European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 5, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                And a Forney Freak disabled Washington api a Blind attorney who was carried forcibly from a jetliner after a this Pili Over where she should be stated complains thai airlines look Al inc handicapped As if we re a safety risk and have to be treated like  the attorney pc by Pinder said she is still angry Over an incident thursday evening aboard a Midway airlines jetliner waiting to take of from Washington s Naticka Fairport on a flight to Chicago. After boarding she said she Sal in a window seat in the second Row from the Back of the Cabin in the smok ing Section. But she was told to move to the first Row in the front of the Cabin because she is Blind and needed to be closer of a full dour emergency exit when she refused arguing that there Are no Federal safely regulations Ihm require her to Sil in a particular Seal police were summoned and carried her off the plane. She was charged with trespassing. It was  finder 34, an attorney from Grinnell Iowa and a vice president of the National federation of the Blind said. They told the police to Cany me off and hey  she insisted  she sought no confrontation and wanted Only to return to her Hometown when the Dis Pute erupted aboard Midway flight 179 As it prepared to depart for Chicago. The flight was delayed about 45 minutes because of the confrontation according to Airport officials. Ironically. Finder had flown to Washington to Eccl with several members of Congress and officials of inc Republican party platform committee to discuss prob lems Blind people Are having in air travel. She said she was told by a flight All Cedant thai she could not sit Al the rear of the aircraft even i Hough her tuesday april s. 198b the stars and stripes Page 9 says airlines like baggage scat did not Block Access to any emergency a it doors because of the airlines policy on dealing with Handi capped passengers. Then the Captain came. He said you will do what inc flight attendant tells you and sit where you re Lold or not Fly on this air plane " she said. She refused to Budge and Airport police were called to Cany her off the plane. According 10 accounts of airline and Airport officials As Well As finder. They airline officials feel that Blind people Are not the ume As other passengers that we re a safety risk and that we have to be treated like baggage in order to Tarry us safely said finder. Thai s not fed eral Law. They violated my  she has been summoned to appear Al an arraign ment on the trespassing charge May 19. Federal aviation administration spokesman Fred Farrar said the Faa has no requirements on where Blind passengers should be scaled although the Agency has recommended Hal they not be scaled in & Row that has an emergency Call. Finder said she Sal in a Row with no such Exil. A Midway airlines spokeswoman. Sandra Allen said inc airline has a firm policy of sealing Handi capped passengers including those who Are Blind on the front Row of the aircraft Cabin because dime scats Are closest to a floor level emergency door. Responding to the incident involving finder Allen said she refused to be briefed on safety procedures and maintained she could sit where she wanted. We could not Lake off Wilh her seated where she was and asked her to step off the plane because she was inconveniencing 100  because of her confrontation thursday night she remained in the capital another Day and on Friday Peggy finder accompanied several Oiler officials of the National federation of the Blind to a. Meeting with transportation Secretary Jim Burnley to discuss alleged discrimination against the handicapped by the airlines a spokeswoman for the federation said. The Faa which is pan of the department is devel Oping new regulations aimed at giving inc airlines closer guidance on How to provide for the handicapped but those regulations Are nol Opic cd to be announced for several months Oil spill on Ohio River mysteriously disappears Louisville. By. A a diesel Oil spill disappeared sunday from the Ohio River As mysteriously As it had appeared a coast guard spokesman said. We can l find a Irace of it said it. Eric Mother w Lio was part of a learn thai conducted a land search along a 30-mile stretch of inc River from Louisville to Madison nd., where the Slick was seen saturday. Mosher said inc Oil seen the previous Day was Light and tends 10 evaporate. The search team checked out Banks on both sides of the River and nothing was found. We still Don t know where the Slick originated Mosher said. Barges Tov Boals and holding tanks had been checked but provided no clues he said. Jerry Ford a spokesman for the Louis Ville water co., said powdered activated Carbon was added to the treatment pro Cess As a precaution but no problems were expected with the Waler Supply. Madison draws ils water from under ground streams and was not affected. Sol. Carroll Hon neck of the Indiana department of natural resources said we be had no fish kill and Haven t observed loss of any Marine  Madison police alerted inc coast Grant to the spill about 7 . Saturday after receiving a report of a Strong diesel smell in the nver Friday evening. Initially there were reports that inc spill extended upstream from Madison but Mosher said workers at Markland lock and dam about 20 Miles upstream from Madison and Al Mcalpine lock and dam in Louisville were unable to Sec or smell it. Teens apparent a resist aids better than other age groups new York a researchers have found evidence that teen agers May be More resistant to the virus Hal causes aids than other age groups. Three acc Cal studies have indicated that teen agers who arc infected Wilh the aids virus Are Likely to remain free of the disease longer than adults or infants the new York times reported sunday. Although the results Are preliminary everything ii pointing in the same direction said or. Edward gom pcs of the children s Hospital of los Angeles however once they do become ill. Teen agers have no better Success in fighting acquired immune deficiency syndrome loan adults studies show the times cited three recent studies of Haemophilia patients who had become infected with the aids virus. Haemophilia a need a Factor extracted from donor blood to help their blood clot in Case offcuts and until a lest was developed for the aids virus some info Clad blood Wai Donald. In one study of 89 Haemophiliacs in Hershey. Pa., conduct cd by the National cancer Institute. 35 per Cuni of the adults had symptoms of aids seven years after their infection compared to Only 10 per cent of those who were infected when they were teen agers. In a study Gompers is conducting Al children s Hospital researchers have been keeping track of 30 adult Homo Phi Liaci and 90 adolescents and children who were infected Wilh aids in the Early 1980s. So far five of the adults but Only two of the adolescents and children have contracted the disease. To the third study the centers for Dis ease control in Atlanta also Hai found greater resistance to the disease among teen age Haemophilia patients than among adults. Or. Janine Jason said. Cherry Blossom time in . Wearing traditional Kimono Kelso Hiyashi daughter of Akihiko a Vlashi of the japanese embassy Light Japa Nese tone lantern sunday in inn. Toe Cannon signifies the Start of the Cherry a Fluom festival i the Banks of the tidal bin Japan Gate the lantern i the United slain in 19s4