European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 5, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday january 5, 1992 the stars and stripes c Page 7barry s alleged sex act at jail denied Washington apr Federal officials Are interviewing witnesses who said they saw a woman perform Oral sex on former mayor Marion Barry in front of dozens of people in a prison visitors room government and Legal sources said. Barrys attorney Kenneth Mundy said saturday the allegations were a totally groundless. We deny  he said the complaint against the former mayor of Washington d.c., by an inmate named Floyd Robertson was from a a a malcontent prisoner with a g�dge.�?�. Robertson serving a 35-month sentence for distribution of a controlled substance said he complained of the incident to authorities at the minimum Security Petersburg prison in Virginia last sunday. A the was sitting eight feet away from me during the Oral sex. There a no Way i  have seen it a Robertson said in a Telephone interview from Federal prison at Butner . Where he was moved after the incident. Robertson said his wife and two children a aged 13 and 16 a were also in the visitors room. He said Barry first fondled the woman visitor then she performed Oral sex. A my wife a eyes were As big As saucers a he said. A she was  Robertson said he immediately filed a complaint with the prison Warden and was then questioned by the Bureau of prisons special investigative service. He said that when he told Barry he had filed the complaint Barry said there would be  Robertson said he was moved to Butner two Days later a i assume for my own  Robertson a account was also published in saturdays editions of the Washington Post. The Washington times reported that Federal officials received similar accounts from at least six wives or girlfriends of other inmates. Robertson said he knew several other witnesses had complained. He said Only one guard was present in the visitors room and he had later told him he Hadnot seen anything. A government source who asked not to be identified by name confirmed Friday night that officials were investigating the allegations regarding the dec. 29 encounter. But Mundy said he and his associate had information that prison guards have denied to investigators that they saw any such act being committed. Barry began serving a six month sentence at the minimum Security Petersburg prison for Misdemeanour cocaine Possession oct. 26. A prison spokesman said sexual activity in the visiting room violates prison rules and conjugal visits Are not allowed there. Petersburg prisoners meet visitors in a Large open room with tables chairs and vending machines. The identity of barrys visitor was not immediately known. Barry is estranged from his wife  Dame Judith Anderson Dies at age 93 Dame Judith Anderson by the los Angeles times Dame Judith Anderson the australian born actress who stalked the worlds stages and films in potent portrayals of Complex and tormented women died Friday. The quintessential medea lady Macbeth and the obsessively deranged mrs. Danvers of Rebecca was 93. The trag Dienne whose gifts vastly exceeded the Handy Hollywood Label of a character actress a had been living in Montecito calif., near Santa Barbara for More than 20 years. It was one of her last roles a As the Camp imperiously Dotty matriarch on the soap opera Santa Barbara a that brought her dominating presence and luxuriantly marbled voice to a generation who had never seen her command the stage in the ardent demanding roles she adored from the works of Eugene of Neill and euripides to Tennessee Williams and Shakespeare. She died at her Home said Patricia Cartin of Welch Ryce Haider mortuary. No cause of death was disclosed. With her signature interpretations of theater a classic roles a particularly medea a she was first among the dwindling ranks of Grande Dames of the stage. Her sure stagecraft earned her the extravagant tributes of theater lovers. In Berlin they once strewed Rose petals from her car to the stage door. In London she performed in Only two plays but that was enough to earn her the title of Dame commander of the order of the British Empire from Queen Elizabeth ii. Her hypnotically malevolent housekeeper mrs. Danvers in the 1940 Alfred Hitchcock classic Rebecca brought an Oscar nomination and her two television ice formantes As lady Macbeth earned Ier twin emmy. One of those shows alone played a to an audience that would have taken us 33 years to reach on the stage a she sighed. Although she insisted she hated the a cold cold Eye of the camera it was television and movies that ultimately registered her face and voice with vaster audiences. In her 80s, Anderson cheerily signed on for her soap opera role several years after her grand Nephew teamed with Leonard Nimoy and in veiled her into playing a Bat eared Vulcan priestess in Star trek Iii the search for Spock. K but it was her theater roles like medea and lady Macbeth that left the enduring impression of an actress forever stalking the stage with bloodied daggers. A people always think of me As playing these terrible terrible women but in be