NEWS LITE : VETERANS TO SALUTE COMEDIAN CONWAY.Emmy Award-winning comic Tim Conway will be saluted as a military Veteran of the Year. Conway, who served in the U.S. Army from 1956 through 1958, was chosen for his record of charitable service and his success as an entertainer. He will receive the award Friday at a luncheon well stocked with fellow entertainers, including Carol Burnett, Harvey Korman, Ronnie Schell, Ernest Borgnine, Steve Allen,Marty Ingels and Fred Travalena. The nonprofit Veterans Foundation Inc. will sponsor the event at the Regent Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills. ``Because of the patriotic men and women who elect to wear a military uniform of a branch of the United States armed forces Used to denote collectively only the regular components of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard. See also Armed Forces of the United States. , we are a free nation and we will remain so,'' Conway said in a written statement Wednesday. Keep condoms for your teens Parents should keep condoms around the house for their teen-agers, Sharon Stone says. ``No matter how much we guide our children within our families, within our churches, within our schools, we are not stronger than the power of sexuality - particularly to a teen-ager,'' the ``Basic Instinct'' star said in a panel discussion on AIDS and youth Tuesday at the United Nations. Stone recalled how she never told her parents she was having sex in the back seat of a car as a teen-ager. ``I believe that if you truly, truly love your children, you need to supply condoms in a place in your home, at a quantity that makes it a nonjudgmental non·judg·men·tal adj. Refraining from judgment, especially one based on personal ethical standards. Adj. 1. nonjudgmental situation for them to have them,'' she said. ``I mean, put 200 condoms in a box in some place in the house where everybody isn't all the time, so that your kids can take them.'' She added: ``If they want to make water balloons out of them, great. If they want to carry them so they feel tough, great. If they want to give them to their friends, even better.'' Easy rider in space queasy QUEASY - An early system on the IBM 701. [Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959)]. on ground Now that he's been back on Earth for a few weeks, John Glenn can chuckle as he admits an embarrassing detail about his history-making flight: The flying part was fine, but the return was a problem. After the space shuttle Discovery ended its nine-day mission, there was a long time lapse before its crew emerged for the traditional inspection walk around the craft. America's oldest astronaut gave a reason Tuesday: nausea. John Glenn was throwing up. ``I didn't feel so hot,'' he told Ohio reporters gathered in Washington. Glenn, who is retiring as a Democratic senator from Ohio, said he'd been concerned about space sickness space sickness n. Motion sickness caused by sustained weightlessness during space flight, usually accompanied by disturbance of the inner ear. space , which many astronauts experience while aloft, so he took precautions during liftoff. On the return, however, ``I preloaded with too much fluid coming down,'' he said. Shot in the arm; Gateses offer gift to globe's kids With his work as Microsoft Corp. chairman under a microscope in Washington, Bill Gates came to New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of on Wednesday to promote his philanthropy. The billionaire computer mogul announced that he and his wife, Melinda, are giving $100 million to immunization programs In the 1950s, medical breakthroughs resulted in new vaccines to combat such diseases as polio and measles. States responded by requiring mandatory immunization for schoolchildren. One result was the near eradication of diseases that had previously been crippling or fatal. for children in developing countries. ``Our program has a simple goal to make vaccines you and I take for granted available to children regardless of where they live,'' Gates said at a news conference. The program will be administered by the Seattle-based Program for Appropriate Technology in Health The Program for Appropriate Technology in Health (more commonly known as PATH) is an international, nonprofit organization based in Seattle, Washington (USA); with offices in fourteen countries and more than 400 employees. through groups that include the World Health Organization and UNICEF UNICEF (y  `nĭsĕf'), the United Nations Children's Fund, an affiliated agency of the United Nations. . Most children worldwide have access to vaccines against tuberculosis, polio, diphtheria diphtheria (dĭfthēr`ēə), acute contagious disease caused by Corynebacterium diphtheriae (Klebs-Loffler bacillus) bacteria that have been infected by a bacteriophage. It begins as a soreness of the throat with fever. , tetanus, pertussis pertussis: see whooping cough. and measles. The Gates money will be used to set up programs to immunize im·mu·nize v. 1. To render immune. 2. To produce immunity in, as by inoculation. im children with relatively new vaccines for hepatitis B Hepatitis B Definition Hepatitis B is a potentially serious form of liver inflammation due to infection by the hepatitis B virus (HBV). It occurs in both rapidly developing (acute) and long-lasting (chronic) forms, and is one of the most common chronic , which causes liver disease Liver Disease Definition Liver disease is a general term for any damage that reduces the functioning of the liver. Description The liver is a large, solid organ located in the upper right-hand side of the abdomen. ; homophilus influenza B, a cause of childhood meningitis; streptococcus streptococcus (strĕp'təkŏk`əs), any of a group of gram-positive bacteria, genus Streptococcus, some of which cause disease. pneumonia, which causes ear infections and deadly respiratory illness; and rotavirus rotavirus /ro·ta·vi·rus/ (ro´tah-vi?rus) any member of the genus Rotavirus. ro´taviral Rotavirus /Ro·ta·vi·rus/ (ro´tah-vi?rus , which causes life-threatening diarrhea. Immunizing children worldwide against the diseases will reduce childhood deaths by one-third and liver cancer deaths by 75 percent, officials said. Gates and his wife became interested in world health after visiting developing countries three or four years ago. Asked about the timing of the donation in light of the ongoing antitrust trial against Microsoft, Gates said: ``Although Microsoft has provided the wealth to do this, I don't see this as being related in any way.'' The $100 million will not actually be used to buy the vaccines, but instead will be used to test them globally to make sure they work against local strains, to educate health officials worldwide about their need and to lobby agencies like the U.S. Agency for International Development to commit to paying for the shots on a long-term basis. Gates is believed to be the world's richest person with an estimated wealth of $60 billion. Figures from Forbes magazine reveal his wealth increased about $40 million a day over the past year. Asked about criticism that he has not given away enough of his money, he said: ``Every year you'll see us doing more. The wealth is something we want to give back to society in as smart ways as we can.'' Valley home fits warrior princess Lucy Lawless, TV's ``Xena: Warrior Princess,'' and her husband, Rob Tapert, have bought a house in Studio City for $1.5 million. Built in 1951, it features two master suites, a two-story guest house, maid's quarters, gym and office. The previous owner was Nancy Walker, Rhoda's mom on TV's ``The Mary Tyler Moore This article is about the actress. For her 1970s television series, also known as "Mary Tyler Moore", see The Mary Tyler Moore Show. Mary Tyler Moore Show'' and ``Rhoda.'' Walker died in 1992. Actor-pilot earns wings with honors in England One of Hollywood legend Jimmy Stewart's Air Force uniforms will be displayed at a British museum. The uniform, donated by the late actor's family, will be presented along with American combat aircraft at the Duxford Imperial War Museum at Cambridge, the museum said Tuesday. Stewart was already an Oscar winner when he flew 20 combat missions in World War II, based at Tibenham, England, northeast of London. He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross and the French Croix de Guerre. He resumed his screen career after the war and made a total of 80 films. He died in July 1997 at the age of 89. ``This uniform, on show to Duxford's 450,000 visitors each year, will remind us all that James Stewart was not only a fine actor but also a brave aviator who flew on perilous daylight missions from Britain,'' said museum director Ted Inman. The museum didn't say when the uniform would go on display. News Lite is compiled by Karen Duffy from Daily News staff and wire reports CAPTION(S): 3 Photos PHOTO (1) Bill Gates and his wife, Melinda, announce a $100 million gift. Ed Bailey/Associated Press (2) Stewart (3) Stone |
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