European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 02, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday september 2, 1994 . The stars and stripes Page 7 . Subways to allow Bare breasts but Iio Butts. From the associated press new York an update for would be tourists it s of for women to ride the subways topless Solon As they Don t smoke. The transit authority s attorneys consulted wit the Manhattan District attorney s office before deciding that Bare breasted women on subway should be arrested Only if they create a disruptive or dangerous situation in the  police spokesman Al o Leary said wednesday if they were violating any other rules like sitting on a subway Bench topless smoking a cigarette then we would take  in to allowed in subways gum chewing and panhandling Aren t  other subway users object to topless women for any reason then that would create a disorderly situation and police would Likely intervene o  new policy comes after a group of women began testing a state court ruling that said arresting topless women was discriminatory. Women Rode subways topless earlier this summer and were initially charged by transit police. Gene fights cystic fibrosis Washington scientists have succeeded intending Normal genes into the mucus clogged lungs of cystic fibrosis patients a step toward treatment for the fatal genetic disease. Now they lust have to keep those new genes alive Long enough to  fibrosis patients inherit a defective Gene that does t produce the proteins necessary to filter Salt out of cells lining the airways. As a result heavy mucus builds up and destroys the lungs leading to death usually by age 30. Or. Ronald Crystal who developed the treatment at the National institutes of health added a Normal lung Gene to an inactivated cold virus Calledare Rovinis. He then dripped a solution of the Gene modified virus into the lungs of four cystic fibrosis patients Crystal believes the Normal genes will produce the Salt filtering proteins. Meter thefts plague . Los Angeles hundreds of parking meter shave been uprooted or smashed off thei posts by thieves in the past 16 months costing the City More than $500,000. The epidemic is a sign of the times said Deborah Brown chief investigator for the City transportation department. The economics Are bad. There Are homeless people without  last week police found 112 meters in a vacant Loton the North Side of downtown. With new meters often disappearing in about fou Days authorities Are rethinking their strategy. High roller hits Snag Newport Beach Calif. Skater Gary Davis made a smooth Landing after his Little jump on the Boardwalk but he came Down hard when a police officer gave him a $1,350 ticket. Davis Man Euver from the Boardwalk to a planter and Over a trash can got him one of the most expensive traffic tickets in town unsafe operation on the Boardwalk. _. When i got a Courtesy notice in the mail it said$1,350," said the 24-year-old Sophomore at Fullerton College. I said wow new fines approved in june put the Price of reckless skating and cycling just below those for offences such As Drunken driving. The City _ toughened up after a series of injury  pleaded innocent tuesday in municipal court. Judge Glenn Mahler reduced the charge an ordered him to pay $49. Golf cart Driver ticketed Annapolis my. A legally Blind woman was ticketed for driving her children to school in a Golf cart. Kathy Harkum was cited monday for driving an unregistered vehicle. Golf carts can t be registered because they Lack rear View mirrors seat belts windshields doors backup or turn signals an therefore Don t meet safety standards. Officer Edward Anthony said it was t just the fact that Harkum was driving a Golf cart. I be gotten various complaints from people Over the last year. Mostly they re about the Way she drives that she drives the cart recklessly he  said she drives safely staying to the Side of the Road so faster Drivers can pass. Anxious class rising  -. ,. Amid haves have not Washington a a widening economic Gap Between better educated and less skilled workers is creating an anxious class of americans worried about their children s future labor Secretary Robert Reich says. V ,. V a "  some workers Are surging ahead. Others unfortunately Are treading water. And still others i m sad to say Are sinking and sinking quickly in the same econ omy at the same time Reich said wednesday in a pre labor Day assessment of the work Force. An underclass of the Middle class is trapped in inner cities and increasingly isolated from the Core econ omy and the accompanying jobs he said in a speech tothe Center for National policy. And there is an be class of people who Are positioned to profit and to profitably ride the Waves of change in the new Economy that group Reich said is isolated in their own residential compounds in gated communities and High Rise office  Between them Reich said is a Large anxious class of people who hold jobs but who Are justifiably uneasy about their own standing and fearful about their children s  in a Concession to the nation s unions which have lost one tattle after another in Congress Over the Las year Reich said revitalization of the labor movement would help reverse the erosion of the Middle  the height of organized labor s influence a third of americans held Union cards but that number is Down. Toll percent. V one Battle the unions lost in the last 12 months waste fight Over the North american free Trade agreement approved by Congress last fall. Reich defended the administration s record on Job creation against the criticism that Many new jobs Are concentrated in Low paying service industries. He said the notion that we re creating a Bounty of bad jobs is purely  the unemployment rate has steadily declined since president Clinton toofc6ffice in january 1993 and was 6.1 percent last month. It i a a s 4 s "4t&-. Vij.  a no major damage of army pfc. Thomas Pleasants a chemical specialist on Johnston atoll in the Pacific removes his protective suit after checking for water damage to chemical storage bunkers tuesday. Hurricane John passed the Island located about 825 Miles Southwest of Honolulu on aug. 25, but did not damage any chemical operation buildings. However damage to support facilities will delay destruction of chemicals until the end of september. Bobbitt jailed for beating sex Fiancee Las vegas a John Bobbitt has 15 Days in jail to contemplate an attitude problem after he was convicted of beating his former Fiancee. _ Bobbitt also will have to attend impulse control an alcoholics Anonymous meetings. He was found guilty of Battery wednesday for striking Kristina Elliott aftera night of drinking. Bobbitt became famous in june 1993 when his wife Lorena sliced off his Penis while he slept. She said she did it because Bobbitt sexually assaulted her. Bobbin Penis was surgically reattached and he was acquitted of marital sexual  wednesday Justice of the peace William Jansen gave Bobbitt 60 Days in jail but suspended 45 Days of the sentence. Bobbitt began serving his sentence imme  firmly believe you have an attitude problem Jan sen told Bobbitt. Your attitude problem is caused by your  Bobbitt 27, met Elliott 21, while in Las vegas on a publicity tour. The couple and their Friend Todd Biro were cited for Domestic Battery after Elliott said she was beaten by the two men july 2. Bobbitt was the Only one charged because the District attorney s office said he was the primary  faces another trial sept. 26 on a second Domestic Battery charge. He is accused of slamming Elliott against a Wall during an argument May 6. Bobbitt did not testify at the two Day trial he appealed to the judge for leniency wednesday saying All the facts had not come  kept egging me on to get me in trouble to Advance her own career Elob Bitt  Cross examination Elliott testified that there was concern that Adverse publicity would Hurt he chances of appearing in february s Playboy