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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 18, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday september 18, 1977 the stars and stripes Page 7 pop Singer Cher who underwent sur Gery three weeks ago to have her Cher now and then breasts Chin and Cheeks lifted is shown left photo As she leaves a new York Hospital Friday. Photo at right is a 1976 studio portrait. A photos Gap charges army mismanagement condition of Gas stocks unknown Washington up the real Condi Tion of the . Stockpile of deadly nerve Gas and other lethal chemicals is unknown due to army mismanagement and Lack of maintenance could seriously Compro Mise an ability to retaliate congressional investigators said Friday. The general accounting office an investigating Arm of Congress said it found in visits to five storage Sites that improvements Are needed in inspection and maintenance storage and handling safety and Security and demilitarization and disposal of the  the Gao submitted its findings in a still secret report to Congress and made Public a four Page digest of it to avoid revealing classified information. The stockpile consists mainly of mus Tard Gas. A deadly blistering agent and two kinds of lethal nerve Gas with one version fatal if inhaled the other fatal if a drop touches the skin. The Gao put the Cost at about $200 million. Defense sources say the nation has about 59 million pounds of such lethal agents stored at eight Domestic and two overseas facilities. The Gao recalled that defense depart ment officials have testified in congressional hearings that the stockpile is deteriorating and much of it is unserviceable. But the Gao said the True condition of the stockpile is unknown its serviceability May have been greatly understated and Little has been done to maintain the Stock pile in a serviceable condition or to restore the unserviceable  the Gao appeared to suggest that the army allowed the situation to develop on the Assumption that the current stockpile eventually would be replaced with a new diets that do not become lethal until mixed. It said for example that the army had classified some of the stockpile As unserviceable because of minor nonfunctional defects such As Container  but using anticipated approval of the spaniard gets jail term for smuggling in Russia Moscow a Aguira Gonzalo Jime Nez of Spain was sentenced in Leningrad to three years imprisonment on charges of trying to smuggle out of the soviet Union currency Gold rings and diamonds Worth a total of More than $10,720, Tass reported. Tass said the contraband was discovered at the customs station at Vyborg near the soviet finnish Border in the spaniard s Luggage. Binary program As a reason for not main Taining the stockpile is inconsistent with sound management the Gao said. Lack of maintenance could seriously Compromise . Retaliatory capabilities. If the stockpile s condition is As poor As de sense officials say they should do every thing possible to Complete maintenance  the Gao also questioned Why the army is getting rid of Large amounts of usable chemical munitions while simultaneously saying the stockpile is inadequate. The army should determine its Overall needs before Demilita izing and disposing of additional usable stocks and committing Hundred of millions of dollars to disposing of the entire stockpile it said. The Gao said the Pentagon agreed generally with the findings but not with some of the conclusions and recommendations in the report. Avedon Poser held in 74 rape Washington a a . Superior court judge Friday set bail at $1 million for a Man suspected of impersonating fashion photographer Richard Avedon in order to swindle and sometimes rape women. Oscar Edward Kendall 33, an imposing 6 feet 5 inches and 220 pounds was arrested in Washington on thursday night. He was charged with one count of rape in connection with an incident in Washington in August 1974. Although asst. . Atty. Mark Tuohey ii asked for $500,000 Bond judge William s. Thompson raised it to $1 million citing the nature of the charges and the potential penalties As reasons. This gentleman has been identified. From Hawaii to new York from Miami to North Dakota to Vancouver British Columbia As being the promoter of an incredible scheme of deception larceny and sexual assaults against women Tuohey told the judge. After Kendall s arrest other jurisdictions in which he allegedly had operated lodged seven More charges against him including rape grand larceny and false pretences. Claims ties to magazines he began mentioning magazines said Jan Trilling one of the Young women he approached in a Washington bar thursday night. Vogue cosmopolitan to very big with Vogue and cosmopolitan and he said he wanted to photograph me. He told me you d look Good with the line of clothes we have in Vogue " you should have seen the other woman with him said Al Chadsey part owner of the bar at which Kendall was first spotted. She had stars in her eyes. And he kept stuffing Money in my pockets for about two hours $5, $3 and requesting songs on the Jukebox. Play barbra Streisand and she d just hug his  although Kendall s picture was published in Washington s two daily newspapers on thursday the women he approached had not seen the papers. But several persons in two bars had and tipped off police. They said the arrest was a Lucky one that he told them he had not been in Washington since August 1974. And arrived Only a few hours earlier. This firm should get cheap insurance Norwalk Conn. A a fire had Little Chance of Success at the Edwards co. The firm makes smoke detectors. Dozens of stockpiled detectors began blaring when a soldering machine used to assemble them accidentally ignited a Small vat of Oil inside the machine. Smoke from the fire activated the smoke detectors and a Security guard called the fire department. Rapid puffs to break habit assailed Boston up a smoker who tries to break the habit by five minutes. Sessions May last up to five consecutive Days. Following a method that Calls for rapid puffing May be in for the session continues until the subject is unable or until a i. _., to smoke at the required Pace according to the journal problems according to  potential acute dangers of rapid smoking should be recognized said the new England journal of Medicine in its latest edition. The search for safer and More effective Means of helping smokers break the habit needs to be  the journal said the relationship Between cigarette smoking and serious breathing problems has been convincingly established and has brought about a search for a sure cure. It said there Are few effective  one cure stimulus satiation has been tried by scientists on some 35,000 persons and resulted in an Over All Success rate of 57 to 60 per cent the journal reported. It requires a smoker to smoke continuously on the theory _ a. I ii i _ _ i  1. To it w. One of binary weapons artillery shells that it will bring about a dislike for cigarettes. It requires one holding two relatively harmless Ingre puff every six seconds for a series of periods lasting three to report. The journal reported on a University of Texas study of the Side effects of the rapid smoking theory to examine potential hazards. It concluded that the intake of so much smoke in such a Short time caused faster breathing a loss of oxygen from the system increased heart and blood pressure rates and a Sharp drop in the blood flowing to the brain. An awareness of the profound alterations that occur in the oxygen transport system is of importance in providing advised consent to those who May desire to participate in such a pro Gram the mag Ainze said. The testing was conducted by or. L. Craig Miller August f. Schilling Daniel l. Logan . And or. Robert l. Johnson at the University of Texas health science Center  
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