European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 20, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes Friday. March 20.1987 aids vaccine ready for human testing new York we Bristol Myers co. Plans to seek government approval this month for human tests of in aids vaccine that appeared to be partially effective on chimpanzees a spokesman said thursday Bristol Myers Stock climbed 4vk to 107 on wednes Day after to plan was disclosed. Jerry Parrot a spokesman Tor the nation third Large so pharmaceutical company said ill Oncogene subsidiary based in Seattle will ask the food and drug administration to allow it to test inc vaccine on humans. This is a Normal part of the process and Here s a lot of work ahead before we decide if we want to make 8 new drug  he said. Scientists Al Oncogene have used genetic engineering to manipulate vaccinia virus to thai in manufacture two surface proteins from the aids virus gp-110 and op-41. In humans according to theory the proteins would stimulate the body to produce antibodies. Or. George j. Todaro Oncogene s scientific director said inc Chimpanzee experiments have been encouraging. According to the Chicago Tribune some chimps became infected even after receiving the vaccine but the infections were fewer than those in a control group. A number of other companies around the world arc testing potential aids vaccines. In inc first reported trial of an experimental aids vaccine on humans a French doctor reported he had Given the vaccine to himself and a group of volunteers is she nose this Frog personally a thud a Sefluth american waxing ire Frog imposes on the nose of Julia Green. Hal she s not Happing mad. It s one of Green s favourites in the Amazon display Al the Vancouver aquarium Vancouver British Colombia. Americans income rises 0.9%, biggest increase in 10 months Washington up american personal in come Rose 0.9 percent in february the Best gain in id months while personal consumption increased a Trory 1.7 percent for the month the Commerce department said thursday. The increases far exceeded most economists expectations some of inc personal income gains stemmed from a Federal and military pay raise while Auto sales accounted for most of february s increase in personal expenditures. The Commerce department said personal income raw $32,-4 billion to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of s3.581 trillion. That figure represents what a year s Worth of income would be if every month were like february find seasonal factors were ignored. The 0.9 percent gain in personal income during february marts the hell growth since april when the category Rase  percent and follows a revised 0.2 percent  in january. The Commerce depart ment former had said the re was no income growth in january. Income Smih has expected because she nation s payroll grew a was Oneilly adjusted 337,000 workers in february and the average work week lengthened 12 minutes to total 35 hours. A 3 percent pay raise for civilian and Federal government employees also helped the commerce1 department said. After tax income Rose 1.2 percent in february again inc Host showing since april when it went up 1.3 per cent. Commerce department analysts credited the in crease to the relatively Low amount of Federal tax being withheld under the new tax system. The government gradually will take a bigger amount from paychecks As More people fill out their new w-4 tax withholding forms the Commerce department said. The 1.7 percent Rise in personal consumption expenditures to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of �2.856 trillion follows a 2 percent drop in january. Motor vehicle sales figured heavily in both months the com Merce department said. Purchases of durable goods autos dishwashers and other items meant to last several years Rose at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of s24.s billion during the month. Nondurable goods purchases also increased si0.7 billion while sales of services went up $13,6 billion. America s personal savings ran personal income minus purchases interest paid on consumer Loans and Money Lent overseas totalled nearly 3.6 percent of personal income Down from january s 4 percent but far above december s 1.2 percent when car sales were especially High. December s savings Rale was the lowest since such duta keeping began in 1959. From Zaire. In a letter to inc British journal nature researcher in the Case said the doctor s immune system created defences against iwo varieties or the aids virus. But it docs not mention whether he win Bier exposed to the aids virus to Sec if the vaccine prevented infection. Acquired immune deficiency syndrome devastate the body s defences against disease leaving a person prey to other life threatening infections and certain cancers. 14 is caused by a virus that is passed through blood and sexual Contact and from infected mothers to their unborn infants. The disease appeared ural in male homosexuals and intravenous drug users. Democrats have own troubles consultant says Atlanta a Lite democratic party is weak and Only a minor political earthquake can enable it to capture the while House in 1988, according to a report by party consultant Patrick Caddell. Caddell who helped plot Jimmy Carter s winning strategy in 1976, is to release his Repon Friday in Washington to tupac 88, a group of influential party fund raisers. Details of the paper were reported in thursday s editions of the Atlanta journal. Caddell said the Iran Contra scandal merely open the door for a democratic Victory. Whatever damage the scandal inflicts on the re publican party it does not solve the Public s problem with the democratic party his report said. It docs not solve our economic message problem answer doubts about our defense position or provide us with a powerful message of vision Tor the future. The unpleasant truth is. The party has never been weaker in our lifetime and the array of obstacles and trends More  it said As democrats we have been victims of self delusion the delusion that ours is still the ration s majority party that a generation of National defeats can be explained by unique defects of Candi Date circumstance tactics or calculation and that Vic tory is Only a Quick fix  Caddell said a democratic Candida be must be Strong in the South but a candidacy that is primarily South Ern in Appeal will not be  in addition to appealing to Eastern voters the democratic nominee must break Republican strongholds in either the mid West or West he said. His Repon advises the party to look for a nominee who follows a Campaign modelled on John f. Kennedy s successful 960 race. Kennedy s message was National a general election Appeal from Day one. Most critically. Kennedy sewed up the nomination without earing apart the party he said. Caddell whose polls predicted Carter s 1976 Victory and 1980 defeat is a Washington based business consultant who plans to work for sen. Joseph Biden d del., who has set up a Campaign committee for die parly s 1988 nomination. House panel opposes a Home loan fee hike Washington a the Reagan administration s proposal to charge veterans a higher fee for government guaranteed Home Loans lost an opening round thursday. The House veterans affairs subcommittee on hous ing and memorial affaire unanimously approved a Resolution opposing an increase in the veterans administration Home loan fee from i percent to 2.5 percent. Subcommittee chairman Marcy Kapl Tir a Ohio said the proposal would raise the average fee from $600 to $1,500. The congressional budget office has said the fee increase could prevent 2q. 100 veterans from buying a Home in fiscal 1988. The a has guaranteed 12 million Home Loans with a total value ofs275.4 billion since 1944. Kaptur said More than 7.$ million of the Loans totalling jik.7 billion have been repaid  the effective Ness of the program. The Reagan administration has tried without Suc Cess to increase the fee for the Lasi i rec  Resolution now moves to the full committee