European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 02, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday july 2, 1991the stabs and stripes Page 7 Justice Blackmun refuses to halt Nebraska execution from wire reports Lincoln neb. A . Supreme court Justice Harry Blackmun refused sunday to overturn a three judge panel of the 8tn . Circuit court of appeals that stayed the scheduled execution of Harold a a walking wilis Otey 39. Otey sentenced to die for the june 1977 rape and Mur Der of Jane Mcmanus 26, of Omaha was scheduled to die at 12 01 . Today. He would become the first person executed in Nebraska in 32 years. The state of Nebraska had made an emergency petition to the High court after the circuit granted the stay. A Justice Harry Blackmun refused to overturn the stay granted by the 8th . Circuit court of appeals a Nebraska Warden Frank Hopkins told reporters at the prison a arguments Are scheduled for noon monday Quot Victor Covalt lawyer for Otey said the appeals court issued the order about 5 30 p.m., staying the execution by electric chair pending a hearing at noon monday in Kansas City to. The state then made an emergency Appeal to the High court. Kids cancer files returned Charleston . A a Man accused of stealing computer equipment containing important records of children with cancer had a change of heart and turned himself in. Michael r. Champlin 25, walked in to police a each quarters after seeing news reports of the burglary at the Charleston office of Camp Happy Days which sponsors a summer Camp for children with cancer police said. A the said he was depressed and had been drinking a a Deputy said. A the said he was driving Down the Street and saw the office and decided to break  Champlin was charged with grand larceny and second degree burglary. A computer hard drive containing medical histories of 250 campers was among the items stolen during the burglary. A postage meter and several checks also were taken. All the stolen items were recovered authorities said. Camp pee Dee is scheduled to Start saturday in Che raw a Rural Community about 100 Miles North of Charleston. Boy 5, killed with Machete Orlando Fla. A a 5-year-old boy was killed with a Machete in front of his younger siblings at their apartment and his Stepfather was jailed on a charge of first degree murder. The child David Voltaire was nearly decapitated in the attack said Orange county sheriffs Cpl. Doug Sarubbi. The Stepfather Robert Leonidas confessed to killing the boy Sarubbi said. Leonidas 40, apparently believed his wife Imose 36, was going to take the boy to his biological father in new York he said. Leonidas turned himself in to Deputy Tom Farris who found the boys 1 /2-year-old half brother and 8-month-Oid half sister unharmed in the bedroom where the boys body was in a doorway. Virus. Feline form of aids studied by Anne m. Peterson the associated press Boston a when veterinarian Donald Delinks tells cat owners that their pets have the feline form of aids he often sees needless panic. A some people say a but my cat licked me and bit me does that mean in a going to get aids a a Delinks said. A the answer is no a there is no connection Between feline immunodeficiency virus or five and the virus that causes aids in humans scientists said. Still they said the disease could help provide clues to the human virus. A the viruses Are not so similar that the same vaccine that can be used in cats can also be used in humans a said or. Neils c. Pedersen a physician and veterinarian at the University of California at Davis. A but if the human research shows there is a regimen that can be used in Man it might also work Well in cats and vice  five has characteristics similar to the aids virus Pedersen said. But experts said five cannot be passed to humans and cats cannot develop human aids. And veterinarians Are shying away from calling the virus a cat  Pedersen is credited with discovering five in 1987 by modifying the aids test for a chronically ill cat. A woman with a cat shelter saw that other cats in Contact with the sick animal also became ill Pedersen said. The woman suspecting the cat had aids brought it to Pedersen who was doing research on the human variety of the disease. Us Davis is sponsoring the first International five conference in september. Five is transmitted by bites and it is also believed that an infected female can  to her Kittens. There is no proof that cats Exchange the virus through sex. A we find it mainly in male outdoor mostly older cats who Are always getting into fights Quot said or. Susan Cotter a professor of Medicine at the Tufts University school of veterinary Medicine. Studies show that about 1 percent of the cat population worldwide has five but that number grows As testing becomes More extensive Cotter said. Delinks said he discovers about two cases a week at Falmouth animal Hospital on Cape cod. At least one third of cats that get five will die from it Pedersen said. But he added research Hasni to progressed enough to determine the exact fatality rates. A it could be 100 percent Quot he said. A we just done to  five symptoms include lingering infections diarrhoea High fever repeated colds and gum and Mouth infections. A most cat owners Are not aware of what it is or what it Means a Delinks said. Quot we have to Deal with the Shock Factor involved and Tell them that this is definitely not infectious to  Pride parades draw throngs across . By the associated press the diversity of the . Gay Community went on Parade sunday with celebrations in san Francisco and new York where participants ranged from lesbian Farmers to a Cross Dresser going by the name velveeta cheese. Similar Gay Pride marches were staged in Chicago and Seattle. San Francisco a lesbian Gay Freedom Day Parade started with a Roar As hundreds of a Dykes on bikes stormed up Market Street. The Parade first held in 1970, Drew More than 500,000 people this year organizers said. Motorcyclists also led the Way in new York where thousands of marchers followed a Lavender line painted Down fifth Avenue in the City a 22nd annual lesbian and Gay Pride March. Joining marchers in the walk downtown to Greenwich Village were actress Mario Thomas and her husband to talk show Host Phil Donahue. They were followed by widely varied marching contingents including lesbian Farmers a gospel choir mothers of aids patients american indians asian americans hispanics and other ethnic groups. Police is initiated 70,000 people paraded in new York with about 200,000 lining the streets to cheer passing marchers floats and bands. In san Francisco where temperatures neared 80 degrees most dressed tamely. There was however no shortage of flesh on display some appearing to Wear nothing More than body paint. Gary Knapp 25, a local resident who marched under the name velveeta cheese wore a baby Pink Corset White fishnet stockings and High heels. A a it a my first time in drag at the Parade a Knapp said. Quot i always wanted to do this. This is my Way of just expressing  on the East coast most marchers turned out in shorts and to shirts As temperatures neared 90. Exceptions included transvestites Riding on floats in sequined gowns and a Man in a White Tutu and Black fishnet stockings waving a whip. Three bar breasted women one in a wheelchair moved Down the Avenue. Hundreds of marchers from the aids coalition to unleash Power or act up Shook their fingers at St. Patrick a Cathedral and chanted a shame shame a to protest the Catholic churches stands on homosexuality and aids prevention. Some carried signs that read a silence death a bearing the Pink Triangle that nazis once used to Mark homosexuals. Chanting protesters sat in the Street for about three minutes As police watched and then moved on. Act up members delayed the Parade in san Francisco briefly when they sat Down in front of mayor Art Agnos car. The protest was peaceful and Agnos remained in his vehicle. The group wants Agnos to declare a health emergency and legalize Needle Exchange for drug users to Stop the spread of aids. Agnos has said he favors the Needle Exchange and has ordered police to ignore such activity but he maintains that the City does no to have the authority to decriminalize such an Exchange program. Organizers said they also were trying to Stop the Parade every seven minutes. They cited statistics showing that someone Dies of aids every seven minutes. In Chicago the City a 22nd annual Gay Pride Parade featured floats motorcyclists and Square dancers. One Man wore a purple taffeta dress with Matching purple hair High heeled shoes and an enormous stuffed brassiere. The 16th annual lesbian Gay Pride Parade March and Freedom rally in Seattle Drew More than 40, xxx participants and spectators organizers said