4 Page2 - TheMichigan Daily -Wednesday, October 10, 1984 FRIENDS fund 'U' patient care improvements I I By LORI GRAY Kidney patients at University Hospital couldn't get television sets to watch during hemodialysis. Patients at the Children's Psychiatric Hospital didn't have a playground. And an in- digent patient couldn't afford a winter coat. The TV sets, playground, and winter coat weren't in the massive hospital budget, but they were purchasedby FRIENDS, a volunteer organization which supports the hospital. "OUR FUNDS are raised for the pur- pose of providing things - things that fall through the cracks, for the U of M Hospital that are unfunded," said FRIENDS President Sue Gikas. Created in 1978 out of what was then called the Volunteer Services Guild, FRIENDS is a 900-member auxiliary group which raises most of its funds by running the gift shops in the Main Hospital and the C.S. Mott Children's Hospital and through benefit functions. The group's main purpose is to 'enhance patient care,' according to Linda Bennett, assistant director of the hospitals' financial development office. That office strongly supports the group because it is "a very important and worthwhile organization," she said. MEMBERS OF FRIENDS pay dues ranging from $5 a year for students and senior citizens to $100 for patrons. Most of the group's activities are done by volunteers, although the gift shops have some paid staff members. The group supports a variety of programs each year, Gikas said, but their largest recent expenditure is a $500,000 donation to the Replacement Hospital Project, a donation which is being paid in $100,000 installments each year until 1986. In addition to the donation to the new hospital, some $40,000 is allotted each year to other projects. The 'group is giving $10,000 to the Ronald McDonald House, a facility which will house families of children in Mott Hospital. They are also helping to find a new burn unit, a housing program for elderly patients, and audiovisual equipment which will help "reduce the fear for a child" facing surgery, Gikas said. Another FRIENDS project provides hotel rooms to families of patients who are unexpectedly forced to stay at the hospital overnight. In addition to its other fundraising ac- tivities, FRIENDS sponsors benefits, such as an upcoming cooking demon- stration by the well-known chef Jacque Pepin, to raise money. The group is currently trying to decide where the money for the new hospital will be used. FRIENDS would like to fund programs "directly related to helping (patients)," Gikas said, rather than purchasing large ad- ministrative items such as computers. Associated Press Tally ho Britain's Queen Elizabeth II chats with her host William Farish at his farm outside of Lexington, Kentucky yesterday. The Queen is visiting horse farms in the Bluegrass area during her five and a half day stay in Kentucky. 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"Although we have been able to isolate the virus from the saliva of people with a pre-AIDS condition and others at high risk of contracting AIDS," Brandt said in a statement, "all evidence indicates AIDS is transmitted only through blood, blood products, and semen." There is no reason for the public to be concerned about everyday contact with those at high risk of getting AIDS, in- cluding male homosexuals and hemophiliacs who use blood products to treat their blood-clotting deficiences, said federal health authorities. Of the more than 6,000 cases of acquired im- k people mune deficiency syndrome reported in the United States since 1981, none has been linked directly to transmission through saliva. BUT MORE than 100 cases of the in- curable disease are linked to tran- sfusions of blood an blood products from donors who had the disease or an immune system problem known as pre- AIDS that shares some of the disease's characteristics. AIDS, A progressive disease that destroys the body's infection-fighting immune system, has been fatal in 45 percent of cases. A virus isolated by U.S. and French researchers, and referred to as human T-cell leukemia- lymphoma virus or HTLV-3, is believed to cause the disease or play a major role in it. Shellie Lengel, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Public Health Service, said no one was surprised about finding HTLV- 3 in saliva. Cross-infection seems unlikely from casual contact, or han- dling dishes and utensils used for meals, she said., Drs. Jerome Groopman of Deaconess Hospital and Harvard Medical School, and Robert Gallo of the National Can- cer Institute, were reported to have found HTLV-3 in the saliva of eight of 18 people with pre-AIDS syndrome. IN BRIEF Compiled from Associated Press and United Press international reports Congress stuck in stalemate WASHINGTON - House and Senate negotiators trying to reach agreement on legislation to keep most of the government operating deadlocked yesterday over key military spending items, delaying even fur- ther the adjournment of the 98th Congress. "We are essentially in a state of gridlock," said Sen. Warren Pudmen, (R-' N.H.). From prayer to backroom politics, Congress was trying everything to break the impasse, but no end was in sight to the stalemate that left, legislators, anxious to campaign for re-election, grumbling about having to" remain in town past their expected adjournment for the year. Congressional negotiators have been trying since last week - when leaders had hoped to adjourn - to work out a compromise spending package to provide about $470 billion for the remainder of the fiscal year that began Oct. 1. But disputes over politically popular water projects the White House op- poses, space weapons the Pentagon wants and aid to Nicaraguan rebels has help up final action on the package. Hurricane threatens shuttle CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Tropical storm Josephine turned into a hurricane yesterday and threatened to divert space shuttle Challenger's landing at Kennedy Space Center later in the week. At noon EDT, the storm's center has located near latitude 25.5 north, longitude 