European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 31, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Wednesday july 31, 1991 the stars and stripes b Page 7bald truth about stars comes out group says new York apr its a hairy situation someone is pulling the Rug out from Over the Heads of celebrity Bald Guys creating computer generated pictures of Hollywood stars de haired and posting them around new York. T Larry Hagman John Wayne and William Shatner Are three of the folks whose Bald headed images have appeared on dozens of Street lights and signs. What you say j.r., the Duke and capt. Kirk Are Chrome domes absolutely. Absolutely Bald replied de Leibowitz founder of the Bald Urban liberation brigade or bulb. Leibowitz is determined to tear the toupees off the lids of big name actors unwilling to Bare their shiny domes on screen. A Larry Hagman incompetent astronaut machiavellian Oil Man bad spoke Model Cue Ball a reads one of the signs which All feature Bare rated photos of a celebrity Over the words a absolutely a Hollywood overemphasized hair and equates it with youth and virility a said Leibowitz a Trade Magazine writer with a receding hairline. A people feel better when they see the Best and the brightest celebrities Bald. You can be Bald and successful. The signs Are a parody of a parody of an advertisement. Gay rights activists mimicking ads for absolute Vodka used their posters to a a out allegedly Gay celebrities. Leibowitz is a a Outing celebs who appear haired but Are actually a or so he says a hair free. A this is something that a underexposed in the Media. When you talk about people keeping things hidden it applies to their Heads As Well As the rest of their lives a Leibowitz said. The new yorker picks the celebrities and writes the words and computer graphics artist Lorraine Heffernan produces a picture of what each would look like sans hair. The first Batch of pictures included Hagman Joe Namath Ted Danson and Charles Bronson. Set two featured Wayne and Shatner. Leibowitz Isnit saying de Leibowiz a a computer gun crated posters in new York Bare All for celebrities who he thinks arc Bald. Who will be included in the next Batch. He is finding support among new York baddies. A we must make known to humanity what lies under the rugs a said Richard a Bald Many Sandomir author of the Book Bald like me. A i applaud eds not everybody is amused. Leibowitz received an angry phone Call from a publicist for Bronson. The Macho Star of the death wish series was apparently pulling his hair out Over the allegation of aide reportedly faces Iran Contra probe Washington a Donald Gregg a former vice presidential aide to George Bush and now . Ambassador to South Korea has been told he a become a a a subject in the Iran Contra criminal investigation according to a source outside the government. Gregg who served As Bush a National Security adviser during the Reagan administration is one of several former and current . Officials under scrutiny by a grand said the source speaking Mon Dayton condition of anonymity. A this office never comments on any ones status unless the individual himself or his lawyer asks a said Mary Belcher a spokeswoman for Independent counsel Lawrence Walsh a office. Gregg a lawyer Judah Best also declined to comment. A a being a a a subject Means a persons activities Are under scrutiny. The designation is More than being a witness but less than being a a a target of an investigation. The latter Means the prosecution has a substantial evidence to link someone to commission of a crime. Walsh is investigating whether current and former government officials lied when they denied knowing that White House aide Oliver North was running a secret resupply network to the Contra rebels in Nicaragua in 1985 and 1986. North a network circumvented a congressional ban on military Aid to the rebels. Gregg in 1987 congressional testimony denied knowing that North was running the network. Gregg used his influence in 1985 to place a close Friend former Cia operative Felix Rodriguez in Al Salvador. When the Clandestine Sale of arms to Iran and the diversion of profits to the contras became Public in november 1986, it was disclosed that Rodriguez also had been Active in North a Contra resupply network. North complained to several National Security Council aides in late 1985 that Gregg was a trying to Force me to use Felix a a source said. North has testified to the Iran Contra grand under a Grant of immunity but it was unclear whether he had implicated any of the a a subjects in Walsh a investigation. Evangelist s resort hires Only born again christians Irginia Beach. A. Pupil a the religious requirement when t Virginia Beach a. Up Only christians need apply for work at a resort recently opened by religious broadcaster Pat Robertson near the grounds of the Christian broadcasting network. The founders inn and conference Center is open to visitors of All religious denominations but it says prospective employees must have accepted Jesus Christ into their lives. Can freely admits to the practice which would allow no jew or Muslim to work at the facility. A we would exercise our right to discriminate on religion a said can spokeswoman Frankie Abourjilie citing a Little known provision of the 1964 civil rights act. The founders inn which opened in May has received 5,000 applications for 250 jobs and has become one of Virginia beaches top 25 employers. Christine Muller 16, and Lisa Waugh 17, were surprised to learn of the religious requirement when they applied for summer jobs. They had to fill out an application that asks a How i became aware of my need for Christ a a How i came to Christ and a my life since receiving the teens who both said they done to consider themselves born again christians did not receive jobs. Abourjilie told the virginian Pilot of Norfolk that the requirement would apply to Gays As Well As people who Are not christians. A if a person said they were Gay and wanted a Job Here we would have a problem with that because that goes against the tenets of the Bible a she said. The policy is apparently Legal according to experts. Since founders inn is a can division it does no to have to comply with the 1964 civil rights act which bars discrimination based on race religion sex or National origin. 26,639 Asbestos suits shifted to single court Washington a a judicial panel ordered monday that 26,639 Federal lawsuits around the country alleging injury or death from Asbestos be shifted to . District court in Philadelphia for pretrial proceedings. That court is the one a either expressly favored or not objected to by the most parties in the suits said the judicial panel on Multi District litigation. The proceedings will be supervised by . District judge Charles r. Weiner. If he believes any cases should be transferred to his court for trial the panel said it will order the transfers. The panel is a statutory court that consolidates cases for pretrial proceedings. It marked the sixth time since 1977 that the panel considered Transfer of Asbestos litigation to a single court in the interests of efficiency. The cases involve a tangle of lawsuits alleging thousands of deaths and millions of injuries and claiming billions of dollars in damages stemming from the widespread use of Asbestos in building materials. The Philadelphia court has 5,703 Asbestos cases pending the most of any of the 87 judicial districts where such cases arc on file. Next in number Are the Northern District of Ohio with 4,022, Massachusetts with 2,630, Southern District of new York with 1,441 and the Eastern District of Texas with 1,165. Earlier this year a committee appointed by chief Justice William h. Rehnquist looked at the problem clogging the Federal court system. The committee concluded it had become a a disaster of major proportions to both the victims and the producers of Asbestos products which the courts Are ill equipped to the committee noted that the Asbestos Story a is a tale of danger known in the 1930s, exposure inflicted on millions of americans in the 1940s and 1950s, injuries that began to take their toll in the 1960s and a flood of lawsuits beginning in the 1970s.�?� it said a continuing Stream of claims can be expected
