European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 20, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday. August 20, 1987 the stars and stripes Page 7 Missouri a step closer to san Francisco san Francisco a the City has moved a step closer to making san Francisco Bay the Hom port of the battleship Missouri and its 10 support ves Sels. The 6-5 vote monday by City supervisors approving a memorandum of under standing with the Navy climaxed weeks of heated debate and heavy lobbying by the mayor s office and the Navy. Opponents cited environmental and anti nuclear concerns As Well As the politically sensitive Issue of Gay rights. Immediately afterwards two demonstrators who opposed the plan jumped on a Bench and tried to unfurl a 30-l oot Long Banner. They were forcibly removed by a half dozen not Clad police. The memorandum clears the Way for a study on the environmental Impact of the planned move. The Navy had warned it would not negotiate past monday with City officials about making Hunters Point the Home Pon for the battleship and its support vessels. Rear adm. Robert Toncy commander of the san Francisco naval base had threatened to take the battleship group elsewhere if the supervisors did not adopt the memorandum. Mayor Dianne fins twin. Calling the move a Good economic step Forward had strongly urged the Board to approve the memorandum. I believe it is the largest single eco nomic package Ever to be placed in the Southeastern part of the  Feinstein said adding that Basing the ships in san Francisco would add 1,886 civilian jobs to the City s Economy. The memorandum dealt with a variety of topics including environmental issues such As dredging the port housing and social and economic factors that will be affected by the move. Some supervisors took Issue with the mayor saying that jobs should not be tied to military contracts. I find it extraordinary to believe that that s the Way to create More jobs said supervisor Harry Britt. Brill said the vote docs not guarantee the Missouri will come to san Francisco because that question depends on a num Ber of environmental and Federal fund ing decisions yet to be made. He called the memorandum merely a political piece of paper for the mayor to take Back to  Nea sending members guide to aids education Washington a the National education association is distributing an aids guide to its Mem Bers to help teachers answer children s questions and fears about the deadly disease. The guide the facts about aids was prepared by the . Public health service and carries a Strong endorsement from or. C. Everett Koop the . Sur Geon general who commended the Union for undertaking the education Campaign. In a foreword to the Booklet Kop says America s teachers make up the Only professional National educated dispersed network that can reach Young people before they begin these Behaviours. Teachers have a significant role to play in the health education process. If preventive programs Are to be most effective they must be instituted before be Havior that creates risk  the guide will go to All 1.86 million Nea members in the september Issue of Nea today being mailed at the end of this week. Mary Hatwood Futrill president of he Union writes in a separate article that the kind of education that will thwart aids does not come  our responsibility is Clear. But education designed to habituate students to safer More prudent behaviour raises sensitive moral issues. We cannot and should not dictate moral decisions to our communities Futrell says. Passions run deep on what constitutes appropriate material on human sexuality at each Grade level. But Nea will not run from the imperative to help Craft aids education programs that respect the moral sensibilities of our communities she said. The guide is the first Effort of the health information network underwritten with a $150,000 Grant from Merrell Dow pharmaceuticals inc. The network including the Nea Merrell Dow the National association of school nurses and the . Public health service plans to produce other handbooks on tobacco allergies attention problems and eating disorders. The guide docs not address curriculum questions or Al what age children should be told How to avoid aids. It spells out in Plain language what is known about the disease and its prevention. It also describes the symptoms of infection with the aids virus which is transmitted through the Exchange of bodily fluids Dur ing intimate sexual Contact or by sharing contaminated aids virus attacking human cells 1. Aids virus Sticks to human cell 2. Virus starts to invade eel 3. It Breaks through ceo wan 1. Aids virus penetrates directly into cell 2. Virus makes Hole in cell 3. It moves deeper into cell Chicago Tribune graphic source Osaka Japan medical College photos via Reuters intravenous Needles. Most victims have been Homo sexual or bisexual men or drug abusers. The guide uses a question and answer format to Dis Pell some fears including is there danger of a child s contracting aids from friends or schoolmates the answer no. The aids virus is difficult to catch even among people at highest risk for the disease. No cases of aids Are known or suspected to have been transmitted from one child to another in school Day care or Foster care  Sam Pizzigati Nea s associate director of communications said the guide was Field to Slid on Small groups of teachers in Camden n.j., and bin Salem a. He said most previous aids education materials have been aimed at those teaching health courses but this guide was designed for All classroom teachers. The kids who have questions about aids Don t just go to the health teachers he said. They go to the teachers they Trust the ones they feel they can talk to about sex and  the guide is intended 10 ensure that All teachers know the facts about aids and can convey that information in an intelligent manner to their students he said. Mother clings to Hood of speeding automobile Torrance Calif. A a woman trying to Stop her estranged Hus band from taking their 20-month-old son Clung to the Hood of his car for More than 30 minutes As he raced Over City streets and freeways police said. It s a Miracle she was t Hurt said police sol Ron Brumblow. She must have a grip of steel and a lot of  motorists who saw the incident Mon Day called police who caught up with Russell Allen jobs 43. He was arrested on possible charges of attempted murder and child endanger mint said la. Susan Rhilinger. Madonna Jobst 27, of Torrance suffered minor cuts and bruises in the Inci Dent and her son who was in the car suffered a Cut lip. She told officers she and her husband arc going through a divorce and had been arguing about custody of the boy when Jobst tried to remove the child from her Home placing the boy in his compact car and starting to drive away. She said she jumped on the Hood and hooked her feet into the wheel Wells and Clung to the Slot Between the Hood and Windshield while her husband veered Back and Forth trying to shake her off. Rhilinger said Jobst drove along cil boulevards before entering the san Diego freeway where he raced Al speeds up to 80 Mph. At other limes she said he drove along the freeway shoulder. We have witnesses who said he stopped abruptly to try to dislodge her from the Hood Rhilinger said. Republican candidate wins Connecticut vote Stamford Conn. A Republican Christopher Shays a state legislator and real estate broker Defeated demo crat Christine m. Niedermeier in tues Day s election to fill the 4th District con Gressional seat left vacant by the death of Republican rep. Stewart b. Mckinney. Unofficial returns compiled by the Bridgeport Telegram showed Shays 41. Of Stamford with 50.554 votes or 57 percent to 37,256. Or 42.1 percent for . This is a fantastic Victory that i have to share with a lot of people Shays said. I almost got out of this race four or five  Niedermeier 35. A Fairfield lawyer and former stale representative con ceded defeat in a Telephone Call to Shays about 9 15 . My friends. I guess it s not in the cards  told Campaign workers in her Concession speech. Also on the ballot was Nicholas tar Zia a Stamford plumber running on the War against aids ticket who got 521 votes and Alan Abel of Westport. A write in candidate who got 26 Voles according to unofficial returns. Niedermeier and shave winners of a july 21 primary were familiar political figures in the District. Niedermeier advertised heavily and outspent Shays 2-1. Shays spent the 27 Days since the Pri Mary touring the District in a camper and held few news conferences. The District North of new York City includes some of the richest communities in the nation including Greenwich and new Canaan. The area is referred Loas he Gold coast because it is Home to Many Rich and influential individuals and Fortune 51 0 companies