European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 28, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday january 28, 1992 the stars and stripes b Page 7new Law opens More doors to disabled by Steven a. Holmes the new York times the first major phase of what has been called the most sweeping anti discrimination Law since the civil rights act of 1964 began sunday requiring businesses to give equal Access to millions of disabled americans. The Public accommodations provisions of the Law the americans with disabilities act mean More than merely providing adequate parking spaces or ramps for the handicapped. Restaurants May have to provide braille or Large Type menus for the Blind or visually impaired or require waiters to read the menus Banks May have to lower some automatic Teller machines so they can be reached by people in wheelchairs movie Heaters May have to provide space for customers in wheelchairs and ensure that their friends and family May sit with them. Because the Law is written broadly it is unclear precisely what businesses must do to comply. And advocates for the disabled and business representatives Are unsure How aware businesses Are of the Law. For businesses such As the Icia supermarket on the North Side of Oklahoma City that have already gone far to accommodate the disabled the Law May bring even More changes. The supermarket is Quot like a dream Quot for Mary Westphal who has used a wheelchair since being stricken with polio As a child. Its 6-foot-wide checkout lanes and electrically powered cart with a Large shopping Basket provided by the store make shopping far easier than at any other grocery store she has been in. But sitting in her wheelchair. Westphal cannot reach the Roll of plastic bags Over the meat counter. She cannot see some of the items in the Frozen juice bin Ami she cannot stretch far enough to get to the Large plastic cups on the top shelves. A we like to have picnics Quot she said in exasperation Quot and i always end up using the Small styrofoam cups because i can t reach any of the  the Law. Passed by Congress on july 1.1, 1990. And signed by president Bush 1.1 Days later bans discrimination on the basis of physical or mental Handicap in employment Public accommodations transportation or telecommunications services. And because the Public accommodations Section of the Law will eventually apply to All businesses regardless of Sie Legal experts say it May have the most Impact of any of the statutes provisions. A Public accommodation is so broadly defined Quot said Clary Marx a Washington lawyer who has conducted seminars Tor businesses to acquaint them with the la of. Quot it includes lawyers offices doctors accountants. Cleaners stores restaurants movie Heaters any place that people go Tii buy goods and  under the la new in constructed businesses and those undergoing major renovations must be completely accessible to those with physical handicaps. All existing commercial establishments must do what is Quot readily  including making physical alterations to accommodate the disabled. The Law left to the courts to decide what is Quot readily  Bush entourage take in Black Church service Arlington a. A president Bush an Episcopalian who often gets in and out of Church in less than 30 minutes spent More than two hours worshipping at a Black Church Here sunday. The president first lady Barbara Bush daughter Dorothy Leblond and several top administration officials attended a morning worship service at Lomax . Zion Church that stretched into Early afternoon. A my understanding is the Story has gone around that our president of the United states likes to worship at least once a year in a Good warm african american congregation Quot said Bishop j. Clinton Hoggard. Noting that Bush had visited two other ame churches in previous years Hoggard quipped a it seems to me after three times he ought to be ready to  Bush in the fourth Pew joined in the general laughter. A it just might be that he would do us Good a but we could do him a whole lot of Good a added the Bishop. The Church founded the year after the civil War ended was filled to capacity with 350 people while 100 others listened in the basement. Bush s party included Louis w. Sullivan Secretary of health and human services Andrew card newly nominated for transportation Secretary and Chase Untermeyer director of the voice of America. The service featured spirited singing by two choirs scripture readings prayers a Sermon by the Rev. Thaddeus Garrett a one time Bush aide and a few words in the pulpit from the president himself. Bush related that a delegation of mayors last week told him the major problems with . Cities a can be related to the decline in the american  a amen a voices in the congregation said. A i Salute Lomax for what you do to strengthen the american family a Bush said. President Bush addresses the congregation at Lomax . Zion Church in Arlington va., on  says married men faithful More romantic new York up a Survey released sunday found that married men Are romantic and faithful to their wives. The Survey also found married men had higher Romance ratings than their single counterparts with 90 percent of husbands saying they would put their wives ahead of their careers. A i love you a was uttered by 75 percent of the husbands to their wives within the 24 hours of being questioned for the Survey. Just 59 percent of the single men had said the a Al word to their girlfriends. Fifty nine percent of unmarried men surveyed picked their girlfriends Over their jobs said the Gallup Survey conducted last october for self magazines february Issue. A total of 500 men including 300 married men and 170 who were currently or recently involved in a relationship were questioned by the Gal Lup organization of Princeton . The single men while sounding less romantic rated higher in the category of raw passion however. Fifty nine percent of the singles said they were More sexually attracted to their girlfriends now than when they first met compared with 45 percent of the men after six years of marriage. Some 23 percent of the married men had two romantic thoughts a Day about their wives is. 14 percent of the single men for their girlfriends. Yet both groups said they intended to remain faithful to their partners a even if no one would know of any indiscretion. Sixty seven percent of the husbands and 60 percent of the singles said they would not have an affair. The Survey had a sampling error of plus or minus 4 percentage points.7 missing after boat sinks in Ohio River Uniontown by. A rescuers resumed a search monday for seven people feared drowned after their boat Sank in the Choppy Ohio River on their Way to a picnic. An eighth person Diane Bolin 34, survived by clinging to a gasoline can and building a fire with the fuel after floating to an Island. She said she last saw the others trying to swim against the current to another Island. The companions including two teenagers set out saturday in a 16-foot boat for a hot dog roast a few Miles upstream said Jim Evans of the state water patrol. Four foot Waves swamped the boat about four Miles from this Western Kentucky town near Evansville ind. A people done to realize How dangerous this old River is a Uniontown police chief Joe Bickett said. A i done to see How they got As far As they  Kentucky state water patrol officers and Volunteer searchers put their boats Back in the River around 8 . Monday Bickett said. Bolin said she floated to Bowhead Island a few Hundred feet downstream while clutching the gasoline can. The woman was unable to Start a fire when she first landed because her cigarette lighter Flint was wet. She coated herself in mud and Brush for warmth until morning when the lighter began working again. She was rescued sunday morning by authorities who saw the smoke from her fire. Sub freezing temperatures prevailed overnight. She was listed in Good condition at Union county methodist Hospital. A half Day search sunday by nearly 100 state and local police Rescue workers and volunteers yielded Only three life preservers from the boat. The search began when police noticed three unattended vehicles at a boat ramp and became concerned that their owners were stranded in the River