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Page 2 NORTHWEST HERALD Section B Monday, August 12,19*5 Advice DEAR ABBY The value of crime watch By Abigai l Van Buren Education, research are key to AIDS By Abigail Van Buren £ HU by UnivarMlPrMt Syndicate ' DEAR READERS: If you have no interest in AIDS, what it is, how people get it, how widespread it is, and how to protect yourself from becoming a victim, skip this column. In an effort to get the facts, I consulted Dr. Michael Gottleib, the eminent UCLA im- munologist who discovered the AIDS syndrome in 1961. The information in this column was confirmed by an information officer at the v Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta. % What is AIDS? It is the name for Acquired v, V;; Immune Deficiency Syndrome, a virus that at- . * Wacks and destroys the immune system, leav- \ log its victims vulnerable to infections and in- t . numerable diseases, including types of cancer. How widespread is AIDS? The epidemic is felmost worldwide. Since 1961, over 12,000 cases have been diagnosed in the United States alone, of which nearly half have died from it. It is epidemic in Central Africa and Haiti, and has also spread to Europe and Australia. It is estimated that 500,000 to 1 million people have already been exposed to the virus. All in­ dividuals exposed do not succumb to AIDS, but they do have an increased risk of developing it. f*!*t1iere can be an incubation period of several years between exposure to the virus and the development of AIDS, but the exact period of time is not known. How is AIDS transmitted? The most signifi­ cant route is by anal sex, oral sex and "old- fashioned" sexual intercourse with a person who has been infected by the AIDS virus. While most cases have occurred among homosexual or bisexual men who have had multiple part­ ners, AIDS is not exclusively a homosexual disease. An increasing number of cases is be­ ing found among heterosexual (straight) men and women. All sexually active men and women, gay or straight, should be concerned. The virus is also spread by shared con­ taminated needles among drug abusers. Also through blood products given to hemophiliacs and other recipients of blood. Some good news: Transmission through blood is expected to decrease since the screening of blood donors to detect the AIDS virus began in early 1965. How AIDS is not spread: There is absolutely no evidence that AIDS is spread by casual con­ tact with infected individuals. It cannot be spread by sharing towels, food or eating uten­ sils with a person who has AIDS. Neither can it be spread by touching, hugging or body contact other than sexual intimacy. What can be done about AIDS? A massive na­ tional program of public education as well as continuing research for a vaccine is now under­ way. All sexually active people should avoid sex with multiple partners. They should also avoid contact with semen. (Condoms, for example, may offer some protection). It is important for all of us in the human family to show compassion and understanding to the victims of AIDS. They should not be avoided or ignored. I repeat, AIDS cannot be "caught" by touching or contact other than sexual. And although about 70 percent of the AIDS victims are homosexual men, it is not strictly a homosexual-disease. AIDS victims should be visited by their friends and relatives. There is no danger to anyone who visits or cares for a person who has AIDS. I repeat, AIDS is transmitted by sexual interaction with a person who has it. Hugging, caressing, holding, shaking hands with or be­ ing in close contact with a victim will not put one at risk of being contaminated. Don't assume that every person who has AIDS is sexually promiscuous. One contact (even years ago) with someone who had it is sufficient to infect a person. A wife can get it in­ nocently from a bisexual husband who had been infected years ago by an AIDS victim. How can one obtain more information about AIDS? A national hotline with an informative recording can be reached by calling (800)342- AIDS? Many cities have a local AIDS informa­ tion hotline. Your telephone operator can ad­ vise you. Now, you know as much about AIDS as I. And if you know someone who can use this informa­ tion, please pass it along. WYNNEWOOD, Pa. (UPI) - About 10 million people In 45 states are expected to take a seat on their front stoops and turn on their porch lights Tuesday to demonstrate the value of community crime watch programs. The effort, dubbed "National Night Out" is organized by the Pennsylvania-based National Town Watch Association in an attempt to rally support for the successful pro­ grams to combat crime. "Night Out is a symbolic demon­ stration that will let criminals know that we're mad and fighting back," said Matt Peskin, project coordina­ tor. "It's a united effort involving big cities, small towns, people from all income levels and from all across America." Peskin said the response to the project, that is in its second year, has been "outstanding." An estimated 10 million people from coast to coast and In Alaska and Hawaii are expected to sit on their porches and turn on their porch lights between 8 p.m. and 9 p.m. Tuesday to send a message to criminals that their neighborhoods are organized against them. Donald Kaul Donald Kaul Is a syndicated