European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 7, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday april 7, 1986 the stars and stripes Page 5 joint  Effort urged of tight cancer Washington a former president Richard Nixon on saturday called on the United states and the soviet Union to fight together in the War against cancer. The soviet Union and the United states should be allies in the War against disease and particularly against cancer Nixon said. In a speech to the annual meeting of the association of Community cancer centers in Washington Nixon said medical discoveries Are not limited by National boundaries and they should never be limited by National  the organization gave Nixon an award for his contribution to Community cancer care citing his support for cancer research during his presidency. Whatever the country is whatever its system we should cooperate in attacking disease generally and particularly cancer Nixon said. Nixon said while the two nations have particularly deep differences and interests totally opposed to each other the United states and the soviet Union share a foe in cancer. Nixon said he was deeply moved by the cancer deaths of a number of friends which led him in 1971 to sign into Law the National cancer act making the fight against the disease a National priority. Federal spending on cancer research since that time has risen from $230 million a year to $1.25 billion today Nixon said. Nixon described the last time he saw former Secretary of state John Foster Dulles on May 20,. 1959 at Walter Reed Hospital where Dulles was suffering from terminal cancer. Nixon said he asked Dulles about what he should say to soviet Leader Nikita Khrushchev at their meeting the Fol lowing month in Moscow. Dulles responded what you must try to do is not simply to try to convince him we Are for peace your primary goal must be to convince him that he cannot win a  it was the Best advice i received prior to that trip Nixon said adding four Days later John Foster Dulles was  Nixon s former White House Secretary Rose Mary Woods who last december underwent an operation for lung cancer also attended saturday s luncheon. She spoke highly of recent advances in cancer treatment. I think they re fantastic she said. I Don t even have to take any treatments. So i think it is marvelous and i Hope it All works for  the association of Community cancer centers was founded in 1974, and now includes Over 300 Community and University institutions providing cancer care across the country. In closing remarks Nixon told the group of cancer specialists by the end of this Century it is my Hope and my prayer that our Conquest of cancer could be our great est  up photo a comforting piece of equipment Karen Stolfus and son Kerre Demon Strate the use of a special Pillow that prevents smoke inhalation. The smoke Stop 70 Pillow was introduced at a red Cross conference on earthquake hazards in san Francisco last week. It works by filtering the dense air of a burning Structure for up to 40 minutes. Is Spring break Worth it residents Aren t so sure fort Lauderdale Fla. Up Spring break officially ended sunday with businessmen and residents pondering whether Revenue from the annual College Bash is Worth the damage noise and frivolity. Forget it you can t take it around Here. It s too noisy said Mary Pieroni 74, who lives in a High Rise condominium near the beachfront where thousands of students from the Eastern half of the1 nation flock during the Spring break from classes. We re taking a hard look at Spring break revenues and damages to see if it would be worthwhile next year  accept students said Michael Nanosky manager of the Lauderdale surf hotel. He was charged with violating fire Laws and had his hotel shut Down for two Days after students trashed the fire alarm system. The system was repaired but Drunken hotel guests cooped inside because of stricter liquor Laws and rain kept ripping fire alarm boxes from the Walls. Nanosky said they caused More than $50,000 damage. Police made 2,280 arrests Between feb. 21 and Friday on the two mile Long strip. Police spokesman Ott be find said nearly All of the arrests were for misdemeanours mostly drinking in Public disorderly con 4,100 pounds of cocaine Cash seized by police in California and Mexico los Angeles a police and Federal agents Friday seized 1,700 pounds of cocaine with an estimated Street value of $500 million three Days after a bust in Tijuana Mexico netted 2,400 pounds of the drug authorities said saturday. Officers also seized $700,000 in Cash in Friday night s raid in Placentia in Orange county. The cocaine believed destined for los Angeles was 90 percent pure and of colombian origin Ted Hunter special agent with the Federal drug enforcement administration said. But police chief