European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 15, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page the stars and stripes Friday August 5,1986 Federal firefighters converge on 5 states by the associated pre helicopters air tankers and planes ferrying Crews converged on the Northwest As 90 percent of he nation s Federal fire fighters headed for the Battle against lightning sparked blazes on 345,000acres in five states. In Idaho gov John Evans declared a slate or extreme emergency wednesday As Crews worked to save 70 Homes threat ened by a fire 40 Miles North of Boise. Firefighters in Utah turned to newer blazes after declaring the 7,000-Acrc Hose Lay fire in West Central Utah under control wednesday night. The Laze got its name because rugged terrain made it impossible to bring water tank ers close so hoses were dragged to the fire lines. It s looking very Good. We be pulled everyone off there except the engines said Bert Hart a spokesman for the fed Cral Bureau of land management. Dur ing the Day the humidity was up and the winds were Down and that helped immensely. They have no fear of it getting away  about 13,500 firefighters All but 10percent of the nation s Federal Force Nave been joined by thousands of sup port personnel in fighting hundreds of blazes ignited by lightning in the past week in Idaho Oregon Montana Utah and Nevada according to the Boise in Ter Agency fire Center the nation s fire command Post. The Federal aviation administration set up temporary air control towers in Orangeville and Mccall Idaho and Ina Grande and Pendleton ore., to Han dle All the traffic. The Grangeville Airport was Over whelmed by the increase said Faa spokesman Dick Meyer in Seattle. Its Normal operations include about 50 Lake outs and landings in a Day. Today they re Landing and taking offence every three i units. A helicopter lifts b water bag it a staging area near Garden Valley Idaho wednesday to join the fight against Forest fires of thaa for ground transportation the . Forest service in Pond Luton appealed wednesday for privately owned four wheel drive trucks and Drivers to move firefighters Between Camps and the fire lines. The Agency offered to pay Drivers $7.50 an hour but it warned they should be prepared to spend up to a week in the Camps spokeswoman Kathy Campbel said. In Idaho where 100 lightning sparked blazes scorched 165,000 acres since Sun Day the governor sent National guard troops and trucks to help 2,600 firefight ers. The Crews said wednesday night thru they had contained a  Elazenear Goodrich about 60 Miles North of Boise. But firefighters still contended with sleep terrain and heavy Timber i battling a Complex of about 20 fires Bur Ning Over 3,800 acres near Garden Val Ley. Three Homes in the area were evacuated tuesday night but others remained threatened an estimated $30 million in Commer Cial Timber was endangered by the Idaho blazes. Firefighters used a hand held computer to help them plot strategy against the fires. In Oregon 175 fires were burning nearly the length of the state East of the Cascade mountains in the Wallowa Whitman Maheur and Umatilla nation Al forests the . Forest service said. It s big said Oregon gov Vic Atych whose state has lost 105,000 acres to fire since sunday. It s big and it s scattered almost 600 firefighters in North ecu iral Nevada got the upper hand wednes Day in a three Day Battle against two Range fires that consumed 20,000 acres of Brush. The Progress would free 300 of the firefighters for duty in Idaho and Oregon said blk spokesman Bob Neary. In Montana rain and cooler weather helped firefighters against a series of for est and Range fires. The largest Blaze about 25 Miles Southwest of Miles City had consumed about 900 acres of grass land by wednesday night. Reagan personally authorized intervention . Secures re ease of sex Green beef from Vietnam Washington up president Reagan pet tonally authorized . Efforts to obtain the release from Vietnam of former Green Beret Robert Schwab 111, despite a general consensus that he drowned at sea in an attempt to liberate his vietnamese Girlfriend a White House spokesman said thursday Schwab 43, of Atlanta sailed from the Philippines in a Small Sailboat in april 1985, and was released this week to the personal custody of Richard children director of asian affairs for the National Security Council White House spokesman Larry speak Essaid. The president is pleased that or. Schwab has been released Speakes said. We Are gratified thai the government of Vietnam has worked with us in effecting his return to the United slates and have particular Praise for or. Schwab s family who have worked closely and effectively with us for Over a  spokes said that after his family reported him miss ing in june 1985, the United states undertook a fruit less search and Rescue Mission in the South China sea then pursued diplomacy to find Schwab. Nobody else thought he was alive the general consensus was he was at the Bottom of the South Chinakea said spokesman Dan Howard. It was Learned he was in vietnamese custody in late May speak Essaid. Given the president s Strong interest in ail missing americans or. Childress was directed to pursue this Case with High level vietnamese officials both in Hanoi and new York and other initiatives As necessary Speakes said. He has been working closely with  s family and also sought the help of private voluntary agencies asked about the unusual intensity of the govern ment Effort to locate Schwab whose motive was de scribed by Speakes As essentially a personal matter the chief while House spokesman said the president sets the policy. The president did so in this Case personally authorizing the search and the involvement of one of his lop aides Speakes refused to describe the personal Circum stances or reveal the Fate of the woman although he said Schwab flew out of to Chi Minn City with Chil dress alone. Childress met with Deputy foreign minister hoax Gutch son in new York May 30 this year and with son and foreign minister Nguyen co Thach in Hanoi in july to arrange Schwab s release. Heavy exercise found to lower men s sex drive Boston up men who exercise intensely appear to experience a drop in the production of Hor Mones involved in their Potency Fertility and sex drive scientists reported wednesday. A new study conducted at the University of Michi Gan medical Center involving six Marathon runners found for the first time that heavy exercise has an effect on the production of certain hormones in men. Female runners Ballet dancers and other women who exercise heavily Are known to experience a drop in the female hormone oestrogen frequently causing them to Stop menstruating. While the women s oestrogen Levels usually return to Normal and they begin menstruating again if they re Duce their exercise the condition has been linked to a deterioration of their Bones. Previous studies had found no similar effect in men. While Hie new study found there was a change in hormone output none of the men in the study reported any sexual problems and no decrease in the male equivalent of oestrogen testosterone was found. But the researchers said none of the men s sperm counts was measured. Longer More detailed studies Are needed to evaluate whether exercise at different Levels could affect testosterone Levels they said. A woman s oestrogen level May be More sensitive to exercise than a Man s testosterone level because females have menstrual cycles that Are More Likely to be influenced by changes in their bodies the researchers said. They were Uncertain whether the amount of exercise an average Man gets would affect the hormonal system significantly but they said men who suddenly in creased their exercise to intense Levels could potentially experience an Efleta. We do not know whether running 10 Miles per week or 20 Miles per week would do the same  said or. Ariel Barkan who reported the findings in the new England journal of Medicine.  if we look very carefully we May find similar abnormal time 1 the scientists were also Uncertain Why exercise affects hormone Levels. It appears part of the brain called the hypothalamus sends a signal to the pituitary Guia the pituitary gland produces two key sex hormones the Luteijn lying hormone which stimulates the production of testosterone and the follicle stimulating hormone which stimulates the production of sperm. While previous studies had failed to find an Impact of exercise on male hormones the University of Mich Igan researchers suspected the earlier studies were flawed because they relied on single blood samples. In the new study the researchers compared the male Marathon runners who had been running Between 80 and 120 Miles each week with 13 in who did not exercise intensively. The researchers took a series oxblood samples while they rested and while they exer  measuring the Tutei Niziul and follicle stimulating hormones the researchers found a significant decrease in a hormone known As Gonadotropin releasing Hor Mone is used by the Hypoli Jamus to trigger the Pitu