European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 08, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes Friday september 8. 1989 actor says dwarfs should be looked up to what Hollywood. Calif. A actor Billy Barty Anil Little peo ple liberation have battled Ruitu Diwaland architectural a Nicks for years but the bizarre barroom scr of Dwarf throwing is too Nrec i to Bear. It s a problem because it s very de  Ham  of the growing entertainment no .ior.cnon. " i hey Are trying to spread it. And we arc  to gel Little people away from that. I can t deprive anybody from Mak ing a livelihood. But when you re talk ing about people in bars that drink and throw that s sad. I think it should be  the 3-foot-9-Inch Barty made his re Marks after a news conference to announce the upcoming release of the Little people liberation Anthem re cording and video from where i  we should be looked up to. We should not be judged by our  but for the space Between our  said Barty. Flanked by 15 other dwarfs who were introduced by Barty. They were identified As a lawyer electronics technician stuntman circus performer actors and actresses. Barty then introduced an internal Revenue service Secretary his daughter Lori. My son would be Here but he s 5  said Barty. Whose movie credit include the Day of the to  under the Rainbow foul  Willow and the upcoming uhf and lobster Man from  the and him has a we Are the would gospel flavor featuring Singer Carl Anderson and is designed to unite people on behalf of the disabled. A toe upping Barty moved his lips in sync with the lyrics As the song a played for reporters. It is a positive Outlook toward  Barty said of the recording and vide being released next month. Proceeds will go to the Billy Barty foundation i h 3-toot-y-Incn Bart m o acre Nui be s 3 win 10 inc Iii Nan drug dealer says Bush plan won t make any difference which funds scholarships and other programs for Little people. The song is a message of dignity determination and Joy. The toughest part is for the bigger world to under stand. Don t judge us by our size  said. Barty. 65. Founded Little people of America in 1957 to help dwarfs. He mid there were 1.5 million Little people in the United states and 200 types of dwarfism. One of his biggest concerns is creating a Barrier free environment the implementation of such innovations a windows that Crank open and voice activated controls. Boston a during the 25 minutes it took president Bush to announce his $7.9 billion anti drug plan three people were Arr cited for cocaine in Rox Bury s drug infested neighbourhood and two men were shot. It won t make any difference Down Here said 21-year-old e. Z. To who interrupted a conversation on a Dingy Corner of Blue 11 11 Avenue to say he Sells crack and show off the Chrome plated revolver in his Waistband. Drugs is very heavy Down Here. And you know Why pfc Donald s does t pay anything. Cocaine inhere to slay. It s not going  Michael Williams 25, was sitting on the Steps of his apartment building with three friends about 9 20 . When a Man came up cocked a pistol and opened fire. Police said the motive was unclear but like most Vio Lence in Roxbury. It was probably drug related. Wil Liams was listed in stable condition wednesday at bos ton City Hospital. A second Man was hit in the incident by a ricocheting by dict but was not Hospital i cd. On Blue Hill Avenue a desolate string of vacant lots and boarded up storefronts in the heart of Roxbury two members of the a Humboldt raiders gang said Bush s plan was pointless. "1 think it s crazy said 18-year-old Huckleberry Ross who wore a fancy sweatsuit and heavy Gold medallions. They ought to go right to col Nibia and do something. It won t do any Good to get rid of it Here. You won t keep the gangs from Selling  Ross Friend and fellow gang member Tyrone Ste Vens 19, said the Bush administration should provide More educational opportunities. They say they re going to spend Money to fight drugs but at the same time they re taking Money out of our Public schools said Stevens referring to the recent closure of several Boston schools. We can t get no education so we All do what we know Best try and make Money off  Hilly Bush 37, who sat in a Cluster of men outside a Corner convenience store about a mile Down the Street from the gang members said he uses cocaine and he Roin. There Ain t nothing he can do about the ghetto e. 7,. To holding Lake out fund shows off his revolver. Billy Bush said of the president. Billy Bush said he works sometimes As a sandblaster. He can t win. There s 10 limes More crack Down Here than heroin. They stopped heroin a Little bit but