European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 27, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                T. Monday. May 27 1991 the stars and stripes a Pago 5u.s. 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  proposed regulation which would have gone into effect next saturday would have reversed a 4-year-old immigration policy that lists infection with the human immunodeficiency virus As among the conditions 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. It published the proposal in the Federal Register for pub lie comment. A a. Conservatives voiced Strong opposition and  received,40,000 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 a 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 to very pleased that i is woke up to the. Absurdity of this proposal and i Hope it stays buried in the Bottom of a circular file in the  the bureaucracy a said rep. William l. Dann Niever r Cai if. A but some backers and the proposal were outraged. A a this is a perfect example of political  said rep. Barney Frank a mass. L his is ust some raw meal that George Bush can throw to Republican primitives so he can get on with what he s really interested in foreign policy a. In february. 1990. The enters for disease control recommended that  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 Stales. The change followed protests of the immigration regulation by numerous organizations including the National commission on aids the world health organization and the International societies of the red Cross. A. A a a a a a. A a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a Smith receives medical diploma by Cox news service Washington a William Kennedy Smith who has lived in seclusion since the alleged easter weekend rape in Palm Beach fla., collected his medical school diploma As scheduled saturday amid the enthusiastic cheers of supportive classmates. A a a a a. A smiling Smith Clad in a Black 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 Mulreany said later explaining the supportive reaction of classmates. A the do served 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  Smith 30, has maintained 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 $10,000 Bond. In the stars and stripes Georgetown University officials Sensi a live to the Media attention the ceremony attracted arranged for Smiths Entrance and exit through a Side door of the per a bring 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 and classmate Rick Garvey switched places in the alphabetical order of the class to allow Smith to receive 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 focus of the police investigation into the alleged rape. Classmates said he plans to take the tests again in the fall. The commencement program listed the site of Smiths planned medical residency 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 White House or congressional credentials in order to exclude tabloid journalists seeking Access to the ceremony. A a _ a a a a a a a a a a a a map William Kennedy Smith claps during Georgetown University graduation ceremonies in Washington on  prohibited to aging statue in Birmingham Birmingham. Ala. A a 511-ton cast Iron statue of the roman god Vulcan the Symbol of this steel making City has been closed to the Public Indeli nicely because it is falling apart. The Birmingham Park ail recreation Board closed Vulcan Park atop red Mountain after 3 to 4-Inch pieces of the statue s Cemen like 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 save it. A a a a a a a. A a a a. T he statue to Vulcan the god of lire and metalworking stands 5b feet tall. The statue was placed atop red Mountain in 1936 to Simboli a 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. 10years ago May 27,1981 a Mario Andretti was declared the Winner of the Indi Anapolis 500 after officials reviewing the race ruled that Bobby Riser had passed cars under yellow caution lights which is illegal. 20years ago May 27,1971 a French president Georges Pompidou banned a Les shorts a from the Elysee Palace after being deluged with letters protest a ing the attire of two ministers wives who arrived for a government Ball wearing shorts under Long split evening gowns. 30years ago May 27, 1961 a in a Palace wedding King Hussein of Jordan married Toni Averil Gardiner of 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 a the army reported that communist forces in North Korea had suffered an estimated 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 2 to hours saturday before guards firing s to t g u n s and i of b i n g t e a r a s q u e 11 c d the disturbance an official said. Fourteen guards and 41 prisoners at the Maryland correctional institution were injured said Greg Shipley spokesman for the state prison system. Two of 13 inmates treated at washing ton county Hospital were in serious condition with gunshot wounds to the Chest Hospital spokeswoman sheran White said. Shipley said the wounded guards suffered superficial injuries. 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 very tense situation a lie said. A a it a still tense but the institution is locked Down and under control. There were no escapes.�?�. It was the second disturbance 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 Huilt in the 1920s to hold 1,0h6 prisoners and now houses .1,597, Shipley said. Saturday s uprising began about 11 30 . In the dining Hall where about 350 inmates were having lunch. Several inmates began fighting. Shipley said it was t Clear what provoked the fight. When guards rushed into the dining Hall inmates overpowered them seized to i Ogallala neb. A it took of Cian 50 years to realize they lost a time capsule buried in a dam but they have 50 years to find it. A. 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 Lincoln for safekeeping but state officials there say the plaque is lost too. Among the items in the 5-foot-Hy-k-Ineh Copper capsule were 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 nusa. Utility records their keys and. Went through the prison  950 inmates.  everything they could get their hands on a Shipley said. Quot Liev threw sinks officer so commodes Silver Veare plates. The inmates flooded the area. They turned on fire  a Security reinforcements were culled in. And about 40 guards wearing helmets and flak jackets responded. Alter lobbing in tear Gas they forced the inmates out of the dining Hall and into areas where they could be captured m a 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 miniature a he said. M show. Y a 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 s come up with several possible locations. Ii the capsule is found Utility officials say hey still won t open it until 204l