European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 12, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 16 a the stars and stripes sunday april 12,1992 Rose cancels Illinois concert to avoid Long Arm of the Law from wire reports Rocker Axl Rose skipped town just ahead of Cook county sheriffs deputies Friday forcing cancellation of a guns no roses concert scheduled in Rose Mont Iii. The cancellation was announced just 30 minutes before the doors at the 18,000-seat horizon were to be opened to thousands of fans who gathered at the suburban Chicago concert Hall. The arriving fans dispersed peacefully although one girl from Southwest suburban Cicero said she was not Happy after having Ridden the Chicago a a la and subway system for More than an hour to see the show. The Jam productions promoter had warned the group that _ deputies from the Rose Cook county sheriffs department were headed to the Arena to arrest Rose on Misdemeanour charges filed against him after a St. Louis concert riot in july 1991, Geffen records said in a statement in los Angeles. A the Wasny to anxious to spend any time in jail without reason a said byh Bridenthal spokeswoman for Geffen records the Label for guns no roses. Geffen also said the band cancelled shows scheduled for monday and tuesday in Auburn Hills Mich. Rose was charged with assault and property damage Over a riot that followed an aborted guns no roses concert july 2. About 40 concertgoers and 25 police officers were Hurt in the Melee. Cook county sheriffs spokeswoman Sally Daly said authorities had contacted the bands managers and Given Rose the option of surrendering before or after the show. Instead the band cancelled fridays concert. Witnesses said the St. Louis riot began when Rose leaped from the stage to snatch a camera from a fan and then stormed off abruptly ending the show. Rose has said he was trying to Stop a fight and that the band was willing to go Back on stage but was told to leave. He blamed Security for the not. Damage to the theater was estimated at up to $300,000. The Misdemeanour charges carry a combined penalty of up to 4vi years in jail and $4,500 in  has Mastectomy journalist Linda Euc Rbee says she has breast cancer and recently underwent a double Mastectomy. Ellerbee 47, said she held off disclosing her illness to avoid diverting attention from her children a television special about aids. The show a conversation with magic aired last to w month on the children a Cable Channel Nickelodeon. It featured magic Johnson the former los Angeles lakers Star who retired from professional basketball when he discovered he was infected with the virus that causes aids. Ellerbee a writer and former news correspondent for Abc and Abc will discuss her illness on abcs primetime live news show  wins Appeal an appeals court has agreed to consider an eleventh hour request that could keep hotel Queen Leona Helmsley out of prison. On tuesday the 2nd . Circuit court of appeals in new York will take up Helmsley a request to perform Community service rather than go to prison. It Isnit required to Rule immediately. Helmsley 71, is sup used to report wednesday to a Federal prison in Kentucky to begin serving a four Helmsley year term for evading $1,2 million in taxes. The court decided thursday to hear her Appeal. Her attorneys argued last month that prison would amount to a death sentence for Helmsley who they say is in ill  threatened  who claimed god told him that actor Clint Eastwood owes him $5 million was arrested for allegedly making threatening phone Calls to the actor. Brian Keith Neun 30, is accused of calling an answering machine at Eastwood a production studio 43 times in March an Fri spokesman said Friday. He left messages demanding $5 million and threatening Eastwood and his two children the Fri said. He twice left the Telephone number and address of his Home near Baltimore the Agency said. Neun told authorities that god told him Eastwood owed him Money for three movies and would die by the end of april if he did no to pay. Neun said that he Wasny to going to harm Eastwood but that god would an Fri affidavit said. Neun was charged with two counts of making interstate threatening Telephone Calls and making such Calls for purposes of extortion the spokesman said. Eastwood 61, was unavailable for comment Friday his agent said. Faces n places dear Abby i am having an argument with a Friend who considers himself an authority on everything. The question who said a the Only thing we have to fear is fear itself 1 say Franklin Roosevelt said it. My Friend says the Duke of Wellington said it. Who is right big fight in Little Rock dear big fight Roosevelt said it in his first inaugural address in 1933. And the Duke of Wellington a according to the Earl of Stanhope in his Notts of conversations with the Duke of Wellington published in 1888 quoted the Duke As having said a the Only thing i am afraid of is  Wellington May have been paraphrasing Thoreau who said in Henry David bore aug a journal published in 1851 a nothing is so much to be feared As  however Henry David Thoreau May have borrowed this Gem from Francis Bacon who in 1623, wrote a nothing is terrible except fear itself de augments Scien Biarum Book if fortitude. There is also the