European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 02, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 8 the stars and stripes . Wednesday november 2,1994 Gay shot after vehicle traps him on sidewalk from wire reports san Francisco a Gay Man was pinned against a Wall by a four wheel drive and snot in the Chest after two men in the vehicle pursued him Anda male companion onto a sidewalk. Steven Damron and Victor Rohana who was wounded were walking Friday near the Castro District the Center of the City s Gay Community when two Young men yelled at them from the passing said something to the men. The Driver backed up about 100 feet to get in front of the pair and drove onto the sidewalk police said the assailants fled after one of them fired on Rohana 24. He was in stable condition monday. It is dismaying to think that in a City that is known for acceptance of individual Freedom that this senseless act of violence still occurs mayor Frank Jordan said in announcing a $10,000 Reward. We were Gay and they did t like that we were holding hands Damron said. Last year 366 anti Gay incidents were reported in san Francisco said Lester Olmstead Rose executive director of the Community United against violence. " -. ,. Sex older Mari d Arco Dies Chicago John d Arco sr., a former Chicago Alderman and legislator Federal authorities say had tics to organized crime died saturday. He was 82. Two years ago Federal prosecutors alleged that d Arco was involved in a plan to fix the 1977 murder trial of reputed mob hit Man Harry Aleman. But d Arco was not indicted. Although the target of numerous investigations in his four decades a committeeman d Arco was never charged with a crime.".". was mob controlled. There is no question about it said William Roemer or a retired Fri agent and author of books about the Chicago mob. D Arco was elected to the Illinois House of representatives in 1945. In 1951, he became an Alderman a seat he held until 1963. Both d Arco s son former state sen. John t d Arco jr., and his son in Law Pat Deleo went to prison As a result of the 1977 investigation As did a former Alderman Fred roti. Sweeper kills pedestrian Toledo Ohio an elderly Man was killed monday when he was knocked Down and sucked into a City Street sweeper near his residence police _ said. -. -. \ two Street sweepers were picking up leaves from the curb close to noon when Lloyd Dutridge 77,walked in front of the first sweeper and was knocked Over. Police said James Rable 38, the Driver of the sweeper apparently was unaware that he had struck the Man a witness persuaded Rable to Stop the sweeper. Rescue Crews then were called and they had to extricate Dutridge from the sweeper. He was pronounced dead at the scene. He was just walking Down the Street and the sweeper went by arid sucked him up said Merrill Dutridge the Man s widow. It s terrible. I just Don t know what i m going to she said she did not know what her husband was doing but. She speculated he was going to talk to the workers about picking up leaves in a nearby lot they " clean Needles credited with halving his risk Boston handing out clean Needles to drug users appears to Cut their his risk by half a new study concludes. More than 40 . Cities have Needle Exchange pro Grams but evidence has been slim that they actually re Duce the risk of infection with the aids virus. Until now most of the data came from studies in Europe where aids infection among drug addicts is generally far less common than in the United states especially the Northeast. The latest study was based a Needle Exchange pro Gram in new York City where about half the City s 200,000 Needle drug abusers ans already infected with the human immunodeficiency virus which causes aids ".-. -. .,.- the Effort sponsored by the american foundation for aids research has provided clean injection sup plies to 22,000 users. Addicts can catch the virus if they share Needles. Or. Don c. Desjarlais of new York s Beth Israel medical Center presented data on the program s results monday at a meeting in Washington of the Ameri can Public health association. The Best estimate of the effect of the program for the people who come in is that it probably reduces the new infection rate by about half he said. The findings were based on 350 users whose saliva was tested for his when they enrolled in the program and when they returned to pick up clean Needles. Desjarlais calculated that their annual risk of infection was 2 percent. For ethical reasons the researchers did not enrol a comparison group that was deprived of clean Needles. Other studies of addicts in new York suggest however that about 5 percent a year become infected. Because there is no direct comparison the amount of certainty we have is difficult to pinpoint. However it is reasonable to conclude that we do see a reduction from these data in the incidence of his infection that May be As High As. 50 percent commented or. David Vlahov of Johns Hopkins University. The new York program uses storefronts and Mobile friits in neighbourhoods with a heavy drug Trade. Addicts Are Given color coded syringes which they must turn in to receive new ones. Those participating in the study were frequent drug users averaging three injections a Day. In the month before the Needle Exchange they rented or bought used syringes an average of 16 times. After the program this fell to four times. Heading to Greener pastures with the Bighorn Basin in the background cowboys drive a cattle Herd to Winter pasture on the Dave flit Ner ranch near Shell Wyo. The annual ritual of mov \ i. Ing cattle from their summer grazing areas to the safety of the lowlands for the Winter has been a tradition on Western ranches for More than a Century. Jobless for a year Mechanic hits record Jackpot by ueberal Carlton Harrell Seattle Post Inch Gencer Olympia Wash. After a year of unemployment port Tuley. Was supposed to Start a new Job monday. Instead the former Boeing co aircraft Mechanic re ported to the Washington state lottery office and did what millions of Arri crimans fantasize about he politely informed his employer he had a better Tuley 45, and his wife Judy of Spanaway Wash., met the Media monday As winners of saturday night s $21 million lotto Jackpot the biggest in the 10-year history of the Washington state lottery. After Federal taxes of 28 percent Are removed the couple will receive $756,000 a year for 20 years. Tulcy was feeling downright exuberant mixing humility with the boldness that comes from knowing you re an overnight millionaire. After accomplishing his first goal to get out of debt Tuley has to hurdle his wife s Shock and con Vince her that it s of to feel Well Happy and Proba Bly of to quit her Job As a bookkeeper for a real estate firm. Tuley is a Missouri native who came to the Seattle area five years ago to work for Boeing. Richard Densmore a longtime Friend said Tuley is a very steady level headed Guy. Being Laid off was stressful for him. He is Well deserving of this. Hell put the Money to Good use. He won t squander Tuley indeed said he is committed to Basic values. A Man who likes working on air planes knows How it feels to be unable to do the work you re trained to do. When you re on unemployment it puts your Priori ties in perspective Tuley said. He has also Felt the stress of struggling to meet Finan Cial obligations. I never asked for leniency from creditors. My creditors never knew i was Laid off said Tuley who has two daughters. That was something my father taught me. If you make a debt you Honor a debt. I be been raised that if you take care of your own you re doing the right he added thoughtfully i m not saying we re set now but i guess we Are. We feel extremely Tuley was feeling Lucky when he purchased $20 Worth of lotto tickets at a supermarket in Spanaway. He had just found out that he had landed an aerospace Job and splurged on the Purchase. A random computer pick yielded Ajjie winning numbers he said. We get a lot of people who when they hear the news seem to be More unhappy than Happy lotto spokesman Dick Paulson said. But this is a Man who has been unemployed for a year and he s Happy with who he is. They both understand their lives will change but they regard it As an Opportunity instead of a Burden they have a positive
