European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 12, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                August discovery of antivirus drug claimed my inti Federal medical researchers reported wednesday discovery and successful  use of the first into am virus an achievement the scientists equated with discovery and use of the first penicillin officials of the National Insl Lule of allergy and infectious Dii Casos a Branch of the National institutes of Bald the new drug has been highly successful in trailing a Small number of cases of her Pes virus a disease that destroys hip brain the named Adenine or was termed by or Richard m of the allergy institutes o major Advance in the treatment of Seri Ous viral made from sponge derived from a sponge found in Waters off Klor Lda and the the drug was developed in a collaborative Effort involving the Institute a group of american lab oratories and clinical Davis i a Detroit pharmaceutical House and two French scientists who first suggested its possible an viral proper tics Krause said use of Arna was the first successful treatment o n life threatening viral he and six Otter a dentists at a news conference said they believed implications of the development were much Mure Farro Achini Tolian successful treatment of a brain disease while generally is relatively the broader was Hal it and similar agent could be used to cure a wide variety of viral rang ing from smallpox to the common antibiotics such As penicillin and Citra cyclones Are effective Only against Dis eases caused by the problem of viral diseases is immensely More complicated than that of bacterial diseases because viruses must get inside a cell to grow and replicate to prevent a virus from multiplying and producing an agent had to be found that would penetrate the cell Wall without harming the cell the search for sikh an agent has been under Way since 1941 when penicillin was first found to be effective against some types of the discovery of the beneficial effects of penicillin and other antibiotics has revolutionized As described at the news Adenine Arabinose de was isolated 20 years ago from a variety of Caribbean crypt Theta during a routine investigation of chemicals that might be Al fact Lac against the stars and stripes Page s together in death Twenty Niney Earold Donald Vietnam Veteran from and his Lorraine died within eight Dayo of each other under circumstances which train Engi Neer Michael mrs Koliu described Ai an own Byrne was killed july 30 when he fell from u plat form at Massapequa into the path of a Urt san Pete killed at the Tamo station under the wheels of the same train driven by the sane police at were reluctant to term her death As but one official said All Indi cations pointed toward plaque colled bad taste 19th ten fur y dem 6s haunt cafeteria Washington up ii there making a Federal Case out of an Effort to dedicate an agriculture department cafe Teria to a 19th Century guide convicted of eating five of his All demo the fuss began a week ago when depart ment officials pin up a plaque in the Small cafeteria which includes an executive dining room used by agriculture Secretary Bob the paid for by two Bergland designated me roam As the Alfred Packer Navy wins of to build hydrofoil patrol boats Washington Al defense Secre tary Harold Brown authorized the Navy to go ahead wednesday with construction of missile armed hydrofoil patrol boats he tried to cancel four months Brown announced in april that he had decided to Hall the program after review ing the systems Cost and effectiveness but Congress ignored his wishes and kept i reprogram the Pentagon announced Brown had re leased million in previously appropriated funds for procurement High Speed which would be operated for the North Atlantic at the same the Navy said it has decided to buy five More of the called pour o the ships would be armed with eight Harpoon missiles plus a Turnm the fifth hydrofoil will not be armed but would be used strictly As a test one the has been built by Boeing of Seattle and has been tested Al speeds reported As High As so some 20 knots faster than Modem destroy the hydrofoil is a boat that travels Over water on stills like in the Early Sev Elmo then chief of naval envisioned the Hydro foil As a warship of the during the planning the boat developed a number of deficiencies which caused uie Ford administration to order the Navy to review its As originally the hydrofoil patrol boats would have Cost about 29 Mil lion but that figure has been inflated to a currently estimated million who has been critical of the Quality of the food served in his invited reporters in for lunch the next Day and told them a bit of the history about the legendary Mountaineer in the Center of the Packer was convicted of five counts of cannibalism on charges that in ia4 he killed and ale five prospectors he was guid ing through the in sentencing Bergland re a Colorado judge allegedly said there was Only six democrats in All of Hinsdale county and you mandating you ate five of them1 sentence you to hang by the neck until youre As a warning against further reducing the democratic population of this was later paroled and died in a Denver in of the judge later denied the last Friday Tho plaque was removed on orders of Melvin a general serv ices administration official who is Agricula Tures building manager will out i approval irate Bergland aides said Schick told them us plaque was in bad taste and thai they had no right to hang it without his approval torn press demanded that Schick produce the regulations backing up his action in removing the Packer plaque and received a copy late the regulations appeared unclear except on one Sand he said they clearly contain a ban on spending government Money to remove they removed the plaque Al govern ment which is clearly prohibited by paragraph Sand contended ifeei4ied  International fire contained californian Thuge scar face fire wednesday but the Umo acre Marble Cone j Blaze con mind out of control threaten Long enormous damage u the Camel Valley Low of commercial Timber at scar face alone was estimated at of eventual flooding and other indirect consequences were beyond Ceu Rale since August fires started by lightning have scorched two California acres of Brush and for the first Crews introduced bulldozers into the vent Ana wilderness area Al the Marble Cone fire above the Carmel an area where motorized equipment normally is alternatives running out Forest supervisor Al whose Crews have been largely limited to said we have run out of other alternatives in the Effort keep the flames from swooping deeper into the already Marble Cone has destroyed one Quarter of the drainage area above the san dam on the Carmel loss of ground cover promised Silling and flood ing in the coming Rainy season in an area inhabited by Lens of by concentrating an the Northern end of the Marble Cone Blaze to defend Hie Carmel firefighters left the Southern flanks largely in these flanks a change in currently slow winds could blow the fire out Over yawl new Scur acc contained but Al scar face in uie Stales Northeast pm Vernon a state said the fire has been surrounded by tar croak and now we have everything in scar face began with a Bolt of lightning eight Days Al its hottest the fire mini smoke feet High and the holocaust generated its own causing rain in Sree three Miles from the Aero Mondosa fire was Only 60 per cent con on tuesday fire fighters Houghl in was  but lying embers kept jumping the with the help of diminishing How Federal and state officials were optimistic about prospects in Western Stales ill lie next few of time the Senate inquiry into Howard Hughes plane contracts Joor cd Nutu Hazbet accused Owen chairman of the Senate War investigating commit of being too cowardly to continue the 1wi a croup Al gamblers broke the Bank at the Palm Beach Casino in winning to million ram id no limit came of the Winner i then went in to Carlo worn they what they bad won in 1h7 Premier Fidel outre teemed president Johnson of responsible for an unsuccessful plot to Ull urn to cuban Leader Bald the Cia had teat cuban into the country i try to Jill government