European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 13, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes August 1985 monogamous relationship called Best Way to avoid aids stateside Washington up the Best Way to Stop the spread of deadly aids is for the government to persuade americans to develop a socially acceptable Type of sex Safe the head of the National centers for disease control in Atlanta said James who is leading the Battle against acquired immune deficiency said amazing Progress has been made in the past five but there is still a Long Way to go before a cure is in the Mason said on abcs this week with David the Best tactic is to stress Preven Tion of the which is most often transmitted sexually and strikes homosexuals most we know How this disease is Mason if we can convince people to shift their if people will develop a socially acceptable Type of sex Safe sex a monogamous then we can Stop the transmission of this disease in its weve got to get out into every not just those cities that have most of the but into every Community and Hamlet and see if we cant modify behaviour so that we can Stop this he appearing with Mason was Henry d who charged that the Reagan administration has shortchanged research on a charge Mason de Mason acknowledged that there is no question were facing a disastrous epidemic of which destroys the body natural defences to an estimated i million americans carry the aids virus in their and have come Down with the which has been fatal in about half the cases re ported so chairman of a House subcommittee on called for a massive government Effort to find a cure something like the Manhattan project that developed the atomic bomb during world War rejecting suggestions that aids is optional and could be avoided by changes in Waxman argued that we need to find a Way to treat this rather than pursue what Jeffrey Levi of the National Gay task another guest on the called a blame the victim Mason noted there Are a number of ways to get but he said the threat of its spreading through blood transfusions a special concern to Haemophiliacs has been reduced by new tests that reveal the Leav ing sexual Contact As the primary also among aids victims Are intravenous drug and Mason said the government also needs to persuade drug abusers to Stop using those drugs or to clean up the Needles and the drug Hospital to open special unit Tor victims of deadly disease los Angeles a a special unit for victims of aids will open at a Hospital in this where health officials estimate new cases of the deadly ailment will develop in the next five it is estimated that Well Over people in the los Angeles area have been exposed to the aids said Marc chief executive officer of Sherman Oaks Community where the unit will be we can therefore expect that around new cases will develop Over the next five he this will create tremendous pressure on los Angeles hospitals to mobilize adequate Sherman Oaks expects to meet that need by creating a special unit for patients with the acquired immune deficiency and staffing it with specially trained the Hospital in the san Fernando Valley is already famous for its Burn where comedian Richard Pryor was treated in the announcement about the unit focuses attention on a debate among healthcare professionals about separating aids patients from others in the which is the plan at Sherman aids patients May feel a stigma because they Are kept away from other said Judy spokeswoman for a group called aids project los she acknowledged that aids patients Benefit from being treated by specially trained and More empathetic were putting the unit in to provide the highest level of care for the aids patient we Goldberg nurses will receive special and there will be three to each instead of the usual Onet six he Ron director of the county aids said health care will Benefit by not isolating aids a we dont want health care to be lulled into a sense of false Security that All the aids patients Are safely tucked away in another Sanders we want to emphasize that Good healthcare practice and infectious Dis ease precautions Are necessary with All no healthcare professional has Ever contracted the Dis ease by treating an aids officials there is no known cure for which weakens and eventually destroys the body immune it is believed to be spread through sexual contaminated Needles and blood Many of its victims Are intravenous drug users and the National centers for disease control in Atlanta says cases of aids have been reported so far and there have been 558 confirmed deaths from the 8 cities get Money for projects to inform Public about aids Washington up the conference of mayors awarded sunday to eight cities to help pay for Amia ids including a Safe sex my to Cut the incidence of the deadly the Grants Are to be used to continue a Public education and awareness drive against acquired immune deficiency a spreading viral disease that destroys the body natural immune mayors conference officials said the new the second round awarded by the Are financed with provided by the Public health Grant recipients Are private local groups with established ties to risk including Gay or bisexual men and in intravenous drug Confer ence officials the cities and projects involved Are Aid to end aids committee Cascade aids project aids project health crisis net work Northwest aids foundation the Pacific Center aids project cd action coalition and wellness and san Westside Community mental health much of the emphasis of the education Campaign undertaken by the local groups will stress providing Safe sex information to reduce the incidence of the disease and feature innovative and attention grabbing in a new rap record includes the there Sayin aids is worse than the common the written and produced by Jerry Dean Lester for the Philadelphia aids task Force with funds from the May ors is aimed at ending the misconception that aids is not a problem in the Black the recording is being made available to other the Denver with a plans to develop a travelling Safe sex musical revue to carry aids information to Gay bar Safe sex brochures will be distributed at the end of the the Portland with a will include development of a great Northwest sex development of notepads containing 12 different Safe sex comic strip narratives and the use of comic strip characters on cock Tail napkins and posters to illustrate Safe sex in san the project will focus on educating intravenous drug shutterbugs a photo Sandy Yawetz of just wanted to take a few snapshots at the Columbus but Shes having a hard time doing it because of a couple of Young twin the Grabby Little Fellows seem determined to find out How that shiny Gadget Utah air National guard makes Garn a brigadier general Salt Lake City a Utah Jake who has logged hours of flight not counting his historic space shuttle ride in has received the stars of a brigadier general in the Utah air National i dont know when Ive Felt so Garn said in ceremonies at the state air National guard base Norm who authorized the republicans promotion in was a payload specialist on the discovery and performed physiological tests that included space sickness experiments during the we Klong 2 sky divers plunge to death during parachuting exhibition a two sky divers plunged to their deaths in separate Falls at an one during a group jump in which her husband Connie of failed to open her Parachute after jumping from feet with 24 other including her and was dead upon said Stephenson county sheriffs Michael within an hour of that Mary died when her Parachute failed to said police officer August he said the Hometown of the who was unable to activate a Reserve was about sky divers had gathered for the annual exhibition at Freeport the deaths were the first since the meetings began five years ago in this Community about 100 Miles Northwest of said hundreds of illegal aliens arrested at Border san a Border patrol agents have arrested More than 600 illegal aliens in a Field where they gathered to begin their trek officials municipal police from intercepted aliens who tried to escape the raid at the so called soccer Field by running Back across the said Border patrol supervisor de we believe bandits get on the soccer Field and mingle with the illegal the commercial smugglers and scouts Are there we wanted to get As Many of them As Pyeatt authorities did not provide the exact number of those