European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 16, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes Friday december 16,1988 Bush supports decision on Plo talks Washington a president elect George Bush said thursday he sup ports president Reagan s decision to begin talks with the Palestine liberation organization but he cautioned. Let s see How tilings evolve. There s no game  Bush said wednesday thai Plo Leader Yasser Arafat had made some move ment in a speech tuesday but not enough to warrant direct dealings with he Plo by the United Stales. Later however after administration officials went Over new Arafat comments on is Rael and the Middle East Reagan said the United slates would enter into substantive dialogue with the Plo the conditions Hal the american government set out have been consistent steadfast and now or. Arafat says that those conditions arc met Bush said thursday. So we will observe we will watch and our ambassador in Tunisia will begin a dialogue. There s no game plan there s no five Point  asked if he preferred that the talks Wail until he takes office next month Bush replied i am vice president of the United Stales 1 become president on Jan. 20. On Jan 21, i la Tell you whal Iwan to do. I support the president s decision. Let s see How things evolve. My position remains the same. I want to Sec direct talks Between Tor example Between King Hussein of Jordan and the  Day earlier Bush took another step in farming his new administration naming his Choice for agriculture Secre tary. He also said John Tower could be an outstanding Secretary of defense and he doubted that an Fri Check had turned up anything to disqualify the former Tunas senator. Bush said he has nut yet decided who will run the Pentagon although sources said Tower remained the leading Candi Date. With eight More appointments to go Bush Hopes to Complete naming his cab inet before Christmas. Bush lapped Clayton Yeutter on wednesday As the sixth member of his Cabinet. Yeutter the . Trade representative for president Reagan will be Secretary of agriculture. After three years in government Yeut Ter had wanted to return to private Busi Ness. Standing alongside Bush at a news conference Reutler said there were Only a few people in the world who could convince me to carry Forward in another stint in government but you re one of those  Bush also said he would name a Black to his Cabinet. He has been urged by some Black supporters to name Louis w. Sullivan a Black who is president of Morehouse school of Medicine As Secretary of health and human services. In addition the Washington Post re ported in thursday s editions that another Black Julius w. Becton jr., a retired three Star army general who Heads the Federal emergency management Agency is Chc lop contender to head the vet Erans administration and that hispanic member of the Federal communications commission Patricia Diaz Dennis is a candidate to head the labor department. Also an aide to sen. Lowell p. Weicker jr., who lost his re election bid last month confirmed that the senator Hasmet with Bush about possibly taking Over the National oceanic and atmospheric administration. Book tells How Quayle got nickname wet head Washington a Dan Quayle was so bored in the Home of representatives that he missed com Millic meetings to play golfer work out. Earning the nickname of wet head because he was always com ing out of the gym according to a new Book on he vice president elect. However the Book by political scientist Richard f. Mcnno jr., says Quayle quietly matured when he moved to the Senate in 19so and risked alienating the Republican administration to Engineer passage of an important bipartisan Job training Bill. The freshman Republican senator was so irritated at roadblocks to the Bill thrown up by labor department officials and liter Secretary Raymond Donovan that he referred 10 them As the bastards the Book says. The making of a senator Dan Quayle is a sin year study by Mcnno of Quayle s political career and his chief legislative accomplishment the Job training partnership act of 19b2. It is published by congressional quarterly. Quayle s office said wednesday there would be no comment on the Book. The senator told the author he was very bored in the  where he served from 1976 to 1980. He missed meetings and Voles and would sneak off to play Golf or work out one unidentified associate is Dan Quayle quoted As saying people called him wet head because he was Al ways coming out of the mouse gym the associate said. It s an awful Job especially being a Republican there. You can l gel anything done Quayle said. Bui when he was elected to the Senate in 1960, a republicans captured the majority there Quayle Wai Able to gel a labor and human resources subcommittee chairmanship and Drew the task of drafting legis lation to replace the comprehensive employment an training act. His work on the Bill with Edward Kennedy of Mas Sachs Jolls the ranking Democrat on the committee angered the administration which wanted to Frame i own proposal. Although the Quayle pc Nncy bilt eventually prevailed tension