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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 30, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday june 30,1988 the stars and stripes Page 3 sunny Outlook a Driver in Zurich Switzerland silk in looks More like a greenhouse than a Rae him Are solar cells from which the car thai will compete in inc 4th tour do sol the narrow cockpit of a vehicle that ing car. The Flat surfaces surrounding derives its Power. This entry is one of 8d a Cross Switzerland rally for solar trs. Mass panel rejects plan to give addicts Needle Bulc a legislative com Mittee has rejected  Ute clean hypodermic Needle is ctr began diets in Boston to curb the spread aids. I m  mayor Raymond l. Flynn said after monday s vote. But i can t afford to be disappointed and upset very Long not when you look at babies and people dying of  the measure received an unfavourable report after an emotional Icbale during joint committee on health care hear ing. After the 10-3 Volt against the Bill it proceeds to the House floor where sup porters said they had no Hope of revers ing the committee s negative recon wry Damion. The band is playing on fold on Larry a Esster to record be aids action committee Sauja Rifer the vote. The rec Ducj of Flange was supported by Flynn Andoff iveral medical experts but 1 by gov. Michael s. Duka Kis his Public health commissioner and the Massachusetts medical society. The Bill would authorize a six month to distribute sterile Nee too the estimated 14,000 in Boston. Sup porters said  of reduced aids transmission pcs scr faulted legislators for theft Lack of courage and said it was Jim critical for lawmakers to Needle Exchange Woutat my or inc the War on drugs fair Rich state has re fused Toj Mae adequate funding for ment centers. A Jet we saw Here today was a classic example of despicable Doublespeak Kessler fumed hinting thai the next step might involve civil disobedience in the form of unauthorized Needle distributions. Flynn Slid he shared pcs scr s frustration but would not condone Law break ing. Instead he said he would fight to educate the Public and the legislature about the risk of aids to expand drug treatment centers and to reach out to addicts to encourage them to sterilize their Needles with bleach. After the fall election maybe there la be a better environment Flynn said referring to the re vote for it today. Tut the in 1 1 will Hilll i null Simial ii in in that for inc state to distr Iduru a Needles to addicts would Send Al that inc government condones Illig drug abuse. Unless we re prepared to talk about the legalization of drugs which we re not the passage of the petition would be grossly inconsistent said rep. Mar Jorie Clapprood a Democrat. Rep John Mcdonough a Democrat and the Bill s chief proponent urged his colleagues to Al least Tesi the effective Ness of a Needle Exchange program in slowing the spread of aids which can be transmitted through sharing of contaminated syringes. The question that Wilt come before us is did we a everything we could to Slop supporters noted that Massachusetts is one of the few states where it is against inc Law to sell or distribute hypodermic Needles and a state with one of the High est Rales of aids increase. The sharing of dirty acc pics among drug addicts is a major cause of inc spread of inc disease. Abc first . Needle Exchange pro Chad used to begin Soan in 1 Ort -. Earlier thru Gulih dutch researchers reported at an in Fei Liana aids symposium in  years of providing clean syringes in us cos in Amsterdam produced a is in Needle sharing and May have a curb the spread of aids but did not Lead to increased drug use. Ush urges ban on Bias against victims of aids Mountain View Calif. Fax vice president George Bush said tues Day that aids victims should have fed Era Protection from discrimination on the Job in schools and elsewhere. I think it is needed Bush said embracing the controversial key recommendation of president Reagan s aids commission. The commission delivered its final re port to the White mouse on monday calling for an executive order or new Laws to prevent aids discrimination. Reagan has not taken a formal stand on the Issue although he hinted monday that a would support the recommendation. At a news conference Here Bush said Reagan did the right thing by withholding judgment asking How can the White House be asked to Lake an instant position when it was pointed out that Bush. Himself was doing just that inc vice president said Reagan. Is not running for  the certain Republican presidential nominee added i be got a different role Here. I want to say what i  he said Protection from discrimination against carriers of the aids virus should not be seen As a Gay rights Issue although homosexuals Are hit hardest. This is a National health problem. We re talking about children innocent victims he said. Bush said an anti discrimination policy should apply to everyone and should not be left to the states because there s some National Federal  he made the statement in san fran Cisco a City whose homosexual Popula Tion has been ravaged by aids. He said he would change his views if it could be shown that aids can be communicated in casual  Nih employee infected re aids in accides Washington a a National institutes flu Leahh employee was found monday have become infected with the Deal us virus through an injury at Orfit according to a published report the Washington Post r tuesday s editions that Federal officials said the Nih employee infected after a vial tilled with Alps infected blood broke in the worke Shand. There have been two similar Inci dents involving worker vat laboratories associated with Tum la but officials said this is u e first Accident involving an Dlhy employee. Officials Tom the newspaper the worker was caring gloves at the time of thaa Cidell a Lew weeks ago and scientist said the Accident olved a safely device that is sup of just the four Rcd. Posed to reduce the kind of Accident to it s  Type of thing won t happen la Cic list told the Post. I fils said inc employee who still i at the Nih was diagnosed As cing infected with inc virus by the " clinical Center Al he Nih on monday Etc Mon and is receiving medical treat item. The newspaper said officials have dec cd to discuss specifies of inc Acci Dent  that the employee s gender am feb title be withheld id protect the work privacy. Other nah Brno Loyess were in formed about that i Dent monday. Recent figures Frommie Federal Cen ters Tor disease  that the Rale of accidental info non with the aids virus among health can workers is Only a fraction of 1 percent  
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