European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 12, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday. August 12. 1986 the stars and stripes Paga 7 official backs aids Job Bias opinion new York not the author of the Justice department s opinion that people with aids Are not always protected by a Federal Law against Job discrimination against the handicapped said thai the department had no intention of fostering discrimination against people with aids. Charlesj Cooper an assistant attorney general attending the american bar association convention said sunday he had based his opinion on precis and clearly defined language in a 1973 Federal stat Ute. The opinion made Public june 20, holds that the Law protects people with acquired immune deficiency syndrome against discrimination except where discrimination has been based on a fear of Conta Gion however unfounded. Cooper said the statute also Don not protect peo ple who do not have the disease but might be consid ered Likely to have been exposed to the aids Sims. This would include the groups considered most at risk of contracting the fatal disease which include homosexual or bisexual men and intravenous drug  spoke in a Brief interview after he appeared at a panel discussion of the Legal aspects of the aids epidemic part of the Aba convention in Manhattan. The Law the opinion dealt with Section 504 of the rehabilitation act of 1973, applies to Federal Agen cies and institutions that receive Federal funds an provides that no otherwise qualified handicapped individual can be excluded from any Federal pro Gram or activity solely by reason of his  rep. Henry a. Waxman a a fornia Democrat who was on the panel charged that the Justice department had ignored the Law which is clearly in tended to change inc fears and stereotypes that peo ple hold about the  the Reagan administration he added has Given unfounded fears Legal status and has chosen to ignore he science and the Law to lend support to discrimination in he interview Cooper said i can understand Why there is a Good Deal of confusion and a goo Deal of discomfort about the conclusions that we be reached but they Are based specifically on precise and clearly defined language in the  Cooper said it a not his intent or that of the Justice department to Foster fear of aids or encourage discrimination our intent is not to give weight to or propagate additional fear he said. Even some have said it s recipe for How employers should discriminate. All we tried to do was to answer the question. If that analysis is being used by corrupt characters i Don t know How we could avoid that. Higher gasoline prices expected in woke of open Oil curtailment los Angeles a motorists can expect Topay More for gasoline in the next few Days because of an open decision to tighten Oil supplies but an Indus try expert says the hike May be Short lived. The Lundberg Survey of 16,000 gasoline station nationwide taken sunday shows that pump Price have dropped an average of 1.67 cents per gallon since thelast sampling two weeks ago editor Jan Lundberg said in his first analysis since the death of his father Dan. Lundberg 34, has taken Over publishing of the Semi monthly Lundberg Survey and the weekly Lundbe Gletter Industry analysis. His father died aug. 3. Lundberg said there were already indications prices were moving up. The end of the steady Price slide has occurred he said. Prices should climb several cents in the next few Days at Independent stations and a couple of cents at dealer  but prices Are expected to fall again the average self service Price for All grades of Gaso line was 79.53 cents As of saturday while motorists paid almost 30 cents More pet gallon at full service pumps with an average Price of $1.0897 a gallon Lundberg  self service pumps the Survey found regular leaded gasoline averaged 72.74 cents a gallon regular unleaded was at 78.36 cents and Premium unleaded aver aged 92.95 cents. Ski key to talks general says Washington a the Star Ware missile de fens program should be part of arms reduction talks with the soviets the air Force general who runs the program  do nol believe it s Star wars or arms control. I believe in i Star wars plus arms reduction said . James Abrahamson who Heads the strategic de sense initiative As Star wars it formally known. Some conservatives have accused the Reagan administration of trying to use Star wars As a bargain ing Chip in talk with the soviet possibly agreeing never to deploy Tuch defences. Some Liberal critics argue that Washington should abandon the program and concentrate on arms reduction talks alone. Abrahamson interviewed on abcs meet the press program sunday also disputed assertions by some critics that some Star wars research violates the 1972 anti ballistic missile treaty. Nobody s junking the treaty. We re conducting i reprogram within the limits of the treaty said Abra  he noted that the pact which limits the soviet Union and the United slates each to 