European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 4, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes wednesday january 4,1989 news briefs torture murderer Heidnik critical after taking drugs Pittsburgh a torture murderer Gary Heidnik took an overdose of anti psychotic Medicine he stockpiled in prison and was hospitalized in critical condition his psychiatrist said monday. He May not survive said or. Clancy d. Mckenzie of the death Row inmate. He s on a Respirator. If he does survive this he could have severe liver damage or brain damage and he could die of the Side  Mckenzie a Philadelphia psychiatrist questioned the Quality of medical care the inmate had received in prison. Officials he said had refused to allow him to treat Heidnik saying the prisoner s treatment was adequate. This would not have happened if i had been Able to Sec him Mckenzie said. Heidnik a 45-year-old self proclaimed min ister was convicted july 1 of murdering two of six women he abducted and kept shackled in a basement torture chamber in his Philadelphia Home. 132,976 aids cases reported worldwide in 88 Geneva Switzerland a there were 132,976 cases of aids reported to the world health organization by 177 countries in 1988, according to a who Survey released tuesday. The total represented a 2.8 percent increase since nov. 30, chiefly due to updated reports from the United states with 80,538 cases As of . 14, and from other Western countries. Uganda with the second highest number of cases 5,508, has not filed a new report since August. France ranks third with 4,874 cases listed by the end of september. The actual number of cases worldwide is estimated by who at More than 350,000. Or. Jonathan Mann director of the who s global program on acquired immune deficiency syn drome predicted that during 1989 and 1990 More than 400,000 new cases Are expected to occur with another 600,000 anticipated in the following three years. Several injured in Chase after Man steals City bus Philadelphia a a Man stole an unoccupied transit authority bus tuesday and drove it through three counties As police gave Chase and at least 12 people were injured authorities said. The half hour Chase ended when the South Eastern Pennsylvania transportation authority bus crashed into a tree in front of a shop. Middletown police chief Frank Mckenna said Middletown officer Leroy Alexander 39, was injured when he was struck by the bus As police vainly tried to halt it by setting up a Roadblock of squad cars Midway through the Chase. Details were still sketchy but at least 12 peo ple were reported injured in a pileup related to the Chase authorities said. Bodies of 6 service members arrive in . From Scotland Dover fab Del. A the bodies of six servicemen victims of the explosion of a pan am jumbo Jet Over Scotland arrived at Dover fab at Sunset monday. At Boston s Logan International Airport the Sisters of another victim Thomas Walker 47, of Quincy mass., were waiting when his body arrived monday. It s like a Nightmare and it just goes on and on said Sally Mackinlay of Rockland watching families Greet passengers arriving on the flight from Londo that brought the remains of her brother Home. All 259 people aboard pan am flight 103 on .21 were killed when a bomb exploded while the Jet was Over Scotland in route from London to new York. At Dover fab the largest mortuary operated by the military the bodies of an air Force sergeant and five army personnel arrived aboard a military aircraft that was also transporting explosives. Air Force officials said it is not unusual for bodies and explosives to be transported on the same plane. The body of air Force sgt. Edgar h. Eggleston 24, of Glens Falls n.y., was removed by the air Force Honor guard. Eggleston stationed at Ramstein a West Germany was coming Home to visit his ill step Mother. The remaining bodies were removed from the plane by members of the old guard an army Honor guard stationed in Washington . The bodies included that of maj. Charles d. Mckee of Trafford a. He had been an assistant attache for military affairs at the . Embassy in Beirut Leb anon but never told his family or friends. Officials identified the other victims As sgt. Philips. Bergstrom of Forrest Lake Minn. Capt. Joseph p. Curry 31, of fort Devens mass. Spec. Kenneth j. Gibson of Romulus Mich. And army sgt. . Lloydd. Ludlow 41, of Pittsburg Kansas. Ludlow and Gibson were stationed in West Ger Many. Curry assigned to the 10th special Force group at fort Devens in Ayer mass., was attending a conference in Europe and was on his Way Home. Congress from Page 1 and a spirit of bipartisanship and let s see How far Pecan go with that said rep. Dick Cheney r-wyo., House minority whip. Moving to get a jump on other lawmakers  Tauke a Iowa announced a Bill to Force Roll Call votes before Congress accepts any pay increase an delay any approved raise two years until after the next election. Under current Law Congress automatically gets a boost proposed by the president unless i votes it Down. President Reagan is expected to Call for a substantial pay raise next week for members of Congress to take effect March 1 unless rejected before then by