European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 28, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday May 28, 1986 the stars and stripes Page 7 aids infection rate uncontrolled expert says Philadelphia a far Loo Little Effort has been made to Stop lie spread of aids and keeping Ninf cycled Nomos null men from catching he lethal disease should be Amajor Public health goal a researcher said monday there is link evidence that the epidemic has been  said or. Lewis h. Kulli Rofle University of Pittsburgh. In spite of changes in behaviour there is Evi Dence thai in Many of the cities hardest hit the infection rate still appears to be rising. Thai is the most crucial variable in this epidemic the number of people being infected not the number of cases of  since the epidemic was recognized in 1982, More than 20,000 people in the United states have gotten the disease. Bui experts believe several times that number Are infected with the aids virus and some of these people perhaps 20berceni will eventually get the disease. Otherwise healthy homosexuals who arc infected with the virus arc capable of passing the infection on to theirse sual partners. About 63 percent of aids victims have been homosexual or bisexual men. Seventeen percent Are Needle drug users while an additional 8 percent Are both homosexual and drug abusers. The prevention of infection of the individual who s nol already infected is the most important Factor of this epidemic Kuller said. The Coal of our society must be to try to protect the individual from  presented a report on the aids epidemic at the annual meeting of the american association for the advancement of science. Whether the classic Loots of disease prevention can be used to Slop the spread of aids is still  question is whether it will be possible to Aller in a. Serious and profound Way. The behaviour of millions of men and women said or. Ronald buyer of the Hastings Cen Ter in Hastings on Hudson . This will require the alteration of forms of behaviour that Are deeply linked psychological and biological drives and the deepest sources of pleasure. This is not a modification of behaviour thai will be required for a Brief period but for the life of inc individual who s infected.". -. Kuller noted that most of the federally financed drive against aids has been focused on keeping track of the number of cases and understanding the biology of the disease so treatments and vaccines can be found. We have been remarkably successful in All of those. Areas he said. In the Effort related to control at the epidemic our efforts have been  Kuller noted that inc centers for disease control in tends to spend is million this year far local efforts to educate and test High risk individuals. To have a significant Impact on the spread of the disease he said i would be necessary to spend closer Losi 50 million. Among Kuller s proposals is a major Effort to screen homosexuals for evidence in their blood of aids infection. People who know they Are infected might be careful to keep from passing the disease on id others. Screening centers could Issue cards to individuals report ing Ilic re sults and Dales of their blood tests if such voluntary efforts Don t work he wrote in May be necessary o consider More aggressive approaches including the identification within the Community of u sub set of individuals who arc infectious and nol willing to adhere to common sense approaches to the reduction of the transmission of the disease.". Several studies have shown thai acquired immune deficiency syndrome is most often spread among homosexuals through receptive anal Intercourse. Experts believe Man homosexuals have stopped this practice but in is Silil relatively  Survey in new York showed thut about three quarters of homosexual men engaged in his Type of Intercourse before the epidemic compared Witlip about half in late 1984. Despite the change in behaviour the percentage of men infected in cities with targe numbers of a ids cases continues to Rise. Vigil honouring aids victims asks for More Money Seattle a the hardest thing about having aids is being Cut off from the rest of humanity. Louis Cave lure said monday As a 24-hour Vigil for victims of the deadly disease Drew to a close. La venture who suffers from acquired immune deficiency syndrome was among the speakers Ai o noon rally. The Vigil began no 7 . Sunday As Parton a nationwide Observance sponsored by mobilization against aids. The purpose of the Vigil was to remember those who have died of ads la Call far s640 million in Federal funds for the next fiscal year for disease research and programs and to try to quell the hysteria about the disease said Tom Freeman of the Seattle chapter of mobilization against aids. We re trying to say clearly and emphatically that you cannot get aids from Cas Ual Contact he said. The disease for which there is no known cure is transmitted through bodily fluids including semen and blood. We feel the Reagan administration has been totally remiss in their response to inca ids crisis Freeman said. Mobilization against aids also is calling for Laws to assure anonymity for people who take tests for the aids antibody or participate in aids research and to ban discrimination against victims of the d is Casc. Sivc Niurca snid Counselor and friends had encouraged him to develop u fighting spirit since