European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 8, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 a a the stars and stripes tests sunday july 8,1990 British blown aids in 1959 London up a aids May have existed earlier than scientists believed according to a report published Friday which said that specialists confirmed that a former British Sailor died or the disease in 1959. Three researchers at the University of Manchester medical school writing in the British medical journal the lancet said their findings came after they re examined the patient records and tissue samples of a former Royal Navy Seaman. New tests revealed that the Seaman died of full blown aids in 1959 about 22 years before the fatal disease was identified As aids the virologists said. Previously the first documented report of the fatal disease that became motown As aids appeared in the new England journal of Medicine in 1981., a taking into account the incubation time of several years Between infection and development of the full blown disease the Seaman would have contracted the virus in the Early 1950s,&Quot one of the researchers or. Andrew Bailey told the times newspaper. Bailey and fellow researchers Gerald Corbitt and George Williams said the Case raised questions about the origins of the disease. A it also demolishes the idea held by some people that the aids virus could have been a Man made genetically engineered organism released accidentally or deliberately from the Laboratory Quot Bailey said. The Seaman aged 25, died in a Hospital in Manchester 197 Miles Northwest of London Williams reported in the lancet that at that time the Man s death was unique to the researchers experience of pneumonia accompanied by overwhelming complications and secondary infections. Williams reminded colleagues of the Case when aids became officially recognized in the Early 1980s, the researchers had stored some of the sailors tissue samples including Oddney Bone marrow spleen and pharyngeal mucosa in paraffin blocks. Upon reexamination and testing the four samples All tested positive for aids. Brain and liver tissues were negative. Bailey told the times that Little was known about the Seaman but he believed the Man May have travelled to Africa which could be significant since the oldest accepted evidence of aids was found in a blood serum Sample taken in Zaire in 1959. The researchers said they were Able to re examine the sailors tissues by using a new analytical process called polymerase Chain reaction which allows them to reproduce millions of identical copies of a single piece of Dan in about 30 minutes. The Dan amplification technique is used in genetics and molecular biology. Bailey said his group might have been Able to confirm the presence of aids earlier had a stored Sample of the sailors blood been available. Suspected terrorist Albrecht to discuss attacks report says Karlsruhe West Germany apr a suspected red army faction terrorist who surrendered to West German police has promised to speak out on the groups Structure and recent attacks it committed a West German news Magazine reported saturday. A # but Susanne Albrecht who was arrested in East Germany and voluntarily surrendered to West German police last week is refusing to give any details on alleged ties Between the terrorists and East Germany a ousted communist leadership according to Der Spiegel  39, was one of eight purported Raf members who were recently arrested in East Germany after years of living under false identities supposedly provided them by the former ministry of state Security or Stasi As it is known to East germans. West Germany has had a warrant out for her arrest for her alleged role in the july 30, 1977, shooting death of West German banker Jurgen Ponto. Der Spiegell a article on Albrecht is to appear in its monday Issue but an Advance text was provided saturday by the Magazine. It did not say How Der Spiegel had obtained its information on her testimony to police. The Magazine quoted West Germany a chief prosecutor Alexander von Stahl As saying he did not expect the remaining seven Raf suspects held in East Germany to be extradited to West Germany. Instead von Stahl said the seven probably would stand trial under West German Law after the two Germany formally unite a a there a hardly Lime to begin criminal extradition proceedings before unification Quot von Stahl said. A formal merger of the two German states is expected in Early december. However von Stahl did Call on the seven suspects still in East German custody to surrender them Susanne Albrecht ducks camera in Karlsruhe selves to West German authorities to show a a they be really drawn a line under their  no one in East Germany has taken responsibility for hiding the Raf suspects although West German Media have accused ousted communist party chief Erich Honecker and the head of the Stasi Erich Mielke. World today Spain begins liberalizing fixed prices for gasoline Madrid Spain apr longtime fixed prices for gasoline and other fuels in Spain were swept away Friday by a Cabinet decree liberalizing prices preparing the country for free Competition by 1993. T the measure set maximum Knees but represented a first step toward total liberalization of prices set for Jan. 1,1993. On that Date All barriers to Competition and the free flow of goods and services labor and capita Are to come Down within the 12-nation european Community. A under the new Price system the government is to set maximum limits for fuel prices every 15 Days. The limits will be based on the average of prices in dec partner countries Italy France West Germany Britain Belgium and the Netherlands. High octane gasoline known As super will have a maximum Price of 80.8 pesetas 80 cents per liter 0.26 Gallons. Its fixed Price per liter was 69 pesetas. Regular gasoline a maximum Price was set at 67.4 pesetas per liter compared to its current fixed Price of 65 pesetas. Singapore subway system completed 2 years Early Singapore apr the worlds newest subway was completed Friday two years ahead of schedule. Known As met for mass rapid transit the 42-mile network was declared fully operational with the opening of Boon Lay station. Ground was broken for the largest Public works project in Singapore a history in october 1983. The first trains rolled in november 1987. There Are 42 stations 27 of them above ground. Routes were planned so that More than Naif of Singapore a 2.7 million people live within a half mile of the track and a third Are within walking distance of the stations. Nine of the underground stations were a hardened Quot to withstand conventional bombing attacks and can accommodate 100,000 people. Old ship full of porcelain found off Vietnam coast Bangkok Thailand apr a sunken wooden ship carrying Many valuable 300-year-old porcelain pieces has been recovered off Viet names con Dao Island the official Vietnam news Agency said Friday. A 31-year-old Fisherman made the discovery when his net got tangled up with the ship 44 Yards under the surface and about 125 Mies Southeast of to Chi Minh City the report said. It did not say when the discovery was made. The report said that the 1,719 articles aboard included table sets Flower vases plates and pans Worth a total of millions of . Dollars. Archaeologists have not yet identified the ship it said. Name of top cigarette to have shortened lifespan Taipei Taiwan apr longevity a the name of Taiwan a Best Selling cigarette a will not be around much longer. The government is demanding that the name be changed arguing that it amounts to misleading advertising t a we All know that smoking will reduce ones lifespan rather than increase it a vice health minister Lee to Yuan said Friday. Man gored in bulls run As Pamplona fest begins Pamplona Spain apr one spaniard was seriously gored saturday and 58 others slightly injured in the first running of the bulls at the we Klong san Fem in festival made famous by . Author Ernes Hemingway. The six bulls ran the half mile stretch from the pens to the bullring in a very Long eight minutes. During the run two bulls left the pack stopped in the cobblestones streets and threatened dozens of youths testing their bravery by running before them. The bulls finally headed into the City bullring. Navarre Hospital said a 24-year-old spaniard who fell before a Bull was gored and suffered a deep wound to the neck. He was in very serious condition. Another spaniard suffered a broken nose in a fall and 57 other runners received on site treatment for bruises and scrapes. The festival attracts an estimated 200,000 tourists from around the world to this Northern City doubling its Normal population. The Bull runs take place every morning and Are followed up each afternoon with professional bullfights. The running of the bulls part of the non Stop drinking and dancing festival in Honor of Fermin the City a Patron Saint began Friday and will continue through july 14. Except during War years the has been held continuously since 191. Since that Date bulls have gored to death 52 people 13 of them since 1924, when Hemingway first visited Pamplona. The writers 1926 novel a the Sun also rises a described in detail the Rowdy round the clock festival that awakens with the morning run of the bulls