AIDS conference besieged by U S travel ban dispute
The Sixth International Conference on AIDS opens in San Francisco with 12 000 expected attendees and prominent researchers like Luc Montagnier, despite protests from ACT UP and other groups over the 1987 Senate HIV travel ban. Activists planned protests to spotlight government inertia and drug profits, while many researchers attend to advance AIDS research.
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San Francisco
U.S
European Parliament
Luc Montagnier
France
Pasteur Institute
van Gorder
Mye
Tom Cunningham
New York
The
Aids Coalition To
ACT UP
Senate
Public Health Service
United States
National Commission On Aids
Commission
June Osborn
NRDC seeks U S action to cut ozone harming CFCs
The Natural Resources Defense Council urged the Bush administration to join a London meeting backing revisions to the Montreal Protocol and push for stronger cuts in 1 1 1 trichloroethane. NRDC officials cited 724 million pounds produced in 1988 by Dow, PPG, and Vulcan and noted 90 percent used in industrial solvents.
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Washington
Bush Administration
Natural Resources Defense Council
DOW Chemical
PPG Industries
Vulcan Chemical
NRDC
Scotchgard
3M Acts of
London
David D. Doniger
Doniger
Japan
United States
Nighttime giant turtle lays eggs before beachgoers crowd
On Jupiter Beach Florida a female loggerhead sea turtle crawls ashore at midnight to dig a nest and deposit over 100 ping pong sized eggs watched by two dozen onlookers. Biologists cite watches as educational though some warn they may disturb natural behavior.
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Jupiter Beach
Fla
Sue Sheehan
Jupiter
Phoenix
Jupiter Beach Hilton
Florida
Maj
Roger Bennett
Florida Marine Patrol
Marc Lavasseur
Miami Beach
Palm Beach
Dee Lavasseur
Barrier Islands
Infant survives two story drop after sitter drop
In St. Petersburg Florida an eight week old girl survived a two story fall into the hands of former high school basketball player James Harris who caught the infant as a smoke filled apartment burned. Sitter Robin Stilwell said she found herself beaten and crushed during the noon incident as authorities described the chaotic rescue.
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ST. Petersburg
Fla
James Harris
Heather Lynn Yeesi
Robin Stilwell
Florida seeks broader power to regulate abortion clinics
Florida government asks U S District Judge Jose Gonzalez to widen his injunction and grant more authority to inspect abortion clinics including sanitation, staffing, equipment, and emergency procedures. The move follows a 1982 ruling limiting state oversight to four areas and argues public health safety justifies broader power.
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Tallahassee
Fla
Florida
U.S
Jose Gonzalez
Gonzalez
Fort Lauderdale
2 Live Crew
Department of Health
Charlene Carres
Carres
Peters
U.S. Supreme Court
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Cyne Ayy
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