European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 18, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Sunday january 18, 1987 the stars and stripes Page s licensing of unproven aids drug urged Rockville. To in a highly unusual slip. Pane of expert i Dichl advisers to the food twid Isug administration recommended Friday that a promising drug Agrimi aids be licensed for Sale despite what the scientists described As major gaps in knowledge about ils effectiveness Anil safety. An extraordinary situation requires extraordinary said or. Stanley m. Lemon of the univer sity of North Carolina one of the panellists. The drug. or at is the first shown to prolong the lives or aids patients. The recommendation to License the anti viral drug snot binding on the Federal Agency which is not expected 10 decide the Issue for weeks. The drug is manufactured by Burroughs wellcome co. Of research Tri Angle Park. . Before making its recommendation the committee was Lorn by what several of its members termed an excruciating knowledge about the drug known to have serious topic Side effects is far More limited than what is normally required 10 approve a drug for marketing but the panel concluded that an exception should be made for inc Only drug yet found to be effective against a spreading Kilter for which there is no other treatment. Approval came Only after the panel heard Assur ances from Burroughs wellcome that the company would make at available Only to patients who. Stud ies indicate would be helped More Nan harmed. The panel also called for major additional research on inc drug s effectiveness and safely. The panel concluded that existing research prove Only that benefits outweighed the risks for 24 weeks in aids Paige rats who had recovered from a form of pneumonia and in certain patients with aids related Complex who showed signs of serious damage to their immune systems. To the single controlled clinical study thai has been completed a2t prolonged the lives of these patients but it also caused severe anaemia and other blood prob lems in Many. The scientists stressed that much was not known about at including its Long term effectiveness and toxicity and its interactions with other drugs. Or. David Barry vice president for research at Bur roughs wellcome outlined the company s unusual proposal to control distribution of at. He said the plan which is still being designed would curb dangerous misuse and insure hat a limited Supply went to inc patients who needed it most. The company will require doctors to provide medical profiles of patients and committee of scientist will decide which patients qualify to receive at. The panel did not try to resolve the difficult ques Tion of exactly what Type of aids patients if the narrow Range studied so far should have Access to the and several scientist a the meeting argued thai in addition to the. Patient who have had in pneumonia Carinio at have certain severe ads related conditions Many aids patients with other infections brought on by immune deficiency vice Donald s. Jones the top military aide Tode Berisf Secretary Ca Par w. W Einberger will retire on March 1 after More than 35 years of Active service the Pentagon announced Friday. Jones 58, a native of Madison wis., has been Weinberger s military assistant since last Spring. The Pentagon said it was not prepared to announce Jones replacement. But a ranking official who requested anonymity said Weinberger would rotate the Post through the services by selecting air Force maj. Gen. Gordon e. Fornell to replace Jones. Jones predecessor was army it. Gen. Colin Powell who earlier this month be came the Deputy to president Reagan s new National Security adv Ier Frank Carlucci. For Cal 50, is the Corn Mander of Theair Force armament div at Eglin fab fla., which is responsible for developing and testing new bombs and weaponry for aircraft. A native of Chicago Fornell is a Veteran Pilot who flew 200 combat mis Sions during the Vietnam War. According to she source Fornell came to Weinberger s attention during the Early years of the Reagan presidency when tie served a Pentagon tour As a Spe Cial assistant for 1cbm on such things As the development of the my missile. In another personnel matter the Pentagon announced that Ryazan has nominated rear adm. Walter t. Proiti or. To receive his third Star and the rank of Vic Admiral. Piotti 52, a native of Newton mass. Now is the commander of the Mil itary sea lift come. Wilson made the rounds at opening nights and celebrity haunts and was especially fond of prattling starlets. He said he was known As the three b s editor booze bosoms and behind he praised More than he slammed and his humorous thrusts generally were More gentle than barbed. He also gave special plugs to people from Ohio. One of his Standard interview ques Tion was what his subject wore to bed. He signed off his daily column that s Earl a writing device he employed frequently was to talk about his subjects through the eyes of "the-b.w.," which stood for Beautiful wife meaning i wife of 50 years. Rosemary. She died last february at age 76. Nobody Ever feared or he said re counting a time he telephoned Elizabeth Taylor to ask if her Jamesr martial a Lii was permanent. He said Taylor responded Cristy hang up Earl. I m watching a that ended my dreams of being a superpower Wilson wrote. Sanas of time in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today ,. Jan. Is 1947 president Truman announced in Washington that the secretaries of War and the Navy had agreed on a merger of the armed forces under one Secretary of National defense. 30 years ago today. Jan 18, 1957 supporting presi Dent Eisenhower s Middle emt doctrine. Gen. Alfred Gruenther Farmer supreme Allied commander in Europe told the House foreign affairs committee that under present conditions the United utes is the Only possible challenger to the soviet Union in the Middle Easi. 20 years ago today. Jan. Is 1967 communist Parry chairman Mao tie lung and his faction appeared id have an upper hand in China s Power struggle Ana threats of violence in peking and other cilia were dissipating according id a japanese report from peking. 10 years ago a Day. ,. Jan. 18, 1977 a Utah state prison firing u god killed Gary Gilmore with four shots through the Chest in Point of the Mountain Utah in the unite states first execution in a in it