columnist lor Tribune Media Services Let's hear it for Ueberroth - Who says there aren't any heroes anymore? You think Pete Ueber- I roth isn't a hero? , • „ • It is Ueberroth, the commissioner •,'Of baseball, who single-handedly . .rescued the nation's sports fans , from that dismal nuclear winter of _ the spirit, pro football's (ugh) exhi- bitkm season. Had the baseball ' strike continued, exhibition football .would have been the only game in • town. If there is one thing worse ' rrthan* #ttfcHing pro football teams *r play, ifcfeiwatching them practice. ,.,.1 scoffed when Time magazine made Ueberroth its "Man of the , .Year" after his successful chair­ manship of the 1964 Los Angeles ' Olympics. My attitude was, "So he ;' runs a good track meet. So what?" I ' '*as wrong; my apologies to Time. He is indeed a wonder. ' "Next to Peter U's settling of the ' * baseball strike, Jimmy Carter's 'feat of getting Anwar Sadat and " Menachem Bagin to agree to a «; ppace plan was a two-bit arbitra- . Mon. Carter at least had the advan- of dealing with adults. Ueber- ]K had to reason with baseball ; owners and players, the two biggest • bunch of whining egomaniaces this sideofthesandpile. ' I He prevailed Just in time, too. I ' (and hundreds of thousands like me) was getting ready to take a ^powder. I had publicly announced my Intention of giving up following -.tiie game should the players strike, and I meant what I said. The two- day work stoppage, however, hard­ ly constitutes a strike. It was more like a youngster who runs away from home but stops at the corner ;bfcause his parents won't let him 1 cross the street. I am giving base- ' bfell another chance; but they'd bet- ' (er watch It. My patience is wearing -thin. • . ^There's only one place left for . 'Ueberroth to go, of course -- poli­ tics. How does "President Ueber- CHIROPRACTIC CAN SHOW :YOUTBEWAYTO ! FEEL GOOD... NATURALLY ' Your Chiropractor work* wHtinatvr* to 4 euro your achat and paint and calm roth" grab you? If anyone can nego­ tiate an arms reduction pact with the Russians, it has to be him. He could probably walk into the Middle East, explain the issues to the vari­ ous factions, and have the whole thing settled over a weekend. Imagine the deals he could cut. Two Soviet SS-18 missiles in ex­ change for this nation's top Red, Pete Rose. An 8-by-10 color glossy of Lenin in his tomb in return for an on-site inspection of GeOrge Stein- brenaer. The man has a chance to be great. I like Lee Iacocca for his running mate. While Ueberroth is negotiat­ ing, Iacocca can be arranging a loan from the International Mone­ tary Fund for Overdeveloped Coun­ tries. They'd be an unbeatable combination. Actually, I don't feel there's any dearth of heroes these days. People of courage and integrity and deter­ mination abound In public life. There's Bishop Desmond Tutu in South Africa, Lech Walesa in Po­ land, Andrei Sakarov and his wife, Ydena Bonner, in the Soviet Union, Mother Teresa in India, Frank Sina­ tra In New Jersey. I wouldn't even argue if you want­ ed to put Ronald Reagan on your list of heroes. One can hardly help but admire his seemingly indomina- ble spirit; moreover, he stands as that anybody in this country can be elected president, regardless of creed, edu­ cation or intelligence. Even young rock music fans have a legitimate hero these days in Bob Geldorf. organizer of the LIVE AIDS concerts for famine relief. Who would have thought that you could feed the hungry with noise? My own two personal heroes as I wade out ever deeper into middle age are Gary Trudeau and Woody Allen, for reasons that have to do with integrity and artistic courage rather than nobility. Both are artists who achieved great success fairly early in life yet were not seduced by it. Rather than choosing to extend that success by repeating themselves, they pushed into new territory, looking for greatness. > Trudeau could have kept his "Doonesberry" characters in col­ lege, milking the same jokes for the same laughs year after year, as Charles Schultz bas done with his "Peanuts" strip. Instead, Trudeau • took a year off, made his characters relevant to the present, and raised the level of his work -- along with the ire of many of his former fans, who now recognize themselves as his targets. Allen, after his great success with "Annie Hall" a few years ago, was certainly given the opportunity to make big-budget, mass-appeal films, the kind directors make kill­ ings on. You know, "Annie Hall II," "Annie Hall Meets Rambo." In­ stead, he has continued to work within himself, making small, Jew­ el-like films of great sensitivity and wit. In the process, he has become the finest American film director now working, nothing less. Those are my kind of guys. And when my turn comes, I'm not going to be spoiled by great success ei­ ther, you watch. In the meantime: Play ball. (C) 1985 TRIBUNE MEDIA SER­ VICES, INC. itr ' Are htaqdadwi and nervous tension spoiling your lilt? Do your muscles ache and your joints protest even when It's not cold and clammy outside? No need to , sutter unnecessary pain when a visit to your chiropractor can eliminate it. We treat the entire body on the theory that all parts are inter related through the central nervous system, brain and spinal column. 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