European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 7, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday june 1987 the stars and stripes Pauld 7 insurance firms tightening policies lowering Levels at which aids test required new York a the nation s insurers reacting to what they Sec As growing numbers of people apply ing for insurance after they be been infected with the aids virus Are lowering the hires hold at which they require physical examinations before writing life insurance policies. No one can buy insurance after their House starts to Burn or their ship stans to sink said Robert Wai Dron director of the new York office of he american Council of life insurance u Trade organization that represents almost Allu a. Life insurance companies. By the same Token you can l buy insurance after the disease process  Al Issue Are the Levels of life insurance coverage lha generally do not require medical test As part of the application. In the past the Levels ranged from arounds40.000 up to 1500,000. Above those Levels companies generally required medical tests including blood tests for exposure to acquired immune deficiency syndrome. Now because of aids he Levels Are being lowered across the nation. Any company that does t plan to do this is extremely vulnerable Waldran said. The new York life insurance co., which offers apparently healthy 30-year-Okis up to $300,000 of life insurance without requiring medical tests is consid ering lowering the figure to $ 150,000, said Malcol Mackay senior vice president of the company. Metropolitan life insurance co. Is also reviewing  or. Paul s. Entmacher senior vice presi Dent and medical director. New York life released a statement Friday saying people exposed to the ads virus were taking out life insurance policies after they teamed of their exposure. The trend is evidenced by a marked increase in tie Dollar amounts of death claims for aids victims and an inordinate percentage of claims on policies in Force less than two years the statement said. The analysis also indicates that these trends Are  blood tests merely indicate exposure to the aids virus and cannot predict whether the exposed person. Will contract the deadly disease. The National  disease control estimates that Only 20 percent to 30 percent of the i million to 1.5 million american who have been infected with the virus will develop aids by the end of 1991. However insurance companies in general deny life insurance to anyone who tests positive. Aids related deaths account for about i percent of life insurance payouts said Waldron but executives believe that percentage is soon to Rise. We expect to see enormous quantities of claims from people who bought insurance after they were infected he said. Jackson irked by reporters sex questions Washington a the Rev. Jesse Jackson asked by reporters whether he is involved in extramarital love affaire said he is not romantically involved with women of her than Bis wife. The democratic presidential hopeful asked at a meeting with reporters Friday whether he had any past involvements with Oiler women while he was married answered at one Point i m saying that that question is a matter of my conscience and my family and my god and that unless there is probable cause  All that goes wit that that Issue should not be the Cen Ter piece of my Campaign or anybody s Campaign Jackson said. The questions about Jackson s person Al life were raised in the Wake of the abrupt end of Gary Hart s Campaign for the nomination amid questions about his relationship with a Miami Model. Jack son was asked about stories and re mors about his personal life. As reporters pressed Jackson about any past involvements., he was asked you said. That it is not a problem currently but you declined to  it was a problem in the  it has not been a problem in the past Jackson replied. He called questions Abom a Candi Date s private life a catch-22 situation however you answer it you almost condemn yourself by  Jackson was asked whether he had a Gary Hart problem and whether any such problem could be a Factor in his Campaign i Don t think so he answered. A reporter defining a Gary Hart problem As someone who has been involved Wilh other women outside his  Jackson replied that is nol a prob Lem in my Campaign a problem in my  asked if that meant there Are no cur rent affairs Jackson said there is Nosuch  asked again about rumours of past involvements Jackson said i choose not to dignify he  moments later he added "1 do not feel an obligation to answer that  the democratic hopeful who has no formally announced his candidacy said that there has to be a line drawn about reporters questions on candidates per Sonal lives. If National interest is involved if National Security is involved it is a legitimate question. Beyond that it appears to he an Issue of sensational inquiry rather than one that Las a legitimate foundation he said. Beyond National inter stand National Security it is not your Busi  tax investigator fired for foiling to file returns new York a a City official in charge of find ing lax cheats was fired Friday after he admitted that he did nol file state and City tax returns for 1984 and 198i. Leroy Frazer or. Pleaded guilty in criminal court i Manhattan to two state Misdemeanour counts and was fired from his $54,000-a-year Job As assistant commissioner in charge of the enforcement division of the department of finance. Frazer was appointed lust june to supervise investigations of companies and individuals evading City in child molester must put warnings on Home vehicles Portland Ore. Up a judge ordered a repeal child molester to place three Inch nigh signs on the doors of his Home and on his vehicles Wilh inc warning dangerous sex offender do children  it s time something was done to people who dam age our children mull Oinah county circuit court judge Dorothy m. Baker said Friday in imposing sen tence on Richard 1. Bateman 47. Baker said she ordered the warning signs to protect neighbors and children wherever Bateman lives. She also ordered him not to live within a id Block radius of the location of the offences. Baleman a drywall installer had pleaded no contest to two Counis of sexually abusing minors in 1985. In 1979, he was convicted of second degree kidnapping sodomy and sex abuse involving minors. Or. Bateman causes a substantial amount of harm to the Community All for his own pleasure inc judge said. Bateman objected to the signs saying they would make it difficult for him to obtain housing and employment As a drywall installer. I Don t think it s right to have signs on the door be said. I m going to Start my life Over. I m not Gonglo do anything to  come sales and real estate taxes. His lawyer John j. Rieck jr., said Frazer also failed to fik1 a Federal tax Clurn for 1985, when he was an assistant District attorney but might have a refund  that year. Frazer in a statement said he was embarrassed by the series of personal events in my life which caused me to be i Nallen live to my filing  Frazer made 134,000 in 1984 and $40,000 in 1985as an assistant t District attorney. Rick said frail r filed his 1984 stat and City Actu res in january but so far had not filed Federal returns for 1985. Finance commissioner Abraham bid groan who appointed Frazer said he did a super Job in his year in office. There must have been a Blind spot in his personality Biderman said. Sentencing was Sci for july 15. The maximum sen tence is one year in prison on either count and a Fine of up to 15,000. Tough Toad Hank the Toad scowls As he sits on he shoulder of handler Fred Dodd. Hank s the Star of Dodd s world of snakes show that travelled hut week to Kimpton elementary school in new Bedford mass