European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 08, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 8 the stars and stripes . Monday february 8,1993 aids activists criticize report limiting Impact ily the new York times advocates for people with aids say they Are dismayed by a National research Council report that concludes that the epidemic has had Little effect on most of american society. They fear it might suggest that aids need no longer concern everyone since Only certain segments of the population arc affected by the disease. Jay Blotcher of the advocacy group act up or the aids coalition to unleash Power said he feared that people would read the report and use it As an excuse not to care to say that aids was not going to affect them. The report issued thursday by a committee of the research organization said the aids epidemic has had Little Impact on the lives of most americans or the Workings of major institutions such As the Public health system because it has struck most fiercely among socially disadvantaged segments of society homosexuals drug users the poor and the under educated. As a result it said there is a danger that attention May Wane. Or. David Rogers the vice chairman of the National commission on aids took Issue with the panel s conclusion. Aids is moving slowly and relentlessly into population he said adding that his group had worked hard to try to make aids a concern to everyone. Now to have someone say we can relax " Rogers said "1 would much prefer to have them say you should worry about your own son and daughter " but several people on the 11-Mcmbcr panel which included ethicist sociologists a historian an aids re searcher and a Law professor said they believed that some criticism of their report was based on misleading news Media reports or a misunderstanding of what the panel was trying to say. While saying that aids was increasingly a disease of the poor the panel emphasized that As a matter of so Cial Justice the nation should not turn its Back on its weakest members. Or. Mervyn Silverman president of the american foundation for aids research said the panel was courageous in saying what Many people knew to be True. The report is basically saying that aids is a major problem but As it moves farther and farther from the quote main Stream of America it looks like we re going to ignore it he said. It s an indictment of our most excellent guest Dunn curvy in his Wayne world character of Garth chats with rolling Stone Mick Jaeger during a rehearsal for an upcoming saturday night live special. Jagger will do a Solo. Carrey and Mike Myers who plays Wayne will be hosts. The special Hill air feb. 21 in the states and will celebrate 18 years of live musical performances. Clinton aides ready list of potential Fri chiefs by the new York times Washington confronted with near chaos in the Tup ranks of the Federal Bureau of investigation the Clinton administration has taken preliminary Steps to compile names of possible successors to William s. Sessions As Bureau director Clinton administration officials said saturday. _ arming those whose names have been circulated on Capitol Hill arc Lee p. Brown the former police com missioner in new York City James r. Thompson the former Republican governor of Illinois and Lee col Well an adviser to president Clinton when he was governor of Arkansas and a former official of the Fri. One person taking part in the discussions emphasized the preliminary and informal nature of the search that appears to be designed to give the White House a head Start if Clinton and his advisers decide to replace sessions. George Steph Nopoulos the White House spokes Man would not comment on a report in the los an Geles times quoting a senior administration official As saying he hoped that sessions would Sec reality and step Down. Some officials say the White House is far too distracted by its embarrassing search for an attorney Gen eral to focus clearly on the rancorous discord Between sessions and his top advisers that is splitting the Agency. But one official said the White House was increasingly aware that the problems at the Fri Are worsening and might Force the administration to abandon its Origi Nal plan of postponing a decision on sessions until an attorney general is in office. Officials in the White House counsel s office Are said to be publicly committed to giving sessions an Opportunity to rebut the Justice department report that was harshly critical of his conduct. But both in the White House and in Congress officials Are increasingly expressing the View that whether or not sessions was fairly found to have violated the Fri s ethics rules he has lost control of his Agency. Some congressional officials who like the affable ses Sions on a personal basis and Admire his efforts to and Vance minorities have said that the director should be eased into another Job. They have mentioned an ambassadorial Post or his former Job As a Federal judge Insan Antonio. Dynasty actor arrested in alleged Throat cutting from wire reports -. Los Angeles James Healey an actor who appeared on dynasty and Santa Barbara was arrested saturday after allegedly cutting the Throat of his sister s estranged husband with a piece of Glass authorities said. Healey 42, of Santa Monica was booked for investigation of attempted murder along with his sister Annmarie Virginia Rivera 35, and a Friend Henri Marechal 39. Rivera and Marschal allegedly held the victim Down while the actor Cut his Throat said county sheriffs Deputy Ron Weber. The victim 42-year-old Jacob Benjamin Rivera of Rosemead was listed in serious condition at san Gabriel Valley medical Center Weber said. Jacob Rivera and a woman Friend received several death threats Friday from his wife Weber said adding that the Riveras were divorcing. Shortly after Midnight Friday three people broke Down Rivera s door and assaulted him while the woman Friend called authorities Weber said. Deputies arrived a Short time later and found the victim bleeding profusely Cut with a piece of Glass from a picture Frame Weber said. Healey played scan Rowan on dynasty in the 1987-88 season. Cat killer lawyer suspended Annapolis Mfd Maryland s highest court suspended a lawyer convicted of breaking into a Home and killing a Kitten in a e. Protokowicz or s actions were a world apart from what this court the profession and the Public is entitled to expect from members of the bar the court of appeals said in its opinion was convicted in 1992 of breaking into the Home of the estranged wife of a close Friend an former client Thomas Sanders. Protokowicz testified he and his Friend were drunk when they broke into the House to look for Stock certificates that were part of Sanders divorce pleaded guilty to Misdemeanour charges of breaking and entering and cruelty to animals an received a 15-month suspended jail sentence. He was ordered to get treatment for alcoholism. Students face punishment St. Paul Minn. Several students of a roman Catholic High school face punishment for cheering during a rape scene in a play loosely based on the life of silent movie Star Stepin pc chit. Officials of Cretin dirham Hall High school said Friday that five to eight students involved will face disciplinary action and that All classes will discuss sexual harassment and respect. The school has been absolutely outraged said Carolyn self an English teacher who helped escort 100 Lith Grade students from the school to the Penumbra theater s wednesday matinee performance of the King of Coons. Twins 5, found Home alone Farmington Hills Mich. Five year old twins were found alone in their Home in the Detroit suburb of Farmington Hills locked behind chained doors in separate bedrooms and the Mother was free saturday after being questioned. The woman Gloria a. Hanna a former Detroit police officer was questioned for several hours Friday night and released. However police said saturday the investigation continued. A Man making a package delivery called police after seeing the boy and girl who turned 5 last month pounding on second floor bedroom windows of the House in a Neil boyhood of Homes each Worth $200,000. Fired Man shoots 2,.self Houston a Man fired by the owner of a produce store shot and killed his former Boss in tical wounded a female employee and then killed himself saturday. Police sgt. Nick Rehel identified the gunman As i Emando Ruiz 30, and said the slaying came Only moments after Ruiz was dismissed by Richard Dahn owner of Dahn s fresh herbs. Rehel said Ruiz had asked Laura Lopez an employee at the firm for a Date and became angry when he was rejected. Rehel said witnesses told police that Ruiz was tired Early saturday and accused by Dahn of Stea ing produce. Rehel said Ruiz then went to his truck returned with a pistol shot and killed Dahn and wounded Lopez. Then witnesses said Ruiz shot himself in the head
