European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 6, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 1 the stars and stripes thursday april 6,1989 doonesbury cartoonist praised for deriding silly fear of aids san Francisco a Many of those involved in the fight against aids ate lauding cartoonist Garry tru Cau s comic depiction of the Igno Rance unfounded fears and publican difference that sometimes surround the diseases humor is essential for educating people said Rene Durai of of the san Francisco ads found Fotion. Ii gels them to look at themselves without a lot of harsh confrontations gets hem laughing at the r own silly Alt in a series of his doonesbury strip that began March 27 and ends apri j a Trudeau is gently dishing up some Rath or biting comments on How he Public arid government have the on a town Hall meeting in san Francisco Pun of character Lacy Davenport s congressional District the strip so far has poked fun at fears of getting aids through casual Contact the View that ads largely affects Only homosexuals and the Public s discomfort at dealing with various sexual is sues raised in us font pm. At one Point the 81-year-old Daven port finds herself unable to use the word aids instead saying the a longtime character in the strip Andy Lippincott has developed aids. Trudeau told a columnist for the Pioneer press dispatch of is Paul minn., this week that he had a hard Lime finding the right approach to aids. "1 had to strip it the disease of its taboos to attack Hie fear arid ignorance by laughing in its face said Trudeau who rarely Grants interviews. He did not return a Call placed by the a brother Kevin Worth a Roma Catholic Monk who works with aids patients Al Mother Teresa s spiritual resource Center in Oakland called Trudeau s aids series an effective Way of uncovering the Public s Igno Rance about aids which destroys the body s immune system Lacy Davenport s unwillingness to name the Issue represents a common response on the pan of the american Public much of which prefers that this disease simply did not exist or would just go away he added. Trudeau is showing us it will not.". According to acc Salem a spokes Man for Universal press Syndicate in Kansas City mo., which distributes the comic strip Only one newspaper has refused to run the series. The Canadian paper which he did not identify considered the series in bad but some involved in rite tight against aids arc surprised that the often controversial cartoonist know for his Sharp political wit has taken so Gurry Trudeau Long o address aids issues. I wish he had done this four year Sago said democratic Hep Nancy Pel Osi of san Francisco. Most of what i be seen so far is a Lille after the fact these issues have been raised Poindexter video barred at North trial Washington Cap. A Federal judge rejected Oliver North s request to show at his trial videotaped segments of immunized congressional testimony by his former Boss former National Accuri by adviser John poin Dexler Admiral s testimony selected for presentation distorts the record from the congressional proceedings said us. District judge Gerhard a. Be sell the Case is winding Down now and the motion just filed comes too late the judge slated in a four Page order. The prosecution would have to present its rebut Tal by examining at of poin Deiter s testimony. The editing of 30 hours of testimony cannot be evaluated in the Short time Given to the Independent counsel prosecuting North said Gesell defense lawyers had said portions of s prior testimony arc critical to the defense particularly on the Issue of official knowledge and authorization of it col. North s North also had said thai excluding the videotape would be unconstitutional. But go sell said thai the constitutional claim is misplaced North had asked to show three to four hours of poin Droxler s videotaped testimony thai he gave on Ca Pitol Hill to the committees investigating the Iran Contra affair. has asserted through his Legal counsel that if called o testify he would invoke his constitutional rights and refuse to answer questions. Poindexter a co defendant charged with North in the Iran Centra nit air is to be tried separately this year. is charged with conspiracy i heft of government property obstruction of Congress and making false statements to a congressional committee. North is accused of lying to Congress and the attorney general As Well As altering and destroying documents was Given limited immunity from prosecution when he testified before Congress. Funny Money Detector a hew pen sue device developed by the israeli army can select counterfeit Money. The user rubs the head of the Detector under the Bill s portrait Indi Cator lights and a tone sensitive to magnetic particles inserted by the . Treasury will Tell the user whether the Bill is phony or real. Ford grabs 2nd place in Fortune 500 listing new York a automating Litan Ford Orco moved into second place among Fortune so Industrial companies last year bumping Oil giant Exxon corp. Car demand continued to surge and factories and refineries operated car capacity Fortune said. The new list shows sales by the for tune 500 topped $2 trillion for the first time Ond profits jumped a record 27 per cent. It said nearly All of the 27 Industrial categories enjoyed double digit earnings growth in 1988, led by Metal companies,.which showed a 100 percent jump boosted by soaring Copper prices and the steel Industry s successful restructuring. Large Oil refiners posted a s3 percent increase in profits benefiting from what Fortune called a double dose of Luck open squabbling drove crude Oil Price Down lowering costs while demand strengthened increasing aides say part of bugged . Embassy can be saved Washington a two slate department aides sent to Moscow to inspect the . Embassy there recommended that pan of the chancery be salvaged an official said wednesday. _ they recommended the government dismantle the top Floora which Are believed to be riddled with eaves dropping devices and to replace them with Bug free floors or an adjoining Annex said inc official who spoke on condition of anonymity. The inspection was conducted two weeks ago by Nicholas m. Salgo former . Ambassador to Hun Gary and Ivan Siclin who is to be undersecretary of stale for management. The aides told Secretary of state James Baker on their return that refurbishing inc building or even constructing an Annex would be cheaper than ruling the chancery and starting Over. The estimated Cost of tearing Down and rebuilding is a Sqq million. Some members of Congress oppose spending the Money. Others agree with the conclusion of a washing ton area engineering firm that said starting Over was the Only Way to make the chancery secure. A Trade group headed by Dwayne o. Andreas chair Man of Archer Daniels Midland co., offered to buy the building for use m business is co chair Man of the . Trade and economic Council which promotes Trade Between tic two superpowers
