European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 22, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes tuesday september 22,1987 be Man Marcus offering couples 3-r/ng circus Dallas up Neiman Martis Christmas Book the department store Catalon famous Tor extravagant his and hers Holiday gifts this year offers a Chance to Lake part in the greatest Shaw on Earth for a Mere 17,500 per couple. The his and her Day at the circus will be spent with the ringing Bros. Barnum & Bailey circus and includes lessons in Low wire walking elephant Riding clowning and a Chance to be a ringmaster or showgirl. Individuals can experience this once in a life Lime Chance fora scant $5,000. The circus goes Back to Stanley Marcus who was once made ringmaster As a Surprise at mad Ison Square Garden said Jan Roberts the company s vice president for Public relations. We expect his to be a very popular  the Catalon says each participant who must be Ai least 10 years old would be fitted for an official Satin Lour jacket and official circus worker s  the package also includes 25 complimentary tickets. Neiman Marcus is offering 10 packages for Star struck circus fans with reservations Avail Able beginning nov. 10. Ciman Marcus annual Catalon has a circulation of 2.s million worldwide. Tough new Laws approved in Illinois to combat aids Chicago a gov. James r. Thompson Mon Day approved a sweeping legislative package permit Ting health officials to Trace aids victims1 sex contacts requiring aids tests for couples who want to marry and giving the state limited Power to quarantine aids victims. Thompson also approved strict confidentiality Mea sures for aids testing and treatment a Broad educational Effort including aids education in grades six through 12, and mandatory testing of donated blood and tissue. In a message to state lawmakers Thompson said his intention was to balance our obligation to protect the Public health while preserving the individual rights of our  there Are no easy answers or solutions to the prob lems associated with aids he said in a written statement. It is not easy to sort out which of our concerns Are legitimate and which of our actions Are truly  Thompson s action capped a six month debate Over aids legislation thai saw lawmakers threaten to oust the state Public health director and homosexual men Chain themselves to a Fence at Thompson s Chicago Home in protest. Among the other provisions of the measures approved by inc  some people convicted of sex offences must be tested for inc aids virus hospitals must allow patients to designate blood donors of their Choice school officials Law enforcement officers and some state employees must receive aids education. On sunday Thompson signed a related measure requiring High schools to Leach students about sexual abstinence until marriage in their health courses and sex education courses. The governor had said previously he would sign the marriage testing Bill but he was noncommittal about the remainder of the measures. Or. Bernard Turnock the stale s Public health director opposed mandatory testing and Contact tracing legislation. Such measures he has said would discourage voluntary testing divert resources from More effective responses to aids and encourage Bias in employment and insurance. Turnock supported the legislation to require instruction in grades six through 12 on the prevention Irani Mission and spread of aids As pan of a comprehensive educational health program. Aids cripples the body s defences against disease leaving a victim prey to life threatening infection and certain cancers. As of May Illinois had �68 confirmed cases of aids. Health officials have predicted that the state May have 19,000 cases by 1991. Aids is spread mainly through sexual Intercourse shared hypodermic Needles and from infected Mother to fetuses or breastfeeding infants. Biden gave 2 versions of his Law school record Washington api sen. Joseph Biden d-dcl., claimed during a Campaign Slop in Claremont . Last april that he finished in the top half of his Law school class but records show he finished near the Bottom. In a videotape released by inc Public service Cable to network a Span Biden was asked in new Hampshire about his Law school record. I went 10 Syracuse Law school on a full academic scholarship said Biden who has been beset by revelations that he plagiarized in Law school and used parts of a speech by British labor party Leader Neit Kinlock without credit. On the tape Biden says he ended up Blind Sailor tackles Buckley with own column Providence . Up Blind Sailor Jim Dickson turned the tables on conservative columnist William f. Buckley monday by writing a column of his own to counter Buckley s criticism of his attempt to Cross the Atlantic. Dickson writing in the Providence journal bulletin said Buckley missed the Point of his attempt to be he first Blind person los ail the Atlantic alone. I did not set out to sail alone to Britain to prove thai i am a terrific Sailor said Dickson who aborted his attempt to reach England when his equipment Mal functioned. I am just a recreational Sailor with a dream. I set out 10 gel the country talking about How it perceives and treats the disabled. Or. Buckley has taken a lot of criticism for speaking his mind. I Tor one am glad he has done so because he is articulating the Altitude that keeps 66 percent of ail the country s adult disabled from working he wrote. Buckley this summer wrote two nationally syndicated columns harshly critical of Dickson and the two men sparred Over the controversy on abcs night line program. It is a pity thai the pity be rightly feel for the handicapped evolves Inlo forced applause when inc handicapped attempt that which simply is not Natu ral wrote Buckley a Sailor himself. Dickson. Of Washington. D.c., wrote that he named his boat eve opener not to gel doctors 10 tight Blind Ness but to open the eyes of people like or.  in the top half of his class. I won the International moot court Competition. I was the outstanding Slud enl in inc political science department As an undergraduate. I graduated with three degrees from College. And i d be delighted to sit Back and compare my 1q to yours. " he told the questioner. But last thursday Biden said at a news conference that he finished 76th in a Law school class of 85. Records he re leased show he had a partial need based scholarship and student Loans. Newsweek Magazine said Biden does t mention the moot court on his resume and did t win the political Sci ence award at the University of Dela Ware where he earned a single . In political science and history. Biden told the new York times he was frustrated and angry As hell about Newsweek s report. It s so easy to make things look like there s something sinister about them. I guess every single word i be said is going to be dissected  of his class rank he said i exaggerate when i m angry but i be never gone around telling people things thai Aren t True about me. The Legal times of Washington re ported monday How Biden s Law school plagiarism leaked out. It said Craig christens in Law school Dean until this past aug. 15, talked about the incident which occurred in Biden s freshman year in 1965 during a sept. 4 dinner with three other Law school officials. Cliris Tensen denies he said anything specific in Biden s record. I did say that As in the Case of almost anyone s file you could make a problem of something in the file but i did not specifically Label the problem he told the weekly. A person at the dinner discussed the Issue with a reporter who asked questions about Biden s school record. Thursday Biden admitted he committed plagiarism during a first year course. But he said in was inadvertent and that he repeated the course. Protester aflame a photo fellow Al irises encircle Cusha Fishl. 31, As be United nations. Police win arable to reach Panahi sets himself on fire sunday in los Angeles in pro Tor Many Minnott because of the Croud. He h la test a let planned still by iranian official to the critical condition with Burns diet most of his body