European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 26, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes . Monday july 26,1993 Utah Law barring marriages of aids sufferers challenged Salt Lake City a two women with aids arc challenging a Utah Law that bars marriages of any one with the disease demanding the statute be repealed before their families lose insurance and retirement benefits. Gov. Mike Leavitt agreed thursday to Block enforce ment of the 1987 Law until the legislature meets in Jan uary. For action to be taken before then he would have to Call a special session. The women say blocking enforcement is not enough because they might not live Long enough to see their families taken care of. I be got a reason to Rush. Or Iriny it s aids said Cindy Kidd 36, who was diagnosed two months after her marriage in 1989. They be missed the Point she added. Prosecutors Are not enforcing the Law now. But what about third parties my insurance company May say oops we won t pay your health Bill because you weren t legally married then what Kidd and her husband Brian along with an unidentified couple and children from both marriages sued in . District court last week for repeal of the 1987 Law and unspecified financial Relief. Cindy Kidd is worried that her children who were adopted by her husband will lose health care insurance and social Security benefits when she Dies. The adoption could be challenged if the marriage is deemed invalid because of the Law. Since the children s biological father gave up his parental rights when the adoption was made final the children would technically become orphans. In addition the suit argues Kidd s husband would lose claim to her retirement benefits and the children would have no Legal claim to their adoptive father s estate. Republican state sen. Stephen res who sponsored the Law in 1987, agreed that it should be taken off the books. I Don t know what we were thinking he said. Lawmakers were told at the time that the Amend mint was probably unconstitutional. John Pace an at Torney for the plaintiffs said it was backed by insurance lobbyists. Other states have passed Laws requiring couples who want to marry to get tested for his the virus that causes aids but most such Laws have been revoked by state supreme courts. Utah chose to Deal with the aids crisis in a very paternalistic Way said Brian Barnard another actor Candy Kidd shown with husband Brian was diagnose with aids two months after their marriage. Ney for the plaintiffs. At least the blood test gives Youa Choice. This Law does  after the Law was passed in 1987, Many his positive residents of Utah went to other states to get married. Cindy Kidd who says she got aids from a former boy Friend and the other woman named in the suit say they were not aware the Law existed when they got married. Order prohibits no. Mom from smoking around son Cam Den . Up in a Case that could have wide reaching Impact a new Jersey woman has agreed to cease smoking at Home around her 10-year-old son. Margaret Navrot has signed a consent order requiring that she and her current husband not smoke in their Clementon ., Home in the presence of her son. It also bans smoking in cars when travelling with the child and requires Navrot s parents to refrain from smoking cigarettes when in the child s company. The order stems from a court request filed last month by Navrot s sex husband. Navrot and Francis Montufar divorced in 1989. This will have a very widespread Impact for All parents whether they be fathers or mothers to assure the environment in which their children reside is As Pollut ant free and risk free As possible Montufar s lawyer Robert Klein said. Montufar requested that his son who suffers several upper respiratory infections this year be provided with a smoke free environment. Navrot has primary custody of the boy who spends every Oiher weekend and monday evenings with his father. Kicin said the order which was signed wednesday also affirms the right of divorced parents whose Chil Dren do not live with them to exercise control in issues affecting children s health and welfare. However the Case had smokers rights advocates in new Jersey fuming. Bill Lear president of the new Jersey coalition for opponents in la. Hoping to snuff out smoking ban los Angeles up opponents of the City s new ban on smoking in restaurants submitted petitions with nearly 100,000 signatures Rocity officials saturday two Days before the ban was to take effect. Restaurateurs and smokers backed by the to Bacco Industry submitted petitions they said had More than 96,000 signatures from opponents of theban. The ban approved in june by the City Council and former mayor Tom Bradley would prohibit smoking at nearly 7,000 restaurants and would be the nation s largest anti smoking measure. City election officials were sifting through the ballots to determine if opponents had gathered at least 58,275 signatures. That is the number needed to Stop the ban from going into effect today. If there Are enough valid signatures on the petitions a measure to repeal the ban will be put on the november 1993 or june 1994 ballot. Smokers rights called it a chilling preview in which big brother government invades Homes and dictate show they and their families win  Navrot has said she and her husband quit smoking before Montufar filed the original request last month. Officials look to dam tests to identify 42 davidians from wire report Waco Texas forty two of the 82 Branch Davidian cult members who died in the april 19 fir that destroyed their compound remain unidentified leaving officials with Dan testing As the Only Way to Complete the task. Justice of the peace David Pareya said they need relatives of the dead to come Forward so that Dan testing can be used to Complete the identification process which could take up to a year. No More identities will come out until after Thedna testing Pareya said. Medical examiners in Tarrant county and other forensic authorities used dental records medical x rays fingerprints and other tests to identify 40  Carmel the cult compound near Waco burned Down april 19, ending a a Day standoff Between Federal agents and cult members led by David Karcsh. Freeh hearing set thursday Washington the Senate hearing on judge Louis Freeh s nomination to be Fri director will begin  setting that Date the Senate judiciary committee granted the Clinton administration s request for Quick action. Four to six weeks often pass Between a nomination and a confirmation  43-year-old . District judge formerly an Fri agent and a Federal prosecutor was nominated by president Clinton last tuesday to succeed William s. Sessions. Clinton had fired sessions last monday six months after the Justice department accused sessions of ethical lapses. Shark fishing to end Early St. Petersburg Fla. Federal official already intend to end the commercial shark fishing season because the six month limit apparently willbe met in Only one month. Since july 1, fishermen plying the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico landed an average daily catch of 92,000 pounds of Large coastal Sharks the National Marine fisheries service said. At that rate the limit for the rest of the season 2.7 million pounds will be reached by saturday. The ban covering Gulf Atlantic and Caribbean Waters will not apply to recreational fishermen or sport charter boats which do not sell their  it applies Only to Large coastal Sharks a category including sandbars Blac tips tigers hammerheads and great Whites. Geese foul up beaches Branford Conn. Goggles of geese Are gagging local beaches. The problem Large amounts of geese Are congregating on the beaches during an extended period without rain. The result no precipitation to Wash away Goose droppings. Contaminated water forced town officials to close the Branford Point Lamphiere s Cove and Clark Avenue beaches Over the weekend when the droppings began to pose a health Hazard. The beaches were to remain closed through today. Disabled Veteran fired Washington the Leader of the disable american veterans has been fired for dishonesty and misconduct according to the Washington test. Charles e. Butch Joeckel jr., the Dav National adjutant and a Leader of the veterans lobby in Washington was dismissed this month the report said. The firing came after Day elected officer discovered that $80,000 of the group s funds was used to Settle a complaint Over Joeckel s conduct toward the wife of an organization employee the Post , 45, who lost both legs in Vietnam said through lawyer John w. Karr that he did nothing improper and that the Dav should have paid the settlement because he was bonded As an officer of the organization. Joeckel according to Karr said that what happened Between him and the woman who filed the complaint was the playful end of a Long night  he said Dav lawyer Joseph c. Zengerle wanted to Settle out of court to avoid bad  Post said Dav officials and lawyers involved in the Case declined to identify the woman involved or to provide details of the complaint. The woman also refused to discuss the incident with the Post