European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 12, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes saturday. October 12, 1985 additional cancer cells removed from nose president announces Washington my president ?.in disclosed i  he had  earner evils remu Al from a Patch of pm tin his a Csc i  but he said doctors have now mid him in Nus is   made the announcement As he appeared before reporters at the White House of discuss the Sci Ute of the italian cruise ship Achille  and the . Mili tary operation f Rufaye that led to the apprehension of the hijackers. Noting a visible adhesive Patch on his no a.  opened his Brief news Confer ence by raising the subject himself not wanting you to lose any sleep at night let me explain the Patch on my nor he said with a smile. The appearance of a Small scar on his nose in Early August forced the while House to disclose that Reagan had under gone minor surgery for the removal of a Small Patch of skin later diagnosed As basal cell pit Clioma the most common form of skin cancer and one often caused by excessive exposure to the Sun. The or has been keeping track of me since the first operation for skin cancer on my nose and Felt that Here was some additional work  Reagan said. So yesterday afternoon when we came Back from Chicago went Over there in the White House to the doctor s office and he did the additional work. The Biopsy he said revealed there were some cancer cells and now i have a verdict of my nose is  this computer enhanced photograph of Halks Comet was taken sept. 15 using a 61-centimeter Telescope at the Smiths 200 million Miles away Nian a Whipple Observatory on mount Hopkins in Arizona. The Comet anxiously awaited by astronomers has 200 Mil lion Miles from Earth when it was of so cd against the Orion Constellation. Fetal tobacco syndrome exists doctor says Salt Lake City a a previously unidentified pattern of birth defects including mental retardation abnormal facial features and heart defects May occur in infants of women who smoke two packs of cigarettes or More per Day during pregnancy a researcher says. Smoking Hus Long been known to produce smaller Ihan Normal babies. But the new study is the first to suggest the possibility of a consistent pattern of defects comparable to the so called fetal alcohol syndrome produced by heavy alcohol use during pregnancy said or. Bryan Hall of the University of Kentucky in Lexington. H Urther More he said he has found that not Only arc the babies of heavy smokers Small at birth they remain Small Many of these children did not catch up As Long As they were followed sometimes for five or six years Hall said thursday in an interview during 3 meeting of the Amer ican society of human genetics where he reported his findings. Infants born to moderate smokers usually catch up to Normal sic in a year or so. Said Hall who established and directs the genetics and birth defects program at the University of Kentucky. Hal said other researchers have spoken of a fetal tobacco syndrome but have not demonstrated a consistent pattern of defects. Such things As increased numbers of still births poor general health at birth and abnormal blood counts have been seen in infants born to smokers he said. But he said that in his preliminary study of 25 infants of mothers who smoked two to five packages cigarettes a Day he has found unique abnormal facial features. In the infants he studied lower jaws and Mouths were Small. Their noses were Blunt and upturned the Bridges of their noses Between their eyes were unusually hat. Skin folds above the eyes that should Digap Carat 2 to 4 years of age persisted. They also were at increased risk of elevated blood sugar and convulsions. Opry Marks 60th year in Nashville nashv1i.u. Term. Up the grand Oil opry is celebrating inc old anniversary of a hillbilly Burn dance that put Nashville on the world s entertainment map. The three Day Celebration climaxes with a saturday night performance of old time country music. Bill Monroe 74, known As the father of of Yeprass music pot the Celebration off to a rousing Start thursday As More than a do enacts joined him in a three hour fool stomping Jam session. This has been a great Day in Nashville Monroe said. The Irand Ole opry began As a on room barn dance but Over the past 60 years has turned Nashville into one of the nation s Tup entertainment centers i think the thin 1 that Speaks loudest to an Industry where longevity is rare is that Here is a show  is  0 years i think that is the Story of the tape said Hal Durham a former announcer in the show Ami now its manager. Another concert with some of the top St irs in country music was held thursday night. Both concerts were performed at opry land an entertainment Park which grew up around the Irand Ole opry. At the saturday night show a giant birthday cake will be Cut and Many of the or s top performers will pick and sing the traditional music  has made the show famous All around the world. Officials Sav Roy Acuff. X2. Symbolizes Llic Shim but he has been bothered by heart problems and has t appeared recently Acuff who lives in a Bungalow near the  Ole opry House often is called the King of country music but he downplays his Rule in making the show an International institution. I Don t think the entertainers have been the biggest thing says Acuff. Who has been performing on the show for 47 years. I think the fans have made  the opry draws fans from throughout the United states and  and has been a bastion of traditional country music As opposed to the electric sounds of contemporary country. The actual anniversary is nov. 28, but the opry birthday  is celebrated in october country music month. The grand Ole opry has never missed a broadcast during 60 it Vav Bui once in 1%k, there was no performance before an audience because of a curfew in Nashville after the assassination of civil rights Leader Martin Luther King in. The show has been broadcast continuously since 1925 Over ism am a 50,000 Walt Clear Channel station. The first Broad cast was in a 17-by-14-foot room with old time fiddler Uncle Jimmy Thompson per forming. Since that time an entire Industry has grown up around the program including record companies television shows movies and a Gigantic tourist business. Park service rules out 1986 dig at Custer site Cross Agency. Mont. A National Park service officials have decided that there will be no archaeological digging next year at the Custer Battlefield National Monument. Jim court the superintendent of the Southeastern Montana site said thursday that officials want to sit Back and Analyse what we have before we decide if More sur Veys Are  thousands of artefacts from the Battle on june 25. 1876, were unearthed during Spring digs in 1984 and this year. Doug Scott Park service archaeologist at the Midwest  Center in Lincoln. Neb., said it would be at least an other month before a draft report is started on the 1985 dig. He and ballistics experts at the Lincoln facility Are working on military and Indian artefacts. A pathologist in Oklahoma is studying the partial remains of a trooper and a soil specialist in Ari Ona is looking for clues in samples taken from deep Ravine where some experts believe troopers still May be buried. Scott said that so far there have been no major surprises in the findings. He said Metal remnants of cavalry tack indicated that the troopers were using civil War Era saddles instead of the latest Issue. Scott said archaeologists will have to examine what they have and determine if questions remain before deciding if any More digging is warranted. Court has said he would like to continue the search for buried troopers in deep Ravine and excavate a few More Battlefield grave markers for additional evidence on whether they were placed accurately. Marble headstones were placed on the Battlefield a few years after the 7lh cavalry was wiped out and it. Col. George Arm Strong Custer died at the Battle of the Little Bighorn. Court said there Are More markers on the Battlefield Man experts believe there were soldiers killed. Another reason for deciding against a dig next year. Court said is be cause ceremonies Are planned to Mark the 110th anniversary of the Battle. No firm plans have been made he said but he expects the army s 7th cavalry horse platoon to take part. The 24-Membcr platoon is part of the 1st army div at fort Hood Texas. Court said he cup cts the horsemen to Lake part in a number of events next june perhaps including a two Day Trail ride along Luster s route to the Little Bighorn