he Learned he had the disease Hist year. I did t wan to by Atanac but 1 fell i needed to be lie said adding that in was the persistence of others Hal pulled him out of his Shell. W. A. Prisons told to refuse new inmates 75 arrested Charleston . A  Moore monday ordered corrections officials monday to refuse new inmates at weal Virginia prisons saying poor conditions continue because of overcrowding. Moore s order said overcrowding severely inhibits the efforts of the depart ment of corrections to address the conditions of confinement at each of those institutions prosecutors and judges responded immediately that Moore has no right to tamper with the judicial system. To remain in effect the order will remain in effect until Moore and corrections commissioner a a Dodrill determine thai conditions Are appropriate and warrant the acceptance of additional  according to Moore the number of in mates at stale prisons was 1,466 in april1934, 1.544 in april 1935 and 1,726 on april 1,1986. Circuit and slate supreme court judges have ruled conditions at some prisons unconstitutional and ordered cuts in prison populations. Some county jails also have been under orders to reduce overcrowding. County iils Moore s order did not say where inmate would go but Moore s press aide Charlotte Roberts said they would have to be held in county jails. Kanawha county prosecutor Charlie King said he does t believe the slate can or in pc fro try 4 -b1 Chiea source Ime in the . Iocent Chang previous year a t  r 1 _ i to v 977. 79 81 83 85 3 Tribune graphic s Fri sail Ileal abstract of . Legally refuse prisoners or Tell judges not to sentence people o the Penitentiary circuit judge John hey who has eight convicted felons scheduled for sentencing Friday said the state supreme court will have to clarify the order. I can understand his frustration and exasperation hey said. Everyone in the system is frustrated and exasperated with the  Dodrill and Deputy corrections commissioner William Whyte could not be reached monday. Dodrill was said to be at Moore s office but the Telephone there went unanswered and Whyle s Telephone was Busy for in least two hours. Jerry Hedrick Warden at West Virginia Penitentiary at Moundsville was out of his office until later in the week. Took hostages on new year s Day inmates at the Moundsville Penitentiary look 16 hostages and killed three prisoners they believed to be informant the prison was 40 prisoners Over capacity it the time. A fourth inmate was killed in his cell in March circuit judge Andy Macqueen said Moore s order docs not mean that anyone who deserves to be in prison will be set free but that a person who poses a threat to the Community might have to be held in a local jail. In California lottery sting Lono Beach Calif. A police arrested about 75 people wanted on As started arrest warrants after luring them into the open by offering each 500 free lot Tery tickets. The sting was the idea of Long Beac detective Paul Chastain who suggested authorities mail the offer for free lottery tickets to 1,000 people wanted on felony warrants mostly for drug related of lenses. Bach letter said its recipient had won 500 lottery tickets in a drawing held during the recent big race run in Long  Headquarters was set near Long Beach Airport with a phone to handle Calls from ticket winners. The arrests were made wednesday and thursday they re going to grab you Jancel Lynn ii said her husband told her. Mrs. Kish 37, was arrested on $7,500worlh of warrants one of them issued after she escaped from a Halfway House where she had been living on a work furlough after an armed robbery conviction. Two  were for possessing weapons and ammunition and for shoplift ing. I Don t even get my tickets she asked. Vef May forever try old glory Over Condo Patio Marina Del Rev Calif. A a Veteran who vows never w take Down the american hag he is flying on his Patio despite the orders of his condominium association May have won his Point. More than 70 people have called retired army capt James Meltzer 63, and offered support and Ai run the Secretary of the association said monday that he will ask his fellow Board members to drop a pending lawsuit. I am totally in favor of seeing Hal flagpole stand said Ruh Secretary of the Villa san remo homeowners association i think the suit should be dropped. I Don i know How the others feel. I will propose that we drop  Moltzer a decorated world War ii Veteran erected his Flag last july and the association told him the flagpole violated condominium rules and he had to take it Down. He refused the association filed Suil and he Case Drew wide publicity. Attorneys called me up willing to take this Case not on a contingency basis but for nothing Mel Lucr said monday. Several Condo owners at Villa san remo flew lags on memorial Day. Association members said the Flag is not the Issue it s the pole Meltzer erected in his enclosed Patio behind three taller Pine Trees. I m not against the Flag Board president Henry Cor Dova said. "1 in flying the Flag in front of my place right now. It covered my brother s grave on Corregidor. We just Don t want to set a precedent Cordova said he Mel Lucr never asked  the Patio is land owned in common by Meltzer and his neighbors but dedicated for his use. He May put furniture there but nothing permanent without permission Accord ing to association rules