Daryl Gates said the raids in which 10 people were arrested in Placentia and eight in Mexico will do Little to take the drug off the Street. It will slow it Down a Little but there s so much in storage waiting to get Here he said at a news conference with Hunter. The 10 people arrested were booked for investigation of possessing cocaine for Sale and bail for each was set at $4 million. Police commander William Booth said the seizure was the largest in state history. The bust in Tijuana made by mexican Federal police was described by authorities As the largest cocaine seizure on North America s West coast. Dea agents Esti mated that haul s value at $331 million. Gates said demand for cocaine and a shift in drug smuggling from Southern Flor Ida to Southern California was responsible for the increased trafficking in the Region. He said Colombia must share the blame for presence of the cocaine and called Colombia an enemy nation that allows this stuff to be grown and  the largest seizure of cocaine in . History 3,243 pounds took place at the Miami Airport in March 1982. 5 middies ousted for sexual misconduct Annapolis my. A six naval Academy midshipmen including one woman have been convicted of misconduct for having sex in a dormitory room and five have been ousted from school an Academy spokesman said. One of the midshipmen a male fresh Man was allowed to remain at the Academy after convincing officials he was pressured into participating in the dec. 15 incident at Bancroft Hall the Academy dormitory according to a report saturday in the Annap Olis capital. The freshman midshipman however lost some leave time and received demerits spokesman it. Cmdr. Stephen Clawson said. Navy regulations forbid sexual relations at Bancroft Hall just As it s prohibited aboard Navy ships in which men and women May live and work in close proximity Clawson said. What was going on dec. 15 would not have been sexual misconduct if it had been off Campus he said. Bancroft Hall houses about 4,200 men and 350 women. Women were first admitted to the Academy in 1976. One of the students told officials about the incident in february Clawson said leading to administrative hearings at which each was found guilty. Clawson would not reveal the nature of the incident but said the Academy consid ered the activity a serious breach of the Academy s conduct code. The Academy would not identify the Stu dents involved. Four of the five expelled including the woman were juniors and the other was a Sophomore. Duct and Public indecency. Of the seven Spring break fatalities in Florida in March two were in fort Lauder Dale. One student plunged to his death from a fire Balcony at a hotel and one student died when she was thrown from a motorcycle when it hit a car. Still most everyone agreed this year s Bash was More orderly than last year s. It was night and Day said Cefkin. Last year s Spring break was just a total Nightmare. This Spring break by compari son was rather pleasant. Even  Cefkin attributed the Lull to a new Law prohibiting drinking on the strip where mobs of students last year staggered around drunk urinating in Public and covering the streets with trash. The Beach looked like a garbage dump. The bars were packed and wild shows were going on he said. The crowds also were smaller this year. Assistant City manager Bob Baldwin said 350,000 students poured into the strip in 1985 while less than 300,000 rolled in this year. He said a parking ban along the Beach kept traffic moving smoothly. Portable toilets reduced the number of vacationers who relieved themselves in Public and there was less litter. Bob Gour manager of the Holiday inn Oceanside said although his 213-room hotel was usually full occupancy was Down slightly from 1985. He blamed the unusually frequent Rains and the City crackdown for the decline. Sands time in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today april 7, 1946 a Geisha girl s tip led to the discovery of two truckloads of pre Cious metals and ingots Worth $2 million. The treasure was found in the mud of Tokyo Bay. 30 years ago today april 7, 1956 America s Best basketball players were chosen for the 956 . Olympic team at Melbourne austra Lia. Bill Russell 6-foot-10 Center of the col lege All stars and Chuck Darling 6-foot-9 hero of the Phillips oilers headed the group of 12 stars. 20 years ago today. April 7, 1966 prime minister Nguyen Cao by fighting to keep his government from falling agreed to pull the vietnamese marines out of Danang As a first step toward solving the political crisis without unnecessary bloodshed. 70 years ago today. April 7,1976 Houston s chief medical examiner has ordered an autopsy on billionaire Howard Hughes who died two Days earlier on an emergency medical flight from his mexican hideaway to his Texas Birthplace