European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 26, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes saturday August 26. 1989 schools in Panama open but wary b William  Washington Bureau Washington children of . Military personnel in Panama returned to their regular schools As scheduled thursday with contingency plans ready if political violence in that country Resur faces. The schools closed May 19, nearly one month Early because of violence and political unrest. Although dictator Manuel Noriega remains in Power there has been a marked decrease in the number of incidents involving . Service members and civilians said maj. Kathy Wood a defense department spokeswoman. Wood said the decrease corresponded with the arrival of an additional  . Troops in Panama in mid May. The troops were dispatched after Panama s government annulled a May 7 presiden tial election citing foreign interference. After the schools closed Early an offi Cial with the department of defense de Pendents schools said the Dodds operation in Panama would probably undergo changes. I would lie reluctant to say every school is going to open a it is now Nick fic Esaid in May. But on thursday All 12 schools in Panama opened As scheduled in the same locations they have always oper ated them spokeswoman Marilyn Witcher said. She said enrolment figures weren t available yet. Last year h.058 students attended the schools. Officials expect a decrease in enrol ment because of military programs implemented this year that Are designed to discourage  from bring ing their families to Panama. These pro Grams include an option for a 15-month"unaccompanied" tour in which families remain in the United Stales. Com Mand sponsored families also cannot accompany a  unless on base housing is available. If the situation in Panama worsens again Dodds is prepared to move classes onto enclosed bases although one official said that could prove difficult. Dodds also has prepared a Safe Haven plan to be used in Case of transportation problems. Under the plan Chil Dren would be placed in the Homes of volunteering american families until parents could pick up their youngsters. When the unrest increased last Spring several Hundred family members were flown out of Panama in what the Penta gon called a hastened withdrawal from the Central american country. In fiscal 1988, there were 13.200 family members of military and civilian personnel stationed in Panama. Wood said the number of family members now to tals ii 100. High Shine for Highway patrol Florida gov. Bob Martinez grins As he sounds the Siren in a shiny 1940 Ford deluxe that was one of the first cars in the Florida Highway patrol. The Auto was on display at the Capitol in Tallahassee. Aids death made to Star s family grow up or die los Angeles a the Star of television s stars by and Hutch Paul Michael Glaser says the death of his daughter from aids and the infection of his wife and son forced his family to either grow up or  Glaser who played the Streetwise detective Dave Starsky in the police series from september 1975 to August 1979. Said he decided to talk about his family slight after learning that a tabloid newspaper was pre paring a Story on it. This has to be a Story about How we Rise above our fears How we All have to be stronger than we Ever thought we could be he said in an interview in Fri Day s editions of the los Angeles , who is now a director is not infected. His wife  contracted the his virus that causes aids through tainted blood transfusion received when she suffered complications before the birth of their daughter Ariel who died last year of acquired immune deficiency syndrome at age 7. A son 5, became infected with the aids virus be fore birth the lasers said. Neither Mother nor son has any symptoms of the disease a former museum official mrs. Glaser has become Active in fund raising for child aids victims and has raised More than $5 million. And she praises her Hus band s support. Lesser men would have walked said mrs. Glaser who has taken the anti aids drug Azo for the past 18 months. I be never made us feel we were anything but a  Glaser said that when they Learned the National enquirer was preparing a Story on the family s problems we begged them not to run the Story but they said it was  lawmaker says Gay sex employee duped him Newton mass. A rep. Bar Ney Frank Friday said he hired a male prostitute As a personal employee but fired him two years ago when he suspected the Man was Selling sex from Frank s Capitol Hill apartment. I was victimized Frank d-.mass., told the associated press. I knew he had been a prostitute. 1 was trying to get him to Stop. I did know he was expanding his business. From firsthand knowledge i still Don know that said Frank 49, a Liberal Democrat who publicly acknowledged his homosexuality in May 1987. During a news conference later at his office in this Boston suburb Frank said head shown poor judgment in hiring the Man. Frank said he met the Man in 1985 through an escort Model advertisement in a Washington Gay newspaper. The con Gressman admitted paying for sex with the Man one time but said the relationship quickly became one of Friendship. He said he no longer uses escort services. In a report in Friday s editions of the Washington times a Man identified As Greg Davis told the newspaper that Frank was aware that sex was being sold from the congressman s apartment and was concerned that it might be discovered. Frank called those allegations absolutely  his suggestion that he was procuring sex partners for me is a lie Frank also said when asked if the revelations might Force him to resign from Congress. Frank replied of course not. Why should it he said he planned to run for re election for a sixth term in 1990. I Don t think i m going to be heavily penalized by the voters for being suckered by a Guy 1 was trying to help he said i hired him out of a charitable impulse. 1 misjudged his character. I think he was a pretty Good con Man he said. Frank said he hired the Man As a per Sonal assistant to do work around his House drive his car and run errands. Frank said he paid him about $20.000 a year for about a year and a half out of personal Money. He said no government or Campaign funds were used. Frank said he fired him in august1987 after his Landlady told him for the second time that the Man May have been arranging liaisons at the apartment in Frank s absence. He was angry. He threatened me with a variety of retribution and apparently he decided the Way to to that was go to the Washington times Frank said. In a companion Story on Friday the times reported that the principal of an elementary school in the Well to do Washington suburb of Chevy Chase md., acknowledged that he had allowed Davis to use the school offices in 1987. School officials placed the principal on leave after the Story broke. The prostitute told the times that he used a Telephone in the school guidance Counselor s office to arrange liaisons but the school s principal Gabriel Massaro denied to the newspaper that he knew what Davis was doing. The newspaper said Davis was a professional name and it did not disclose his real name but Frank identified the Man As Steve Gobie. There was no Telephone list ing for Gobie in Washington or its suburbs. He was Amalce prostitute and i thought. That he was smart enough to do some thing else Frank said. I said he should get a Job. He said he was on probation and could t get a Job because of  the times said the Man s probation stemmed from four felony convictions in 1982 Possession of obscene material production of obscene items involving a Juve Nile Oral sodomy and Possession of co Caine. He was also convicted of cocaine distribution in 1975, the newspaper said. I thought i could help him Reform Frank Saia Frank said he wrote letters of refer ence on his congressional stationery to verify to the probation Board that Gobie was employed. The congressman said he knew that Gobie sometimes stayed at his apart ment when he was out of town and that he told Gobie there should be no drugs there. But it never occurred to me to say Don t engage in prostitution Frank said. Frank said he gave Gobie a couple of Small jobs to do in 1987, after he complained he was having a difficult time finding work. He later fired him after he tried to extort me and "1 ordered him not to have any Access to  paying for sex that s one of the things that led me o acknowledge being Gay Frank said. Before living As a closeted Gay Man was difficult. It was one of the reasons 1 was vulnerable to being preyed  he did say he has been in a monogamous homosexual relationship for about two years he s a very sensible person and a Stead Ying influence Frank said about his part