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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Sunday, June 21, 1987

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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 21, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes sunday june 21,1987 finds a Friend Hunt and Groom take a moment to relax Iron a hectic schedule at the a file Roanoke Vallur hone Star in Ronoke  Groon b shul mow Fot talc Namaa corp aim Del aids information and program to be launched by . Agency Washington a Aren t we Over reacting Onai St the nation s top health official Aski in a new radio spot in t it More hype than health threat health and human services Secretary Otis r. Bowen w is on the truth it aids is the most serious health threat facing our  in another of the 11 advertisement being distributed to 11,000 radio stations Bowen ays you can t get aids from a sneeze or an insect bite or from toilet  the program announced Friday by Bowen also includes two 30-second television spots being distributed by the National association of broadcasters to it 900 member stations. The radio ads in 30 and 60-second format Art being mailed to 11,000 radio stations including 600 Spanish speaking stations. All of the spots arc designed to get people to seek More information on aids and to urge Hose inter ested to Call the toll free aids hot line at 1-800-342-alds. One of the longer ones suggests thai listeners ask for b copy of the surgeon general s 36-Page report on aids when they Call. These radio and television announcements Are one More element in our Effort to reach the american peo ple with the knowledge they need concerning aids Bowen said in a statement. They contain the Basic facts and they Tell Bow Togel More detailed written information and Bow to rave specific questions answered through our aids hot  some of the messages Are intended specifically for Black and hispanic listeners. One says three out of four heterosexual men and women with aids Are Black or  the announced anti aimed tit minority populations arc especially important because Black and his panic americans ire carrying a disproportionate share of the Burden of aids Bowen said. About 25 percent of the people with aids Are Black although Blacki make up Only 12 percent of the us population. About 14 percent of he people with aids Are hispanic although hispanics make up Only 7 per cent of the population. The aids hot line has been in operation Nace 1983 and has received More than a million Calls. The hot line is answered initially with a recording that gives Basic facts on aids. Calien Are Hen Given another number m Call if they want to talk to an operator trained to answer specific questions. Bowen said More than a million copies of surgeon general c. Everett Koop i report on aids have been distributed since it was issued last november. He said another printing of several million additional copies should be completed nut month. The radio spots include seriousness of the disease contagious Ness of the disease How is aids spread symptoms of aids aids and minorities should we quarantine aids patients and Progress against the disease. The radio ads also refer listeners to the hot line for More info Tattoo. In the quarantine spot Bowen says some people say that we should quarantine aids patients. That step is unnecessary and  he goes on to say aids is not spread by casual Contact and that quarantine would be a brutal retaliation against those who need medical hip and  it would also drive aids victims underground creating further risks for everyone. We need to Nee the facts not give in to  father guilty in deaths of children / Aberdeen . A a Man was convict cd of five counts of involuntary manslaughter for leaving his five children alone in a House that caught fire killing the youngsters. The Federal court jury deliberated two hours Friday before convicting Sylvan George Beautiful Bald Eagle of the charges. Said Eagle s wife. Rosella bowed her head and begun crying As the verdict was read. . Attorney Philip Horn Lold jurors Friday that old Eagle was grossly negligent when he left the Chil Dren alone in i hair Home on the evening of feb. 2r.hoi ashes in a Wood burning stove ignited an Early morning ice that killed the five who ranged in age from i month to 4 years old. Court appointed defense counsel curl Ewinger argued that Bald. Eagle was not guilty because he was very drunk when i wife left him alone with the Chil Dren in their three room House on the standing Roc Indian reservation. Mrs. Bald Eagle testified thursday that she spent the night at a Cousin s House after arguing with her husband about his drinking. Killed in the tire were Evan 4, wins Kara and a Cristine 2, Sandra 20 months and Sylvan George jr., one month. Fire officials have said i he children succumbed to heavy smoke. Their bodies were found by neighbors who discovered the Fine about 4  and extinguished in with Snow and water. . District judge Richard Batley set sentencing for july 31. Bald Eagle remains free on Bond. Stateside smelly pollution Cloud blankets Long Beach area Long Beach. Calif. A a Cloud of foul smelling air flowed out of Long Beach and into Orange county sending four people to a Hospital mid prompt ing some stares to close and hundreds of people to Cal officials. Our dispatch office til up like a Christmas tree said George Morgan fire battalion chief. The Orange courtly fire department s hazardous materials unit determined Only that the substance was an air pollutant and non toxic said spokeswoman Sharon flume fell. Morgan speculated the Cloud was Burn off from Wil Mington refineries. Cop is unwitting safety net for boy falling from window Chicago a a 2-year-old boy trying to get a glimpse of a movie being made on hit stil fell out of a second floor window and under on a police officer both escaped serious injury. To just glad i was there f o save thai kid said up. Larry Augustine. I had jus walked Over and stood there a minute before in happened. God wanted it that Way. In was meant to  Augustine was part of the Security Force assigned to the Milmine of above the Law a Warner Bros mob thriller scheduled for release this Winter. Junior Merced leaned too far out of the window of hit Home and fell onto an awning below. He bounced off the awning landed on the policeman rolling off the officer s shoulder and Down Hii Arm and then hit Bead fint on Concrete  boy was taken to St. Mary of Nazareth hot Ilal when he was treated and released in Good condition. Nashville student s balloon comes Down in Budapest Nashville Tenn. A one of 1,500 odium balloon bunched last month by elementary school Papill travelled nearly 6,500 Miles to Budapest Hun Gary officials say. We still can t believe a balloon went so far said Rie elementary school principal de counter. Bayer Bela discovered the balloon in Budapest along with a laminated message from first grader kit Iha John. We found your card in our Back Yard Bela wrote Peuha. We checked with the american embassy in Budapest. They told us that this was a balloon contest from Yogi school in  the balloon probably got trapped in an eastward moving Jet Stream and was carried across the Atlantic Ocean by the wind said dead. Martin of the National weather service. Boston University to dose nursing school next year Boston a the Board of inn teen Hai voted to dose the Boston University school of nursing it us end of next year the school announced Friday. The decision was reached with reluctance Bat in was made in response to a trend Over which Bosto University has no control John Silber president of the University said to a press conference to Uno Naihe result of thursday s vote. The school will remain open another year for pre sent students he said. Where if us anti will go after Thatha not yet been decided. He said the move was a Ken because of declining numbers of nursing admissions at Boston University at the same time that Many nursing program at state universities Are gelling heavy subsidies. The Junior version that is Al Monte Calif. A a 22-foot-tall Model of lady Liberty donated to the City by a grateful Immi Grant has been languishing in the Public work Yard because officials can l decide what in do with in we have a statue of Liberty wit out a Home tact Don Mcmillan mayor of this los Angeles suburb. Itis hard to find a spot where in fits to with the surround  line t. Wang a taiwanese immigrant donated the 550,000, 1-ton fibreglass statue to Trie City last fourth of Only after officials asked to borrow it for an Independence Day Celebration. The naturalized tick fun bought tic statue in Taiwan and donated in to the City to show my appreciation for being   
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