European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 26, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday May 26, 1992 the stars and stripes a Page 7 Blacks Honor Man who taped beating los Angeles a the City a oldest Black Church honoured the Amateur cameraman whose videotape of White officers beating Black Motorist Rodney g. King sparked National outrage. During sundays service the Rev. Cecil l. Murray gave a plaque and a warm embrace to George Holliday who received a standing ovation from the congregation. Holliday did not address the audience at first african methodist episcopal Church. Outside the Church he said he was too emotional to speak during the presentation. A a it a a pleasure to be with these people a said Holliday the manager of a plumbing service. A a it a just got so much emotion attached to it its not just another  Holliday was trying out a new video camera on his apartment Terrace on March 3, 1991, when he taped the los Angeles police department officers beating King. He sold the tape for $500 to a television station whose broadcast riveted the nations attention on the Issue of police brutality. The april 29 acquittals of the four cur rent and former officers charged in the beating led to three Days of riots in los Angeles that left More than 50 dead and caused $750 million in damage. One officer Laurence m. Powell is to be retried on an unresolved count of excessive Force. In the aftermath the City a two main gangs the crips and the bloods announced a truce saying they were tired of bloodshed and wanted to work together to rebuild their riot scarred neighbourhoods. Between 400 to 600 gang members met peacefully sunday night in a Park in Compton just South of los Angeles said police it. Gary Anderson. Police dispersed the crowd after neighbourhood residents complained of traffic congestion and noise. Anderson said he did no to know if the meeting was called to discuss the truce. About 1 i hours after the meeting Anderson said police were pelted with rocks and bottles As they tried to disperse another crowd of about 250 gang members. No arrests were made and no injuries were  deliberations continue an unidentified Man Shields former schoolteacher Carolyn Warmus As she leaves Westchester county courthouse in White Plains n.y., on sunday. Warmus is accused of shooting Betty Jeanne Solomon to death in january 1989. The defendant allegedly was having an affair with Solomon a husband Paul. The jury on sunday ended its fourth Day of deliberations in the  finds concern about doctors passing aids Houston up a most americans Are worried enough about aids that they re looking for evidence of Protection from the deadly disease while visiting their doctor or dentist a new poll says. Protection from aids or hepatitis b during an office visit ranked third among the issues of concern following the Cost of health care and the qualifications of health care providers said the results of a recent poll. The nationwide Survey commissioned by health Safe systems inc. Of Houston and conducted in late april by message factors inc. Of Memphis involved Telephone interviews with 400 households. It has a 5 percent margin of error. Fifty four percent of the respondents said they would look for gowns surgical scrubs gloves and a mask a As required by new Federal rules a on their next office visit. The poll found that 29 percent would take compliance for granted and 17 percent said questions of compliance would not occur to them or would not concern them. But All respondents said changes in the health care pro Cess required by the new Osha rules were a Good idea. The Survey was conducted to gauge the importance of doctors and dentists compliance with the blood borne pathogens Standard being implemented by the Federal occupational safety and health administration. The measures Are intended to protect people who Are exposed to blood at work including doctors dentists and their employees. Doctors and dentists already must take precautions to protect themselves and their patients from infection. By june 4, their employees must receive training courses on Universal precautions ordered by Osha. Starting july 6, an Osha Rule mandates that dentists must Label their office clothing and towels As Bio hazardous waste and must Wash them at the office or Send them to a professional laundry. The poll found safety concerns were highest among respondents age 35 or younger. Sixty six percent of them were a very concerned about Protection from infection during office visits compared with 54 percent of those older. A medical and dental offices and hospitals arc not dangerous places and our experience is that physicians dentists Hospital staffers and other health care providers generally do an effective Job of infection control a said Scott Albert president of health Safe systems which provides programs to help health care providers comply with safety and infection control guidelines. A what these Survey results indicate is that americans across the Board arc very concerned about the possibility of serious medical care related infections that the Osha guidelines will become the a Gold Standard for infection control compliance and that physicians and dentists must demonstrate appropriate precautions and Osha compliance to retain their patients Confidence and continued business a Albert said. In 1990, americans visited doctors and dentists offices More than 1.1 billion times and paid More than $66 billion for those services according to figures compiled by the american medical association the National Center for health statistics and the health care financing administration. Medical schools reject quadriplegic Wilkes Barre a. A a premed student who graduated Summa cum laude from Kings College has been turned Down by the states medical schools. He thinks its because he a a quadriplegic. A i knew that getting into Medicine would be difficult for me but i did know that Medicine was big enough that i could make an Impact in psychiatry or radiology a said Jim Post who was paralysed seven years ago at a boy scout Camp. Post 21, entered the premed program at Kings four years ago and graduated May 17 with a 3.92 Grade Point average a the second highest in his premed major. Yet he a the Only one of 18 students with no Post graduate plans. He has rejection letters from six of the states Medica schools. He Hasni to heard from the seventh. Two schools cited concerns about the physical standards required of its candidates. Four sent him form letters that did no to outline a reason. Federal Law requires medical schools to give reasonable Access to their programs As Long As it does no to Compromise the integrity of their academic programs said Richard Green spokesman for the association of american medical colleges. A a there a a line Between reasonable modifications and someone whose disability would preclude them from fulfilling the requirements a Green said. Or. Shane Vervoort a quadriplegic who practices rehabilitative Medicine in fort Walton Beach fla., wrote letters on posts behalf to Pennsylvania a medical colleges. Vervoort who graduated from the medical College of Georgia in Augusta in 1983, said he Hadnot taken blood pressure readings himself in eight years drawn blood or done a spinal tap. Post was injured in 1985 while at a boy scout summer Camp. He dived into shallow water and suffered a spinal Cord injury. College fires 8 More professors for speaking out Savannah a. Apr eight More professors at the Savannah College of it and design have been fired and ome students Are calling for a Boycott of commencement. The recent dismissals bring to 12 the lumber of professors ousted. All Crit sized school administrators or supported recent creation of a faculty Senate and drive for a student government. A pretty much any faculty member who is speaking up. Is getting the a a said fired graphic design professor David Wells elected by his colleagues last week to chair the new Senate. The Art school first made headlines last month when Provost Paula Rowan and her husband school founder and president Richard Rowan opposed student efforts to form a government and a Small explosive detonated near a building where students were discussing their plans. Authorities have not determined who set the  paralysed after diving off Coney Island pier new York up two Brothers were paralysed with neck and spinal injuries after diving off a Coney Island fishing pier into shallow Waters authorities said sunday. John Brown 26, and his brother Virgil 27, both of Staten Island were listed in critical but stable condition at Coney Island Hospital. The Accident occurred at 4 45 . Saturday opening Day for the summer season when the Brothers dived off the fishing pier said officer Scott Bloch a police spokesman. Although the pair walked out about 50 feet along the pier before diving the water was Only 5 feet deep at that Point he said. Lifeguards Steven Radolinski and David Mcgee pulled the Brothers from the water. They were rushed from the crowded Beach by the emergency medical service and taken to Coney Island Hospital suffering from neck and spinal injuries Bloch said. A there was an indication that they were paralysed from the neck Down a said Ems spokesman Captain Fred Villani. Both men remained conscious during the ordeal he said