European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 29, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes thursday october 29,1937 food inspectors with aids won t lose jobs Washington al1 Federal meat and poultry inspectors who eel aids can remain on the Job As lung As they arc Able to work satisfactorily and to not come Down with an additional contagious disease the agriculture department says if All they had was aids they would not be removed from the Plant situation just because they had the disease. Unless it was determined they could t do their Jab said Karen stuck a spokeswoman Tor the department s food safety and inspection service. Stuck said it has been the Agency s policy All along to remove inspectors from Dut is in cases of contagious disease. Thus if an in Spector developed a contagious disease in addition to aids the worker would is or dered of the Job. News stories circulated about six weeks ago that a new us a proposal would mean the firing of inspectors who developed aids. The policy was drafted after one of the department s 1,200 inspectors employed nationwide was diagnosed As having aids. Bui stuck said in an interview that the proposal was Only one of several options under consideration by a task Force at the time and was not adopted. The final Deci Sion was cleared by a while House Coordie Naling committee on aids she said. Last month a senior official of us a s inspection Agency Lester a Crawford said the department had no reason to believe aids can be transmitted through food but meatpacking Industry officials had expressed tear thai the disease could be transmitted through blood from knife cuts and other injuries common among Plani workers. Crawford said the Agency Hud been working with the Federal centers for Dis ease control since 1985 about any actions that should be taken on aids among food workers. The cd said a ids is not spread through food. The last Force studying the problem decided in was unnecessary to con duct mandatory in swing for aids antibodies because having Lite virus alone human immunodeficiency virus or his posed no risk to the i div dual or his or her performance co workers or product whores Mcness Crawford who since has Heen promoted to head of the department s food safety and inspection service concurred in the task Force s recommendations since there is no data indicating a risk to employee safety or product wholesomeness based upon the presence of an individual who tests positive for the his virus no changes or precautions need to be initiated at he work place. Since Federal personnel regulations already address medical disabilities an employee diagnosed As having aids will be treated no differently than any other employee with a medical disability. The Agency should develop an educational program for its employed. The program could be used to address the nature of inc disease is transmit Sibily and types of medical counselling and sup port  aids is a contagious disease that attacks the. Body s immune system rendering in incapable of resist ing other diseases and infections. A photo Starlight express tailing off into the heavens is comte Brodd Elj in photo taken last week from Grandfather Moun Tain in North Carolina. The Comet discovered by William bridle old of Australia to hearing miked eur brightness m in moves closer to the Sun. Miami gunman was sex convict under Federal witness Protection Miami a a disbarred Missouri lawyer got in new life under Federal witness Protection and threw it away eight years later cunning Down two stockbrokers and killing himself after losing a Fortune in Wall Street s crash. Arthur Kane who shot himself in the head with a .357-caliber magnum pistol in a Merrill Lynch broker age was actually Arthur Katz a Kansas City lawyer convicted of insurance fraud in 1978, the Justice department said tuesday there was a severe threat against his life and he was reluctant to join the witness program said John Russell a Justice department spokesman. But he testified in at least one trial. He provided a great service to his country and we fell he was owed this protect  the . Marshal service resettled Kalz in 1979, after he pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit mail fraud and was sentenced to six months in a minimum Security prison and fined 55,000, he also was Dis barred. He was clearly no a i to jct person himself he was intimidated by  said David . Hilfrey former head of Kansas City s Federal organized crime strike Force who placed Katz in the program. In Miami he used shrewd investments id build a Fortune thai included a $430. 