European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 11, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday september 11, 1978 the stars and stripes Page 5 disco Mac in action Logan Mcgowan who feels that if the spirit is willing the body will follow by rates at a Houston night spot wit escort Betty Ellis. The 79-year-old Semi retired insurance Man is know Nas disco Mac at the establishments he frequents at least three nights week. _ up photo governor signs Bill Illinois oks marijuana for disease treatment Chicago a calling the measure a step Forward in the practice of Medicine gov. James r. Thompson saturday signed a Bill permitting the use of marijuana for cancer patients and victims of uncontrollable  Bill passed by overwhelming mar gins in both houses of the legislature could affect As Many As 11,000 residents of Illi Nois who suffer from glaucoma and thou Sands More who Are undergoing chemotherapy treatments for cancer. It takes effect Jan. 1."government can respond effectively to the needs of the people in a compassionate Way and can respond when the subject is a Touchy or delicate one Thompson said at a news conference. This is a step Forward in the practice of Medicine in  he added however that the Bill should not be considered a step Forward for advocates of wholesale legalization of marijuana. Thompson said he still opposes legalization of the drug because it would enable children to Experiment with marijuana. We be gone out of our Way to insure this will not allow unauthorized Access to marijuana he said. Possession of Small amounts of marijuana is punishable by up to 30 Days in jail and a Fine of up to $500 in Illinois. Under the new Law licensed physicians who want to prescribe marijuana or its derivatives to glaucoma or cancer patients must have permission from the Illinois dangerous drug commission and the department of Law enforcement. Top health expert will probe . Legion disease Washington up the Federal government saturday dispatched a top health expert to new York City and announced other moves to help localities fighting outbreaks of legionnaires Dis ease. At the same time hew Secretary Joseph Califano cautioned the Public that there is no cause for panic stressing that the disease is no longer a mystery ailment Carter aides May propose 7% wage lid Washington up president car Ter s top advisers Are expected to propose guidelines to limit most wage hikes to 7 percent a year and to hold average Price rises to 5.75 percent for 1979, it was reported saturday. The Washington Star quoted informed sources As saying the White House advis ers Are also working on a tentative plan to trim the Federal payroll by leaving some Job vacancies unfilled. The newspaper said the new anti inflation program is also expected to include a budget squeeze stronger jaw boning use of Federal contracts to restrain prices and More government inflation watchers. The Star quoted the sources As saying guidelines aimed at limiting most wage increases to 7 percent a year and holding average Price rises to 5% percent probably will be recommended by president car Ter s top  it said labor Secretary Ray Marshall was reported urging a less stringent 8 percent  at present the administration is urging unions and employers to hold wage hikes to 5.5 percent. This waitress was t going to miss dinner Darwin Australia a a waitress drank from glasses of wine served at a Din Ner for prime minister Malcom Fraser. Then she reached Over Eraser s shoulder plucked a slice of Tomato from his plat and ate it. And when a government official asked her to leave the room she threw a Glass of wine in his face. Officials said it All happened in a private dining room where Fraser was celebrating the official opening of the Northern Terri tories legislative Assembly. The waitress was escorted from the hotel but no charges were brought against her. Police said she was stoned on drugs. Sugar Home after unplanned trip Greenville . Up sugar wandering cat has finally made it Home after a trip almost across the unite states and Back. The cat owned by mrs. Alice Hedgepeth and her two daughters jumped in the Back of a moving  stopped near the hedge Peth House about a week ago to pick up the furniture of a neighbor moving to Cotton Wood Ariz. The cat Rode inside the  for five Days and was discovered when it was opened in Arizona. Or. And mrs. Richard Williams called Hedgepeth to let them know sugar was Safe. I could t believe it when or. Williams called me this past weekend said hedge Peth. We were so  but sugar s troubles weren t Over. While Hedgepeth and her children waited to Greet the cat at the Kinston air port the cat was flown to Atlanta. The Kinston Airport Crew held up a flight As a thorough search was made forthe cat. Two hours later she was finally found in Atlanta and was flown to Norfolk va., an finally Home. And the cure for it readily available. Califano announced he is sending or. William Foege director of the Federal Cen Ter for disease control in Atlanta to new York City this weekend to conduct a per Sonal review of the entire situation to con sult with mayor Edward Koch and the new York City health authorities and to assure that hew provides All the scientific resources  the sudden upsurge in legionnaires Dis ease entered in new York s garment District. The ailment has caused two known deaths in new York and City health officials reported a sixth confirmed Case of the disease saturday a 58-year-old garment District accountant who has now recovered. Besides sending Foege to new York Califano said the Center for disease control will devote All necessary resources to combating legionnaires disease. Our scientific and medical resources will be available where needed to assist states in setting up surveillance systems and in investigating cases of  in a statement Califano noted that the very name legionnaires disease is one that worries people because it was a Complete mystery when it first swept through an american legion convention in Philadelphia in 1976. The situation today is vastly differ ent he said. Now we know the cause and we know of a specific drug that is effective in its  he identified it As erythromycin a commonly available Antibiotic and said it assures recovery in the vast majority of  he referred to the current outbreak As an expected seasonal increase in legionnaires disease but said doctors should take extra care in diagnosing patients with symptoms of pneumonia which resemble the disease. In new York health commissioner re Inaldo Ferrer announced that physicians have confirmed a sixth Case of the disease in the City. We May never find the source of the disease Ferrer said As City workers continued draining and disinfecting water towers atop buildings in Manhattan s Gar ment District. Of time sept. 11, 1948 West Berlin police have been put on Alert As increased fears of violence stemming from the planned mass rally of reds in the East sector might spread to Border Points. A recent anti soviet rally at the Brandenburg Gate left one dead and 22 injured. Sept. 11, 1958 Quemoy Island off Mainland China became the target of the most vicious communist shelling Ever. The reds lobbed 57,746 artillery rounds at the disputed Island in a 5 a hour barrage. Sept. 11, 1968 president Johnson has warned Russia that the . Will never Tol Erate the threat or the actual use of Force in areas of common responsibility such As Berlin. He said reason can prevent a re turn to grim confrontations of Stalin s