European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 11, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 4 the stars and stripes july 1985 polyp to be removed from reagans Colon Washington a president Reagan will enter Bethesda naval Hospital on Friday to have a benign growth removed from his Colon and to undergo a thorough examination of his Large the White House said spokesman Larry Speakes said the 74 year old Reagan would remain overnight at the military Hospital just outside washing ton and would travel to Camp David on saturday to spend a restful weekend at the presidential Retreat in Reagan will be Given a painkiller and sedative before the the remo Val of the and the the visual inspection of the but he is not expected to need a general the president will be Able to discharge midshipman graduates 7 weeks late a wednesday was graduation Day at the naval but there was just one candidate for a degree and a commission As a Navy the unusual ceremony was for Jay who was not allowed to graduate with his class seven weeks ago because he could Only do five the Academy requires six for and Linder managed to pass on Academy spokesman Dennis Boxx said a private graduation Cere Mony was held for Linder and his he said rear Charles the and Stephen com mandant of made Brief remarks and gave Linder his diploma and Linder was told in May that he would have to serve four years in the Navy As an enlisted Man instead of As an he appealed to the Academy academic which agreed to give him a second Chance to Complete the physical examination required of All for the past six Linder underwent what an Academy spokes Man described As intensive physical fitness training and preparation for the the hard work paid off tuesday when he took the test Boxx said Linder will have a month off before attending the sur face warfare officer school in san in he will report for duty aboard the his duties throughout his stay at the Hospi and no temporary Transfer of Power to vice president George Bush is Speakes the polyp that doctors plan to remove is a Fleshy growth on the inside Wall of the it was discovered during reagans physical examination in a similar Small polyp was found a year and part of it was removed for microscopic which showed the growth was or Speakes said at the when doctors reexamined Reagan in they found no evidence of the first polyp and concluded that most of it had been removed during the Biopsy and apparently had healed without further the growths Are fairly common among people Over age and they occur with increasing frequency As people get the vast majority of such particularly Small ones like Are benign and rarely cause discomfort or Speakes said doctors described the growth they plan to remove from reagans intestine As a Small inflammatory pseudo which is not known to grow into Colon but specialists in the Field say the discovery of one polyp indicates there May be and the danger is that some polyps doctors cannot predict which ones develop into Colon the second most common form of cancer in humans and a killer of americans each v Speakes said wednesday if More polyps Are discovered during the Examina they probably will be removed at that the procedures Are to be performed by Edward a Navy commander who serves As chief of gastroenterology at the previous physical examinations have noted that Reagan has a condition in which several Small pouches grow in the although diverticulosis sometimes causes intestinal pain and can be so serious As to require surgical removal of part of the medical reports have said the president has never been bothered by his firefighters May need another week to control 3county Blaze in California los a a stub born Blaze that swept Over nearly acres and forced people to flee As it destroyed seven Homes and a Cabin could take another week to authorities George Deukmejian declared a state of emergency in Santa Santa and Monterey counties tuesday As firefighters grappled with the fire for a third aided by 117 air tank ers and six California National guard helicopters shuttled Crews to hot spots and scooped water from nearby Lexington Reservoir for which the fire has been named to drop on the treacherous winds and rough country make it difficult for firefighters to Battle the fire and protect the Homes threat ened by said California department of forestry spokesman Jim the near los gatos about 60 Miles South of san was about 20 percent contained tuesday officials other Brush fires continued burning in Northern California and along the Central a 300acre fire near Middletown May have torched As Many As 25 said department of forestry spokesman Pat adding that he could Only confirm eight houses As having been no one was a fire at about 200 Miles South of san destroyed six Homes and eight other forcing the evacuation of 100 people As it ran through acres of said cd spokesman Joe the Gorda fire burned but was 50 percent contained the rat Creek about 15 Miles South of big grew from acres to More than said Joe Hart of the inter Agency task Force fighting the it has burned four Homes and four other Struc a photo near san Luis California firemen watch a backfire set to halt a Brush melons with inspection stickers appear in stores a state checking thousands of water melons for a pesticide believed responsible for 287 illnesses in five Are allowing stick Rcd fruit to return to emptied store shelves those melons coming Back from now on Are going to be state food and agriculture director Clare Berryhill said tuesday at a Bakersfield news four three in Kern county and one in Riverside were told tuesday they could Send fruit bearing Greenland White passed California agriculture stickers to said department spokeswoman Jan More growers in the states million Watermelon Industry were expected to get heir stickers she inspectors Are checking the melons for a pesticide made by Union car bide and linked to 287 illnesses in five California melons have been re moved from stores in 10 states and Canada 1 million Are being Berryhill said the process of checking 20 Sample melons from each of californian a total of could take a week to Berryhill said Watermelon growers whose Dies England a William a journalist and former world Bank vice has died at crops pass the latest tests will be asked to declare that they have not used an Aldi carb pesticide in the past 12 and that violators would be subject to fines for the latest illness reports compiled from regional Poison control centers brought the number of confirmed victims among per sons consuming California watermelons during the past week to 287 164 in Cali 44 in 40 in 30 in Washington state and nine in in 11 Michigan residents May have been but those cases had not been confirmed state health officials Twentyfive crates of possibly contaminated California melons were confiscated in said John state department of agriculture assistant regional director for Southeastern Michi there have been no and most victims have recovered with 24 hours from the tremors and other symptoms of Aldi carb California melons have been removed from shelves in the states reporting ill plus Missouri and British on Berryhill said he believes the contamination was due to intentional misuse of Aldi carb in the form of a powerful pesticide produced by Union car bide which is banned for use on watermelons but can legally be used on other including Cotton and
