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The Atlanta Journal Monday, March 17, 1980... Scientists From 40 Nations Gather Here to Study Herpes By CHARLES SEABROOK Journal Staff Writer A newborn baby from Mississippi was brought into Grady Memorial Hospital not too long ago, suffering from a deadly viral infection it acquired from its mother at birth. The infant had been transferred to tors there become some of the Grady because, Emory University docworld's leading experts on the virus, known as herpes. FIG Unfortunately, the insidious virus had already done its damage. The baby was nearly blind in one eye, and there was evidence of brain damage.

It will not be known for a while just how severe the sight loss and mental retardation is. The best the doctors could do was save the baby's life, and try to halt any more damage from the infection. During the past few years, doctors at Grady and other major hospitals around the nation have been seeing more and more problems with herpes. That's a major reason some 500 researchers from 40 nations are meeting in Atlanta this week to discuss the latest findings on the viruses. It is the largest international meeting ever held on the organisms.

"Herpes simplex 1" can be spread by kissing, and is the virus responsible for cold sores on the face. "Herpes simplex 2," a type of herpes virus spread by sexual contact, has become one of the nation's most common venereal diseases, threatening to overtake gonorrhea and syphilis as the top VD maladies in the nation. "The psychological trauma that herpes 2 can cause may be devastating," says Dr. Raymond F. Schinazi, an Emory researcher on herpes.

"Some. people have State Won't Feel Pinch In Revenue-Sharing Cuts By PRENTICE PALMER Journal Staff Writer President Carter's call for major reductions in federal revenue-sharing funds will have little visible effect in Georgia, according to various state fiscal experts. "All you're talking about is 1 percent of the state budget, and that won't hit us until fiscal year 1981," said Legislative Budget Officer Pete Hackney. "Certainly that shouldn't cause chaos in any of our programs." As part of his anti-inflation package last Friday, Carter proposed to eliminate 75 percent of the $2.3 billion in revenue-sharing money which goes to state governments. Georgia currently receives about $50.8 million annually under the program and ultimately stands to loose $36.3 million.

But that won't all hit in one year since the state operates on a different fiscal year from the federal government. In state fiscal 1981, starting this July 1, the loss to Georgia is expected to amount to only $25 million, or about 1 percent of the total state budget. If the cutback continues, the full impact of $50.8 million would not be felt until fiscal 1982, beginning July 1, 1981. The federal government operates on an October-to-October fiscal year as opposed to the state's July-to-July setup. Georgia has already received part of its funds for this fiscal year, and is due another payment of about $12.1 million in early July.

"Because of the way the fiscal years fall, we'll get about one half of our allotment in the fiscal year covered by our 1981 budget," Hackney explained. "The immediate impact that I see," said State Budget Officer Clark Stevens, "will come when we start work on the supplemental '81 budget in January." Gov. George Busbee was planning to catch up on some overdue building projects by paying cash for them, Stevens said. But with federal funds falling out, the pay-as-you-go approach may have to give way to bond financing, according to Stevens. "That's the major effect, I think," said Stevens.

"It will impact on what we do in the area of capital construction." Georgia currently uses all of its federal revenue-sharing funds to pay the state's share of teacher retirement programs. By using that approach, Hackney said, funds are freed for other state programs. Wounded Man Accused Of Break-In at Gun Shop A burglary suspect was shot and wounded after a break-in at a northwest Atlanta gun shop Monday morning, police reported. Archie Byron owner of Byron's Gun Shop, at 2485 Bankhead Highway NW, told police he fired a pistol when the suspect, after being ordered to "freeze," whirled around as though he had a weapon in his hand. Byron, who lives at the same address, investigated a noise and then confronted the suspect after seeing him drop through a hole in the ceiling, according to police Sgt.

C. T. Padgett. Freddie Clark, 26, of 1401 Bankhead Highway NW, was taken to Grady Hospital for treatment of a wound in the left hip. Police said Clark has been charged with burglary.

Church Continued from 1C "He wants to make us saints." "Don't say that's not for me," said the spiritual head of the world's 65 million Anglicans until his retirement in January. "It's for you and it's for me, which is surprising, if you knew your preacher." Some mortals have a head start on sainthood, he conceded. Among them, he said, have been Calcutta's Mother Teresa, Belgian charismatic Cardinal Leo Jozef Suenens, who preached at the cathedral recently, and "one of your own men," Martin Luther King Jr. Besides saints, he said, he hopes the cathedral will also turn out "slaves." "You can't take your Most Reverends and your Right Honorables with you when this little life is through," the 70- year -old cleric said. "The only title that's worthwhile is to be a slave of Jesus Christ." The congregation stood as Lord Coggan left the pulpit.

