European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 20, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday. August 20, 1987 the stars and stripes Page 5 aids vaccine to be tried on humans in . Washing in invt plans for the first human Inak in the United states of an  aids vaccine were announced tuesday by Federal officials and a Connecticut company that developed the substance. But the officials warned that an effective vaccine for widespread use was still years away at Best. In formally announcing the decision which was disclosed in news reports monday Federal health officials expressed Hope and optimism about the new vaccine but said there was nothing about its development that suggested an imminent breakthrough in preventing the deadly disease which cripples the immune system. Or. Anthony s. Fauci director of the National Institute for allergy and infectious diseases said there was really no change in the timetable previously is sued by health experts that a useful vac Cine would probably not be widely available until Well into the 1990s." he spoke at a news conference tues Day morning at which  inc., a tiny Bio pharmaceutical firm in West Haven conn., and the Federal government jointly confirmed widespread reports that the company had received the first approval from the food and drug administration to conduct a Small scale clinical trial in humans. The first tests Are expected to begin by the end of this year. Small scale human tests of other aids vaccines have already started in Zaire and France. But the new study to be experimental aids vaccine. Conducted with 81 volunteers who will he treated at the clinical Center of the National institutes of health in by this a. Mil., is the Fisl authorized in the United states. The study will investigate Only the safety of the vaccine and the degree to which it stimulates protective antibodies in the recipients. It will not try at this Point to determine whether the vaccine is truly effective in preventing aids. That would require a much bigger Anil More complicated study that could not be started for at least another 18 months even if initial tests Are promising officials say. Federal health experts said the Micro gun cays vaccine was Only the first of several candidate vaccines to reach read iness for first phase trials. A spokesman for the Fra said two other vaccine developers. Oncogene a Seattle based subsidiary of Bristol Myers and a team that includes the Institute for immunologic disorder in Houston had also sought approval to test aids vaccines. Other companies arc also working on potential vaccines As arc scores if not hundreds of researchers at institutions around the world. Officials said the  vac Cine was the first to gain approval for human testing in part because the com Pany completed the preliminary requirements first and in part because its vaccine looked highly promising in stimulating the production of neutralizing antibodies in animal tests. Such antibodies arc the part of the immune sys tem that is expected to fight off the aids virus. The vaccine was tested in hundreds of mice Guinea pigs and rabbits As Well As Rhesus monkeys and chimpanzees. It was particularly effective in raising anti body Levels in Guinea pigs. But the com Pany has not yet performed tests to see if the vaccine can protect Chimp an pcs from infection with the ii s virus and none of the other animals Are subject to such infection. The human tests will be conducted by researchers from the infectious disease Institute who Are already recruiting volunteers from the Washington area. The initial test called a phase one study will take about six months in Complete. The scientists will administer various doses of the vaccine to six healthy homosexual men who have no Trace of the aids virus or aids anti mics in their blood and whose sexual behaviour puts them at Low risk of infection. Their antibody Levels will be compared with those of a second group consisting of 15 homosexual men who will be inoculated with an alternative material and 6 heterosexuals who will receive either the vaccine or the alternative inoculation. The study will focus on homosexual men because they arc the group at great est risk and arc the most Likely target for an effective vaccine. Moreover Homo sexual men typically suffer from a differ ent Range of infections than the general Public and thus might respond differently to a vaccine. The company said it hoped to test the vaccine in a heterosexual group in Canada As Well. Accord ending Al Cio Boycott of Coors Beer Washington a the Al Cio is calling a halt to a decade Long consumer Boycott of Coors Beer ending one of the longest and most bitter labor management disputes in recent history. Al Cio president Lane Kirkland and Peter Coors president of brewery operations for Adolph Coors co., planned to hold simultaneous news conferences wednesday Here and in Colorado to announce an Accord ending the Boycott officials said tuesday night. Rex hard Sty. A spokesman for the 1.3 million member labor federation confirmed tuesday night that an agreement had been reached but would not disclose the details. However labor sources who asked not to be identified said the Accord resolves to the Al Cio s satisfaction its desire for a timely Union representation election at Coors brewery in Golden colo., and the use of Union construction workers to build a new brewery at Elkton a. The federation last february rejected a proposal by Coors that did not include those provisions. Three Al Cio unions the United Auto work ers the machinists and the operating engineers have All expressed interest in and devoted resources to organizing Coors production workers in recent years. The Al Cio launched the Boycott of Coors products in 1977 when 1,500 members of local 366 of the brewery bottling can and Allied Industrial Union walked off their jobs in a dispute Over the company s desire to subject its employees to lie Detector tests. The local which had affiliated directly with the Al Cio and rejected teamsters representation upon the de Mise of its previous International Union lost the strike and was de certified by the National labor relations Board. Coors officials have acknowledged in the past that the Al Cio Boycott in which the Union mounted a massive Campaign to urge Consumers not to buy Coors. Had frustrated their efforts to Market their Beer in the East. Sands or time in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. Aug. 20, 1947 the Spanish government banned publication of the death toll in the explosion of an Arsenal and torpedo factory in Cadiz. Unofficial Esti mates were that More than 400 people were killed and Between 2,500 and 5,000 injured. Veteran rockers turn out a new Model Rock group Fleet Ood Mac is Back with two new Roc men and plans for a concert our. They posed for a or photo in West Hollywood Calif his week. From left new member Rick Vito Christine Mck Mick Fleetwood Sevle Nicks new member Billy Burnette and John Mcvie. 30 years ago today. Aug. 20, 1957 the new York giants Board of directors voted to move the baseball team to san fran Cisco for the 1958 season. Club president Horace Stoneham said the move was contingent on san fran Cisco fulfilling certain conditions including retention of the name  20 years ago today. Aug. 20, 1967 teachers in new York Detroit and Baltimore threatened not to return to work in september if their demands including improved work ing conditions and better pay were not met. 10 years ago today aug. 20, 1977 army Secretary Clifford Alexan Der said he does not sense any longing among . Soldiers for membership in a labor Union