European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 19, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes by the los Angeles times the debate Over whether rape victims should be publicly identified intensified wednesday after the new York times and Abc news disclosed the name of the woman who has charged that she was raped by William Kennedy Smith. Growing numbers of journalists argue that by keeping victims names private the Media arc perpetuating a stigma that rape victims have something to be ashamed of. But Many journalists and Legal scholars counter that focusing attention on the accuser can effectively put rape victims rather than assailants under suspicion they contend that the decision Over going Public should remain with the victim. But All parties condemned the new York times for its Story published wednesday morning describing the woman As an unmarried Mother who had a moved sharply up the economic scale when her working class Mother married a Rich Man. In addition the Story quoted an unnamed source As saying she had a a Little wild Streak in the ninth Grade. It described her now As a a fixture in Palm Beach Fla is expensive bars and  a i could not justify using that Story in my paper a said Irene Nolan managing editor of the Louisville courier journal who otherwise is one of those journalists that believes names of rape victims should be made a to anyone who thinks the Days of stigmatizing rape victims Are Over see Page a17 of the new York times Quot said Susan Estrich a Law professor at the University of Southern California. Estrich went Public some years ago about her own rape. A i am not sure How what we see in that Story has any relevance to what happened on easter night in Palm Beach. Her mothers divorce her speeding tickets All of this. -. Is Why we have needed a policy of not naming rape victims a Joseph Lelyveld new York times managing editor said he was surprised at the suggestion readers might Friday april 19, 1991. Over naming rape victim be offended by the Story Stone. In the aftermath of the disclosures the Louisville courier journal the Des Moines Register and Reuters news Agency also named the woman. But the great majority including the los Angeles times continued to keep the identity  29-year-old Florida woman has alleged that Smith the Nephew of sen. Edward m. Kennedy d-mass., raped her in Palm Beach. The woman has refused to be identified and Florida Law bans the Media from naming rape victims. But on april 7, a London tabloid named the woman. A week later the supermarket tabloid the Globe based in Boca Raton fla., also published her name and photograph under the headline a Kennedy rape Gal  then on tuesday following a Day of lengthy debate Abc news aired the picture and name As Well. A the More we Tell our viewers the better informed they will be in making up their own minds about the issues involved a read a statement by Abc news president Michael Gartner. /. The new York times swiftly followed publishing a profile of the woman that was already prepared and which insiders say it was considering running even with. Out her name.  we were Content to go into Infinity without naming the lady until she was a named in a National newscast a said Lelyveld. A v Lelyveld did acknowledge that Competition was a Factor in the new York times calculations. Several news organizations including the new York daily news and the Miami Herald said they would have to re evaluate their policies in this Case if the woman a name becomes More widely known. The Washington Post held a meeting of editors wednesday but decided not to change. Similar decisions were made at lbs and  a it is Well Worth re examining a said Chicago Tribune editor Jack Fuller a but it is not something i want to change Oil the Fly. In the Kennedy Case. I see no compelling reason to go chasing off in a new direction without thinking it All the Way  . Savouring baby a return Karen Lawson cuddles her 2-month-old grandson Jeffrey Allen Vogel As the baby a father David Vogel holds the pacifier after an Atlanta judge ordered the infant returned to the teen age parents. The court ruled that an adoption Agency had browbeat Vogel 18, into signing adoption papers. Connecticut workers of Accord cancelling from wire reports Hartford Conn. Gov. Lowell _ p Weicker or. Rescinded an order to Lay off 2,616 state workers wednesday after a. Coalition representing 45,000 Union state employees agreed to $328 million in concessions. The settlement includes a wage freeze to save the state $84 million but it does no to require state workers to Start paying More for health insurance coverage As Weicker had proposed when talks. Began in february. /. There will also be no unpaid Days off another suggestion by Weicker. Weicker and the unions released no details on the settlement but sources on both sides leaked specifics. A a. A a a total of 938 layoffs will still be implemented because they were included in the 1991-92 budget Weicker proposed before the Union negotiations began in Earnest. Notices for the 2,616 layoffs had started going out april 1. Mom cleared in boy s death Austin Texas a a Mother whose 5-year-old boy died from drinking Bourbon at a party was found not guilty wednesday on a charge of injury to a child. Patricia Ann Griffin 32, could have received up to 99 years in prison if the jury had convicted her in the alcohol poisoning death of Raymond Thomas a it inky Griffin. In january Anthony Darron Jimerson was convicted of murder and Given 10 years probation for giving 90-Prpof Bourbon to the boy who died four Days after the  Jimerson a trial witnesses and defense lawyers tried to place blame on Griffin saying she had encouraged her children to drink and that she failed to get medical Aid when Tinky became violently ill after Jimerson gave him the  parity moves Forward Austin Texas a the Texas Senate spurred by the Case of a Houston woman ticketed for using the menus room at a crowded concert adopted a a potty parity Bill to relieve Long lines at women a restrooms. The Bill passed wednesday would require Large sports and entertainment facilities built or renovated after 1991 to have twice As Many restrooms for women As for men. The measure now goes to the state  Bill a sponsor state sen. Gonzalo Barrientos said the Issue  by the Case of Denise Wells who was ticketed and ejected from a George Strait concert in Houston last year after using the menus restroom in the face of Long lines at the women a facility. Wells was acquitted last november in the Case. 2 climbers Pilot sought Wrangell St. Elias National Park Alaska a a search was under Way wednesday for a Bush Pilot and two japanese Mountain climbers missing deep in americans largest National Park the National Park service reported. The two climbers were dropped off april 4 in  National Park to climb 13,421-foot mount Jarvis. They were to be picked up april 10. Bad weather grounded their Pilot for a week until tuesday when he took off for the rendezvous site on Nybesna Glacier and vanished said a Park service spokesman John  tainted blood released by Center Washington apr three units of blood a one initially testing positive for the aids virus and two others for hepatitis b a were inadvertently distributed by a red Cross Center in Portland ore., Federal officials reported thursday. The report by the food and drug administration did not say whether the blood released and shipped in february was later Given to patients or went unused. Some of it was divided into doses of red blood cells plasma and other blood products before being shipped. The report said it could not determine whether the samples were actually contaminated because officials at the red Cross Center failed to conduct a follow up test on the blood mistakenly doing the second Check on different samples. About one in 10 tests for the aids virus yields an inaccurate positive result according to Steve Sims a congressional aide who has been looking into red Cross blood supplies since 1988. The Fra report was released by reps. John Dingell a Mich a and Ron Wyden d-ore., members of a House subcommittee studying the Issue. Wyden said each of the units involved equated a pint of blood. A or. Frans Peetoom the doctor in charge of blood services for the red Cross Pacific Northwest Region has been suspended pending a More detailed study of the centers blood samples Wyden said