European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 18, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes Friday. September 18,1987 Dod wants to use old b-52s to help counter nuclear arms cuts in Europe ii Norman Black a military writer Washington the Pentagon convinced a nuclear arms Accord will Force nato to beef up Conven Liuidini strength May use old b-s2 bombers of help defend Europe instead of retiring them the head of the . Strategic air come said thursday. Gen. John t. Chain or. Told reporters he already has won the support of theater commanders in Europe and the joint chiefs of staff for the move. He said he expects defense Secretary Caspar Wein Berger and president Reagan to make a final decision this fall. Chain estimated it would Cost roughly $3 billion Over the next seven years to modify and Man Iso b-52bombers now in Sac s inventory. Of Brielle Lespinasse App Tau a Casso had Lover while mistress was dying writer says new York a Pablo Picasso devoted a series of sketches and paintings to a Lover with whom he was having a secret affair while his mistress was dying from tuberculosis according to a published report. House & Garden in an article released wednesday said Picasso had the affair in 1915 16 with Gabrielle Lespinasse a parisian woman who eventually rejected him and married an american  article was written by John Richardson an an historian and Friend of Picasso s from 1949 to the Early 1960s who is writing a four volume biography of the  Magazine received permission to publish the Art works Given to Luspin Assoc during the affair. The collection owned by William Mccarty Cooper will be exhibited for the first time in november at the Kunst museum in Basel Switz Erland. On the Frame of a drawing dated feb. 22,1916. Was a scrap of paper inscribed i have asked the Good cod for your hand according to Richardson. Richardson said Picasso had hitherto shown no interest in marriage and always denied a belief in cod. Richardson said it was a denial that this Heartfelt Little prayer once and for All  a Blue water Cotor tilled the Provencal dining room Picasso wrote in French Gaby my love my Angel i love you my Dar Ling and i think Only of you. To take your mind off things look at the Little dining room. You know How much i love you. Most of those planes currently assigned nuclear bombing roles were going to be retired in the Early 1990s As the new bulb and sic ally bombers took heir place. While an arms control agreement eliminating inter mediate Range nuclear weapons from Europe is Desira ble the four Star general said thursday in could leave nato facing a much larger conventional Force deployed by the Warsaw pact. Chain said salvaging the 25-year-old b52s offered the United states and its nato allies the easiest and cheap est a Canso buttressing their own conventional strength. He said the b-52s could be equipped with new types of bombs and missiles that can strike targets with pin Point accuracy from distances of up to 100 Miles. This would make it an awesome weapons system he said. The b-52s could remain based in the United states ready to deploy to Europe in the event of a conflict he said. While no final decision has been made Chain Al ready has ordered b-52 Crews to practice night time Low level attacks with conventional bombs. Even if nato s conventional forces arc reinforced with b-52s, Chain said the Alliance also would have to find some Way to replace the capabilities of the inter mediate Range nuclear weapons. Those weapons have served As deterrent because nato has had nude it Clear to the soviet Union it was prepared to use them to stave off a conventional defeat new roles could be assigned to bombers or even to Long Range ballistic missiles and submarine launched weapons he said. House passes Bill apologizing to japanese american internees Washington a the House on the 200th birthday of the Constitution thursday passed a Mea sure apologizing to japanese americans interned Dur ing world Warll and offering them compensation for their lost civil liberties. The 241-141 vote on the civil liberties act came after More than four hours of often emotional debate perhaps the most egregious violation of our Constitution in the 20lh Century was the imprisonment of some 120,000 americans in world War i. ,. Simply on the grounds of their ancestry House speaker Jim Wright a Texas told reporters before the House convened. I do not believe and i did t believe then that i was constitutional said Wright who said he had Learned of the program when he returned from flying combat missions against the japanese in the South Pacific. Sponsors of the Bill include reps. Robert Matiu and Norman Minctta both California democrats who were held in internment Camps As children. For me it s a very emotional Day Mineta told reporters on the 29lh of May. 1942,1 was 1014 years old wearing my cub scout uniform As we were herded upon trains.,. And Here on the 200th anniversary of our great Constitution we have this legislation be fore us. Where else could this happen in this world the Senate is expected to approve 3 similar Meas Renu to week the White House has said president Rea Gan s advisers would recommend he veto the Bill in its present form. The Bill the Day s Only legislation before the House authorizes j1.2 billion for payments of 120,000 to peo ple of japanese ancestry who were relocated confined held in custody or otherwise deprived of Liberty or property under the government1 internment program an additional Iso million is earmarked for educational program doling with the wartime internment. The measure also apologizes for the program Whicha government commission recently concluded had been the result of race prejudice War hysteria and failure of political  and it directs Federal agencies to review criminal convictions related to violations of the internment Lawas Well As applications for restitution of positions stat us or other losses attributable to discriminatory Federal actions. The House rejected 237-162 an attempt by  Lungren r-calif., to delete the $1.2 billion set aside for reparation to individuals while retaining the apology and the education fund. Lungren said supporters of the restitution provision harboured the misguided notion that the Dollar sign is the Only sign of contrition and demanded have we come to the Point in America where sincerity is judged Only by a Dollar sign but others said that the Money demonstrates a serious commitment by the government to make sure such internment is never repeated and that the outlay represents Only a Liny fraction of the nation s trillion Dollar budget. 2 patients reportedly infected with aids virus after transplants Phoenix Ariz. A two patients became infected with he aids virus after receiving kidney transplants harvested by the Arizona Organ Bank froma patient in february health authorities say. Blood from the Organ donor who died from injuries suffered in an Accident apparently did not test Posi Tive for aids but Federal officials said that May have been because aids antibodies had been diluted by More than a dozen transfusions of blood and blood products he Phonn Gazelle reported thursday. Two Phoenix Eye patients received Cornea trans plants from the same donor but have not developed any signs of the aids virus according Lodr. Edward Shaw medical director of the Arizona lion s Eye Bank at St. Luke s medical Center. A Virginia patient also received a valve from the donor s heart aug. 14, but authorities said thai patient had not Yel been to nerd for aids. Officials at the Federal centers for disease control and the Arizona department of health services de dined to identify the a Licals Bui said they were investigating the  arc going on the basis that the donor is the Likely source of infection but thai is the reason for the investigation said or. Steven England or Dos assist and director for disease prevention. If it turns out the donor infected inc recipients in would be inc second reported incident in which trans Plant a Licals contracted aids from a donor who had been screened by Standard aids antibody testing and had had a lot of blood transfusions officials said. Obviously for people who Are getting transplants this is of concern said or. John Ward a medical epidemiologist with the Atlanta based cd. Donors frequently Are trauma victims and May have been Given a lot of blood  in May the cd advised transplant centers to administer aids testing to blood samples taken before transfusions. This is a very unfortunate situation said or. Arnold scrotal the Phoenix surgeon who transplanted one of the two kidneys into a japanese Man at Good Samaritan medical Center. The other kidney trans Plant involved a patient in Georgia. Scoria said the donor was not in a High risk category for acquired immune deficiency syndrome and did not Iasi positive for it. Inquiries to the Arizona Organ Bank were referred to Dan Green Samaritan health service vice presi Dent for corporate communications. Until the department of health services uncovers the facts i Don t think people should be alarmed Green said. This is an extremely unusual set of Cir cd