Good evening, I'm Terry Merriman. Coming up tonight on Eyewitness News Nightcast at 11.
Finding something to read with the Sunday coffee was a challenge for many Delaware Valley
residents. The area's two largest newspapers remain on strike, and that means for scarce
reading material on local newsstands. Tonight at 11, we'll update the picket situation at
the Philadelphia Inquirer in Daily News. We'll have the latest on what may be a long and
painful strike. Also tonight at 11, bad weather moves through the Delaware Valley, bringing
power outages and scattered damage in several neighborhoods. Melvin Epps will have the latest
on our hot and muggy weather. But the bad weather didn't stop a fun day on the Ben Franklin
Parkway. We'll take you to the beautiful boulevard for a look at the spectacular street fair
that had a special purpose. And Pete Rose doesn't let up on his vigorous pursuit of the most
coveted record in baseball. Bob Bradley has sports, and Howard Eskin has a locker-wearing
court on Nightcast. Come on down, it's time to play along and watch them win with America's
all-time favorite TV game show, the new Nighttime Price is Right. Let's do it, my friends. Post
Tom Kennedy and Johnny Olson keep the cash coming and the excitement high. When you need
to shop around, it's the best game in town. And the actual retail price is... Let's all
be there for the fun. The new Nighttime Price is Right. And so is the time. Weeknights at
7 beginning Monday on Channel 3. At UPS, it was never our intention to become a football
game, but every year, scores of efficiency-minded Japanese businessmen show up and ask to tour
our facilities. You see, UPS is so efficient, we can deliver next day air, usually for half
what other companies charge. Which is why so many Japanese find UPS the most rewarding
package tour anywhere. UPS, we run the tightest ship in the shipping business. You could choose
Heineken solely because it's far and away Europe's favorite. And Europeans know their
beer. Or you could choose Heineken because it's far and away America's number one imported
beer. Americans know their beer, too. Or you could open it and pour it and choose it for
the best of all possible reasons. Heineken is the best beer in the world. Come to think
of it, I'll have a Heineken. The People's Court moves to 5 o'clock weeknights starting
September 16th. AIDS can affect anyone, and there is no known treatment or cure. You're
about to see a program which explores in-depth the harsh realities of a disease which doubles
the number of victims every year. During the next two hours, you will meet people who are
dying of AIDS. You will hear the latest reasons why people get AIDS. You'll also find out
about the latest research available. I'm Ray Murray. Please watch this upcoming one-hour
national program and then join eyewitness news medical reporter Max Gomez and me.
AIDS is spreading which threatens us all. There is no treatment, no cure. AIDS. Fear
is spreading along with the virus. The only way to protect ourselves is to learn more
about the disease. This is part of our continuing AIDS Lifeline.
AIDS used to be something that just happened to other people. Not anymore. Acquired Immune
Deficiency Syndrome is an epidemic that kills. It can happen to anyone. It has already happened
to people we know. When Rock Hudson got AIDS, no one could ignore it anymore. He brought
it home right into America's living room. The government calls it the nation's number
one health problem right now, and the numbers are staggering. In the United States, there
have been about 13,000 cases reported. Half of those people, 6,500, are dead. The other
half are dying. 60% of those cases are concentrated in just five cities in the United States.
New York has the largest number of cases, about 4,000. San Francisco has about 1,400.
Los Angeles 1,000. Miami about 400. And Newark, New Jersey around 300. And it won't stop there.
The number of AIDS cases doubles every year in the United States alone. By this time next
year, there will be 26,000 cases, and half of them will be dead by then. Some people
are more likely to get AIDS than others. The people who are at highest risk are homosexual
and bisexual men and intravenous drug users. Also at risk, but in smaller numbers, are
people who received blood transfusions between 1980 and 1983, hemophiliacs, heterosexuals
who have had sexual contact with people in the high-risk groups, and newborns of mothers
infected with AIDS. This is above all a human story. There are people behind all those categories
and statistics. Reporter Jim Bond has been following the epidemic for two years. He tells
us the story of some of those people who have been touched by an indiscriminate killer.
Penny Lehman has been told not to worry.