European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 9, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday March 9,1993 . The stars and stripes b Page 11 Tightrope Star s grandson Dies of aids at 36 Sarasota Fla. Up a Mario b. Wallenda grandson of High wire legend Karl Wallenda has died of aids at the family a Home his Mother said. Wallenda 36, died Friday and wanted the cause of his death made Public said his Mother Carla Wallenda. A we All Felt that so Many  its somebody of Cen a disease a she told the Miami Herald in mondays editions. A everybody should be aware. Its right around in All of the Nice neighbourhoods people should be aware that its  Carla Wallenda said her son tested positive for the aids virus Iii july 1990 after he collapsed following a performance in Canada.  the next two months hospitalized. She said her son spent much of the last two weeks in a wheelchair and his last Days bedridden. She said her son did not know when or where he contracted the aids virus. But he had told her that he practice unsafe sex several times while living in Reno nev., for two years in the mid-1980s. Mario Wallenda was a member of a Sarasota based troupe that is Best known for walking the Tightrope and building human pyramids. But Mario Wallendar a specially was Riding his motorcycle inside a Large steel mesh Globe perched on a High wire. The act was billed a the Globe of  like other members of the family Mario Wallenda Learned to walk a Tightrope by age 2 or 3. Says he s Waco Texas a cult Leader David Koresh has told negotiators he is a ready for War and challenged agents to storm the compound where he and his followers have been holed up for More than a week. A the has indicated he would be most pleased if we would engage in a gun Battle with him Quot said Fri agent Bob Ricks. Ricks said monday that Koresh had used phrases like a we Are ready for War. Lets get it on. Your talk is becoming in vain. In a going to give you an Opportunity Tiosav yourself before you get blown  Koresh told negotiators he has a sufficient firepower to blow up the armoured Bradley fighting vehicles agents have used to surround the compound. A this exact words were Awe can cause those vehicles to go 40 or 30 feet into the air a a Ricks said. A there May be explosives and perhaps even rockets in the  he said the department of defense is giving agents Abrams tanks which Are More heavily armoured than the Bradley. Ricks said Koresh who Calls himself Jesus Christ has indicated he believes his prophecy will be carried out if he engages in a gunfight with authorities in which he is killed. Earlier monday authorities sealed off roads leading to the compound East of Waco As they searched a nearby business operated by Koresh. Authorities found a a very Small Quantity of Shotgun ammunition a said Dan Conroy associate director of the Bureau of alcohol tobacco and firearms. Conroy said the business called mag bag was a front operated to gather firearms and was not a Regis War tired firearms dealer. Ricks said negotiators monday had agreed to allow people in the compound to conduct a funeral and burial of a person killed in a feb. 28 shootout. Four Federal agents were killed in the raid and sources have said As Many As 10 cult members May have died. In a briefing sunday Ricks said negotiations to end the siege have hit a standstill with Koresh rejecting settlement offers and even proposals he earlier suggested. Federal authorities have said however that they Are prepared to wait out the standoff for a Long time. Koresh has shown a a state of irritability that. Pops up almost without notice and then he will go Back to a Calm period of religious discussion a Ricks said. In lengthy Telephone discussions Koresh harangues negotiators with stories about his childhood and religious beliefs and says he a concerned that his Side of the feb. 28 raid is not getting to the Public Ricks said sunday. Koresh also started playing loud music at the Cults compound apparently recordings of his own music while continuing to insist he and Nis More than 100 followers will not leave the compound until he gets a message from god. A we offered him what we thought was a reasonable Compromise with an item that was of most concern to him Ricks said. A and the offer included from our Side was the total release of All the people inside. And that offer was  he did not reveal details of the rejected Deal. Koresh has released 21 children and two elderly women. He said 90 adults and 17 children remain in the compound. 