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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Thursday, September 25, 1986

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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 25, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes thursday september 25, 1966 soused mouse attacked child lawsuit claims Orlando Fla. A a woman has filed suit alleging thai i Drunken person portraying cartoon character Mickey mouse attacked her 4 year old son at Walt Disney world amusement Park. The Federal court suit filed monday by i Aula Mako Nouli of East Hanover n.j., asks dam Ages of s3 million from Disney and �3 million from the unidentified person who wore the mouse suit. Makopoulos charges Hal her son Evan was hurled again an Iron railing after he grabbed Mickey mouse s Lail outside Cinderella s cast Leon june 28.1983. The suit accuses the person dressed As he  the Lime Makopoulos attorney Anthony Macri said Evan suffered a Cut on his Back and is under going psychological therapy because of the Inci Dent. Macri said another visitor to the Park had a Vic camera and recorded a replacement Mickey mouse apologizing to Evan. Company policy is not to comment on such suits Disney spokesman Charlie Ridgway said tuesday no court Date has been set. Carter believes democrats can win presidency in 88 Atlanta a forma president Jimmy Carter says democrats can regain the White House in 198s because the Republican nominee will be saddled with president Reagan s policies but not blessed with his personality. For example flush won t overwhelm the democrats with Charisma Carter Aid dryly suggesting that his Campaign analysis is especially Lickey to hold True if vice president George Bush is the Republican Nomi Nee. But Carter in an interview with the associated press on tuesday added that the democratic party must win the South to gain the presidency. And he said the Region can be wooed with nothing less than the lop spot on the ticket. He suggested a fellow georgian. Sen. Sam Nunn. With a southerner of the presidential nominee. Car Ter said he is confident his party can win the office he lost to Reagan in the 1980 election. One reason is. President Reagan with his enor Mous personal popularity will riot be the candidate Carter said. And it s hard to imagine a Republican successor to him As a candidate being As  democrats also will have an advantage because on most of the issues. President Reagan s policies arc not As popular As he is personally. Carter said although republicans hoping to succeed him cannot very Well criticize or depart from the policies he espoused. The Democrat pointed to Reagan s budget deficits to the president s positions on Trade imbalances and to financial policies Hal Carter said have led to farm foreclosures and Bank closings. These kinds of things the economic disputes 1 think will Call for the More responsible economic and budgetary policy that the democrats have la Oner Carter said. Secondly. I think the democrats can very Well bal Ante the need for a Strong american defense with a genuine and enthusiastic commitment to nuclear arms  Carter said the democrats also can usefully Lay claim to the policies he and other democratic presi dents have pursued in dealing with the trouble areas around the world the Mideast Central America and so  on the question of regional politics he said i think that without the South it would be impossible for the democrats to win. It s mathematically impossible. And 1 would t think that a Token candidate say a vice president would made it As attractive a ticket As a genuine Southern ticket with a southerner to the head of  Carter said Nunn would be my preference Al though i Haven t talked to him about whether be is  Nunn a popular three term senator has said repeat edly in recent months thai he will decide after the november elections what role he will play a 1988. He said last week that his present inclination i not la Nui far president although he refused to Rule out thai possibility. Whoever the candidate is. Carter said he is not plan Ning to Campaign much for the nominee in 1988, court martial of air Force officer accused of fraternization delayed Jacksonville. Ark. The court Martin of an air Force officer accused of having sex with an enlisted Man on duty in a missile silo has been delayed because of an investigator s alleged Bias a judge has ruled. The officer 2nd it. Naomi j. Hay. Is accused of fraternization and two counts of adultery. If convicted on All charges she could be dismissed from the service and imprisoned for four years. Have who is married is accused of fraternization with tech. Set. Thomas a. Bush by having a sexual relationship with him from about Jan. 20 to feb. 7, 1986. When she was his Superior officer in a Titan ii missile Crew. Fraternization is defined As a Friendly relationship Between officers and enlisted personnel hat is prejudicial to Good order and discipline according to the air Force. The air Force also alleges that she committed adultery with Bush who also is married while they were on duty and alleges she committed adultery with capt. Robert j. Bums a married Man and her occasional supervisor from about july i through about aug. 31. Bums has agreed to accept non Judi Cial punishment in the Case Bush has not been charged. In discussion of pretrial motions. Hay s lawyer. Morgan Welch questioned the fairness of the july pretrial investigation conducted by capt. Robert Bishop who drafted charges against her and later investigated them As a hearing officer. The court martial i presiding officer it. Col. J. Jeremiah Mahony ruled that Bishop s cumulative involvement in the Case meant he could not be an impartial hearing officer required by air Force rules when he conducted the pretrial investigation. Air Force officials said the prosecution probably would resume after a new pret Al investigation by an officer from another base. Zundl. Naomi j. Have a photo poll shows drug use among doctors medical students Boston up More than half the doctors and three quarters of medical students questioned in a Harvard University Survey have misused drugs demonstrating they Are part of the drug use epidemic sweeping american society researchers said wednesday. A study conducted by the Harvard school of Public health found that Mari Juana was the most popular drug among both doctors and students and 72 per cent of the students and 34 percent of doctors had at least tried marijuana. The second most Papular drug among students was cocaine while a variety of types of opiates were the next most pop ular drugs among doctors. When a drug user epidemic strikes society it permeates the full society which would include physicians said William e. Mcauliffe a sociologist and lecturer in the department of Public health who headed the study. Psychiatrists had the highest rate of drug use among doctors the study found. Researchers surveyed 347 practising physicians and 381 medical students in an unidentified new England state in 1984 and 19b5. The results were published in the new England journal of Medicine wednesday. In addition to surveying for the use of illicit drugs such As cocaine and marijuana the researchers also gathered information about the inappropriate use of any stimulants sedatives pain relievers Tranquili Ien and opiates fifty nine percent of the physicians and 78 percent of the students had used illicit drugs or Legal drugs in an inappropriate Way at some time to treat them selves to relax with friends or for such purposes As staying awake at work. Although most of the drug use was experimental  10 percent of the doctors reported currently using drugs on a regular basis at least once a month. More than 3 percent of the doctors and 5.2 percent of. The student hid history of drug dependence. Based on a variety of criteria another 4.2 percent of the doctors and 16,5 percent of the Stu dents were considered at risk of shining drugs in the future. In addition More than 2 percent of the doctors and is percent of the Stu dents said they had fallen seriously be Hind in work or school because of drug judge bans pregame prayers at school stadium Atlanta a a Federal judge wednesday barred a suburban High school from allowing prayers before football games or other athletic events in the school stadium. . District judge. Ernest Tidwell granted a prelim Inary injunction requested by William Jager of Doug Las Gilleand his i a year old son Doug they had sued to mop the pregame prayers at Doug Las county High school on grounds they violate the constitutional separation of Church and state. The lawsuit said the Young Man s rights were violated because he is not a Christian but As a member of the school band he is required to go to the games. Tidwell heard arguments from both sides tuesday. Although wednesday s order was a preliminary injunction he scheduled no further hearings on a permanent injunction. Ralph Goldberg an attorney for the american civil liberties Union representing the jagers told Tidwell the invocation serves no secular purpose. What this really boils Down to it Jbv should the defendant have to choose Between Gartua Punj in a football game and adhering to his religious Bomi Goldberg said. Marshall Helms attorney for the Douglas county school District argued that the invocation u a minus Cule portion of the football game and Doet not and Vance or inhibit religion  
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