European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 26, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday. September 26. 1991 the stars and stripes a Page 7aids panel warns of complacency non Gay men More Likely to pass his than women Chicago apr a a Hete Rose you Al men infected with the virus that causes aids Are at least 17.5 times More Likely to give the infection to women during sex than the other Way around according to a study that supports previous findings. Investigators in the study published wednesday tested 72 male partners of infected women and 307 female partners of infected men to determine the rates of his transmission Between heterosexual couples. The researchers said they found that just one Man had become infected by a woman and even that Case was inconclusive since both partners said they had had Many unprotected sexual encounters with other partners before their relationship. Sixty one or 20 percent of the women had been infected with human immunodeficiency virus by men according to the study. The study expands on a preliminary report last year suggesting men were 14 times More Likely to give the virus to women than vice versa. A this really shows the relative risk a said the Lead researcher or. Nancy s. Padian of the University of California san Francisco. A it does no to say anything about the exact magnitude of the  the imbalance in transmission rates appears to result from a combination of factors including physical differences Between men and women Padian said. An editorial accompanying the study in wednesday s journal of the american medical association said the findings emphasize How slow the United states has been to acknowledge the Rise in heterosexual aids and to do More to prevent its spread. Scientists believe the proportion of heterosexually transmitted aids cases will double in the next decade from about 7 percent now said authors of the editorial drs. James Allen and Valarie Setlow of the National aids program office at the department of health and human services. Provides Money for areas hard hit by the epidemic the panel said. The commission whose members were appointed by Congress and the White House to advise National leaders on aids policy often has been critical of the Federal efforts to address the crisis. In previous Shorter reports it has warned against complacency in the face of aids and has urged president Bush and Congress to ensure that the needs of people with the aids causing human immunodeficiency virus or his Are met. The role of the commission and the purpose of the report Rogers said is to keep the aids Issue a on the front Burner and see if we could coax More concern from leaders at the Federal level and at the state and local  aids has been diagnosed in More than 186,000 people in the United states since june 1981 when the disease was first discovered. Of these More than 118,000 have died. More than 1 million americans Are believed to have been exposed to his and Are at risk for developing aids. The National centers for disease control estimates that Only 12 percent of people with his know they Are carrying the virus. Aids is already stretching thin the resources of inner City hospitals overloaded with cases. The Federal state medicaid health care program for the poor where Money is also increasingly scarce covers about 40 percent of the people with aids. Nearly 30 percent of people with aids have no health insurance. Preparing for project parasol Washington a the National commission on aids warned tuesday that a growing indifference to the aids epidemic and continued Lack of National leadership is making a bad situation worse. In its first comprehensive report the 2-Ycar-old commission listed More than two dozen recommendations topped by development of a National aids plan to identify priorities and resources needed to fight the disease and provide health care coverage for All americans. A your nation s leaders have not done Well a the report said. A in the past decade the White House has rarely broken its silence on the topic of aids. Congress has shown leadership in developing critical legislation but has often failed to provide adequate funding for aids programs. A particulate leadership guiding americans toward a proper response to aids has been notably absent a the report said. The commissions primary recommendation was that Universal health care coverage be provided for All people living in the United states. However the panel said that was a Long term goal and that More immediate Steps need to be taken. These Steps should build on existing programs such As medicaid medicare and the Ryan White comprehensive aids resources emergency act which Drums of fuel chemicals lost on Island of ice Anchorage Alaska apr an ice Floe carrying an abandoned soviet research station and hundreds of Drums of fuel and potentially hazardous chemicals is lost somewhere North of Alaska Federal officials say. The Island of ice broke Loose from the soviet coast july 24, according to the coast guard. On sept. 2. The ice was reported in the Arctic Ocean 56 Miles from Barrow the nations northernmost City. Officials say the soviets have promised to remove the chemicals and the buildings from the Floe once it is found. But with bad weather making it difficult to locate by satellite or air plane that could take a while. A a it a called Needle in a Haystack time a said Randy Crosby director of search and Rescue for Alaska s North slope Borough which includes Barrow. The soviet station North pole 31 sat on a one half mile site on the ice about 150 Miles Northwest of Point Barrow until it broke Loose the coast guard said. Such stations usually Are used for Long term study of ice currents weather sea floor Topography and other scientific projects. North slope and coast guard officials went to the station in july when it first was reported to be breaking away and the 23 people working there needed help getting off. The workers were rescued by a soviet Cutter. Crosby said that was the last time he saw the station. A Walrus researcher spotted it sept. 2 near Barrow. He said there were six Reddish prefabricated plywood buildings on the ice a couple of them collapsing and All of them surrounded by puddles. There were As Many As 1,000 fuel Drums. North slope officials Are worried about pollution and the navigational Hazard posed by the ice Floe and any floating fuel Drums particularly since the Eskimo fall whaling season has begun. A there is also the obvious problem that Drums could Wash ashore and unwary people could be injured while trying to open or utilize the Drums a Barrow scientist Tom Albert wrote in a memo to mayor Jeslie Kaleak. A memo to the coast guard from the soviet Marine pollution control and Salvage administration in St. Petersburg formerly Leningrad said the soviets left these materials at the site a 500 Drums of diesel Oil. A 30 Drums of aluminium powder. A 10 Drums of lubricating Oil. A four bags of caustic soda. A 600 empty Drums. Controversial environmental artist Christo has undertaken his most ambitious artwork yet the umbrellas joint project for Japan and the . Here a worker prepares parasols for helicopter Airlift near fort Tejon Colorado Springs Colo. A up to 30 youths May have watched As a Soldier was kicked stomped and punched to death because he had wandered onto their turf police said. Four High school students were being held tuesday for investigation of murder in the saturday night Pum Meling of army spec. Layne Thomas Schmidtke 24. Quot it s a tragic stupid thing a said police it. Rich resling. Joseph Daniel Reeves a Friend of Schmidtke and a fellow Soldier at fort Carson on the Edge of town suffered minor injuries in the attack at a Busy intersection and teen age hangout near Fountain fort Carson High school. The two soldiers were walking on a sidewalk blocked by about 25 Young people resling said. The pair walked into the Street to pass and the teen agers taunted them with a Quot this is our territory this is our Block kind of thing a he said. Calif. The project being unveiled oct. M will feature simultaneous three week displays of 1,340 Blue umbrellas dotting japanese valleys and 1,760 yellow parasols in a Southern California Mountain pass. Schmidtke and Reeves exchanged words with the crowd police said. As they neared a Corner two girls warned them not to go any farther because some youths were looking for trouble said police sgt. Ray Lachapelle. The soldiers continued anti a fight ensued. As Many As eight people began kicking and stomping Schmidtke for six to 10 minutes As the two dozen others or More looked on police said. One of the youths identified by Reeves As Anthony Lamar Phenix repeatedly kicked Schmidtke s head As he Lay unconscious a police affidavit said. A Park police officer patrolling the Street a Quot Lund Schmidtke in a crosswalk. He was taken to memorial Hospital where he died of brain injuries an autopsy determined. Schmidtke was the father of year old twins. In custody were Phenix 18, and Kevin Jerome Moore 18, As Well As a 16-year-old boy and a 17-year-old boy who were not identified because they Are juveniles. Youths kick go to death in Colorado