University Daily Kansan/Wednesday, January 13, 1988
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Number of reported cases of AIDS passes 50,000 in U.S., officials say
ATLANTA — AIDS struck more than 20,000 people in the United States in 1987, and the total number of cases reported nationwide passed the 50,000 mark as 1988 opened, federal health officials said yesterday.
The Centers for Disease Control, which keeps track of AIDS cases and deaths in the U.S., received reports of 20,620 new cases last year, or nearly 400 a week, said spokesman Gayle Lloyd.
That was up 58.5 percent from the 13,008 new AIDS cases reported in 1986, according to CDC figures. In 1985, the number of new cases reported was about 8,300.
By Jan. 4, the last date for which figures are available, the total count of AIDS cases nationwide had reached 50,265, Lloyd said. In all, 28,149 Americans, including 458 children.
Canadian jet lands safely after bomb threat
have died from the disease since it was recognized in 1981.
The CDC estimates that the disease
strike 270,000 Americans and kill
179,000.
EDMONTON, Alberta — A Canadian jumbo jet bound from Amsterdam to Vancouver with 263 people aboard landed safely yesterday after anNOTE was found in a washroom having explosives were on the plane.
Timothy Dondero, chief of the CDC's AIDS surveillance branch, said homosexual activity still accounts for about two-thirds of the AIDS cases, and about 17 percent can be attributed to contaminated needles.
Harry Hull of New Mexico, president of the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists, said there was little comfort in the consistency of AIDS statistics.
Sgt. John Metcalfe of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police said one of
"The fact that we've reached 50,000 cases is cause for concern," he said. "The cases we're seeing now are in people who were infected from two to 10 years ago."
the 13 crew members found the note and gave it to the pilot when the Canadian Airlines International DC-10 was about 30 minutes from a scheduled stop at Edmonton.
Flight 43 landed 10 minutes late, and all 250 passengers left the plane safely.
News Roundup
AIRPLANE ACCIDENTS INCREASE$The scheduled U.S. airlines large aircraft had 31 accidents during 1987, the highest number in 13 years, including four fatal crashes that claimed 231 lives, the federal government reported yesterday.
BIDEN MEETS KINNOCKSeen, Joseph Biden, who quit the presidential race after being accused of plagiarism, met Labor Party leader Neil Kinnock, the man whose stirring campaign speech Biden borrowed heavily from, yesterday in London.
LASER CLEANSES BLOOD: A medical research team in Texas, financed in part by the Pentagon's "Star Wars" anti-missile program, has successfully used a laser along with a non-toxic dye to cleanse donated blood of the deadly AIDS virus and other infectious agents, including the herpes virus.
PARENTAL KIDNAPPING PROTECTED:The Supreme Court ruled 80 yesterday that Federal courts are powerless to curb the growing phenomenon of "parental kidnapping" in child-custody disputes. The 1880 Federal Parental Kidnapping Prevention Act
doesn't authorize federal courts to resolve conflicting custody rulings by courts in different states.
MOSLEM FUNDAMENTALIST KILLED Dishraeli troops shot and killed a Moslem fundamentalist in a violent demonstration yesterday, and a U.N. envoy's attempts to inspect refugee camps were frustrated by soldiers and protesters. Military spokesman said the army imposed curfews on five of the eight Gaza Palestinian refugee camps.
FIRE ON TANKER: Firefighters struggled yesterday to put out a fire aboard a gasoline-laden Greek tanker struck in an Iraqi missile attack that killed two seamen and left six missing. Two Iraqi missiles slammed into the tanker Monday night, setting the engine room and crew quarters ablaze.
OIL SPILL DISPISIPATING The million-gallon oil spill that has contaminated northern stretches of the Ohio River and threatened public water supplies is already thinning and should dissipate before it reaches the Mississippi River. In West Virginia, officials downstream from Wheeling took steps to keep the oil from entering their water system.
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