European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 22, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 6 the stars and stripes Friday november 22, 1985 teen who walked Over red tape to get into army arrives in capital Washington map eighteen year old Allen pc pc delayed his Date of arrival and switched modes of transportation but he finally made it to washing ton. The Michigan teen Ager who last Mon a hiked Al most to the capital to prove his feet were fit for Mili tary service arrived by plane wednesday and was treated to a tour of the capital As a guest of Michigan gov. James Blanchard. Pepke began his eastward trek after army recruiters rejected him due to a skin problem with his feet. He had gone 535 Miles when he was intercepted by state troopers in West Virginia who told him the army had granted him a medical waiver to enter the service. Pepke then returned Home by car. This is a great Story of one Young Man deciding he wants to serve in the armed forces and not willing to let anybody Slop him Blanchard said. The governor along with sen. Carl Levin. D-mich., and rep. David Bonior d-mich., All intervened on Pepke s behalf and urged the defense department to reconsider its decision. It would t have happened if Allen had t had the do termination and the dedication to press ahead Blanchard said. Pepke and his Mother Noreen of new Haven mich., flew to Washington at the expense of the Michi Gan retailers association and visited the capital As guests of Blanchard and his Washington staff. It s a big City Pepke said. I m seeing things that keep bringing Back history lessons from some of my old Pepke s efforts to Cut through government bureaucracy and get into the army left him anything but cynical. A lot of people Down talk the government All the red tape and this and that he said. But i think it s just a matter. Of going into action and doing sonic Pepke said his determination to join the military came because i be arrived at the conclusion that this is the Best country in the world and i want to be part of it and i also want to be a Blanchard praised the teen for sticking to his guns pushing ahead not taking no for an Pepke was sworn in oct. 28, and he reports to Boot Camp at fort Knox ky., in january. The army has maintained its decision to admit Pepke was based on a review of his medical records not the Young Man s walk or pressure from elected officials. Heart attacks occur most often in morning hours study says Boston a even getting up in the morning it seems can be hazardous to your health. Results of a study published thursday show that heart attacks Are three times More common at 9 . Than at 11 . This Rcpt or ends a big new area to research said or. James e. Muller part of the study team. If researchers can learn Why Starling the Day triggers attacks they might be Able to devise new strategies to Stop them. The doctors theorize although they cannot be certain that the blood becomes More Likely to clot just after people a Ken. Leading to the increased occurrence of morning heart attacks. Muller said 14 other published studies have noted that heart attacks seem to happen in the morning. But until now Many doubted that the phenomenon was real. Some suspected that people often suffer heart attacks while they sleep but do not notice the pain until they get up. However the new study looked for enzymes in the blood that Are released a few hours after a heart attack and confirmed that the attacks really were occurring in the morning and not the previous night. Results of the study of 2.999 heart attack victims was published in the new England journal of Medicine. Usually a heart attack what doctors Call a myocardial infarction occurs when a blood clot blocks an artery that feeds the heart. The heart muscle is starved of oxygen and some of it Dies. Since we know that Infarct is associated with a clot the leading possibility would have to be that there is some variation in the tendency of the blood to clot during that time of Day said Muller a cardiologist at Brigham and women s Hospital in Boston. Other research suggests that Levels of a natural blood thinner called Hearm Are lower in the morning when blood platelets Are More Likely to clump together. Muller noted that the sympathetic nervous system is also less Active during sleep. It begins to be activated in a very harsh manner As we All know when the alarm clock rings he said. It could be related to some aspect of that stress in the his study found that heart attacks Are More common Between 6 . And noon than at any other time of Day. The incidence reaches a Peak at 9 . And then declines to a Low Point at 11 . The researchers theorize that those who work night shifts might have the highest risk of heart attacks in the evening. The research also found that people who took heart medicines called Beta mockers did not have More heart attacks during the morning than at any other time of Day. Muller said most cardiologists Are unaware that heart at tacks frequently occur in the morning. Doctors tend to re member the heart attacks that they get awakened for in the Middle of the night he said. If the Peak had been at mid night we would have discovered this 50 years As the curious look on from outside Chicago depart ment store window comedian . Benker cracks Wulber one liner on us Way to setting a guinness world s biggest joker record for the longest joke Lelling session. Benker passed be 48-boor Mark in the guinness Book of world records which was his own by half an hour stateside a papers report Rizzo expected to seek mayor s Post again Philadelphia a Frank Rizzo. Who was twice elected and twice Defeated in bids for mayor a considering another try a regaining the Job he held from 1972-80. The City s two daily newspapers reported. The former police chief lost in the 1983 democratic primary to w. Wilson Goode who is now mayor Bat sources have told the inquirer and daily news that Rizzo May try again. I be got one More Campaign left in me one local official quoted Rizzo As saying last summer according to the daily news. And it in t for the inquirer s sources said the biggest question for Rizzo is whether to run As a Democrat or a Republican. The 65-year-old Rizzo was elected in 1971. He Wai elected again in 1975 to a Stormy two term stewardship in which he failed to persuade voters to approve a City Char Ter change that would have him to seek a third consecutive term. Boy finds $12 million Worth of cocaine in Mississippi River Westwego la. A a boy playing on the Mississippi River Bank found a suitcase that washed ashore with s12 million Worth of cocaine in it police said. Narcotics agents said they had no idea How 25 Pound of pure cocaine wound up in the River. The name of the boy who found the suitcase with no we " Taback readily ii1, ,7h"�hbjec js.t.?, Lac be in Rhood streets of prostitutes he said. You want to go after the attorney Janet l. Hoffman argued in a lawsuit that a names would violate sections of the Oregon and . Constitute. She refused to identify her client mexican customs agents kill fellow agent accidentally Calif a Cujas dentally shot and killed by fellow agents f t " Van As sped Acra Border Fromma authorities said. 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