European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 22, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday March 22, 1987 the stars and stripes Page 5 Fra approves drug to Kef inhibits aids Washington api tie government on Fri Day approved Sale of the first drug for treatment of aids a costly and potent chemical that despite serious Side effects has been shown to keep people alive who otherwise would die. Commonly known As  or at the drug is not considered a cure for the deadly disease because it docs not kill he aids virus it docs however inhibit an enzyme needed for the virus to replicate itself and therefore helps control growth of the virus. Clinical trials tast year demonstrated to the satisfaction of the food and drug administration that at prolongs life for aids sufferers the death rate for people receiving placebos was about 16 times higher than for people receiving at those results prompted the Fra to end the rial Early so All patients participating in the test could get the drug to be marketed under the Trade name Retro Vir by Burroughs wellcome co. Of research Triangle Park. N.c., he drug taken in capsule form every four noun could Cost a typical patient $ 10,000 or More for a year s Supply. Derived from herring sperm in a Complex Chemi Cal process the drug suppresses Bone marrow in Many patients hereby reducing he production of infection fighting blood cells. That effect is so threatening o some patients the have to be Given blood transfusions to be Able to re Brover to be distributed on restricted basis. Stay on the drug. Less serious Side effects include nausea and various gastrointestinal problems. Because Retro Vir is still in Short Supply the manufacturer has outlined a restricted distribution sys tem intended to see that it goes first to seriously ill patients whose symptoms Are closest to those who participated in the clinical trials last fall. Today s approval Marks an important step but by no Means a final Victory in our ongoing War against  Robert e. Wimdom assistant Secre tary of health at the department of health and human services said in announcing pad approval. Retro Vir is not a cure for aids but it has a demonstrated ability to improve the Short term sur Vival of aids patients with recently diagnosed pc and certain patients with advanced arc said Windom. Pc is pneuma Cystis Carinio pneumonia a rare form of pneumonia found mostly in aids sufferers. Arc is Short for aids related Complex a diagnosis just Short of full fledged aids the Labelling provided to doctors will say that Retro Vir is intended for aids and arc patients wit i specific Laboratory evidence of severely de pressed immunity Ora history of pc however once a drug is approved for Sale the Fra has no authority Over How it is prescribed Burroughs wellcome has said it will rely on the word of physicians thai the patient for whom they Are prescribing it qualifies under the restricted distribution plan. Giver the absence of any alternative treatment it is widely assumed that almost All aids and arc patients will insist that their doctors prescribe re Trover for them and that most doctors will comply. Sex Sec chairman Shad named ambassador to fhe Netherlands former Sec chairman John Shad us photo Washington up former securities an Exchange commission chairman John Shad was named ambassador to the Netherlands Friday by president Reagan. He will succeed l. Paul Bremer. It had been rumoured since last fall that Shad 63, whose five year term expired last june would renamed to an ambassadorial Post. While House spokesman Albert bras car said Rea Gan does not have a successor for Shad in mind. Shad was criticized Early in his Sec tenure for not policing Wall Street vigorously enough but later Over saw the biggest crackdown Ever against securities fraud. On May 12, 1986, the Sec Chat cd investment banker Dennis Levine of Drexel Burnham Lambert inc. With using inside information to make $12.6 Mil lion in illegal profits. Levine s cooperation with the Sec and the , attorney s office led to a series of elements and prosecutions against Wall Street executives including the settlement of charges on nov. 14 against Slock Speculator Ivan a Weslty. Boesky who pleaded guilty to a felony charge agreed to pay $100 million in penalties and restitution in an arrangement worked out with the Sec. Other lop securities executives caught in the investigation included Martin Siegel and Richard Wigton of Kidder Peabody & co. And Robert Freeman a partner at Goldman Sachs. The latest individual named in the investigation was Boyd Jefferies who resigned thurs Day As chairman of jct cries croup inc., which he founded in los Angeles. Shad was born june 27, 1923, in Brigham City Utah. He was graduated with honors from the University of Southern California in 1947 after a three year interruption for service in the Navy during world War ii. He earned a master s degree in business from Harvard in 1449, and a Law degree from new York University in 1959. He is the author of several books on  business. Shad is married and has a daughter and a son and lives in new York City. Sands of time in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. March 22, 1947 French Premier Paul Ramaier said he has slim Hopes of avoiding a collapse of his four party coalition government because of opposition to his Indochina policies 30 years ago today. March 22, 1957 a Birmingham ala., City judge upheld he constitutionality of the City s bus segregation Laws and declared that to void them would be a  the decision applied to 21 Blacks who were arrested during a test of segregated seating on buses. 20 years ago today.,. March 22, 1967 Twiggy the an Gular British Model who was the fashion rage in Europe arrived in new York. ? 0 years ago foday. March 22, 1977 cuban Premier Fidel Castro said his army would not play a direct role against the White minority government of Rhodesia. He also denied reports that his troops were Lead ing an invasion of Zaire. Bumpers takes self out of 88 race Little Rock Ark. A sen. Dale bumpers d-Ark., said in a statement Friday that he will not be a candidate for the democratic presiden tial nomination next year. Bumpers 61, who was elected last year to his third Senate term considered run Ning for the nomination in 1984, but recited a Lack of Money and organization. Bumpers said a senator can work to Ward Many of the same goals that the president works  so i la turn instead to other Chal Lenges. I look Forward to being a senior member of the United states Senate and working with a new democratic presi Dent no said in his statement. Bumpers underwent knee surgery in mid february to Correct an old injury and has been walking with a Cane. In the statement bumpers said per Sonal factors weighed heaviest of All against his running because a Campaign Means a Tola disruption of one s life and the life of his family. Al would mean Alolu disruption of the closeness my family has  bumpers and his wife. Belly have three children. Bumpers was virtually unknown in a Kansas politics before being elected governor in 1970. He was elected to the sen ate in 1974, Delta rocket orbits Indonesia satellite Cape canaveral Fla