European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 10, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes Friday january 10, 1986 military spouses gain in Federal jobs by Clint Swift Washington Bureau Washington the number of military spouses who win direct appoint ments to government jobs in the United Slater after working overseas will nearly double again this year to possibly As Many us 4,000. If a trend continues Federal government statistics show. The number of spouses who worked in appropriated fund jobs abroad and went to the cud of the line for civil service positions when they went Home was 1,394 from july 1, 1984, la last june 30. Accord ing to office of personnel management figures in the previous 12 months the number had been 022. The year before that it was401, the appointments have been possible Sintic May 192, when president Reagan issued an executive order authorizing them. In 1982, pm estimated As Many As 20,000 spouses of . Government employees might be working in qualifying Federal jobs overseas. The department had no More recent figure. Direct appointment Means the spouses were Able to bypass the com Pel it ivc idling and ranting process said de Mchugh. On pm staffing specialist. The order said that to be eligible spouses must have been appointed to an appropriated fund Job abroad after Jan. I 1980 under local hire rules. Completed 24 months in the Job and earned at least a satisfactory rating. Been a member of the family of a civilian government employee or service member accompanied the sponsor on an official assignment overseas and i cd there while holding the Job. The spouse must seek the direct appointment in the United states within two Yean of returning. The order counts Guam us overseas. The twice ism led to the order is relatively new. In 1970. Only about Ono in three Mili tary wives work ii outside the Home mall ugly said. Ten years later Hal did. Working military spouses face ail me regular problems in finding and keeping m Jab compounded by the requirement to relocate every Woor three years he said. Mchugh said Federal employment has been particularly attractive to military spouses because it allows them career continuity they can plug in to available civilian jobs at each new duty station the problem is that most military or foreign service personnel spend half their careers outside the United states. Local hire jobs Are non competitive so they Don t Lead to civil service career status. A military wife could work for three 10 five years for the army in Germany and yet on returning to the United Stales be unable to qualify directly for a civil serv ice Job Mchugh said. She would have to lace the mis and pet on the civil Scruta Register As if she had never worked for he Federal govern ment before he said. Studies have shown that opportunities for spouse employment Are playing an increasingly important role in decisions whether to re enlist. The largest number of spouses Bene fiting from the program a pc been spouses of army members 1,729 during the three years. There were 727 air Force and 161 Navy spouses who took advantage of it. That is in rough proportion to the strengths of the services overseas Accord ing to defense department figure As suming that a Large number of sailors Are assigned to ships and Are not accompanied by their families. Defense spouses accounted for 95 per cent of the government employee spouses benefiting from the executive order. Rules tightened for artificial heart implants Washington a artificial heart implants can continue but Only with Case bypass government approval and new monitoring and reporting restrictions the food and drug administration Aid wednesday. The Fra said it has adopted the recommendations of a government advisory panel that last month proposed new restriction be imposed because of a history of strokes and complications among the four patients who have received artificial hearts the Agency said it has advised by Rubion inc. Of sail Lake City manufacturer of Lac Jarvik-7 artificial heart of the new require ments. New research guidelines Are being drafted and must be approved by the Fra before the next implant of an artificial heart. The new restrictions include reports every three months on each patient receiving the Jarvik-7 As a permanent replace ment heart and Fra approval for each operation based on the Success of the previous operation. The new rules apply Only to permanent artificial heart implants not to so called Bridge implants intended to temporarily replace irreparably damaged hearts until a natural heart for transplant can be found. The full size Jarvik to is authorized for use As a Bridge implant at three . Medi Cal centers and the new regulations do not apply to that use. But in a related move the Fra advised symbiont that no farther Bridge implants of a smaller version of the Jarvtk-7 heart can be attempted Evert in lire threatening emergencies until the Agency can review data on the Small heart and approve human testing of the device. The smaller version is still experimental because of a Lack of data on How its 30 percent smaller size affects blood flow and whether the change might damage blood elements the Fra said. The smaller heart was used in an Emer gency implant in Minneapolis last month in which Mary Lund 40, of Kensington minn., became the world s first female recipient of an artificial heart. The Fra said it had approved that implant in accordance with Genera guidelines