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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Friday, April 5, 1991

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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 5, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday april 5, 1991 the stars and stripes a Page 7 Deborah Norville co Host Norville to care for son new York a Deborah Norville is being replaced As co Host of no cd so a today show by Katie Couric Abc announced thursday. The president of Abc news Michael Gartner said the decision was Norville she said she had asked for a year off to spend time with her new son  said in a network statement that a being a new Mother away from the spotlight has allowed me to see clearly what i want to do give my son the Best possible Start on life and practice Good journalism there is plenty of time for the latter but i la get Only one Chance to do the former a a Deborah is a terrific Anchor and reporter and has done excellent work for Abc news Over the years a partner said in announcing the change. Couric the former National correspondent for a today a has been filling in for Norville since she. Went on maternity leave feb. 22. The shows ratings have steadily improved in the five weeks since Couric 34, will join Anchor Bryant Gumbel and co Anchor Joe Garagiola news Reader Faith Daniels and Weatherman Willard Scott. A this is a wonderful Opportunity for me a one 1 certainly did no to expect would come my Way a Couric said. She and her husband Washington attorney Jay Monahan Are expecting their first child in july. A. A a a today dropped from first to second place in the ratings in. The months after Norville replaced Jane Pauley As co Host in january 1990. The 33-year-old Norville was seen by some viewers As having pushed the popular Pauley out of her Job. Norville who was to have returned to work april 29, posed for people Magazine last month breast feeding her son a move that some say heightened criticism of her. The baby born last month is the first child for Norville and her husband Karl Wellner a swedish businessman. La. To test by Eric maln1c the los Angeles times los Angeles a a patrol car mounted video camera designed to record the behaviour of suspects or the behaviour of police As they Deal with suspects will be Field tested by the los Angeles police department. 1 Dave Phillips marketing director of the Crim tech corp. Of Auburn Hills mich., the company that developed the camera system said wednesday that he proposed Quot the test shortly after a civilian videotaped los Angeles officers beating Motorist Rodney a King last month. Visible symptoms found in earliest stages of aids by Laurie Garrett. A. New Day v in the first weeks after infection the aids virus multiplies at an astonishing rate producing trillions of. Copies of itself and causing severe flu like symptoms until the immune system temporarily stifles the attack according to research published thursday. Two scientific teams report in the new England. Journal of Medicine that they found what they called a a shocking Levels of the human immunodeficiency virus during their patients earliest stages a of infection. The findings Are considered scientifically convincing because the groups got the same results working separately in Birmingham aja., and los Angeles. / Quot that the virus reproduced rapidly after initial infect r lion was known but the new work Means that the rate of growth is far faster than anticipated and can create visible symptoms that might Lead doctors to suspect his infection sooner. And if patients knew at an car lick stage that they were infected they could take pc cautions to prevent infecting others. % in its paper the Alabama group described four patients who had High fevers loss of appetite muscle stiffness diarrhoea nausea and other symptoms typical of an acute Case of the flu. Within Days of the Onset of the symptoms the patients a three of whom had previously tested negative for his infection a were found to be flooded with his viruses. But within 10 to 20 Days the patients seemed to recover the virus Load a plummeted to barely detectable Levels and antibodies against. I v filled their bloodstream. New York a the age of the Yuppie is dying. Faith in god is the most important part of americans lives followed by Good health and a Happy marriage according to a recent Survey. Forty percent of respondents said they valued their relationship with god above Aii Cise who 1 e Only 2 percent said a Job that pays Well was the most important thing in their life. / 7 _ a a that san astounding set of figures it scents to me. It suggests a re orientation a cultural shift a said Wade Clark roof a professor of religion and society at the University of California Santa Barbara. The responses Are part of a growing body of Survey data that deflates the notion built up in popular culture in the 1970s and �?T80s that Many americans Are mainly motivated by greed and personal ambition sociologists said. A the people who Are shocked Are those who believe this country is More secular than it realty is a said William Mckinney Dean of Hartford Seminary. A a we re in some ways an incurably religious  the Telephone Survey of 600 adults was conducted Jan. 17-20 for the lifetime television