West Africa Sees Common Virus Tied to AIDS Debate
French and American researchers confirm the West African virus discovered two years ago is identical in both regions. They disagree on whether it causes immune problems like AIDS. Essex team tests 4248 people across six countries and finds exposure up to 16 percent, but not a clear link to immunodeficiency.
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Washington
West Africa
Harvard School of Public Health
Myron Essex
Science
Baptist Head Won t Meet Pope in September Visit
The Rev. Adrian Rogers head of the Southern Baptist Convention declines an invitation to meet Pope John Paul II. He cites a horrendous schedule and to avoid misunderstandings. The pope will meet 27 Christian leaders September 11 at the University of South Carolina president’s home.
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Columbia
United States
Southern Baptists
Adrian Rogers
Southern Baptist Convention
John Paul II
Rogers
University of South Carolina
James Holderman
Weather outlook with scattered thundershowers tonight
Considerable cloudiness forecast with a 30 percent chance of thundershowers. Low temperatures in the low 60s. Skies partly cloudy tomorrow with a 30 percent chance of thundershowers and a high in the low 80s. Details on Page 10A.
Deaths of Emily Bonanno and Others Across Georgia
Notices report the deaths of Emily Bonanno Wagoner Lottie Dunbar Martin Allie Mae Hicks Eugene E Hill Denas C Holton and Daisy Williams with a prompt to see page 11A for details of each obituary including likely locations and affiliations as available in the notice collection.
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Emily Bonanno
Wagoner
Lottie Dunbar
Martin Allie Mae Hicks
North Augusta
Eugene E. Hill
Denas C. Holton
Swainsboro
Daisy Williams
Leesville
Environmentalists push SRP site for new reactor
NRDC backs a tritium reactor at Savannah River Plant near Aiken South Carolina if DOE rejects Hanford. Congress seeks to delay Hanford N Reactor restart amid safety debates. SC legislators tout SRP as best site, promising 3500 jobs and a $50 revenue impact while NAS weighs safety.
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Washington
Natural Resources Defense Council
Savannah River
Aiken
S.C
Hanford
Oregon
U.S. Department of Energy
Washington State
South Carolina
DOE
House
Senate
National Academy of Sciences
Academy
Norm Dicks
D-Wash
Energy
Sid Morrison
R-Wash
Zillah
Hanford Reservation
PTL Faces Possible Criminal Probe Into Past Leadership
Government investigators have contacted PTL over possible wire fraud tax fraud and related offenses during Jim Bakker and Richard Dortch tenure. PTL chief Jerry Nims confirms contact by federal and state agencies and says no ID of agencies or current investigations. FBI IRS and U.S. Attorney would handle wire fraud extortion tax fraud and related statutes.
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PTL
Jerry Nims
FBI
U.S. Attorney’s Office
South Carolina
U.S
Vinton Lide
Columbia
Nims
Bakker
Jerry Falwell
IRS
DOE to Interview DOE Drivers Over Anti-Nuclear Convoy Incident
DOE says interviews will be conducted with at least two drivers amid allegations they endangered anti-nuclear demonstrators by moving trucks carrying weapons materials. The dispute centers on an Inter state 40 incident near Kingston Tennessee. Truck Watch groups monitor convoys from seven DOE facilities with vigils at Y-12 Pantex Kirtland and other sites.
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Oak Ridge
Interstate 40
Kingston
Tenn
Batchelder
DOE
Truck Watch
Pantex
Amarillo
Texas
Kirtland Air Force Base
Albuquerque
Kennedy proposes comprehensive AIDS program plan
Senator Edward Kennedy announces a broad plan to coordinate and speed the national AIDS response. The package seeks expanded education, improved care and vaccines, plus a Waxman led bill to widen voluntary testing, aiming to cut waiting times and serve more at risk individuals.
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Washington
Edward Kennedy
Kennedy
Labor and Human Resources Committee
Henry Waxman
D-Calif
National Institutes of Health
Waxman
House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee
AIDS Viruses Share Common Weak Spots May Aid Vaccine
An AP report from Los Angeles says a study finds different HIV strains have common soft spots, suggesting a single vaccine could protect against many strains. Dr. David D. Ho and seven others published in the Journal of Virology, noting three of four weak spots are universal across analyzed strains.
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Los Angeles
David D. Ho
Journal of Virology
Cedars- Sinai Medical Center
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Pacers
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Pope
Wacom
Abby
SRP
Department
Thomas Cochrane
Dan Reicher
NRDC
Kevin Miller
Gladys Carabello
New Haven, Conn
Sen. Kennedy
Reagan
Congress
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