European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 1, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page b a the stars and stripes . Monday March 1,1993 los Angeles a about three fourths of . Military enlisted personnel oppose president Clinton a plan to lift the Pentagon a ban on homosexuals in the armed forces according to a los an Geles tunes Survey. Of More than 2,300 enlistees polled by the los Angeles times 74 percent said they disapproved of lifting the ban on homosexuals while 18 percent favored the change. But Only 10 percent of those who identified themselves As potential military careerists said they would not remain in the service if Gays were allowed to serve openly. Some 81 percent of respondents predicted widespread violence if openly Gay men and women Are admitted to the services. A a they re going to be targets a said army sgt. Hector Laureano 25, a patient administrator at fort Leonard Wood in Missouri who agreed to a follow up interview. A there a a lot of anger a lot of pressure building up right  female enlistees were More Apt to support the change the times said. The poll found 35 percent of women supported Clinton a initiative while Only 16 percent of male Eri listens favored it. The Survey conducted without Penta gon cooperation polled 2,346 enlistees from the army air Force Navy and Marine corps. Results Are based on Anonymous questionnaires filled out by enlistees ranging from recent recruits to Veteran non commissioned officers from feb. 11 to feb. 16 in commercial areas and residential housing near 38 military installations. The surveys margin of error was not included in the times Story. Opposition to Gays was prevalent across the four major branches and in All the major demographic groups within the military the poll revealed. When asked to cite reasons for their opposition to lifting the ban the greatest poll says number of those who disapprove 63 percent said they oppose sharing facilities and quarters with homosexuals. Forty percent said that they oppose lifting the ban because they believe homosexuality is a a immoral Quot and 28 percent cited the fear of an increased spread of the aids virus if the ban is lifted. Opposition to homosexuals in the service was greatest in the Marine corps where 86 percent were in favor of maintaining the ban. In the army and air Force disapproval rates ran at 74 percent each. Among Navy enlistees 69 percent said they disapproved of a change in policy. A Boston apr Ernie Isnit dead. He Isnit even sick. He Hasni to been in an Accident. And sesame Street producers Are baffled by All the rumours. For months the Fate of the popular television character has been the subject of grim gossip among preschoolers and their parents. T wish i could say How Many illnesses we be heard and Calls we be had a Saia Carolyn Miller spokeswoman for children a television workshop which produces the show. A a unfortunately we Are hearing a lot of rumours everything from that he a got leukaemia to the Story that he was hit by a  but there a no reason to worry. A Ernie is alive and Well and we have no intention of anything happening to him or anyone else a she said _ the cheerful easygoing muppet continues to hang around with his Grouchy buddy Bert and the rest of the cast on sesame Street which airs on Public television stations nationwide. No one seems to know How where the rumours started but Miller told the Boston Globe they May have stemmed from the death of muppet creator Jim Henson in 1990, Henson who developed the characters in the 1960s, supplied the voice for Ernie As Well As for a sesame Street producers say rumours of Ernie a de Kermit the Frog and other puppets. Else Are greatly exaggerated. Texas authorities Monitor cult that claims its Leader is Christ \ Waco Texas apr police Are monitoring a heavily armed religious cult that follows a guitar playing Beer drinking Leader who claims to he Christ and is awaiting the end of the world in a compound near Waco. A group of about 75 Branch davidians an offshoot of the seventh Day adventist Church that moved its base Here from los Angeles in 1935, is known to have a Large Arsenal of High powered weapons the Waco trib Une Herald said. An australian private detective who has investigated the group for 2vz years alleged that its latest Leader Vernon Howell abuses the children of his followers boasts of having sex with underage members claims at least 15 wives and believes All women in the world belong to him. Howell denies the accusations and said he has had Only two children. He and Bis wife Rachel were married in 1984 when he was 24 and she was 14, a if the Bible is True then i m Christ a Howell 33, told the newspaper. A but so what look at 2,000 years ago. What a so great about being Christ a Man nailed to the Cross. A Man of sorrow acquainted with grief. You know being Christ ainu to nothing. Know what i mean a the newspaper said the group has military Type assault weapons a one unidentified former cult member said it has .50-caliber weapons ak-47s, ar-15s, israeli assault rifles and 9 my handguns. But Howell told the associated press on saturday 4hat his group has a regular legally bought Quot guns. A do if Tho Bible is True then i m Christ. But so what look at 2,000 years ago. What a so great about being Christ a Man nailed to the  Vernon Howell we not have right to Bear arms a he said in a Telephone interview. A i claim my father sits on the throne. Does no to yours Isnit your father god i claim my father gave me a Book. The reason god gave me the Book is he wants me to show it to you a Howell said saturday. The Tribune Herald said it spent eight months investigating the cult including talking to More than 20 former members. One of them Robyn bunds said Howell boasted of having sex with one of his 12-year-old followers. Others claim he is the father of Many of the cult s children citing numerous birth certificates with no father listed. The detective Geoffrey Hossack said he was hired by a group of former cult members who fled to Australia. He presented his findings to Mclennan county authorities in 1990, but no action was taken. A there was not enough information at that tune to pursue a full scale investigation a said Paul Gartner then Mclennan county District attorney. A . Target new York apr a newly published Book claims that during world War ii the United states had marked for death a German physicist thought to be the brains behind hitters bid for the atomic bomb Heisenberg s War by Thomas Powers details How american spies and generals tried to Kidnap assassinate or kill in bombing raids the Nobel laureate Werner Heisenberg. The attempt to eliminate Heisenberg began in october 1942, according to Powers and was abandoned in december 1944 when intelligence officials determined that Germany had no serious Effort under Way to build a bomb. A but Powers maintains that paradoxically Heisenberg served As an obstacle to Germany a efforts to gain nuclear proliferation. Powers also says Heisenberg iad colleagues in the West who were familiar with aspects of his research and the scientist thereby helped Allied intelligence. Scholars have Long debated whether Heisenberg duped Hitler into thinking the bomb was infeasible or inadvertently led the nazis astray in their efforts. Powers says Heisenberg is the first Nobel Winner among the few known cases in which a scientist was targeted for elimination by military rivals. Heisenberg won the 1932 Nobel prize in physics. It Heisenberg a War published by Knopf is based on interviews with living participants and recently declassified files of America s world War ii spy Agency the office of strategic services. Hospital settles suit Over Organ donor Dallas apr a Hospital that mistakenly charged the parents of a dead girl for the Cost of removing donated organs and sent them a graphic description of the procedure has agreed to apologize and pay the family $20,000. Apology and payment will Settle a lawsuit filed against Parkland memorial Hospital by Ira and Pam Henson. A fall i wanted was for them to realize their mistake a Ira Henson said Friday. A it was never about Money. We Are Happy the Way things turned  a Erica Henson their 8-year-old daughter suffered severe brain damage in june 1990 when she fell from a moving Van. Her parents agreed to donate her organs and were assured they would not be billed Doug Clarkson a Hospital spokesman expressed sympathy for the family. A we Are really sorry for the anguish this generated with the loss of their daughter. We certainly feel for them Quot Clarkson said. He said the Billing mix up which caused the Henson to be billed instead of a local Organ Bank was corrected Long before the lawsuit was idea