European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 30, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 6 the stars and stripes sunday december 30, 1990 mangled mess of Metal a train wreckage litters Rucks near Higgins to after two Stirling inn Northern diesel locomotive collided head on about 11 30 . Friday. Crew members apparently jumped off before Impact with Only two suffering minor injuries. A malfunction in a switching Light was believed lobe the cause of the crash. Stateside Washington up a John a trained pharmacist is currently plying his specially at a new York City arca Hospital. I a a a a. 1 1 be has the his infection for aids a pharmacist who Waitl. His real name revealed for privacy reasons had applied for a position at another Hospital in 1and was told he coup cd have the Job Only if lie agreed not to prepare , he sued claiming employment discrimination based on a disability. He won on tie new York state level and now the Case has become the Federal governments first enforcement action in is ordering a Hospital a in this Case Westchester county medical Center in Valhalla . To hire with Back pay a health care work leg infected with the virus that causes acquired immune deficiency syndrome. If the Hospital refuses if risks lbs ing Federal funds Quot we re strictly following the centers for disease control guidelines that say there is to danger. We done to want to feed into any hysteria about aids a lid Ward Mercado director of the office for civil rights at the department of health and human services said in an interview Friday. On thursday i health Secretary Louis Sullivan said the civil rights office concluded that the Hospital violated Section 504 of the act of 1973 by denying Quot employment to a qualified applicant for Harmi Icil position solely on the basis of his Handicap Iii infection Quot even though lie could perform the Job Quot without significant risk Quot of transmitting the infection the Hospital said however that it wants to avoid exposing its patients to any health risk and denies any illegality a v. A ability to preclude. Him from preparing intravenous solutions which in and of itself is not an invasive procedure hit the end product is used in an invasive procedure Quot said a Barry. Rosmah. Hospital spokesman. ,. A a. A a a Quot we Don t see this Case As any different Thaviu someone with hepatitis and we would preclude that person from preparing solutions As Johns lawyer Evan Wolfson of the Lambda Legal defense Wiuf education fund in new York said there is a Quot tiny theoretical risk approaching Zero Quot of his client transmitting the disease. Wolf Sun said it would take an improbable set of circumstances for John to spread his infection which would have to involve pricking himself mixing the contaminated blood in the in solution and distributing it to patients. Quot everyone at the state department of human Quot we Don t want to feed into any hysteria about Ca. V. To a. A. Quot a a. A Edward Mercado rights hearing said it was an absurd scenario and under no ones guidelines should his situation be a Coin Cern a Wollson said. Quot we face risks every Day but you have to figure out what Quot in a significant he said Johns Case will he a landmark one Quot if this kind of discrimination is allowed our healt h care system would have been delivered a death blow it would cause massive disruption from surgeons to health care a. Bowman said the state and Feder a teases involve Quot two regulatory agencies that Are looking at very narrow criteria for discrimination they re not looking with any degree of appropriateness at any body of medical Opin Ion. That exists,.and they have ignored 2 it years Oseien Tif in data on these eases quota in discussing risk of exposure. Bow in a cited the recent Case of or. Veronica Prygo w to contracted aids in a new York Hospital after accidentally pricking herself with an Inie eted Needle White cleaning up a patient s room Foggo won her suit against the Hospital Mere ado of the civil rights office said Thal employ ment discrimination cases must be assessed according to the jobs particular duties and that a pharmacist s ban do Iii of 1v Soj tibits is not an i dentil risk Quot we understand there is a lot of anxiety in the people who Are his positive with aids Quot he said. Quot we have More than 1 million people who Are his positive and we just can to take and isolate them and put them in Leper colonies. And by working and contributing to society they Are helping to defray the Cost of their medical the department of health and human service simultaneously announced a similar action against Knoxville convalescent Center in facility allegedly discriminated against an employee a licensed practical nurse by firing her when it a disclosed she had epilepsy. The department is seeking with Back pay Center risks losing Federal funds the department said negotiations Between the facility and the have ten unsuccessful a ants mice coming in out of West coast cold san feta Sci soap a the record Odd wave was driving ants ants and More ants into houses arid apartments throughout the san Francisco Bay area in search of warmth and food. Quot people have been frantic some said Ann Mcdonald whose husband. Rich owns a pest control company. A. One of Mcdonald a customers in Sausalito left half a cake out overnight. When she got up the next morning she found Quot the ants had taken Quot they were All Over everything a Dorothy said. Tie counters and cupboards were alive with slut Mcdonald estimated As 30.000 ants. Mice also have been moving in. Quot any Hole the size of a Pencil they can squeeze said Ken Alexander of Jackson a pest control. Quot suddenly you open a cupboard and there is a Little telltale thing tolling you the mice have moved burglars subjected to painful oar deat defray Beach Fla. A police say the we Nous Hopes of two boat burglars were dashed when they realized they were up a Creek without a paddle. A their master plan is to burglarized the boat Load up the Dinghy and make Good their escape a said detective Bill Wagner. Quot what happens is they get the Dinghy loaded and realize it has no oars a c a i9-Inch television a 13-Inch television and several hot tics of liquor were abandoned in the Dinghy hut the thieves then turned their attention to a nearby House rolex watches 40 figurines and other household goods were stolen and fenced police said. A car parked m the driveway made a getaway possible the second Lime. 1. A. A police later arrested Marvin Lee Jones 25, in the House burglary. A second suspect remained at Large suspicious fires damage 2 stores on same Block los Angeles apr suspicious fires swept through two stores on the same Block disrupting Post Christmas shopping and creating a colossal traffic noontime blazes erupted simultaneously at pier 1 imports and strouds Linen warehouse Oil opposite ends of the Block in the studio City shopping District tire officials said. A a Quot a. A a witnesses reported seeing a Man dressed in Black behind the stores before the fires broke out authorities said. Gasoline containers were found. Quot it is suspicious very suspicious. Our arson investigators Are on the scene Quot said City fire spokesman Rinaldo Rojo. A. Quot i a a Only injury was to a firefighter who suffered a minor Burn said Greg Acevedo another fire spokesman. A a -. A. A damage Vas expected to run into the millions of dollars. A Quot. It was not known How Many people were in the stores when the fires began. Shoppers and employees had fled both buildings by the time for fighters arrived. At the height of the fires a pillar be seen 10 Miles away a a a. Anti rape activists angry Over to shirt witticism Pittsburgh a a Dorothy Parker port has angered members of an anti rape group who say that. Remark primed on to shirts lacks sensitivity ii those Quot working in the sex Industry a t Quot you can Load a horticulture but you cannot make her think Quot was printed on a $15 shirt to Benefit the Pittsburgh cultural Trust and the Benedum Center is insulting to women who earn or have came their living its prostitutes implying that they Are unintelligent unthinking unappreciative of culture 5a. A recent letter signed by 24 members of Pittsburgh action against rape. Quot it Wasny tour intention and i done to my Parker a intention to insult prostitutes a said Ifo Muy Parker s in tent ton to insult prostitutes Saunio Van Dine the trusts marketing director. She said i quip Quot should t be taken Parker a poet writer w to died in 1967, Quot was Lack in consciousness for people working in the sex Jun try a said Anita Mailinger who signed the ictt1 a a there Are women in professional positions in this c to a k in l 1 re or a .___1 _ j a who have a irked As prostitutes a
