European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 12, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Friday August 12, 1988 the stars and stripes Page 7 Navy cancels fashion show on Carrier Alameda Calif. A the Navy has can celeb a bathing suit fashion show intended to give a parting charge to the Crew of the aircraft Carrier Enterprise before it takes off for two weeks of train ing at sea. Capt. Robert Spane commander of the nuclear powered aircraft Carrier said he cancelled the show after Reading news reports that the show could be construed As sexually oriented entertainment forbid Den under naval regulations. More than 3,000 men were scheduled to crowd the decks for a half hour show at the Alameda naval air station. The show was to feature models in bathing suits and aerobic Wear bouncing rhythmically to pop music. The boys Are going to be charged up before they go out for two weeks Ivan Cutler ? a spokesman forthe swimwear and aerobics clothing manufacturer that was to put on the show said tuesday before the cancellation. He called the scheduled show a mor ale however Navy regulations ban sexually oriented entertainment at base clubs stating that entertain ment that could conceivably result in Embarrass ment to the Navy shall be avoided because it could cause abusive behaviour toward women who serve aboard Navy ships. The san Francisco based feminist Bookstore news which publishes a monthly Magazine for women s bookstores called the dance show idea it looks like the Enterprise brass still Haven t discerned the difference Between sex and War said publisher Carol Seajay. Using women and sexual innuendo to gear men up for War games perpetuates that on wednesday Cutler said he was disappointed the event had been cancelled. It was an Opportunity to entertain within Bounds of propriety sailors who respond to a variety of stimulus he said. Forklift hoists Hospital bound 800-Pound Man Wesley Hills . A an 800-Pound Man was evicted by forklift wednesday hoisted onto a flatbed truck and trundled off to a Hospital As official searched for a new Home for him and his 400-Pound Mother. You la be Fine Michael you la define Arlene Edelman assured her 24 year old son after their dilapidated Bun Galow was torn apart and he was extricated. Edelman secured to a mattress by leather straps and covered with a Blue Blanket replied from the truck i Don t want to go to the authorities had been trying since april to evict the edelmans from thei Bungalow the last one occupied in an old summer Colony Here but various Legal procedures had delayed the action until wednesday. The landlord Ronald fish wants to redevelop the property. Edelman first entered the Public Eye i december when a Tow truck was used to help him after he fell out of bed. The eviction began about 7 . A Rockland county workers Tore Down a Wall of the Blue House the edelmans have occupied for More than two years. Edel Man who has Long been confined to bed has not left the House in that time. Medical teams from Good Samaritan and Nyack hospitals were on hand a were Edelman s personal physician and the head of emergency room services at Good Samaritan. Edelman was rolled from his mattress onto a second mattress atop a slab of plywood on the forklift. The machine lifted him onto the truck As neighbors friends and reporters looked on and his Mother comforted him. Ill see you soon Michael she assured him. A forklift lifts 800-Pound Michael Edelman from his dilapidated Bungalow onto a truck. Asked How he Felt Edelman said he was t the Only homeless person he said he was reluctant to leave his Mother and did t know Why the county department of social services had been Able to find him a new Home. The edelmans live on supplemental Security income of $714 a month. County officials spent the last several months combing through real estate ads and contacting 2,000 real estate agents inthe Region to find a new Home that can accommodate Edelman. The county has even sought property for a trailer that landlord fish agreed to donate but with no Success. Edelman who has been getting weight loss assistance from exercise expert Rich Ard Simmons and Walter Hudson the former 1,200-Pound Long Island Man who has lost half his weight was accepted into an obesity program at Down state Hospital but refused to be Sepa rated from his Mother. The county will House Edelman at thedr. Robert l. Yeager health Complex in Pomona for a few Days said count spokesman Kenneth Seltman. This is very temporary said Seltman. He needs to be in a specialized Seltman said the Cost of wednesday s eviction had not been tabulated. Mrs. Edelman 47, who weighs 400pounds, said her son would Only be at the Center for shelter for a few she said she and Edelman s Girlfriend Brenda Bedell 30, would stay in a Motel and continue to look for a place to live. The county commissioner of social services Noah Weinberg said a landlord in Garnerville had agreed to rent Edel Man an apartment but needed time to make the necessary renovations for the Man and his Mother. Matchmaker airline safety a big fear poll finds strikes out Miami a you can t put a Price on love and marriage a judge has Rule Din declaring invalid a matchmaker s con tract that required a $250 Bonus fee if her services led her clients to the altar. Matchmaker Bobbie Heiman sued her customers Denise Canchola and Philippe Tournillon Iii for the additional Money after their 1984 marriage. She received $295 from each for arranging their initial meeting in 1983. I was so disgusted at having to sue someone for getting married and not paying the Bonus Heiman said. I got real burned out Matching people up and then not getting any strokes for doing Agoo Job. But the couple a nurse and a business Man said they refused to pay the fee out of principle and because Mutual love not Heiman s magic led them Down the aisle. Dade county judge Eli Breger agreed declaring the additional fee invalid. Washington a More than four out of every five people questioned consider safety a serious problem with air travel according to an opinion poll published wednesday by an association of private pilots. The random Telephone Survey con ducted by a Washington polling firm in Early june also showed that people regarded safety a far greater problem than flight delays. The poll was commissioned by the aircraft owners and pilots association which represents 270,000 people who own or Fly private aircraft. Dopa president John Baker said the poll demonstrated the Public s wide spread concern about aviation safety among the Public but added that those worries were not justified. By and Large safety is not one of the major problems we have in the Industry. We Don t have a major safety problem Baker told reporters. Instead he said the aviation Industry faces serious congestion problems that will become worse in years to come. The air transport association which represents the major airlines said the Public perception that aviation safety has deteriorated was unfounded. The airline s safety record has continued to improve in recent years by any measurement one uses it said. This year for instance there have been some 4 million flights by major carriers with no passenger fatalities and just one Crew member the poll was conducted june 6-17 by the Washington firm of Hamilton Fred Erick & schneiders and involved 1,000 people 18 or older reached by Telephone across the country. According to the Dopa 82 percent of those surveyed said air safety was a serious problem and 52 percent said air travel was less Safe than it was five years ago. Of those polled 16 percent said flight delays were a very serious problem and 48 percent said they were some what the Survey showed that Many people believe the solution to flight delays is for airlines to provide More realistic flight schedules and for airports to be expanded. When asked How Best to relieve air port congestion 68 percent favored construction or expansion of airports and development of an improved air traffic control system Over limitations on flights into an Airport. More than four of every five individuals cited a concern about maintenance when asked about air safety with 44 per cent saying the first step was to improve maintenance practices. At a news conference pollster Gre schneiders said the concerns about air Craft maintenance reflected in the pol May have stemmed partly from news Sto Ries at the time about the Aerial breakup of an Aloha airlines Jet and Federal investigations into maintenance problems at Eastern airlines
