European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 20, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 18 the stars and stripes Friday. February 20,19b7-columns times wrong to downplay aids by Ellen Goodman one attraction of vacationing in a foreign clime besides raising the thermostat and lowering the stress level is that it s hard to get a newspaper. American papers did l arrive on our Caribbean is land until late afternoon. They were immediately claimed by news junkies the sort who leave Telephone numbers with their secretaries and Hope they la Cail Given a Choice Between catching the tas rays or the latest news our particular group of vacationers chose the daily Sun Over the daily news. So it was t until 1 resumed a dreadful move in itself to the snowy reality of new England that i 5aw my own Cameo role in a new Vork nines editorial. The surgeon general the los Angeles times and i were Foai ured As a Trio or alarmists playing a High Decimal unc about the spread of aids into the heterosexual population. The audition that won my admittance Mlo the Trio was a recent column in which i noted the frighteningly sluggish response of heterosexuals to the growing medical menace. The new York times in contrast sounded a More Mellow one might even say comatose note there is no Clear evidence that aids in