European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 19, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday october 19, 1985 the stars and stripes Page 5 san Antonio warns aids victims those spreading deadly virus May be charged san Antonio. Tews a the cily department has hand delivered letter to 14 aids Vic Tims warning that so Ual activity will result in Fehmy charges and the mayor says carriers of the disease should transcend their individual rights in deference to society. The letters dispatched this week also order the aids victims to avoid exposing others to the disease through sharing Needles or donating blood or plasma and to caution physicians and dentists with whom they conic into Contact. I think most people arc reasonable and that they will follow the last paragraph in inc letter to accept this letter in the spirit in which it was intended and help me in my Effort to protect the Public health " or. Cou Rand Rothe director of the health department said thursday. Role said he became concerned about the spread of acquired immune deficiency a and rom after a male prostitute in Houston Whu is an aids victim said he would continue to engage in sexual activity. Seventeen people Are known to have aids in the san Antonio area but letters were sent to Only 14, Roth said there is no concern about the three others spread ing the disease he said. Me declined to elaborate. Roth said his Agency is working under the authority of the Texas communicable disease prevention and control act. Which allows controls on people who Are health risks to the Community. Violation of the warnings could result in third degree felony charges. Mind you we can Only do this if there is a credible complaint from someone he said. Mayor Henry Cisneros has not commented directly on the letters but urged aids victims wednesday to transcend their individual rights so they can play roles As part of the larger society " any person who has it first of All. Owes an Obliga Tion to ail of us to Girt themselves  the mayor said. They should not  Slough off their obligation to others As human  earlier this month. Cisneros urged health officials to publish pamphlets on aids which strips the  of its immunity against disease and to hold a Public forum to increase awareness. Rothe said he received a report from a physician that one of his patients knew of at lease three aids patients in inc san Antonio area who would not limit their activities. Forty aids cases have been reported in san Antonio since 1981, and 23 people have died from the disease the health director said. Acne Medicine May increase heart attack risk Boston up1 an acne medication taken by 600,000 people appears to increase the risk of heart disease and stroke if used for Long periods a new study shows. The drug acc Tanc was tested on 53 patients for 20 weeks and found to reduce Levels of so called Good cholesterol in inc bloodstream and increase Levels of bad cholesterol the study said. Cholesterol ratios returned to Normal once the therapy was discontinued it said. The study conducted by researchers at the mount Sinai medical Center in new York City was published in the new eng land journal of Medicine. What i would say is that if one Verc otherwise at Low risk of heart disease or stroke the therapy would put them at moderate risk. But it would not go from Low risk to High risk said or. Susan Bershad a dermatologist and one of the researchers. If one were at moderate risk it could put one from moderate into the High risk group. It s not a dramatic difference she said. Acc Tane approved by the food and drug administration in 1982, is prescribed for severe acne. Hoffmann Laroche maker of the drug estimates approximately 600,000 patients have been treated to Date. The study showed acc Tanc increased blood Levels of Choc sterols called Low density lipoproteins which promote heart at tacks and stroke. It reduced Levels of High density Iofi proteins which reduce the risk of heart attacks and stroke. Acc Tane also is believed to increase the risk of birth defects. Hoffmann Laroche has labelled the drug with warnings a St use during pregnancy or at times when a woman May become pregnant. Perhaps the most serious concern about this medication has been whether its use especially to treat less severe cases of acne can be justified in View of its systemic Side effects the report said. Bershad said her patients mostly in their teens and Early 20s. Arc not Likely to develop heart disease immediately but if they were to continue the therapy for longer periods of time their risk of devel Oping problems during Middle age would be increased. If someone takes acc Tanc for one 20 week course in my opinion there is very Little  of increased risk Bershad said. If they take it for longer it should be for very Good reasons and with this warn ing Long term therapy might increase the risk of heart  the study said the 53 otherwise healthy patients with acne All had triglyceride Levy s before therapy of under 200 milligrams per Decilier a cholesterol level currently considered healthy. After 20 weeks of acc Tanc therapy two patients had marked increases in Levels to More than 500 milligrams per Decilier tight had mild to moderate elevations the study said. Big glaring error Cost Maryland $446,102 Baltimore up for 10 years a stroke victim received disability checks 23 times greater than what they should have been. Now the Szalc is trying to