European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 04, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes sunday february 4, 1990 u of Wisconsin agrees not to evict Roth for now Madison. Wis. A the Board of Reg Unis is allowing Roth to stay at the University of Wisconsin after school faculty members said they wanted it off because of the military s restrictions against homosexuals. The Board decided 13-3 Friday Loac cent us president Kenneth Shaw s recommendation against evicting the re serve officers training corps. But regents also approved a Resolution that requires us administrators to report annually on their efforts to lobby Congress for a change in the military s restrictions against enlisting Gay men and Icib ians. We intend to hold their feet to the  Regent rut i Clusin said. Writing letters in i going to gel us  i think it was the appropriate Resolution to  Regent Erroll Davis or. Of Madison said. This Resolution keeps the Issue in the front line and will Force us to Deal with  c Apt. Cheryl Batterman. Head of us recruiting for the air Force Roth said she was pleased the regents decided to keep Roth. But she said the Resolution made the situation seem Uncertain and might Dis courage enrolment. We re already feeling the Pinch Bat Turman said. I had hoped they would pc gotten this All resolved at once. Now we still Don t know what might happen. That s a hard plan to sell to students and  the faculty Senate voted 386-248 in de Cember in favor of evicting Roth unless the military agreed by 1993 to enlist Gay men and lesbians. About 200 people rallied at the Campus earlier this week arguing it was unfair to make students pay tuition for Roth courses and then deny them enlistment. Shaw said severing tics with Roth probably would t influence the military. Cancelling the courses would Only harm the students who benefited from the classes he said. There Are about 440 students in army Navy and air Force Roth programs at Madison out of an enrolment of 42,000. There Are 1,300 Roth students in the in lire us system which has 135,000 Stu dents at 13 major campuses and several smaller centers. Con artist Billie sol Estes files for bankruptcy Austin. Texas a Billie sol epics. A confidant of Lyndon Johnson who a Cal to prison for a fertilizer tank scam in the 1960s, has filed for bankruptcy claiming debts of $52 million and assets of just $150. The Chapler 7 filing in . Bankruptcy court came Afler inc Fli Flam artist s indictment last year on charges of plot Ting to manufacture Container cargo Trai lers with Trade secrets stolen from anole or company. He is free on $10.000 bail. Epics. 64. And his wife. Patsy cited debts that include $50 million in Back taxes and interest said his attorney Charles Mcdonald. This could gel Uncle Sam off his  Mcdonald said Friday. Under chapter 7, assets arc liquidated to pay off creditors. Estes reported a monthly income of $700, from social Security a far cry from the Days when the agricultural tycoon s personal Fortune was estimated As High As $400 million. In court papers Estes noted his Only activity As sewing in Home for Patsy Estes was convicted in 1963 in a multimillion Dollar swindle involving non existent fertilizer tanks backed by Federal agriculture Loans. He went to prison in 1965 and was paroled in 1971. He went Back to prison in 1979 for fraud. On the eve of his release in 1983, Estes said i m just one drink away from being a drunk and just one Deal away from being Back in  or. Michael Snider of Pennsylvania state University s her ency medical Center displays a prototype of the Ivor lung assistance device. Artificial lung device implanted in patients it Lake City us l an Ivor artificial lung was implanted for the first time in a human patient at the lds Hospital in Salt Lake City Hospital officials said saturday. They refused to confirm the age or sex of the patient but a source who asked not to be identified said the recipient of the artificial lung was a 16-year-old girl. The Hospital would not disclose the condition of the patient. Spokesmen said it was the first such operation. The operation was performed Fri Day by surgeon Roger c. Millar. The Imra vascular oxygen Alor which received . Food and drug administration approval for limited testing in september was inserted into the inferior Vena Cava a vein carrying blood to the heart from the body. The Gas Exchange device is a bundle of hollow fibres through which oxygen is delivered and Carbon dioxide is re moved. The device is designed to remain in the patient s Chest up to one  artificial lung should Lake of Vargas Exchange functions while the damaged or diseased lungs heal according to the implant s