European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 13, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Sunday March 13, 198b the stars and stripes Page 5 study has bad news for aids victims virus nearly always leads to fatal disease san Francisco a three quarters of those carrying the aids virus will develop either inc fatal disease or an aids routed condition within six Yean of infection University of California scientists report. Researchers from us san Francisco said their three year study made important advances in tracking the progression of the virus but found Lillic to encourage Hope for Long term survival among those infected with it. What we saw was thai the number of nose showing no effects from his aids virus infection is very Small said Andrew Moss a Csc associate professor of epidemiology and International health. This Means that if you arc infected with the aids virus you will almost certainly go on to get the study was the first to base the prediction of progression to aids or ads related Complex called arc on microscopic changes in patients blood the researchers said. Trie author of an earlier study on inc topic said the new report apparently provides important information for infected people trying to decide whether to Lake immediate risks with anti viral drugs or wait for advances in treatment. The big question still is Wilt everybody Al some Point Progress from the virus to aids. Or is there a Chance thai some people will be Able to ride it out for 15 years " said Paul o Malley director of the City Public health department s aids research project. As each year progresses we know More but we still can t Folly answer it. O Mallcy s study released in february 1987, found that of 104 men in cycled with the aids virus 1 per cent developed aids within five years 21 percent developed the disease within six years and 33 percent had it within seven years in addition Many of the patients who did Noi show All signs of aids after six Yean suffered from arc. Hie National centers for disease control has Esti mated that 10 percent to 30 percent of the 1 million to 1.5 million americans infected with the aids virus will develop the disease by inc end of 1991. Monkey see an infant Rhesus Monkey undergoes a vision test at inc a takes regional Pri mate research Center la Atlanta to ice How it adapted id Cal Kracl surgery. Scientists Are seeking ways to real congenital vision problems in children la cops break out ram for drug fortress raids israelis petition Reagan to Pardon Navy spy Pollard los Angeles a the police department rolled out its fabled Bailer ing ram after a two year absence to break into two fortified houses where crack allegedly was being sold. Civil rights lawyers who in 1986 forced police to garage the ram expressed satisfaction with new guide lines involving its use but promised to keep a close watch an future deploy ments. In a thursday nig Jit raid police used the vehicle with its 14-foot Metal pole to smash into a House in South Central los Angeles officers arrested five suspected drug dealers and seized drugs weapons and hundreds of Dol Lars in Cash. Police also raided four other houses without inc ram in the same opera Tion and look More than 25 people into custody. On wednesday night police seized about �10.000 Worth of cocaine and about $500 in marijuana after ramming into another South Central House where Rock cocaine a crystalline form of the drug also called crack allegedly was being sold. It was the most heavily fortified Rock House we be seen in a couple of years said police spokesman cmdr. William Booth. The House was reinforced with gun turrets Metal bars and steel mesh he said. Police chief Daryl gales who arrived after the thursday night raid pointed out the Security measures used by the suspected drug dealers. Sec How inc bolts come All the Way through Gale said pointing to a steel barred window. There s no Way Sands of time Washington a seventy members of the israeli parliament Fri Day presented a petition calling on president Reagan to Pardon Jonathan j. Pollard the Navy intelligence analyst who was convicted inst year of passing secrets to Israel and sentenced to life in prison. The petition presented to . Am Baw Idor Thomas Pickering was signed by most of the right Wing liked bloc in the Knesset and by the left Wing Madam faction in a rare display of Unity among Israel s divided legislators. The petition also asked Reagan to Par Don Pollard s wife Anne Henderson pol lard who was sentenced to five years in jail for being an accessory. You can pull those bars off. Yoo need a police said they had not used the ram in drug raids since february 1986. They wheeled it out in october when an armed Man barricaded himself in a House but did not use it. Jonn Hoanh an attorney for the american civil liberties Union who had challenged the police department s use of the ram and forced its suspension said she was satisfied with the Way it was used. The judge told the land it could not use the ram until they did a surveillance of inc locale to make sure there were no children present she said. In 1935, a Howarth had represented a woman whose House was the first targe of the ram. The ram burst into s room Only moments after the woman s son and two other children left it. As a result of that Case the slate supreme court ruled that police must gel a judge s certification and a search warrant before using the ram a ruling inc us. Supreme court upheld in october. Booth said obtaining judicial approval for use of the ram last week was not difficult. We just Don t run up and use it. Part of our tactics is to male a Purchase just minutes before in luring which enables undercover officers to look inside the House he said. The ram has become a featured part of to shows and films. In last summer s dragnet movie in was used to raid a suspected drug factory that turned out to be a Dairy processing plan. It is very rare for an Issue to Cut across party Linn As docs the plight of the pollards according to the petitioners. All Israel it praying for their the israeli government was severely embarrassed by Pollard s arrest outside its embassy in Washington in 1985, say ing in had not authorized the spying operation. Public pressure however forced the government to foot the Bill for same of Pollard s Legal fees. The petition noted that the pollards punishment is particularly harsh in View of the fact thai he spied for a . Ally. In general spies for allies Are treated More leniently if they Are prosecuted at All the petition said. In the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. March is. 1948 Britain France and the Benelux countries signed a 50-year treaty open Only to european countries to harmonize production defense Legal systems and Trade. 30 years ago today March 13, 1958 an atomic bomb missing Only the fuse that would have caused a nuclear disaster accidentally fell from a Tow flying Jet bomber near Flor ence . 20 years ago today. March 13, 1963 pal. Ray Joni the Usa eur Soldier who led the 01 dugout to Sweden the previous year voluntarily returned to his unit in Germany saying he did t want to be tagged a to years ago today. March 13, 1978 an Independent panel recommended that the voice of America shift its overseas reporters to developing underdeveloped and com Nuuma areas of the
