European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 16, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Paga 6 the stars and stripes wednesday. September 16,1987 struggling aids commission forces its director to resign Washington not the president s aids commission already facing Sharp challenges to its competence and credibility has for a is executive director to resign. The unexpected ouster on Friday of Linda d. Sheaf ice. A government health official on loan to the com Mission suggests that the newly appointed panel is in severe disarray As to begins the enormous task of exam ining virtually All aspects of the nation programs to combat the worsening aids epidemic. The ouster which was not announced but was Dis closed to reporters monday also appears to undercut the authority of or. W. Eugene Mayberry. The chair Man of the commission who is the chief executive officer of the Mayo clinic in Rochester Minn. May Berry had chosen Sheaffer for the Job from a list of nominees suggested by government health officials an had reportedly argued for her retention despite the pleas that she be replaced with what one commissioner called a More High powered executive. In the end Mayberry yielded to his col Kagues and asked Sara Flor who won Praise for her leadership of the Federal office of Organ transplantation to resign. The resignation is a further sign of turmoil on the commission which has been under attack since ii members were named on july 23. Several prominent scientist and leaders of aids organizations have charged that the panel lacks the expertise and objectivity to carry out its assigned task of advising la govern ment on now Best to protect the Public from aids. Find a cure for the disease and treat its victims. The panel has less than 10 More months to produce a final report dealing with almost All aspects of aids ranging from he scientific and ethical to the Legal and economic a task Many of the commissioners themselves find daunting. The chief reasons Tor Sheaffer s ouster according to several commissioners were dissatisfaction with the slow Pace at which the panel has begun its work and a reeling that the commission which consists of 13 individuals of varying expertise from Points scattered around the country could not possibly succeed in its Mission without a More effective staff. The members of the commission were not satisfied with her performance in the Washington office said or. Burton j. Lee Iii a member of the commission who is a physician at the memorial Sion Kettering cancer Center in new York City for whatever Rea son Lack of staffer whatever thug just weren t Hap pening. With Gene Mayberry out in Rochester most of the time the commission fell we had to get a really Good High powered full time person to Lead he staff. We have a big Endeavor Here and we want to get this thing off the ground and get railing he  organization and the Structure just was t Hap.  phone caller identification service attacked As invasion of privacy Newark no. A a service that would Tell new Jersey Bell customers who is calling before they answer the Telephone represent an invasion of privacy that also could reduce Calls to emergency hot line relying on Anonymous tips opponents told a regulatory panel monday. The state Board of Public utilities is considering the proposed Call identification service described by new Jersey Bell As a Way Tor customers to Sec who is at the door before opening  although opposed by new Jersey s Public advocate and american civil liberties Union chapter the serv ice has the support of Law enforcement officials whose Ilas a Way to thwart obscene callers reduce sales solicitation Calk and assist in the racing of numbers during emergencies. Call identification which new Jersey Bell said Nowise offered Only in Orlando fit., displays the Telephone numbers of incoming Calls on a Smalt screen hooked to the phone. New Jersey Bell wants to test Market the service and Lix other features in Atlantic City and the new York suburbs of Hudson county. Raymond Makul director of the Public advocate division of rate counsel told the utilities Board that the benefits of Call identification do not exceed the related potential for Public  approval of the service would mean that we Are being looked out for by our big brother. Big brother Bell Makul said. Call identification must be seen As a new toy for the overzealous bureaucrat the Over ambitious salesperson and Over inquisitive neighbor Edward Martone executive director of the Acle in new Jer sey said in a letter presented to the utilities Board opponents said the service would violate the agreement Between new Jersey Bell and customers who paid extra for unpublished numbers. Martone said he would consider filing a class action suit on the customers behalf. Those opposed also said people giving Anonymous tips or getting information from referral hot lines might unwittingly reveal their Ideal tics. For example Makul said customers might be reluctant to participate in new Jersey s tax amnesty pro Gram or get birth control information if they thought confidentiality was not assured. James Louis the stale s Deputy Public defender an director of a program that handles child abuse and neglect cases in family court said the service would have a chilling effect on child abuse reports. But the superintendent of the state police col. Gin ton a. Pagano said he sees Call identification As Wel come  the utilities Board could Rule within a week