It was one of the few quiet moments in a televised service that began with the ring of trumpets and rumble of drums. A procession of tall candles borne by often small acolytes filed into the gray stone nave, accompanied by a line of choristers wearing Tudor costumes of cathedral purple, Old heads and young in the mostly fashionably dressed congregation bowed low as gleaming processional crosses preceding mitred bishops floated by. "Let now the cathedral doors be opened," intoned the Right Rev. Bennett J. Sims, bishop of Atlanta, as he stood in the porch.

He then took his crozier, or pastoral staff, and inscribed the threshold in Greek with the first two letters of Jesus' name, "to show that the church belongs to Jesus Christ." "I was glad when they said unto me," sang the choirs, intoning an anthem from English coronations from the Silver Jubilee celebration of Queen Elizabeth II in 1978. The bishop stretched out his arms to bless the altar, as two acolytes lit 14 candles on it and bellringers chimed a glittering peal. Atlanta Daily World Is Historic Journalism Site The Associated Press The Atlanta Daily World's designation as an Historic Site in Journalism "is like recharging the battery in a car," the newspaper's publisher, C.A. Scott, said Sunday. The World, the oldest continuing black-owned and controlled daily newspaper in the United States, was named one of three such historic sites by the Society of Professional Journalists, Sigma Delta Chi.

Scott's brother, W.A. Scott, founded the World in 1928. The paper still is controlled and published by the Scott family. "This is very significant. It may be the most signifiant honor the paper has received," Scott said during unveiling of a bronze marker on the front of the old, brick building in the heart of Atlanta's historic black district.

The plaque was unveiled in a ceremony attended by at about 50 people, led by Howard Graves, the journalism society's president-elect and chief of the Associated Press Bureau in Portland, Ore. "The general economic conditions are really hurting the black press," Scott said. "We're on a closer margin right now than we've been in the last 20 years. We've got problems in the press." The World began the world's first black newspaper chain in 1930. committed suicide because of a herpes 2 infection." Also, because of the increase in genital herpes (herpes 2), the chances of more babies being born with the infection have increased, since the babies acquire the malady from their infected mothers at birth.

Herpes 2 also has been closely linked with cervical cancer, and, to a lesser extent, with cancer of the prostate. Most of that work has been conducted by Emory researcher Dr. Andre Nahmias. Both herpes 1 and 2 can cause herpes encephalitis, an inflammation of the lining of the brain that has a high mortality rate. "Herpes infections are the most lethal of all brain infections," says Schinazi.

There are other types of herpes viruses just as serious. The herpes virus, known as varicella zoster, causes chickenpox in young children, and can occur several years later in the same person as shingles. Cytomegalovirus, another type of herpes, is extremely harmful to newborns, and can cause deafness. The herpes organism known as Epstein-Barr virus has been closely linked with Burkitt's lymphoma, a severe type of cancer prevalent in Africa. British researcher Dr.

Anthony Epstein, for whom the virus was partly named, will be at the Atlanta meeting to discuss new findings on the organism. In general, says Schinazi, herpes viruses are the leading causes of viral-associated disease and death in patients who have received kidney or bone marrow transplants. Herpes viruses also are the most common cause of blindness due to an infectious agent. Scientists don't even know if they have exhausted the range of clinical diseases that can be caused by the herpes viruses. Evidence that a few new maladies can be linked to the viruses will be presented at the meeting this week.

Currently, the only drug on the market that is approved for treatment of a herpes malady is a medicine known as Ara-A. It has proved to be effective against some cases of herpes encephalitis. At the time it was approved, it was the first drug ever approved for the treatment of a viral disease. But new anti-herpes drugs are on the horizon, and will come under intense discussion at the Atlanta herpes conference. One of those drugs is known as Aciclovir.

According to Schinazi of Emory, the drug has been shown to be extremely potent against cold sores caused by herpes, and perhaps will be effective The Associated Press Sheriff's deputy stands beside plane that carried 600 pounds of marijuana Howard University By LEONARD RAY TEEL Journal Staff Writer Andrew Young told the story of a mission to Africa when doors were opened to him largely because he was a graduate of Howard University. In fact, he found that in African affairs, it was more advantageous to be a Howard graduate than a Harvard professor. The former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations addressed the Atlanta chapter of the Howard University Alumni Club, which honored him Saturday night with a plaque for postgraduate achievement on the 113th anniversary of the Washington, D.C., university. The mission to Africa, Young said, took place in 1973 when he was an Atlanta congressman.

