European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 29, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Page .4 a the stars and stripes wednesday May 29, 1991 Quot to use Raleigh . Apr researchers have determined tobacco is. Better for you than you May believe. Not in its usual Smo Kable form but for developing an anti aids drug a food enzyme and other genetic research. V. A. Scientists want to Pul a tobacco to work by spraying it with a virus that changes the plants leaves. For contemporary growers the virus would be considered a pest which has raised concerns from environmentalists. But scientists insist it is Safe and state and Federal officials have Given their approval. V a it could revolutionize the Way we look at tobacco a said David Dane Bower associate professor of crop sciences at North Carolina state University Dan Chowc and fellow North Carolina state professor Raymond Long Are heading the research project for Bio source genetics corp. Of Vacaville. Calif. A. A a a. A a the company has planted a Small tobacco crop on University property where the research which bios Burce vice president David Mcgee said is the first of its kind is being conducted. Tobacco companies Are not involved in the project. A we have been approached by some people who Are looking into those alternative uses a. Said a Deidre Whitt a spokeswoman for . Reynolds tobacco co. Of Winston Salem. A we Are not funding anything but we Are keeping our options open.�?�. According to the researchers tobacco is the Plant world s White mouse abcs to provide a wealth of knowledge to those who Experiment on it. A if it weren to for. Tobacco i doubt very seriously tissue engineering and iof genetic engineering would exist today a Long said., in the Bio source experiments each tobacco Plant is sprayed with the tobacco virus which tells the Plant to produce foreign proteins. It is those pro twins that scientists Hope will Lead to the development of sophisticated to attack a a diseases including aids. Among other things scientists Hope to develop a Way to easily manufacturer potential anti aids drug called a 1 Pha Trich Santhin commonly known As compound 0. Compound a derived from chinese herbal Medicine is being tested on aids patients. The scientists also Hope to use the proteins the tobacco creates to make Alpha Amylase the enzyme that food manufacturers use to turn starch into glucose. A its proponents say the drug appears to Stop infected blood cells from Niak ing new copies of the aids virus. But compound q is not easily or cheaply developed in the Laboratory and Biso Urce officials say they Hope their work can change that. 1 a within 30 Days we Harvest a tobacco Plant and we extract whatever commercial product it has made for us a Mcgee said. A we believe this will be of a practical application to the farm in just a few Bio source began its Field tests after getting permission from North Carolina genetic engineering review Board in one of the first attempts by any state to regulate biotechnology. The . Department of agriculture also approved the testing. Local environmental groups tried to Block the state permit concerned that altered genes could spread to the environment and damage agriculture. Soviet Grain sales Cost $700 million in subsidy fees Washington apr it has Cost More than $700 million in Export subsidies to sell the soviet Union Cut rate prices agriculture department he ures show. A a a. A a. A. A. A a a v a a a a a 1 he subsidies Lor the Sale of wheat to Moscow make up More than 20 percent of the total of $3.27 billion spent for a bonuses Quot to exporters since the Export enhancement program began six years ago. Subsidized Grain sales Are not part of the current controversy Over extending credit guarantees so the soviet Union can buy . Lood. The lip operation does not involve credit Only subsidized reduced prices for specified commodities. An announcement of the study was made last week. Quot according to the findings of a recent review of the lip conducted by us a and the office of management and budget aggregate exports of the 12 commodities sold under the Lei Are Likely to have been larger than Drey would have been in the absence of the program a the report said. 1 wheat wheat flour and Barley sales have been heavy i subsidized by the Elp operation since it began. Of the $3.27 billion in subsidies paid since Elp began on May 15, 1985, wheal and flour accounted for $2 61 billion As of mid March. The soviet unions share of the wheat subsidy was $707.4 million for the Purchase of 23.3 million metric ions. Under the program private exporters can sell specified commodities to designated countries at lower prices in order to meet foreign Competition. . Legislators reach budget Deal judges needed .1 cases. Poignant memorial three members of the army reserves 14th quartermaster det a spec. Albert Hawk from left it. Paul Lombardi the units commander in the persian Gulf Region and sgt. Michael Radoias a dedicate a memorial monday at the units armory in Greensburg a. 1 thirteen members of the detachment died when a scud missile fired by Iraq hit their Barracks in Dhah ran saudi Arabia on feb. 25. Albany . Apr legislative leaders announced tentative agreement on a state budget monday nearly two months alter it was due. The delay of the $51.9 billion plan has threatened fiscal crises for new York .ci.lv, other communities and the state. The tentative Deal came after More than three Houis of talks on memorial Day Between slate Senate majority Leader Ralph Marino the Legislatures top Republican and Assembly speaker Mel Miller tie top Democrat. Their aides said the budget would in clude a tax increase package of about $1.5 billion Marino and Miller would t provide details before they briefed their colleagues tuesday. V the Deal would end the longest budget delay in new Yorkus history. The budget Lor the fiscal Yeti that began april i is late for the seventh straight year. Gov. Mario Cuomo said monday that the impasse was endangering the fiscal standing of the state and new York City. He noted that new York City officials had said they would have to seek legislative permission to borrow ,$3 billion because of the late budget. Lie said the impasse also threatened a further reduction in the states credit rating which fell last year to its lowest level Ever and third worst in the nation. Lower credit ratings mean higher interest costs for Public borrowing. Cuomo aides said monday that the state will have to borrow $3.5 billion or More As soon As a new budget is passed Quot Quot the clowns in Albany had better get their Aci together a Hyman Grossman a managing director for Standard amp poor a credit rating. Service said earlier. A a they re beginning to Plav russian roulette.�?�. A. No fairy tale ending for Prince s Castle Rome a. Apr saudi Arabia s Prince Faisal his dream of a Castle in Georgia broken in . Bankruptcy court is losing his 8,000 acres of Scenic North Georgia properly. More than 300 Farmers land speculators and the curious crowded under a circus tent by the Etowah River on monday As 1,200 acres of the land were auctioned off. The auction which raised More than $1.6 million was the first of three summer sales where Faisal a North Georgia Hotd Ings will be sold to help pay his $21 million debt. His lavish mansion in Atlanta already has been sold for $7.5 million. Faisal 46. Came to Georgia in 1075 for military training and started buying land along the River hoping eventually to build an Manor Complete with Castle. But court testimony showed he fell behind in payments on the land for More than two years. It is being sold to satisfy his creditors. T Washington apr Moice Federal judges Are needed to Deal with a glut of criminal cases brought on by stepped up spending on drug prosecutions sen. Bob Graham. A Fla said monday after receiving s congressional study. The study by the general. Accounting a office said the budget for . Attorneys nearly doubled from-1988 to l991, from $380 million nationwide to $742 million. Even though the budget for the Federal courts also increased steeply from $1.42 billion to $2.59 billion the courts Are not Able to keep up with the caseload Graham said. Quot the criminal Justice system is tilted toward the front end of the process a said Graham who asked for the study. Quot More Federal agencies Are making More arrests. More prosecutors arc making More cases. More cases Are sent to courts that Are overloaded a