1 dog Dies on second Day of annual the 1993 id Tarod Trail sled dog race race Anchorage Alaska a a dog running in the id Tarod Trail sled dog race died sunday about 150.tniles from the starting line of the race officials said. The dog running with Musher Claire Philip died along the Trail Between Knik and Skwentna. Race coordinator Joanne Potts said a Tel Minary autopsy was inconclusive. Samples of the dogs tissue were to be flown to a Laboratory to determine a cause of death Potts said. The 1992 race claimed one dog which died of heart failure. The id Tarod commemorates a 1925 sled dog run from the Village of Nenana to Nome to deliver diphtheria serum. The race first run in 1973, earns the Winner $50,000. The race began saturday morning with a 20-mile dash from downtown Anchorage to the suburb of Eagle River where mushers must unhook their 20-dog teams and truck them across the Unfrozen Knik Arm. Meanwhile defending id Tarod Champion Martin Buser and Musher Dee Dee Jonrowe were the first two out of the Finger Lake checkpoint about 194 Miles from Anchorage and 967 Miles from the finish line. Jonrowe left about 20 minutes before Buser on sunday night. Race officials said 28 of the 68 mushers competing in this years race had reached the Finger Lake checkpoint. Earlier in the Day Buser had a 40-minute Lead pulling into inc checkpoint. Close behind were Kathleen Swenson and her former husband five time Winner Rick Swan a son. She reached Finger Lake about 40 minutes behind Buser Rick Swenson was 20minutes behind her Buser of big Lake set the race record in 1992, finishing in 10 Days 19 hours and 17 minutia but Twy hours into this years race he nearly became the first Musher to scratch when he hit a parked police car about a mile Short of the Eagle River checkpoint. Buser 34, was dragged for about 100 Ards after the sled hit the car. He and is team were unhurt. X sixty eight dog teams began the 21st id Tarod Trail sled dog race on saturday in Anchorage. The race follows the 1,160-mile Southern Trail which is used every Odd year. Typically Only 60 percent of the More than 1.200 dogs that Start the id Tarod will finish it. The race usually lasts about two weeks. A.ap300,000 denied disability Aid win new Chance by the new York times Washington a about 300,000 residents of new York state will get notices from the Federal government this week offering to re examine claims for disability benefits that have been denied by the social Security administration since 1981. The notices giving people a fresh Opportunity to show that they were entitled to benefits Are part of the settlement of a lawsuit. The plaintiffs contended that the Reagan administration often flouted court rulings when it denied or terminated payments to disabled people. Even As the government sends those letters the social Security administration is reporting record backlogs and delays in its disability program across the country. The delays result in part from reductions in the Agency s staff cuts in state welfare programs and a Rise in the number of claims which have increased because of the sluggish Economy. Nationally the number of disability claims and appeals has increased 35 percent to nearly 3.4 million this year from 2.5 million in 1990. No other aspect of president Reagan s social policy was so widely criticized by Federal judges governors and members of Congress As his Effort to remove people from the disability Rolls in Defiance of court rulings. But there has been no nationwide remedy for those people. Payment of Back benefits depends on the outcome of individual cases and class action lawsuits in individual states. In new York for example residents and former residents forced the Federal government to offer such payments in settlement of a Case known As Stieberger is. Sullivan. The lawsuit was filed in 1984 by the Legal Aid society Legal services for the elderly and my Legal services in Manhattan. The City of new York was also a plaintiff. Under the settlement the government must re examine 40,000 cases a year in new York. So if 150,000 people respond to the notices it May take four years to review the cases. A anyone who receives one of these notices should be sure to Send in the reply form As soon As possible a said Matthew Oiler a lawyer with the Legal Aid society in new York City. A those who Are found to be disabled May receive thousands of dollars that Are desperately  some people May get awards totalling More than $20,000, he said. People needing further information can Call local social Security offices or Legal services for new York City at 212 431-7200. Although the settlement covers an 11-year period it stipulates that people who Are found disabled May not receive Back benefits of More than 4vi years. Monthly payments now average $626 for a disabled worker and $224 for a spouse or a child. Benefits Are increased each year to reflect changes in the Cost of Liv ing