European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 19, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes saturday August 19,1989 at drug trials offer Hope aids can be treated Washington api highly successful trials of the anti viral drug at suggest that aids May soon become treatable disease instead of a hopeless infection Federal officials say. The announcement is a major turn ing Point in the aids  said Jean Mcguire director of the aids a lion Council an advocacy group for acquired immune deficiency syndrome patients. Health and human services Secretary Louis Sullivan announced thursday that trials of at on one group of patients who have the aids virus but no symptoms proved that the drug can halt progression of the infection. We arc indeed entering the period when aids May become a treatable Dis ease Sullivan said at a news conference where the at drug trial results were announced. However he cautioned at is not a cure and indeed even those who Are under at treatment remain capable of transmitting the  findings of the drug trials on Early infected patients who show no symptoms prompted Federal officials to Stop the Tri als so that All participants can receive at. The drug trial had required one third of the 1,300 in the study to receive a Placebo or sugar Pill. Patients in the trial were in the Early stages of infection by the human immunodeficiency virus or his that causes aids. In effect they were feeling Well and were symptom free but they had a dam aged immune system As measured by the numbers of t4 lymphocytes a Type of immune cells in the blood. An at trial continues for patients in an even earlier stage of infection and with even less immune system damage. At also known As zidovudine is marketed by Burroughs wellcome co. Under the Brand name act Rover. It for Mally was known by the name azi Dothy mid inc which was shortened in popular use to at. Sullivan said the new trial results along with those from the two earlier Tri als provide real Hope for the millions of people worldwide who arc infected  the has Secretary said he is ordering that medicare patients receiving at be reimbursed for the Cost of the drug. At which must be taken six times daily costs $7,000 to $8,000 a year per patient. Or. Anthony Fauci director of the National Institute of allergy and infectious diseases the leading Federal clinical Agency in fighting aids said that with thursday s announcement about 400,000 More patients May be pre scribed at. Even though the drug snot approved by the food and drug administration for use among mildly infected patients it could be prescribed for such patients at doctors discretion he said. Fauci said the results of the tests showed that among those taking the Pla Cebo. 38 patients developed symptoms of aids or of arc. Among those on High doses of at 19 developed the disease symptoms and among those on the Low doses 17 developed symptoms. Aids attacks the body s immune sys tem and renders it incapable of protect ing against infection. Second Trident failure the third lost firm of the Navy Tri Ida coast. The Navy said thursday the a Dent ii missile failed tuesday leaving a design flaw caused the missile in the blazing Trail on the Ocean and Spet ving second Trident failure to self destruct debris above the launch site off the Flor seconds after its underwater launching. Lotto Winner sues to Stop 6 from sharing pie Mineola . A the eight people who showed up to claim a $24 million lottery prize last month Aren t smiling anymore now that one of them has sued six of the others claiming they Aren t entitled to any winnings. James Mocieko 42, of Bill More contends in court papers filed thursday that he and his Fiancee Catherine Salenga 38, of Dix Hills were the Only True winners in the july 12 drawing the fifth biggest in state lottery history. He charged that he was intimidated and threatened with the loss of the prize Money unless he included the other six All members of the Wulsch family of new York in the winning ticket. The a cliches deny the charge. Mocieko is the former owner of the Liberty card store where the winning ticket was purchased. He and Salenga sold the shop to Brothers William Frank and Joseph Welsch a year  said he played lotto at the card shop twice a week for the past 10 years using the same numbers 1,4,9, 16, 24, 32. Mocieko contended in court papers that he had an arrangement under which William Wulsch played those numbers twice a week for him. During a july 17 news conference to announce Jackpot winners Mocieko and Salenga the three Welsch Brothers and three other family members said they had been buy ing tickets As a group every week for the past decade. They said they had a verbal agreement that if any of them won All eight would share the prize equally and that William Wulsch was designated trustee for the  Mocieko said in the court papers that after his number combination came up a Winner he contacted William Wulsch. He said Wulsch replied that although Mocieko picked the numbers Wulsch had bought the ticket and that made Welsch the Winner. I pleaded with him Don t do this to me " Macic Mosaid in court papers. Wulsch then agreed to give Mocieko and Salenga a Cut of the prize he  said that at first he accepted a share of the prize because he feared that if i did t accept the offer a proposed i would get  but in his suit he argued that he and his Fiancee should get the whole amount the Wel Schus denied any wrongdoing saying that the Story told at the news conference is the True  is a greedy sob Frank Welsch said. Those two arc trying to Horn in and get a greater part of the share the court has ordered the distribution of the Money postponed while the Case is pending. Woman Dies in fire on truck carrying aircraft ammunition Rock Springs Ariz. A truck hauling 40,000 rounds of military aircraft ammunition caught fire on a interstate Highway Early Friday killing a woman and critically injuring her com Panion authorities said. Hours after the fire broke out the northbound lanes of the interstate were still closed As shells continued to explode. But the Accident happened in a Remote area and no one had to be evacuated officials said. We know there was a Man and woman in the vehicle we believe they were husband and wife said sgt. Allan Schmidt spokesman for the Arizona department of Public safety. Somehow the gentleman was either thrown free or got  the Man was hospitalized in critical condition Schmidt said. The woman was later found dead. Their identities were not immediately released. The truck trailer Rig under contract tothe military was on interstate 17 in route to the Navajo  depot near Flagstaff when a fire apparent a engulfed it about 1 a.m., Schmidt  was hauling 20mm aircraft Cannon  teams of ordnance experts were dispatched to the scene. Nuke crash test detailed Albuquerque . A scientists smashed an f-4 phantom Jet into a Concrete Barrier to try to find out what would happen if a plane crashed into a nuclear reactor. Researchers at the Sandia National laboratories said they Hope the information gathered from the 1988 test could help prevent a nuclear disaster. The test was conducted in april1988 at the lab s rocket sled facility just South of Albuquerque. The rocket propelled f-4 smashed head on into a i million Pound Concrete bar Rier. It shattered when it hit the 23 foot Square 12-foot-thick reinforce Concrete Block at 480 Mph. Details of the test were reported thursday during the 10th International conference on structural mechanics in reactor technology at an Aheim calif., Sandia officials said. In the past engineers have estimate the Force of an aircraft Impact by analysing the durability and mass of air Craft the f-4 test showed that computer calculations were fairly accurate Al though they tended to overestimate the Force of Impact the test showed. The plane filled with More than1,200 Gallons of water to simulate the weight of fuel was shot along mils by Atwo stage rocket