European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 28, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 a a a the stars and stripes thursday june 28,1990dioxin cover up harms everyone sex officer says Washington apr a former commander who ordered the spraying of agent Orange in Vietnam says veterans Arentt the Only ones to suffer from the governments refusal to recognize the herbicides Trail of cancer and birth defects. Testifying tuesday before a House government operations subcommittee retired adm. Elmo r. Zum Walt or. Said the governments attitude casts doubt on How honestly it is dealing with dioxin exposure in the environment. A agent Orange used in highly concentrated form to remove crops and enemy cover was contaminated during its manufacture with dioxin an unwanted byproduct that the environmental Protection Agency considers to be a probable cause of cancer. However the National centers for disease control based in Atlanta says it cannot study the health effects of agent Orange exposure on veterans because it is impossible to determine reliably who was exposed when Jungles were sprayed to deprive enemy troops of cover. Veterans groups contend that military records can be used to match spraying activities with troop movements. Zumwalt who commanded naval forces in Vietnam reported to veterans affairs Secretary Edward j. Derwinski in May that the government and Industry a intentionally manipulated or withheld compelling information on the Adverse health effects associated with exposure to the ingredients of agent Orange. Key among those ingredients is dioxin although scientists at tuesdays hearing said other contaminants May also be blamed for cancers birth defects and other afflictions. A the flawed scientific studies and manipulated conclusions Are not Only unduly denying Justice to Vietnam veterans suffering from exposure to agent Orange they Are now standing in the Way of a full disclosure to the american people of the Likely health effects of exposure to toxic dioxins a Zumwalt said. He reiterated charges by outside scientists that two influential Industry sponsored studies on Plant accidents used fraudulent data and that scientists refuse to use animal data clearly showing a connection Between dioxin exposure and disease. Derwinski retained Zumwalt last fall As an unpaid adviser to help resolve the agent Orange question which has been debated for two decades. Since Derwinski took Over last year As head of the veterans affairs department compensation to veterans has begun. Without stating outright that agent Orange exposure was the cause the a has decided to compensate the few thousand veterans with non Hodgkin a Lymphoma and soft tissue Sarcomas both rare forms of  to protect homosexuals is Defeated a Motorola official Ray Leopold stands tuesday beside a Model in new York of the new  plans satellite based global cellular phone system new York apr Motorola inc. Plans to build a satellite based cellular phone system that would connect users with telephones anywhere in the world. The system called iridium envisions a network of 77 satellites that would receive Calls from handheld telephones resembling today a cellular phones. A what we have done is put together a concept that allows for the first time personal communications to occur anywhere in the world a said Durrell w. Hillis a Motorola vice president who Heads the Effort. The new system would include Rural areas or foreign Points that Are frequently out of Range of conventional cellular services. Motorola which announced the system tuesday expects full service to be available As soon As 1996. The satellites would pass the Calls around the Globe to the intended recipients. If the recipients have an iridium phone they would receive the Call directly otherwise the Calls would connect with a conventional land based phone system to be completed. The system also could reach a user on a traditional land based cellular system. Iridium would Cost an estimated $2 billion which would be shared by Motorola which is based in Schaumburg 111., and four or five partners Hillis said. The partners have not been chosen. Hillis said Motorola knows of no other similar system in the works. John Quot Emberton an analyst with the research firm Garner group of Stamford conn., said american Telephone amp Telegraph co. Is believed to be working on plans for a similar system. Harrisburg a. Apr the House on tuesday rejected legislation to protect homosexuals from harassment after an ugly debate in which one lawmaker labelled colleagues bigots and others called homosexual men and lesbians perverts. The House Defeated the measure 11880. It was sponsored by rep. Babette Josephs a Democrat. Under the measure the same state Law that gives special Protection to religious racial and ethnic groups would have been extended to include homosexuals. The Bill would have extended the tougher penalties for Bias crimes to protect people who arc thought to be homosexual. A we have a growing and serious problem of violence against people perceived to be Gay or lesbian a Josephs said. In one of the most impassioned speeches of the debate rep. Thomas Murphy or. Said he was disturbed by discussion around him on the House floor criticizing homosexuals. Anti Gay crimes in America a new report shows Over 7,000 harassing or violent acts against Gay men and lesbians reported in 40 states during 1989. Anti Gay incidents includes vandalism verbal harassment intimidation and violence. State hate crimes Laws a a hate crime Law does not mention sexual orientation 13 states h prohibits crimes against people for sexual orientation 9 states a no hate crime Law 85 �?T89 source National Gay and lesbian task Force handgun Bill approved by House panel Krten inf graphics Judy Treible opponents of the Bill were against not to pass this Bill is wrong a said rep. Only the measure but also homosexual Howard Fargo a Republican. A a it Sty. Wrong to do anything legislatively to pro a i feel in my heart and in my gut that Mote sexual  Washington apr a Bill to require a seven Day waiting period for the Purchase of a handgun from a gun dealer was approved tuesday by a House subcommittee. On a 6-4 vote the House judiciary committees subcommittee on crime approved the a Brady Bill a named after James a Brady former president Reagan a press Secretary who was shot in a March 1981 assassination attempt on Reagan. Brady watched the proceeding from a wheelchair As the panel Defeated on a 5-5 tie vote an amendment by rep. Bill Mccollum r-fla., to instead require states to toughen so called a Point of Purchase identification procedures for handgun purchases. Mccollums measure which was supported by the National Rifle association would still have allowed a handgun buyer to take immediate Possession of the weapon. After five years the amendment Woupio have required states to include fingerprints on Drivers licenses As an identification system for handgun purchases. A i