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Wednesdav. Februarv 4. 1987 / University Daily Kansan
Top official plans to leave defense, spokesman says
United Press International
WASHINGTON — Richard Perle, dubbed the administration's "bad Richard" for his tough stance on arms control that has upset the State Department, plans to resign from the Defense Department soon. Pentagon officials said yesterday.
Perle's intentions to quit as assistant defense secretary for international policy has been an open secret, and Pentagon officials said he conveyed them to Defense Secretary nominee Leonid Kuchinov ago. He first told Weinberger about his resignation plans in the fall, the officials said.
Perle, widely known as a maverick who has retained his registration as a Democrat while working for a Republican administration, has not for-ter worked in the Senate. Weinberger, nor has he set a date for his departure, the officials said.
A successor has not been picked, but Perle was said to be pushing for one of his deputies, Frank Gaffney Jr.
"He's not being fired," one official said. "He's going to go out there and make money."
Pentagon spokesman Robert Sims declined to comment about whether Perle spoke with Weinberg about his plans to resign, saying only that he had not submitted a formal resignation to his boss.
Weinberger and Perle share similar conservative views about U.S.-Soviet competition and the secretary has relied heavily on his subordinate to shape the policies that form the nation's arms control offers to Moscow.
One potential source of income for Perle is the more than $300,000 he has been offered during negotiations with
interested publishers to write a novel that focuses on bureaucratic infighting between two assistant secretaries prior to a Soviet-American summit. One is at the Pentagon, the other at the State Department.
The book widely is recognized as one that would be a fictional account of Perel's arms control policy battles with Richard Burt, a former assistiff of state for European affairs who now is ambassador to West Germany.
In the real life battles over administration policy, Burt was tagged by colleagues as the "good Richard," Perle the "bad Richard."
In Perle's latest scrape, which had nothing to do with his resignation plans, he publicly chided Europe's leaders as mealy mutted for not taking a strong enough stance against the Soviet Union. Perle still was out of the country and could not be reached for comment.
Allied officials rebuked Perle for the comment, made Sunday at a conference in Munich, West Germany, and the White House promptly distanced the administration from the remark. A White House spokesman said that Perle was speaking for himself and that the comment did not represent the thinking of President Reagan.
Bright, quick-minded and always ready for debate. Perle has a reputation for shunting diplomatic niceties when dealing with superiors.
In March, he openly criticized British Foreign Secretary Geoffrey Howe when defending the administration's "Star Wars" anti-missile project and in June he accused the Soviet Union's premier Americanologist, Dr. Georgi Arbatov, of distorting history.
Court battle goes on for 'Baby M' custody
United Press International
Elizabeth Stern asked a judge to award permanent custody of the 10-month-old infant to her and her husband.
HACKENSACK, N.J. — The childless woman fighting for custody of "Baby M" in a landmark surrogate motherhood trial testified yesterday that she considered herself the real mother and feared the battle could "destroy" the infant.
The Sterns, of Tenfly, N.J., are asking a judge to enforce their contract with Mary Beth Whitehead, a mother of two who hired for $10,000 to conceive William Stern's child by artificial insemination.
"I feel I am Melissa's mother," Stern said, using the name she and husband William Stern have given Baby M. "I'm responsible for her. I take care of her. Psychologically, I am her mother."
The case is the first in which a surrogate mother has been brought to trial for trying to break her pledge to give up her baby to a childless couple. Legal experts say the outcome may have a precedent-setting effect on surrogate parenting agreements throughout the country.
Whitehead, 29, of Brick Township, N.J., has testified that she had intended to give up the child at birth but was overcome by maternal emotion and tried to keep the child. Whitehead and her family call the baby Sara. Court documents refer to the infant as Baby M.
Elizabeth Stern said she believed Whitehead had poisoned their relationship beyond repair and asked the judge not to grant any visitation
"It would be detrimental to Melissa and could destroy her," she testified. "I think she (Whitehead) would undermine my ability to be a mother. I have absolutely no trust in her whatsoever."
At one point after Baby M's March 27 birth, Whitehead filed to Florida with the infant for 87 days in defiance of a court order. The Sterns also contend that Whitehead threatened at one point to tell herself or the baby to join Whitehead Stern's so-called abusive Whitehead's oldest daughter.
"Mary Beth has lied about me and my husband and lied to the court," said Elizabeth Stern, who was afraid that becoming pregnant herself might aggravate her multiple sclerosis. "I don't know how to mend fences with someone who manipulates me and lies to me."
Stern said she was upset that Whitehead and her relatives told reporters last summer about the now-celebrated custody battle."
HILLEL
Presents:
Israeli Scholar-in-Residence
Eveline Goodman-Thau
February 5-8, 1987
Thursday, February 5
Lecture: "Democracy and the Jewish State"
7:30 p.m., Pine Room, Kansas Union
Friday, February 6
Shabbat Dinner, 5:00 p.m. & Services, 7:45 p.m.
"The Holocaust from a Personal Perspective"
Lawrence Jewish Community Center, 917 Highland
R.S.V.P. to Hillet for dinner by Feb. 5
Saturday, February 7
10:00 a.m., Services and Kiddush Lunch
6:15 p.m., Havdalah, Potluck Supper and Israeli Dancing
Lawrence Jewish Community Center
Of those confirmed cases, about half have died, according to CDC figures.
who have contracted AIDS
through heterosexual contact has risen from only a few in 1981 to 45 in 2013, more than 30,000
concluded cases.
Sunday, February 8
12:30 p.m., Lox and Bagel Brunch
Discussion: "Defending Israel in Public Debate"
Lawrence-Jewish Community Center
$3.00 non-members $1.00 members
5:00—7:00 p.m., Graduate and Faculty Forum
"Women in Israel"
505 Ohio
"The person who benefits from the test is the individual and the contacts of that individual," Dowdle said.
Sunday, February 8
For more information, reservations and rides, call Hillel,
749-4742
ATLANTA — Federal health officials, worried by an increase in AIDS among heterosexuals, said yesterday that they might recommend that AIDS blood tests be mandatory for all patients admitted to hospitals and even couples applying for marriage licenses.
Health officials advocate AIDS tests
The federal Centers for Disease Control have invited 250 public health officials to Atlanta for a public hearing to discuss its pro-
The test for antibodies to the AIDS virus now is required only for blood donors.
The Associated Press
Dowdle said the CDC was not proposing that a person who tested positive for the AIDS antibody while applying for a marriage license be denied a license.
The CDC will decide after the hearing whether to make a formal proposal about expanded testing for AIDS. Such a recommendation that state hospitals or government agencies make the tests mandatory would not be binding on them. Dowdle said.
further infection. We're looking for a public forum." Dowdie said. "We're saying these are the ways the test might be used. Here are the justifications, here are the obstacles."
One obstacle, he said, could be a concern over confidentiality. Hospitals and government agencies would have to ensure that test results remain secret to prevent discrimination.
Dowdle said the proposal is being considered now because tests for exposure to the AIDS virus are not available, because the number of Americans
"What the meeting is really about is exploring the issues related to using the test to prevent
Those invited to the hearing Feb. 24-25 include members of civil liberties groups, who may oppose the proposal. Dowdle said.
posal, said Dr. Walter Dowdle, the CDC's AIDS director.
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