European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 15, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Page Al the stars and stripes thursday january is 1987 High tech arms not enough Crowe tells Senate panel Washington a High technology weapons or the United states and its allies arc no longer enough to offset soviet troops and weapons in Europe a lop . Military official has said. Adm. William j. Crowe jr., chairman of the join chiefs of staff said tuesday the West still has belter naval forces. But he complained the West has no Way to deter the soviets from using chemical weapons and has lost its Lead in nuclear strength anti aircraft and anti tank missiles. Us Lead in tactical aircraft has less ened he added. Surely the Prospect of having to fight 16 nations at once remains a sobering one for the Kremlin he told the Senate budget committee. Bui. Barring a major change in the dynamics of the Competition nato can no longer Hope to offset Warsaw pact numbers merely by improving the qual Ity of its equipment or relying on the dedication of people defending their own Crowe said Western Europe accounts for 30 percent of military spending by members of the North Atlantic Alliance and 60 percent of the Active military people As Well As ground and air combat units. He added they have concentrated on ground and air strength rather than naval forces. He complained West european nations have no added much to their stocks of munitions and these could be exhausted quickly in combat. Bolh Crowe and defense Secretary Caspar Wein Berger with whom he appeared Al the hearing warned thai reducing . Military would Send wrong Signa Flo . Allies and to the soviet Union. It was the first meeting of the committee since last no vember s election gave control of the Senate to the democrats and solidified their hold on the House. Many Democrat want to cd the Pentagon budget. President Reagan has asked a record j312 billion forthe year that starts oct. I. Crowe recalled during the administration of former president Carter Alt the allies pledged to increase Mili tary spending by 3 percent a year. The response has been mixed and Weinberger argues hard for the level to be kept he said. California aids victim files suit after being denied a pedicure Santa Monica Calif. A an aids victim has filed a lawsuit alleging civil rights violations by a manicure Salon that refused to give him a pedicure after employees Learned of his condition Paul Jasperson tiled the lawsuit tuesday alleging Jessica s Nail clinic in West Hollywood violated thatcommunity1 ordinance against discrimination by businesses based on aids. It also claimed a violation of the California civil rights act. Earlier tuesday Salon owner Jessica Vartoughian was scheduled for arraignment in municipal court on a charge of Violal ingest Hollywood s aids discrimination ordinance. The defense challenged the Ordi Nance however and a hearing is scheduled for feb. 3. Defense attorney Joseph b. Cop clan said he would argue that the complaint fails to slate a Public of sense and the ordinance is preempted by slate Law. We do not feel that this ordinance has any Validity Copelan said. Jasperson 35, told reporters he had been diagnose Das having acquired immune deficiency syndrome july 12, 1986" he also said that As a Hairdresser he devel Ops calluses from standing and sought the pedicure lore Lieve the soreness. On july 23, 1986, or. Jasperson went to Jessica s and made an appointment to get a pedicure on july 24, 1986." said his attorney Gloria Allred. During his visit to Jessica a or Jasperson encountered two acquaintances and one of his regular customers in a discussion and in answer to a question or. Jasperso revealed that he had aids. He then left. He later received a Call from the Salon cancelling his appointment and they refused to make any further appointments with him. He was told the Salon was not accepting any new male the lawsuit seeks an undetermined amount of dam Agen and preliminary and permanent injunctions or Dering that Jasperson not be treated differently than any other Salon customer on account of his medical condition or sex Ailred said. In our opinion this May be one of the nation s first tests of City ordinances which have been designed to protect victims of aids. ,. It is our contented that men and women who have aids have the right to enjoy equal Access to business establishments Allred said. Cop clan contended Jasperson walked into the Salon trying to provoke a confrontation. When he came hews literally screaming i have aids and i want a pedicure Copelan said he has said Vartoughian simply sought time to ask for medical advice on How Jasperson could be treated safely but she was charged with discrimination before resolving the medical and Legal questions. Vartoughian would have risked losing her License had she not sought advice because state Law prohibits establishments from requiring workers to knowingly work upon a person suffering from any infectious or communicable disease cop clan said. Jasperson denied he went into the Salon and announced he had aids. "1 discussed it in the privacy of a one to one conversation with a Friend of mine and i am certain in was overheard by both other manicurists and clients in the Salon Jasperson said. He