European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 3, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes sunday november 3, 1985 discovery rings True Silford Birry Clifford examines the raised letters spelling oat the whydah on a ship s Bell in Chat Ham mass. The removal of the heavy encrustation from the Bell confirmed that a wreck Clifford found off Cape cod is the pirate ship the . Explain ing the whydah Bell spelling Clifford noted thai variations in spelling were common two centuries ago. Stateside Reagan says he s 100% healthy Washington up president Reagan was Given a 32-minute routine postoperative checkup Friday and pronounced himself still "100 percent healthy. Reagan went to Bethesda naval Hospital for his second postoperative exam since his july 13 surgery for removal of a cancerous growth from his Colon. Reagan accompanied by his wife Nancy and his dog Lucky flew by helicopter on a cold and Cloudy Day to the suburban Maryland Hospital. He had spent the morning in meetings with staff members to prepare for his trip to Geneva Switzerland later this month to meet soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev.  left by helicopter to spend the weekend at Camp David my. Before leaving for the presidential Retreat Reagan was asked if he was still "100 percent his own assessment of his recovery after the sept. 20 postoperative exam. One Hundred percent he replied after undergoing a series of tests that included an abdominal exam blood tests and a rays. Tougher motorcycle Laws urged Chicago a tougher Laws for motorcycle he met use and insurance could Cut the nation s health care Bill significantly say doctors who found a third of motor Cycle Accident victims they studied were drunk and most were uninsured. Fifty one victims of motorcycle crashes who had severe Bone injuries ran up average Hospital Bills of $17,404 each say doctors who studied admissions of such patients from 1980 to 1983 at the University of California Davis medi Cal Center. Three quarters of the Bills of those a licks were borne by taxpayers the doctors reported in Friday s journal of the american medical association. Numerous studies of motorcycle accidents indicate two things can reduce the incidence and severity of injuries use of helmets and completion of 3 motorcycle Driver training course the researchers said. Patients with the Type of injuries studied in which the Bone Breaks through the skin represent a third to a fifth of All motorcycle Accident victims previous studies suggest they said. If the Cost data from our study can be generalized then it is Clear that care of motorcycle trauma consumes a substantial portion of Public health care funds the Doc tors said. No data exist to figure costs on a state or National scale but with 168,000 motorcycle accidents reported nationally in 1983, the costs undoubtedly represent a substantial part of total health care expenditures they said opponents of helmet Laws argue that such Laws constitute an infringement of their personal Freedom they said. However it is Clear from this study that the state pays most of the costs for motorcycle injuries and therefore it seems entirely appropriate and prudent for the stale to protect itself by the enactment of mandatory helmet Laws and requirements for special licensing and training for motorcyclists. Rigid enforcement of compulsory insurance should also shift some of the economic Burden of these injuries from the taxpayers the researchers added. Twenty one states and the District of Columbia now have helmet Laws according to the National safety coun cil. Thirty one states puerto Rico and the Virgin islands have mandatory motorcyclist insurance according to the Alliance of american insurers. The doctors said the $i7,7w per patient Cost they Fig ured did not include physician fees emergency service physical therapy rehabilitation readmission transfers to other institutions properly damages or Legal fees so clearly this is an understatement of direct  blood alcohol Levels measured on 29 cyclists at admission showed 16 were legally drunk representing 31 per cent of All the injured and 55 percent of the injured who were tested the researchers said. For most of these the intoxication was severe the researchers said. Seventy five percent of cyclists carried no insurance of any kind and for the total group 72 percent of the Cost of acute hospitalization. Was paid by the stale of Cali fornia with an additional 10 percent from other tax based sources the doctors said. Contaminated milk recalled after Many students become ill Madison. Wis. A an Cal imaged 15,000 half. Nini milk cations were recalled from about 200 set Wirob after ammonia Gas contamination was suspected in illness affecting More than 50 students. State health officials said none of the students needed  Anil that the problem of tainted milk Wai not considered  glory farms recalled the Cartons saying the containers May have been contaminated by ammonia go from a refrigeration unit while in storage at the company i Dairy in do  spokesmen said the contamination affected about 20 students in Stevens Point 31 in Berlin and one in Copit. Elderly people s skin makes too Little Vitamin a study finds Boston a the skin loses much of its ability to make Vitamin d As people grow older so the elderly should try to gel plenty of Sunshine o Lake Vitamin pills to avoid possible softening of their Bones a study concludes. Vitamin d deficiency disease in the elderly May very Well be an Una Cicogni cd epidemic said or. Michael f. Holick. The skin makes Vitamin Dan essential compound when it is exposed to the ultraviolet radiation of sunlight. However the new research shows that elderly people s skin produces Vitamin d Only about half As efficiently As that of Young people. People also obtain Vitamin d from Vitamin fortified milk. But Many elderly people have trouble digesting milk so they Don t drink it. The solution says Holick is for elderly people to in crease the time they spend in the sunlight or take multivitamin pills. Judge suspended for associating with crime figures returns to office Providence . Up state chief Justice Joseph Bivilacqua has returned to the supreme court end ing a four month suspension for judicial misconduct by associating with organized crime figures. Bivilacqua brushed past a crowd of reporters As be entered the courthouse. I m glad to be  is All Bivilacqua would say As he headed toward his office on the seventh floor. Despite Calls for his resignation from nearly every major state officeholder including nov. Edward Diprete and attorney general arc no Violet the embattled chief jus Tice returned to work As the state s highest judge. As i be said i think the judiciary would be Best served if he stepped aside the governor said. He apparently will not do  Bivilacqua s attorney Richard Egbert has insisted that Bivilacqua would also survive any legislative attempts to vacate his Seal or impeach him. In june Bivilacqua was publicly censured and sus Pended for four months by the commission on judicial tenure and discipline because of his Long time association with criminals and people linked to organized crime. Leak at Pennsylvania Plant poses no radioactive threat Shippingport a. A a leak of about 300 Gal Lons of radioactive water into the Ohio River from a nuclear Power Plant poses no danger the Plant s operator says. Duquesne Light co. Of Pittsburgh which operates Bea ver Valley Power station unit no. 1, said municipal water authorities in nearby communities were told about the leak As a  samples taken at the Midland water authority about two Miles downstream showed the level of radioactivity in the River was below inc minimum delectable level established by the . Environmental Protection Agency the Utility said. Pin the tie on the Yuppie is new variation on old game Boulder Colo. Up the time honoured game of pin the Tail on the Donkey has a new variation that pokes fun at the Young Urban professional or Yuppie. The object of pin the tie on the Yuppie is to Slick one of 12 designer paper ties on the neck of a poster sire Yuppie. The game debuted at a bar with creators offering a s50 prize to the person who put the tie closest to the neck of the Yuppie. Steven Kirby who created the game along with Michael woj Szulc said he Hopes yuppies characterized As pursuing status and Money with great Fervour will be attracted to the game