European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 27, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday. May 27, 1991 the stars and stripes a . Won t reverse aids virus ban. By the new York times Washington a bowing to pressure from conservatives the government has halted a plan to allow people  the aids virus to enter the United states Bush administration and congressional officials said saturday. /. / the proposed regulation which would have gone into effect next saturday would have reversed a 4-year-old immigration policy that lists infection with Quot the human immunodeficiency virus As among the Condi Lions barring a person from entering the United states. The existing policy has been denounced As discriminatory and medically unjustified by health groups and advocates for people infected with his which causes acquired immune deficiency syndrome. In january the department of health and human services proposed eliminating the his infection from the list of diseases barring people from the country if published the proposal in the Federal Register for Public  voiced Strong opposition and the government received.4u,0 k1 letters opposing the proposal leading the health department to table it for the foreseeable future. Government officials who spoke on condition of anonymity said they would have to go Back to the drawing Board on the policy. Opponents of the proposed regulation argue that since aids is a major health problem in the United states people from abroad who Are infected with his should be excluded. A a i m very pleased that has woke  the Absurdity of this proposal and i Hope it stays buried in the Bottom of a circular file in the deepest innards of the bureaucracy a said rep. William e. Dannemeyer. R Calif. A a Bui some backers of the proposal were outraged. A a this is a perfect example of political cowardice a said. Rep. Barney Frank. A mass. A this is just some raw meat that George Bush can throw to Republican primitives so he can get on with what he so really interested Ini foreign . A n february. 1990. The centers for disease control recommended that aids and All other contagious diseases except tuberculosis which can be spread through casual Contact be removed from the list of diseases used to bar people from entering the United states. The change followed protests of the immigration Reg.  by. Numerous organizations including the National commission on aids the world health organization and the International societies of the red Cross. Smith receives medical diploma by Cox news service Washington William Kennedy Smith who has lived in seclusion since the alleged j easter weekend rape in Palm Beach Fla collected his medical school diploma As scheduled saturday amid the enthusiastic cheers of supportive  smiling Smith Clad in  Cap and gown with Green trim walked across the stage of the Kennedy Center concert Hall to the rousing cheers whistles and applause of classmates and members of the audience. A a he a a Nice Guy and he had the guts to show up a fellow graduate Michael Peter Muireann said later. Explaining the sup. Sportive reaction of classmates a the deserved to be  a everyone knows he has been through a living hell a classmate Matt Hong said. A a you re still innocent in this country until proven  30, has main gained that he did nothing wrong since a woman accused him of raping her at the Kennedy family estate in Palm Beach on March 30. Smith charged with second degree sexual Battery and Misdemeanour Battery is free on s,10,000 Bond ,. In the stars and stripes Georgetown University officials Sensi Quot live to the Media attention the ceremony f attracted arranged for Smiths a Entrance it and exit through a Side door of the pern it forming arts Center named for his late Uncle John f. Kennedy reporters were not allowed near Smith nor his Mother Jean Kennedy Smith. His close Friend  Rick Gar vey switched places in the alphabetical Ord or of t h c cd a is to allow Smith to race Ive his diploma Early and hasten his departure. The hippocratic oath will be administered by a school official in a private ceremony a University spokeswoman said. Smith interrupted his medical Board examinations in april after he became the. Foe us of t h e pol i be i n be s t Iga Tio n in to t he a 1 r legend rape. Classmates said he plans to take the tests again in the fall. A the commencement program listed the site of Smith s planned medical residency it As the University of new Mexico Hospital Bernalillo county medical Center. More than 20 reporters and photographers covered Smiths graduation Georgetown officials limited coverage to Washington journalists holding while House or congressional credentials in order to exclude tabloid journalists seeking Access to the ceremony. 