European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 26, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse The staa8 and . Doubts cast on dentist As source of aids cases new York a a new genetic analysis has called into question government scientists conclusion that a Florida dentist infected five patients with the aids virus. The analysis found no indication either Way on whether the patients were infected by or. David acer in his dental office. Among those believed to have Bee infected was Kimberly Bergalis a College student who crusade for widespread aids testing before dying of the disease in december 1991. The new research evaluated new genetic samples with a different analytical technique from that employed by the government scientists and Ferent no patients for comparison. Ronald Debry of Florida state University in Talla Hassee said the findings suggest that the genetic Evi Dence linking the patients infections to their dental care is weaker than scientists at the centers for Dis ease control and prevention and elsewhere concluded in a report published last May. We Are not saying that the dentist did not infect any or All of the patients. We Don t have any More proof that the dentist did t infect the patients thin we have proof that the dentist did he said by Telephone. Instead the new data Are consistent both with infection by the dentist and with the possibility that some or All patients were infected by another source he said. Debry described the new results in a letter to the editor in thursday s Issue of the journal nature in response or. Harold Jaffe of the centers said in Telephone interview we stand by our Jaffe defended the original genetic analysis and said detailed investigations of the patients failed to find any other source of infection. Acer died in 1990. Jaffee said no other similar cases have been reported. The centers Analysed genetic material from aids virus samples taken from the dentist seven patients and people who were not patients. It concluded that the dentist and five patients had closely related strains of the virus indicating the dentist infected them. Sylvester Ramey looks at the Hole left by 30-ton Rock that killed his great Nephew Jackie d. Johnson 19. 30-ton Rock slams Home kills Man Elkhorn City by. A a 30-ton Boulder fell about 500 feet onto a Mobile Home crushing a Man to death and throwing his Grandfather from the Couch beside him. Jackie d. Johnson 19, of Adams Branch near Elkhorn City died late tuesday when the 10-foot-Square Boulder fell from a Cliff behind the House and crashed through the roof onto the sofa where he was sitting Pike county Coro Ner Charles Morris said. Morris said the grandparents Virgil and Lucille Ramey were Lucky to be alive. They were sitting on the Couch Morris said. The lady got up to go to the door to let her Little dog in.". When i saw the Rock the Only thing i could see was the Rock he said. Zelva Corman the dead Man s Mother said her father was thrown through the Ramey 61, and his 58-year-old wife were taken to Pikeville methodist Hospital. Corman said that her father suffered a broken shoulder but that her Mother was uninjured. Lafe Start on exercise May do Little for longevity Boston a a new study suggests that exercise is no Fountain of youth for men who wait until Middle age to get into shape. Middle aged men who take up moderately vigorous exercise add Only about 10 months to their lives doctors re ported wednesday. Older men gain less time. Some May be discouraged Over the fact that you Don t gain a lot of years. I Hope people won t be said or. Ralph s. Paffenbarger of Stanford University who directed the study. In fact he said the work suggests it s never too late to Benefit from exercise. Even those who take it up past age 75 live a Little longer. Paffenbarger also noted that living longer is just one Rea son to work out. Those who keep in shape also tend to live better they have fewer chronic diseases such As heart trouble and diabetes. The findings based on a Long term study of i award graduates was published in the new England journal of Medicine along with a cautiously worded editorial by or. Gregory d. Curfman a Deputy editor. The study s of dings included men who take up moderately vigorous sports be tween Ages 45 and 54 live 10 months longer than those who remain sedentary. Between Ages 55 and 64, exer Cise adds nine months Between Ages 65 and 74 it adds six months and Between Ages 75 and 84 it adds two months. Middle aged men who give up cigarettes add a year and a half to their lives. Those who both quit smoking and Start exercising gain almost three years. Exercise seemed to extend lives mostly by warding off heart attacks though those who worked out were less Likely than other men to die of All causes. Researchers considered moderately vigorous sports to include brisk walking Tennis and other court games biking jogging and digging in the Garden. The figures Are averages. Some who exercise May extend their lives several years others gain no time. Crowe sworn in of chief of Clinton advisory panel Washington retired adm William i Crowe jr., former chairman of the joint chiefs of staff under president Bush was sworn in wednesday Ai chief of president Clinton i Board of intelligence advisers. Membert of the 16perton Board Terve without pay. Vice president a Gore administered the oath of office and praised Crowe As one of the most distinguished servants of our country we be Ever he said that Crowe had Given Clinton a steady Stream of Good advice and that Crowe s insights would be Welcome in facing new intelligence challenges. Crowe endorsed Clinton during the fall presidential Campaign As Clinton sought to Shore up his defense credentials after being criticized for avoiding the Vietnam War draft. Ru-486 May reach . New York the president of the French company that makes the abortion Pill ru-486 says he is willing to work out an agreement to Market the drug in the United states the new York times reported thursday. In the past Roussel Claf had refused to see approval to Market ru-486 because of what the company considered the anti abortion climate in the United states particularly under the Reagan and Bush administrations. At a meeting wednesday in Rockville md.,edouard Saki of Roussel Claf told or. David Kessler commissioner of the food and drug administration that the Pill should be available in the United states the times said. Saki said he was willing to work out a agreement that would allow another company or a research institution to bring the drug to Market the paper said. . To buy russian uranium Washington the United states will buy500 tons of highly enriched uranium from nuclear weapons dismantled by the former soviet Union state department official said wednesday. Retired maj. Gen. William f. Burns chief of . Delegation working on the Issue of dismantling nuclear weapons safely said the United state signed the agreement with the russians on feb. 18. The Price still must be negotiated. Proceeds fro the Sale will be shared by Russia and three other major republics Belarus Ukraine an Kazakhstan. After processing the Energy department will use the uranium bums told the Senate aimed services committee. Baby delivered after slaying Killeen Texas a pregnant Soldier was killed by a shot to the head but doctors were Able to deliver her baby girl by caesarean Section. Her husband also a Soldier was taken int custody. Police officers called to an apartment comple tuesday night found Annette Home 23, wounded on the floor a police statement said. U she was taken to Darnall army Community Hospital and pronounced dead. Doctors then performed the caesarean Section police said. The Newborn was in stable condition. Charges of voluntary manslaughter were being prepared against William Home 24. Home and his wife were in the army stationed at fort Hood. Historical Library reopened new York the Library of the financially troubled new York historical society was reopened wednesday in ceremonies thanking Public and private interests that made it possible. The Library is one of the Foremost in the nation devoted to american history with 700,000 volumes and 3 million manuscripts. It was closed on feb. 19and its staff dismissed for Lack of Money. The reopening on a wednesday through Friday schedule until april 2 was made possible by $66,000 in by state and City officials
