European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 11, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                By Laurie Garrett. A -. Quot new Day a while new aids cases among men particularly Gays Are decreasing in the United states female cases Are skyrocketing particularly among women who Are unaware they Are at risk for the disease. The number of new female aids cases jumped 35 Crecent in 1990 and is expected to leap at least another 5 percent this year according to the centers for disease control in Atlanta at hospitals throughout new York City which has the largest number of female aids cases in the nation specialists report that women take up an Cvar incr Casmo percentage of the aids Beds. Soon they say the ratio of male to female aids patients will be 50-50, similar to that in Africa. A the percentage of women infected with his the virus that causes aids is increasing in new York City and All Over the country More than any other group although the total numbers of male cases remain higher a said or. Jack Dehovitz an aids specialist at the state University of new York at Brooklyn health science Center. A we really need urgently to set up studies a id almost say anthropological studies of a culture by Cul Ture basis a to figure out what puts women at risk a plans postponed to build Gas line Anchorage Alaska a plans to build an 800-Milc pipeline to carry natural Gas from North slope oilfields to the port of Valdez have been postponed for at least three years a pipeline company official said. Prospective customers in Japan indicated they would not be interested in the Gas until the year 2000, three years later than expected Peter Demay a senior vice president for Yukon Pacific said Friday the company had planned to begin construction in 1993, with completion targeted for 1997. The company Laid off 20 employees Friday cutting its work Force in half. A. A. /. \ ,. Quot Demay said the company still plans to build the pipeline but later. A it s not cold feet a Demay said. A it s facing up to the fact of Why should we be shooting for 97. When the Market is telling us 2,000?�?� the company also scaled Back its contract with Bechtel corp., an engineering firm doing preliminary design work for a $2.5 billion Gas liquefying Plant and Tanker terminal near the Valdez Oil terminal. The project would tap huge Gas reserves on the North slope for Export to Power utilities steel plants and other customers in Japan Korea and Taiwan. Yukon officials say they need  buy about 7 million tons of Gas a year just to begin construction a and twice that much under contract to make a profit when the Gas is flowing. Korea has signed a letter of intent for 2 million tons. Yukon Pacific which is controlled by the Virginia based conglomerate Cox corp., had budgeted about $300 million for preliminary engineering work for the Plant and terminal in Valdez and the pipeline and collection facilities on the North slope said Bill Mchugh president of Yukon  of Pilot found la Fayette a a the body of the Pilot of a military plane that crashed after colliding with another aircraft was found in a wooded area near the Tennessee Border authorities said. Searchers found the body of David Brady 54, of Cartersville on saturday about three Miles North of where his two seat t-37, a former military training plane collided with an a-26 world War ii attack plane Friday Walker county sheriff Ai Millard said. A the either ejected or was thrown from the aircraft a Millard said saturday a lie was wearing a Parachute but it was  found earlier was the body of John Bori Wiek 45, of Carversville the sole passenger on Brady s plane. The collision occurred when the ar26 struck t-37, knocking off its Tail. The t-37 spun to the ground and exploded. The a-26 sustained nose damage but landed safely. The two aircraft were headed to an air show. Under a Grant from the National Institute of allergy and infectious diseases in Bethesda md., researchers at the University in Brooklyn have organized a Pool of heterosexual women who have no history of intravenous drug abuse or other High risk Behaviours. The women receive extensive free medical care in Exchange for participating in studies of social and sexual behaviour that put women at risk for aids. Researchers were surprised to find that 3.5 percent of this now risk group of women were his positive said Dehovitz who led the study. Most men know if they Are at risk for aids because they directly participate in Behaviours that spread the virus such As unprotected Arial Intercourse or intravenous drug use. But women Dehovitz said Are often unaware of their sexual partners behaviour or his status. If trends continue aids will be one of the five leading causes of death for women of reproductive age nationwide by the end of this year according to projections by the centers for disease control. It is already no. 1 in new York and. New Jersey according to the states health department s. A