European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 9, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes tuesday december 9,1988 military Legal immunity faces review Washington api the supreme court Mon Day agreed to consider killing the lawsuit of a former army sergeant who without nil knowledge was Given Ltd in 1958 in secret government tests on chemical  justices said they will review a ruling thai chipped away at the Broad Legal immunity enjoyed bythe military. Former master sgt. James b. Stanley 53, volunteered in february 1958 id take part in a program at the army s laboratories at Aberdeen proving ground my he was old Gas masks and other protective cloth ing would be tested against chemical  the army s real intent was to observe his unwilling reaction to Ltd the powerful hallucinogenic drug thai years later grew popular on four occasions Stanley swallowed drinking water with Ltd which is colourless and odourless. He said taking the drug nearly ruined his  returnee to Active duty at for knot ky., after the experiments and continued to have hallucinatory episodes. He said on one occasion he awoke from Steep and beat his wife and children and later was unable to recall the incident. Stanley said the Ltd led 10 the breakup of his marriage and his inability at limes to work or think coherently. He retired from the army in 1969 and no lives in West Palm Beach Fla. Wilh a desk Job in the Palm Beach county sheriff s  Learned about the Ltd experiments in de Cember 1975 when army officials told him the wanted in do a follow up study of those Given the drug nearly 18 years earlier he filed a Federal lawsuit against the government and others in 1978, but it was dismissed. Stanle amended the suit and the i Ith . Circuit court of off to Church la col Oliver North find As National Security aide Lor nil embroil ment in the inn arms Deal curb my  of a different Rote hat of peaceful duly Man in great Falls a an he leaves to attend sunday Charco twice with Ucli Tosh ten. Appeals said last april he appeared to have Case. I ordered further hearings by a trial judge. The appeals court said the government does no necessarily enjoy absolute immunity despite a longstanding supreme court doctrine that generally prohibits lawsuits against the government for injuries sustained As a result of military  must he Casc by Cate analysis to determine whether the purpose of that doctrine would be served by precluding Stanley s wit the appeals court said. The typical Case in which the doctrine is invoked involves the need for military discipline where the threat of a civil suit would undermine the authority of Superior officers the appeals court  he was surreptitiously administered the drug Stanley could not possibly have challenged his orders to Dunk the Clear substance the appeals court said. There is no concern Here that the Peculiar an special relationship of the Soldier to his superiors might be  in other cases the court agreed to judge the Validity of How benefits eligibility is calculated under the Federal Aid to families with dependent children program. The court granting appeals by Federal and state government lawyers said it will review a ruling by a Feder Al judge in North Carolina that says the calculation method used since 1984 is unconstitutional. Congress amended the Ardc program part of the social Security system in 984 to require that the income of a Parent and All minor siblings who live with a dependent child tie taken into account in Cattai Lattain ithe child s eligibility. A let stand a $26,300 award against a South carols-1na newspaper for an article correctly identifying it t teen age boy As the father fan Ukaj inmate child. The court Over one dissenting Vole refuted to u 1 the boy s invasions privacy lawsuit. Lawyers for to newspaper argued that because the article dealt with i the pressing social problem of teen pregnancies Tat lawsuit should be dismissed. Agreed to decide whether the government mail 1slop allowing the importation of some foreign mi1 Chandise bearing , trademarks the court is expected to resolve conflicting appeals l court rulings Over the . Customs service policy of letting importers bring so called Gray Market Good into the United  the Ltd Case Stanley has accused the govern ment and others of violating his constitutional  named As defendant in the suit Are former Cia director Richard Helms the University of Maryland and two doctors at the University assigned to the army s research program in 1958,drs. Gerald Klee and Walter Weintraub were psychiatric residents at the University of Maryland Hospi Tal and were assigned to the army program under research contract me government had with the  supreme court generally has been reluctant to allow challenges in civilian courts to military Deci Sions but earlier this month it agreed in another Case to consider granting broader Federal court authority i some cases. In 1983. The justices ruled hat five Black servicemen who said they were victims of race discrimination May not sue Superior officers for damages based on alleged constitutional violations. You Don t have to be o Jogger just squirm wiggle fidget Boston apr fidgeting is an important Way of burning up calories and some people squirm and wig Gle away he equivalent of jogging several Miles each Day research has found. Scientists have also found thai a tendency to fidget what they Call spontaneous physical activity varies greatly from person to person but seems to run i families just As obesity does the latest research is pan of an Effort to figure out Why some people gel fat and others stay slim. The scientists based at the National institutes of health s labs in Phoenix ariz., have also found significant differences in people s metabolism Istrate at which they Burn up calories while lying still. And this Loo is passed from generation 10 Genera Tion. Gluttony and sloth have been blamed for the in creasing obesity in our affluent society and i Don t think anybody can quibble with that said or. Elliott Anfone of the univ Cisily of Vermont but Why do some people under the same Challenge become obese while others Don to scientists arc looking for the answer to hat questioning the Institute s respiratory chamber a furnished room thai pm measure How much Energy people expend. A report on their work was published in the december Issue of the Boston based journal of Clini Cal investigation. The researchers tested their theories on 177 volunteers who each lived in the room for 24 hour. Their Energy output was measured by keeping track of the oxygen and Carbon dioxide Levels in the room. Radar guns and motion detectors worn on their wrists Kepi record of their fidgeting. The people were told not to do push  or other intentional exercises. But differences in toe tapping Finger drumming and other nervous habits added up by the end of the Day some of the people had burned up 100 calories this Way while others had disposed of800 calories. A lot of people say that exercise is not very effective in terms of Energy balance because you need to run a lol of Miles to Bun calories said or. Eric Aussin who directed the latest study. We Are saying thai just the fact that you move More or sleep Little less or Are More nervous can make a big difference rav Ussin speculates thai the difference Between fidgeted and More lethargic people is probably even greater when they Are outside the respiratory Cham Ber and can move around freely. Heavy people expend More Energy when the fidget than do svelte people because moving All that fat Burns up a lot of calories. However rav Ussin said thai even among people the same site there Are big differences and some fidget four times More than others. The researchers found that slim women fidget More than fat women but there was no significant difference among men. Rave sign said a study of 27 families found tha Brothers and listers share a tendency to fidget awl the trait appears to a inherited. First lady denies Tiff with Reagan Washington a Nancy Reagan denied monday that she and president Reagan had s quarrel Over whether while House chief of stuff Donald Rega should be fired but she said she and her husband disagree sometimes the White House issued a statement earlier i which the president denied a report that he and mrs. Reagan bad a Tiff and that she had urged Regan removal because of controversy Over the sole of arms to Iran and the diversion of funds to the Central i Nicaragua. Asked monday whether the president told her a reported in the Washington fast Over the weekend to get off my goddamn Back mrs. Reagan Shook her head and replied sternly  by reporters on the report that the had disagreed Over whether the president should ire Gan mrs. Reagan again replied u the negative we disagree sometimes everybody disagree mrs. Reagan said. No. Now come on. This is Christmas the first lad added trying to fend off the queries. T7 mrs. Reagan made the comment during a tour the press of the new Christmas decoration w the r rooms of the White House in the while Howe statement pm. The to spokesman Dan Howard quoted  of the report there so Bonith Toff &iottotanythii4 else to the ii Jet