European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 30, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 4 the stars and stripes Friday september 30, 1977 Marine biologist s advice if shark attacks aim for Gills san Francisco Calif. A if you Are Ever attacked by a shark the Best defense is to aim for the Gills and fight Back according to a California Marine biologist. Quite often the shark will leave if the person being attacked fights Back said Dan Miller senior Marine biologist for the California department of fish and games Monterey office. But nobody knows for sure if the Sharks leave because of the scrapping or if they would have left anyway. Miller said wednesday in an interview. Worldwide analysis seems to indicate a Strong relationship Between survival and fighting Back hitting the shark around the Gills. A smithsonian institution Survey shows Australia with the most shark at tacks in modern times 380 of 1,004 worldwide. Next were the East coast of North America with 165, the Pacific Ocean with 135 and the West coast of North America with 67. The Atlantic Ocean had 95, Africa 82, Asia 50, Mediterranean 16, Indian Ocean eight. Europe three and the Oast coast of South America three. Studies suggest that Sharks attack to protect their territory. Miller noted so a one bite warning might be All a shark intends. But if a shark is circling you should never be Miller cautioned. Sharks react to aggression. But he added if the shark does attack aggression seems to be a positive thing to said there have Only been around 1,000 documented cases of shark at tacks in modern times and Only 43 of them occurred along the 1,087-mile California coastline which is popular for swimming surfing and ski diving. While there Are several Hundred Spe cies of shark Only about a dozen including the great White Sharks that can grow to a length of 21 feet and a weight of 7,000 pounds Are considered a threat to humans. 2 Vermont legion disease victims die 3 Tennessee cases confirmed by the associated press three More cases of legionnaires Dis ease have been confirmed at an East ten Nessee Hospital and another two cases both resulting in death were reported at a Vermont Hospital. The National Center for disease control in Atlanta said wednesday three of 21 per sons being treated for atypical pneumonia at Holston Valley Community Hospital have the disease according to Tennessee health officials. Of the 21 being treated seven were con firmed not to be suffering from the ailment Carter picks woman to head corps Washington Tupi president Carter said wednesday he will nominate Carolyn r. Avion to be the first woman director of the peace corps in its 16-Yearhistory. Carter also said he will nominate Don s. Smith As a member of the Federal Energy regulatory commission career worker John j. Boyle to be Public Printer or. Barry m. Blechman to be assistant director of the arms control and disarmament Agency and elevate . District judge Damon j. Keith of Detroit to . Circuit judge. Both Keith and Payton Are Black. Keith 55, who was nominated a District judge by president Lyndon b. Johnson would replace Wade Mccree jr., a Black who resigned to become solicitor general. Payton. 52. Who was nominated associate director of action on sept. 7, worked for the peace corps 1964-70 and has been director of counselling at Howard University Here since 1970. The peace corps i worked for was a very significant institution for Young and old people to gain meaningful experience Payton said when named to the action Post said. At that time she stressed that under her leadership the peace corp would be re turned to the kind of institution it was then with an emphasis on volunteers who were generalists but were Wal log to Lear about the culture and people in a country rather than the technical specialists favored during the Nixon and Ford administrations. She also favors an increase in the number of overseas volunteers. Action is the Only Federal Agency de signed to transmit human qualities and understanding she said. Which killed 29 of 160 people who contracted the disease after attending or being connected with an american legion convention in Philadelphia in 1976. Or. Charles Chapman director of the Sullivan county health department said blood samples from 10 of the 21 patients have been sent to Atlanta so far and others were being sent thursday. This is because a positive confirmation cannot be made through the testing if the disease has not progressed enough he said. The two Vermont cases at the medical Center of Vermont in Burlington bring to six the number of legionnaires disease victims reported there since july. Three have Burger a spokesman for the Vermont medical Center said health officials believe four of the six victims caught the disease at the Hospital. Tennessee officials said one of the 21 Kingsport residents an 80-year-old Man died monday but they would not say if he was one of the three diagnosed As having legionnaires disease. The identities of the three were not available wednesday night. Officials said the 21 pneumonia patients at Kingsport either lived in or Haa visited the Gibson town or Cherokee Village residential communities near the Hospital within two weeks of the time they became ill. I would t Rule out the possibility that the location around the Hospital is a High risk area Hutcheson said. But it s awfully difficult to believe that it would be inside the although the disease is not transmitted from person to person but is passed on through environmental sources Kingsport Hospital officials wednesday restricted visiting to members of patients immedi ate families. House oks research for Neutron Washington up the House voted thursday to proceed with research on developing a Neutron weapon which kills people but leaves structures intact. The 297-109 vote was to defeat an Amend ment that would have written the ban into a Bill authorizing Energy research and development programs for the 1978 fiscal year that starts saturday. President Carter urged approval of the research so that authority would be Avail Able if he decided after further study to proceed with development of the weapon. The Neutron weapon could be used As a warhead on an artillery Shell or incorporated into a bomb but its purpose is As a defensive weapon in relatively close combat where troops in tanks or bunkers or other shelters could be wiped out by radiation rather than concussion. Rep. Thedore Weiss . Author of the amendment to ban the weapon de scribed it As inhumane and a possible trigger for All out nuclear War if it were used even on a limited scale. Rep. Charles Wilson d-Calif., manager of the Bill urged defeat of the Weiss amendment to meet Carter s request. He said it was Only in the research stage re Quiring further study. Posthumous award to Bolles Waterville Maine up the 1977 Elijah Parish Lovejoy award Tor journalistic achievement will be awarded posthumously to Donald f. Bolles of the Arizona Republic the investigative reporter murdered in a bombing. Established in 1952 by Colby College the annual award is a memorial to the editor considered the country s first Martyr to press Freedom. An 1826 Colby graduate the antislavery crusader was killed by a mob in Alton 111., in 1837 while defending his press. Alderman prank Stemberk of Chica go s 22ad Ward displays $3 Worth of rats caught in his Ward on the City s West Chicago s war1 on rats Side. Complaints about rats led the Al Derman to offer a Bounty of $1 per rat and within a week be paid $720 in Boun ties before the funds ran out. The War continues to distribute free rat traps to residents of the Community. A
