European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 31, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday May 31, 1977 the stars and stripes Page 5 3 or More drinks per Day alcohol intake linked to High blood pressure new York not the regular con sumption of three or More alcoholic drinks each Day has been linked to the develop ment of High blood pressure according to results of a Large study in California. This link was reported by epidemiologists researchers studying factors control Ling the presence or absence of a disease at the Kaiser Permanente medical Center in Oakland on the basis of their statistical analysis of health checkup questionnaire responses and the medical records of 83. W7 men and women of three races. The findings published in the current Issue of the new England journal of medi Cine showed a solid statistical association Between alcohol consumption and High blood pressure. However like other epidemiological studies they did not prove the existence of a cause and effect relation ship cause is unknown the cause of High blood pressure is unknown. Some cases develop secondary to kidney glandular and other disorders. But the vast majority of High blood pressure cases Are classified As idiopathic or of unknown cause. The american heart association does not publish a list of risk factors for High blood pressure As it docs for heart attacks and strokes. However most doctors consider a family history of High blood pressure and obesity As risk factors that is giving a greater statistical likelihood of developing i fish blood pressure. There is also a Well documented higher incidence of High blood pressure among Black  risks from High blood pressure and its complications Are Well known. They in clude increased incidence of heart attacks Aspin Calls Navy goals unrealistic Washington a rep. Les Aspin said monday the Navy wants to spend is trillion on ships Over the next 15 years and suggested it change its theme song from anchors aweigh to the impossible  All the problems in the shipyards massive delays contract disputes Man Power and material shortages such an ambitious building program is totally unrealistic the Wisconsin Democrat con tended the Nav s Long Range goal is to in crease its present Fleet of about 470 ships to 600aspin said the Navy s $1.026 trillion ship building recommendation is 36 per cent higher than the $753 billion in current  said the Navy s recommendation is one of several options gathered by the a to Oruil Security Council last year and put in fore president Carter for a decision on a 15 year shipbuilding  said other recommendations before the president Are a $1.2 trillion alternative recommended by the joint chiefs of staff that Aspin called a wish list complied by totalling up everything everyone  president Gerald r. Ford s $889 billion shipbuilding program a joint chiefs of staff alternative fur a $1 15 trillion program identified Only As an objective Force proposal. A $936 billion proposal Aspin id Nti tied Only As an immediate Force pro Pisa. An aide to Aspin said he could give no other details because Aspin s office won Public release of the Dollar figures but the numbers and varieties of ships in each proposal Are still classified. Strokes blindness and kidney diseases. In adding alcohol to the risk factors for developing High blood pressure the Cali fornia researchers strengthened observations made in several earlier studies but considered inconclusive because they involved Small numbers of people from relatively homogeneous population groups. Our findings suggest that there May be a threshold level of regular alcohol con sumption usual intake of three or More drinks per Day in our categorization above which blood pressure elevations Are found and below which pressures arc not higher or perhaps slightly lower than in  the epidemiologists said. Further the doctors found that the fre Quency of High blood pressure was about doubled in Whites and increased by about 50 per cent in Blacks when those taking six or More drinks each Day were compared to  the epidemiologists Arthur l. Klatsky Gary d. Friedman Abraham b. Siegelaub and Marie j. Gerard said their data did not permit precise definition of such a possible threshold because they could not sub classify the persons taking two or fewer drinks each  said in a Telephone interview that the team was now trying to determine the frequency with which the High blood pressure among the heavier drinkers leads to heart attacks strokes and the other fighting the Odds Kiperts say their a Hancs of winning big Are very very slim but Tom and Philomena Drake of suburban Pitts Burgh have derided to Gamble their life savings in the Pennsylvania state lot Tery. For their first investment of $500, the Drakes received a $s4 return and several chances at the big prize of$1,000 a week for life. They plan to spend their entire $20,000 savings if necessary seeking to overcome the big Odds against the big win. A photo new character bobs up for Lewis Carroll fans known complications of the disorder. Also Klatsky said the team is trying to seam if the blood pressure Rise is transient for a Day or so after drinking whether it is sustained for longer periods and whether repeated intermittent rises in blood pres sure leads to a permanent Elevation. There is evidence from other studies that people who take alcohol seem to be less Likely to have heart attacks. Yet High blood pressure is a Well established risk Factor for heart attacks. Accordingly Klatsky urged further studies to explain the seeming , the team said physicians who evaluate or advise patients should consider the obvious  Epa promises to fight . Auto lobby Washington up the administration plans Strong action to counter Auto Industry lobbying in the Senate on clean air amendments. Environmental Protection administrator Douglas Costle said  said it is too soon to speculate whether president Carter would veto a Bill weakening controls on Auto emissions since the Senate has not completed action on the  a blow to the administration the House voted last week to delay deadlines for cleaning up Auto exhaust fumes and to permanently weaken some restrictions in the 1970 clean air act. We re still a Long Way from the end of. This  Costle said in an interview on cd St a face the nation program. There is considerable sentiment in the House for a Tough Auto Bill he said but it was very intensively lobbied by Industry and i m not sure they be heard from the Public  How hard the administration will fight to j Al a tougher Bill out of the Senate he replied Well be there very  re going to apply counter lobbying pressure he said. New York a just 105 years after Alice climbed through the looking Glass a Long missing episode of the Lewis Carroll children s classic has been published an aficionados ran now make the acquaint since of a it w character a Wasp in a Gulden , actually the Rev. Charles Dodg son. A  Uurry at Oxford uni a Cisily in England omitted the Section after sir John Tenniel said he could t illustrate  did t argue but wrote instructions on the Galley proof for the Printer to leave it  kept that Galley and it finally of time surfaced Here in 1974 when Norman Armour or. Acquired it for about $4,000 at an  gave the Lewis Carroll society of North America headquartered in Silver Spring my. Permission to have the Angelica press of new York print 750 copies at $ 10 each and a paperback version in the Story. Alice meets the Wasp at the Edge of a Wood and hears his sad tale at How wearing a wig had ruined his life. The Wasp tells Alice and still whenever i appear. They Hoot at me and Call me pig. And that is Why they do it.  1 Wear a yellow wig May 31, im7 atomic driven submarines capable of cruising Lor unlimited distances were forecast by rear adm. John Wilkon commander of the undersea Craft in the Atlantic. Nuclear Energy be said will Supply the necessary Power for High submerged speeds and eliminate the problems of exhaust  31, 1957 the Gnu thus the world s lint atomic powered submarine my a new underwater distance record. Capt. Eugene Wilkinson Laid Hla boat sailed 3,m9 Miles totally Nib merged from Panama to san Diego i Point Loma. We averaged 18 knots on the seven Day voyage be  31, 1967 pending missile Are replacing air planes As the main Arm of the u. S. Land based nuclear retaliatory forces 1 Western Europe. We have decided to pit the penning u the Quick reaction Alert  u. Gen. A ten w. Beta chief of army research and development told the House defense  subcommittee