European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 12, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday. January 12, 1988 the stars and stripes Page 5 futuristic gadgets unveiled at Chicago exp Chicago a a pocket Book size device that can translate spoken English into four languages and a yup yardstick thai measures distance ultrasound were among thousands gadgets talked about sunday at an International housewares show. Sponsors of the show said this year s products target Consumers who value Quality of Lite and style and can afford to pay fur it. People with disposable income want Good design and style said William rip Fey chairman of he Board of the notion Al Kou Sewares manufacturer Assoc a lion which sponsored inc 87lh International House wars exposition at the Mccormick place exhibition Center. The exposition which began sunday and continues through wednesday Fea Tures the latest in household items ranging Fram a 51,000 cappuccino machine loan oscillating Tan thai resembles a futuristic robot. All the really Imam manufacturers brought merchandise with better design and More emphasis on style and Quality to the show Iii year Riple said. One of the More unusual items being touted is voice a voice activated lans Page translator that Speaks French Carman. Italian or Spanish when spoken 10 in English. The cordless microcomputer the size of a pocket Book will mail Tor about 11,500 and has a 2,000-Phiasc memory said Steve Rondel president of advanced products &. Technologies inc. In new York. We be come up with a product so we can speak their language without learning it he said. Although voice was being introduced in private show Ings to retailers in Chicago and los an acres this week it was not on display at the House wars show. Sumitomo electric industries Ltd. Of Japan displayed a machine that mixes kneads and bakes a loaf of homemade bread in three hours. It even has a self timer so users can add ingredients at bed time and have hot bread in the morning. The Auto Baker has sold like hot cakes in Japan about 20,000 machine have been purchased a month said Kathy Kond Caln who was presenting the product. It s the ultimate Yuppie gift Kon Derla said about the Auto Baker which is being introduced id american distributors. It will sell for s3 so. Another item aimed at the upwardly Mobile is inc dig tape a hand held de vice that measures distance by Ultra sound it s dubbed the Yuppie yardstick by its makers. International consumer brands inc. Of Trumbull Conn. Trie device the size of a pack of cigarette lets the consumer determine Dis Tance at the Speed of sound by pushing a Button. The company shipped 100,000 dig Liapes to stores for Christmas and save it expects to ship an additional 500,000 in 1988. The Digi Lape has a suggested retail Price of 140, said Kalny Posner a spokeswoman for the product. The National House wars manufacturers association comprises More than 1,800 National manufacturers. About 1,900 exhibitors including foreign manufacturers displayed their products at the show. Haitian refugee has baby girl after coast guard Cutter Rescue Miami map a haitian refugee who gave birth aboard b . Coast guard Cutler after being evacuated from a rickety Sailboat might be Able to remain in the United states and her child is a . Citizen regardless officials said. The coast guard Cutter dauntless intercepted the dilapidated vessel in route to Florida with 89 haitians aboard saturday afternoon in inc Bahamas about 350 Miles Southeast of Miami la. Kevin quigly said. Everyone was transferred from the 30-foot Dieu by Vic to the Cutter and the in seaworthy boat was sunk quigly said. Hours Lair. Sale Tiresias 35, gave birth to her seventh child a 7-Pound girl she named child Wisl Cne. Both were flown to the coast guard station at opa Locka sunday. There were no apparent complications and both Mother and child appear to be doing Fine quigly said. Few haitian emigrants Are Able to make what Immi Gration officials consider to be valid claims for entry into the United Stales. But it was the first time offi Cial could recall an Emigrant giving birth aboard a Cutter that normally blocks would be immigrants from Landing on . Shores she has requested to come to the United states so we re going to brine her in quigly said. Our intention is to ask inc Mother what she wants to do. Our plan would not be to make any attempt to break up the family the Newborn s claim for . Cilk Enship is undisputed but Pic Mother s immigration status remains in limbo immigration officials said. The child is a United Stales citizen said Richard Smith Deputy District director far the immigration and naturalization service. However Tersia would not have a claim for . Citizenship just because she gave birth to a . Citizen he said. If she did not have any Legal basis for coming Here she would be subject to deportation said