European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 14, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday. September 14, 1987 the stars and stripes Page 7 killer tried to infect Friend with aids newspaper says it Cincinnati a the Cincinnati Post Quot ing sources it did not identify said in its weekend edition that serial killer Donald Harvey claims he at tempted to infect a Friend with aids contaminated tissue specimens he stole from the veterans administration medical Center morgue. Harvey told investigators he used specimens contaminated with the deadly acquired immune deficiency syndrome in an unsuccessful 1983 attempt to kill Diane Alex Ander a stylist who worked at a hair Salon owned by Harvey s for Mer Roommate the paper said. Harvey a former a autopsy assistant said he stole the specimens after they were remove from the body of a Man who died of aids at the a medical Cen Ter in 1983, the paper said. Harvey s attorney William Whalen confirmed that Harvey admitted trying to kill the woman but he could not say where Harvey obtained the infected specimens. The 35-year-old Middletown Man has been convicted of murdering 25 people in Ohio including 21 patients at Drake memorial Hospital in Cincinnati where he worked from february 1986 until his arrest in april. Harvey also claims to have killed 13 patients while Hurrey working As an orderly at Mary mount Hospital in Lon Don ky., in 1970 and 1971. Shortly after Harvey attempted to infect Alexander by putting the stolen specimens in her food and drink he placed hepatitis scrum stolen from the a morgue into a drink she was served in january 1984, the news paper said. Eleven months later Alexander contracted a severe Case of hepatitis and was hospitalized authorities have said. Harvey subsequently was indicted and pleaded guilty to attempting to murder Alexander with the hepatitis scrum. After Harvey told investigators he attempted to infect Alexander with aids she was Given tests that showed she had not contracted the disease the sources said. Harvey tried to kill Alexander because he was Jeal Ous of her relationship with Carl Hoeweler who was her employer and Harvey s Roommate for six years the sources said. Harvey has been convicted of felonious assault for placing arsenic in Hoeweler s food which led to Hoe Weler s hospitalization in december 1986. A medical Center spokesman Bill Moore decline comment on Harvey s alleged theft of aids specimens because of an ongoing Fri investigation into Harvey s claims that he killed 15 patients at the Hospital. Harvey admitted that he stole tissue samples including a Large liver Section in july 1985, when he was caught carrying a pistol in the a Hospital. He later was allowed to resign. Reagan puts non nuke missiles on arms Accord trading Block Washington a president Reagan has rejected pleas by defense Secretary Caspar w. Wein Berger to exclude medium Range missiles with non nuclear warheads from any arms control agreement with the soviets the Washington Post reported sunday. Reagan s last minute decision on that and other Pentagon requests illustrates his wish to move quickly on an agreement with the soviets and possibly hold a Summit this year the newspaper r reported quoting unidentified . Officials. The administration is prepare i ing for this week s visit to Washington by soviet foreign min ister Eduard a. Shevardnadze j arms control Heads the Agenda. According to the unidentified defense officials quoted by the Post the Pentagon wants to pre vent any agreement from inter Fering with an air Force Effort to develop a boost Glide vehicle Weinberge for deployment in Western Europe by the late 1990s. The ground launched vehicle could skim Over East pm Europe and the soviet Union at speeds of up to 12,000 Mph dropping weapons or taking pictures Alon he Way the newspaper said. P. Agan reportedly met with Weinberger in the Oval office wednesday and the next Day made his Deci Sions. They Are to be included in a new version of a do treaty that was to be introduced monday by american arms negotiators in Geneva Switzerland a Ding to the newspaper. Reagan also rejected a Pentagon request that some of the . Medium Range missiles deployed in the United states or Western Europe be kept for research use in the strategic defense initiative program known As Star wars the Post said. Both sides have said that All such missiles should be eliminated but the defens department wants to use them As test targets or As space launch vehicles according to one Pentagon offi Cial quoted by the newspaper. Reagan also departed from the Pentagon by deciding that the United states should agree to eliminate a Small number of missiles at the outset of any treaty once ratified the Post said. Secretary of state Georgep. Shultz will make that proposal tuesday when he meets with Shevardnadze it said. Previously the administration had said the United states should refrain from eliminating any of its mis Siles until the soviet Union cuts its missile Force to existing . Levels. That would require the soviets to destroy 1,087 warheads before the United states gets rid of any the Post said. For 30 months the two superpowers have been edging closer to a pact that would eliminate Pershing ii and Tomahawk cruise missiles in the . Arsenal and ss-20s of roughly comparable Range deployed by the soviets. The United states has said that the agreement should cover nuclear armed missiles and it has