European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 21, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 a a a the stars and stripes thursday june 21,1990�?~riled-up�?T protesters mar opening of aids conference in . It san Francisco apr a thousand demonstrators drawn by wednesday s opening of the sixth International conference on aids marched on immigration offices to protest a . Policy barring aids infected people from entering the country. Eight arrests were made during the protest tuesday in which demonstrators unleashed a smoke bomb at the immigration and naturalization service office. Quot the policy has people riled up and angry Quot said Jorge Cortinas a member of the group the aids coalition to unleash Power that organized the protest. The marchers shouted the groups slogan a act up fight Back fight  the March which snaked through the Elizabeth Taylor announces outreach program financial District like a Rowdy Gay Pride Parade preceded a five Day meeting that has attracted 10,000 researchers health care providers and officials. The police escorted marchers danced and kissed in same sex pairing As they proceeded along the City a main thoroughfare. Several protesters who tried to break through police tines were tackled handcuffed and carted off. The demonstrators chanted. A the eyes of the world Are watching and a shame shame Quot the protest was Over a 1987 amendment by sen. Jesse Helms. R-n.c., ordering the Public health service to place the aids virus infection on the list of contagious diseases that May bar foreigners from entering the United states. The restriction has been condemned by the National commission on aids the world health organization the european parliament and numerous groups involved in the International conference. They say it infringes on human rights and could discourage people from being tested for aids. In april the ins announced a 10-Day visa that lets people enter the country for professional or scientific conferences without saying if they Are infected with the aids virus. The move blunted a threatened Boycott of the annual conference. But co chairman Paul Volberding warned tuesday that it will be the last one on . Soil until the government reverses the 1987 Law. The next conference scheduled for the United states we Ould be in Boston in 1992. Also tuesday Elizabeth Taylor made her first Public appearance since a nine week Battle with pneumonia to announce a new International aids outreach Effort by the american foundation for aids research. Afar plans to sponsor workshops to train aids fighters in East and Central Africa latin America the Caribbean and Southeast Asia. Demonstrators angry about . Visa policy on aids chant slogans during a protest at the immigration and naturalization service office in san Francisco. Co pilots voice strangely Calm before Jet crash that killed 73 Washington apr an eerie Calm marked the conversations Between the co Pilot and air traffic controllers before a colombian jetliner ran out of fuel and crashed last january in new York according to tapes played tuesday by Federal regulators. Vianca flight 52 slowed into a Hillside in suburban Cove N.C. Long Island killing 73 of 158 aboard including the three Man cockpit Crew. The disaster occurred Jan 25 after the plane missed its first approach to Kennedy International Airport and was going around for another attempt. On the tapes played at Federal aviation administration Headquarters the co Pilot sounded almost Blase As he told air traffic controllers the plane was running Low on fuel Quot climb and maintain 3,000 and us we re running out of fuel sir Quot the co Pilot told a controller after the plane missed its first approach to Kennedy in heavy fog and wind. Asked whether the plane had enough fuel to Fly 15 Miles to the Northeast and turn around for another approach the co Pilot said almost timidly a i guess so. Thank you very  nor was there a Trace of panic when minutes later the Vianca co Pilot radioed a a Vianca Zero five two we just a lost two engines and we need priority  the controller then told the plane to turn left but Vianca 52 never replied. In Between giving instructions to another plane the controller calmly called twice again for flight 52. No answer. Then the controller said evenly a a Vianca Zero five two radar Contact  by then the plane had crashed in Cove N.C. an affluent new York City suburb. The flight had originated in Bogota and Medellin Colombia. The National transportation safety Board scheduled hearings wednesday and thursday in Melville n.y., into the cause of the crash. The tapes played tuesday confirmed earlier reports that the co Pilot never used the word a a emergency in a Vianca Zero five two we just a lost two engines and we need priority please. A m a i of stateside Lack firefighters to get $500,000 to Settle claims san Francisco apr City leaders have agreed to pay More than $500,000 to 13 Black firefighters to Settle claims that they suffered from racist attitudes and abuse during the 1980s. The 13 charged they were the target of physical and verbal harassment by some White firefighters who hassled their Black Peers with Gorilla noises and by posting abusive materials in lockers. Quot what a truly frightening is the failure of the fire administration at the time to intervene in these embarrassing incidents of racial harassment a Board of supervisors Harry Britt said monday. The settlements involving actions that occurred Between 1981 and 1988, ranged from $10,000 to $85,000. Vianca co Pilot guard on a Morod truck uses Cash to foil robbery describing the planets situation. According to transcripts of the cockpit conversations released in March the Pilot told the co Pilot twice in Spanish to Tell air traffic controllers the plane was in emergency. Had the co Pilot used the word a emergency a the plane would have gotten immediate clearance to land. Instead it was kept in a holding pattern for More than an hour before starting its first Landing approach. The tapes also underscored How Many flights were stacked up outside Kennedy that evening. Another flight on american airlines also reported having a enough fuel for the approach and Landing and that a  several flights reported encountering wind Shear a dangerous unpredictable Crosswind. At one Point a controller in the Kennedy Tower got confused As to whether he was talking to an avens flight or the doomed Vianca Jet. Chicago apr gunmen demanded Money from an armoured truck guard a and he gave it to them he swung a bag full of Cash at a Shotgun Wield ing assailant to foil the robbery police said. The unidentified guard for the Illinois armoured car corp. Was making a delivery to a currency Exchange when a masked Man pointed a 12-gauge Shotgun at his Chest said police sgt. Barbara Matula. As two More masked gunmen appeared the guard swung a Canvas bag filled with $18,000 in Cash and coins at the would be robber knocking away his Shotgun Matula said. The guard jumped Back in the truck with his partner and the two put their Heads Down As the gunmen fired three shots before fleeing she said. No Cash was lost and no one was Hurt. A a he a to be commended for a Job Well done a said Ted Bone spokesman for the company