100 Home with a Pool and Tennis court. With the crash Kane lost As much As $10 million to Sis million said police sources who spoke on condition of anonymity. We have been in Contact with him and As far As we know he has led an excellent life since joining the program said Russell. We have no knowledge that any of the Money was  before killing himself monday Kane fatally shot Merrill Lynch brokerage manager Jose Argilagos. And wounded broker Lloyd Kolokoff who remains in serious condition wednesday with spinal damage. A funeral mass was 10 be said wednesday for Argi Lagos at is. Raymond Catholic Church with burial at our lady of mercy cemetery. Katz and his then Law partner a. Henry Tager were indicted in april 1978 by a Topeka. Kan., grand jury As part of a two year Federal investigation into insurance fraud authorities said. Kalz and Tager allegedly staged automobile Acci dents and then got chiropractors to falsify medical claims. Katz received ii 10,000 Over two years and Tager 113 5,000 in the scheme he government said. As Kane he was hired by the social Security administration to help recipients file claims a Job that paid less than $30,000 a year. Kane s former Miami broker Norfleet Mclellan said he knew Kane Only As a Sharp investor who made a profit of up to $600,000 in 1980-s1, despite n Market slump Arthur Kane had two loves in life his family and securities Mclellan said. He said Kane also loved risk arbitrage the profitable but risky speculation in the Stock of firms Likely to be taken Over by other companies. Takeover candidates have been hit harder than any other in the last two weeks said Mclellan vice presi Dent of the government securities division of first equity in Miami. I m sure he Goi  one such takeover target in which Kane reportedly had invested heavily in was telex corp. Of Tulia okla., which traded As High As 1101.50 � Titan earlier this year and closed monday at $37.50, Merrill Lynch had told Kane he must come up with Money to cover investments which were bought on margin in effect with Money borrowed from the brokerage. As the Stock prices tumbled the brokerage demanded Cash to cover Kane s debts. Monday morning 45 minutes before the shooting Kane paid for and picked up a pistol he d ordered it the Tamami gun shop on Friday hereby fulfilling the 48-hour Cooling off period required by Florida s controversial new gun Law. Kane went into an office with Argilagos 51, and Kolokoff 39, telling them he had a Check in his Brief Case. Kane was then seen pacing the floor and talking to the two brokerage officers. Just before the shooting said Merrill Lynch broker Jerry Ponella Kane was upset about the Market but that was t unusual for him. Kane s daughter Suzanne a College student said tuesday the family was still numb and did not know How they would handle the funeral. Fatal attraction draws $8 million at Box office los Angeles up fatal Altra Clion Riding a wave of National controversy Over the undercurrents of marital infidelity dominated the nation s Box offices for the sixth straight week last week. The drama starring Glenn close and Michael Douglas became a Case study lost week for sociologists in the Media 10 warn of the dire consequences Dis ease and what not of marital cheating. The result was a 5 percent increase at the Box Soltice. Fatal Al radion com cd j8 million in its sixth consecutive week at the lop of he rankings Pla Vingin i.1-10 tra atm. So far. It Utji Gruff a 566.3 million. Four new Antrim cracked the top 10 to keep inc Box Oliu turnstile i whirling. Prince of  suspect the sicilian and no Man s land All earned More than is million in their debut week. Prince of darkness aimed at halloween horror fans Dali Wanh the occult Ombis and other eerie manifestations of darkness involving College graduate students. It earned $4.6 million at 1,239 Heaters. Dennis Quaid arid Cher Star in the courtroom drama suspect with Cher As a Public defender and Quaid As a Quirky Jurist. Playing on 1,029 screens suspect picked up a i million in its first week. No. 4 was director Kwh Reiner s delightful fantasy the Princess Bride with a week s Gross of $3.2 Mil lion. In five weeks in has rolled up is 15 million. Dropping from the no 2 spot to no. 5 was Dudley Moore s comedy. Like father like son with a Gross of s3.1 million. The  snoring Christopher Lambert and Terence stamp and directed by Michael Cimino opened on Only 370 screens but grossed a healthy $1.7 million. No Man s  a cop thriller opened 10$i Mil lion in 510 Heaters. The National to office fell Oft its torrid Pace toil week despite the Strong showing of the top 10 films. The total Gross was $62.9 million compared to $7 1.7 million the previous week and $72 million for the same period a year ago. But the year s american and Canadian Gross continued to head for a record with s3.2 billion taming to Date As against $2.9 billion in 1986 and 13 billion in 1985. The top 10, last week s Gross total Gross weeks in release 1 Fuji or Clon. H Union. 166 s Raj a. I Mottl 5  a of Oji Hatm. To 6 Mill on 1 1 $l,1pk1. 14 1 in cml 1 out i l41 right of la son to i in ten 123 7 a 0  "11 trn Feon. 37.7maon. 10 7 to Tsoyun  t Flke Fumm n.4mcn.uni�on.s" t St Ai Opku  pm 10 a Juzwin.