European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 01, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars Aud stripes sunday my 1, 1977 legionnaires earlier cases of mystery disease that killed 29 persons reported Atlanta up medical scientists slowly unravelling the mystery of the legionnaires disease that killed 29 persons in Philadelphia last summer said Friday lab oratory evidence indicates the same ail ment took the lives of two persons at a convention at the same hotel in 1974.don Berroth Public information officer for the Center for disease control said the 1974 outbreak occurred at a convention of the International organization of Odd Fellows at the Bellevue Stratford hotel in Philadelphia the hotel where the Pennsyl Vania american . Ion held is Conven  did not come to Light until Laic last year he said and was reported in detail Ata meeting of the cd s  intelligence service officers thursday. Berreth said blood was tested from six Odd Fellows who survived the illness and antibodies to the legionnaires disease bacterium indicating a previous infection were found in two. He said the Odd Fellows outbreak three years ago went unrecognized at the time. In other developments tending to show the bacterium that caused the highly lethal legionnaires disease has been around for some time and is present in to ? general population cd said the Legionnaire bacterium has been identified As the killer of a Knoxville Tenn. Man who died of a Penu Monla like illness Fob 24. And the cd said die bacterium has been isolated and definitely identified As the cause of the so called Pontiac fever in 1968. In that outbreak in a Public health building at Pontiac mich., in 1968,144 per sons Beca me ill but there were no deaths. Previously the legionnaires bacterium had been listed As the cause of death of a woman in Flint mich., the death of a Man in Indiana the sickness of a Sailor on a West coast freighter and the cause of non fatal pneumonia in a Detroit Man. None of these cases involved persons who had attended the american legion convention in Philadelphia last july. In addition the bacterium has been linked to an epidemic of pneumonia like ill Ness at a psychiatric Hospital in washing ton d.c., in 1966 where 16 patients died stateside Wrigley widow gets half of $60-million estate ii   i i Hrip k Wrigley. The estate which includes $60 million Wrigley air i  of the Chicago cubs and the inn lev chewing turn co. Left half of his we i million estate to i his widow. Helen at Lottiev. Loi the estate Saul uru try a Ted april 1 at his Home in  i  ii a i. Al tin1 age of i his son. William of Lake Geneva. Is. In  Lorap Kiili Ideiil a executor oth $50 Millio in personal ass s and $.150.000 in real estate. Circuit court documents revealed. Wifi Ley s Sun. William his  w Schrcine of port Orchard. Wash. Anil Dorothy w Chauncey of  10  Anil the l my Etsity of Southern Cali Lorma also were named   Bible awarded contest Winner who stole cart Holland mull. Al i the l Alvar Lla Lisl t lurch Here held a contest for people who arrived fur services using it Tiv saving trans a rat tight mesh kids. And first Prie went to a Man who showed up in a  pedal cart. Hut another Holland resident watching Powell denies Story he screams at Carter Washington Ilii White House i Russ Secretary lowly i Owell said wednes Day a report he screams at president Carter is ridiculous " Newsweek described Powell As a close confidant if the president and quotes an insider As saving the press Secretary is "till1 imly person i know who screams at him " the Newsweek piece. Said screamed Al the president which is not Many City weather forecasts called a waste Washington Al l the general accounting office is recommending an end to preparation of local forecasts for Many of the nation s cities. In a report to the Commerce depart ment the congressional watchdog Agency railed the weather service provides fore casts for each zone of a state As Well a local forecasts for 170 cities. In a comparison of 478 local forecasts prepared by weather service offices with the related zone forecasts we found Only five instances where significant changes and 94 became 111. Or. David Fraser the cd physician in charge of the Legionnaire disease investigation said very rough estimates indicate that the Legionnaire bacterium May be the cause of 1 to 2 per cent of pneumonia cases across the country annually. The Antibiotic erythromycin appears to be effective against the bacterium along with several others under Laboratory conditions he  said it was expected that further findings will Lead to a method of Early diagnosis and specific treatment some thing that was not possible before Dis covery of the bacterium. News coverage i the event on television recognized the prize winning cart. Ii had been stolen from  said the Drdul Eart has been re turned to its owner who is considering whether to press charges against the Man who won a Lible. Only untrue but  Powell told re  think anyone who has any knowledge at All of the president s style of operation knows very Well that one of his outstanding characteristics is his ability to. Get your attention without raising his  he  it la Ggles the mind that 1 would be standing there screaming Al the Resi  Powell said. But the Skyline has changed had been made to the zone forecasts by the weather service offices in the Eastern Southern and Central regions of the coun try the report  said significant changes were made to zone forecasts in 29 per cent of the cases surveyed in the West. It recommended that the Commerce department Parent Agency for the weather service consider phasing out local fore casts in the Eastern Central and Southern regions. The report did not say which cities should lose their local forecasts. A replica of the spirit of so Louis files past a modern Chicago Skyline almost90 years after Charles Lindbergh flew the original version across the Atlantic four to six per cent food costs More than to make aviation history. In those Days Chicago did t have the world s tallest building the Sean towers in the upper right Corner. A Washington a consumer food prices Are inching up faster than had Bee expected and May average four to six per cent higher for the year than in 1976. The agriculture department said Friday. The new prediction followed an announcement by the us a s crop report Seattle faces hike in electric Bills Seattle a the Utility providing electricity to Seattle residents says it needs to increase electrical Bills from 60 to 93 per cent because of the drought that has depleted hydroelectric reservoirs. Seattle City Light has asked the City Council for permission to impose a sur charge of seven tenths of one cent for each kilowatt hour to finance Purchase of electricity. Supt. Gordon Vickery said that because of varying base rates the surcharge would amount to a Tio per cent increase in Bills for commercial and governmental accounts 61 per cent for residential customers and 93 per cent for Industrial  said that without the surcharge City Light will run out of Money by july 1. He said the City already has spent about $8 million on outside Power purchases this year and the Cost of buying outside electricity May reach $1 1.2 million for the entire year. City Light is buying the extra Power from British Columbia and Fie Bonneville Power administration because the Utility s Hydro projects on the ska git and Pend Oreille Rivers have been depleted by the current drought if City Council agrees the surcharge will be effective on Bills mailed june 2. Rising expected ing Board that prices of raw farm products Rose 1.5 per cent from March 15 to april is the fifth consecutive monthly increase. Officials said that even with the favor Able weather moderate retail Price in creases Are in Prospect in coming months for meats Dairy products vegetable oils processed fruits and vegetables and Possi Bly sugar  department had been predicting that retail food prices May go up an average of four to five per cent compared with the 3.1 per cent increase in 1976. Food prices Rose 8.5 per cent in 1975 and 14.5 per cent in each of the two previous years. For the consumer the upward pressure on food prices this year has been largely due to sharply higher prices for Coffee and freeze damage to Citrus fruits and Winter vegetables the department  food prices in the first Quarter were up three per cent from both the fourth Quarter of last year and the first Quarter of 1976