European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 13, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Monday april 13, 1987 the stars and stripes Paje 7 campaigning for contras a Young Nicaragua exile participate saturday in rally to front of the Federal courthouse in Miami. About 35 demonstrators called for Earth Eros. Rapport of the cont rebel who Are fight ing the Sand Nteta government of Nicaragua. Anti i in aids cases maker says san Francisco a the anti viral drug Zathas surpassed Early expectations for prolonging the lives of aids sufferers according to preliminary find Ings by the drug s manufacturer. About 89 percent of aids patients and those suffer ing from aids related Complex who have been treated with at. Or Rel Rover for one year Ore still alive according to officials of Burroughs wellcome co. Of North Carolina. Just 35 percent to 55 percent of them would still a alive after one year without the drug according to the Federal centers for disease control a Atlanta at is the first anti aids drug to gain approval of the food and drug administration its use was approved on March 20, with distribution limited to themos seriously ill aids patients. Aids erodes the body s ability to Ward off disease and has claimed the lives of 19,000 of the 33,000 americans who have been diagnosed with the virus since 1981. Company officials say the preliminary results Are based on study of 281 patient with acquired immune deficiency syndrome or advanced cases of aids related Complex in 12 medical centers around the country that began on feb. 20,1986,differences in How Long an aids patient lives seem to emerge after the drug has been taken six weeks company officials seems to take a while for optimal drug therapy,1 says or. Sandra Lehman senior research scientist at Burroughs wellcome. Or Paul Volberding director of aids activities at san Francisco called the results Withaft very a formal analysis of the study is expected within six weeks and will be included in at package inserts officials said. Priest s aids Case revealed Washington up the roman Catholic archbishop of Washington said saturday that he agreed to take the unusual step of revealing that one of his priests was dying from aids to demonstrate the Church s compassion for victims of the truth is always something that frees us Arch Bishop James Hickey told a news conference in de scribing Why he agreed to reveal the illness of the Rev. Michael Peterson 44, who died thursday it was Peterson s great concern that to speak of his illness would in some Way harm Hickey said but when the two clergymen met in Peterson s Hospital room on feb. 27, they discussed that fear an decided to speak out together to alleviate the isolation that aids sufferers two men sent letters to Catholic Bishops around the country asking for prayers and understanding for Peterson and All aids victims. Peterson s letter said i Hope that in my own Strug Gle with this disease. In finally acknowledging that 1 Nave this lethal syndrome there might come som measure of compassion understanding and Healing for me and for others with it especially those who face this disease alone and in Hinkley s letter details escape murder plans Washington a John or who tried to assassinate president Reagan to impress actress Jodie Foster later wrote a letter asking another person to kill Foster or to Hijack an air plane to gain his release according to court documents lied s letter was filed in . District court by Federal prosecutors seeking to Block his request for an unescorted easter visit with his family away from Hospital the mental institution where he is being was found innocent by Rea son of insanity of attempting to kill Rea Gan press Secretary James Brady a secret service agent and a City police officer All of whom were wounded to the March 30,1981, did not identify the recipient of Hinckley s letter and did not spec Ify when it was sent beyond saying that 86 crime rate declines again Washington a the amount of crime in the United states edged lower in 1986, continuing a trend that began five years ago according to a fed eral Survey of households. The number of rapes robberies an burglaries Rose last year but there were declines in assaults personal thefts an household Larcenie the Bureau of jus Tice statistics reported. Nearly 34.2 million crimes were committed in 1986, Down 1.9 percent from 34.9 million the previous year the Bureau reported. The crime count for 1985 had been the lowest in the history of the Survey which began in 1973. The Peak year for crime in the sur vey s 14-year history was 1981, when 41,5 million crimes were decline has been steady since then with some researchers attributing the trend to a decline in the size of the most crime prone group people in their lat teens and Early 20s. It was after his admission to is. Eliza Beths in 1982 and before the government stopped monitoring his mail in 1984.Hinckley refers to the recipient As Penny in his Handwritten two Page 1984, the Fri arrested Penny Lynn Bailey who was a 19-year-old Junior col lege student in Chicago on charges of threatening the life of her former High school teacher Janet Swanson. The Fri said that Bailey and Hinckley wrote teach other in september 1982, and that she had offered to kill Foster for of their letters had not been released Penny i m putting All my Trust in you and i know you won t let me Down Hinckley wrote in his letter filed in court saturday. You Are one in a million. Our dream will be realized very very in the letter Hinckley outlined three courses of action for Penny mail him a .38 Caliper pistol so he could escape from St. Elizabeths. Take the bus to new Haven conn.,to kill Foster who was then a student at Vale University. Hijack an air plane from Chicago to Washington s National Airport where she was to demand that Hinckley and Foster be brought to the we Are brought to the Airport the plane would Lake on and we could go any place we want Hinckley wrote. I would want to carry out this plan in october or of the three options Only the one that involved killing Foster did not appear intended to result in Hinckley s escape from the mental Hospital. You would have to take the bus Tonew Haven Connecticut where Jodie is at school and kill her yourself Hinck Ley wrote. It should Only Lake a couple of Days to track her chances Are Strong that you would be caught but this is also one of he Quick est and most effective ways for you to get your message to is. the letter Hinckley estimated that the bus fare and living expenses in Newhaven would Cost about $300. Hinkley s attorney Vincent a Fuller has asked the court to protect his client s diaries letters and medical records subpoenaed by the government. , District judge Barrington d. Parker has scheduled a hearing for monday on Hinkley s request for an unescorted at so Elizabeths said in a March 23 letter to the judge that Hinkley mental illness was in remission and he posed no danger either to himself or unescorted visit outside the grounds would be therapeutic to Hinckley by help ing his self esteem the psychiatrists said. First Federal trials set for March to hear Gander air crash lawsuits Louisville by. A a judge has set March 1988 trial dates for the first Federal cases stemming from Thea Row air Jet crash that killed 248 fort Campbell soldiers in december 1985. Fifty three lawsuits Are pending . District court Here and 25 in state court in Miami where Arrow is head quartered. Most cases were consolidated in Kentucky by a National panel of Feder Al judges. . District judge Edward Johnlo Esaid Friday that he could not schedule the Arrow trial which is expected to Las three weeks until next March 7. The cases pending in Florida have tentatively been set for trial in september. At a hearing Friday in Louisville some plaintiffs lawyers complained that their clients should not have to Wail 11more months to seek compensation and asked Johns Lone to let them return their cases to the Federal courts around the country in which they were originally filed. Johnstone rejected the requests an defended the Progress of he litigation. Arrow has agreed to pay compensatory damages to the estates of the crash victims. Tor cases in which settlement cannot be reached the trials would de Termine How much each estate is to repaid and whether associated aviation underwriters the airline s insurance car Rier will also be assessed punitive dam Ages which arc awarded for grossly negligent conduct. Johnstone agreed to let plaintiffs Law yers present it Sample cases next March. The verdicts in those cases presumably could be used us benchmarks in forging settlements in the remaining lawsuits the lawyers said. Johnstone said he would decide late whether the plaintiffs will present their cases for both compensatory and Puni Tive damages next March. Arrow s insurance Carrier has Settle about 170 cases brought after the crash in Gander of the unsettled cases involve soldiers who were unmarried and led no dependents. The troops members of the 101st air borne div were resuming from peace keeping duty with a multinational Force in the Sinai desert. They were killed when Arrow s dc-8 crashed shortly after Takeoff at Gander where the jul liner had slopped for Canadian aviation safely Board has Cyl to announce the cause of the crash although it is expected to release a confidential draft report later this month
