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Francisco has plum m eted since 1984. Ac cording to a study from the University o f California School o f Public Health at Berkeley, in 1985 the rate o f gay m en testing positive the first tim e fo r antibodies to HTLV-III was three to five pe rcen t In 1984 the correspond ing rate was 18 percent The study also specu lated that an estim ated 51 percent o f gay men in SF are HTLV-III antibody positive. Briefly noted Com piled by W.C. M cRae Free to read in London. . . The B ritish G overnm ent has dropped all charges against Gay's the W ord, a London gay and lesbian bookstore. In 1984, the C row n seized som e 800 im ported (m ostly fro m the CIS) titles from the store, alleging they were “indecent o r obscene,” and bro u g h t charges against the nine directors o f the store. A ccording to Paul Hegarty, one o f the directors, C ustom s realized “ they would have a hard tim e " proving their case, since m any seized titles were legally available in B ritish editions. A ID S: the straight epidemic? The Center fo r Disease C ontrol is reclas sifying those m en and w om en with AIDS who previously were said to have “ no known risk” as “ heterosexual contact cases,” reports the Village Voice. This new category includes only m en and w om en whose sole risk for AIDS is sexual contact with a m em ber o f the opposite sex w ho is at risk for, o r already has, AIDS. F rom Septem ber 1985 to March 1986, the num ber o f Am erican m en thought to have acquired AIDS through heterosexual contact tripled, and the num ber o f w om en doubled. W hile actual num bers o f cases appear insignificant com pared to num bers o f cases fro m other risk groups, striking trends are developing. D uring the same six m onth period female heterosexual contact cases in New York City jum ped 80 percent HTLV-III has recently been isolated in vaginal and cervical secretions, allow ing the virus to be transm itted to males d u ring intercourse wth approxim ately the sam e risk factor, fem ale to male, as for syphilis. Heterosexual sex partners o f men and w om en w ho have contracted AIDS from blood transfusions are seropositive at a rate o f 3 0 -6 0 pe rcen t But not in Tennessee. In Greenville, Tennessee, parents have filed suit against their school d is tric t alleging that teachers use books steeped in hum anism , evolution, pacifism , the supernatural, and other such secular heresies. In testim ony be fore CI.S. D istrict c o u rt one o f the parents objected to such stories as "G oldilocks” ; the Wizard o f Oz; a story wherein a boy cooks w hile a g irl reads; a tale o f an Indian boy going against his father’s wishes. The witness com plained that present text books emphasize the im agination too m uch, and instill hum anist m oral values. “ I didn’t th in k I was sending m y children to school to be tau gh t m oral ju d g m e n t” she said. Safe sex is working The rate o f AIDS transm ission in San Í See Vue i? Coventry (7 AuCoin addresses benefit O n July 12, the Right to Privacy PAC held a benefit fo r Les AuCoin. D uring the course o f the afternoon, AuCoin restated his continued support fo r gay and lesbian rights (AuCoin is co-sponsor o f the national gay rights bill), for w om en’s freedom o f choice on matters o f abortion, and an end to the arm s race and A m erican m ilitary adventuring. O n the subject o f AIDS, AuCoin noted that “one o f the m ost gripping m onum ents in W ashington is the Viet Nam War Memorial.” O n it are 91,000 names o f Am ericans who died in that c o n flic t B u t stated AuCoin, “ by 1995 the num ber o f deaths from AIDS will equal deaths in Viet Nam.” AuCoin also re vealed that the Appropriations Com m ittee, o f w hich he is a member, is funding AIDS re search to the full lim it o f the budget A " B etter H ealth C it And it’s not just p ig s. . . A study in the New England Journ al o f M edicine from the VA M edical Center in C incinnati indicates that som e hepatitis pa tients, and patients w ith alcoholic liver dis ease yield false positive results when tested fo r HTLV-III antibodies. 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Anim al and Plant Inspection Service report that ASFV has been detected on m ore than one occa sion in N orth Am erica, and that its presence has been covered up. Indications are that AIDS is a hum an form o f ASFV. JONAHS Large suite available for group gatherings. Two nights free out of seven. I Pigs ’n A ID S: the latest Health officials call for contact tracing Ocean Front - Antiques Plants - Fireplace^ - Kitchens Reservations (503) 547-3227 95590 Highway 101 6.2 miles South of Yachats, Oregon 97498 Health Officials, headed by O regonian Kristine Gebbie, has recom m ended that State health agencies do away with anonym ous HTLV-III testing, and pursue sexual contact tracing. In O regon, anonym ous testing is provided at private, not state, facilities. Cycle W orks Experience the unusual _________ In a recent study, 3.4 percent o f heterosex uals screened at a Manhattan VD clinic were seropositive for HTLV-III. In a sim ilar study in Atlanta, 1 o f 100 tested positive fo r exposure to AIDS. “ We now know that the seropositive rate am ong homosexuals a decade ago, just be fore the m ajor outbreak o f cases, was one in a thousand,” says Dr. Robert Redfield, an in fectious disease specialist at the Walter Reed A rm y Institute o f Research. Well, we are start ing to see seropositive rates o f one in a thousand am ong heterosexuals. Yet we are doing nothing, really. It makes no sense to me." • • • • • • Spinal realignment Non-force techniques Nutrition/Prevention Massage/Kinesiology Physical therapy Sports medicine 1130 S W M orrison, Ste. 301 222-2888 • March 21 28 • 198 7 P O R TLA N D In Touch Travel 503-292-9404 LUNCH • DINNER • SUNDAY BRUNCH LOUNGE 7425 S W B A R B U R B L V D (at Terwllliger) 245-2188 SANDRA K. 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