72.0 west or about 350 miles east of Nassau. Gale winds extended up to 200 miles from the center. Maximum sustained winds were 60 mph. The storm was expected to strengthen gradually and then begin drifting on a north-to northwest course by today. "It's not going anywhere very far very fast," said Bob Sheets, a forecaster' at the National Hurricane Center in Miami. "There are a lot of conflicting elements in the environment out there in the Atlantic this late in the year, just like there are in the spring so we don't ex- pect any rapid development," Sheets said. The astronauts could see the storm's progress as they whirled around Ear- th on their fifth day. Paul Scully-Power, an oceanographer, was asked to examine the circular cloud formation and make pictures of it. Salvador rebels agree to talk SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador - After five months of secret exploratory moves, El Salvador's leftist rebels dramatically agreed yesterday to talk with the government about ways of ending the five-year-old civil war. The guerrilla acceptance of President Jose Napoleon Duarte's proposed' Oct. 15 meeting was the most substantive move toward resolving the bloody conflict that has claimed some 59,000 lives. In a seven-point communique, the coalition of the Farabundo Marti" National Liberation Front and the Democratic Revolutionary Front accep- ted and expanded upon Duarte's proposal, suggesting Colombian President Belisario Betancur mediate in arranging next week's peace talks. Duarte was able to drop preconditions and seek peace talks with leftist in- surgents because his negotiating position has been strengthened both politically and militarily since taking office, U.S. officials said yesterday. While delighted by the prospects of a peace process getting under way in a country that has been a political problem for President Reagan, the officials said there is no assurance Duarte's initiative will lead to serious' negotiations. U.S. may ease Israeli inflation WASHINGTON - President Reagan told Israeli Prime Minister Shimon. Peres yesterday that the United States will consider increasing U.S. aid to help Israel cope with the economic havoc caused by soaring in-' flation. "We made clear our willingness to continue our dialogue and to cooperate the best way we can," Reagan said after a two-hour meeting with the Israeli prime minister at the White House. However, the president made no specific, public commitment to any new aid level. Peres, who lavished Reagan with praise, repeated his pledge to withdraw Israeli forces from southern Lebanon if ways can be found to guarantee the security of northern Israel. A pullout from Lebanon would ease the financial burdens on the Israeli government. A senior U.S. official, who briefed reporters only on condition he not be identified, said there are "some indications" thatSyria, a key to any Israeli withdrawal, may be interested in cooperating in some kind of arrangement to guarantee the security of the Israeli border. "But much remains to be seen, much remains to be put to the test the of- ficialsaid. Egyptian president visits Jordan AMMAN, Jordan - King Hussein greeted President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt with an embrace, a red carpet, and a cannon salute yesterday, two weeks after Jordan broke ranks with Arab hardliners and restored diplomatic relations with Egypt. It is the first trip to Jordan by an Egyptian president since the late Anwar Sadat signed a 1979 peace treaty with Israel and Mubarak's first official state visit to an Arab country since he became president three years ago when Sadat was assassinated. The meeting is an attempt to seal a rapproachment between the desert kingdom of Jordan and the largest Arab state, and perhaps will include discussions on negotiations toward a Middle East peace. Hard-line Arab countries such as Syria and Libya have assailed Jordan's decision to restore relations with Egypt. Jordan in 1979 followed 17 other Arab nations in breaking ties to Egypt after the Egypt-Israeli peace treaty. But on Sept. 25 Hussein announced Jordan would resume relations. The action was considered a breakthrough in Egypt's efforts to rejoin the Arab fold, and Egyptian officials hope other countries such as Iraq will follow Jordan's lead. Vol. XCV - No. 30 The Michigan Daily (ISSN 0745-967X) is published Tuesday through Sunday during the Fall and Winter terms and Tuesday through Saturday during the Spring and Summer terms by students at the University of Michigan. Sub- scription rates: September through April - $16.50 in Ann Arbor; $29.00 outside the city; May through August - $4.50 in Ann Arbor, $6.00 outside the city. Second-class postage paid at Ann Arbor, Michigan. Postmaster: Senda address changes to The Michigan Daily, 420 Maynard Street, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109. The Michigan Daily is a member of the Associated Press and subscribes to United Press International, Pacific News Service, Los Angeles Times Syndi- cate and'College Press Service, and United Students Press Service. I I 0 I !I i * I 1 F" m Pursue a Rewarding Career Shape the Future of Jewish Life Enjoy Freedom and Flexibility N.H. clears reporter 0 , S'' WIX ' ' '." Cie~ ""'A '\ " '' 5"' ' ''' ' ' ' '"' 5 .'\~, . .' ' " ~' . . ' "" 3 ~." "'-' '~ ~ W ' ' U - , ' U *1~ " ' ' > ~ ' ' " '-'' '"9 " . -Sw "3' "'. 5~5 5"5A' ' 5 -'' -' CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - After in- vestigating for possible violations of wiretapping and privacy laws, the state has decided not to prosecute a Dar- tmouth College student who secretly tape-recorded a meeting of gay studen- ts and published excerpts of their discussions. Reporter Teresa Polenz was told of the decision last week, said Douglas 0 Fulton, president of the Dartmouth Review, a conservative unofficial weekly campus paper. The college Monday refused to say whether the school would reopen the case. The Gay Students Association com- plained its members' rights to privacy were violated. 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