European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 30, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 18 the stars and stripes by Michael  Halberstam .  saturday september 30, 1978 modern age of liberation increases cancer risk of ctr Onn there is both Good news and bad news for women particularly Young women in several recent reports regarding screening for cancer of the cervix. This is the common female cancer that can be detected in its Early pre malignant stages through the  smear examination and it is the important of the examination that is under discussion in these recent  should be emphasized that cancer of the cervix is an environmental cancer Only in the sense that it appears to be directly related to Early age of sexual Intercourse frequency of sexual Intercourse number of partners and to a lesser extent number of pregnancies. Population studies have shown that the Dis ease is in general most common in women who begin Intercourse at a very Early age and have multiple sex partners. In addition there is evidence that the herpes virus which can be transmitted sexually May initiate the changes within the cervix that eventually Lead to cancer. Hence the modern age of liberation with its numer Ous and changing sex partners and contraceptive methods that impose no Barrier Between male and female partners tends to increase the Chance of cervical cancer among Young women. For this reason gynaecologists have now begun to do routine  smears on patients in their teens and 20s rather than wait until the later years As was once the Case. Hew urges safety curbs at beryllium factories Washington up hew Secretary Joseph Califano said tests strongly indicate beryllium a super Light Metal used in missiles causes cancer and that its manufacture should be carefully controlled for worker Safe  beryllium controversy arose last week when Energy Secretary James Schlesinger warned the Metal is essential to National Secu Rity and that safety changes proposed by the labor department might be too expensive for plants located in Hazelton pa., and Cleve land. Califano said in a letter to labor Secretary Ray Marshall thursday that surgeon general Julius Richmond and the Center for disease control will review worker tests at the Hazel ton Plant to resolve any uncertainties that  but he stressed that research shows Berelli jazzing up garbage trucks new Orleans up City sanitation workers and their trucks May not look All that Chic but they will be colourful. Mayor Ernest dutch Morial has presented a newly decorated truck named the flying dutchman in his Honor. It is the first of 22 trucks that will be painted in Mardi gras colors purple and Green with Gold stripes. Stencilled Block letters spelled out Sani tation for tourists who might not be Able to determine what the trucks Are for. Us causes cancer in Laboratory animals and that the incidence of cancer is unusually High in the Pennsylvania Plant. In View of  judgment that the an Imal studies Are sound i feel that the prudent course of action is for Osha to proceed promptly with its work on setting limits of exposure to beryllium in order to assure the Protection of the health and safety of beryllium workers Califano wrote. Beryllium is used in items such As rocket motor parts missile guidance systems heat Shields and nuclear reactors. Virtually All the pure beryllium made is purchased for govern ment use although most beryllium is used by private Industry in Alloy form. The labor department s occupational health and safety administration has pro posed cutting beryllium exposure to some 30, 000 workers in  Berylko industries which owns the Pennsylvania Plant and Cleveland Plant owner Brush Wellman inc., have strongly pro tested the new safety measures for the past two  said in a letter to Marshall last week the loss of beryllium production capability would seriously Impact our ability to develop and produce weapons for the nuclear stockpile and consequently adversely affect our National  Califano said he has ordered a review of the tests involving workers in the Pennsylvania Plant within 30 Days and promised to Forward the results quickly to Marshall. A report from Scotland in the medical Jour Nal the lancet shows that routine  smears done in Young women if abnormal frequently return to Normal on subsequent examinations. Indeed follow up for periods up to 10 years showed that in Over half the cases initially abnormal smears returned to Normal without treatment. These initial smears did t show actual cancer but rather an abnormality of cells that could eventually go on to become cancer. The researchers concluded that the finding of a single abnormal smear in a Young woman was t cause for panic or even for immediate Biopsy but could be watched with the exception that the smear would eventually return to  conclusion of this report s author that girls with atypical smears can be left for variable periods of time and through several pregnancies May be debated by some Amer ican gynaecologists who believe that several or repeatedly abnormal smears in a Young woman should be followed by a cervical Biopsy. Though medical debate continues on the Issue it is now Clear that a watch and wait approach can be taken if the women herself is  disturbing trend is reported however in the same Issue of the lancet where a study of deaths from cervical cancer in one Region of England showed a definite increase of deaths among Young women even though statistics indicated that this age group was having an even larger number of  smears. The author concludes that detection of pre cancerous conditions of the cervix must be insured by widespread and frequent Cito testing  smears and few american gynaecologists would disagree with this. The question remains How widespread and How frequent although some physicians have urged More frequent testing it still seems reasonable to advocate a yearly  smear in All sexually Active women even those in their teens and 20s. If an initial test is slightly unusual  smears can be repeated at intervals of several months until a definite diagnosis or possibly a return to Normal is established. Solar tests scheduled in Tenn. Memphis Tenn. A a thousand Homes will get solar water Heaters in a test run by the Tennessee Valley authority the City s Power Utility and the South Memphis development corp. The units which Cost $2,000 to $2,500 each consist of a roof top solar collector through which cold water is piped and heated a Stor age tank and a backup unit powered by electricity. 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Soldier 34 not Dos. 36 in Abun dance 37 Cicero for one 38 Wyoming Peak grand 41 author Gore 44 network 45 goddess hinduism 48 unhappy 50 in on dear Ann Landers i would like to reply to the self appointed authority on Rotten fathers. She refused to take in the Lousy bum even if he was starving to death because he had never done anything in his whole life but cause  my father is alcoholic and by her standards i am sure he is also a Lousy  my three younger Sisters and two Brothers have All but thrown him out of the House in the dead of Winter at least five times every Holiday ruined holes hammered into locked bedroom doors Tele phones ripped out furniture and dishes broken suppers thrown on the floor bicycles pawned Money stolen neighbors complain no police at the door. Talk about Lell we lived it. Yet i hold no bitterness in my Icart. My father hates his drink ing More than we do but he is too weak to conquer it. He is a Brilli ant Man and could have had a wonderful career. Instead he Las known nothing but misery and defeat. I am happily married now and if mom goes first i la take dad in if he wants to come. A daughter dear daughter you sound like an Angel to me. If you do take your father in join al anon. It s in the phone Book and could be a tremendous help. Dear Ann we eat out once a week with friends who always bring their smart mouthed 13 year old son we have no Chil Dren. We take turns paying the Check which is unfair since there Are three of them. What gripes me More than anything is that the kid orders a la carte lobster cocktails filet mignon and strawberries out of season. His parents think it shows he has class. I d like to wring his neck. Is there a Way out of this trap last night the Little creep ate $17.50 Worth of gourmet food. Chopped sirloin dear chopped next time you Dine out with these friends go gourmet style and outdo the kid. When the Bill arrives announce it in t fair to stick them with your extravagant taste. Insist that each family  its own Check now and in the  that should do it. Dear Ann i m a newly mar ried woman age 24 and my Hus band and i love our Small apart ment. Our Back porch runs the length of four apartments. We Are in the Middle. Our Dinette windows face the Back porch. The woman who lives on the end has Strung a laundry line the length of the porch. She must Wash every Day because those lines Are never without clothes on them. Not Only is it embarrassing when we have company her underwear and Chin straps Are ugly but the clothes throw Gro Tesque shadows on our Walls and ceiling and it scares me to death when i m  were told when we move in that the porch belongs to All of us so i realize the neighbor has the right to do this. Is it Worth talking to our landlord about i hate to make trouble. Quandary dear q ask the landlord if be will furnish venetian blinds for the Dinette windows. If be says no buy them yourself. It will be Well Worth the investment. C 1978 Field enterprises inc