European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 11, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Sunday. Oct Oborll 1987 the stars and stripes Page 7 Koop again urges use of condoms the of Fernan be is almost certain death new York a surgeon general a Everett Koop says thai although his moral background makes it unpleasant for him to recommend condom us to prevent aids he continues to do so because the alternative is almost certain in an article to be published this week Koop says we have Little to offer except condom and he pro Vides explicit instructions on their use. The article to appear As an editorial in the journal of the american medical association comes Only a few Days after Secretary of education William j. Bennett issued an aids guide thai is negative about condoms. In the editorial Koop writes some of you May find it unpleasant to recommend condoms to Young people. So do but he says recommending condoms to those who need Protection is preferable to treating aids my moral and religious background has made it difficult for me As it May be for you to discuss sexual issues in Public. I had no Choice As a health officer when he alternative is almost certain Koop s aggressive advocacy of condom use to pre vent aids has provoked Strong criticism and has split the Reagan administration. Bennett s Booklet released last week emphasizes that condoms can fail. And contends int promoting the use of condoms can suggest to can Agurs that adults expect them to engage in sexual n his article Koop says condoms Are not 100 percent effective but if correctly used they can dramatically reduce one s risk of exposure. The greatest problem with condoms is that Many people do not know How to use he then goes on to describe in explicit detail How condoms should be used to minimize the risk of trans mitting aids during sexual Intercourse. He reiterates his Contention that the news Media s attention to the advice on condom use has obscured an important Point namely that for those who arc abstinent or those who have a mutually faithful monogamous sexual relationship aids presents no problem acquired immune deficiency syndrome is caused by a virus that damages the body s immune system leaving victims susceptible to infections and cancer it is spread most often through we wiil Contact Needles or syringes shared by drug abusers info Clad blod or blood products. And from pregnant women to . Koop s article was no issued As a response Loben net but in connection with an american medical association report on aids prevention. Koop was in Tokyo on Friday Ami was unavailable for comment. Jim Brown spokesman for the Public health service in Washington said Koop has always taken a Tough he said Koop used explicit language in the medical journal article because he is addressing doctors. When you re talking to doctors who arc familiar with physiognomy you can be More direct Brown said. He noted that Koop s Basic message has not changed since he issued his Booklet on aids Preven Tion a year Ugo. With regard to the disagreement Between Koop and Bennett Brown said it s just a different Way of Tak ing an approach to Koop also recommends that people stay away from organizations offering Safe sex through the testing of their members. Cards certifying that people do not have aids arc always out of Date and such people usually have a reason for being he says. Cecelia Chan arrives at new Home fines sole crash survivor leaves Hospital Braniff $512,000birmingham, Ala. A Ceceli Cichan the 4-year-old sole survivor of the nation s air disaster Friday arrived at her new Home in Ala Bama a two Story apartment building near a Lake. Cecelia who lived in Tempo ariz., be fore the aug. F 6 crash at do tool metropol Itan Airport of Northwest airlines flight 255, which killed 156 people was released from the University of Michigan medical Center into the custody of Rita and Frank Lumpkin her aunt and Uncle Lumpkin rejected requests from report ers for interviews and from National talk shows and would say Only that Cecelia was adjusting Well to her new surroundings Afler seven weeks in the Hospital. While hospitalized Cecelia underwent several skin graft operations Forse Verc bums to her arms and legs. She also suffered a broken Collarbone and leg in the crash. The Lumpkins who moved to Ala Bama May i from Warminster fa., Are Cecelia s godparents. Mrs. Lumpkin is the younger sister of Cecelia s Mother. She understands she has lost her father and her Mother add her brother said or. Jai Prasad who was Cecelia s principal physical. She understands that she was involved in the Accident. But she does t have any memory of How it More than 1,900 gifts and lg.500 cards and letters were sent to he Hospital for Cecelia but her relatives asked that most of the gifts be distributed to Chil Dren s hospitals. The family also has set up a Trust fund with the More than $140,000 Cecelia received in Dona ions. Cecelia Cichan before her release from University of Michigan medical Center. Dallas not the Federal aviation administration said Friday that it has imposed a civil Penally of 1512,000 against Branoff inc. Tor pc rational and maintenance the airline will review the findings before paying the Fine and May Appeal it. The Agency said it had taken the action As a result of an investigation of the airline that was conducted from feb. 24 o March 24 As pan of a National aviation safely inspection program. A statement by the in Dallas said Braniff had either completed or begun Steps to Correct the discrepancies it said that at no time did the Carrier con duct operations while serious safety problems Roger g. Knight manager of the Agency s flight standards division in fort Worth said inc violations were divided into 16 Broad categories. The issues Range All the Way from failure to record information properly to a system of Quality control that it failed to meet Knight said. We did not have any raging unsafe practices j. Patrick Foley chief executive of the airline in Dallas said it was nothing major. There was nothing where we had to ground a plane there was nothing that we had to instantly fix. Everything they suggested was finished by the end of he said Braniff would discuss the Fine with the Agency and might ask to have the penalty lowered but would not con test the Fine in court. 10-year-old s stolen wheelchair will be replaced Orlando Fla. A a specially built $2,200 wheelchair belonging to a paralysed 10-year-old boy was stolen from a car outside his Home dashing his Hopes to compete in a wheelchair race he had trained for All summer his Mother said but Robert Torres plight touched the hearts of radio listeners who donated More than $2.200 to replace the wheelchair. The new chair should be ready in about a month. Robert has been using another wheelchair donated by his school Lake Silver elementary since last week s theft. However it is too big for him and he will not be Able to enter what would have been his first Competition his Mother Luj Diaz said. All he says is Why docs god try to put people like this into the world Why did i have to lose my wheelchair " said dial. I so wanted to be in the Robed was born with Spina Bifid which left a Hole in his lower spine and is paralysed from the Waist Down. He is expected to have surgery this month to help straighten � fool thai Cunn out Ward. Joe Hughes Diaz s Boyfriend who had been help ing Robert train for the race wondered How a wheel chair specially built for a 47-Inch-Ull. To Pound boy would Benefit anyone else it does t serve anyone other than him he said children s medical services a Branch of the state department of health and rehabilitative services that provides services to lower income children had the chair made for Robert earlier this year and gave it Elohim in August. Orlando radio station skis raised the Money from listeners just a few hours after it aired the Story of the stolen wheelchair. The managers of a Ralph South medical Supply company knot Kul $500 ult the Purchase Price so Robert could order a custom fitted replacement like the one he lost. Diaz 35, said earlier that she did not have Money to pay for a new chair