allowing a Tingle emergency use. However it said symbiont must apply for and receive approval before attempting n second eme gency use. This provision protect patients from widespread me of an unproven device be fore Adeo Uale Laboratory and animal data Are developed and submitted the Fra said. The Fra four years ago authorized or. Nose Spray made from interferon can prevent colds researchers say Boston a a nose Spray nude from the human hormone interferon is the first treatment to protect people from catching he common cold Ana it May someday became a routine weapon against this pervasive woe researchers Jay. Two new studies found that the Spray is highly potent against rhinovirus by far the most frequent cause of colds when people use it at Home. It can prevent nearly to percent of All Coldi caused by this variety of virus. The Spray was powerless against other germs such As the influenza virus that also cause cold symptoms. But despite this shortcoming those who used the Pray suffered 1n percent fewer colds Overall than those who did not. This is to our knowledge the first instance where it has been possible under natural Field conditions to show Preven Tion of transmission of cold in the House hold said or. Frederick g. Hayden. Earlier attempts at using interferon against the cold produced annoying stuffiness one of the symptoms research ers were trying to prevent and those taking the treatment suffered More cold like miseries that those who did t in the two new studies reported in thursday s new England journal of Medicine the interferon Spray was not used to cure the common cold Only to prevent it. However Hayden is conduct ing another study to see if it does any Good once a person comes Down with a cold. The sprays Are not yet on the Market. Sch ring corp., which produced the interferon used in the two studies has applied for approval from the food and drug administration to sell it As a prescription drug. The treatment was tested by Hayden and colleagues at the University of Vir Ginia and by a team headed by or. Rob Ert m. Douglas at the University of Adelaide in Australia the results of the two experiments were nearly identical and the australian group said its work pro Vides convincing evidence of interferon s benefits against the common cold the remarkable thing about these two studies is their near duplication of data in two completely Independent trials con ducted on to continents. Thus we can be confident of the data or. C. Gordon Douglas or. Of new York Hospital Cor Nell medical Center wrote in an accompanying editorial. In an attempt to avoid interferon s Side effects the researchers gave the Medicine in higher dosages Over a Shorter period of time than in previous studies. The strategy worked and about 10 percent had minor nasal bleeding Bill no other symptoms. Hayden said More research will be Nec Essary to learn if the sprays Are Safe for people with breathing disorders such As asthma i do think that in the Long run once we understand what the optimal dosing schedule is it will have a role in prevent ing colds in otherwise healthy adults he Schering officials declined to say How much the Spray will Cost. Because of the competitive situation we dont wish to disclose our marketing strategies said spokesman Linn Weiss. But we believe that eventually we will be Able to provide an affordable treat map of common cold if treated vigorously will go of i Sereti Days whereas if left different William Duvries to implant seven Perma nent Jarvik-7 hearts. He has completed four operations on Barney Clark in de Cember 1982 willium Schroeder in no vember 1984 Murray Haydon in february 1985 and Jack Burcham in april 1985. Clark and Burcham have diet Burchin after Only 10 Days. Schroeder and Haydon Are alive but have suffered serious complications including debilitating strokes and internal bleeding and clotting. The serious problems with the heart prompted an Fra scientific advisory pane to Convene last year to consider whether tie implant program should continue through the remaining three implants or whether the first four proved that the risks out weighed the potential benefits. After hearing a Day of testimony the panel recommended that the Fra allow die next three implants to go Forward but Only under the new monitoring rules. Hews update actress Judy Carne asks for jury trial Northampton England a British actress Judy cams has chosen to be tried by jury on drug charges. Came 46, former wife of american film Star Burt Reynolds is charged with possessing cocaine marijuana and amphetamines on oct. 10. Magistrates in Northampton North of London adjourned her Case for i m weeks. Came was released on bail of si0,000 and ordered to stay at her Home nearby. The actress Rose to Fame in the 1960s with the american to show laugh in in which she delivered the line sock it to  siamese twins die Houston a ten Day old siamese twin girls died after at tempts to separate them failed two hours into he operation. Texas Chil Dren a Hospital officials say. The girls who developed evens breathing difficulties tuesday night were taken said emergency surgery it 7 15 pin and died at 9 30 a not Bald Hospital spokeswoman Joan London. Doctors hoped to save at least Ono of Tho twins who were connected from the breastbone to the umbilical Cord London said. They had Sepa rate hearts but shared a liver. Hospital officials followed the family i wishes and did not identify the parents or say where they lived