they la never Stop  Billy Bush gestured to a Young woman standing on a nearby Street Corner waving at cars. Sec women in the ghetto arc Selling themselves for base he said. The conversation ended abruptly when a Man who appeared to be under the influence of drugs and smell cd of alcohol approached and kitted with an associated press photographer tearing her Strobe Light from her grasp and fleeing. Frank admits using clout to cancel Gay employee s parking tickets Washington a rep. Barney Frank d mass. Concedes he used his congressional immunity to  parking tickets that a male prostitute said he received while using the congressman s car to keep appointments for illicit sex the Washington times reported thursday. The newspaper quoted Frank As saying he wrote to the House scr cant Al arms several times Between 1985 and 1987 to cancel tickets incurred by Stephen l. Gobie and also said he paid for some tickets out of his own pocket. The representative told the sergeant at arms the car was being used for official congressional business when it was ticketed Frank told the times. But Gobic who told the times he operated an escort service using Frank s car and Capitol Hill apart ment said he used the car to transport prostitutes and even to have sex. He knew what 1 was  said Gobie. "1 used to drive that car around All the  Gobie told the times he always left Frank s official congressional plate on the dashboard whenever he used the car. Frank who is homosexual has said he paid Gobie $80 for a sex act after answering a classified and in a Washington Gay newspaper in the Spring of 1985, the representative said he then hired Gobic As his housekeeper and Driver hoping to Reform him but fired him when he found put Gobic was using his apartment to operate a prostitution ring. Stateside Ros Lehtinen sworn in As Pepper s successor Washington a Lucana Ros Echt inn the fire cuban american to serve in Congress was sworn in wednesday As a Republican member of the House from Florida. Ros Lehtinen 37, succeeded the late democratic rep. Cai de Pepper giving the House 176 republicans and 255 democrats. There arc four vacancies. Rovic t Nen was elected Over Miami attorney Ger Ald Ruhman in a special election last month. Pepper had represented the i8th District since it was create Din 1962. Her election was considered a Victory not Only for cuban americans but also for the Republican nation Al committee which had targeted the scat. President Bush campaigned for Ros sch Linen. A former state legislator who left Cuba As a child with her parents Ros Lehtinen is married to Dexter sch Linen the . Attorney in Miami. Test of tumor sensitivity called Aid to prediction Boston a by checking cancerous tissue for one protein doctors believe they can help predict which women with Early breast cancer Are at High risk of the cancer spreading according to a report published thursday. Doctors who experimented with this approach found that by testing for the protein they could identify women who had an extremely High risk of recur rence. They said that the presence of the protein appears to be a powerful primary discriminator Between Clini Cally aggressive and clinically indolent breast cancers its prediction Power is dramatically improved when it is combined with information about the sensitivity of the tutors to the hormone progesterone. The research was conducted by or. Francis p. Kuhaida and colleagues at Johns Hopkins University school of Medicine and published in the new England journal of Medicine. The study was based on 70 patients will Early breast cancer who were treated by Mastectomy from 1977through 1985. Doctors checked samples of their tumor tissue for the protein As Well As sensitivity to progesterone. Fungicide use curtailed because of cancer risk Washington a a widely used class of fungicides is being taken off the Market voluntarily for dozens of crops from apples to cucumbers be cause government tests indicate a higher risk of cancer than May be acceptable. The three manufacturers of the fungicide Edc announced wednesday they arc curtailing the use of the chemical to maintain Public Confidence in the food products involved. However they maintained that the chemical is Safe for Consumers if used properly. Edc or thy line  has been under a special review by the environmental Protection Agency since 1987 because a breakdown product from the chemical has been shown to cause cancer incest animals. The Agency recently informed the companies of preliminary cancer risk estimates that Likely would require curbs on the use of Edc on some food products according to Agency documents obtained by the associated press