European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 17, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes thursday february 17,1994 i nude skier barely escapes but 2 collared Bessemer Mich. Up a Chicago couple caught skiing in the Buff have pleaded guilty to charges of disorderly conduct. The sight of Robert Concannon and Jennifer Kohler both 27, in nothing but ski boots was pretty comical Deputy sheriff Don Fertile said. Fertile nabbed the couple sunday after they descended Powderhorn Mountain on the upper Penin Sula to the Delight of a cheering crowd watching from inside a Lodge bar. A second Man also was arrested for skiing nude but he escaped without his skis. Fer tile said he had arrested the two men but left them alone when he noticed the naked woman. I heard screaming and Yelling behind me and looked to see a Young White female at the Bottom of the Hill with nothing on except her skis and ski boots Fertile wrote in his report. I decided to release the second male subject and go after the naked female. I said i. You re under arrest " Fertile reported. The woman asked if she could just give me some Money but was told bribery was a More serious of sense than skiing naked he said. Well boys to make a Long Story Short i helped her get her ski boots off and then helped her get her clothing on Fertile reported. The couple was jailed briefly and posted Bond before appearing in court. Each pleaded guilty and paid $165 in fines plus court costs. Study links alcohol abuse to higher rate of his Chicago a heterosexual problem drinkers had a much higher rate of his infection than other heterosexuals suggesting the need for aids prevention As part of alcohol abuse pro Grams a new study said. Among 860 heterosexuals tested at five Public alcohol treatment centers in san Francisco 3 percent of men and 4 per cent of women who had not injected drugs were infected with the human immunodeficiency virus which causes aids researchers said tuesday. These rates May not appear to be particularly High but when one considers that the his prevalence among Hetero sexual men arid women in general in san Francisco is Only a Small fraction of 1 percent they Are disturbing figures said the Lead researcher or. Andrew l. Avins of the University of California san fran Cisco. Interventions to prevent his spread should become a Standard part of alcohol treatment programs Avins team said in wednesday s Issue of the journal of the american medical association. The researchers had several explanations for their results heterosexual alcohol abusers had More sex with drug abusers than other heterosexuals because they tend to live and congregate in the same places. Alcohol abuse is a trait of risk Tak ing  alcohol May suppress the immune system and increase a person s vulnerability to his. Research has yielded conflicting data on this Issue. This is certainly alarming but by itself it does t mean we have a problem systematically said Doug longshore principal investigator at the drug abuse research Center of Urcla s Neur psychiatric Institute. He was not involved in the study. The study needs to be backed by fur ther research longshore said. The find Ings might be limited to san Francisco where the aids epidemic has had Many years to develop he said. Aids among heterosexual men and women has More than doubled since 1989. Of the 860 people tested for his in the san Francisco study 40 had the virus that causes aids including 10 men and five women with no history of inject ing drugs the researchers said. A total of 378 men and 138 women had no history of such drug use. Unsafe sexual practices were com Mon the study said. More than half the subjects in the study reported multiple sexual partners in the previous year 97 percent who had More than one partner did not always use condoms and few subjects had asked new partners about their his status or sexual history. In a Royal Jam the Royal yacht Britannia is surrounded by ice while after a Brief stay in the big Apple the yacht will head South docked on the Hudson River in new York on tuesday. To the Caribbean to meet up with Queen Elizabeth ii. Missive supports Gays in ballot Battle Washington a Gay rights groups say a Strong letter of support from president Clinton will help in their fight against anti Gay ballot initiatives in nearly a dozen states. The feb. 14 letter released tuesday with the bless ing of the White House came in response to a plea for help five Days earlier from the Gay and lesbian Victory fund and several other National organizations. Those who would legalize discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or any other grounds Are gravely mistaken about the values that make our nation Strong the president said in his letter. Clinton said he agreed with the coalition fighting the initiatives that this is not an Issue of special rights for any one group. This is a Battle to protect the human rights of every  at Issue Are pending and potential ballot initiatives that Gay groups say would prohibit recognition of Gay civil rights  discrimination against homosexuals. Clinton s letter is expected to be used As an organizing tool by activists in Arizona California Florida Idaho Maine Michigan Missouri Nevada Ohio Ore gon and Washington. White House spokeswoman Ginny Terzano said Clinton s letter follows through on Strong civil rights positions he took during his Campaign. Jackson did t steal dangerous jury decides by sue Lindsay Scripps Howard news sen ice Denver a Federal jury deliberated less than four hours tuesday before rejecting a local songwriter s claim  stole her song danger Ous. Singer songwriter Crystal Cartier who sought $40 million from Jackson left . District court during deliberations and did not return for the verdict. I just could t handle it Cartier said from her apartment. I just did t want to be there. Cartier said she was t sure what she would do next. I m really kind of numb she said. Have to think about it and assess my situation. The Battle rages  Jackson attorney Dan Hoffman said that the verdict would have been the same without Jackson s testimony but that he was glad the Singer decided to do it. The entertainer took the stand Mon Day. The last time Jackson testified in court was for a 1983 Chicago copyright infringement Case which he also won. Las month he won a similar Case in los an Geles in which his testimony was delivered by videotaped deposition. I m glad he came Here to stand be Hind his work product and his creativity Hoffman said. And i m not too old to say i was kind of excited when he came Here  for jurors to validate Cartier s claim Hoffman said they would have had to find there had been literally a conspiracy of people and counterfeiting of  Hoffman said the evidence was Over whelming that unsolicited tapes sent by such aspiring artists As Cartier Are not accepted. The policy is so unyielding in his Case almost to the Point of paranoia Hoffman said. During his closing argument Hoffman said Cartier was obsessed with Jackson demonstrated by the revealing outfit she wore monday when he testified. You can decide when she strolled in20 minutes after court convened in her entertainment outfit if that was t an at tempt to upstage or. Jackson and if that is part of her obsession Hoffman said. Cartier said she first recorded her Songin 1988, revising it in october 1990. No copies of the 1988 version could be found for the trial. Jackson says he recorded his song in september 1990.Cartier attorney Gretchen Eberhardt told the jury that when Cartier released her album in july 1991, it was the ultimate dream for  but he said she heard Jackson s song dangerous on the radio in november 1991, and All of her dreams  Hoffman said Cartier s obsession wit Jackson was evident in her novel screen play immortal obsession with its main character Michael the Meek