Blood banks adopt AIDS screening test nationwide
Blood banks across the country begin using an HIV screening test to safeguard U S blood supplies from HTLV-III antibodies. Initial results show few positives among thousands tested while officials caution the test is not diagnostic and some false negatives occur.
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U.S
Secretary of Health and Human Services
Margaret Heckler
Detroit
New Orleans
Red Cross
Christine Gray
Syracuse
N.Y
Federal Food and Drug Administration
Diane Gilbert
Southeastern
Reagan opts not to visit concentration camp in Germany trip
Reagan plans a May visit to Germany before the 40th anniversary of WWII surrender. Experts praise his stance avoiding a reawakening of painful memories while stressing positive ties. A German official questions his claim that few alive remember the war and notes population figures.
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Washington
Germany
Reagan
Hans Wiessman
German Information Center
New York City
Helmut Sonnenfeldt
Brookings Institution
National Security Council
Sonnenfeldt
David Klein
Klein
Dead crewmen aboard drifting Chinese torpedo boat found
A Chinese torpedo boat with six dead crewmen aboard and two wounded was found adrift in South Korean waters in the Yellow Sea. Reports say mutiny or defection attempts sparked the violence, while officials cite a simple brawl. The boat No 3213 was towed to Hawandung as tensions rise between Seoul and Beijing.
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Seoul
South Korea
Defense Ministry
Tokyo
Hawandung
Kunsan
Taiwan
Hong Kong
Jane’s Fighting Ships
Lee Won-hong
Lee
Sohuksan
Peking
Taipei
South Korean Defense Ministry
Syria pledges to help Gemayel amid Lebanese revolt
Beirut reports say Syria renewed its pledge to back President Amin Gemayel against the pro Israel Christian revolt after five hours of talks with Hafez Assad in Damascus. Shiite leader Nabih Berri blamed Israeli agents for Westerners missing in west Beirut.
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Lebanon
Syria
Amin Gemayel
Nabih Berri
Damascus
Gemayel
Hafez Assad
Assad
Abdul- Halim Khaddam
Farouk al-Sharaa
Jibran Kourieh
Kourieh
Samir Geagea
Israel
Geagea
Beirut Radio
Voice of the Nation
Ariel Sharon
Israel Radio
Sharon
Berri
Amal
Terry A. Anderson
Middle East
Enemmene
West
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