really played very few of them a medea Gertrude lady Macbeth. Yes mrs. Danvers in the movies. But no one remembers the pleasant people in be played a Mary the Mother of Jesus and so Many others a she said. Quot i Haven to always been an  still it was As the stages leading player of tragic powerful villains that she often excelled. When she came to Hollywood from her native Australia during world War i she failed to catch the Eye of director Cecil b. Demille in that age of Pickford Pretti Ness and moved to Broadway. A i was such an ugly Little Mutt a she said Quot he  Sec How he could use me in his films. And of course he was  yet Andersons formidable looks a the striking profile of a Bird of prey a caught hold. And the face that a blends itself to drama a she called it determined her destiny. Diet companies serve feast of Post Holiday ads Philadelphia apr the weeks of Holiday feasting Are Over and now the diet companes Are looking for you. But there a More to All those newspaper radio and to ads than just reaching All the overweight folks who resolved to shed pounds in the new year. More companies have entered the diet business in the last few years and they re competing for customers whose wallets May be shrinking faster than their waistlines. As a result Consumers Are being bombarded with More diet ads than Normal for this time of year. Slim fast foods co. Of new York which is introducing several new products under its a Ultra slim fast line has said it will spend $100 million on advertising in 1992, up from $80 million last year. And weight watchers International of Jericho n.y., said its Campaign which started one Day after Christmas is its largest network to Effort Ever. Marilyn Birnhak president of the weight watchers franchise association said the organizations and Campaign would be especially heavy Over the weekend. A despite the recession business is up because of new year resolutions by people to lose weight a she said. A people want to feel Good about themselves and they want to do something health Wise that will help  the no. 2 weight loss marketer nutria system of Blue Bell pa., is running a substantially More advertising in support of its offer to help new customers lose 10 pounds at no charge said spokeswoman Cathy Melas. She said the company wont know until february How successful the new and Campaign has been. Another reason for the and Campaign is increased Competition said Mindy Herman a spokeswoman for the american dietetic association. A there Are so Many commercial companies out there and they re big a she said. A a couple of years ago it was just weight watchers and now you have All these multimillion Dollar  dietitians recommend moderation in a weight loss program a something you can follow for the rest of your life a Herman said. Eric Miller editor of research Alert a consumer research newsletter published on Long Island said companies Are responding to that idea As they try to adjust to a changing  offer own funds to help College Bridgeport Conn. A uni sity of Bridgeport trustees pledged Day to donate $500,000 of their own if necessary to help the private ool stay open. They also voted to slash administrators salaries. Tie trustees said they still need a $2.2 lion loan from a coalition of six Banks to pen this week after Winter break. The iks reported an impasse thursday Over editions of the loan but the trustees led their latest actions would Lead to a i. Rhe impasse jeopardized not Only the 00-student University a Spring semester but also the prospects of an eventual merger with sacred heart University a roman Catholic school five Miles away in Fairfield. A if it takes More than whatever the Banks come through with the trustees Are willing to Back that up with up to $500,000 of their own personal Money a said Michael Bisciglia a University vice president. A a it a a guarantee to get through the Spring  eight to 10 of the schools 34 trustees have pledged to put up the $500,000 if that becomes necessary Bisciglia said. He said the Banks planned an announcement monday. The Banks wanted a Promise that the school  come Back for More Money during the semester. They also wanted the trustees to come up with $500,000. The trustees also voted Friday to slash by 20 percent the salaries of six top University administrators for a savings of about $70,000, Bisciglia said. He and interim president Edwin Eigel or. Are among those taking  cuts. Mayor Joseph p. Ganim also said two utilities United illuminating and the Southern Connecticut Gas co., would lower the University a electric and Gas rates. He declined to specify the savings. The University founded in 1927, has been Hurt by falling enrolment which declined from 9,100 in 1969 to 3,900 last year. The school recently was unable to meet its faculty payroll. Already $22 million in debt the University said it needed to borrow at least $2.5 million to stay open through the Spring semester while working out a takeover by sacred heart. Sacred heart with an enrolment of 4,650, has proposed taking Over management of the University during the Spring and absorbing most of its 90 degree programs next fall