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NZPA-Reuter Washington President Reagan said in his State of the Union address yesterday that he would ask Congress to approve a record SUSI.S billion in 1989 to help combat A.I.D.S. Mr Reagan said the Government should lead the fight against diseases such as A.1.D.5., but added that the primary responsibility for avoiding the fatal disease lay with the individual. “As the Surgeon-General, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, and the Secretary of Education have been reminding us all, the best way to prevent A.I.D.S. is to abstain from sex until marriage and then to maintain a faithful relationship, as well as to avoid illicit drugs altogether. “If the American people follow this wise and timeless counsel, if our schools and families and media communicate it effectively, the spread of A.I.D.S. can be greatly diminished,” he said. ■ '
Mr Reagan said he would ask Congress to approve SUSI.S billion for A.I.D.S. research in 1989 for treatment, testing, counselling and education — a figure he said was a 10-fold increase since 1985. Further report, page 8
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