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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 31, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes monday August 31,1987 Clifford and Louis by Iril reporters hat the family will Lane Arcadia Fla for i audit dosed location. Parents of aids infected boys say family will move from town Arcadia Fla. Dpi the parents of thre Young aids carriers whose court ordered Relura id school prompted a Boycott and bomb scares said sat urday the Fin that gutted their Home was deliberately set and they Are leaving town forever. Clifford and Louise Ray choking Back tears told reporters outside the Sariola Law office of their attorney that they would take their three Haemophilia a sons Richard 10, Robert 9, and Randy 8, out of school and move to an undisclosed location Arcadia is no longer our Home Ray said. To be Safe we have to go someplace  the suspicious fire erupted at the rays Home at 10 10 . Friday. The family was staying with rela Tives at an undisclosed location at the time bul Ray s brother Andrew was in the House and suffered smoke inhalation. He was treated Ai Desoto memorial Hospi Tal. The rays said they believe the Blaze was triggered by a firebomb placed in one of the boy s bedrooms. Firefighters believe he Blaze started in a room near the Kitchen which is not near any of the bedrooms said capt. Glenn Prescott of the Desolo county fire and Rescue department. The stale fire marshal s office in Hillsborough county ii investigating the Blue and will Issue a report som cume wednesday Priscoll said. Although arson is suspected in the lire authorities declined to speculate any further. The couple did not reveal the whereabouts of their sons. Kids like ours ought to be in school. That s the Point we Wani to make mrs. Ray said. The boys contracted the deadly aids Sims through blood based medication that they look for their Condi Tion. They have Noi developed any symptoms of the disease and their parents and 6-year-old sister have est cd negative for lie virus Desolo county officials banned the boys from at tending classes last year when the officials Learned thai the three carried the virus but the boys started school last week under a Federal court order. Despite Calls for a Boycott from angry parents who fear the boys could infect their children with the virus attendance was up to 7j percent by he end of the week said the principal of memorial elementary school. Hoax bomb threats in in opted classes tuesday and wednesday but no violent demonstrations threatened the children. The rays said they hold local politicians and the school Board responsible for the trouble they have had. The school Board has allowed uninformed people to set policy the father said. Certainly they be Cre ated a climate where these things can  he said the school made a target of his sons by announcing hat they carried the aids virus at the beginning of the week we said there were a lot of Good people in Desoto county said the family s lawyer. Bill Earl. Yesterday the Good people did not prevail. What Lille the rays had has been  Ray said an Anonymous caller threatened to bum Down their House several weeks ago. The incident was reported to the sheriffs department he said. The three boys cried when they Learned thai Law fire destroyed All their possessions Ray said. Everything these kids have Ever had was there which was t much he Ray said. That like ripping out All the Security a child has. The first thing my youngest boy said is where s or. Monkey i said or. Monkey is gone " District to prepare High school before aids exposed girl Enrols Aurora Colo. A a teen age girl carrying the aids virus is studying at Home but will attend school after officials write the District s parents hold a Public meeting on aids and teach other students about the deadly disease officials say. School officials said they Hope no parents will Pul their children of of Central High school bul they could because the District allows open enrolment among District schools said District spokeswoman sue Clark. The girl reportedly was infected by the virus through  while undergoing Back surgery. She is conic Lite j lit Ury to risk for transmitting the Viii Clark  stifled Al Central last week but the teen Ager will be taught Al Home until school officials arc confident that parents teachers and students Are pre pared Lodeal with having her in  Stark said. Central High parents Are being mailed idlers from principal Marc Sline informing them that inc teen Ager will attend the school. The District also will hold a meeting sept. 9 for parents or other Community members who have questions about aids or inc decision to let the girl attend Central Clark said. All Central students Willic Given a lesson on aids sept. 10. Stateside . Will hospitalize incapable mentally ill new York not new York cily will hospitalize mentally ill homeless people involuntarily if they arc deemed incapable of taking care of themselves mayor Edward i. Koch has said. The new policy vastly expands the cily s Stan Dards for who can be taken for treatment against their will. In the past the City concerned thai it would be infringing on lie Legal rights of the individual had acted Only when a person was found to Bein imminent danger to himself or others. But the mayor said the past interpretations of the Law concerning such  had been far too narrow. Beginning in october he said homeless peo ple in danger of serious harm within the reasonably foreseeable future will be taken to Belte Vuc Hospital fora 15-Day examination. Both morally and legally we have an Obliga Tion to help those who can t or won t help them selves Koch said. Iowa governor praises Trade talks with soviets Cedar rapids Iowa a gov. Terry Branstad said after an Iowa soviet Trade Confer ence that his state s initiative could Foster better relations Between the United Stales and the so Viet Union. I think it can make a difference Branstad said following what was billed As the first state level Trade meeting with the soviets. Obviously Stales do not bet foreign  the conference was attended by about 250 people including Albert v. Melskov soviet Deputy Trade representative to the United Stales. Melnikov id americans have the Opportunity under economic reforms begun by soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev to greatly increase Export to the u.s.s.r., out that any Trade expansion must be reciprocal. . Fischer of soy pro International a Cedar Falls agricultural company said he was impressed with the Frank Exchange Between so Viet and american officials. Kidnapped nurse returns Home to family in Texas Houston a a nurse who spent three months As a captive of mozambican guerrillas in an ordeal during which the lost 20 pounds has returned Home to her wailing family and friends. I feel great said Kindra Bryan 27, As she arrived in Houston following an 11-hour trip from Amsterdam. It s just Good to be Back Home. Good to be Back in Houston and in the United  Bryan was greeted at the Houston Airport by her parents Claude and Mary to free and a sister and Nephew. A smiling Bryan received Flowers and a hug from her Mother. Bryan and six others were kidnapped May 13and released at the Mozambique Malawi Border by pro Western guerrillas fighting Mozambique s Central government. A spokesman for the rebels said the captives were marched out of Mozambique for their own safety. Researcher will Stop Elm tree experiments Bozeman Mont. A a researcher who injected Elm Trees with genetically altered bacteria without approval has said he will end his Cip Erimena but insists such research is Noi something to be  the work is something to be used to Blesi our land Gary a Irobel said in a slain men pre pared for delivery to a Montana slate University ask Force. He said the National juror surrounding his experiments was like a very bad dream and said he Aclid in Good Faith. For a Good cause in an Effort to save american forests from dutch Elm disc air. However he said he recognizes that the Capon Mcnol must end  
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