European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 7, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday june 7, 1990 the stars and stripes a a a Page 9 Over Here sf>8 Jim Dorheim show Host Richard Steele trades banter with staff sgt. Regina Mckinnon on tuesday s v-103 pm broadcast from the Frankfurt West Germany shopping , Chicago a Here a the news from Frankfurt by Gary Pomeroy staff writer Frankfurt West Germany a a traffic report from Chicago a morning Rush hour blared from two huge speakers in front of the Uso at the Frankfurt shopping Center on tuesday. Army staff sgt. Regina Mckinnon strolled by and looked curious. She watched disc jockey Richard Steele As he sat among wires phones headsets and microphones. Steele explained to the administrative no from the Frankfurt military Community that he was broadcasting live Back to Chicago for v-103 pm. He invited her to say a few words to the audience silting bumper to bumper on Lake Shore drive near Soldier Field. It was a unique Way to let her brother in Law know that she and her husband sgt. 1st class Terrance Mckinnon would be at his Chicago wedding. She had just confirmed reservations at the nearby travel office. Once they were on the air Steele asked Mckinnon How she earned her jump wings. A by jumping out of air planes five times a the Richmond va., native said. A Why would you do that a Steele asked. A a in a still thinking about that a she said. Mckinnon then stole the show by saying that she would be attending the wedding of Dennis Mckinnon a member of the Chicago bears football team. A Why did no to you say that Mckinnon a Steele said feigning exasperation. V-103 fms broadcast this week is promoting its co sponsorship of the usos transatlantic Jam a musical tour in Progress in Germany. A it s also a promotion for the usos 50th anniversary a said Steele whose show is rated fifth in Chicago s morning drive time Slot. Steele is conducting his 5 . To 10 . Morning show Chicago time from noon to 5 . In Frankfurt. I is partner on the morning connection Darryl Daniel is travelling around Germany with the trans Atlantic Jam troupe but she is reporting in periodically. In Daniels absence Steele tries to keep the extra seat occupied by people with ties to Chicago. Airman 1st class Don Seaton from Hahn a heard about the broadcast while driving Iii Mother to the Frankfurt Airport for her return flight to Chicago wednesday morning. In his radio Dehut the Burbank 111., native said hello to his dad and to Iii Reavis High school class of 986. A i was a Little nervous a he said. A it was kind of like meeting a promotion  army sgt. Isiah Haygood blew a Well kept secret after Steele asked if he was going to Chicago soon. A in about three weeks in a going Back to Surprise my aunt and Uncle a said Haygood who is assigned to the 32nd signal in in Frankfurt. Haygood who has a lot of relatives in Chicago laughed As the words went Over the airwaves and said a Well i guess its not a Surprise  v-103-fm will have its final Frankfurt broadcast from noon to 5 .  disappears after patients blood is heated Atlanta apr two doctors have reported that an aids patient shows no signs of infection after his blood was heated in a cancer treatment but aids experts a and the physicians themselves a Arentt sure what to make of it. Drs. Kenneth Alonso and William Logan of Atlanta performed the hyperthermia procedure on a 33-year-old aids patient with Kaposi a Sarcoma a skin cancer that commonly occurs with acquired immune deficiency syndrome in february. The Many a blood was run through a Heater and Back for two hours in Hopes of attacking the cancer Alonso said. Soon after the patients raised red skin lesions a flattened to scars a said Alonso who discussed the Case monday and last week. And tests for the aids virus have remained negative since he said. A we changed the disease. Its obvious that we did a Alonso said. A what the Long term prognosis is we have no  Alonso emphasized he is not claiming an aids cure. A this is just what we did in a single Case a he said. The patient Carlton Crawford said a a in a convinced in a cured of  Atlanta Hospital where the procedure took place covered the costs �?$35,000 in the average Case Crawford said. Officials of the centers for disease control and the National infectious disease Institute declined to comment on the reports. A a lot of us arc real cautious about this a said Alice Trinkl spokeswoman for aids research at the University of California at san Francisco. A there have been so Many promises made in the aids  a it is important that a scientifically balanced evaluation be Given to the situation a said a statement from project inform a patient advocacy group and information Clearinghouse m san Francisco. A Over the years far too Many patients and their doctors have loudly announced Miracle cures raising the Hopes of other  Alonso said he submitted his findings to the journal molecular oncology and tumor pharmacy therapy in Hopes of achieving the Normal peer review by which scientists learn of each others findings and comment. But the patient disclosed his treatment prompting Alonso to discuss his work publicly. He said he will try to duplicate the procedure with other patients and he Hopes other scientists will As Well. A some researchers have told me the results replicate what they have found in the lab a he added. A a that a very exciting to  hyperthermia once commonly used to treat infections before the Advent of antibiotics is still used against some cancers. In the Atlanta Case Alonso and Logan determined the patients Sarcoma might respond Well to heat treatment. During the procedure the patients blood was run in a Loop out of his body through a 115-degree Heater and Back. The patients body temperature Rose to 107-108 degrees Alonso said. A fever that High could under routine circumstances cause brain damage or death but the patients pm oxygen Mineral and fluid Levels were carefully maintained. A we treated this gentleman with Kaposi a Sarcoma with heat Quot Alonso said. A the went into Complete  blood tests and viral cultures have remained negative for the his or aids virus he said. But project inform experts said the patient might have been a to Vermeda cat cd with the aids drug at prior to the procedure and simply stopping the drug could have produced some improvement. They also said viral cultures arc Quot notoriously unreliable in determining whether a patient is infected. A hyperthermia deserves serious discussion by researchers Quot project inform said. A but far More needs to be known about the obvious potential for toxicity inherent in raising a patients Core temperature As High As