AIDS free blood: experts urge 100 percent goal
Medical experts at an AIDS conference in Amsterdam address fears of a new AIDS like virus. CDC confirms at least 30 cases with low immune counts but negative HIV tests. A panel from Red Cross and ABA concludes further screening is unwarranted while stressing vigilance and continued efforts to reach near 100 percent AIDS screening.
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Amsterdam
Centers For Disease Control
Atlanta
The
Red Cross
American Association of Blood Banks
Plants fight back with natural defenses against pests
Biologists study boosting crops natural defenses to cut pesticide use. Plants release toxins and resins to deter insects from potato and tomato leaves, parsnips produce harmful toxins, and pines emit terpenes to trap pests. Researchers seek methods to enhance these defenses while preserving yields.
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Ian Baldwin
State University of New York At Buffalo
Attack on Bill of Rights and double jeopardy debate
Reese argues against federal retrial of four Los Angeles police officers for Rodney King beating, warning that federal double jeopardy claims threaten the Bill of Rights and liberty. He frames Reconstruction era laws as overreach and cautions against expanding federal power to punish the four cops. The Orlando Sentinel writer contends constitutional rights protect individuals from repeated prosecution.
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Los Angeles
Rodney King
King
Fear bias and the Jandrucko case in America
A Chicago Tribune columnist argues a national phobia toward young Black males is driven by media distortions of poverty and crime. The Jandrucko case, a Miami woman who won disability and $50,000 workers comp after a 1986 mugging, is used to explore prejudice for profit and the need for national healing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Jandrucko
Miami
Shelby Steele
Dan Quayle
Clarence
Ohio
America
Jandrucko
Dorothy I. Height
National Council of Negro Women
Jankocko
Moscow Homeless Crisis And The New Reality
A Moscow report details a surge of homelessness as Russia moves away from punitive panhandling laws. Alexandra Muhina leads HELP, a homeless advocacy group, amid a nation with few shelters, rising prices, and a volatile political climate. The piece notes military personnel and educated citizens among the displaced, calls for relief programs, and cites fear of widening social unrest under Yeltsin.
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Muhina
Russia
HELP
Mahina
Giia
Pike
Coutaren
Europe
Afghanistan
Boris Yeltsin
Yeltsin
Bush
Pravda
Moscow
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Madison Avenue
Reese
Orlando
Fla
Sentinel
Charley Reese
Washington
Cece
Pelee Howe Social
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Chicago
City of Homeless and Panhandlers
Alexandra Muhina
Collam
Anderson
Michael Binstein
Soviet Union
Alexander Sakharov
Mohina
Sakharov
Siberia
Ostakhov
Napoleon
Melinda Maas
Raymond Peacock
Salvation Army
Fidel Castro
United States
Costes Hae
Cuba
Castro
Trnidad
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