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Some 13,000 Americans are victims of AIDS, which weakens the victim's immune system and ability to fight off infection. The new findings offer more evidence that the effects of AIDS stretch farther than had been previously thought...
Another disagreement that is almost certain to deepen as more and more Americans fall victim to AIDS (the current count: 13,228, of whom 6,758 have died) is whether the Government is devoting sufficient resources to eliminate the disease. Reagan contended last week that the fight against AIDS has been "a top priority," to which his Administration has allocated "over half a billion dollars," including $126 million to be spent in the fiscal year beginning Oct. 1. In fact, the Federal Government has budgeted only about $330 million for AIDS research, including the 1986 allocation, and in four...
...owns Continental, to boost its share of business in the Rocky Mountain region substantially. Frontier, the 15th-largest U.S. carrier, would provide connections to Continental flights in Denver and in other cities that are served by the two airlines. Lorenzo may not be able to acquire Frontier without a fight. GenCorp, an Ohio-based company that holds a controlling interest in Frontier, had been planning to sell the carrier to its union employees for $17 a share. The workers may well decide to oppose the offer by Lorenzo, who is known throughout the airline industry as a union buster...
...meantime told a press conference in Mexico City that, with the Mexican government's approval, the U.S. was sending 25 demolition experts to level 30 precariously weakened buildings in the capital. They would arrive in Mexico City in a C-5A transport also carrying five large helicopters equipped to fight fires. An accompanying team of 25 civilian technicians would include experts on disasters and on using heavy mining equipment. One request the Mexicans did make was for giant crane helicopters to help clear some of the ruins, but U.S. experts said they would not operate properly at the city...
...vehicle for amendments that would restrict imports of shoes and all manner of other products. But should they fail in that effort or be frustrated by a Reagan veto that sticks, the anti-import forces will not lack for other bills that would enable them to renew the fight...