European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 31, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Monday. August 31, 1987 the stars and stripes Page 7 millions will get Koop Booklet on aids Washington a neatly 7 million Ameri can households will soon receive a detailed govern ment Booklet on aids bul most americans will not gel uie 36-Page report prepared by surgeon general c. Everett Koop unless they request it. The Reagan administration and Congress have been involved in a dispute Over whether the pamphlets should be mailed in mass. The administration is considering mailing facts on the deadly disease 10 All citizens but has said i docs nol want to use Koop s pamphlet because it is Loo Long and detailed. Members of Congress however can request copies of the report Tor every household in their districts and mail them to constituents with their congressional mailing privileges. The report costs the government 12ft cents a copy to produce. Twenty four lawmakers from 13 Stales and he Vir Gin Ligands have asked for booklets for their constituents according to Steven c. Schwadron an aide to rep. Gerry e. Studds a mass. Public health service officials said nearly 7 million copies have been requested from lawmakers at a Cost of about $875,000. Fear about aids has spread even faster than the disease itself said rep. Sam Heidenson d-conn., who is mailing the pamphlet to the 226,000 House hold in his District. Right now the Only Way to control the fear and to control this deadly epidemic is through education. The surgeon general s report pro Vides the comprehensive Frank and simple information needed to achieve that goal in a letter to constituents accompanying the report Heidenson warned that the Booklet contains sensitive information and thai parents May wish to review this report before sharing it with their Schwadron said lawmakers from Connecticut. Massachusetts Rhode Island. New York new Jersey. Pennsylvania California Florida Michigan Colora do new Mexico. Maryland Washington and the Vir Gin islands plan full District mailings of the report. In addition he said 30 lawmakers have requested limited copies of the Booklet and 40 to 50 House Mem Bers have either drafted newsletters reprinting excerpts of the Koop report or telling Consoli Lents that it is available on request. The administration is still considering its own mass mailing with a simpler pamphlet bul no decision on that has been reached said Public health service spokeswoman Ellen Casselberry. She said that idea will be explored by the aids commission recently appointed by Reagan. It certainly nol something that s going to happen in the near future she in id. Aids is a contagious disease that attacks the body s immune system rendering it incapable of resisting other diseases and infections. The chief victims of aids have been homosexual men and intravenous drug users. Most americans want virus carriers identified new York apr sixty percent of americans would Appl or to substantially outweigh the Ben cons to the corporation the indictment alleges shul 60,000 vehicles manufactured a Chrysler s sewn plants in the United Stales and two plants in Canada had their dome ices disconnected As they came off the Assem Bly lines Between july ims and last de Cember. The vehicles were used by com Pany executives for Pitun i ranging from one Day to five weeks. Chr scr officials said the cais were driven As pan Ofa testing program. They Aid the program was a mistake and offered extended warranties for Consumers whose cars were affected