inventor. Or. . Mortenson. The device is designed to allow oxygen and Carbon dioxide to pass through polypropylene tubes that Are the Width of a hair. The implant was developed by car Iopu tonics inc., a Salt Lake City biomedical technology firm. On Jan. 11, company officials said the Ivor would be tested in 10 patients at four . Medical centers. The patients have acute respiratory failure and Little Chance of survival with present treat ment methods. Other medical facile los approved to use the device Are Pennsylvania slate University s her shy medical Center the University of Michigan medical Cen Ter in Ann Arbor and the los Angeles county University of Southern califor Nia medical Center. Lds Hospital spokesman Tim Madden said. Refa ers Hope new tactics will win shoplifting War Boca Raton. Fla. A when Don had a Tough Day at the office he did t unwind at the health club or Corner bar. I d go to a store and  said the highly paid Engineer who sought counselling last year to end. His 20-year spree of thefts. It was my release. 1 was Good at in. And in did t Lake much  Bui inc Middle class look that Don credits with helping him avoid the suspicions of store Del Clives is becoming less of an Armor As retailers and Security Indus iry executives try new tactics in the War on shoplifting. Don. Who spoke on condition his name not be used told his Story Friday at a conference of retail and Secu Rity executives seeking to gain an Edge in inc War. Shoplifting has risen 35 percent since the mid-1980s and now equals about 2 percent of All . Clail sales excluding Gas and car purchases. Conference speakers said High Lech ology surveillance and psychological methods would probably Lead inc Battle to reverse the trend. In inc 1960s. Ducr Field Beach based san somatic electronics corp. The conference s sponsor developed the plastic lags that now hang on Many store garments. Recently. Inc company Intro Ducco tags that sound an alarm if tampered with. Of her projects include a surveillance camera thai simultaneously monitors the Cash Register and sales clerk. Some stores have even tried mixing background music Wilh barely audible voices so called subliminal messages sir casing honesty and anti theft themes. And experts say cameras programmed to watch for known shoplifters May someday be used. It would be programmed to recognize face patterns and Analyse the customers As they walk in said Bob Mccoic editor of Security letter a new York based publication these arc the Type of things that Are  epitomized one of the conferences themes shoplifters Range from the impoverished to inc elite and often steal simply for the emotional High. Don figures that before he sought counselling in May he stole More than $160,000 Worth of Merchan Dise much of which he Ihrck away Wilh Only 47 apprehensions and nine prosecutions. He once spent 14 Days in jail on paid vacation from work. Who would suspect me 1 had Hal Middle class  he said. If you feel comfortable in a store you become a wrecking Ball and could Lake anything you  Berlin a former department store so curly chief who runs shoplifters Anonymous in Jenchol  said there is no profile of shoplifters. I pc caught Ihm All nuns policemen attorneys. U docs t  estimated 20 million americans steal from a store Al Casl once a year Berlin said. Cyl the thief is caught Only Aboul one in 50 limes. Theft has become a greater concern among retailers because increased Competition and Low inflation keep stores from simply raising prices to cover losses. This tactic is called inventory shrinkage in the Clail vernacular. Shoplifting is still mostly co milled by women Al though crack cocaine addicts of both sexes have turned to stealing to support their habits conference participants said. Mccoic said a 1981 study in Spokane wash., found 59 percent of shoplifters were women mostly in their teens or 20s. The study also concluded divorced Sepa rated or widowed women arc More Likely to shoplift Many people Sec shoplifting As a substitute for gratification of unmet needs said Mccoic. They could be personal psychological revenge any number of  4 Percy no of shoplifters Are diagnosed As True kleptomaniac who have an obsessive desire to steal he said. Berlin said studies indicate Between 1.5 percent and 3 percent of All shoppers May All Empl to shoplift. But he found the rate Rose to Aboul 6 Percy no in depart ment store costume jewelry sections. Berlin also said employee the Cal has become an in creasing problem because of lower hiring standards and reduced Job Security a result of inc takeover mania of the 1980s. There s a feeling thai i Beller Lake care of myself because nobody else will and they Are not wrong he said