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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 1, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes tuesday july 1,19s6 Reagan presents his views on Gorbachev Ron Lucky stateside new York up president Reagan in a wide ranging interview sunday said thai he wishes his son Ron would find something More dignified to do and thai he docs Nal think psychics should be written off  the Reagan interview in this week s edition of peo ple Magazine touched on everything from soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev to nicaraguan rebels even his dog  said he was not embarrassed that the name of his 2r-Yl a old son a former Ballet dancer is on the Masthead of Playboy Magazine. "1 read the first article that he did for that Magazine and was gratified to find that he has his own writing style and docs very Well. I Don t think hell be indulging in pornographic material he said. Bui Lite president added i could perhaps wish that he would find something More  he said he s never sought out pornographic mov ies and added he has not been proud of some of the  that Hollywood is doing these Days. Forone thing i object on the grounds Hal some of the rules or theater arc being violated. The oldest Rule is thai you can t do anything on stage or screen that is As Good As the audience s imagination Reagan said. Regarding Gorbachev he said docs not think the soviet Leader bears him or the United Stales ill will but maybe we were too optimistic about How quickly Gorbachev could come in after these last several years of what they be been through and establish a new  on the nicaraguan rebels Reagan said there a been a tremendously successful disinformation Campaign and yes it has been helped along in Many in stances by the  on treating spies like while Collar criminals for a great Many years we have had a kind of Liberal philosophy in this country which did lend to coddle All kinds of criminals and maybe this is part of  asked whether he thought psychics Are often Cor rect in Light or a psychic s prediction of the space shuttle disaster he said i be found it difficult to write them off  scriptures say there Wilt be such  -. -.  Reagan added thai although he has never used a psychic i be often thought it would be Handy if i was one  asked what Federal programs he would Cut if there was a  amendment barring deficits he said some social reforms should be eliminated. The government should not be running railroads and doing things of that kind in Competition with the Pri vate sector on his dog Lucky was not exiled. She was always intended to go to the  concert s Low attendance blamed on Benefit burnout Burbank Calif. Up Benefit burnout was blamed for meager attendance at a concert featuring Stevic wonder and other stars trying to raise Money to fight the relocation of thousands of navajos from their ancestral lands. Wonder comedian ghee cd Marin and actress Linda Blair joined Indian ciders sunday at Drums across America a concert to publicize the plight of navajos facing relocation from their reservation land in Arizona. Singers Rita coot Duj Kenny Rankin and Bonnie Bramsch and the Rock band Rcd one were among the performers at the 4.000-scat Starlight Amphitheater. Bui a disappointingly Small crowd turned out for the eight hour concert Only about 1,000 tickets were sold and producer Bob Grad conceded that the Effort lost Money. Organizers spent about $130,000 and had hoped to donate any profits to fight the Relo cation Grad said. But Grad said that promoting the cause of the Indi ans rather Ilian raising Money was the aim of the concert and he added we accomplished what we set out to  Grad attributed the poor attendance to a Lack of publicity and Benefit burnout in the Wake of several recent concerts to raise Money for african famine Vic Tims and american Farmers and the hands across America Effort for the homeless. The navajos face a july 6 deadline to leave their Homes on the big Mountain area of the Navajo Reser vation under congressional order. The Federal government set territorial boundaries in 1974 for navajos and hopi who have been settling on each others lands for More than a Century. Hopes complained thai navajos were encroaching on their land and inc Bureau of Indian affairs ordered them to relocate to reservation lands about 200 mites to the Southeast. More than 1,200 Navajo families have left inc big Mountain area since the boundaries were drawn Bia officials say about 250 families remain but navajos resisting eviction say the number is much higher. They contend that inc Federal government is forcing them off the land so its Coal uranium and other minerals can be exploited. Coolidge said she gave her support because of the Gross injustice being done to these people. The tribes arc having no problems with each other. The fact is that there Are millions of tons of Coal and a consider Able amount of uranium on the land that the govern ment would Tike to get us hands  opening inc concert were the White Cloud singers a drum band of seven Indian elders. Increased Dipsiner malfunctions Blarney on labor Money woes St. Petersburg Fla. A labor problems financial troubles and rapid expansion have been blamed for a Rise in structural and mechanical Mal functions