European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 13, 1980, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes Friday june 13.1980 Tim victims health Cost increased Harrisburg. A. A Many of the people living near three mile Island increased their consumption of alcohol cigarettes Tranquili Zers and sleeping pills in the two weeks following the Accident at the nuclear Power Plant says a state health department study. The report released wednesday also said that people who left the 15-mile radius around three mile Island during the Acci Dent spent $6.9 million and lost si.4 million in income. About 50.000 households or 150.000 peo ple were evacuated during the two week period following the March 28, 1979, Acci Dent the department said. Its report called health related eco nomic costs of the three mile Island Acci Dent analyses Short term health related costs or the Accident. Families that left during inc emergency tended to be younger and larger More highly educated and More recent arrivals to the area researchers  evacuees included about two thirds of those living within five Miles of the Plant one hair or those living Between six and 10miles away and one third of those living Between ii and 15 Miles from the Plant they  earlier study sponsored by the nuclear regulatory commission estimated evacuation costs at $9.8 million with s6.7 Mil lion in lost  but the health department said its Fig ures arc More accurate because they take into account the tact that most evacuees stayed with friends or relatives. Only 8 per cent stayed at hotels or motels the depart ment said. Both the arc and health department reports estimated insurance companies paid out $1.2 million in benefits to people living within a 15-mile radius of the Plant. The health department study also found increased use of drugs in the two weeks following the Accident. According to the re port 13 percent of the regular drinkers in the Survey increased their daily consumption by four drinks. Thirty two percent of inc smokers used an extra half pack of cigarettes a Day and the number of people taking Tranquili Zers or sleeping pills doubled. For inc two weeks following the Accident the extra Money spent on alcohol tobacco and pills totalled $141,000 within the 15 mile radius the department  investigator for the study funded with a Grant from the electric Power research Institute was or. Dehwei he an economics professor at Penn stale University. Exxon Usa finds Gas in Atlantic Ocean Houston up Exxon Usa has apparently struck Gas in the Atlantic Ocean s Baltimore Canyon about 1 mile from a Well successfully lapped by Texaco two years ago. Exxon chief executive officer Cliff Gar Vin said a Core analysis on a Well drilled in 450 feel of water about 100 Miles off the coast of Atlantic City n.i., showed indications of Gas at several Levels of Sand. It is not known How much Gas is in the Well. He said the possibility of a productive formation was indicated by Gas shown Dur ing Normal drilling operations and was con firmed by later tests. E. Germans open office Berlin a East Germany has opened a consulate in to Chi Minh cily formerly Saigon the official adn news Agency announced. The Agency said the consulate was opened during a gala Cere Mony attended by vietnamese officials diplomats and other dignitaries. More than a Huff and a puff blows it away the most recent implosion at the Jer sey Shore to make room for new Casino hotels look place in Atlantic City with the beginning of inc demolition of the old Chalfonte hold the implosion the Inrush of air is one of three which were required to Complete the Job. Fifty seven pounds of dynamite were stateside newspaper says 80 census May be inaccurate birth cd a cos used in the first unsuccessful attempt to destroy the building. An eight Story powerhouse and pailing garage finally fell with a second blast up agent Orange is blamed Tor new York a the 1980 . Census plagued by a wide Range of prob lems May result in figures that Are incomplete or incorrect the Wall Street journal reported. The journal said census workers Are re porting numerous incorrect addresses and maps overworked census employees Are doing a poor Job of checking forms and the return of 85 percent is lower than census officials had hoped. In new York City the return rate was 68 percent. In addition the journal reported the census Bureau has had trouble hiring and keeping employees in some areas. There s no question that we have had difficulties said Vincent Barabba director of census Bureau conceding problems with faulty maps and address lists. We underestimated the complexity of the  but Barabba said he believed the Bureau has an adequate backup system to catch errors although a fool proof system Wouldhave been too costly. Demonstrators halt screening of Griffith classic san Francisco up demonstrators stormed a theater halting the screening of the . Griffith silent film birth of a  although there were no injuries at the Richelieu Cinema both of inc theater s projectors were badly damaged and its Interior was splattered Teilh Spray paint eggs and broken Glass. Two dozen pickets appeared in front of the theater about 7 p.m., manager Randy Beucus said. They passed out leaflets identifying themselves As members of an organization called the International com Mittee against racism and blasted the theater for showing the epic film. Critics from time to time have charged that it is sympathetic to the Kun jux klan. After demonstrating for about an hour Beucus said they suddenly pushed their Way into the theater yanked a Telephone off the Wall vandalized the theater s Inte rior Anil smashed Glass and equipment inthe projection room. Recall of 87,000 pm station wagons asked Washington up the government tuesday urged general motors corp. To recall an estimated 87.000 pm intermediate station wagons equipped with rear  because the tailgate windows May shatter unexpectedly. The National Highway traffic safely administration said it has received 39 owner complaints of shattered rear windows and pm has told the Agency of 180 others. There also Are reports of one Accident one fire and five injuries. The Agency said the do loggers were installed in an estimated 87,000 pm Chevrolet Pontiac Oldsmobile and Buick station wagons. Sheppard fab will train nato pilots instructors i"1ho a it instructor pilots from nato nations will be Iraln each year with costs proportionately shared by Par Lici Patline members. The West German air Force undergraduate Pilot training and Pilot instructor siln8/r0f,l t f1 tap no a at Sheppard will be absorbed in the new nato program. Washington up defense Secretary Harold Brown said that 430 pilots and Pilot instructors from nato coun tries will be trained each year at Sheppard air Force base in Texas. The program Starling next october is subject to completion of an Emison Mcneal Impact analysis the Pentagon said. Under the program 320 student pilots eau Claire. Wis. A a Hanoi doctor says a study shows that children of North vietnamese soldiers exposed to the chemical herbicide agent Orange have a High rate of birth defects apparently justifying the complaints of american  the findings of the study by or. Ton that Tung director of the Viet due Hospi Tal in Hanoi were mailed to the eau Claire Leader Telegram. The French manuscript portions of which were published wednes Day was translated by a University of wis Consin eau Claire professor and was to be offered to a medical journal. Tung s previous statements about health problems caused by agent Orange including remarks made during a 1978 visit to the ., were questioned and labelled unscientific by the . Veterans administration. In the us., veterans of the Vietnam War have claimed exposure to agent Orange caused serious physical and psychological damage and birth defects in their children. Never exposed Tung said researchers studied yen bal a City in North Vietnam that was never exposed to herbicide spraying. Yen Bai has a population of 10,000, including 700 men who fought in areas sprayed by . Troops with agent Orange Tung said. The wives of the sex soldiers were never exposed to agent Orange. In the four years Between 1975 and 1978, there were 3,058 births in yen bal thirty of the children had birth defect. Fifteen of those were children whose fathers had been exposed to agent Orange said the study. Six of the 30 birth defects were a Condi Tion nailed  in which All or major part of the brain is missing. Besides inc  defects included facial disfigurement shortened arms and leg and missing limbs. Tung said he also found a marked in crease in a condition called Hydro Chalu. An abnormal increase in the amount 01fluid within the cranial cavity