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Show a Page B12 — THE DAILY HERALD,Provo, Utah, Tuesday, May 7, 1996 New FAA rules to help pilots recognizeicing WASHINGTON (AP) — The ederal Aviation Administration Thursday issued new rules to help pilots of turboprop planes recognize and escape dangerous icing conditions before it’s toolate The new directives are the results of tests conducted by the FAA in response to the October 1994 crash of an American Eagle ATR-72 near Roselawn, Ind., in which 68 people died The design of the ATR-72 was later modifed to provide for a arger deicing boot, an inflatable through “supercooled drizzle,” a kind of fog made up of water droplets cooled below freezing, but not yet tuned to ice. The droplets freeze on contact with a plane, FAAofficials said The new regulations require pilots to be aware of icing conditions and look for telltale signs of problems, such as ice accumulating on the side window, the wing or the propeller spinner. If icing is spotted, the pilot must changealtitude or course to get away fromthe conditions causing icing. rubber device, on the wings. The The directivesaffect 29 different FAA also conductedtests on other models of planes, or about 4,430 types of aircraft to see whether aircraft, with unpowered controls. they were vulnerable to loss of That meansthe trailing edge of the wing is moved by the pilot’s manucontrol causedby icing Our testing has shown that al controls instead of by hydraulic or electrical power. Aircraft with these planes do not need desi: changes, but we want to make sure unpowered controls often operate at pilots know how to recognize lower altitudes where ice forms. freezing rain and freezing drizzle The afiected planes also use and what procedures they should pneumatic deicing boots, or long take to safely exit it,” FAA Admin- rubber devices that inflate along the leading edge of the wing to Strator David R. Hinsonsaid. Icing can occur whenplanes fly crack the ice AIDS rate down, except for minorities By KARENHILL Associated Press Writer ATLANTA(AP) -— The AIDS rate declined nationwide in 1995, especially among children, but more blacks and women were diagnosed with the disease, federal tesearchers said. Overall, the number of people diagnosed with the disease last year fell 7 percent compared with 1994, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Thursday There were 74,180 AIDScases, or 27.8 per 100,000residents, in 1995, compared with 79,897 cases and a rate of30.2 in 1994. In 1993, the year federal researchers expanded their definition of AIDS, there were 105,828 cases. Washington, D.C., had the grim distinction of having the highest AIDS rate among U.S. states and territories, while Jersey City, NJ., topped the list forcities. Utah had 8.4 AIDS cases per 100,000residents, comparedto 8.0 in 1994. The figures showed that the number of AIDS cases among biacks is rapidly approaching that rates among gay white men but that percentage of the U.S. population than whites, The AIDS rate for blacks was 92.6 cases per 100,000 people Women accounted for 19 percent of all AIDS cases among adults and adolescents, their highest proportion yet But in a surprise, AIDS cases amongchildrenfell to 800in 1995, from 1,034 in 1994, even though more women developed the disease. Nearlyall children with AIDS get HIV, the virus that disease, in their mothers’ wombs. “It suggeststhatthere are fewer children being born infected with HIV,perhapsasa result ofincreasing use of AZT by pregnant women to reducerisk of transmission,” Ward said, AZT is one of several drugs that slow reproduction of HIV. After Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico was a distant second among U.S. states and territories, followed by New York, Florida and New Jersey The nation’s capital had 185.7 AIDScases per 100,000residents, down from 246.9 in 1994, whenit also led the nation. North Dakota among whites, especially troubling the disease would spread among had the lowest AIDS rate, at 0.8. Among cities, Jersey City, NJ., since blacks are a much smaller women and minorities. Blacks were six times more likely to have AIDS than whites, whose rate was 15.4, and twiceas likely to have AIDSas Hispanics, whose rate was 46.2. Asians and Pacific Islanders reported the lowesirate, 6.2. “Not only is the rate higher among blacks, the actual number among blacks is about to surpass whites,” said Dr. John Ward, direetor of the CDC’s AIDS-HIV surveillance branch. Black adults and teens accounted for 29.350 AIDS cases diagnosed in 1995, compared with 29,732 cases among whites and 11,169 cases among Hispanics. The remainder were American Indians and Asian-Pacific Islanders Researchers had predicted that the AIDSrate would decline nationwide, anticipating that prevention methods and death would slow the was followed by San Francisco at 129.7 AIDS cases per 100,000 residents, New York City at 122.5, Miami at 117.2 and Newark, NJ., at 86.8. Newark's entry into the top five bumped Fort Lauderdale, Fla., out. The city with the lowest rate was Dayton, Ohio, with 5.0. The same states and territories were in the top five for 1994 and 1995, but only Puerto Rico report- ed an increased AIDS rate from one year to the next. Its 1995 rate of 70.3 compared with 62.5 in 1994, bumping it from No, 5 in 1994 to No. 2 in 1995. New York’s 1995 rate of 68.4 was down from 81.1 in 1994, Flori- da’s 56.9 rate was down from 61.1 in 1994, and New Jersey’s 55.5 rate was down from 61.7 in 1994. The cumulative number of AIDS cases reported since 1981 passed the half-million mark in 1995, with 513,486 cases reported by Dec. Sixty-two percent of those patients have died. Buchanan asks GOP to take him seriously By ANTHONY JEWELL Associated Press Writer INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — With the Republican presidential nomination out of his reach, Pat Buchanan has instead turned his attention to forcing the party to take him seriously new kitchens, Speaking at a rally leading up k's Indiana primary, conservative commentator Wednesday to. rer in the race through the GOP convention in San Diego this summer Republicans.” he college ens renee “Wedon’t think the Republicans will take a sharp left turn, but if it does we're going straight ahead Asked if th: exotic vacations ins he would mount a third-party challenge, Buchanan said “we'll go stra thead. | haven't committed to that Buchanan, whose name will appear on the Indiana primary ballot along with presumptive nomi nee Bob Dole, has made few pub: lic appearances since the morning after the March 26 California primary. That's when he acknowledgedthat Dole, the Senate major ty leader, had secured the GOP presidential nomination. ara lower taxes. Also on Tuesday's ballot is wealthy magazine publisher Steve Forbes. who dropped out of the esidential race in March Buchanan's speech Wednesday night to a crowd of 150 was the Stop in a two-day swing through Indiana. He was to speak Gee, with promises ne in Munster, a suburb of Chicago aati this afternoon and in Bethesda, Md.. on Friday Hesaid his appearances would force the party to listen, even though he has not fared well in primaries. losii aR} avbe Wwe-s venue consecutive primaries to Dole in March. If you go out and vote for Pat Buchanan and we have a strong showing (in Indiana), we will send At the top of his wish list for this summer's convention is main ¢ a rigid anti-abortion plank in the party platform. Buchanan commendedIilinois Republican Rep. Henry Hyde who has said that he will not back away from the platform’s call fora constitutional ban on abortions. Hydewill be the primary authorof this year’s GOP platform Good for Henry. Ill stand with him 100 percent on that.” said Buchanan Buchanan's sister and cam paign manager, Bay Buchanan, said earlier Wednesday that her brother would consider a thirdparty run if Dole ignores him ecially on the abortionissue N appearance on NBC's yy" show, she warned that “if youtry to strip this party of that pro-life platform you're sending 4 message to our core. our strongest believers, that Bob Dole doesn’t have the courage to stand up for the innocent unborn, so why should we stand with him? ; Buchananhimself refusedto go thatfar, but said Dole mustrealize he has followers andtake himseriously. That would include a prime Speaking slot at the convention this summer, he said “We don't need a third party Weneeda fighting secondparty,” he said. : eee) for president. 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