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Monday, October 12, 1987/The Battalion/Page 7 World and Nation i: The I' it 8:30 soctej jtas P' 1 ". ill 1 meetirl Gay activists demand increase in AIDS research funds at rally 11 7 p.m in 16(| 11 7.30 p.tn,i.| oducts at 11 11 at 8:30 p.nu[| ION: vjiWhaNt lei Building, ' punt, pass, lid ’e board meetiii; n. u information ngdom and Det I AMU oversea 2 first floor of ik MSC. r volleyball, pre i meet, pickleti ill discuss “Reft WASHINGTON (AP) — Thou sands of homosexual activists, led by AIDS victims in wheelchairs and bearing signs carrying messages like, “Thank God I’m Gay,” marched Sunday to demand protection from discrimination and more federal money for AIDS research and treat ment. \J.S. Park Police estimated that 200,000 people participated in the march past the White House and rally near the Capitol. The crowd heard from speakers including Democratic presidential candidate Jesse Jackson and former National Organization for Women President Eleanor Smeal. Jackson addressed the rally late in the afternoon. “Let’s find a common ground of humanity,” he said. “We share the desire for life, liberty, the pursuit of ipiness, equal protection under the law. Let’s not dwell on distinc tions.” He brought the crowd to its feet when he called for an end to the AIDS crisis. “We can fight AIDS and every form of death,” he said. “Let’s give life a chance.” After his speech, Jackson spoke to bered 500,000 and yelled, “Look at you!” “Feel the political power of the moment,” she said. “Spread love and “The Reagan administration is allowing millions to die. . . . (Its) response has been an ineffective, insincere commission on AIDS.” Jim Merriam, AIDS victim a number of AIDS victims in wheel chairs near the stage. He shook their hands and said, “God bless you.” The rally stretched along the mall for more than a dozen blocks. Eleanor Smeal, former president of the National Organization for Women told the crowd, “Here we are from California, Alabama, Flor ida, Arizona, Alaska, Seattle and Delaware — east, west, north and south — in numbers too large to ever be denied again.” She told the crowd they num- fighthate.” Under skies threatening rain, the rally began with music and a poi gnant statement from Dan Bradley, a White House aide in the Carter ad ministration, who is suffering from acquired immune deficiency syn drome. Bradley said the thing he is proudest of is that “after a lifetime of struggle (and) fear ... I had the courage (in 1982) to say, loud and clear, T’m gay and I’m proud.’ Activists say the AIDS crisis, which has hit the homosexual com munity in the United States espe cially hard, has spurred an increase in violence and discrimination against the nation’s lesbians and ho mosexual men, who number about 25 million, the activists estimate. Organizers were hoping to use the march and rally Sunday and a planned non-violent protest in front of the Supreme Court building Tuesday to dramatize their calls for more federal assistance. One of the marchers, Jim Mer riam, who is an AIDS victim from Miami, said, “The Reagan adminis tration is allowing millions to die. . . . (Its) response has been an ineffec tive, insincere commission on AIDS.” Activists began their day Sunday at sunrise on the mall, with the un furling of a 7,000-pound quilt bear ing the names, personal effects and, in some cases, the ashes of victims of AIDS. Loch Ness search ends with legend of monster intact DRUMNADROCHIT, Scot land (AP) — The biggest scien tific search for the Loch Ness monster ended Sunday with one urported monster picture de- unked, three sonar contacts showing something big in the murky waters and the elusive Nessie still a legend. The three-day expedition proved to be a mix of serious sci entific investigation along with the biggest media extravaganza ever to hit the tranquil shores of Loch Ness. About $1.6 million was spent on the expedition. The hunt ended up focusing on three sonar blips that showed objects in the middle of the 754- foot-deep loch. The most signifi cant blip depicted an object at a depth of about 620 feet, looking like an inverted V. Video film taken by the team meanwhile showed that the famed “gargoyle head” photo of Nessie taken in 1975 by The Aca demy of Applied Science in Con cord, N.H., was really a rotting tree stump about 20 feet below the surface. Expedition leader Adrian Shine, 38, said he couldn’t deliver “the media monster” that the more than 300 journalists who flocked to the loch wanted. Nessie is believed by many to be a prehistoric reptile. 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