European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 15, 1980, Darmstadt, Hesse Robert k. Brown the Warrior mentality. By Molly Ivins new York times Obert a Brown screeches around Boulder colo., in his red four Blazer curses the blk Dinc Harl liberals fires exotic weapons at the Rifle Range and most Oral puts out a Magazine that has outraged liberals. The Magazine. Soldier of Fortune Bills itself As the journal of professional it contains a lot of adventure stories in the old style of True and Argosy and some solid information about guns knives and fighting techniques. But what s causing the outrage is the mag Azine s classified ads Section which Many people regard is information1 Central for mercenary soldiers. Former Mere said one and wants action High risk dirty work. Expert Small arms automatic weapons co Crl operations personal Protection. Travel anywhere Daniel car Harl the Vietnam Veteran who was executed As a mercenary in Angola in july 1976, got his Job by placing an and in subtler of Fortune. According to reporters who covered the recent War in Rhodesia the majority of the 400 to 500 american mercenaries fight ing for the White minority government found their Way there the same Way. Rep. Patricia Schmo Eikor. D-colo., has asked the jus Tice department to investigate the Magazine for possible violations of the Federal statutes that prohibit recruiting mercenaries or serving As one. But Brown says that he has been investigated repeatedly and that if he were recruiting i d be in the Slammer right he maintains that printing ads from people who say they Are looking for dangerous work does not constitute recruit ing. He returned recently from one of his Many trips to Rhodesia in recent years and announced pleased As punch that he had finally gotten into a firc fight. After consultation with his attorney on the Law about serving As a mercenary the following description of the incident was agreed upon Brown was not in the uniform pay nor employ of Rhodesia nor was he fighting under the rhodesian Flag. As a journalist he went out with a combat unit found himself under attack and defended himself. Brown docs enjoy playing the role he s always pos ing with rattlesnakes and guns spitting tobacco and us ing language that would Blister the paint off an outhouse but it s not All a role he was a Good Golden gloves Boxer he was in the special forces in Vietnam he went into the army reserves and retired As a lieutenant Colo Nel he is considered a great shot and says he is mean As a cobra when angry. He also has a master s degree in political science from the University of Colorado and he handles the King s English nicely. He has a Mother who harasses him i saw your picture in the paper with that stupid Green Beanie she once said to him. After he had appeared looking especially menacing in his Green Beret and a daughter of whom he is proud. His friends say he has a sense of decency that would startle those who look upon him As a killer. Robert Miller a lawyer in Boulder who has known Brown for 20 years said regardless of his slinking politics he is 100 percent honest he has principles and whether you think they re Good Bud or indifferent he never betrays Brown is an anti communist who believes that the United states was right in Vietnam and that the Black majorities in South Africa Are incapable of governing. He says he is not a racist Soldier of Fortune turns Down ads from the Kun flux klan the american na7i party and other racist groups and it recently printed an Admir ing even Loving portrait of the late Albert n. Shepard jr., a distinguished Black american Soldier. Brown says he is proud of humanitarian work that he does. He is a member of the Parachute medical Rescue service and has a letter of commendation from the government of Guatemala for having parachuted supplies into the earthquake disaster area in february 1976. Soldier of Fortune once offered a 110,000 Reward for anyone who would assassinate president Idi Amin of Uganda which Brown counts As a similar humanitarian Effort. Brown 47 years old was born in Monroe mich., the son of a and had what he described As a Placid midwestern childhood. He went to the University of Michigan for two years and then transferred to the University of Colorado. He has been involved in some strange escapades including an abortive coup in the dominican Republic some years Back. For a time he says he and some buddies in Southern Florida enjoyed exposing Central intelligence Agency fronts in the area. Brown explains that he is not against the intelligence Agency he merely objects to its is impossible to Check on some of his stories but the army verifies Brown s version of his army career and those who have known him for a Long time swear by his honesty. In none of his talks does he figure As a great hero he enjoys telling about abortive attempts at derring do. However there is no question that he loves combat. He said with unusual solemnity that his tour in Viet Nam was the High Point of his life. According to Brown the Warrior mentality is not a matter of a psychotic urge to kill but a matter of wanting to prove oneself Over and Over. The men who read and write Soldier of Fortune seem to have a particular curiosity a need to find out How they will react under fire. Brown cannot explain Why. Brown also said that of the Magazine s 33.500 sub scribers and its estimated 180,000 readers the vast majority arc just Walter everything does t cause cancer c cancer. By Louise Cook associated press aution everything docs not cause cancer. That message comes from the Public health service of the department of health education and welfare the same Agency that frequently warns people about the things that do cause it is designed to ease some of the fears that people feel when they read and hear almost daily reports of cancer causing agents in the food they eat the air they breathe and the places they work. One of every four americans can expect to get can cer says the Public health service. But the Outlook is not hopeless we can do something about to get it message across the health service has pre pared t 14-Page Booklet. Everything does cause can ctr. It s available at no charge from Ftp. 650hal the consumer information Center Pueblo. Colo., 81009 the Booklet provides question i and answers about can cer and what causes it. Here Are Lorn highlights q. What causes cancer a. Cancer is actually Many different diseases Wuh Many different the health service says. Most human cancers Are probably caused in part by Environ mental cancer causing agents also called carcinogens include natural and Man made Chemi cals. A rays sunlight and certain viruses. It May seem like there arc a lot of them but they actually represent a relatively Small proportion of the millions of sub stances in the world today. Most chemicals even most toxic or other dangerous chemicals Are not carcinogenic according to the government experts. Q. How Long docs it take for cancer to develop once someone has been exposed to a Carcinogen a. It usually lakes somewhere Between 5 years and 40 years. Cancers of the liver lung or Gall bladder which arc caused by exposure to Vinyl Chloride Asbestos or Banri Dine May not show up for 30 years. That s Why it s so hard to identify the causes of cancer. Q. How do scientists decide which substances Are dangerous a. The most common Way is to test potential carcinogens on Laboratory animals mainly mice and rats. Be cause the rodents have a Short natural lifetime cancers show up relatively quickly. In some cases scientists also can study humans who have been exposed to substances that later come under suspicion. Q. Just because something causes cancer in mice does that mean it is bad for people a. Probably. There arc about 30 substances known to sunday. June 15, 1980 cause cancer in humans almost All of them cause cancer in Laboratory animals As Well. There Are several Hundred other chemicals that Are under suspicion we know that they cause cancer in animals we arc less sure about what happens to people. Nevertheless says the health service materials that cause cancer in one mammalian species arc usually found to cause cancer in other Spe some chemicals including Vinyl Chloride were shown to cause cancer in rats and mice years later scientists found that people exposed to the same Chemi cals had increased cancer rates. Q. The lest animals usually Are Given Large doses of the suspected carcinogens. People Are exposed to much smaller amounts. Does t that mean the tests Are invalid a. No. Millions of people May be exposed to Low doses of a possible cancer causing agent. But scientists can t test millions of mice to see what effect a Low dose of a particular substance would have. The High doses simply mean that any potential cancer causing effects Are much More Likely to be selected in Small groups of rodents because the cancer rate is sharply increased. Q. Won t High doses of any chemical cause cancer a. No. High doses of Many chemicals Are toxic but they will not necessarily cause tutors. The chemicals May cause loss of weight loss of hair Organ malfunctions or even death but that does t mean they cause cancer. The stars and stripes Page 1
