European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 28, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 a the stars and stripes thursday november 28, 1991 one third of doctors feel no duty to give his care Chicago apr almost one third of general practitioners see nothing wrong with declining to treat patients who have the aids virus a Survey of doctors shows. Physicians who refuse to treat such patients should be candidates for disciplinary action including the possibility of having their licenses revoked american medical association spokesmen said. A Survey of 1,121 randomly selected general care physicians nationwide last year indicated that 75 percent had treated at least one patient infected with his. Which causes aids. A a majority 68 percent believed that they had a responsibility to treat people with his infection yet half 50 percent indicated that they would not if Given a Choice a researchers said. Although 68 percent feel a responsibility to treat patients infected with the human immunodeficiency virus nearly one third a perceive no ethical difficulty with denying medical care to them said an editorial accompanying the study in wednesdays journal of the american medical association. The study was aimed at identifying barriers for physicians in treating his infected patients said Barbara Ger Bart Lead author and head of behavioural sciences at the University of California school of dentistry in san Francisco. The barriers include aversion to treating homosexuals and intravenous drug users both in High risk groups. Treating his infected patients percentage of physicians responding to Survey who strongly agree or slightly agree with these statements willingness to treat unwillingness to treat 68% i have a responsibility to treat people with the aids virus. 58% i would be comfortable if other physicians knew i treated people with his disease. 46% i would be comfortable if my other patients knew i treated people with his disease. 42% people with his disease Are Welcome in my practice. 50% if i had a Choice i would not work with his patients. 48% i prefer to refer persons with his infection to other physicians. 32% i Don t want persons at High risk for aids As patients. Source journal of the american medical associations amps a nearly 50% of students believe coup possible in ., Survey says Centerville Ohio up a almost 50 percent of american High school students believe a coup like the August 1991 soviet overthrow attempt could happen in the United states a Survey showed. When asked to respond to the likelihood of a coup in the United states 49.8 percent of the students calling on an Abc news toll free line said a coup is possible while 50.2 percent answered it Isnit possible. The Survey was part of an Abc satellite broadcast discussion involving american High school students and their soviet counterparts. Among soviet students 84 percent said a yes Quot to the question of whether a coup was possible. In the Survey of soviet schools conducted by handing out written questions to students in three High schools 16 percent of the respondents said they did not expect a coup. Watching the results were students in More than 9,000 american High schools that participate in the Channel one school network. The hour Long broadcast linked Centerville High school with Moscow school no. 23, a High school where English is taught and Many students speak it. During the program Abc Anchor Tom Brokaw and soviet Host Serguey soup Nev released the results of surveys taken in both american and soviet schools. Soviet teens said they worry about economic issues and the need for financial recovery in their country but both groups recognized More similarities than differences Between the two countries. Is democracy Likely to become a reality in the soviet Union �?o1 done to think it is possible Here to have democracy a said Maxim Basov 16, of Moscow. A maybe democracy is Best possible solution for the United states but maybe not the Best solution for  unemployment arrests tied to abuse Fly the new York times when unemployed men who Are assaulting their wives or lovers Are arrested by police it can sometimes Lead to More attacks once the men Are released a new study says. As a result the findings question views among criminologists that the Best Way to protect battered women is by arresting their attackers. The findings also Challenge the effectiveness of recent Laws in 15 states and the District of Columbia that require arrests in All cases of Domestic Battery. But experts cautioned against wholesale legislative changes based on the new research. Some said the new findings suggested that lawmakers had moved too quickly after earlier research. Those Law changes were based on an influential 1983 study showing that arrests helped ease Domestic violence. But the new findings from 1,200 cases of Domestic violence in Milwaukee show that arrested unemployed men were 44 percent More Likely than employed men to assault their mates during the year alter being released from jail. The rate was 750 repeat assaults per 1,000 unemployed men As compared with 503 assaults per 1,000 employed men. Employed men who had been arrested had a 16 percent lower Rale of violence toward their mates Over the course of the year. The rate