European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 3, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday january 19bb the stars and stripes Page 7 Harvard official resigns Over use of Cia funds Cambridge mass. Not the director of har Vard University a Center for Middle Eastern studies will a Ign in the Wake of an internal investigation into his acceptance of research funds from the Central intelligence Agency the school disclosed wednesday. A. Michael Spence Dean of the faculty of arts and sciences said Nadav Safryn would resign As the Center s director at the end of the academic year. To a six Page report on he investigation made available wednesday Spence said the University was partly to blame for failing 10 act when Safran first informed administrators of a Cia contract o help finance a Book on saudi Arabia. The contract contained restrictions that violated Harvard s rules an research sponsored by outside organizations Spence said. Spence also concluded that Safron was wrong not to disclose that the Cia provided Money Tor a Harvard con Ference on islamic fundamentalism lust Felt. Spence said he accepted Kaftan s resignation with Sud Ness and deep  Safran will remain a tenured professor Spence said noting that his erudition and objectivity As a scholar have not been  Safran s use of Cia funds touched off a controversy at Harvard among Middle Eastern scholars and in some Arab countries. There has also been bitter debate within the Harvard administration Over Spence s report school officials said with some faculty members urging stronger action against Safran. Both Safran and his critics expressed disappoint ment wednesday at the Way Spence s investigation had been handled. Sofrun contended that the report exonerated him of charges that he had tried to cover up $107,430 in Cia funds for his Book saudi Arabia the ceaseless quest for Security and another 145.700 in Cia support for the conference. But Safran said Harvard had been cold hearted at Best in failing u prevent the dispute from damaging his reputation. However Richard n. Frye a professor of iranian stud ies described the report As a Whitewash that examined Only the technical question of whether Safran had com plied with Harvard s requirements far reporting research funds. The broader moral Issue of what he did was not addressed Frye said. From my knowledge of the Field this is a crisis. People in the Field now have to worry about their lives being in danger and nil Harvard said is that it was a Little  lung cancer rate decreases among White american men Washington up for the first time in at least 50 years the incidence of lung cancer has declined among while men in the United states but it continues to Rise in women and Black men the government reports. The number of cases of All types of cancer per 100,000 people and the death rates have increased slowly but steadily Over the past 10 years. The National cancer Institute which reported the statistics at a meeting of its advisory Board said lung cancer is the leading cancer killer in the United states responsible for 114,851 deaths in 1983, the latest year for which figures Are available. Without lung cancer the Institute said the number of cancer deaths in 1983 would have been 4,600 lower than the 1974 loll minus lung cancer. Or. Vincent Devita the Sci director said the decrease in the number of while male lung cancer cases dropping from 82.7 per 100,000 in 1982 to 79.3 per 100,000 in 1983 is encouraging news. He attributed it to a decrease in smoking which began 20 years ago. This proves that people can successfully reduce heir cancer risk by quilting smoking or not taking up smok ing Devita said. In 1965, 52 percent of adult males smoked cigarettes. The Faical figures show that 30 percent smoke. The tragedy is thai lung cancer rates continue to in crease among women Devita said. This year lung can cer is expected to top breast cancer As the leading cause of cancer deaths and this has already happened in at least i  the Rale of new cases of lung cancer in Black men was 125.3 per 100,000 in 1983, but Devila said the upward trend May be starting to level off. The incidence of lung cancer cases in women of both races a 32.6 per 100,000 in 1983. The rates of new lung cancer cases and the deaths in women have increased about 6 percent annually during the past decade. The Institute s annual report on the slate of the War against cancer said the five year survival Rale is 49 percent for patients with All kinds of cancer diagnosed Between 1977 and 1982. This compares with a at percent rate for patients whose cancers were discovered Between 1973 and 1976. If a person has no sign of cancer five years after inc disease is detected and treated it generally is considered a Good sign that the patient is cured and thus the five year survival Rale is an important Marker. However some can cers will recur after five years. The Best five year cancer survival rates for All races and both sexes arc testis a percent uterus 84 percent skin moles �0 percent breast 74 percent bladder. 