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Newborns' syphilis rote lower
(continued from page 1)
can be reduced easily by treating
pregnant women with penicillin.
“Theoretically, it (the rate)
should be zero,” said Rocco Pel-
osi, a public health adviser for the
Texas Department of Health.
The battle is to get a healthy
dose of penicillin to the women
who neea it.
Some are women who think
they have reason to avoid contact
with authorities. Some are illegal
aliens. Others are prostitutes or
drug abusers. And others can’t
afford the needed care, a prob
lem Texas lawmakers tried to
cure last year with a new indigent
health care package.
“One would think anyone who
knows they are pregnant would
get prenatal testing,” she said.
“What prevents people from
seeking care is not so easy to de
termine.”
Florida officials believe their
31 congenital syphilis cases in
1985 placed that state second
only to Texas. Nationwide figures
for 1985 are not yet available
from GDC.
Jack Wroten, chief of Florida’s
sexually transmitted disease con
trol program, said Florida’s 1985
figures are “fairly accurate.” But
the Florida health department is
seeking a more effective screen
ing law, one that would require a
blood test in the final three
months of pregnancy or at deliv
ery for women who had no pre
natal care.
Commissioner Dr. Robert
Bernstein said his agency plans to
launch a “Mother Care is Baby
Care” campaign in April and
May.
Philippine election
still not resolved
Soviet dissident released
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the bridge that marks the border be-
J tween East and West. When he saw
[the line, Shcharansky said in En-
I glish, “Look, no wall,” and took a gi
ant step over it.
He was met by Richard Burt, U.S.
I ambassador to West Germany, and
[they shook hands at 10:57 a.m. on
the span West Germans call the
| “bridge of spies.”
He brought no personal posses-
Isions, “no luggage, nothing,” said
Ludwig Rehlinger, a West German
government official who accompa
nied Burt and was Bonn’s negotiator
in the exchange.
Shcharansky was not told he
would be released until he arrived in
East Berlin Monday, U.S. and West
German officials said.
He did not complain of health
problems, U.S. officials said. Reports
have indicated his health suffered
during his time in prison and labor
camp.
In Israel Peres called Shcharansky
by his Hebrew name, Natan, and
said of him: “He has fought hero
ically alone against so many tribula
tions as a proud Jew, as a man with a
mission, as a devoted Zionist.”
“You can arrest a body, but you
cannot imprison a spirit,” the prime
minister said, adding that Mrs. Sh
charansky “fought like a lioness” in
her struggle for his freedom.
Associated Press
MANILA, Philippines — The Na
tional Assembly on Tuesday began
the long-awaited official canvass of
votes in the presidential election but
called it off for lack of a quorum be
fore a single vote could be tabulated.
The unofficial count by the gov
ernment’s Commission on Elections
showed President Ferdinand E.
Marcos ahead with 5,899,873 votes
or 52 percent and his rival, Corazon
Aquino, with 5,384,368 or 48 per
cent, with 53 percent of the precincts
counted following Friday’s presi
dential elections.
However, the count by the inde
pendent poll-monitoring group the
National Movement for Free Elec
tions, or Namfrel, had Aquino
ahead with 6,933,989 or 52 percent
against Marcos’ 6,281,510 or 48 per
cent, with votes in 64 percent of the
precincts counted.
The country has 26 million regis
tered voters.
The National Assembly’s count *is
the only one that is legally binding. *
Aquino appealed to “my friends
abroad” to help protect the victory
she claims to have won.
She said it-would be a mistake to
support a “failing dictator.”
Marcos, 68, who has governed the
Philippines for 20 years, accused
Aquino Tuesday of making a “child
ish display of petulance.”
Election-related violence has
killed more than 90 people since the
campaign began in early December.
The latest victim was former Gov.
Evelio Javier, chairman of Aquino’s
campaign in the central Philippine
province of Antique, who was shot
dead by unidentified men Tuesday
outside the Antique provincial capi-
tol building.
In the assembly Tuesday, the
number of legislators dwindled to
below that required for a quorum as
opposition assemblymen slipped out
to meet with Aquino to discuss “the
legitimacy of Marcos’ holding on to
power.”
Aquino, 53, appearing before for
eign correspondents, read a
statement in which she repeated that
she had beaten Marcos and “we will
take power.”
She did not say how and did not
answer questions.
In a televised interview by a se
lected group of local reporters and
correspondents of three U.S. tele
vision networks, Marcos claimed he
had won and asked Aquino to “for
get all this childish display of petu
lance just because our figures don’t
match.”
He said he would create a govern
ment advisory body called “Council
of State” to advance national recon
ciliation and would invite Aquino
and other opposition leaders to join
it.
Rene Saguisag, an Aquino spokes
man, rejected the idea, saying,
“Maybe it’s Cory who should do the
inviting.”
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