1_ William Kennedy Smith claps during Georgetown University graduation ceremonies in Washington on saturday to aging statue in Birmingham Birmingham Ala a a 50-ton Enst Iron statue of the roman god Vulcan the Symbol of this Mel Nutting City has been closed to the Public indefinitely because it is falling apart. The Birmingham Park and recreation Board closed Vulcan Park atop red Mountain after 3 to 4-Inch pieces of the statues Cem Catlike Grout began falling a we done to know How severe it is a said the Park boards director Melvin Miller. The City has hired an engineering company to assess the damage to the statue and determine what must be done to hive the statue to Vulcan the god of fire and metalworking stands 56 feet tall. The statue was. Placed atop red Mountain in 1936 to symbolize Birmingham a Iron and steel Industry. Although that Industry is no longer the City a largest employer Vulcan remains the City a Symbol and the statue is a popular tourist attraction.----10 years ago May 27,1981 a Mario Andretti was declared the Winner of the Tondi Anapolis 500 after officials reviewing the race ruled that Bobby Unser had passed cars under yellow caution lights which is illegal.20years ago May 27,1971 a French president Georges Pompidou banned Quot Les shorts from the Elysee Palace after being deluged with letters protesting the attire of two ministers wives who arrived for a government Ball wearing shorts under Long split evening gowns. 30 years ago May 27,1961�? in a Palace wedding King Hussein of Jordan married Toni Averil Gardine Rof England who had come to Jordan 17 months previously and was working As a switchboard operator Gardiner refused to accept the title of Queen. 40years ago May 27, 1951�? the army reported that communist forces in North Korea had suffered an estimated a 1,025,404 casualties in the korean War As opposed to 66,816 . Casualties. A guards using shotguns tear Gas subdue rioting Maryland inmates Hagerstown my. A inmates at an overcrowded prison rioted for 2vi hours saturday before guards firing shotguns and lobbing tear Gas queried the disturbance an official said. Fourteen guards and 41 prisoners at the Maryland correctional institution we r e in jul red s a id v g r e g s h ill by s poke s Man for the state prison system. Two of 13 inmates treated at Washington county Hospital were in serious condition with gunshot wounds to the Chest a Hospital spokeswoman sheran White said. Shipley said the wounded guards suffered superficial injuries i _ guards Are trained to Deal with riots by firing shotguns into the floor in front of inmates and some pellets apparently skipped off the floor and struck inmates Shipley said. A it was a Vicy tense situation a a he said a a it a still tense but the institution is locked Down and under control. There were no  a 1 it was the second dist Banee at the medium Security prison 60 Miles West of Baltimore in Little More than a year. Like most Maryland prisons Sci is overcrowded. It was built in the 1920s to hold 1,086 1 prisoners and now houses 1,597, Shipley said. A saturdays uprising began about 11 30 . In the dining Hall where about 350 inmates were having lunch. Several inmates began fighting. Shipley said it Wasny to Clear what provoked the fight. When guards rushed into the dining Hall inmates overpowered them seized their keys and wont through the prison freeing about 650 inmates. A Joey threw everything they could gel their hands on a Shipley said. A they threw sinks officers commodes silverware plates. The inmates flooded the area. They turned on fire  so c u r i to re i n Force in e it s we re c a 11 de i a and about 40 guards wearing helmets Antl flak jackets responded. After lobbing in tear Gas they forced the inmates out of the dining Hall and into areas where they a could be captured More easily. An inmate who identified himself As Kevin Johnson said in Telephone interview with Wal radio during the riot that the prison resembled a War zone. A a it a a desert storm in  lie said. A a nebraskans Hope to find capsule in time Ogallala. Neb. A it took officials 50 years to realize they lost a time capsule buried  dam but they have 50 years to find it. The capsule was buried july 22, 1941, As part of the dedication of Kingsley dam on Lake Mcconaughy with plans to unearth it 100 years later or the year 2041. Officials of the Central Nebraska Public Power and irrigation District went looking for the capsule to erect a Marker at its site in Honor of its 50th anniversary and discovered no one remembers where the capsule was placed a plaque detailing the. Exact location of the capsule was sent to Lineo 1 n for safekeeping but slate officials there say the plaque is lost too. Among the items in the 5-foot-by-<s-Inch Copper capsule were a. Some baby shoes a can of Apple juice from the Apple growing area of Nebraska City and a Gold Coin commemorating the anniversary of the town of Wausa Utility records show. 1 news accounts of the dedication say it was lowered into a steel casing 100 feet into the heart of the 162-foot-tall 3-mile-Long dam. Rodger Knaggs superintendent of the dam. Is trying to locate the capsule with Metal detectors. He a come up Wilh Sci eral possible local ions. 1 1 f t h e Caps u be is of u n d i u i i i to officials say hey is ill won open it until 2041,