European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 2, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 4 c the stars and stripes wednesday october 2,1991aids demonstrators arrested at Capitol police confront protesters who were chaining themselves to the White House Fence Washington a about 50 members of a militant Gay rights group act up were arrested inside and outside the . Capitol on tuesday As they protested the governments response to the aids crisis. One demonstrator interrupted a Senate debate when he began shouting from the Public gallery. Five Capitol police officers subdued the demonstrator As he appeared ready to jump to the Senate chamber a floor below. A we re suffering and we re going to die. And the government wont do anything to help a the unidentified Man screamed As sen. Bob Graham d-fla., then the presiding officer banged his Gavel and asked for police assistance. About 300 members of the aids coalition to unleash Power showed up for a demonstration on the East Steps of the Capitol for which they had a permit Capitol police spokesman Dan Nichols said. But some members of the group moved to the Capitol Rotunda and were either dragged or escorted out by officers. A people Are dying a what Are you doing a the protesters yelled As their colleagues were led away one by one. Those removed from inside the building were to be charged with demonstrating in the Capitol and unlawful entry a basically refusing to leave when ordered Nichols said. A stink bombs were set off in the House and Senate subways and red Dye was thrown into two outside fountains. Nichols said he did not immediately have a count on the number arrested. Outside the building the demonstrators chanted slogans and blew whistles both on the Steps leading to the Rotunda and along Busy Independence ave., where traffic was disrupted. A a we die a they do nothing a they chanted As they stood on the Street Between the Capitol and three buildings where House members have their offices. They also chided police for wearing rubber gloves saying a you can to get aids from touching people. Take the gloves the rallies began sept. 1 with a demonstration outside president Bush a summer Home in Kennebunkport Maine and followed the president in recent weeks to cities and towns across the United states. On monday several Hundred act up members gathered outside the White House alone Pennsylvania Avenue. Dozens smeared themselves with a red Dye to simulate blood and chained themselves to the Gates. Portable heart pump implanted for second time Houston apr a Man whose diseased heart could no longer pump blood is alive a month after becoming the second person to be implanted with a portable Battery powered heart pump. The first recipient died within two weeks. The device a designed to stay in place for up to two years until a heart donor can be found a has been approved by the food and drug administration for experimental implant in three More patients. Successful trials could eventually help 70,000 of the estimated 700,000 american who would otherwise die each year of heart disease said or. . A a buds Frazier head of the team that implanted the device sept. 3 at the Texas heart Institute. The patient Michael Templeton 33, said in tuesdays new York times that he was constantly Short of breath a month ago and needed round the clock care. Since receiving the pump a i can breathe deep eat the things i like am getting my strength Back and i feel Good a he said. The hear mate pump known As ventricular assist device is connected to a Battery pack that can be Slung Over the shoulder. The pump 4 inches in diameter and a inches thick is implanted in the Abdomen. A wire runs through the skin to the motor. The batteries Are recharged while the patient sleeps or rests. The device differs from air driven pumps such As the Jarvik-7 artificial heart that required patients to be tethered to a Large console. The pumps Developer Victor Poirier president of Thermo cardio systems inc., said Templeton was diagnosed with idiopathic cardiomyopathy. A the heart muscle has deteriorated to the Point where it cannot propel the blood through the body a he said. The first recipient of the hear mate Larry Hein Sohn 52, of Shreveport la., died two weeks after getting the device May 9 at the Texas heart Institute. Physicians said Heinsohn died of Organ failure unrelated to the device. Mass murderer loses bid for privileges at Hospital Camden . A a 70 year old Man who gunned Down 13 people in 1949 failed monday to gain More privileges at a state psychiatric Hospital alter admitting he occasionally thinks about escaping. The son of a couple slain in the attack complained that the annual review of Howard Unruhe Scase tortures the family. Superior court assignment judge a. Donald Bible said he had considered casing Security restrictions for Unruh at Trenton psychiatric Hospital but based his denial on the Many a surprising testimony. Unruh a diagnosed paranoid schizophrenic who confessed to the killings but was never prosecuted called his thoughts of escape Normal. �?o1 would like to be outside a he testified. A i think those thoughts occur in the minds of people who arc the Hospital sought to modify an earlier court order requiring member to accompany Unruh during walks around the grounds. But the judge agreed with assistant Camden county prosecutor James Lynch who said Unruh a continues to present a threat to himself and Unruh was declared mentally unfit to stand trial on 13 murder counts and three counts of atrocious assault in the 20-minute shooting spree on sept. 7 1949, in Camden. A governor apologizes for using state planes Montgomery Ala. A gov. Guy Hunt apologized monday for taking state aircraft on preaching trips that brought him thousands of dollars. A i made a mistake when i failed to realize How a simple worship service in the practice of my personal religious Faith could turn into such a controversy a Hunt said As he read from a statement in his statehouse office. A and for that error in judgment i am Hunt continued to cite two earlier advisory opinions from the Alabama ethics commission that he said supported his claim the governor is allowed unlimited use of state planes. The commission ruled unanimously sept. 20 that Hunt May have violated the Law when he accepted $9,724 in Cash offerings on 18 state funded preaching trips. The panel sent the Case to democratic attorney general Jimmy Evans to pursue. A that is not impartiality or fairness it is somebody a politics a the Republican governor read from his statement. Hunt also stood by his Federal lawsuit challenging the state ethics Law. The governor claims the Law should not be applied to him because it violates the separation of Powers guaranteed to each Branch of government in the Constitution. After finishing the statement Hunt and his wife Helen who stood by his Side As he read his statement went out a Side door without answering questions from reporters. I a a. A a View Auwia Massachusetts clamps Down on Domestic violence Boston apr off Turc in a r i i a. Boston apr officers in every police department in Massachusetts were under orders beginning tuesday to arrest anyone who violates a family restraining order. The new guidelines on the handling of spouse and child abuse cases were ordered by the legislature last december and worked out by a panel of police chiefs victims advocates court officials prosecutors and others. Under the guidelines police must also Check for signs of child abuse in households where there is Domestic violence file an incident report even if no one is arrested and inform the victim when the assailant is released on bail. Police also can make an arrest for abuse without actually witnessing the mistreatment and take sus chargcs"10 custody even if the victim wont press previously Otti cers had discretion in deciding whether to arrest someone for violating a court order protecting another person from harassment or abuse. In Domestic violence cases officers often would not make an arrest if they did not see the abuse or if the victim did not want to press charges. The guidelines follow instances around the country in which women who obtained court orders protecting them against abusive husbands or boyfriends were killed or injured after police failed to act
