European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 1, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse Most. a a. Want Gay ban poll says los Angeles a about three fourths of . Military enlisted personnel oppose president Clinton s plan to lift the Pentagon s ban on homosexuals in the armed forces according to a los an Giles times 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. V 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. _ Quot they re going to be targets is id army sgt. Hector Laureano 25, a patient administrator at fort Leonard Wood in Missouri who agreed to a follow up interview. Quot 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 enlistees 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 a 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 within the military the poll revealed. When asked to cite reasons for their opposition to lifting the 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 How m. _ it 6ft__ it a a a a sexuality is Quot immoral a 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. Quot Boston a Ernie Isnit dead. He Isnit even sick. He has t 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. Which produces the show. Quot 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. Quot 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 she rest of the cast of sesame Street which airs on Public television stations nationwide. No one seems to know How or where the rumours started but filler 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 Kermit the Frog and other puppets. Quot sesame Street producers say rumours of Ernie a demise Are greatly exaggerated. _ one reported killed in shootout As agents move on cult Leader Waco Texas apr gunfire broke out sunday when Federal agents attempted to arrest the Leader of a heavily armed religious cult. Authorities said at least three agents were wounded. Cult members reported one person was dead authorities had a warrant to search the Branch davidians compound for guns and explosive devices and an arrest warrant for its Leader Vernon Howell said Les Stanford of the Bureau of alcohol tobacco and firearms in Washington . The More than 100 officers came under sustained fire from the fortified compound for about 45 minutes sunday morning. Authorities were unable to get to the wounded agents for fear of further gunfire. Cult members told authorities by phone that one person was killed but it was not immediately Clear if the victim was a Law office or a cult member Stanford group of about 75 Branch davidians an offshoot of the Sevem Day adventist Church moved its base from los Angeles in 1935. They have a 77-acre compound about 10 Miles East of the City. In a lengthy report on the group saturday the Waco Tribune Herald said that it known to have a Large Arsenal of High powered weapons. Howell acknowledged having guns but said they were All Legal. The article quoted investigators As saying Howell 33, May have abused children of group members and claimed to have at least 15 wives. A a Howell who denies the accusations of abuse said he has had Only two children. He was married to his wife. Lithe Bible be True then i m Christ. But so what look at 2,000 years ago. What s so great about being Christ a Man nailed to the Cross.1 a Vernon Howell Rachel in 1984 when he was 24 and she was 14. Quot if the Bible is True then i m Christ Quot Howell told the newspaper. Quot but so what look at 2,000 years ago. F f j v Hift ulu what s 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 mean a a Howell also said a i claim my father sits on the throne. Does t 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 the Waco Tribune Herald said it spent eight months investigating the cult including talking to More than 20 former members. Its report 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 9mmjtandguns. A authorities had studied the group but found insufficient evidence of child abuse the paper said. But authorities had said they were worried. Los Angeles apr Ruby Keeler the winsome dancer who tapped nor Way through a string of glittering Warner Bros musicals in the 1930s, died sunday. She was 83. She died at 12 40 . At her Home in Rancho Mirage said her son John Lowe. Keeler made her film debut in the 1933 hit 42nd Street the quintessential backstage musical to which she played a chorus girl who went onstage for the ailing Star with the order from director Warner Baxter Quot you re going out a youngster but you be got to come Back a the Story was later made into a Long running Broadway musical. Keeler went on to Star in eight More musicals usually As the wide eyed Broadway newcomer who Falls in love with the buoyant Tenor Dick Powell. Asked for her Keeler favorite movie she once replied Quot gee i done to remember. They were All so much alike.�?�. In 1941, Keeler made her last Warners film Sweet heart of the Campus Quot if was so bad i had no regrets about quitting a she later said. Keeler was bom aug. 25,. 1909, in Halifax Canada. She married at Jolson in 1928. They divorced in 1940. She married Developer John Lowe in 1941 and had four children Teresa Christine John and Kathleen. In 1971 she made a spectacular return to Broadway roofing in a revival of Vincent Youmans 1920s musical no no Nanette. Hospital settles suit Over Organ donor Dallas apr a Hospital that mistakenly charged the parents of a dead girl for the Cosoi removing donated organs and sent them a graphic description of the procedure has agreed to apologize and pay the family $20,000. The apology and payment will Settle a lawsuit filed against Parkland memorial Hospital by Ira and Pam Henson. T wanted was for them to realize their mistake Ira Henson said Friday. A Quwas Nevei turned of it a it Are Happy the Way thing Talca Benson their 8-year-old daughter suf Reed severe brain damage in june 1990 when one fell from a moving Van. Her parents agreed snafu her a dorians anti were assured they would not be Bra left Doug Clarkson a Hospital spokesman expressed sympathy for the family. V sorry for the anguish this Gener fccuonhem1&Quot<claksonlsdl11,er�?T we Quot Minlu Hen Onasi to Bebb Reec. 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