European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 23, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday november 23. 19b7 the stars and stripes Page 7 cover up reported at air Force base Dayton Ohio a a tape recording proves Hal officials at Wright pall son fab tried to cover up a radioactive spill at the base Ohio s two . Senators said. Sens. John Glenn and Howard Metzenbaum revealed during a joint hearing of he governmental affairs and Energy committees that they had reviewed transcripts of a recording made during a meeting by people they did not identify. I was held shortly after the sept. 18,1986, spill. There is no question an attempted cover up occurred Glenn said. The up a ii de Tull fax ask a Law Bic who understood the seriousness of the spill clearly advocated that persons outside this discussion group not be told of the spill Glenn said. Those who participated in he taped conversation advocated secretly decontaminating the building i which the spill occurred removing he radioactive waste from it and erasing the tape he said. The officials were laughing and joking on the tape he said. They knew they had committed a dastardly act and they were determined to cover it up no worrying about the danger that May be caused to others Mel pc Baum said. Glenn refused to release the transcripts citing a pending . Justice department inn sission. How Ever Meizer Baum identified retired it. Col. Maynard g. Moody former director of the base environmental group As one of the participants in the conversation. Texas doctors who carry aids virus Aren t required to Tell their patients Austin. Texas a Texas physicians who test positive for aids Are not bound to Tell their patients because the chances of passing on the disease Are Remote the Texas medical association has ruled. The Tea Board of Counselor approved the aids policy during a closed meeting Friday night said Board Mem Ber Marshall Dougherty. The policy also allows doctors to turn away aids patients if they can find an other doctor to treat them. The policy was formally announce saturday to Texas Mudica association delegates attending a to Day Conven Tion in Austin. Adoption of the policy follows a controversy surrounding Mesquite Pedi Atri Cian or. Robert Huse. Who revealed in a lawsuit he filed that he tested positive for the aids virus. Huse subsequently los almost All his patients and was forced to leave his practice. Debbie Mcwhorter whose son was one of Huse j patients presented a Peti Tion with 400 signatures urging that thenon disclosure policy not be adopted. "1 cannot share with you How agonizing this was Mcwhorter said. "1 fee like he betrayed or. I feel cheated. I Don t know if i will Ever Nui another  i feel for you responded convention Delegate or. Fred Buckwold. "1 under stand your concern. Bui the question is can you catch aids through casual con tact we be Learned a lot about aids and you can  the non disclosure policy is similar to thai adopted by the american medical association but the Texas group differed with the Ama on another part of the policy the Rule allowing physicians to refuse to administer aids treatment if they can Fin another qualified physician to provide the necessary care Dougherty said. Under Ama policy physicians Quali fied to treat aids patients May not aids the next five years Here is the surgeon general s projection of the cumulative number of people who will develop aids in the United slates by 1931. Within five years 20% to 30% of those who Are virus positive in the . Will develop aids. Additionally 30% More will develop some aids  thousands of cases 1-1982 1983 1985 19s7 1989 source . Pubic Kuffle str Vic ethically refuse to treat a person with aids or the aids virus. The policies Are moral and ethical guidelines and not legally binding. The Texas policy also stipulates that a doctor who has tested positive for the aids antibody should not engage in any Judy trembles ,dd4r grip my not Wmk activity hat creates a risk of transmission to others Dougherty  Board of governors also adopted a policy calling for doctors to report All aids cases to the Texas department of health to provide counselling and to try to per Suade the patient not to endanger others. The democratic senators . Rep. Tony Hall. D Ohio and rep. Michael do wine it Ohio took report ers with them on a Lour saturday morning of Sites on the base affected by the spill. According to published reports the spill occurred when workers accidentally opened a drum of the americium 241 Hal had been taken to the base for disposal by Newark Ohio jeweler John c. Haynes releasing a puff of the material. The jeweler had used the sub stance to change the color . The workers were taken to to nearby Sor scum Camp Wiirre the powder was washed off of them at a water faucet before they returned to their Homes in nearby Fairborn and showered. No contamination was detected at the boy scout Camp. Top fugitive robbed by . Marshals Washington a a convicted armed robber and burglar who jumped bail three years ago when he faced cocaine and firearm charges was arrested saturday by Deputy . Marshals in Arizona the . Marshals service announced. Tom Hercules Pipinos 44, from Bre Merton wash., was arrested along with his Girlfriend Stacey Schroder 23, an other Federal fugitive at the House trailer where they lived in Bull and City ariz., said Stephen Boyle chief of Public affairs for the marshals service. Pipinos whom the service described As one of the nation s most wanted fugitives had been on the Loose since aug. 16,1984.when he jumped a si50,000 Bond and failed to appear in the Southern District of California in san Diego on charges of conspiracy to possess and distribute cocaine and Possession and use of a firearm by a convicted Felon Boyle said. Asked How Pipinos was found Boyle said Standard detective work. We tracked his known associates. There had been evidence he was., engaged in narcotics trafficking in the  Pipinos also is wanted by the Las vegas,nev., police on narcotics and weapons charges and he faces Federal drug charges in Omaha neb., and felony stolen properly charges in san Diego Boyle said. Schroder was wanted by the Fri and the drug enforcement administration on drug charges Boyle said adding Hal she has no prior convictions. Pm to Lay off 4,900 Oklahoma City okla. Up general motors corp. Will Lay off 4,900 workers dec. 14-23 at its Oklahoma Cit Assembly Plant saying in has t received enough orders for new cars to keep the workers Busy. 1991 millionaire offering $1,000 Reward to virgins new York up an elderly millionaire inspired in a dream to help Young people regain some of their lost morals has set up a lottery offer ing $1,000 Loleen age girls who can prove their virginity Al age 19. John Napoleon la Cone 79, told United press International that dozens of teen age girls have asked to participate in his Model student project which will be financed with some of the millions he made in the insurance Industry. I m an old Man and i believe that i should invest my Money to see that Young people regain some of their lost  la Cort said. We have 10 do something to bring Back the tradition of virginity that was once our  la Corle Laid he anguished Over what he could do to solve the problems of teen age pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases including aids thai he believes threaten the family. I talk to god every night la Cone said. I asked show me the Way How i can help,1 and 1 got the idea in a  la Cone plans to record the names of girls who want to participate and to hold an annual lottery for those who have turned 19. Those teens whose names Are drawn the num Ber would depend each year on the amount of Money available would be awarded 11.000 if they could offer proof of their virginity. Those not chosen would receive buttons designating them super Model  details such As what would constitute proof of virginity still must be worked out. La Cort said but the phones already Are ringing off he Hook. We be been bombarded. There were 37 girls who called today la Cone said adding that they ranged in age from 13 to 17 and had All asked to participate. Some of their parents called up. I got a lot of Calls from Young men who said they wanted the names of these girls employers called who said we want to give a preference to those girls " la Cone said he chose 19 As a cutoff because at age 19 a girl has matured. If they can preserve them selves until 19 they can preserve themselves until they re  he said he Hopes the lottery program limited to Brooklyn Queens and Staten Island the 718 area code will be a Model for cities around the country. La Cone said he moved from Jersey City. N.j., to Italy with his parents Al age 3, and returned to Brooklyn with 17 cents in his pockets on july 4. 1929. His birthday. He failed his Model student program a Way to thank god for his financial Suc Cess. La Cone said inc better world  Institute he founded will oversee the program and a similar one in which youths who can prove they have Noi used alcohol or drugs also will receive 11,000 rewards