Relations between Nigeria and the United States were The nave, tower and chapels were consecrated during other services during the day. Worshipers underwent their own consecration, repeating their baptismal promises in a body. Filing up to the communion rail, they knelt to reaffrim their faith in Jesus and receive the "laying on of hands" from one of five bishops, including the Most Rev. John Murray Allin, presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church. Some bishops blessed one head at a time.

Others, including Lord Coggan, put hands on two heads. It was Lord Coggan's first visit to Atlanta. It was also the first time the city has received an Anglican prelate of his rank. He arrived Friday on a jet from London, traveling firstclass in a seat that benefited from some fancy personnel shifting by the airline. His stewardesses, Sally White and Susan Emerson, are both members of the cathedral, a spokesman for the church said.

Following a schedule designed for his advanced years, Coggan ate watercress soup and a filet of beef stuffed with oysters at a dinner party for 20 at the Commerce Club in downtown Atlanta Saturday night. Planned especially for the English visitor was a course of port and Stilton cheese. Guests included the British consul-general, David Crawford, and the Most Rev. Thomas Donnellan, the Roman Catholic archbishop of Atlanta. Lord Coggan is to return to London Tuesday, after preaching a "quiet hour" for 100 Epsicopal priests at the cathedral Monday.

In his third sermon Sunday, he showed little sign of strain, rolling amiably through a conversational talk, marked by vigorous gestures. By contrast, a much younger canon a member of the cathedral clergy yawned sleepily before joining in a song for assistance from "holy angels bright, who wait at God's right hand." He had one more two-hour service to go. against other types of herpes infections. The drug now is undergoing clinical tests in various medical centers around the nation. Also, researchers at Emory are doing research on a drug that shows evidence of effectiveness against genital herpes, or the VD type of herpes.

The major reason the herpes conference is being held in Atlanta, says Schinazi, is because much of the early work on the organisms was done at Emory. Nahmias, for example, was mainly responsible for determining the difference between herpes 1 and herpes 2. He also was one of the first to link cervical cancer with herpes. Nahmias also has developed methods to rapidly diagnose herpes infections, and the technique may be applied to the diagnosing of other virus types. Pot Continued from 1C Each man was being held lieu of $50,000 bond.

Ben Epps and his descendants have long been known as "Georgia's flyingest family." Eight of Epps' nine children were aviators. Working out of a garage, Epps built his first plane only four years after the Wright brothers demonstrated powered flight at Kitty Hawk. He later designed and constructed his Epps Lightplane, a single-seat aircraft which was ahead of its time. He only built and sold one prototype. In 1919, Epps and L.

M. (Monte) Rolfe established the Rolfe-Epps Flying Service in Athens offering passenger flights, instruction and aerial photography. The elder Epps was critically injured in a 1935 aircrash in Athens and was killed two years later in a takeoff crash from the same airport. Helped Open "terrible" so bad, Young contended, that Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, a former Harvard professor, had been informed that he "wasn't welcome" in Nigeria. Likewise, Sen.

Jacob Javits had been unable to get an appointment with a Nigerian official. With his Howard connections, however, Young's fortunes were just the opposite. In the lobby of the Federal Palace Hotel, Young ran into a prominent Nigerian who 20 years earlier had lived in his dormitory in Howard University's Cook Hall. "We rekindled a relationship," Young said. They talked about their experiences at Howard, about going across Georgia Al's, about the times they went out to round up enough bottles to buy "two hot dogs and a big orange for supper." Archbishop Coggan at ceremony Doors for Young The Nigerian happened to be going to a dinner that evening with government officials, and Young went with him.

As a result of that meeting, Young said, "I was invited into the homes of just about every government official." The point of it all, Young said, is that many of Howard University's international students this year representing 89 countries have become leaders in the Third World. "Inevitably," he said, "they are giving leadership in their countries in their fields." Nigeria alone this year has 35,000 students in school in the United States, Young said. He contended that the experiences of African students in Russia, or Sweden, or Britain, does not give them the "wholesome multiracial experience" they find in such U.S. universities as Howard. Andrew Young alumni diplomacy Alex W.

