European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 03, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday june 3, 1977 the stars and stripes Page 7 pact beats strike Call at Eastern Miami a Eastern airlines and its flight attendants reached a tentative con tract agreement wednesday averting the threat of a strike on sunday Federal mediators said. David h. Stowe a member of the National mediation Board said details of the agreement with the transportation work ers of America were being withheld Pend ing a vote by Union membership. Eastern president Frank Borman had notified the 14,000 nonunion employees that a strike was possible if no agreement was reached by sunday s deadline. Eastern has t had a strike since 1966. Company u pleased the company is extremely pleased with this agreement Borman said wednesday after the tentative agreement. It incorporates significant concessions for the com Pany and the night attendants  Borman said despite spirited bargain ing concerns for Eastern s financial Wel fare were evident throughout  the Union said Early last month that i wanted to raise flight attendant s Start ing pay from t ,000 a year to $9,000 and the top pay from f 15,000 to about $17,000. Sala Ries and other issues were also at , National airlines has reached a new three year agreement wit hits largest Union which represents 3,200 clerks and reservations employees. National s contract agreement reached tuesday night will be submitted to 3,300members of the air line employees association a spokesman said. No details have been released. Whooper hits barbed wire Fence Dies Washington a a Young whoop ing Crane found dead alongside a Rural Wyoming Road apparently died of an injury suffered when it hit a barbed wire Fence the . Fish and wildlife service reported  yearling Crane discovered by a rancher near Lyman. Wyo. Had a three Inch Gash on the upper inside of its left leg the service  65 whoppers survive in the wild. The Llumi Pound Bird was one of three whoppers hatched in june 1976 by Sandhill Crane parents on Gray s Lake National wildlife Refuge in Idaho. The Bird was part of an Experiment in which eggs taken from wild whoppers in Northern Canad were placed in Sandhill nests in Idaho in an Effort to establish a second Nock of the endangered  autopsy on the yearling Crane is to be perform Dat the fish and wildlife Bird Laboratory in Madison. Wis., authorities  dead Crane was discovered Satur Day the service  is the second Whooper from the Gray s Tai Hock to die of injuries suffered from flying into barbed wire. The other Whooper died on its wintering ground near Bosque Del Apache National wildlife Refuge in new Mexico. Antitank copter planned Hamburg. Germany a the German dutch aerospace Combine vow Fokker has signed a formal agreement with Westland helicopters of Britain to jointly develop a new antitank helicopter for the late 1980s, a vow Fokker spokes Man announced. Skateboarders Date Dox left and Dennis Dunn of Truckee calif., wend following their inclination their Way along old . 40 near Donne Lake in California s High sierras. They and several other skateboard fans made a three mile downhill run. A alcohol linked to retarded deformed babies pregnancy and drinking Don t mix Washington a pregnant women who take More than two alcoholic drinks Dally increase their chances of giving birth to mentally retarded and physically deformed babies the govern ment said . Ernest p. Noble director of the National Institute on alcohol abuse and Alco holism told a news conference that recent scientific evidence confirms warnings found in greek and roman mythology and present in literature for  most dangerous periods for the unborn child of a heavy Drinker Are 3 to 4v4 months after Conception when the brain is developing rapidly and during the final three months of pregnancy Noble said. He also said going on alcoholic binges abstaining for several Days and then drink ing Large amounts was More dangerous than drinking in moderation throughout the  said the Institute estimates that 1, 500 of the 3 million babies born in the United states each year have full blown Brock Calls Bell Carter Hatchet Man Washington up i Republican National committee chairman William Brock has accused attorney general grif Fin Bell of assuming the role of political Hatchet Man and chief political Hack of the Carter  Brock made the comment after Bell backed efforts of the while House to remove a Federal prosecuting attorney who was appointed by the Tepu bucans. The dismissal of  attorney Philip Van dam of Detroit by president Carter is nothing More than another blatant political move designed to feed the political Patron age system and stack the Justice depart ment with political  Brock said in a statement. Brock said he supported Van dam s pledge to fight dismissal. He said the de troit Man might win a court Battle because the supreme court ruled last fall in an Illi Nois Case that Public employees cannot be removed for political reasons alone fetal alcohol syndrome and probably Sev eral times that Many have some sym  symptoms include babies with  Between 60 and 70, which constitutes severe retardation hyperactivity heart murmurs and other cardiac abnormalities a Small head Low set ears Small eyes Flat nose with upturned nostrils Carp nosed Mouth poorly developed limbs fingers or toes joined together Fin Gers constantly extended or Bent at the joints minor genital abnormalities and Strawberry birthmarks that Are common in  medical expert with the National Council on alcoholism recommended in new York that women abstain from drink ing during pregnancy As a result of the recent findings but Noble refused to offer the same advice. The Best scientific evidence indicates that two drinks a Day or less produces no Adverse effects he said. But both the risk and the extent of abnormalities appear to be dose related increasing with higher alcohol intake during the pregnancy  who drink As much As six cans of Beer glasses of wine or mixed drinks daily during pregnancy May have babies with All the symptoms of the syndrome while those who take More than two drinks but fewer than six May produce children with one or More symptoms. Noble  mixed drink As defined by the Institute would contain about one half ounce of pure alcohol. That s the same As one ounce of100 proof Vodka for example and slightly less than 1.2 ounces of 86 proof whisky. Although scientists have suspected some link Between High alcoholic intake and birth abnormalities for years. Noble said the scientific breakthrough came in 1973 when researchers in Seattle wash., identified a pattern of defects in the children of chronic alcoholic  studies since then have pin pointed one or More of about 20 symptoms that occur in the babies of women who had More than two drinks a Day including mixed drinks Beer or wine or who went on occasional drinking binges during Prog Noble announced that the Institute is circulating a health caution to physicians and health care facilities warning of the dangers of heavy drinking during pregnant Cythe food and drug administration and the Center for disease control have agreed to include the warning in their regular publications for the medical Community. Noble said baby Dies after surgery to put heart in his Chest Philadelphia a an infant born with his heart outside his Chest two months ago died wednesday of complications from surgery to Correct the condition. Officials at the children s Hospital in Philadelphia announced the death of Levar Bordley who was born March 31 in Wilkes Barre general Hospital. He waste son of or. And mrs. Norman Bordley of Trucksville a. According to surgeons who placed the heart into the Chest cavity the Day he was bom Levar died from an apparent blood Stream infection of fund by an infection of the incision. The surgery involved enlarging the Abdomen and lowering the diaphragm to make room for the heart. The infection was difficult to treat because of the Materi Al used to cover the abdominal organs after surgery a Hospital spokesman said. The condition has been recorded Only about 200 times in medical literature since the 17th Century the spokesman said