Between Quayle and the labor department was such that the senator told the author they ought in be Hung the  contrary to custom no members of Congress were invited to the Bill signing ceremony. And when Quayle later asked 1c have his picture taken with the president and to have his wife and children accompany him he was told that the senator could come to the Whitehouse unannounced through the Side Gate and with no family members. New aids study to target heterosexuals at High risk Newark no. A Federal health officials thursday announced a new aids study that will focus on heterosexual men and women at High risk of contracting the fatal disease because of multiple sex partners or Oiher factors. The sexual transmission and progression of aids among heterosexuals is virtually unexplored territory said  h. Weiss one or the nation s leading aids researchers who will head the study in Newark. The notional Institute of allergy an infectious diseases in Washington said the study is to be conducted Over five years among 2,000 heterosexuals in Newark nj., and Brooklyn . Anthony s. Fauci director of the Institute said the purpose of the study isto develop More effective strategies for the prevention and treatment of aids or acquired immune deficiency syn drome in a population that is not Homo sexual or using intravenous drugs. Only about 4 percent of he adult aids cases can be traced to heterosexual Contact but such sexual conduct accounts for 30 percent of All aids cases among women the Institute said. The study Wilt concentrate on heterosexuals with a history of what is consid ered to be thigh risk behaviour for contracting aids. The factors include 1 an average of 10 or More sex part ners a year. A history of sexually transmitted disease within the Las five years. Sexual Contact with people such As homosexuals or intravenous drug users whore considered to beat High risk for aids. Those infected or exposed to Fung a viral Retro viral bacterial or parasitic infections that Are thought to increase the risk of acquiring  drug users a group with one of the highest Rales of aids infection Are excluded from he study. Newark and Brooklyn were selected for the study the Institute said because they Are located in inner City areas populated by Large numbers of ulv infected drug users a potential Reservoir of in acc i Vii for  his or human immunodeficiency virus is the organism thai causes aids. A thousand heterosexual. Men an women will be recruited for the new Jersey portion of he study they will come from counselling and lest Sites set up by the state in three health facilities in Northern new Jersey and from a Newark Hospital the new York study will concentration recruiting heterosexual women but a select group of men who arc sexual part ners of the study s female members also will be sought the new York study also will seek steady male sexual partners of women who test positive for aids after first testing negative. 2,000 alaskans show up for governor s open House Juneau Alaska a follow ing a 76-year-old Holiday tradition about 2,000 alaskans lined up in the slush to get a rare look inside the governor s mansion shake the chief executive s Liand and sip warm cider. Gov. Steve Cowper and his wife Michael played Host at the Christmas open House wednesday night for the third consecutive year in the colonial mansion overlooking the state capital except for. Two years during world War ii the open House has been a annual event since the imposing three Story Home was built for Territo rial gov. Walter Clark in 1912, i be been to about 38 of them out of the 40 years i be been Here said 92-year-old Ethel a  is my House and i love  the feeling that he House is a stat treasure thai belongs to ail alaskans brings them out in every shape age and occupation. You would t be Able to gel away with it in a place with More Popula Tion said Koren Bosworth one of Juneau s 30,000 residents. It s Nice ii gives people a feeling they re part of  mingled about the main floor of the 15-Ropm mansion carrying Pune Sof food and cups of cider or punch while the Cowper and la gov. Ste phen Mcalpinc and his wife greeted people. The upstairs living quarters an the basemen were off limits. In the living room guests were entertained by violinists and a chorus while children lined up to talk to Santa and mrs. Claus. Sandy Fiscus who was sampling he refreshments with her 12-year-old daughter Robin said they attend the open House every year. The governor s chef John do crier Ney and the mansion staff begin plan Ning for the three hour affair in  begins in september and most. Of the cooties breads and horse oeuvres arc stored in the Freezer. This year the treats included 1,500egg Rolls 1,400 Artichoke pastries 17550 sausage pastries. 1,400 Devil Deggs and 20 pounds of brie cheese stuffed with apples and pears. By the end Only a few treats remained. For Many the open House has be come a family tradition. Some parents brought video cameras while others took snapshots. The stale foots the Biu for the Ope House with expenses coming out of the mansion budget Cowper spokes Man David Ramseur said