100 anti ballistic missiles protecting a single tile also allows the tides to propose amendment and permits either nation to withdraw on six months notice. President Reagan launched the Star wars pro Gram in March 983 to create a research program to allow . Leaders to decide by the Early 1990s whether to produce and deploy lasers and other exotic weapons for a ground and space based defense system against ballistic missiles. Cutter to escort . Fishermen St. George Alaska a rendezvous a a coast guard Cut a with a ._Fishingler made a Oun Oay win � u. I. .6fleet, including the two vessels that last week fled disputed soviet of. Fishing grounds after being threat ened by russian patrol boats. The coast guard Cutter met the . Fishing vessel about 40 Miles East of the disputed area in the Bering sea. Coast guard capt. Stephen least said he would escort the fishermen Back to the area monday. We re certainly nol looking for trouble said Leane commander of the 380-fool midget Dunne weekend Stopover at is. George in the far Flung Inbi Lof islands group 750 mites Southwest of Anchorage. The midget armed with two to Caliper machine guns and a Bow mounted gun that can fire shells 10 Miles will escort two Seale based fishing boats to a disputed area where they left their gear wednesday when the soviets tried to Stop one of them the 108 foot Katie k. The Katie k fled As did the 118-Footaleutian Mariner leaving behind about 150 crab pots. Newport Folk fest scores financial Flop Newport . Up the 19s6 Newport Folk festival wound Down sunday As a musical Suc Cess but Box office Flop thai showed off the Rich array of contemporary Folk in Lent a crowd estimated at about 3.000 far below the 7 500 attendance limit turned out for the finale total attendance for the two Day event was 6,500. It was in contrast to test year s nostalgic revival of the old Newport Folk event whose Billing of dozen top Folk stars Drew More than 11,000. While there were headlines Over the two Days including John Sebastian and Veteran folkies David Bromberg ode la Tom Rush John Hartford and Richie havens they were outnumbered by younger More diverse Talent that producers were hoping would bring the event Back to its finest role vehicle for future stars to attract a following. Producer George t. Wein said he is unsure of the event s future because of the poor turnout but he said commercial sponsorship is not the answer. There has to be a Basic Public that goes beyond the coffeehouse Folk culture. We have no Young Folk people who Are reaching out to a larger audience Wein said. Voters favor Bush Iacocca j n poll of South Charlotte.  up southerners favor vice president George Bush and Chrysler corp. Chair Man Lee la Cocea among All possible presidential Candi dates according to a 17-stale poll. Former sen. Howard Baker r-tenn., and sen. Gary Hart d-colo., also fared Well in he Survey conducted by Llie Charlotte . Observer in Advance of the Southern governors conference which began sunday. Two of the poll s biggest loser were television evangelist pal Robertson who is considering Republican presidential bid and the  Jackson an unsuccessful democratic presidential hopeful in 1984. This marriage Between re publicans and fundamentalists is a marriage of convenience an there Are strains said Ted Arrington. A Republican and a poll Bushini science professor at the University of North Rico Lina at Charlotte. Robertson is going to bring those strains out. He ii a polarizing candidate he said. Southern states Are seeking a larger role in the democratic presidential nominating process by scheduling presidential primary elections and party caucuses Dur ing March 1988. The poll of 609 southerners was taken july 29-aug.2 and asked respondents whether they had heard of the potential candidate and whether they would give the candidate � favourable or unfavourable rating. Bush was the most popular and among the Best known of the 17 potential candidates in the poll with96 percent of respondents saying they had heard of him and 64 percent rating him favourably. Baker had a 72 percent name recognition and a 59 percent favourable rating. Robertson of Virginia Beach va., was known by 50percent of respondents with 41 percent of those giving him a favourable rating and 24percent registering an unfavourable opinion. Among the democrats Iacocca was known by 79 percent of the respondents 60 percent of whom viewed him favourably. Laco Cahas said he has no intention of running for president despite organized efforts to draft him. More southerners 86 per cent had heard of Hart than la coca but the Colorado sen Ator s favourable rating was slightly lower at 54 percent. Lacock Jackson trailed Only sen. Edward Kennedy d-mass., in name recognition among democrats at 95 percent. But31 percent of respondents said they had an unfavourable opinion of Jackson he highest in the poll. Kennedy whose 97 percent recognition rating waste highest in the poll also had an unfavourable rating at 24 percent