European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 08, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes monday May 8, 1989 scientist says new infection plays role As aids co Factor Washington a a government scientist who claims to have discovered a virus like infectious agent in some aids patients has reported that the mysterious microbe is capable of causing a fatal infection in experimental animals. Shyh Ching to of the armed forces Institute of pathology Here has suggested that his virus like agent May represent a new opportunistic infection in aids patients or More intriguing May play a More fundamental role As a co Factor in aids. In some cases a co Factor is necessary in addition to another to cause a disease. They appear to have an infectious agent Here. And if it is related to aids it could be very  said malc9lm Martin an aids researcher at the National Institute of allergy and infectious diseases. There is almost Universal agreement that aids is caused by the human immunodeficiency virus his. Many aids experts suspect that other viruses May serve As co factors in the development of aids after infection by his. Co factors May account for the Dif Ferent courses aids takes from one person to another. As for to s suggestion that his new agent May play a fundamental role in aids other researchers remain unconvinced. Aids experts arc sceptical because to is refusing to share his infectious microbe reagents so that other scientists can Check his claims. Taking Public funds and not making reagents Avail Able to competent labs is outrageous said Robert Gallo. The to discoverer of i v and an aids researcher at the National cancer Institute. According to a statement issued by the armed forces Institute of pathology scientists from other re search groups have agreed to verify to s study but officials at the armed forces Institute refused to identify the collaborators. To s infectious agent will be re leased for general scientific study in about six months they said. In the april Issue of the american journal of tropical medic id Ami Hygiene to and colleagues from the armed forces Institute and the National institutes of health report that a partially purified preparation of to s virus like agent was injected in four silvered Leaf Mon keys. To originally isolated his agent several years ago from the tissue of an aids patient with Kaposi s Sarcoma. Inoculated monkeys developed swollen Lymph nodes and transient fevers. One animal produced antibodies against the virus like agent. Another showed signs of neurological illness. All the monkeys suffered severe weight loss with no evidence of diarrhoea and died seven to nine months after inoculation. If s not a junkyard a is. Park police officer inspects cars jump owl about like Sandbox toys Flur a setter collapsed in a Glen Echo my parking lot. Some cars wire virtually buried in Friday s incident eth sch look place during heavy rain. Stateside bodies of 2 boys pulled from Sheepshead Bay . New York up two Small bodies retrieved from Sheepshead Bay have been identified As those of playmates who were last seen alive As they headed for the Bay on a search for starfish authorities said sunday. Louis Miranda 8, and Juan Laporte 9, the son of the former world boxing Council featherweight Cham Pion of the same name were found dead saturday a full Day after disappearing from outside the apartment building where both lived in Brooklyn. A passer by spotted the bodies in the water near Emmons and Ocean avenues in the Sheepshead Bay Section not far from the boys apartment building said sol. Raymond o Donnell a police spokesman. 2 men injured 1 missing after explosion on Barge East Liverpool Ohio a chemical fumes sparked an explosion on a Barge docked for cleaning Attis Ohio River town saturday igniting a fire that injured two men and left one missing. The Barge was empty but apparently contained Resi dues from its usual cargo of benzene a flammable chemical solvent police said. Residents within a half mile of the 3 30 . Blaze were asked to close their windows Laic saturday afternoon and evening to avoid breathing possibly hazardous fumes said East Liverpool police officer Virgil Williams. The Blaze was extinguished by the town s fire department about two hours after it began he said. Fire fighters remained at the scene saturday evening wet Ting Down ashes. 96 people aboard plane uncontaminated by radiation Philadelphia a eighty eight passengers and 8 Crew members on a Mexicana airlines plane that had recently dropped off leaking packages of a radioactive chemical showed no sign of radiation contamination officials said sunday. Officials said earlier that an undetermined amount of  a corrosive that emits Low level Beta radiation was found in the cargo hold of the plane. Right 820 landed about 10 20 . Saturday. But fire communications supervisor Charles Mair said checks showed that the plane was t contaminated and neither were the passengers and Crew Mem Bers. S. African airways order from Boeing draws criticism Seattle up Boeing co. Confirmed saturday that South african airways has ordered two 747-400 jetliners for a total value of about $256 million in a Deal that already has drawn criticism from opponents of South Africa s system of apartheid. The aircraft arc scheduled for delivery in november 1990 and May 1991, a company announcement said. The airline also took options on two More 747-400s, putting the total value of the transaction at approximately $500  officials have been silent in recent Days amid growing criticism Over the impending Sale. Sen. Broc Kadams and rep. Jim Mcdermott both democrats expressed concern about the Sale in a year when Boeing is pushing toward a record number of aircraft orders Worth billions. Leather cad revellers Don t Zap Zap this time Zap . A Only about 50 leather Clad motorcyclists and a few Hun dred other peaceable part yrs zipped into Zap on saturday for the anniversary of the zip to Zap festival that ended in a riot 20 years ago. That makes my Day. I love people and i love things happening. We do have it in order sol am not  mayor Albert Sailer said smiling and wearing a Blue baseball Cap emblazoned with the slogan i zipped to Zap and had a  this in t anything like it was 20 years ago said Mercer county sheriff Ron Kessler who was among police who tried to quell the 1969 riot. It was a Long evening  Sailer had been told to expect 500 Bik ers for zip to Zap ii which was originally planned As 12 hours of partying and Rock music in one of North Dakota s smaller towns. In 1969, this quiet town of 300 people about 90 Miles Northwest of Bismarck held the first zip to Zap. An idea hatched by the editor of the student newspaper at North Dakota stale University. It ended in disaster. The National guard was called in to Chase 2.000 Drunken revellers out of town. Ccle orators set a Bonfire in main Street and caused about $3,000 in damage before the crowd was dispersed. Saturday s reunion started quietly but livened up As the Sun went Down. People began dancing in the Street to the blare of recorded music and Zap s two bars were jammed. Kessler said the crowd grew to More than 500 people. Thirty people had been arrested by late saturday night mostly for being Mooyoung to drink or for drinking on Public property. Middle aged people and More than a few locals mingled with the Stu Dent crowd. The mood was festive and far from a mob scene. There were guest books for people to sign. Soda pop and hot dog were for Sale everywhere but Beer was banned in the streets. . Guerrero of Fargo who attended the first zip to Zap said Beer prices helped touch off the riot. La was a mass of humanity put on the s a rets and everybody was having a Good time a Good Lime gone sour be  started jacking up the prices on Beer and food and everything and kids got Upsel. They doubled the Price on six packs of  Guerrero. 53, who brought his wife and two children to the reunion was also making amends for what happened in 1969. "1 apologized to the people Hereford what happened he said. The National guard. Had to save the town. There would have been nothing left  Peterson transf9rmcd her garage just off main Street into a min Icale Complete with $9 souvenir to shirts say ing zip to Zap. We re  the reunion was a Good idea the 64 year old woman said. You have to ice the kids do something and the older peo ple arc just As  son called her from California on Friday Nigil asking if she was ready forthe zippers and envious Hal he could nol be Home Peterson said. If everything is kept under control it would be Nice to be an annual event she  Zap s residents Are far from agreement on thai idea. Some wanted the town barricaded saturday to keep the visitors out she said adding it s a Touchy