| Show INTERMOUNTAINWORLD Tuesday December The Salt Lake Tribune Tears Shed For Victims Worldwide AIDS-Da- y THE ASSOCIATED PRESS PARIS — AIDS activists around the world marched ' ' prayed and wore red ribbons Monday to mark the ninth World AIDS Day — while AIDS victims in poor nations did what they do every day: Lived struggled and died in obscurity On Monday at least their lives were honored In Europe demonstrators observed the day with candlelight marches and songs in Asia governments announced new educa- tion and programs aimed at fighting their growing AIDS problem Thousands marched in Paris at sundown blowing whistles and carrying placards demanding more help Rallies were held in other French cities "They are dying less in France in the rich countries but they continue to die more and more in the - poor countries" said French Health Minister Bernard Kouchner Kouchner announced a plan to require that French doctors report the number of patients who test positive for the AIDS virus The names would remain confidential "If we knew in epidemiological terms the number of HIV- - PRESS DENVER — An FBI chem- ist testified Monday that traces of explosive fertilizer found on a Ryder truck panel after the Oklahoma City bombing were caused by the blast — not contamination Steven Burmeister told jurors in Terry Nichols' trial that his tests determined that the ammonium nitrate crystals were glazed into the panel by the force of the blast and some were embedded in the surface Defense attorney Michael Tigar pointed out that the truck fragment was outside when a heavy rainstorm swept across Oklahoma City on the night after the bombing He HIVAIDS in 1997 f 150000 860000 North Africa Middle East f Latin America HIV-infecte- 13 million Source UNAIDS Asi ia 60 million At T n Africa 208 million ing to AIDS support centers While new drug therapies and increased education has slowed the spread of HIV in many industrialized countries AIDS infection has accelerated in developing countries where victims and governments cannot afford the costly treatments 440000 itT1South ( ©GRAPHIC NFWS East Asia & Pacific f- —- I Z1 210000 310 000 I J & Caribbean j'j r i! A Australia & New Zealand 12000 d More than 90 percent of people live in the developing world and the disease is spreading at an alarming rate in HIV-infecte- Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union the WHO's regional director for Europe said Monday S China plans to broadcast messages on trains anti-AID- Senator Tours Facility Where Inmate Died Leaves Suspecting Foul Play also noted the lot where it was found was littered with bits and pieces of plastic foam and metal from burned cars and debris from the building Tigar suggested the nitrates could have come from acid rain lawn fertilizer or even bacon and the ammonia could have come from household cleaners or other sources But Burmeister said those sources would not explain how the crystals were blasted onto the fragment Tigar tried to show that the fragment might have been contaminated in FBI lab tests and that it is impossible to determine who may have handled it because of the way the evidence was stored THE ASSOCIATED PRESS OKLAHOMA CITY — Sen Don Nickles walked through the US Bureau of Prisons Federal Transfer Center on Monday but came away with few answers in his investigation of the suspicious death of an inmate "That bothers me It bothers me a lot" Nickles said after his tour "There's a very strong probability of a homicide" Nickles' visit came after he announced he was conducting his own investigation into the Aug 21 1995 death of Kenneth Michael Trentadue Guards reported Trentadue hanged himself but his family says strong evidence suggests he was beaten to death ters read like an employer's CHICAGO TRIBUNE CentralEastern Europe & Central Asia 530000 North America (WHO) Figures released last week show doctors had underestimated the size of the epidemic by 30 percent: 30 million people now are infected with HIV and 16000 more people are infected daily Of the 23 million people expected to die this year of AIDS 460000 are under 15 This year's World AIDS Day emphasized the plight of d children Elsewhere in Europe 12 Athens radio stations broadcast an hourlong program on AIDS television staGreek state-ru- n tions aired documentaries on AIDS a concert by Freddy Mercury — a singer who died of AIDS — and a ballet dedicated to the fight against AIDS In Helsinki Finland lawmakers lighted candles on the steps of Parliament Some 50 artists performed a free concert in Turku Finland's former capital on the west coast with the proceeds go- - 82 million Western Europe Suit on Features Fake Applicants 23 million 117 million children having lost their mother or both parents due to AIDS) (HI World Health Organization Hiring-Discriminati- 306 million Deaths due to HIVAIDS in 1997 Cumulative HIVAIDS deaths Cumulative number of children estimated to have been orphaned by AIDS at age 14 or younger positive people this would vastly help us" fight AIDS he said One in every 100 sexually active people ages 15 to 49 worldwide has HIV and among those infected 1 in 10 doesn't know it according to UNAIDS and the Chemist Links Truck to Blast THE ASSOCIATED 3F 58 million New HIV infections in 1997 People living with HIVAIDS A5 2 1997 Nickles said photographs of Trentadue's bruised and battered body don't support claims that he took his own life "Those pictures really don't look consistent with a suicide" he said "I don't think it's very probable at all that this was a suicide If it wasn't a suicide it was a homicide" He said he visited the cell in which Trentadue was held and came away more convinced that the death was the result of foul play Sen Orrin Hatch has said he is beginning a Senate Judiciary Committee investigation into whether Justice Department officials tried to cover up the circumstances of Trentadue's death Trentadue's brother Jesse is a Salt Lake City attorney CHICAGO — Borrowing a method used to root out housing discrimination a nonprofit legal group Monday filed a federal lawsuit against a Chicago security firm alleging hiring discrimination against two African American applicants The action utilizes a new investigative strategy — sending fake applicants or "testers" to apply for job openings — that may soon be adopted by federal employment authorities Tackling an area of employment discrimination that traditionally has been tough to identify or prove — less than 8 percent of complaints nationwide have to do with hiring — the Legal Assistance Foundation of Chicago hopes to set a precedent with its use of job applicant testers to ferret out prejudice The Foundation hired two pairs of testers black and white job applicants to respond to an advertised receptionist position at Guardian Security Services Inc The firm is run by a handful of cops and once supplied security guards to the Chicago Housing Authority The resumes of the black tes dream for the open receptionist's job: Both were proficient typists knew how to work spreadsheets and had secretarial experience working with multiple phone lines But both African American women were strung along for weeks by company brass the lawsuit alleges while the two white testers who applied were given interviews and offers within days The black testers couldn't even get a typing test e interafter their first face-to-fac- views Guardian Security officials could not be reached Monday LeeAnn Lodder manager of the Foundation's Employment Discrimination Project said it is crucial to draw attention to racial discrimination in hiring particularly at a time when many people are struggling to move off welfare and into entry-leve- l jobs Since 1995 project staffers have mailed "identifiably African American resumes" to 600 Chicago area employers who advertised entry-leve- l positions in local newspapers Of those businesses Lodder said 41 percent who responded called the white or Latino candidate but did not call the black candidate better-qualifie- d Canon seminars g y J u r 4 1 if 1 -- ''V ' f ft Ci 1 V december 4th december 3rd Iniiii " ipin ili! wilro '4ii south ''M rist Inini 2 'vol pm pictureline j Value gifts for gi rls and boys Girls' 6 arctic fleece Windsuits jog sets &fleece 7-1- $20 great way to warm up the holidays Lavon® arctic fleece tops in a choice of solid colors and prints Sizes A M Children's jog sets K $24 Select from a variety of styles cottonpolyester For Girls' and in sizes Boys' X 4-- 7 II Boys' arctic fleece 4-- 7 (a )M ' I pk MyMM A': vr sports-mot- 2T-4- T 2200 And Infants' sizes months 12-18-- Girls' & Boys' windsuits i $28 if Choose from nylon windsuits by Sunterra In a ' choice of styles Cotton lined For Boys' 7 and Girls' - 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