possibility that Thoreau might have read Michel montaigne s essays Book i published in dear Abby 1580 in which he wrote a the thing i fear most is  but leave it to the old testament to scoop them All a be not afraid of sudden fear a proverbs 3 25, deliberate plagiarism has been around for a Long time but it s possible for philosophers and even advice columnists to come up with an a original Quot thought that occurred to someone else in another land at another time. Dear Abby recently i filed for medicaid for my Mother. She had been living in a nursing Home and had used up All of her savings. The social service person at the nursing Home asked me if my Mother had been receiving a pension As a widow of a world War i Veteran. A never heard of it Quot said i. She suggested 1 Contact the veterans administration office. Well to make a Long Story Short my Mother is now receiving $7,000 a year from the a which Means that the state will have to pay a much smaller amount of my mothers nursing Home Bill. 1 wish we had known about this pension three years ago. My Mother could have saved herself $21,000 that she spent needlessly. Ann Landers dear readers if you Are looking for a laugh or some Light Reading please skip my column today. Its deadly serious. But it could be the most important thing you will Ever read a a matter of life and death. The subject is  appears below is from a recent department of health and human services report. No frills. No baloney. Just the pc its about 1 million americans Are now infected with his the virus that causes aids. In the last 10 years More than 200,000 americans have been diagnosed with aids. Approximately 64 percent of them have died. Worldwide an estimated 8 million to 10 million people Are infected with the virus. The average length of time Between infection and the development of full blown aids is 10 years. Although male to male sexual Contact and intravenous drug use remain the highest risk factors heterosexual transmission is showing the greatest rate of increase. In the United states aids is now the second leading killer of men and the fifth leading killer of women from 25 to 44 years of age. It has hit some minority populations the hardest. More than one fourth of those diagnosed with aids is Black and 16 percent is hispanic. As of december 1991, there were 40,362 reported cases of aids among men and women Between the Ages of 20 and 29. There were 789 cases of aids reported among persons from 13 to 19 years of age. The most disturb big fact in this report is that the incidence of his infection is growing rapidly among teen agers. Despite efforts by the government the medical Community and civic minded groups High risk behaviour among . Teens is widespread. More than 40 percent of High school students polled say they have had multiple sex partners. Although condom use has increased significantly Only one third of the sexually Active teens say they use them. It should be noted that Only Latex condoms can provide Protection against sexually transmitted disease. And condoms Are not 100 percent effective a they can leak break or come off. The two most common forms of transmission Are sexual Intercourse a anal vaginal and Oral a and the sharing of Needles. The virus also can be acquired through blood transfusion. Such occurrences have been rare since 1985, when screening of blood began. His is not transmitted through casual Contact a kissing touching door handles phones drinking fountains toilet seats or insect bites. At this moment there is no vaccine to protect a person against the aids virus and no cure for aids. A massive Effort however is in Progress in laboratories All Over the world. The drugs at and Del have proven successful in delaying the Onset of aids improving the Quality of life dramatically for some aids sufferers and extending their life expectancy. What can you do to protect yourself against aids do not share Needles. Have a monogamous relationship with a person who is healthy and totally trustworthy. If you want further information Call the centers for disease control National aids hotline. The number is 1-800-342-aids. Spanish speaking 1-800-344-7432 add for the hearing impaired 1-800-243-7889. C creators Syndicate on the Chance that there Are a lot of folks who read your column and also do not know that there is a pension available for veterans widows and children of veterans of All wartime periods it might be a Good idea to print this. I have enjoyed your column for years in the Faribault daily news. Patricia in Faribault Minn. Dear Patricia your letter could be helpful to Many readers who Are veterans or widows or children of veterans of All wartime periods benefits Are available for veterans of ,1 too to find if you qualify for assistance Contact the regional veterans benefits office not the a Hospital. A toll free number is listed in most Telephone directories a and every state has one or More regional offices. Dear Abby i  believe my eyes when i read the language abuse commentary in your column. I am 70 years old and do not have a serious sleeping problem. Whenever i want to fall asleep i simply tune in the local radio talk show and instead of counting sheep i count the a you  what a sedative Robert Wood Glenshaw a. Cd Universal press Syndicate