a a a. Nationwide the death rate due to aids is 10 times greater for Black women than White and eight times  hispanic women than White according to the cd. File the Impact of California s drought shows at Santa Barbara s Gibraltar  dream continues in parched California los Angeles apr in drought parched California no plan to bring More water to the state is too big too expensive or too strange the Alaska to California a Garden Hose May still be a Long shot yet Cloud seeders once dismissed by a lawmaker As a voodoo machines have come to los Angeles desalination plants Are in the works around the state and Santa Barbara forgot fears of  sprawl and finally agreed to Hook up to an Aqueduct. The California water Rush is on with several companies and alaskans governor offering to help quench the states thirst a for a Price. But californians Are looking at anything these Days. Despite a Rainy March the state drought has officially turned 5 years old the longest Ana a by Many estimates a most severe drought in state record books. A it is that  said Lynn Sakamoto spokeswoman for los Angeles county supervisor Kenneth Hahn. Hahn backs one of the More unusual and certainly one of the most expensive water plans. It is a 1,409-mile plastic pipeline under the Pacific Ocean to ship water from Alaska to California. Page 6 a the stabs and stripes tuesday june 11, 1991 female aids cases in u s. I n c red sed 35% i a St be a three killed one Hurt at Ohio amusement Park from wire reports Kings Mills Ohio a three men apparently were shocked by a live wire in a amusement Park Lake two fatally and a woman fell to her death off a ride about 30 minutes later officials said a a a a t �., a there was no explanation for How the live wire came to be in the Lake or what caused the woman to fall sunday night from the flight commander ride at the Kings Island amusement Park. A Park official said the accidents were being investigated a a a a a a the two men killed about 9 15 . Were identified As William Haithcoat 20, of Cincinnati and Darrell Robertson 20, of Hamilton. University Hospital spokesman Carey Hoffman said both May have died from electrical Shock. Robertson was an employee of the Park Hoffman said. \ Timothy Benning 22, of Cincinnati was treated for electrical Shock and was in fair condition said North Bethesda Hospital spokeswoman Joyce Miller. A a a a the Lake where the three men were shocked is at the Parks German Bie Garten said Jennifer Ruef a spokeswoman for the amusement Park in southwestern Ohio. The woman who fell from the flight commander was taken to Miami Valley Hospital in Dayton where she died said Steve Edwards an amusement Park spokesman. Her identity has yet to be released  flight commander has pods that hold two riders each. Each pod is controlled by the  attacks beekeeper Johnson City Tenn. A a beekeeper was stung from head to toe by More than 1,000 honeybees after he had a diabetic seizure and kicked a hive. A v a a the italian honeybees attacked John Reeves 66, in his Yard saturday after he had an insulin reaction. He was not wearing protective clothing. A the started kicking around throwing his arms around and he kicked the Beehive stirred up the bees a said his wife Elise. He was listed in fair condition sunday night. Paramedics had found Reeves on the ground and tried to get to him but the bees attacked holding them off for half an hour. Firefighters then put on reflective aluminium suits and pulled Reeves to safety. Honeybees have been Reeves Hobby fonts years his wife said. Smoker sues company Sanford Fla. A a writer who says he sad dieted to Marlboro cigarettes has sued its Parent company for the $85 Cost of classes to kick the habit. A. A a a a a. A Daniel Walter of Altamonte Springs contends that Philip Morris inc. Should help him Stop smoking because its advertising helped him Start. Quot they know it is an addictive Carcinogen. I thought it was Only right they should pay a said Walter 33. A ,. Company attorney Walter Cofer said that Philip Morris does no to believe its cigarettes Are addictive and that millions of people have quit smoking on their  Pilot ejects safely league City Texas a the Pilot of a disabled Jet fighter flying out of Houston a Ellington Field managed to guide his Craft to an unpopulated area before bailing out officials said. A. The f-16 fighter owned by the Texas air National guard crashed and burned saturday and the Pilot capt Kenneth Gurry was rescued from a wooded area. Witnesses said two Jet fighters flying in forma Lon had just made a Sharp turn when something Tell from one of the planes before it went out of control. Air National guard officials said the falling object was apparently a fuel tank being jettisoned. Quot the drop tank was empty. It carries external fuel and we Are picking it up a said the guard s maj. Ron Colunga. Gurry was rescued from a wooded area by a coast guard helicopter and taken to an area Hospital for observation Majhen released