European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 2, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 8 the stars and stripes monday october 2, 1978 26 War vets of 100th inf div the sons of Bitch return Story and photo by de Hill Stuttgart Bureau chief Stuttgart Vaihinger is for 26 world War ii veterans of the 100th inf div their trip Back was Worth it. Their first time Here was 33 years ago in april 1945 when the sons of Bitch were an occupation Force. In december 1945 it was returned to the . And deactivated. Frank Andros of Hyde Park n.y., explained the division s nickname. As our unit was fighting its Way through France toward Germany we hit heavy resistance near the town of Bitch in the Lorraine Region. We succeeded in driving the Ger mans out and liberating the town. The Citi Zens of Bitch honoured the 100th by naming us sons of the town or sons of Bitch " after the 100th was deactivated former members started the society of the sons of Mcc will conduct training conference Heidelberg More than 500 women from Chapel groups throughout Europe will meet at the general Walker hotel in Berchtesgaden. Germany oct. 9-13 for the 23rd annual training conference of the military Council of Catholic women. According to president Suzanne Ford of Stuttgart this year s delegates will be from England the Netherlands Belgium Spain. Italy Greece and Turkey As Well As Germany father Frank Montalbano of the oblate College of the Southwest at san Antonio Texas will be keynote speaker. The week of workshops and seminars will Deal with the emergence of and the Impact made by women in the Church with special refer ence to the past. There will be practical workshops presented by the european Council s commis Sion chairwoman and special interest seminars presented by delegates and chaplains from Usa eur and Safe. Label this Good news Neu Brucke Pat president Shirley Lyon and sixth graders Ralph Ekakiadis and Cindy Hanson sort some of the More than 8,000 soup can labels the school has received from stars and stripes readers throughout Europe. They will be returned to the company in Exchange for audio visual and playground equipment that is badly needed by the school. To reach its goal of 100,000 by next March the school Hopes that you will Send some labels to principal Neu Brucke elementary school Apo 09305. Is photo by Floyd Harrington Bitch. The Only people allowed to join were veterans who had been members of the 100th during the War said Andros. So far this is the fourth trip to Europe we be been Able to organize for members and their families since the first one in 1964." the 20-Day trip Cost just Over $1,400 per person. When we started our planning it was supposed to be about $1,250 per person said Andros. The devaluation of the Dollar changed that for the group landed in Brussels and trav eled from there to Rotterdam and then on to Mannheim by boat along the Rhine River. That had to be the highlight of the trip said Rodney Jefferson of Cranston,. The group is visiting several battlefields and military cemeteries along the route they followed 33 years ago. There Are some things you never forget said Andros. This trip is bringing Back a lot of yes the itinerary includes a Stop in Bitch. Within a dozen years Rodney Jefferson Oral contraceptives for men predicted Geneva Switzerland a men May be taking Oral contraceptives within 12 years the world health organisation said in a report published Here. The first male Pill might be a reality by the end of the next decade if tests of the safety of a new Type of compound prove successful the report said. Written by or. Egon Dic Falusy swed ish director of who s Center for research and training in human reproduction in Stockholm the report appears in the latest Issue of the world body s monthly Maga Zine world health. It said the new class of compound being Trudeau defends Canadian Unity Montreal a prime minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau has reaffirmed his commitment not to use military Force to keep Quebec within Canada saying the country can Only be kept together by the will of the we can t use the army to keep it together Trudeau said in a Lively question and answer session with about 400 students from Mcgill University and Montreal High school. Trudeau also told the students that his government would not use Federal constitutional Powers to disallow a Quebec act of this would be so clearly unconstitutional that there would be no need to strike it Down the prime minister said adding that this was More than a Legal matter. Since you Are dealing with a political question it would be a great mistake to disallow it he said. The prime minister has said in the past that he would personally prefer to resign rather than negotiate Independence him self if the Quebec party government wins the referendum on Quebec s future expected within the next two years. Trudeau who also has said he would re turn to live in Quebec if it became Independent has maintained that Force should not be used to Block Independence for the prov Ince if it is voted for democratically and peacefully. Tested consisted of special halogenated sugars which do not inhibit sperm production but merely interfere with its metabolism and maturation. Developing a suitable male Pill the re port added has up to now proved extremely complicated since the actual suppress Ion of sperm formation necessitates the use of considerably higher steroid doses than those used by women Pill takers. These doses it warned could cause harmful Side effects and decreased libido. The report also predicted the possibility of an anti Fertility vaccine by the end of the 1980 s. The vaccine it said could offer major advantages since it could be manufacture ered on a Large scale at Low Cost administered by both doctors and non physicians and have a Long lasting a second report in the Magazine warned of an increase in heart disorders among the estimated 80 million women who believes Are using the Pill in some 150 coun tries compared with users of other form of contraception. Written by Ron Gray an australian medical officer with who in Geneva this report said that in industrialized countries the Pill leads to an excess of deaths from cardiovascular taking Britain As an example it said that while non Pill taking women aged 15 to 49 years had an Overall death rate from cardiovascular diseases of about 5.5 per 100,000, the death rate among Pill takers in the same age bracket was 13.8 per 100,000 and among those who smoke a possible 39.5 per 100,000. It added that the risk of death increases markedly among women Over 35, Sug Gesting that it would seem prudent for these women to use other methods of con the Gray report also warned that the Pill can decrease the amount of breast milk which is of vital importance to the health of infants. But it concluded despite the actual and potential health risks of the Pill the overwhelming majority of women experience no ill health. In the final analysis it will be for each woman and her health advisor to decide whether to go on using the
