European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 8, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 stateside the stars and stripes tuesday. March b.19bb 16 homosexuals stage protest at . Cathedral Mew York apr Silil Cen roman Calbo lie homosexuals Lay Down in fifth Avenue and Farmed n human Cross to prompt Cardinal John i. O Connor s stance on . They were quickly arrested in sunday s demonstration outside St. Patrick s Cathedral issued summons Tor disorderly conduct a Mise Meanor and released police said. The proles was the latest in a series by Mem Bers or an organization called dignity. In de Cember ii demonstrators were arrested for standing in the pews of St. Patrick s during Sun Duy mass. Last month 23 were arrested for demonstrating on the sidewalk outside the Cathedral. Laotian customer killed after insulting thai Singer los Angeles api an entertainer from Thailand has been convicted of murdering a laotian who made a gesture considered a grievous insult in Southeast Asia showing him the sole of his foot.  Torr Trakulram 38, was convicted in los Angeles Superior court of second decree murder attempted murder and assault with a deadly weapon in the slaying of Korakanh Piou Tourinho authorities said. Trakulram was singing in a thai cabaret i March 1985 when Ploumi Urantia. 29, a Patron put his fool on a chair with the sole directed at Trakulram witnesses said. When the cabaret closed tra Milrat followed i be Man outside and shot h in. Rare Condor lays egg offspring in question san Diego Al a California Condor Hassid the first egg produced in Captivity by a pair of the endangered Birdi boosting efforts to save the species the san Diego wild animal Park said. If the egg hatches at the end of its two month incubation it will be the first California Condo conceived in Captivity officials Slid. Only 27 of the Birds exist All in Captivity said Park spokes Man Tom Han com biologists moved the egg from the nest to an incubator according to plan Hin worn said the egg May not produce an offspring because the female is old and her mate a Young male May be sexually i mature Park officials cautioned. Vandals in Chicago target foreign made cars Chicago a vandals punctured tires on about 60 foreign care at o Hare International at Pon. It looked As if it was somebody who did t like foreign cars it Nail Hernandez a garage supervisor no the Airport said. We Don t know who would have done something like  Hernandez said vandals roamed the parking deck s fourth level and Slit tires on Mercedes benzes jaguars bows Volvo and other expensive foreign made cars. One Volvo had four tires punctured but mos cars had wot Iris punctured. Only two  fact Rcd care were vandalized he said. The garage has increased Security to prevent a repeal attack. , worker reinstated was fired for calling in sick new York a an ambulance worker fired with other colleagues who called in sick Ina pay protest has been reinstated because she was in a Hospital recovering from surgery for anon Lac Job injury. Donna Carillo an emergency medical service employee was fired by Telephone but hours later her terminal Ion was rescinded because she was in the Hospital for legitimate reasons handout for legitimate reasons said Clifford Nanin a spokesman for mayor Edward i. Koch. She Isno subject to any disciplinary  Richard Mcallen president of Ems local2507, urged Koch 10 apologize to Carrilo for firing her. Health insurance favored but americans balk at Cost Chicago a two out of Ihrcke americans a they would favor nation health insurance bul Moil Aren t willing to pay much Tor it a Survey has found. Sixty eight percent of adult americans questioned the last year said they favored a i funded National health insurance program that would guarantee much health care a people need the Survey found. But Only 28 percent said they would be willing to spend More than j2s � year in higher a or insurance premiums to cover program cents said the sur vey 10 appear in the March 11 Issue of health management quarterly Magazine. On the topic of the Quality of american health can 56 percent of the respondents Laid they thought in had improved during the past five years. At the same time. 59 percent said medical fees careless reasonable than they were five Yean ago and 67 percent said they Are. More Likely to question their doctors orders or seek second opinions the Survey found. The Telephone Survey was conducted in november among 1.506 americans Ages in and up and has a margin of error of Plu 9 or minus 2,5 percentage Points according to Cambridge reports inc., the Massachusetts firm that conducted the poll. Gene Pokorny president of the firm said Sunda that pollsters did not try to estimate How much nation Al health insurance would cos each taxpayer but Only asked respondents who favored such a program How much they d be willing to pay. Twenty