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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 25, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday May 25, 1986 the stars and stripes Page 5 sen. Dole seeking re election Topeka. Kan. A Senate majority Leader Bob Dole said Fri Day that he would seek a fourth term but refused to Promise that he would serve the full six years. Dole among the leading potential contenders for the gop presidential nomination in 1988, said kansans would understand if he decides to seek the presidency i m going to run for re election with a six year term he said. I m not certain what happens in 87 and 88." earlier Friday he made the first formal declaration of his candidacy in his Home town of Russell then flew to Wichita Pittsburg Topeka and Kansas City. Dole is not expected a have any Republican opposition. Gov. John Carlin and . Rep. Dan Glickman both democrats decided not to Challenge him. Navy to establish network for donors of Bone marrow los Angeles a the Navy plans to establish a National network or 100,000 Bone marrow donors to help Doc tors treat such diseases As leukaemia and plastic anaemia As Welt us respond to a pos sible nuclear Accident an official said Fri Day. A contract Worth an estimated $450,000 for the remainder of this year and about is .2 million next year to Sot up the network is expected to be awarded in june Navy spokesman it. Stephen Pietropaoli said in Washington the Navy was instructed to establish such a network by a Senate Resolution in the tall of 1984, Pietropaoli said noting that the Navy is a Leader in blood research including radiation therapy. The network would link a do in or More regional civilian Bone marrow registries making their resources available nation wide Pietropaoli said. He denied a report published Friday in the los Angeles times quoting Navy and civilian medical sources As saying the net work was being established to help sailors in the event or a possible nuclear submarine Accident. However he said the registry could be used for that purpose. The proposal has been the subject of a vigorous debate in the Navy Tor More than is months and until recently opponents have prevailed. The nuclear Accident in the soviet Union is expected to help overcome doubts that such a system can play an important role in treating radiation victims. Vital information on Many potential do nors already exists in the Hies of blood Cen ters in key . Cities but is not available on a National basis said or. John Loans in of the Fred Hutchinson cancer Center in Seattle. We arc hoping that individual centers will participate and thereby substantially increase the number of National donors he said. We will then have a single network instead of 20 separate  or. Robert Gale the Urcla Bone mar Row expert who went to the soviet Union to help treat victims of the nuclear reactor disaster at chernobyl said such a registry could Benefit 5,000 patients annually. The Pool would consist mostly of individuals who donate platelets the blood component involved with clotting. Because platelet donation requires tissue typing these donors already have been typed. Under the Navy proposal donation Cen ters would have to ask platelet donors if they would also be willing to donate mar Row which carries a Small risk of serious complications. A Navy spokeswoman declined to discuss leading contenders for the contract but civilian medical sources said the contract will go to a consortium of the american red Cross the american association of blood dunks and the Community Council of blood centers. It is estimated there arc about 10,000 human tissue types and that a Pool of 100,000 people could accommodate about 85 percent of All prospective recipients. Mother daughter unhappy Over child support la Milwaukee a the first person ordered to pay child support under a state Law holding grandparents liable for their teen age children s offspring says it s difficult these Days to teach children right from wrong. Nowadays kids can Tell you what to do because they have the Law behind them Jean Mayberry of Beaver dam said thursday. A judge last month ordered Mayberry to pay $30 a month to support her year old grandson Brandon until her daughter turns 18 in six months. Her former husband was ordered to pay $280 a month. When Mayberry s daughter applied for Public assist Ance her single status was discovered and the family was ordered to appear in court under the new measure. Believed Only Law of its kind the order was the first to test a new Law aimed at reducing the number of teen age pregnancies. Under the measure believed to be the Only one of its kind in the nation grandparents of an infant born to unmarried minors can do forced to support the baby until the parents turn 18, get married or join the armed services. I Don t think it s right Mayberry said. Her daughter was at work thursday and there was no answer at her Home Friday but Mayberry said her daughter also is unhappy with the new Law because she probably would have received More Money under Public assistance. The father of her grandson is not a minor so his parents do not have to pay support. Mayberry said a court hearing is scheduled this week to determine if the father also should pay support. I m going to try to teach my other children right from wrong but they la do whatever they want to do anyway she said. She has three other teen age children. Election pits dead sheriff challenger with Shady past san Francisco a the san Mateo sheriffs election must be held june 3 even though one of the two candidates is dead and the other has a background that worries local authorities the California supreme court ruled Friday. The county moved to delay the election after incumbent sheriff Brendan Maguire died suddenly april 21, leaving Jim White As the Only living candidate. White 31, is a guard at the . Mint in san Francisco and a licensed private investigator. He was fired in 1979 from the Dallas county Texas sheriffs department after newspaper articles disclosed he was arrested in 1970, at the age of 15, for shoot ing a 19-year-old near his san Diego coun Jean Mayberry with photo of grandson Brandon. Difficult to teach children right from wrong Sands of time the Law is forcing More parents to talk with their Chil Dren about sex said Judy so Lac director of Public affairs and a lobbyist for planned parenthood. It s Given them a fiscal incentive to talk with their children she said. So Lac said planned parenthood offices in the state have seen a slight increase in the number of males coming with their partners to get information. They re taking More responsibility she said. That was part of the  according to figures from planned parenthood one in 10 girls aged 15 to 19 gave birth last year in Milwaukee the area of the state with the highest incidence of teen age pregnancy. The National average was half that. The grandparent liability Law was included in a 10-part measure drawn up last year by a coalition of pro Choice and anti abortion forces. The Law which went into effect Jan. I also provides increased funding for a state adoption Center and pregnancy counselling and prohibits trespassing at abortion clinics. Expected court challenges District attorney John Hartman who handled the Case in Dodge county said he had expected court Chal Lenges to the grandparent liability measure but none has been filed. That portion of the new Law expires in 1989 so lawmakers and health officials can study its effects. Barbara Lyons chief lobbyist for Wisconsin citizens concerned for life criticized the measure saying parents would pressure their daughters to have abortions. It also puts a financial Burden on the wrong people she said. Kids just Aren t real responsible she said. They re not the ones who arc going to be penalized. Their parents Are and that might even encourage some to do it to Home. The shooting victim survived his wounds and the incident was removed from White s records when he became an adult. White said earlier in the Campaign that the firing was political and that the shoot ing was in self defense. After Maguire died some san Mateo officials said they thought White lacked the qualifications for the sheriffs Job. We re worried said Burlingame police chief Fred Palmer president of the county police chiefs association. The supreme court on Friday ordered the county clerk to Seal results from the june 3 election until the 1st District court of Appeal decides White s constitutional Challenge to the election delay. In the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. May 25, 1946 an angry . Senate aroused by the soft Coal and Railroad strikes rolled toward enactment of stringent Union curbing legislation. Meanwhile the Railroad strike spread coast to coast making it impassible for millions of americans to get to or from work. 30 years ago today. May 25,1956 turkish mobs armed with clubs and stones smashed shop windows in Warnaca Cyprus in an outbreak of revenge riots against greek cypriots. 20 years ago today. May 25, 1966 militant students staged a noisy anti american and anti government demonstration in the heart of Saigon while 400 Buddhist monks and nuns stood before the . Embassy in a mute protest against . Aid to Premier Nguyen Cao by. 10 years ago today. May 25, 1976 the first two concorde to Fly commercially into the United states swept into Washington s Dulles International Airport after beating the Sun across the Atlantic  
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