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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 11, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday june 11, 1977 the stars and stripes Page 7 May be setting example1 health pros Cut smoking Atlanta a doctors dentists and pharmacists who according to a study Nave shown a decline in cigarette smoking since the late 1960s, May be setting an example for other smokers a physician said. The National Center for disease control s National Clearinghouse for smoking and health revealed a study on thursday showing there is a noticeable decline i smoking among most health professionals. It is just like a Parent and child. If the Parent indulges in a bad habit this rein forces the child to do the same thing said or. Daniel Horn director of the Clearing House. � thus if a patient sees his physician smoking he is less Likely to Stop smoking  study shows 21 per cent of the physicians in the . Smoked cigarettes in 1975, compared with 30 per cent in 1967.for dentists the figures wore 23 per cent in 197s and 34 per cent in 1967 and for pharmacists 28 per cent in 197s and 35 per cent in 1968 1967 figures were not Avail Able the percentage of nurses usually women who smoked changed Little 39 per cent in 1975 compared with 37 per cent  is because smoking is a much More recent habit among  and women generally feel they Are in Little sex Congress Ona aide indicted on bribe counts Washington a a former con Gressional aide was indicted thursday on charges of taking bribes to pressure government officials to make five los Angeles vocational schools eligible for Federal  on the Federal corruption charges was Stephen b. Elko 49, who resigned last year As administrative aide to rep. Daniel flood.  indictment returned by a Federal grand jury in . District court in los an Geles charged the Falls Church a. Man with conspiring to obtain bribes conspiring to obstruct Justice lying to a Federal grand jury sub orning perjury and causing interstate travel for the purposed of com mitting  Brislin. Also of Falls Church was indicted on the same  Peters and Daryl Fleming were named As a indicted co conspirators. Peters was president of automation Institute of los Angeles which owned six vocational schools. Fleming worked with  of the schools were not accredited and this meant they could not receive fed eral  to the indictment Elk solicited Money Loans and other things of value for himself and Brislin in Exchange for using Bis position with flood to pressure the . Office of education to accredit the five schools. The schools were never a flood is the chairman of a House appropriations subcommittee that has jurisdiction Over  solicited and received bribes from Peters and Fleming the government charged. Elko and Brislin received a $15, 000 Check from Peters in june 1972 an part of a $10,000 Check from Peters earlier the same month the indictment said. Elko wrote two letters to Sidney mar land jr., then commissioner of education in August 1972 to pressure him to accredit the schools the indictment said. The letters were purportedly signed by congressman  the indictment said. The Justice department said flood had nol signed the letters and was not involved in aussie kills yank neighbor for causing to interference Brisbane Australia up1 a 60 Leavild american was shot dead by Tus australian neighbor because his Jower Mower was interfering with the neighbor s television reception  police spokesman said the 56-Ycar-o d a Czibor Hab argued with Andreas Gall. Kerly of Detroit about the interference Thuro Ower was causing to the reception of his indoor Antenna. The alleged  letter warned mar land let s Knock off the Waffle Job now unless somebody wants to Start a War and do what is necessary to Correct this Gross in  danger of getting lung cancer Horn said. The third National cancer Survey of 1969-71 by the National cancer Institute shows a 72.1 per 100,000 incidence of lung cancer among men compared to 14.4 per 100,000 among  All cancer in women the latest cd figures indicate about 6 per cent is in the lungs while the lung cancer rate is 22 per cent among  experts say one reason is that women often do not , or. Glyn Caldwell. Deputy chief of the cd cancer Branch said. Lung cancer among women is beginning to catch  world health organization reported last May that lung cancer mortality among women continues to Rise at an increasing  smoking Clearinghouse study involved about 5,000 persons in each professional group Horn said and Cost an estimated $150.000.Horn also said there is no question there is a conflict of interest Between theims of the smoking Clearinghouse and the department of agriculture s tobacco pro  of health education and Wel fare Joseph Califano has called for a Complete review of the government s attitude toward tobacco he said. Panel votes natural Gas decontrol Washington a a House sub committee on thursday voted to free newly discovered natural Gas from Federal Price controls a move Long sought by the Oil and Gas Industry. In voting 12 to 10 to deregulate natural Gas prices the House Energy and Power subcommittee in effect rejected president Carter s plan to continue Price controls though at a higher  the subcommittee plan the Price of natural Gas pumped from new Fields would be free of . Gas sold under contracts signed before Janu Ary 1975 could Rise to $1.42 per thousand cubic feel As those contracts expire. Average maladministration spokesman said that if Congress sustains the panel s decision the average annual Bill for the 40 million american households using natural Gas would increase by about $100 by 1985. The Oil and Gas Industry urged deregulation on grounds that it would encourage exploration for new reserves. Backers of an end to Price ceilings such As rep. Bob Kruegrr d-tex., said the deregulated Price would probably Settle at approximately $2.50 per thousand cubic feet. Under present Federal controls the Price is $1.45. East Seneca  High school Pupil Russell full left and teacher David Girke show of a Sun Ray collector that a new solar system runs a steam Generator. A group of eight boys from the school entered the device and a 2,000-Watt wind powered Turbine in a National Competition. They Are the Only High schooners exhibiting along with College students. A and Gay crusade labelled bigoted Pittsburgh a the president of the National organization for women says Anita Bryant s Florida anti homosexual crusade is teaching intolerance and bigotry and May Lead to  Smeal noted that the Miami Campaign produced bumper stickers that said kill a queer for Christ and labelled people As human  makes you wonder How far we Are from Hitler s solutions for jews she said meal a mount Lebanon Mother of two. Recently was elected president of the 55.000-rnember women s rights Organiza Tion we will expose this Hale Campaign this condemnation trip for the danger that it  she said promising that now sup porters will dog Bryant s pain. We Are told that Anita Bryant is going National on this and other issues she said. Who next will be denied their rights to life Liberty and the Pursuit of Happi Ness Bryant s Campaign called the Saviour children crusade succeeded tues Day in repealing an ordinance guarantee ing homosexuals fair housing and employment in Dade county  
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