in Large commercial airliners last year according in a published report. The increase was the first this decade said the St per Kersburg times which studied every such malfunction reported by 14 Domestic air carriers from 1980 to 1985, incidents on the planes with 30 scats or More ranged from ight bulb burnout to engine failure. Ten of 12 airlines showing increases in malfunctions including trans world airlines with the highest and Piedmont airlines with the lowest had either financial or labor problems or were expanding the newspaper said sunday. The other two air carriers had significant manage ment changes. Industry analysis identified Eastern Twa United and us air As carriers affected by such labor problems As either strikes or near walkouts. Delta air tines Piedmont Republic airlines and Northwest Orient either started new maintenance facilities bought new planes or expanded service. Eastern Ozark and West Ern were labelled As having financial problems Only pan american world airways and Continental airlines showed a decrease virtually All of these airlines have a Good reason to have had an increase in incidents said John endear of the Virginia based right safety foundation. Labor problems is one Factor. Someone opening a new maintenance base where it will Lake time for new workers to mature or increasing the number of planes might see an increase in incidents. And if an airline is cutting Back on its costs it might also see an increase in  the incident rates Are based on the number of Mal functions per 100,000 flights. The average for All air lines in 985 was 5.62 structural or mechanical Mal functions per 100,000 flights up from 4.41 in 1984 but still far below the 19so level of 10.36. Plunge into grand Canyon kills 2 in pickup truck grand Canyon Village Ariz. Up a pickup truck swerved offa Highway sunday and plunged 1,000 feet into the grand Canyon killing its two occupants authorities said. A team of climbers from the Coconeo county sheriffs department and the National Park service hiked Down to the wreckage sunday eve Ning and found two bodies said Park service spokesman Darrell Cook. Officials said the bodies were too badly burned to determined their sex and they were left in the Canyon until they could be brought out monday. The Accident happened at Mather Point less than a mile from grand Canyon Village Chuck Lawrence of Winter Park fat who was driving in the opposite direction saw the Accident  approaching car made a Quick Cut to the Side in front of the pickup Lawrence said. "1 realized he was going to fast that he was t going to Stop was thinking unless he hits a Iree there s a Canyon there. He was. In trouble. Hispanic Catholic Bishop ordained in Texas diocese Houston up the Rev. Enrique san Pedro a native of Cuba who taught in Vietnam for More than a decade has become the first hispanic to be ordained a Bishop in the roman Catholic diocese of of Alveston Houston san Pedro will serve m auxiliary Bishop or special assistant to the Rev. Joseph a Fiorcnzo Bishop of the diocese said me Rev. Dems Lynch a diocese spokesman. San Pedro 60, who was ordained a Bishop Sun Day entered the Jesuit order in 1957 in the Philippines after studies in Rome he was sent to Viet Nam where he taught for 11 Yean Lynch said. With hispanic now making up about so per cent of the 600,000-Membcr diocese san Pedro s background and skills with the language will be particularly useful Lynch said. Lynch said san Pedro also would minister to the some 30.000 vietnamese served by the diocese. To will be inc vicar of hispanic affairs said Lynch. Heterosexuals spreading aids in Haiti study says new York a heterosexual Intercourse has become the predominant Means of transmit Ting aids in Haiti according to the conclusions of a haitian american research team. The study presented to a meeting in Paris and reported sunday in the new York times found that 72 percent of the haitian victims of aids or inc less serious aids related Complex Are heterosexuals who say they do not fall into any of the High risk categories of aids patients. The figures represent a dramatic turnaround from 1983, when the same researchers found that 71 percent of the aids victims in Haiti were from High risk groups homosexual or bisexual men intravenous drug users and recipients of blood transfusion the percentage of female aids patients 14 percent in 1980-82, Rose to 36 percent in 1985. Collectively these findings suggest that heterosexual activity is now the predominant Mode of spreading the disease in Haiti or Warren b. Johnson of Cornell medical College told colleagues at the French conference. New sewage station v is quite an attraction Houston a the City s latest sightseeing Slop already has had visitors from London and is expected to pack them in front around the Globe. The newest attraction in town is an Engi Neering Marvel said to be the world s largest submersible raw sewage pumping station. Although ii is being built with Little Public fanfare the station resembling a buried con Crete silo has already attracted British attention and is expected to become a regular Stop for water engineers from around the world the Houston Post reported sunday London officials decided to build a similar opera  
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