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Mothers may pass AIDS virus to babies

BOSTON (AP) - A study of Massachusetts
women who gave birth found that one in 500
was infected with the AIDS virus, and researchers
projecting their findings nationwide say several
thousand AIDS-infected babies could be born in
the United States each year.
Most surveys of AIDS infection have concen-
trated on male homo-sexuals, drug addicts and
others at high risk of catching the disease. Esti-
mating the prevalence of the virus in the general
population has been difficult.
"This paper gives a more accurate way to
judge the scope of the epidemic in women," said
Dr. Rodney Hoff. "Nothing else comes close to

this in being able to measure the prevalence in
the United States."
Hoff directed the study at the Massachusetts
Department of Public Health using tiny samples
of blood routinely drawn from babies to check for
phenylketonuria, or PKU, and other diseases.
The study found that one of every 476 women
giving birth, or 2.1 for each 1,000, were infected
with the AIDS virus. However, this varied
greatly, depending on where they lived.
At three inner-city Boston hospitals, eight per
1,000 were infected. In suburban and rural hospi-
tals, just under one per 1,000 carried the virus.
Dr. George Grady, the state epidemiologist,

said the state's infection rate probably mirrors the
nation's, since the rate of AIDS cases in Mas-
sachusetts is virtually the same as throughout the
United States.
"By coincidence, Massachusetts happens to be
the average, composite state for the country,"
Grady said. "What we are seeing here is one-50th
of what's going on in the United States, because
we have about one-50th of the population."
However, Dr. Timothy Dondero, chief of
AIDS surveillance at the U.S. Centers for Dis-
ease Control, cautioned that this is not a safe as-
sumption.

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Noriega rids army of rivals

PANAMA CITY (AP) - An
opposition leader said yesterday that
Gen. Manuel Noriega was purging
his army of suspected opponents,
and doctors joined businesses in a
general strike aimed at ousting the
military power figure.
Guillermo Cochez, a national
legislator and vice president of the
opposition Christian Democratic
Party, told reporters that Noriega
apparently had fired two majors and

ing disloyal. One included Col.
Marcos Justines, who as chief-of-
staff was number two in the Pana-
manian Defense Forces and next in
line to succeed Noriega.
In Washington, William Rogers,
a lawyer for a Panamanian opposi-
tion group, said the State Depart-
ment was preparing to notify U.S.
banks, where the Panamanian gov-
ernment has deposits, not to conduct
any transactions with Noriega's

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Compiled from Associated Press reports
NATO wants Soviet cutbacks
BRUSSELS, Belgium - NATO leaders yesterday demanded huge cut-
backs in Warsaw Pact tanks and artillery, and endorsed President Reagan's
efforts to negotiate strategic arms reductions with the Soviet Union.
Defining strategy for a new set of East-West negotiations, NATO
leaders said Soviet conventional forces pose the threat of a surprise attack
and must be slashed to rectify an imbalance in military strength.
The Soviet cutbacks would entail, for example, "the elimination from
Europe of tens of thousands of Warsaw Pact weapons relevant to surprise
attack, among them tanks and artillery pieces," a NATO communique
said.
Meeting behind closed doors at the alliance's heavily guarded headquar-
ters, the leaders of the 16 alliance countries attempted to accentuate
agreement.
Mechamn hearing continues
PHOENIX - An alleged death threat against a grand jury witness was
"a political matter," not a crime, a defense lawyer suggested yesterday at
Gov. Evan Mecham's impeachment trial.
Mecham's former security chief, testifying for a second day, said he
considered the incident a potential felony and personally told Mecham a
crime could be involved.
"The criminal nature of it was primary in my mind," said Department
of Public Safety Lt. Charles "Beau" Johnson. "I did not really think of it
in the political sense."
One of the "high crimes, misdemeanors, or malfeasance in office"
charges against Mecham is that he obstructed an investigation into the
alleged death threat.
Mecham is accused of instructing the head of the security department
not to cooperate in the attorney general's probe.
Ford to withhold bonus checks
DETROIT - Ford Motor Co. will comply with a court order to
withhold more than 1,800 profit-sharing checks scheduled to go to work-
ers who are behind on child support payments, the automaker said
yesterday,
"We're not a stakeholder in this. It's strictly between the individuals
involved and Wayne County," Ford spokesperson Mike Moran said. "We
are going to comply with the court order."
The order was issued Tuesday by Wayne County Circuit Court Judge
Richard Kaufman. If followed attempts by Friend of the Court of Wayne
County to obtain profit-sharing money in an effort to improve child sup-
port collection. The agency filed suit Friday.
"The Friend of the Court has an obligation to insure compliance with
child support orders," said the agency's director, Gerhard Ritsema.
Task force urges wiretapping
LANSING - Michigan should beef up its anti-drug arsenal by letting
the state police conduct wiretaps and by expanding drug forfeiture laws to
include real estate, according to a task force report released yesterday.
"Wiretapping is an important tool already used by the federal govern-
ment and 34 other states. It is extremely difficult to investigate and
prosecute middle- and upper-level drug traffickers without taped evidence,"
said Rep. Frank Fitzgerald (R-Grand Ledge), who chaired the House
Republican drug task force.
"We're not trying to trample the Constitution here. We're not trying
to trample anybody's rights. It can be done constitutionally," Fitzgerald
said at a Capitol news conference.
Currently, if a drug dealer is arrested in his car, police can move
through civil action to take the car, but cannot mount the same effort if
the drug dealer is arrested in a house, Fitzgerald said.

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"I think (student lobbyists) make
a big difference in letting Congress
know students need financial aid and
that it should be a number one
priority for this country," said Susan
Overdorf, an LSA sophomore.
Overdorf chairs of the MSA External

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Relations Committee, which orga-
nized the University's delegation to
the capital.
Students lobbying Congress also
addressed concerns about recruitment
and retention of minorities.
Todd Shaw, a first year graduate
student and member of the Minority
Organization of Rackham, said the
shift in budget priorities from grants
to loans is making higher education
difficult for people from low income
families, and often minorities.
Students spent the two days be-
fore the lobbying trip attending
workshops and learning the details of.
the education budget. "We learned a
lot about specific issues," Corey
Dolgan, a second year graduate stu-
dent said. "Now I have the tools to
argue."
Kennedy, D'Arms, Vice President
for Student Services Henry Johnson,
the Law School Student Senate, Law
School Dean Lee Bollinger, and
MSA also contributed funds for the
10 students to attend the lobby day.

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