76 percent Hodgkin s disease 73 percent and prostate 7 percent. Cancer of the pancreas has the poorest survival rate with Only 2 percent of patients living five years after the disease is diagnosed. Cancer of the oesophagus had a 6 percent five year survival Rale with lung cancer at 13 percent and stomach cancer at 16 percent. Cancer of the Colon one at the More common malignancies had a 53 percent five year survival Rale for cases diagnosed Between 1977 and 1982, that was 3 percent belter than the earlier period. The report said the improvement May be a result of better treatment or earlier detection. The latest five year survival rates for other types of cancer cervix 66 percent rectum 50 percent non Hodg Kin s Lymphoma. At percent kidney As percent ovary 38 percent leukaemia 33 percent and brain 23 percent. Film producer Dies Sam Spiegel the Aea deity award winning producer of such films is the african Queen on the Ink front the Bridge on la rim Kwal till stranger and Lawrence of Arabia has died while vacationing an be Caribbean Island of St. Martin. He we 84. Street people s Magazine faces hardships too Boston a a Magazine aimed at jiving Street people a voice will soon hit the streets despite financial hardships said its publisher who knows firsthand what it s like to be homeless. Since last Friday 10,000 copies of Street Magazine s latest edition have been stranded at the Printer to Worces Ter said publisher Alan Nidle of Cambridge. Nidle does l have the Money to hire trucks to transport the issues but is planning to pick them up in a few Days when a Friend s truck becomes available. The 27-year-old Man Hopes his Magazine will make readers aware of the plight of the homeless. The current Issue features a first person account of an Anonymous author s Battle with mental health and shelter bureaucracies after being discharged from a stale Hospital. The Issue also includes reminiscences about life in bos ton s West end before it was cleared for redevelopment. Other editions appeared in february and september. Nidle has personally provided most of the funding for the three issues according to the Boston Globe. The most recent edition contains Only five paid Adver Tise menu. "1 Don l want people that Are just interested in promoting the Yuppie lifestyle Nidle said. I m going to be very very selective about  a poetry Reading and blues concert monday at a Cam Bridge bar to Benefit the Magazine raised a Mere 125, Nidle said. The free subscription Magazine is largely staffed by volunteers whom Nidle met through local writers groups. He Hopes to eventually publish the Magazine monthly. It s not As hard hitting As it will be he said of the publication. It will be much More investigative Nidle staged a sit in at an automated Bonk Leller 10 Days ago to draw attention to the plight of the homeless. He said he was homeless for three weeks in 1932, when he ran out of Money in pc Scott ariz., while attending school on an artistic scholarship. Nidle took shelter with religious groups until he earned enough Money Selling painted rocks to gift stores to buy a bus ticket Home. Or. Ruth s sex guide misses a beat on rhythm new York a Ruth Westheimer Champion of goods. Good exception and Bood information has a Ead error in her sex guide for teen agers thai has prompted a recall of ally 15.000 copies. In a chapter on avoiding pregnancy the sex Hera dist Andi radio to lecturer known to her admirers ase or Ruth mistakenly tells girls that they Are least Zikel y lol pregnant at limes when they really Are most Fertile. I m very upset that thai to append " Westheimer said i immediately said on my television show and the radio that there is a Typo that we Are going to recall All the  her publisher will replace the while covered 13.50 paperback with a red covered corrected version said Barbara Uva speaking for Warner books. She was not Able to estimate How much the recall would Cost the company. The error went unnoticed for three months after bookstores received 115,000 copies of first love a Young people s guide to sexual information by West Heimer and professor Nathan Kravez. On dec. 12, librarian Ann Scarpellino of Ramsey n.j., pointed out inc mistake in chapter 10, Page 195. Which discusses the rhythm method of birth control. The Safe times Are the week before and the week of ovulation the Book reads. It should say  the publisher s spokeswoman urged individual buyers and Deulis to return the books. We Don l want the wrong edition to be in anyone s hand she said. The address for returns is Warner books 666 fifth ave., new York 10103