid rain prob Lem which has been a Sticky problem Between Canada and the United states. Some sources told the Post that Deaver tried to change president Reagan s acid rain policy and others said he was concerned about Public relations aspects of the presi Dent s March 1985 Summit with Canadian prime minister Brian Mulroney. The newspaper said a report detailing Deaver s actions regarding acid rain was sent by presidential counsel Peter j. Wallison to the general accounting office which is investigating the matter at the request of rep. John Ding Ell a Mich. The office of government ethics also i reviewing the matter. Federal Law prohibits former government employees from lobbying on matters in which they participated personally and  lobbyists Are also banned for a year after leaving a government Agency from lobby ing that Agency. White House discussions last year on the acid rain Issue led to appointment by the two nations of special representatives to work on the problem. Deaver subsequently left the administration and formed a private lobbying firm. Among his clients was Canada which hired him to advise on acid rain and other issues for $105,000 a year. Reagan in january endorsed a report by the special representatives that urged a major new Effort on acid rain. Reagan had previously resisted such proposals. Stateside Pilot will try to Fly again if he finds Melbourne Fla. A a Pilot says hell try to get his single engine plane Back in the air if he can find the propeller that fell off when he was flying at 3,500 feet. William Roper 68, who was a fighter Pilot during world War ii said his experimental plane lost the propeller when a Bolt popped As he was practising stalls and turns. I said mayday mayday and i told them a control Tower where i was Roper said. He managed to land at Melbourne regional Airport and was not injured. Roper said the propeller might still be usable and he hoped to find it and take to the air again. Jury awards $8.4 million to girl who was brain damaged at birth los Angeles up a jury has awarded $8.4 Mil lion to a 5-year-old girl who suffered severe brain damage during birth when the attending physician and Hospital staff failed to treat her properly a plaintiffs attorney said. It was believed to be the largest medical malpractice judgment in California an attorney said. A Superior court jury ruled that the staff of Queen of the Valley Hospital in West Covina failed to Monitor properly the delivery of Mandi Oostinga in january 1981, said attorney Russell Kussman. The baby suffered brain damage because of oxygen deprivation and the attending obstetrician and other staff Mem Bers failed to diagnose and treat the problems properly Kussman said. Truck hauling 100 artillery shells tips Over on interstate Highway Stockton Calif. A a truck carrying 60mm mortar shells for the army overturned on an interstate Highway spilling some of the ammunition and closing the freeway for almost nine hours while authorities searched for traces of dangerous phosphorus. The freeway reopened after the cargo was loaded on another truck. None of the 100 artillery shells that contained highly explosive White phosphorus ruptured said army spokesman Bob Mohoney. If any of that stuff had escaped we would have a big Hole in the Road said. Clarence Burt a spokesman for coast counties express of los Angeles which owns the truck. The shells spilled onto an embankment next to inter state 5 on a Bridge Over the Mok Elumine River which divides san Joaquin and Sacramento counties. Florida state Capitol Complex receives two bomb threats Tallahassee Fla. A hundreds of people were evacuated from the state Capitol Complex because of two telephoned bomb threats officials said. The first Call threatened both the 22-Story Capitol and the downtown Hilton hotel. The second Call came in about 20 minutes later and police said the Calls were traced to separate locations in Tallahassee. The hotel was not evacuated. Gov. Bob Graham was at his mansion several blocks away and no meetings of the legislature were scheduled. Workers were allowed to return to their offices. Mayor orders libyan flags banned at Columbus Airport Columbus Ohio a the mayor does t want the libyan Flag included when flags of United nations member countries Are raised at port Columbus International Airport next month. Mayor Dana Rinehart made the decision said Michael Long director of Public utilities and aviation Here. He asked when the flags will be put up and he said to make sure not to Fly the libyan Flag. I said i agree it won t be up " Long said. Yale University alters policy to protect homosexuals new Haven Conn. A Yale University has changed its equal Opportunity statement to give homosexuals Protection from discrimination a Yale spokesman said. The school will include specific mention of sexual Orien tation in its non discrimination policy after Yale s Board of trustees approved the change spokesman Walter Littell said. A group of 15 homosexual students first asked the Board known As the Yale corporation to make the change in february. The group said in a statement to the Board that Homo sexual students faculty and staff members were often harassed and fear repercussions in their studies or in their careers if their sexual preferences were to become known