European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 26, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday june 26, 1990 the stars and stripes Page 5 aids activists shout Down speech say . Not doing enough research too slow from wire reports san Francisco a angry aids activists sunday shouted Down . Health and human services Secretary Louis w. Sullivan throwing condoms Nocket change and wads of paper at him As hundreds of activists a and delegates a to the sixth International conference on aids shouted a guilty guilty  the 5-Day world conference ended As it began with a stirring indictment by aids activists of . Funding for aids research and prevention programs and a National immigration policy that bans entry to people infected with the human immunodeficiency virus his that causes aids. For 15 minutes Sullivan read from prepared remarks but his speech was completely drowned out by a deafening Roar of whistles horns and heckles in a demonstration at the conclusion of the conference. A spokesman for the Secretary Kevin e. Molcy said that Sullivan elected to take the podium seen but unheard because a it reflects the fact that while the activists May turn their backs on us we will not turn our backs on  activists directed by the aids coalition to unleash Power act up had urged the conferences 10,000 participants to turn their backs on Sullivan who defended As sufficient the nations $1.6 billion budget for aids research and prevention. A i think there really is a line behind which this is counterproductive a said Anthony Fauci director of the National Institute of allergy and infectious diseases and one of the nations leading researchers into acquired immune deficiency syndrome. A this was the kind of demonstration that left no room except for holding your  but he added that the demonstration a which Sullivan termed a High drama directed at the Media a had not created an a irreparable schism Between scientists and aids activists. Many doctors scientists and others attending the meeting at the Moscone Center convention Hall were upset by the disruption. A its sad a said or. James Curran 1/?>? jul ass. A 1. Fin  a sep a protester with act up joins in disrupting Louis Sullivan a speech sunday. Head of the aids program at the . Centers for disease control. A a it san example of the fragmentation of the efforts that i most fear in the 1990s, sick versus Well Gay versus  much was made at the conference about the perceived divisiveness Between scientists and activists. But saturday Many scientists including the conference organizers joined activists in a Unity March. Fauci said aids activists have brought a special insight into the Way scientists Are beginning to approach testing models. A activists Are mistaken when they assume or at least publicly state that scientists do not care about them a said Fauci. He and other government scientists frequently have been criticized by activists for what they regard As the slowness of Progress against aids especially in developing and testing new drugs. A most scientists care deeply and Are employing All of their energies and talents to accomplish the same goals As the activists Are trying to accomplish a he said. Progress on a Litany of treatments and about a dozen experimental vaccines was reported at the conference a none of it revolutionary. As the epidemic advances into its second decade projections show the disease is hardly under control and will claim Many millions More in the next few years. Worldwide 20 million people will have been infected with his by the end of the decade up from 6.5 million this year. A we arc frightened by the thought of the unchecked continued spread of his Over the world and of the millions of unavoidable victims during the 1990s,�?� said Lars o. Railings president of the International aids society. A it will be a Long and arduous War lasting for  railings of Stockholm Sweden also strongly attacked Laws restricting travel by people infected with his. He called the Laws a a shameful and blamed a political bigotry for not changing them. Railings did not specific rally mention the United states which has restrictions on aids infected visitors. Because of those rules the International society has threatened to cancel the next International aids conference planned in this country the 1992 meeting in Boston. Despite the staggering Impact that aids has had on the world surveys show people remain surprisingly ignorant about it. In the United states where every household has received a pamphlet called a understanding aids a 25 percent of americans believe wrongly that aids can be transmitted by mosquitoes or by eating in a restaurant where the Cook is infected with his. Or. John Ziegler inc of the conference chairmen said in closing remarks sunday that aids discrimination had developed into a disease in its own right spreading ignorance and fear and that a in the decade to come this May be our most virulent  if there