nine percent said nothing and another 1sperccnl said silo s2s a year to wanly eight percent said they d be willing to pay amounts ranging from j26 to More than $200 annually and the rest said they did t know the Survey found. In also found that Many americans arc somewhat Norani about the costs Oblong term care defined As Hospital or nursing Home care for six months or Mart and methods of paying for it. Only 66 percent of respondents were aware that current government programs do nol cover the coils of Long term health care the Survey found. Fifty four a re Cal said they arc at least somewhat confident they could afford Long term care which seem to imply ignorance of the actual Cost of such care said a report on the Survey. Hospital costs stot a the file rim Avaray he arg Par i patient Day during 1987 in dollars note Illinois ranked .15lh Al $732 Oer \ cd Moo Toby in drap Haj Sourmi est flew lure the typical nursing Home off lasts More than 700 Days at a Cost  to 130,000 per year Cord Ine to the health insurance association of America the report wid some 500,000 americans impoverish themselves each year to pay for Long term care.", -. A 1986 Cambridge reports Survey indicated Hal americans have an inadequate understanding of Long term care with nearly 40 percent believing they would never need it. However at age 65, any person s risk of needing nursing Home care later in life is 43 percent according to a 1986 study by the health policy Center is bran Deis University. Health management quarterly is a publication of the Baxter foundation the Chari Labur Arm of Bailer healthcare corp., based in Ducr Field Iii. Producers vow shows will go on despite strike by to scriptwriters los Angeles a scriptwriter called a strike against the movie and to Industry and predicted Sun Day thai viewers will see in immediate difference i their in Evision programs. The writers Guild of America called the strike Tor 9,000 scriptwriters after it rejected a final offer presented by the Alliance of motion picture and television producers. The rejection came nearly three hours after the offer was presented the strike was to begin in los Angeles and in new York City monday said Marty Waldman a Aga spokesman in new York picketing at the 20ih Century Fox studios was planned Brian Walton won West executive director and chief negotiator said late sunday. The contract expired at Midnight feb. 29. Tic longer the a Lijie goes on the More reruns lie Public will see. It s a very Light ratings race and unfortunately for the networks they will feel the Impact he said he said the network that would be hardest hit would be first place Abc whose the tonight show Wilh Johnny Carson. Saturday night live and late night with David Letterman would be affected immediately Edward adar. President of Aga East said nine soap operas on the East coast and live in California also would be affected immediately As would prime time miniseries television movies and feature in development or in production. Bul Herb Steinbek a spokesman for the Alliance which represents 200 producers and studios said a strike had been anticipated and scripts have been stockpiled. Shows like Canon s show will go into reruns. But we will continue business he said. Producers had sought to scale Back residual pay ments for some one hour shows syndicated id i reunited stain and said they could t pay Writon More for reruns in foreign Marten. The median annual income for writers is s40.000 a year but about half of he Guild s members Are unemployed Al any Given time said Union spokeswoman Cheryl Rodco. The writers Are seeking the first change in 17 Yean in How they Are compensated when programs Are aired in foreign markets. They now n chive a Tingle Lump sum that varies depending on whats negotiated Between the writer and producer. The writers also Are demanding More artistic control on the final product we had All kinds of Cream be guarantee in inert Short of giving Ihm total control Steinberg old. The director is the Captain of that creative team. We could t bargain away rights thai belonged la Oiler Guild and  the producers had offered a j10 million package Over a three year period including improve Tunali to pension and health plans Steinberg said. In Union Ballon last week in los Angeles and new York 96 percent approved a walkout if no agreement was readied. The last scriptwriters strike was in 1985. Since the won won its first contract in 1947, scriptwriters have conducted strikes five times More times than any other entertainment Industry Union. Separately the screen actors Guild and american federation of television and radio artists bargained through the weekend with it Ken of to and Dio som is a Over by Rales and to Tran Payao Vifor 100,000 actors. Members of those unions approved a strike by a 91percent margin in recent votes said Sag spokesman Mark Locher