European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 30, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 a a the stars and Stripe Economy grow More slowly than believed Washington apr the . Economy grew at a 1,7 percent annual rate in the third Quarter a bit less than was previously thought the government reported wednesday. The weak growth was unlikely to Chase away fears that the country is in a recession. The Commerce department said its downward revision in the Gross National product showed that the Economy advanced even More slowly from july through september than the 1.8 percent first reported last month. The Gnu is the nations total output of goods and services and its broadest measure of economic activity. Recent surveys of professional economic forecasters show that most believe the Economy has tumbled into a recession a informally defined As two consecutive declines in the Gnu. For Many the question is when it began. Some analysts contend most of the third Quarter growth was concentrated in the first part of the period and was tapering off at the end after Iraq stormed Kuwait on aug. 2 and Oil Price Shock subsequently hit the Economy. Even president Bush and his chief economic adviser Michael Boskin have said publicly that the Economy has weakened in recent months. Bush Calls it a  Boskin says its a  the department also reported that a Gnu measure of inflation Rose even More than previously reported a at an annual rate of 4,2 percent. It was first reported to have risen 4.1 percent after a 3,9 percent gain in the second Quarter. Inflation advanced at a 6.4 percent rate in the first Quarter. At the same time the department said after tax profits earned by american corporations jumped 6.7 percent during the third Quarter. Corporate profits dropped 0.6 percent in the second Quarter erasing a 0.5 percent gain in the first. In another report the department said orders to . Factories for a big ticket Quot durable goods rebounded 3,6 percent in october driven by a 14.8 percent jump in transportation orders. It reported that orders for durable goods a Quot big tickets items expected to last More than three years a totalled a seasonally adjusted $129.4 billion following declines of 1.6 percent in september and 0.9 percent in August. Leading the downward revision in the Gnu was a 3.2 percent gain in consumer spending Down from the 3.6 percent Advance first reported. At the same time inventories declined $4.4 billion rather than the $1.7 billion in the initial report. Housing construction was off 19.2 percent instead of 15.4 percent while government spending Rose just 0.6 percent rather than the 1.3 percent gain first reported. On the other hand business investment was up 8.2 percent instead of 7.4 percent in the initial report. And the Trade deficit narrowed to $500 million rather than the $7.9 billion reported last month. Each quarters Gnu is revised twice As More Complete data becomes available. The final revision in the third Quarter report is due next month. Santa goes underground getting into the swing of the season Santa Claus holds onto a pole for support As he rides with other Early morning commuters on a new York subway wednesday. A member of volunteers of America the Well dressed Santa is headed toward his assigned spot on a sidewalk somewhere in the  receives court approval to broadcast Noriega tape Miami apr a Federal judge on wednesday lifted his ban against Cable news networks broadcast of Manuel Noriega a prison phone Calls to his Legal team. The ban on in no a use of the tape had sparked a fierce constitutional debate pitting the right of free speech against the right to a fair trial. Quot the tapes May be published As can wishes to publish them said  judge William Hoeveler during a morning hearing. Noriega a attorney Frank Rubino said he no longer had any objection to in no a use of the tapes. The Only tape he challenged was a conversation Between Noriega and his defense team which had already been broadcast by can. Quot it does no Good to close the barn door after the horse is out a  wednesday. The judge also ordered the Federal Bureau of prisons to Stop its practice of sharing tape recorded conversations in the Noriega Case with other government agencies. Hoeveler last month temporarily barred in. From using parts of taped conversations bet eel Noriega and his attorneys who said airing thl tapes would destroy the ousted panamanian dicta tors defense against drug charges. F can broadcast some tapes including a conversation Between Noriega and Rubinos Secretary who acted a a translator for Rubinos investigator. I an appeals court and the . Supreme court Rej fused to lift the order and can last week turned Ovel the tapes it had obtained to Hoeveler for review. I in Atlanta can spokesman Steve Haywood said if was doubtful that can would broadcast any of the tapes wednesday. Rubino after the hearing said he still intended to ask for contempt penalties against can for airing the tape despite Hoeveler a order. Expert warns of aids Reservoir at colleges nne Tom a1_______tfnn. W Boston apr about one in 500 . College students is infected with the aids virus and further spread of the deadly disease is Likely on campuses unless students change their sex habits a study concludes. Based on the new findings the Federal centers for disease control estimates that Between 25,000 and 35,000 College students Are infected with his the aids virus. Quot risky Behaviours Are occurring and now we know we have the infection. It is cause for concern and appropriate attention a said or. Helene d. Gayle who directed the study. The cd study is the first nationwide attempt to judge the infection rate of his on College campuses said co author or. Richard p. Keeling of the american col lege health association. It shows that the virus is probably about As common there As in the Public at Large. However the researchers cautioned that aids could still spread dramatically among College students just As some other sexually transmitted diseases have done. A i think probably the most important thing from this study is that it shows us the potential a said Keeling. Quot the combination of a sexually transmitted disease tossed into Campus behaviour has the potential for very serious consequences in the future. It also shows us we have an Opportunity to prevent  the study was based on random testing of blood samples drawn from 16,863 students at 19 schools most of them Large state universities. It found that two tenths of 1 percent of the students were infected with the virus. Quot this is both Good news and bad news a commented Leighton Kun a Public health specialist at the Urban Institute in Washington. A a it a Good that its not sky High As some might have feared. But its bad that its there at All a among other results of the study published in thursdays new England journal of Medicine a Overall the Survey found 30 aids a felted students. All but two of them were men. A the infection rate was half of 1 percent for men and two hundredths of 1 percent in women. A Over age 24 were seven times More Likely than younger students to be infected. A at 10 of the 19 campuses the Survey turned up no aids infections at All. Auto 5esearchers noted that the risk of aids for College students is far lower than among some other groups such As cubic homosexuals and drug abusers. Quot the potential clearly exists however for the further spread of his infection in this population and preventive measures Are needed they wrote. Keeling said the study underscores the need to persuade College students to use condoms limit the number of sexual part ners and otherwise reduce their risk of becoming infected a your concern is that now that we have documented the presence of his on col a lege campuses a he said Quot it is essentially a Reservoir from which the virus caul spread to other people if we do not succeed in changing  Keeling who also runs the student health service at the University of Virgin-1 a said students often feel As though aids is something that does not concern them. Other factors that May enhance the spread of the virus include widespread casual sex poor skill at negotiating Safe sex practices and the frequent Combina a Tion of sex while drinking which makes people less cautious v i however health expert Kun part cd rated in a recent study that found that condom use among teen agers has Dou bled during the past decade. I a Young people Are aware of aids and Are doing things to prevent aids a Kun said