was any breakthrough at the conference he said it was the inclusion for the first time this year of people with aids and the Community based groups that serve them a a reminder he said that the conference a must have a brain and a  while delegates from 119 nations received valuable new information about aids much of the research presented Here was already months and in some cases years old. A this was not a breakthrough conference a said Eric Rofes executive director of the Shanti project a san Francisco service organization for people with aids. A it is a conference about Public relations networking and making contacts for fund  500,000 join in Gay Pride marches i r aaa in com us of Aicala Orth Wpm in ref pm. By Scott Williams associated press writer More than 500,000 people a homosexual men and women their families and friends a took to the streets from new York City to san Francisco on sunday parading in sometime frivolous sometimes serious demonstrations of Gay Pride. A a it a the one time of the year that we really show our strength and our Unity and our Solidarity. We celebrate our Pride. We let the world know that we re not going to go Back in the closet a said Bill Anderson a spokesman for new York City a 21st annual Gay Parade which Drew about 200,000 marchers. San Francisco a Gay lesbian Freedom Day Parade attracted another 200,000 participants. In Chicago where mayor Richard m. Daley led the City a 21st Gay and lesbian Pride Parade police said about 100,000 people turned out to March or line the two mile route through lakefront neighbourhoods to Lincoln Park. There also were marches in Kansas City mo., Montpelier vt., and Denver where about 5,000 people marched on the state Capitol. Colorado gov. Roy Romer told them he would try to find More tax dollars to help aids patients. There were rallies in Atlanta and in Lansing mich., where More than 5,000 Gays and lesbians rallied at the Capitol after walking in a a claiming our Freedom Parade. A a we re your sons. We re your daughters. We re your taxpayers a said rally organizer Jeffrey Swanson. We just want those Basic rights and freedoms the rest of the country  in Atlanta the 19th annual Gay Pride Parade Drew about 5,000 participants with marchers in to shirts and shorts carrying signs such As a closets Are for clothes. Be  Hartford conn., held its 10th annual Gay lesbian Pride festival on saturday with about 600 people rallying at the state Capitol then going to a nearby Park for a food and music festival. In Tampa fla., about 1,500 people joined a Gay Pride March. A so Many of us have to be afraid for our jobs for our Homes a said Steve James of the Tampa Bay business Guild a Gay and lesbian chamber of Commerce. Hawaii a first Gay and lesbian Pride Parade rolled saturday through Honolulu a Waikiki District with about 500 festive participants attracting Unous glances from the hordes of tourists. Sponsors said there were Gay Pride events in 25 cities nationwide the big Gest in san Francisco and new York. In san Francisco where protesters shouted Down . Health and human services Secretary Louis w. Sullivan at the International aids conference the Dykes on bikes motorcyclists led the 20th annual Gay lesbian Freedom Day Parade. Some of the lesbian motorcyclists traditional leaders of san Francisco a event wore lingerie while others Rode topless or in leather. Since aids surfaced in the Early 1980s, nudity and erotic romping have toned Down. This year More than 40 aids organizations participated. There was no Lack however of local color. One group carried a 20-foot Banner that read not sp9nsored by sen. Jesse  in front of it a drag Queen impersonating Jesus Christ and wearing High heels and Pink body paint bore a big Pink Cross with the message a martyrs for  mayor Art Agnos the first san Francisco mayor to participate in the Gay Parade in 1988, led other politicians and civic leaders in the March. New Yorkus mayor David Dinkins marched in his City a Parade which was led by three lesbian biker groups. More than 300 groups participated. At St. Patrick a Cathedral counter demonstrators heckled marchers. In the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. June 26, 1950 a the United states asked the . Security Council to order troops of North Korea and South Korea to cease fire and withdraw to their Borders. . Secretary general Trygve lie termed the fighting in Korea a a threat to International  30 years ago today. June 26, 1960 a soviet Premier Nikita s. Khrushchev said in Bucharest Romania that a pict policy was aimed at easing International tensions. 20 years ago today. June 26, 1970 a Secretary of state William p. Rogers announced what he termed a Maior new Mideast peace initiative aimed at getting the arabs and israelis a to Stop shooting and Start  0 years ago today. June 26, 1980 a the House by a 234-168 vote gave final approval to legislation that would allow the administration to begin draft registration of american men