said pursuing Legal action was important so that people with aids Don t have to face any further discrimination or difficulty than they already have in their he also said he believed in was important to educate people so they Don t have unreasonable to station s refusal won t deter roberts1 life or death funds plea Tulsa okla a a television station s refusal to air evangelist Oral Roberts recent programs will not deter him from telling viewers he will die if his ministry does not receive $4,5 million by March a spokeswoman said tuesday a Washington d.c., station refused to air Roberts expect a Miracle programs of Jon 4 and 11, in which the Picas were made and stations in Dallas and Oklahoma City Are considering similar action station officials said. Jan Dargatz a spokeswoman for Oral Roberts ministries said there Are no plans to change approaches. I Don t think Oral Roberts has Ever really listened to what his critics say As a guide to changing his Mes Sage she said. Roberts whose weekly program airs in More than 200 cities said on the two broadcasts that god or dered him last March to raise $8 million for scholarships at Oral Roberts University s medical school. And he mid if you Don t do it i m going to Call you Home in one year " Roberts said. The 68-year-old evangelist said s3.5 million has been raised but he asked followers 10 preserve his life by pledging the remaining �4,5 million before March in Washington d.c., Susa to refused to carry the two broadcasts and replaced them with other programming because they were regarded As nothing More than 30 minutes of fund raising said Sandra Butler director of broadcast operations. As Long As they Are preach no the gospel that s Fine but when it becomes a half hour hard sell fund Raiser we Don t do it she said. It s not religion it s basically an Appeal for stateside Moyers says lbs limited his time on evening news los Angeles Bill Moyers Uyi Hii decision to leave lbs Wai prompted by limited Access to the evening Newi despite Hundred of Story suggestions. Al a news conference tuesday during the pub Lic broadcasting service s unveiling of it up coming programs. Movers did his decision More than a year ago to leave was unchanged by a series of meetings with lbs chairman William Paley and network president Laurence Titch. I realized that after i had done one hour of programming that year 1965 and was having difficulty getting regular Access to the evening news that that was not Home Tor me that i could not in my prime Yean do enough programming to justify any More time there Mayers said. He later clarified thai he did not hold lbs evening Newt Anchor Dan rather responsible for his tack of Access on the news broadcast but believed rather was just As uneasy As i was about those decisions teamsters chief Presser undergoes lung surgery Cleveland Cap teamster president Jackie Presser underwent what Wai described Ai successful surgery to remove a tumor on his lung a spokesman for Presser said Presser 60, underwent the surgery tuesday Al the Cleveland clinic to remove the isolated tumor which was discovered in a routine Check up hid John Climaco Presser s attorney an spokesman there were no complications and Complete recovery ii expected he Taid. Presser was admitted to the clinic in novem Ber 1983 when he underwent triple bypass heart has been head of the 1.6-miilion-Mem Ber and nation largest Union since april 1983.last May Presser was indicted on racketeer ing and embezzlement charges in connection with what the Justice department alleges Wai a payroll padding scheme. Anheuser Busch plans to Market soft drinks St. Louis up Anheuser Busch cos.,the world largest Beer maker his Taid it Plant to enter he soft drink Market with a line of sodas under the name Zeltzer Seltzen represent the fairest grow. Ing segment of the soft drink Industry with sales Topping 1260 million last year and projection indicating that safes will double again in 1987," Tony Poulos vice president of the company s beverage group said tuesday. Zetur Seltzer will come in Raspberry peach Blueberry Black Cherry Vanilla Crane and cola Berry Anheuser Busch said the sodas will be made in California and Maryland. Zeltzer Seltzer will come in six packs of Clear 10-ounce gum bottles. The Brewer said Zeltzer Seltzer is an All Nat ural soda with no artificial colouring or artificial sweeteners and represents the Anheuser Busch beverage group s first entry in the Boom ing soft drink electronics employment registers drop in 86 Palo Alto Calif. Up employment in the . Electronics Industry fell by about 20,000 jobs during the lint nine months of 1936, according to an announcement by the american electronics association. The Trade group tuesday estimated there were 2,520,000 Domestic electronics employee in september 1986. That compared with 2,540,000 at the Start of 1988 and 2.560,000 in september1985. In the first nine months of 1966, the group said employment in the computer segment dropped by 3 percent or 16,000 jobs while semiconductor employment increased 0,3 percent or 900 jobs. Software programming employment Rose by s.2 percent or 10,000 jobs. The Trade group said the figures Are ill Esti mates based on employment data provided by the . Bureau of labor statistics and Are subject to revision
