European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 27, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 a a the stars and stripes Friday april 27,1990navy liable in aids deaths judge rules Boston apr the Federal government is liable for damages in a lawsuit filed by a Marine officer infected with the same aids virus that killed his wife and son a Federal judge ruled thursday. . District judge Rya Zobel ordered a second trial to determine the extent of the compensation that should be awarded chief warrant officer Martin Gaffney and his daughter Maureene the Only family member not infected As a result of a transfusion that was Given to his wife at a Navy Hospital. His suit seeks $55 million. Gaffney has claimed the Navy mishandled his wife a pregnancy causing their baby to be stillborn. He claimed the Hospital gave his wife a transfusion that was tainted with the deadly virus. Through his wife he and a son who was born later were infected with the virus. A i find that the government was negligent in the treatment of Matsuko Gaffne that she had to be transfused As a direct result of that negligence and that it was foreseeable in 1981 that a communicable disease could be transmitted through a blood transfusion a Zobel wrote. A i further find that the governments liability extends to the family members to whom the disease was also  Gaffney 40, now stationed at the Nas South Weymouth South of Boston said in a Brief Telephone interview that he expected the ruling to go in his favor. A i m not surprised at the ruling a Gaffney said. A a in be maintained All along that that was the Case. I m just surprised it took this Long for the decision. A a it a obviously very Good news. I just wish my wife had heard this before she left this  there was no immediate comment from the Navy. A message left with the Navy a Public affairs office in Washington was not immediately returned and no one was in the Public affairs office at South Weymouth. Mrs. Gaffney 38, a japanese National died in May 1987. The couples 13-month-old son John died in 1986. Gaffney has tested positive for exposure to the aids virus. He said he has made provisions for his daughter to live with his brother in Lowell if necessary. When he filed the suit in 1988, Gaffney said the Only reason for it was to provide for Maureene. A a in be asked for an apology a Gaffney said when the suit was filed. A even the soviet Union has apologized for killing an american Soldier. But my own government wont apologize for being responsible for the deaths of my wife and son even though i serve  the Navy discovered the blood was aids tainted after tracing the two donors involved in mrs. Gaffney a transfusion. One tested negative and the other refused to be tested. It was Learned he had been discharged from the Navy for homosexual  for a record brings couples close Corvallis Ore. Apr about 2,000 people tried to Smooch their Way into the guinness Book of world records aiming to set a record for the greatest number of people kissing at the same time and place. Participants at wednesday nights Kissoff at Oregon state University signed ticket stubs to be tabulated and submitted to the record Book. The current guinness Book does not contain a record for this event said Cassandra Wozniak an organizer. She said efforts to Contact the guinness record keepers earlier this week failed. At 7 03 . Wednesday organizers began a 5-second countdown. At the end amid Many giggles hundreds of pairs of lips smacked. Techniques varied. Some settled for modest pecks others were More dramatic. One couple was still kissing when the crowd broke up and had to be separated by friends. Bryan Cook 9, who did not participate rolled his eyes when asked what he thought. A a it a not Gross because i done to have to do it. If i did it would  at the other end of the age scale Allen Scott 74, and Janey Wertz 68, said the event was great. Scott a retired professor had one Small complaint. A they started the event late. So we started a Little bit Early a he said with a Wink. The two plan to marry in  they re off a Way Way off a at Yonkers raceway new York apr in promoting Yonkers raceways 40th anniversary an and Agency had More trouble getting the right facts than a bettor might have trying to figure out the Winner of a harness race. A the year is 1950 and Gen. Dwight d. Eisenhower is president a according to an and prepared by the Lipman Richmond Greene and Agency and broadcast on new York radio stations. A the army Mccarthy hearings Are going full  wrong and wrong again. Harry Truman was president in 1950. The army Mccarthy hearings began in 1954. A corrected and was broadcast. Truman replaced Eisenhower and Bobby Thomson a famous Home run for the new York giants replaced the hearings. Nope. Thomson so shot heard a round the world resounded in 1951. A so we were off by a year or two Here and there a said a beleaguered Richard Lipman head of the Agency. The first two mistakes were made by an Agency employee Lipman said. The Thomson Date was provided by the raceway. In the end a third version of the commercial dropped the reference to Thomson and did not replace it. A we finally gave up on trying to be factual a Lipman said. Bush a senior arms control adviser quits Over push for Quick treaty Washington apr Edward l. Rowny resigned thursday As a senior arms control adviser to president Bush in what sources said was a policy dispute Over negotiations with the soviet Union to conclude a treaty limiting Long Range nuclear missiles. Bush accepted his 73-year-old advisers resignation with a deep regret and said he had always valued Rowny a Candor and loyalty. The president said he had looked upon Rowny a former army infantry commander and arms control negotiator As a a Friend and trusted  Rowny who will leave his Post on june 30, said in a statement that he looked Forward a to contributing to his efforts for peace through strength As a private citizen. He will become a senior associate at the Center for strategic and International studies and a visiting professor at George Washington University. According to the sources Rowny was upset with Secretary of state James a. Baker Iii for pushing to Complete the treaty at what the former army lieutenant general considered too fast a Pace. At the same time Rowny strongly advocated concluding a treaty Between the North Atlantic treaty organization and the Warsaw pact to reduce sharply . And soviet troops tanks artillery and other non nuclear weapons in Europe. A the wanted to slow Down Start strategic arms reduction treaty talks before we give up too much a said a source outside the government and close to Rowny who did not wish to be identified. A the is saying what a the Rush a the administration would like to conclude at least a framework agreement on the key Start issues for initiating by Bush and soviet president Mikhail s. Gorbachev at their Summit meeting Here that begins May 30. But the two sides Are still far apart on several key issues. Among them Are procedures for verifying that missile reductions Are carried out whether to impose ceilings on land based and sea launched nuclear tipped cruise missiles with multiple warheads and the kind of limitations to place on cruises aboard Jet fighters. A the is saying by resigning Why sacrifice the National Security in a Rush to get a glad hand and a smile from Gorbachev a the source said. A the will now make that Point As a private  an administration official also insisting on anonymity said Rowny was resigning because he had limited influence within the administration in projecting his views. Rowny was an adviser to both Bush and Baker. He also had served As an arms control adviser to former president Reagan and then Secretary of state George p. Shultz. Earlier he resigned As an arms control specialist for the Carter administration during negotiations to conclude the 1979 strategic arms limitation treaty. The .-soviet Accord which imposed some limitations on Long Range nuclear weapons was denounced by Reagan As he sought the presidency. After Reagan selection Rowny returned to the government to serve As chief Start negotiator