on new Jersey Bell request for a two year test. The Telephone company conducted a six month Experiment at an at lactic City Casino hotel where officials said the test was a Success but the service was not needed. High value of iranian Stamps May be tied to Cia operation new York up experts say the Cia could be both Stamps came out about three months ago i new say the be part of yet another intrigue involving Iran in the world of stamp collecting. Four 30-year-old iranian Stamps bearing an upside Down likeness of deposed Shah Mohammed red pahk i were sold monday for 1200,000 to an unnamed dealer who bought the last unsold portion from a Sheet of 100. The Stamps were discovered in Washington Earty ibis year and originally were Worth about $5,000 each but their Price skyrocketed since the disclosure of Covert stamp operation within the Cia. Said stamp expert Marc Rousso of coach investments inc. Some Cia employees recently were reported to be under investigation Tor Selling rare Stamps unwittingly acquired by Trie Agency bearing a picture of an inverted candlestick and the Candle s flame printed off Center. The coincidence of the two sea of Stamps was remarkable Rousso said. Bot out ago n Washington it was the same town the same Lime he said. I be never seen a stamp of that class held for 30 Yean. Why it is coming out now a a  the Shah Stamps whose 30-Dinar denomination is right Side up were printed in a government printing House in 1957, Rousso said. No one knows How the misprint happened. Maybe it was turned upside Down As a Symbol the Shah upside Down by some opponents who worked in the punting House to Embarrass the Shah Rousso said. Another stamp expert. Mercer Bristow director of Spe Cial activities for the american philatelic society in state College in Pennsylvania examined the Stamps lust Spring and said he was surprised about the reported Sale Price monday. La is a genuine inverted error out rather Odra malic by Inonu said. It s difficult to determine real fair Market value until they represented in auction.1 stateside Gay Pride Parade Marcher charged with biting 2 cops san Diego a a Marcher in the 1986gay Pride Parade has been ordered to stand trial for biting two police officers following a Skir Mish with fundamentalists protesting the March. Brian Bartow 40. Of san Francisco is charged with to felony counts of Bat cry and interfering with an officer a  court judge Robert Stahl or. Or dered the trial monday and set an arraignment for sept. 28. Reserve officer George ground and police officer Raymond Shay have testified that bar Low bit them and Drew blood after they tried to arrest him during the june 7, 1986, Parade in Hillcrest. Firn maker Mervyn Leroy Dies in California at 86 Beverly Hills Calif. A Mervyn Leroy who brought the wizard of of dream world to movie screens gave Una Turner he first Job and introduced Ranald Reagan to Nancy Davis has died. He was 86. The Oscar winning producer director of More than 75 motion pictures including such memorable films As Little Caesar which made Edward g. Robinson a Star and quo Vadis died sunday morning at Home. Leroy who had alzheimer s disease and had recently been hospitalized for respiratory prob lems was found dead by his wife of 4 f years Kitty according to his business manager Given Eaton. Leroy was remembered fondly and sadly sunday by the president and mrs. Reagan. We always referred to him As our cupid Mervyn Leroy was a special part of our lives the reagans said in e statement released by the while House. Some baby mobiles rattles recalled in  Washington a stuffed animal mobiles implicated in the death of a is month Oli baby Are being recalled the consumer product safety commission reported monday. The commission said some Windmill rattles imported from Italy also an being recalled be cause of potential choking  the animal mobiles Are being recalled by Cal Deron co. Of Locust Valley n7y., the commis Sion said. Consumers were advised to remove the mobiles from use by children and cot the Nylon Cord and Springs attached to the animals. They should Send the detached Cord and Springs to Calderon co., 480 Forest ave., Locust Valley n.y., 11560. The company will replace the mobiles with a Plush toy. The commission said. The rattles consist of a rattle with four bait attached to a bub that spins on a Shin. Each Ball contains two plastic pellets that make noise As they  rattle Hub is labelled made in Italy and an attached suction cup is labelled  they were sold in a Box labelled spinning Windmill rattle Model 61722, Arsana s.p.a., made in  parents should remove the rattles from Chil Dren and return them to the store where Pur chased for a refund the commission said. Man gets 10 years for terrorizing Black family san Diego a a 23-Yca old Man who admitted Firre trabing a Black family truck and burning a Cross on their Lawn to get them to move out of his neighbourhood was sentenced monday to 10 years in prison. . District judge Earl Gilliam said he will decide in 60 Days whether to recommend that Michael Eugene Maui serve his sentence concurrently or before a nine year prison term that was imposed in a separate state Case involving the attempted murder of a Black Man. Mas burned the Cross on the couple s Lawn in october 1984, several weeks after they moved into their suburban Home. He sent them a racist Hale letter two weeks later then set the couple s pick up truck on fire in their driveway in april 1985. The family moved iwo months later