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...epidemic seems to have stabilized. As many as 1.5 million people are now infected, most of them in high-risk groups like homosexual men and intravenous drug users. But the rate of new infection among homosexuals has fallen dramatically. Moreover, there are no signs of the much feared "breakout" of AIDS into the heterosexual population. Still, infection among IV drug users has skyrocketed. "It's clear that we are dealing not with just one epidemic but a series of subepidemics," declared U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Otis Bowen...
...breakout was led by Convicted Murderer William Wayne Gilbert, 38, who pulled a .22-cal. gun, shot a guard and released six other inmates from their cells. The seven fled to the roof, thence over an 18-ft.-high chain link fence. By Saturday, searchers had caught four fugitives, but Gilbert and two others remained free. Corrections Secretary O. Lane McCotter authorized pursuers to shoot to kill if necessary...
...missiles to thrust warheads and guidance gear during an attack. The Soviets now have about 5.7 million kg of ballistic- missile throw weight, compared with the U.S.'s 2 million. The U.S. plan calls for substantial direct cuts in maximum throw weight in order to reduce the opportunity for "breakout," the ability of one side suddenly to increase its offensive capabilities...
Arms-control hard-liners have long insisted that Moscow's reluctance to lower throw weight has been one of the most serious impediments to arms control. Reductions of throw weight would lessen the risk of a dreaded phenomenon known as breakout, the capacity of one side suddenly to increase its offensive force and intimidate the enemy. The issue will become an important factor as the U.S. gradually moves away from a land-based ICBM force made up of multiple-warhead missiles in underground fixed silos (like the Minuteman) and relies more on mobile single-warhead missiles (the proposed Midgetman). Such...