European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 30, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday january 30, 1993 . The stars and stripes Page 5magic s Case found to help aids isome people reduced sex risks Survey finds Atlanta apr a Survey of Peoples sex lives found that Many started playing it a bit safer after magic Johnson said he had the aids virus. Fewer patients at a Maryland clinic reported having one night stands and multiple sexual partners according to the study released thursday by the centers for disease control and prevention. A we can to prove that the drops were totally due to magic Johnson but they occurred after his announce men and during Alt the intense Media reporting about aids that followed it a said Linda Valleroy a cd epidemiologist. A a that a a pretty loud  the cd questioned 283 people at a clinic for sexually transmitted diseases in Montgomery county md., from july 29, 1991, through feb. 14, 1992. On nov. 7, 1991, Midway through the study the basketball Star said he had the aids virus. The researchers did no to mention Johnson when they surveyed the patients. That apparently made the study the first to track reaction to a celebrity announcement about aids without creating a statistical Bias. Quot there have been a number of other studies where people asked a did you change your sexual behaviour because of magic Johnson a a Valleroy said. A a that a a More loaded  the Agency asked How often in the last three months each person had a one time sexual encounter or had three or More sexual partners. The participants also were asked How often they used condoms. Of the 186 people surveyed before Johnson a announcement 31 percent reported having one night stands in the previous three months and 32 percent reported three or More sexual partners. After the announcement 20 percent of the 97 people surveyed reported one night stands and 21 percent reported three or More partners. Quot statistically that a a very significant drop a Valleroy said. The last 24 people in the study were the Only ones who were surveyed a full three months after Johnson a announcement and they had the biggest drop in risky behaviour the cd said. It did no to provide exact figures. In the stars and stripes 10 years ago Jan. 30,1983 a a Federal grand jury has indicted retired air Force maj. Gen. Richard b. Collins on charges of embezzling about $445,000 in . Funds. 20 years ago Jan 30,1973 a the defense department said North Vietnam listed 555 living . Servicemen As prisoners and 55 who died in Captivity in North and South Vietnam. The fates of More than 1,300 others listed As missing in action remained tin known. 30 year Sago Jan. 30,1963 a France killed Britain s Hopes for entering the. Common Market but backers of the . Effort warned that the apparent diplomatic Triumph could turn to ashes in president Charles de Gaul Tel a hands. 40 year Sago Jan. 30,195fr�? the Senate armed services committee approved president Eisenhower s nominees for secretaries of the army Navy and air Force after telling two of them they must sell Stock and other interests to qualify. 50 year Sago Jan. 30,1943 a a drive by . Forces was reported in Southern Tunisia to strike the afrika corps of German Field marshal Erwin Rommel at the Mareth line or Block his Retreat until the British 8th army catches up with them. World War ii 1 50 years ago today Jan. 30 1 a 9 a 4 3 germans re equipped 21st Panzer division drives Back Green american and French troops around Faid Tunisia. Soviet troops Clear the germans from the May Kop oilfield and take Tik Horetsky in the. Caucasus. British bombers make a their first Dayi int attack on Berlin. Timed to coincide with radio speeches  10th anniversary or Hitler s Rule. Source 2194 Days of War w. H. Smith publishers inc. World almanac Book of world War ii. Bison books corp. 1981 rare Tiger at Fla. Zoo has to remove cancer caused Sun Miami apr a rare while Tiger has undergone surgery to remove two Small cancerous tutors caused by radiation from the Sun. The White Tiger is More susceptible to cancer because it lacks a skin pigment that would protect it from the Sun especially in warm weather areas such As Florida. The Tiger Kanpur had the tutors near her Eye removed wednesday at the Miami metro zoom a Hospital. Doctors then used radiation treatment of the area said Ron Magill the zoos assistant curator. Magill said that it was the first known Case of multiple squamous cell carcinomas in a Tiger but that to Etc condition has been seen in White cattle and White Domestic cats. A a it a a cancer caused by the harmful effects of radiation from the Sun and these White animals seem to be More predisposed a Magill said. A the 296-Pound Kanpur is one of about 300 White tigers in the world. She was born in Cincinnati and moved with her brother to the metro zoo nine years ago. The White tigers natives of India and lower Asia Arentt True albinos. They have Blue eyes and the faint stripes similar to those of Bengal tigers. All of the current White tigers in the world were born in Captivity. A Tiger named Kanpur has her Eye checked wednesday by or. Lorraine Karl Shl a veterinary ophthalmologist As vets Chryss Miller Center and Jackie Shaw assist. Defeated divided gop seeks new Leader by the los Angeles times St. Louis a the nations ranking republicans still smarting from their election loss and scornful of their departing leaders met thursday to select a new party chairman. On the surface the three Day meeting of the 165-member Republican National committee opened thursday with a collegial sense of purpose All five men seeking to replace Richard Bond Are conservatives who talk of renewing the party at the grass roots level and loosening ties to the Washington establishment that called the shots for 12 years. But the campaigns of the five have highlighted their differences including their ties to the forces buffeting the party a presidential aspirants religious and anti abortion elements even the remains of former president George Bush a reelection apparatus. The five Are a retiring Missouri gov. John Ashcroft. A Mississippi lawyer and political consultant Haley Barbour. A Republican congressional committee co chairman  Abraham. A former army Secretary Howard h. A a boy Callaway. A and Oregon party chairman Craig l. Berkman party veterans said none of the five appeared to have enough support for a first ballot Victory Friday afternoon. Party regulars considered Barbour and Abraham the front runners with Ashcroft who gained National exposure last fall As a Bush Campaign speaker not far behind. But arriving committee members said As Many As 40 percent of the voting members appeared uncommitted. Committed or not some of the arriving committee members projected impatience with the soothing promises made by consultants and cellular phone Wield ing floor whips. After 12 years of taking orders from Reagan and Bush administration officials some party officials fixed their Independence. Outside one reception a midwestern committeeman poked a startled staffer in the Chest and huffed a a you re beginning to sound exactly like the dolts we had to endure for the last four  Karen Hughes executive director of the Texas Republican party said a a Strong anti Washington establishment mood pervades the gathering. A i think the deciding Factor in the vote is who the members believe will allow them to be part of the process a she said. A you done to Rind being a rubber stamp body when you win. But when you  As they lobbied Nea Well stocked Buffet tables in Hyatt Regency hotel hospitality suites and in secluded speeches in spare meeting rooms the five contestants tried to capitalize on that frustration. They echoed a growing cadre of party regulars who believe Bush s presidential Campaign was fatally flawed of the party failure to project a a big tent image to a diverse nation. A the sense that the party needs to be inclusion Ary is playing pretty Well Here a said Eddie mane a Republican political consultant who flew in from Washington to lobby for Calloway. That yearning for a broader More tolerant Republican party masks a fear among Many stalwarts that they re in danger of a grass roots takeover by the religious right. Mary Alice Lair a National committee woman from the Southeast Kansas town of Piqua worries about the a new people a her hushed description of Christian right volunteers who have swelled party membership Rolls in her Republican precinct. A we need to find ways to show the new Keople that we re of and to teach them of to operate As one group a Lair said. A we need a chairman who can show the precincts How to organize