show a a the great american to  the Survey by Princeton Survey research associates has a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 4 percentage Points. _ Diane Colasanto who oversaw the Survey said it is difficult to compare it with other polls because the question was asked in a new Way. The question compared Faith in importance to other concerns rather than solely addressing the importance of religion. But she. Said the results Are consistent with other surveys show cameras a second group at the University of California los Angeles made similar observations of four patients. The researchers led by or. David to no a in charge of the Aaron Diamond aids research  , found As Many As 10 million viral particles per Millilitre of blood. A / a a a a a the surprising thing to us was the level a higher t a n a typical aids patient in t he late stage of the d is -. Ease Quot Llo said. A it was shocking to  with so Many viruses in their bloodstream these people Are highly infectious Ilo said but unaware they have his or pose a risk to their sex Ial partners or others. The patients thought their fevers and other symptoms were due to a bad flu and Standard acquired immune deficiency syndrome tests continued to find them his negative until they began to recover from their influenza Ike sym Toins. The blood test docs not directly look for the virus but instead identities antibodies which Are produced by the body in response to the infection. Quot a a a �?o1 would say that if people Are in a High risk group and had an illness compatible with this that lasted More than a cry Isle of Days a couple of weeks maybe they should definitely get an his test who said. Quot. Meanwhile How a Laboratory is trying to figure omit How the immune system knocks out those t1iv viruses shortly after infection yet fails to respond effectively years later when the individual develops. Full blown aids. So far his team has found that a special Type of immune system cell called a killer t cell plays the primary defensive role a a ing the importance of religion in americans lives. A my guess is that this is not a new phenomenon a she said a it s something we be never looked at in this particular Way Quot a v v. A a a. A a. Fifty eight percent of the respondents to a 1990 associated press poll conducted by ice Survey research group said religion was very important in their lives and 86 percent said it was either very important or fairly important. \ two recent books that have Analysed religious trends a a religious indicators by priest sociologist Andrew Greeley and �?o100 questions and answers religion in american published by the Princeton religious research Center a have concluded that there has been a remarkable level of stability in. The personal religious Faith of americans. A a my sense is that this is a Long held fact of american life a added Colasanto a former senior vice president of the Gallup organization professional goals ranked at the Bottom of the things americans said were most important in their lives according to the  addition to the ,40 percent who said Faith in god was what they valued most 29 percent cited Good health and 21 percent said a Happy marriage was most important. Only 5 percent said a Job they enjoy was most important while 2 percent said the Money they Nake counted most two percent said the respect of people in their Community was most important and 1 percent said none of the values mentioned was most important. Cars a we were interested in what Crim tech had to say a said police cmdr. Larry Fetters who will supervise the test. A the camera would provide documentation of what is happening. Clearly it would document the behaviour of the  Quot it s one of the few pieces of equipment that a liked by both the police and the aclus Phillips said. The american civil liberties Union has been one of the leading voices in the continuing protest Over the March 3 beating of King who was struck More than 5u times by police Batons after a car Chase in los Angeles. Four officers await trial on criminal charges in the beating. The Amateur cameraman s videotape of the beating a aired by television stations across the country a has prompted a National outcry against police Druta fity the Crim tech camera system which first hit the Market about a year ago is being tested by about 50 Law enforcement agencies in the United states and Canada Phillips said. The largest Sale thus far at 55,500 a in iwo is the 14 cameras purchased by the Royal Canadian mounted police he  Oakland county sheriff s depart ment in Michigan is using several of the Crim tech cameras a and they work very Well a sheriffs sgt. James 1 icily Gentha. Said. Videotapes of errant Drivers have been used As evidence in court and have yet to be challenged he added. Asked if the cameras Are Worth the Cost the sergeant said a  a  Fetters said he met with Crim tech s. President John Squicciarini on tuesday to discuss placement of a test camera in one of the patrol cars that officers use to track stolen vehicles. The Crim tech camera a about the size of a fist a is mounted next to a patrol cards rear Yiew Mirror Phillips said. It can be activated manually by an officer or automatically As the  on his red lights and Siren. .  
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