European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 26, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes pages group to import drug for aids victims new York invt angered by what they see As the exorbitant Price of a major drug used against aids symptoms. A new York group is offering to help people fill their prescriptions in England where the drug is available at a fraction of its Cost Here. The drug is aerosol de pen Lamidin and is taken by people infected with the aids virus to Ward off a deadly pneumonia that is the leading cause of death among aids Vic Tims. The organi Alion. The people with aids health group said it would also begin comparing prices of other a i is drugs. If there is one valuable drug available Al one fifth the Price in Europe there Are probably Many  said Derek Lolodel. Executive director of the group.  s manufacturer Lapho Midi of Rosemont. Iii., has an exclusive License to sell the drug in the United slates although the drug is not patented. A spokesman for the company would not say what it costs to produce but the company s wholesale Price is $99.45 a vial and the recommended dose is one vial of the drug a month. Most pharmacies in new York charge patients from $105 to si75 for a vial Lolodel said. Hut he added that retail prices in other cities Are As High As $.vil. The health group plans to buy the drug Al pharmacies in England where the re Tail Price is  a vial. The Cost to a liens in the United Stales including customs and handling will be Mil a vial. This is an extremely important move in the consumerism of  said mar tin in Laney. The director of project in form one of the advocates groups endorsing the health group s project. The action sends a message to drug Compa Nies that this is what will happen in their prices Aren t  do Lance Atleed. Other aids advocacy groups including the Ciao men s health crisis Lambda Legal defense and education l und. The aids coalition to unleash i Ower and new York physicians for human rights have also endorsed the Effort. Stuart Fischer a spokesman for  Phomad. Said the group s plan to undercut Lyp homed s Price is a slab in the Back. He said Pinta Mininc s Cost reflects the company s investment in testing it As a pneumonia preventative in people with aids. Lap homed s Price for Penta Mininc has risen i Riim $25 in i Jwj. When 11 list re i Vicil approval to sell in. I us Currim Price. Fischer said. I he company was granted an exclusive License fur seven years under the orphan Drill act. Which was designed to encourage companies 10 Nark i digs thai Are needed by 200.01 Iii or fewer people. Lyndel said the health group would he taking advantage of an Fra policy Al lowing people with life threatening Dis eases to import prescription drugs Lur la Weir personal use. In june the health group announced that it would fill prescriptions abroad i m drugs unavailable in the United slates and Lolodel said it now tills prescriptions Lor several Hundred people across the nation Lor drugs such As the Ami fungal drug Lucona of. Which is used to treat a variety of fungal infections and is Avail Able in the United Stales Only to participants in clinical trials. William ii. Rte Hunstein a lawyer with the american civil liberties i num. Said he believes there is no Legal obstacle to filling patients pen Lamidin prescriptions in England lion in . Or. Prank voting the commissioner if food and drugs reached Al his Home saturday said he did not know in Agency reputations would permit the group to import Citrin s like .  us cause   uni in they Are Well and do not want to Bush s Navy unit planning Flo. Reunion , Fla a survivors of president hush s world War ii Navy Squadron plan a reunion they Hope will feature their Mosi famous flyby. Hush s fellow veterans from torpedo Squadron it 51, who remember him As a quiet 20-year-old Pilot. Said they d like him to join their Effort to reunite the group in tort Lauderdale a Cal March. Just for old times  said Leo Nadeau Bush s under. The majority of us Haven t seen each other in 5 years hut the memories still linger  Bush did his torpedo bomber training Al the fort Lauderdale naval air base for three months in 1943. And recently wrote a handful of words for a Maga Ine about that experience. I went off to fort Lauderdale to learn 19 Fly Bush wrote in tin september Issue of life Magazine. Train ing up an. Att the Easl coast dropping. Dummy bombs and torpedoes. I had an Ensign s Stripe and an Admiral s Confidence. I was a Navy  obviously. I can t any More speak for the president than inc Man on the Moon but it sounds like some thing he d attend said Legare Hole who flew with Bush. As a Pilot you could always depend on George said Jack Guy. Who flew with Bush for two years. He and Over a do in others from the Squadron were invited to the president s inauguration last year. Don Rhodes a White House aide said Bush May be drawn to the reunion because the comrades who hew Grumman Avenger bombers will be there. G 4 fishing on the Snake River Secretary of slates James a. Baker Iii left and soviet a Ore Jan minister Eduard Shevardnadze wave at reporters and photographers from a rubber raft As they wound up several Days of talks us the Jackson Lake Lod e in the grand Telon National Park in Wyoming with a fishing Outing pm the Snake River. Mother 4 children killed in Mathis Texas House fire Mathis Texas a a House fire apparently caused by an electrical Short circuit killed a woman and her four Chil Dren Early sunday authorities said. Two other relatives pulled from the burning Home were critically injured. The woman s husband Joe Amador Learned of the tragedy when he returned Home from work and found firefighters battling the Blaze. He told me thanks to his Faith he was t going crazy. Otherwise he would t be Able to face this tragedy said the family s pastor the Rev. Jesus Garcia of sacred heart roman Catholic Church in Mathis a town of about 7.000 in Southern Texas 30 Miles Northwest of Corpus Christi. Neighbors discovered the fire and called the Mathis Volunteer fire depart ment about 2 . Said fire chief Larry Wallek. He said department of Public safety troopers made their Way into the burning Home and carried out a woman and her grandchild. Nicolosa Gonzalez Amador. 67, and her grandson Michael resales 1 were in critical condition at Corpus Christi hospitals officials said. The victims were identified As Yolanda Lopez Amador 29 her daughters Yvette Amador. 2vi. Leslie Angelica Amador 4, and Lisa Amador. 8 and son Joe Angel Lopez 9. Yolanda Lopez Amador was the Daugh Ter in Law of Nicolosa Gonzalez Amador. Sands of time in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. Sept. 26. 1949 the official soviet news Agency Tass issued a statement Sug Gesting that Large scale blasting work in the soviet Union might have been responsible for Western reports of an atomic explosion in the soviet Union. 30 years ago foday. Sept. 26, 1959 danish foreign minister Jens Otto Krag told the United nations that the British plan for disarmament by controlled stages appeared More realistic than that of Complete disarmament suggested by the soviets. 20 years ago today. ,. Sept. 26, 1969 Pentagon sources said the  administration planned to maintain the current . Combat troop commitment in Europe and South Korea at least through 1971. 10 years ago foday. Sept. 26. 1979 the labor department reported that the average Price of gasoline Rose 28.2 cents a gallon during the first nine months of 1979, with the average Price of All types of gasoline being 96.7 cells per gallon in August