bathhouses. An advisory commission has recommended a 50 percent boost for lawmakers Federal judges and to executive Branch officials with members of Congress giving up lucrative honorariums in Exchange. Current congressional pay is $89,500 a year and the commission s proposal would raise it to $135,000. If the president goes ahead and proposes a pay raise we re prepared to go ahead and eliminate the honorariums Coelho said. While the democratic controlled Congress await Reagan s proposal on the pay Issue on most of the nation s biggest issues it s waiting for the new presi Dent elect to make his positions known. Lawmakers from both parties tuesday reaffirmed their Hope that relations with the Bush White House will be Good. But Cheney and Coelho interviewed on lbs this morning had differing views on possible tax increases. None of us would like to increase taxes but we refilling to listen and watch and we Hope that As we get into this and we have to get to the crunch that if he Bush can t reach the magic number without raising Revenue that he would say so and we would go ahead and do it Coelho said. I think the american people voted overwhelmingly in opposition to a tax increase and i Don t believe that he should be giving away or making a Concession on that Point before we even sit Down at the table to negotiate said Cheney. After completing its organizational chores Congre swill adjourn until Jan. 20, although hearings could Start before then on some of Bush s legislative proposals. President Reagan sends his final budget to congressman. 9, and Bush is expected to submit his own ideas after taking office. Before fiscal 1990 begins oct. 1,Congress and the new president must agree on How to Cut More than $25 billion in spending or to raise taxes in order to meet the goals of the Gramm Rudman budget balancing Law. Bush pledged repeatedly during the Campaign he would not support any new taxes but Many democrats Are openly sceptical he can keep that Promise. Plo from Page 1 . Request for Plo assistance but was in line wit the administration s position that it will Welcome in formation from any source to help solve the bombing. The administration official said the meeting was not a continuation of the dialogue Between . And Plo representatives that began . 16 in Tunis when Pelletreau met with three members of the Plo executive committee. Popadiuk said a further meeting to continue that discussion was not planned. He declined other com ment on a report attributed to Plo spokesman Han Faidy in Madrid in an interview with Spanish state radio that such a meeting was scheduled for saturday. Popadiuk said Reagan was aware of the Meetin Between Pelletreau and Halaoui in Tunis. Reagan spent the new year s weekend in pal Springs where he said in his weekly radio address saturday that president elect George Bush shares his determination to bring the bombers of the pan am jetliner to Justice. Last week the kuwaiti newspaper Al Seysse quoted an unidentified Plo official As saying the organization was considering a . Request that Cheplo help track Down those responsible for the bomb ing. Popadiuk said the White House had received no communication from Arafat. Fri director William sessions said sunday on the enc television program meet the press that Arafat has a wealth of information that could help the investigation of the . 21 bombing of pan am flight 103 that killed 270 people. Dukakis from Page 1 not run for president he probably would have decided not to seek a fourth four year term he said. In recent weeks Dukakis had been urged by fellow democrats to announce his plans so they could begin making their political plans for the governorship. One has to make a decision i be made that decision he said. It seemed to me desirable to make the decision now rather than later he added. Asked for a hint to his future plans Dukakis would say Only Public policy and Public service is what i m All about it s what i  during the second week of december Dukakis took a we Klong vacation his first since the presidential election in Florida. Before leaving Dukakis said he planned to spend some of his vacation time reflecting on the Campaign against Republican George Bush and on his own plans for the future. At age 55, Dukakis is Midway through his third four year term As governor of Massachusetts. If he completes his cur rent term he will have served longer As the state s governor than any of his predecessors. In recent weeks speculation has mounted about Dukakis and his plans with some saying he would seek a re match with Bush in 1992, or would run for governor again or would drop out of politics for some sort of academic Posi Tion. In a recent poll Dukakis appeared to enjoy a commanding Lead in popularity statewide compared with such Likely democratic challengers As Boston mayor Raymond Flynn. The Survey taken by Dukakis political operation said he would defeat Flynn with a margin of 67 percent to 27 percent if the gubernatorial election were held now. In his interview two weeks ago Duka Kis said he wanted to make the next two years the Best two years the state has Ever  but he gave no hint of How that goal might relate to his political plans