not raised the Issue of excluding non nuclear missiles. The soviets have sought the elimination of All missiles within the Range covered by the agreement. Administration officials quoted by the newspaper said it is difficult to verify whether a missile carries a nuclear or conventional warhead. Cocaine users babies often have lingering effects Chicago a babies born to mothers who used cocaine during pregnancy May suffer muscle tremors stiffness and other neurological problems up to four months after birth Sug Gesting possible lasting effects. Jane Schneider a physical therapist at Northwestern memorial Hospital  four months most Normal infants arc exploring their bodies constantly kicking their legs in the air arching their backs and even putting their feet in their Mouths while lying on their backs Schneider  those born to cocaine using mothers tended to lie Flat and move stiffly at that age she  presented her findings saturday at the second annual National conference on drug use in pregnancy. They Don t explore because they can to she said. Normal babies arc learning about their bodies and where things Start and Slop co Caine babies Are missing out on  earlier studies have shown that fetuses exposed to cocaine tend to be jittery tense and stiff at birth Schneider said. Authorities previously believed those symptoms would subside As the infant grew older and experienced withdrawal from the drug s effects she said. The new study suggests that the neurologic symptoms Aren t caused by withdrawal but by conditions in the womb such As a Lack of oxygen to the brain during fetal development caused by the Mother s cocaine use Schneider said. Cocaine constricts the flow of blood to the brain and other organs and tissues. Schneider s study conducted from february1985 to March 1987, examined the physical movements of 80 babies at four months of age. Thirty of the infants were born to mothers enrolled in Northwestern Center for chemical dependence while so were selected from a Vari Ety of racial and Scio economic backgrounds in the general population she  in the first group had fought treatment for cocaine abuse during Preger while those in the second group had no history cocaine or other drug use during pregnancy she said. Of the 30 babies in the first group 20 showed abnormal symptoms ranging from stiff joints to trembling hands when reaching for an object Schneider  tremors arc common in newborns whose nervous systems May not be fully devel oped Schneider said. But in four month old babies the tremors Are rare she  percent or 13 babies displayed All of the symptoms and were diagnosed As hav in motor skill disturbances Schneider said. The drug s effect on the infants was not influenced by the Mother s pattern of drug abuse or whether she stopped taking cocaine during the first trimester of pregnancy or used it until delivering she said. Of the 50 babies born to mothers who did t abuse drugs Only one was diagnosed with motor abnormalities she  study suggests further that babies could suffer More lasting effects from problems caused by their mothers cocaine use but Schneider warned that some of the symptoms May go unnoticed in  you  them All dressed up in their mothers arms they look great she said. Out if you take off their clothes and look at them with a trained Eye there Are definitely  new mine sweeper commissioned Elizabeth Dole May resign Sturgeon Bay wis. A the Avenger the first Navy mine sweeper built since the korean War was commissioned in this Lake Michigan port sat urday As about 1,000 people  representatives at the commissioning refused to speculate on the Wood hulled mine sweeper s first assignment but retired vice adm. James Bond Stock Dale who accepted the 224-foot-Long vessel into the Fleet indicated it could be assigned to the persian Gulf where the Navy has been escorting kuwaiti Oil  los Aspin d-wis., chairman of the House armed services committee and others also alluded to a possible persian Gulf assignment for the $ 153 Mil lion  Navy has been using mine sweeping helicopters in the Gulf and has dispatched several aged mine sweepers to the area since the re flagged Tanker Bridge ton hit a mine while under Navy escort. The Avenger will remain in Sturgeon Bay for test until november then will head for Charleston . For equipping and More tests before its deployment. The ship built by Peterson builders inc., was launched june 15, 1985, and has been tested in Lake Michigan 15 or 20 times said the Avenger s com manding officer cmdr. Robert s. Rawls. Rawls said his vessel is the Best mine sweeper in the world. We like to feel we have the capability to go anywhere in the world and perform any Mission Rawls said. I think we can Hunt mines faster deeper and in More regions of the world and we have More  Lexington . A transportation Secre tary Elizabeth Dole said saturday that she is consid ering resigning her Cabinet Post after her . Robert Dole r-kan., announces his candidacy for the gop presidential nomination. I love my Job and the challenges it gives me  said before her appearance at a gop rally. But As Lime gels near for Bob s announcement i will have to assess my situation very  Dole is expected to officially announce his candidacy in october said mrs. Dole a lawyer. She said she May step Down from the Cabinet Job she has held for 4 i years because the demands on her time would prevent her from campaigning for her Hus band As much As she would like