European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 3, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes Friday october 3,1966 study cites threat to wives of smokers Las vegas Nev. Up wives of smoke arc three times More Likely la suffer Hurt attack than women married to non smokers a researcher reported wednesday in the largest study of its kind. Or. Michael Martin of he University of California at san Francisco said at the annual Meclina of the american Public health association thai nonsmokers have to protect themselves from secondhand smoke even when a husband or wife is producing it the study conducted in collaboration with researchers from the University of. Utah investigated the medical histories of More than 7,000 non smoking women Between the Ages of 30 and 59 and found 23 of them suffered heart attacks. He said All of the heart attacks could be directly linked to cigarette smoking in the Home. Heart attacks in that age group Are not common Martin sold noting the Protection from heart attacks usually afforded women by Way of the hormone oestrogen in the bloodstream. Bui there Are Clear dangers for non smokers when they re exposed to second hand smoke and they should avoid it whenever possible he said. Martin an epidemiologist said his team compared the Rale of heart attacks in women married to smokers to that of women married to men who never smoked concluding those married to smokers suffered three limes As Many heart at tacks. The study also found wives of men who had quit smoking Al least a Yea before the study began had twice the risk of suffering a heart attack. Our findings have important Public health implications Martin said. It seems Likely that exposure to secondhand smoke hits had and continues to have a substantial detrimental effect on a vast number of  he said the study took into account such risk factors As blood pressure weight and diabetes but he emphasized heart disease is the most common Caus of death in the United Stales and smok ing May be the culprit in a Large number of cases just because a person does t smoke does t mean they can t have a heart at tack from other people s smoke he said. Passive smoking breathing in Theta Nicolate and debris produced by in other s cigarette has been demonstrated As a risk Factor for heart disease and other illnesses in several studies Over the past Tew years Martin said. The Mudy is the largest Ever to investigate the effects of secondhand smoke on the health of women. The first such study was conducted last year by the University of California at san Diego which surveyed a group of 695 women. A study sponsored by la National institutes of health is looking at thousands of married men and the effects their spouses passive smoking has on male heart attack rates. Results of that study Are expected later this year. Woman charged with fetal abuse offer baby is born brain dead san Diego a a woman whose son was bom brain dead with amphetamines in his system could face a year in jail after being charged win fetal abuse for allegedly contributing to his death by taking drugs during pregnancy. The san Diego county District attorney s office acknowledges in is entering new Legal territory but con apr Teclo Pamela Rue Stewart weeps during court appearance. Lends Pamela Rac Stewart is criminally liable for the death of her son courts have ordered tests for pregnant women sus pc cd of abusing drugs and a Michigan appellate court ruled in 1980 that parents can be cited for neglect if a baby is born addicted to drugs. However the Stewart Case is believed to be the first criminal prosecution for fell abuse. Thomas Travis Monson was born brain dead nov. 23,1985. And died Jan. 1,1986. A paediatrician notified child welfare authorities after a Mexico logical report showed the presence of amphetamines in the boy s body. Drug abuse is not the sole Issue. Deputy District attorney Harry ritas said. He said doctors diagnosed Stewart 27, As haying Placenta Pruvia a condition that can cause complications if the Placenta becomes detached from the it conc Wall prior to birth. Stewart was told by doctors to stay Olf her feet stay away from drugs and seek immediate medical attention if she began to Haemorrhage. Authorities allege the disregarded the advice. We contend that she wilfully disobeyed instructions and As a direct result the child was bom brain dead and later died Al Cajon police Terandy Narramore said. Stewart was arrested sept. 25 after she failed to respond to a warrant mailed to her Home. She was freed wednes Day on $2,500 Bond pending an oct. 8 hearing. Count authorities earlier took custody of her two daughters and placed them in Foster Homes. Stewart is charged with a Misdemeanour count of failing to provide medical treatment 10 the boy under a Section of state Law that allowed prosecutors to skirt the Issue of when a fetus becomes a