Perry Rivkind ins District director. It would be a very dangerous situation to Blind ourselves to the Laws of the United slates. It would set a dangerous precedent to let her  refugee Sale terms Ash and her Newborn girl a Luiene. Many women illegally in ibis country give birth and Are Stilt deported Rivkind said. If Teresa claim is economic she Likely would be departed he said. Any Mother i think 99 percent of mothers would want to Lake their children Back with them he said. Kennedy hails late Gay Leader los Angeles a Sheldon Andelson inc millionaire Gay political Leader who died last month from aids complications was hailed sunday by sen. Edward Kennedy As a Champion of homosexual rights education and Liberal causes. The former University of California Regent who died dec. 29, understood inc Power of ideas especially the Power of Justice Kennedy told a crowd of 1,500 people during a memorial service at Urcla planned by the 96-year-old arts action before his death. Kennedy pledged to use his own influence to fund aids research and to fight prejudice against aids victims and homosexuals. Sen. Alan Cranston d-calif., who attended the service said in an interview that Andelson was courageous and effective. A Community tender who came out of the  to also attending the service were los Angeles mayor5 Bradley stale superintendent of schools Bill Honig state controller Gray Davis and attorney Gen eral John Van de Kamp. Andelson was Active in the jewish Community an Art natron chairman of the West Hollywood based Bank of los Angeles founder of Trumps restaurant and a contributor to democratic causes. At one Lime one of the largest properly owners in West Hollywood he helped raise Money far politicians including Kennedy former vice president Waller Mondale and former California Cov. Edmund g. Brownjr. In 1981 Brown appointed Andelson to the univer sity of California Board of regents which oversees the stale University system. A lawyer Andelson often defended homosexuals arrested in vice raids in los Angeles in the 19ids and 60s but did not publicly announce his own homosexuality unlit years later. In j97 he became director of the Gay and lesbian Community services Center. Detroit publisher makes Public plea for partial merger Detroit a the publisher of the Detroit free press wrote sunday that he newspaper could die if it cannot partially merge with the Detroit news but Lohri Industry officials did not share the gloomy assessment. Although . Attorney general Edwin a desc Iii will decide whether id approve the newspapers request for a joint operating agreement. Free press publisher David Lawrence took the newspaper s plight to readers in a front Page column sunday. The free press could die Lawrence wrote. If the proposed joint operating agreement is not approved the owners of the free press Knight Ridder co have said they must leave newspaper publishing in  the column appeared ii Days after Morton Needel Man a Federal administrative Law judge recommended that a desc deny the proposal when he rules later this year. Such agreements which exist Between newspapers in More than 20 cities nationwide allow newspapers to com Bine advertising printing distributing and other business functions while maintaining separate editorial operations. The Parent companies of the two Detroit newspapers sought approval for the agreement in 1986. The free press said it lost j7j.5 million Between 1981 and 1986, while inc news said it loss si�.3 million. Officials with the news and its owner Gannett co inc., Havi made no Public response to Newdelman i dec 30 recommendation bul in sunday editions of that news paper Industry officials said they believed the free i Orcsi could survive without a joint operating agreement. I think free press employees would be willing to take substantial cutbacks to survive and Prosper on a smaller and More rational basis said Keith Grain vice chairman of Detroit based Grain Communia Lions. He also recommended raising newsstand prices. Saftlas or time in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. Jan 12, 1948 the stale department estimated that Britain arc did 55,3 billion in financial help undo a inc Marshall plan almost twice � much As any of the other 16 participating countries. 30 years ago today. Jan 12, 1956 air Force maj. Gen. Bernard a Sheri Over challenged president Eisenhower s plan for a separate and unified space Agency saying the plan was a costly duplication of air Force abilities 20 years ago today. Jan 12, 196s postmaster general Lawrence f. O Brien said air mail As a separate service would be eliminated and All first class tellers would go by air j 0 years ago today. Jan. 12, 1978 calling cigarette smoking slow. Motion suicide Healin education and welfare Secretary Joseph a. Califano or. Unveiled the govern ment s most ambitious Effort cd to help the nation s 14 million smokers quit