European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 16, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes thursday june 16,1988 plan Ely a contrast in technology they re an unlikely match maybe but inthe air they perform very Well together. A modern Day harrier Jet and 1916 sop Worth Pup aircraft rehearse together at Biggin Hill Airfield near London tuesday the two aircraft were practising for the International air fab. The fair will Hel the Royal air Force celebrate its 70th anniversary and also will Mark the 75th anniversary of aircraft bunding at Kingston South of London both planes were built atthe Kingston facility. World today French Stock Market chief resigns in finance scandal Paris up the chairman of the French Slock Exchange resigned tuesday in a major financial scan dal after it was disclosed thai unwise investments resulted in losses of 500 million francs about $86 million in the Stock Exchange s own guarantee fund. Slock Market chief Xavier Dupont handed in his Resig nation after a meeting of the Board of the Slock Exchange company and was immediately replaced by Regis Rous so Lac. Dupont was not accused of any wrongdoing but took personal responsibility for the losses. The scandal was a major setback in efforts to modernize the bourse bring in Small investors and shake off its hidebound image As a tight club of upper class Monica traders and  came to Light Only recently thai he Exchange s guarantee or Reserve fund maintained to indemnify investors if a brokerage firm is unable to meet i obligations lost 500 million francs officials said. Chinese army forms rapid response unit Beijing a the chinese army has established rapid response unit called the fist battalion to give More punch to China s military under a Reform pro Gram begun after an embarrassing minibar with Viet Nam in 1979.the battalion will be Able to Parachute into deserts deep Forest or Marsh land and conduct guerrilla War fare the Xinhua news Agency said wednesday quoting a report in tuesday s liberation army  battalion also will be Able to reach any place inside China in less than 20 hours to respond to emergencies the official news Agency  did not say whether the unit might also be sent outside China if National interests Are at stake the report also did not disclose the size of the unit orsay when it was formed but the paper published two pictures dated 1986 showing members parachuting an drilling on a Snow covered Hill in China s Northeast. Hydrogen tank fire caused by lightning romans France a lightning struck a Hydrogen storage tank at a uranium enrichment Plant in Southeastern France and started a fire bul firefighters put out the Blaze and there was no threat to people nearby authorities said  Lank was hit by lightning at 9 30 . Monday during a storm it is about 500 Yards from the Mai Plant. About 30 firefighters were called to ensure thai the fire did not spread to other  Baudoin director of the Plant said there was no threat to the environment or to people in the  Franco belgian Plant at romans 350 Miles Southeast of Paris enriches 800 ions of uranium a Yea for use in pressurized water nuclear reactors. Many aids cases being linked to cocaine abuse expert says  i i Kyj  i a re  _l.t4,4 a to la tin uni anal Ryfa pitl 4ft1fina inf to nil Alivn Geltl Stockholm Sweden a drug related aids cases arc increasingly linked to cocaine rather lha heroin and crack users who Trade sex for drugs May be spreading the epidemic further a researcher said  aids also is spreading to pans of the developing world where illicit drug shipments Origi Nate said Don Desjarlais of the new York state Divi Sion of substance abuse services in new York  spoke at the fourth International conference on aids the reason for the growing link Between aids and cocaine injection May be due in pan to the frequency with which cocaine users inject themselves Desjarlais  users May inject themselves three or four limes per Day Desjarlais said. But cocaine users May inject themselves As often As every 15 minutes until their cocaine Supply is exhausted he  can Lead to almost continuous sharing of drug injection equipment and a much greater likelihood of viral transmission he said. The aids virus attacks the body s immune system leaving victims susceptible to a wide variety of infections and cancers. It is most often transmitted through sexual Contact. Various reports at the aids conference have identified the sharing of Needles by drug abusers As one of the most rapidly growing components of the aids  disease also can be spread in transfusions of tainted blood or blood products and from Mother to child at or before birth crack users do not inject he drug bul the trading of sex for drugs could be further spreading aids infection among the drug abusing population Desjarlais said. The spread of aids among cocaine abusers which Des Marlais has observed in new York City and san Francisco is also of concern because of the difficulty of treating cocaine addiction Desjarlais said we currently Lack any Large scale treatment for co Caine dependence he said. Heroin addiction can be controlled by substituting methadone for the drug but there is no such substitute for cocaine. As of june 6, the Federal centers for disease control in Atlanta had reports of 64,506 cases of aids 11,914 of which or is percent were among non homosexual intravenous drug abusers. Desjarlais said the spread of aids among drug abusers appears to be slowing. In san Francisco is percent to 20 percent of cocaine and heroin abuse have been infected with the virus bul that figure has not increased for about 18 months he said. In new York City 55 percent to 60 percent of the drug abusers Are infected and that figure has been stable for about three years tie said. We have seen substantial behaviour change in a variety of cities he said. In a separate report researchers said tuesday lha the proportion of drug related aids cases among puerto Picans in the United states is More than five times the rate among other hispanic americans. Hispanics make up just 6 percent of the population but have 14.3 percent of the country s aids cases. As of june 6, the centers for disease control had reports of 9,362 cases among hispanics out of a total of 64,506 cases. Richard Sclika of the centers for disease control said 38.6 percent of the aids cases among puerto icons in the 50 slates occur among drug abusers or their heterosexual partners. Europe s versatile Arione-4 rocket successful in its inaugural launching Kourou French Guiana a the european space Agency launched its new powerful generation of ariane rocket wednesday lifting three satellites int orbit and showing future customers that the vehicle is ready for service. Ariane-4 blasted off without a hitch from the euro Pean space Agency space Center on the North coast of South America at 7 19 . Sixty six seconds later the first stage boosters fired according to plan. The final third stage rockets fired at 5 minutes and 49 seconds after Takeoff. Officials at the space Center called the inaugural launching a Complete Success. The space shot was designed by Arian Espach the Agency s commercial  to demonstrate the space readiness of inc Arianc-4, Europe s biggest and most versatile rocket Ever twelve minutes and 46 seconds after Takeoff the rocket reached orbit Wilh its International payload the european Melcosat-p2 and Amsal-3c and the Ameri can Pas-1. Ariane is capable of hauling up to 4,6 tons int orbit. Ariane-3, the previous generation had a Maxi mum capacity of 2.8 tons. In addition to its increased Power the rocket design allows Engineer to strap on different configurations of solid and liquid boosters tailoring the vehicle to a client s specific budget and needs the Agency said