human being Elias said. Part of the Section reads. A child conceived Gui not yet born is to be deemed an ensling person in so far As this Section is  Richard Doesch Stewart s court appointed attorney said the constitutionality of the Law used against his client is  said he is not trying to make an example of Stew Art. I m not trying to make a Point other than i think crime has been committed he said. Teen s death ruled homicide Des Moines Iowa a the death of a teen Ager killed when a blow from a classmate caused his artificial heart valve in tear Loose has been ruled a homicide. Or. . Wooters the Polk county medical examiner said wednesday that the blow dislodged an implanted plastic heart valve causing the death of Justin Charles Cupples 13, of Newton. We be found that the blow to the Chest did cause death Wool cars said. The heart valve was Lorn out of its position. Actually what contributed to the death was that the surgery was just a few weeks ago. Had he lived just a few More months until the Healing was Complete the blow to the Chest probably would not have killed him. Of course if he had t had a heart problem the blow to the Chest certainly would t have been serious Wooters said. If they find that he the other student knew about Charlie s heart condition be should be charged with murder As an adult Danny Cupples the boy s  in a Telephone interview Justice is going to be  Jasper county attorney John Billingsley said he would meet with police before deciding if charges should be filed. Justin who underwent heart surgery to receive the valve in August died Friday. Police said he was struck in the Chest wednesday by a 15-year-old boy while the two were at Berg Junior High school in Newton. The name of the other youth he not been released but the 15-year-old said in an interview with the pcs Moines Register earlier this week that he was not aware of Justin s heart condition. Debra Cupples Justin s Mother had said last week that she did not want the other youngster punished but said wednesday that she had changed her mind. I feel i gave the kid every Benefit of the doubt but now i be heard Loo Many stories she said. The Cupples said other parents told them they had complained earlier to school officials that the 15-year-old boy should be removed from classes because of violent behaviour. They said the older boy had been involved in two earlier fights the Day their son was struck. Stateside Mercedes Benz to raise prices by 4% in . Detroit up Mercedes Benz of North America said it will raise prices by about 4 per cent on its 1987 Model lineup. The . Distributor of the German luxury cars said the new models Range from s26.400 for thei90d i Csc Sedan or i90e Gas engine Sedan to $68.000 for the limited edition 560sec Coupe. Company spokesman Fred Chapman said the prices represent an average 4 percent Rise Over 1986 prices on a sales weighted basis. Errant Cannon Shell explodes on Highway Sandwich mass. Up National guard investigators Are baffled by an errant Cannon Shell that missed its target by More than a mile and exploded on a Cape cod Highway narrowly missing a condominium development. The Shell fired saturday afternoon from a105mm howitzer at Camp Edwards either Mal functioned or was sent off course by human error col. Donald Consolmagno spokesman for the Massachusetts National guard said tuesday. The Shell exploded about Mill afternoon sat urday in the westbound Lane of route 6, creating 2 foot wide Crater he said. No one we injured although the Shell landed within a few Hundred Yards of a posh condominium development and shrapnel from the explosion was found hundreds of Yards away he said. Maine issues warning on eating Moose Deer liver Augusta Maine up the state Bureau of Public health is warning residents to avoid eating Moose liver and to limit consumption of Deer liver because of possible cadmium contamination. Officials said poisoning from cadmium heavy Metal can result in nausea vomiting diarrhoea and cramps. The state department of in land fisheries and wildlife warned people to limit consumption of Deer liver to 0.8 pounds per Day or 1.3 pounds per week. State Lexicology is Robert Frake said be source of the cadmium in the environment is no known. He said the cadmium also accumulates in the livers and kidneys of humans. Bondsman gets 15 years for repeated drunkenness Houston a a bail Bondman United 22 limes in connection with drinking offences was sentenced to 15 years in jail and fined $7.000 i Teri judge refused to consider probation. Linna Gibbons 42, of Tomball has had seven Public intoxication arrests and is Drunken driving arrests since 1970. Seven of the Drunken diving charges were dismissed while the others resulted in probation. The is year term tic maximum Poui blender the circumstances included two five year sentences for revoked probation Suto District judge Thomas Roult ruled