was 599 repeat assaults per 1.000 men after a warning and 503 repeat assaults per 1.000 after an arrest. A the evidence forces us to confront the fact that mandatory arrests in Domestic violence cases May cause More violence against women in the Long run a a Lawrence w. Sherman a criminologist at the Unive sity of Maryland who led both the current Rescan and the 1983 study. A in communities with High unemployment the n effect of an arrest policy is More violence a Shermi said. A but in cities where there is Little in employer arrests should Lead to an Overall decrease in domes  he said police officers who intervene should a More flexibility in deciding whether to warn or Arre the offender to have the Man leave for several hours it to take the victim to a Safe place. Violence from men is a major cause of death and ii jury among american women. A spouse or Boyfriend responsible for about one third of the killings it women said James mercy an epidemiologist at then tonal centers for disease control in Atlanta. Horn Eide is the leading cause of death among Black won from 15 to 34 years old and the fourth leading cause it death among White women in that age Range. Other experts Are More sceptical about the be study a implications. A a in a not willing to say what conclusions you Shou draw until i can examine the findings a a said d James q. Wilson a sociologist at University of Calico Nia at los Angeles. A a 1 Here Are so Many reasons you can be unemployed that 1 can to see Why a grab bag category like that woul have a particular effect Quot Wilson said. Quot it might have i do with a hidden Tactor like impulsivity. The who question needs More careful study before the policy in plications Are   To guest who said he had sex with teen is arraigned from wire reports Napa Calif. A a Man who admitted on the television talk show Geraldo that he had sex with his girlfriends 14-year-old daughter was arraigned tuesday on charges including unlawful sex with a minor. Donald Bixler 24, was picked up monday on a parole violation sheriffs capt. Richard loner Gan said. The arraignment was continued until wednesday when Bixler was expected to enter a not guilty plea Public defender Mervyn Lernhart said. He was held on $20,000 bail. Authorities had been searching for Bixler since last week when child welfare officials removed the teen Ager now 16, from the Home her Mother shared with Bixler. Her Mother and Bixler Are engaged. Bixler was on parole for a previous burglary and drug related charges. His parole had been scheduled to end this week. Scrolls open to scholars Kansas City to. A the last restrictions on scholars Access to the dead sea scrolls have been removed said the israeli scholar who is overseeing their publication. Emanuel Tov said monday that the Israel antiquities authority which controls the scrolls had dropped a Rule that those wishing to study the scrolls or photographic facsimiles of them must agree not to publish what they have seen. The 2,000-year-old documents which were discovered in 1947 in caves overlooking the dead sea have shed Light on the Early years of christianity and Judaism. The recent controversy Over the scrolls arises from the 35-year delay in publishing Many of the ancient texts found in one Cave. Access to some of those scrolls has been blocked by scholars assigned to prepare editions for publication. Almost All of the material from 10 other caves has been published. Dog food ads draw Fine Washington a a Federal judge has ordered Ralston Purina co. To pay $12.1 million to rival Alpo pet foods inc. To make up for false advertising in touting the health benefits of Purina Puppy Chow. The penalty ordered by  District judge Stanley Sporkin was higher than a previous $10.4 million damage award to Alpo which was thrown out last year by a Federal appeals court. Ralston a perpetrated a cruel hoax on dog owners in the mid-1980s with an advertising Campaign claiming that its Puppy Chow could help prevent degenerative joint diseases Sporkin said. Ralston will Appeal the ruling spokesman Patrick Farrell said from the company a Headquarters in St. Louis. Hacker pleads guilty Denver a a 24-year-old computer Hacker who admitted breaking into a sensitive Nasa computer system has pleaded guilty to a felony count of altering information. In Exchange for the plea monday Federal prosecutors dropped six similar counts against Richard g. Wittman jr., who faced up to five years in prison and a $250,000 Fine. Authorities said the government will seek a much lighter penalty when Wittman is sentenced Jan. 13. Wittman told  District judge Sherman Finesilver that it took him about two hours on a personal computer in his apartment to tap into the space Agency a restricted files. He not Only broke into 118 systems within the Nasa network but he also acquired a super user status allowing him to review the files and electronic mail of other users assistant  Attorney Gregory c. Graf said. British bomb tested Las vegas a scientists detonated a British nuclear weapon tuesday 1,500 feet below the surface of the Nevada test site. The test code named Briston was classified As having a yield of less than 20 Kilotons  Energy department spokesman Darwin Morgan said. It was the eighth test announced by the United states this year