collect $446,102.02 from him. Calling the Case one big glaring  Bennett Shaver the executive director of the Maryland  and pension sys tem said thursday that officials discovered the computer error and quickly moved to obtain a court order to freeze Roy Wright s As sets. Sands of Tim it s hard to believe that or. Wright did t realize he was receiving the wrong amount Shaver said. That is not to excuse the fact we made a big glaring  Shaver said that Wright who suffered a stroke in 1975, began receiving disability pension checks in 1977 including one that was retroactive for 23 months. Wright 58, who was supposed to receive a monthly Check for $144.35, somehow was mailed an initial Check for $3,336.51. That retroactive payment should have totalled $3.320.05. To compound the problem those big checks never stopped coming. The former slate Highway administration worker could not be reached for comment. Stale auditors discovered that Wright who should have received $23,692.35 in the decade since his retirement had in fact received $469,794.37. We re not entirely Jure exactly who made the mistake or How Shaver said. He said the slate filed a civil suit against Wright charging him with fraud unjust enrichment and mistake in fact. There arc no plans however to seek criminal charges against him. We Hope we can work out a feasible repayment program Shaver said. But after All he did receive a tremendous sum of Money to which he was not  the executive director said the Svetc sends out 40,000 checks Worth roughly $40 million each month. New Coke Frails classic in . Sales in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. Oct. 19, 1945 prosecutors from the ., Russia France and great Britain presented an indictment con Taining formal charges against 24 top nazis to the Nuernberg War crimes court. Some of the charges were conspiracy to commit ruthless War against nations and people. Murder plunder and Wanton destruction of cities a devastation not justified by military necessity. 30 years ago foday. Oct. 19, 1955 in new York Ben Hogan announced his formal retirement from competitive Golf. 20 years ago today. Oct. 19, 1965 David Miller who publicly burned his draft card during a rally in new York protesting . Involvement in Vietnam became the first person formally charged with destroying a draft card in violation of a new Federal Law. 70 years ago foday. Oct. 19, 1975 the Navy thinks enrolling women at the . Naval Academy next fall will Foster cuddling Between the sexes on Campus and upset military discipline a Navy official said. New York a coca cola co. Confirmed thursday that coca cola classic is outselling new Coke in the United states adding to the mounting Chi be that maybe the no. 1 soft drink maker should t  tampered with its 99-year-old formula. In addition coca cola co s International Roll out of new Coke originally scheduled for this fall has been delayed to Spring said spokesman Carlton Curtis. Curtis made the disclosures when called at Coke s at Lanta Headquarters by the associated press in connection Wilh the company s quarterly earnings statement. That statement said coca cola s operating profit fell 3 percent in the third Quarter from a year ago partly because of the National Roll out of new Coke. When coca cola this Spring unveiled a new formula to replace the original it sparked Tierce protests from com Sumers. The Din grew so bad that the company brought Back old Coke As classic Coke in july. Then a new controversy arose. Some Loyal old Coke drinkers maintained that classic Coke was t the real thing despite the company s insistence to the contrary. Curtis said he did t know by How much classic Coke was outselling new Coke in this country. We Don t have specific numbers he said. We feel it new Coke will eventually outsell classic  he said classic Coke is Strong in the South and South East new Coke is Strong in the Northeast and West. The reverse is True in Canada where new Coke is out Selling classic Coke two to on he said. New and classic cuke also arc available in puerto Rico but it s too Early to Tell there How the sales break Down he said. Curtis repeated that the reason coca cola introduced new Coke in april was to Spur sales growth of the coca cola Brand that strategy has been successful he said. The coca cola Brand is growing More dram locally than it has in Many Many  or at a rate of 9 percent is. 2 percent he said in its earnings statement coca cola said its net income in the third Quarter was 11.6 percent higher than during the same period a year ago. However the increase came from higher non operating income and a reduction in the company s effective tax rate the company said. Operating profit fell because of higher marketing costs it said citing the National distribution of coca cola classic and Cherry Coke plus additional support for other sugared products. Market analyst Stuart Goldman in new York said com Pany officials told him a month ago that Coke classic was outselling the new formula by 70 percent to 30 percent nationwide. He said coca cola was surprised and extremely disappointed in its new product. The real question is when do they kill the new Coke Goldman said. If the volume on new Coke is really poor then it becomes a Cost not a  Goldman added "1 think it s highly Likely that new Coke will die. I think it will be pulled from the Market in the near future. I la go on the record that before 1986 is ended there won t be a new