Bealer from old Georgia family Lowery Denies Fund-raiser Gets of Ad Money By ANNE COWLES Journal Staff Writer Joseph E. Lowery, president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, the civil rights group founded by the late Martin Luther King denied Monday that advertisement sales for the SCLC's magazine only brought the organization 10 cents of every dollar. "That's not quite true," Lowery said. "I'm not sure what the exact figure is, but they're (the money) not donations, they're ads." The "60 Minutes" program on CBS reported Sunday that about 90 cents of every dollar raised for the SCLC by an independent fund-raiser goes to salesmen and for overhead costs. Donations are raised by about 20 telephone salespersons employed by controversial fund-raiser Stephen W.

Blood, who sells advertisements in the SCLC magazine to businesses, according to Sunday's report. An SCLC attorney and accountant will review Blood's one-year contract, which expired Dec. 31, and present their findings to the next SCLC board meeting in April, Lowery said. "They will make a recommendation to us at the board meeting next month as to whether we continue, discontinue or revise (the contract)," Lowery said. "60 Minutes" quoted a former Blood employee who says salesmen receive a 30 percent commission for funds they raise, 30 percent covers overhead costs, 30 percent goes to Blood and the remaining 10 cents to the SCLC.

Advertising Exec, Author Alex Bealer Dies By RALEIGH BRYANS Journal Stat Writer Alex W. Bealer III, Atlanta public relations executive, author and well-known local blacksmithing hobbyist, died early Monday of a heart attack. He was 59. Memorial services will be at 4 p.m. Wednesday at Holy Innocents Episcopal Church, with burial in Arlington Memorial Park.

Mr. Bealer had been in advertising and public relations in Atlanta since 1948 and at his death headed his own firm, Alex Bealer and Associates, with offices at 1447 Peachtree St. NE. A member of one of Georgia's oldest families, he long ago immersed himself in the history and folklore of his native state, producing books and articles on American Indians and on the arts and crafts of frontier America. During the '60s, he was active in the Republican Party.

He was a member of the GOP State Committee and ran for state chairman in 1964. He had served as public relations officer for the Fulton County executive committee and was chairman of the Joint 5th District Issues Committee. For more than a decade, Mr. Bealer was honorary consul for Sweden in Atlanta and Georgia. The titles of his books not onlv make clear the subject matter but the wide scope of Mr.

Bealer's interests. Some of the best known are "The Tools That Built America," "The Art of Blacksmithing," "Old Ways of Working Wood," and "The Log Cabin Homes of the North American Wilderness," the last with photography by fellow Atlantan John Ellis. Mr. Bealer took his hobby, blacksmithy, out of his home into the public domain. He organized the Blacksmiths Guild at the Atlanta Historical Society to spur interest in what was a dying art.

He regularly took to the blacksmith's forge at Tully Smith House, on the historical society's grounds, in exhibitions that gave Atlantans a first-hand look at the art. Mr. Bealer was a member of the board of the historical society and chairman of its publications committee. His works on American Indians included "Only the Names Remain," a television documentary produced by WSB-TV, and a child's book, "The Skin Picture which was about a Sioux Indian youth, Red Bird. In preparation for the latter, Mr.

Bealer spent time on the Western plains with Sioux, drawing pictures of them and gathering the lore of the tribe from old braves. Mr. Bealer was born March 6, 1921, in Valdosta, but was brought to Atlanta by his parents when he was 2. He finished public schools here at old Boys High School then got his college degree at Emory University. He entered the U.S.

Marine Corps shortly after the United States was drawn into World War II and finished the war as a captain. He later returned to duty with the Marines during the Korean War. Mr. Bealer worked for the Standard Oil Co. in Chicago just after World War II.

In 1948, he returned to Atlanta and with Flovd McRae and others acquired the Bob Scott advertising agency. He was with the new firm, McRae and Bealer, until the late 1970s, when he formed his own agency. Mr. Bealer was father of Alice Bealer, a member of The Atlanta Journal staff. He himself worked as a copy boy for the newspaper, and a grandfather, Alex Bealer, a Baptist minister, was a columnist for The Journal.

Survivors are his wife, Mrs. Helen Eitel Bealer. three daughters, Janet Bailey, Savannah, and Susan Duncan and Alice, both of Atlanta; two sons, Alex W. Bealer IV, Santa Barbara, Calif. and Edmund Bealer, Alpharetta; a brother, Walter Bealer, Atlanta; and his mother, Mrs.

Alex Bealer Jr. of Atlanta..