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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 9, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes thursday. October 9,1983 Garn daughter to Start Organ donation drive Washington a sen Jake Garn who gave one of his kidneys to his daughter said wednesday icy will launch an Effort to encourage americans to donate their organs after death. There Are tens of thousands of people out there dying writing for hearts wailing for kid Neys wailing for Corneas. So sue and i Are both going to work at encouraging people to be do nors to give the gift of life after they be gone/1 Corn a Utah said in an interview on Abc to s today  s3, and Hii daughter Susan gain Home 27, were interviewed by three network news shows wednesday Gam from Salt Lake City and Home from Mclean  at Georgetown University Hospital in Washington removed Gam s kidney sept. 10 and transplanted it into Home whose own kid Neys were failing because of diabetes. Epa bans pesticide because of health risks Washington up the government ordered an immediate Tan on use of the Pesti cide Dino j tuesday citing risks of birth de reels and  environmental Protection Agency said the offspring of pregnant women exposed to i nose during its application to soybeans Cotton and other crops arc in danger of suffering birth defects especially if the women Are exposed Early in  farm workers May risk so trility from ensure to Din Oseb during its application in the Fields the Epa  dangerous routes of exposure Are inhalation and skin absorption by people who apply the pesticide Epa administrator Lee Thomas said in ordering the emergency suspension. An emergency suspension is the strongest a lion available to inc Agency under Federal Pesti cide Laws. Super glue being tested in delicate Eye surgery Washington a surgeons who use everything from laser beams to Frozen probes for read Ching Retinas to eyeballs soon May have another option a super glue. Researchers from Duke University in Durham n.c., said tuesday they have developed a Way fusing a medical Grade variation of commercial super glues for inc delicate Eye surgery. Although the method Slit is experimental they said it has successfully been used in cases where conventional treatment failed to Rea Liach Retinas. Or. Brooks w. Mccurn said gluing Loose Retinas the Light sensitive layers covering the Back of Eye balls resulted in Bonds to the Eye thai were twice As Strong As with conventional treatment we found that in 12 of our 17 patients we could achieve retinal Eraitt Cement with retinal gluing where other techniques had failed Mccurn said and that this reattachment persisted for Al Leal six months after the  new treatment of d for severe psoriasis Washington Dpi a new treatment was approved tuesday for the most severe and disfiguring forms of psoriasis but government officials warned that the drug can produce serious Side effects including severe birth defects. The food and drug administration said Clini Cal Lelu showed the drug Etrel Nate a Chemi Cal relative of Vitamin a could help patients suffering from the two forms of the disease Latare most difficult to treat Crytle Roderic psoriasis and Pustular  Agency said about 80,000 americans whose psoriasis does not respond to any other treatment May be candidates for Etrel Nate. However the Agency warned Palien can develop such complications As liver damage an symptoms of Vitamin a toxicity including Bone and join pain skin rash and hair  who become pregnant while taking it retinal risk bearing children with Gross abnormalities of the head and brain and Mal formed limbs the Fra did. United to pay $37 million in sex discrimination Case Chicago a a sex discrimination ate against United airlines was settled tuesday for $37million, ending a 20-year Battle Over a Rale that forced female flight attendant to resign if they got married . District judge James b. Moian gave final approval to the settlement of the class action lawsuit in which 1.72s women forced to quit contended Hal the Rule violated their civil rights. Some flight attendants testified tuesday they opposed the settlement because it did not adequately address some pension and seniority issues. But Thom As meites a lawyer for the attendants asked for final approval anyway saying the Deal is inc most realistic settlement we could get.". While not everyone would be satisfied with the Deal it was the fairest thai could be reached Given the number of plaintiffs and the length of the litigation males said. The airline was pleased to have the Issue resolved said United spokesman Charles Novak. It s been a very Long Case for us he  gave tentative approval to the settlement m july and ordered attorneys to Send notices to the women involved in the lawsuit United agreed to pay More than $37 million in Backway to some of the women included in the class action lawsuit and to reinstate 47s flight attendants. About 400 night Allend ants have resumed 10 Woik because of the the settlement Al of provides for seniority and pen non adjustment. The Case one of the nation s oldest and most com ilex sex discrimination Case began Wilh a comp jail 1 tiled before the equal employment oppor Tirail Corn Mission in 1966 by flight attendant Mary props who i resigned Over the no marriage  commission found probable cause that the airline had violated Ibe civil rights act of 1m4. Sprogis the filed a Federal Dir imitation lawsuit in 1968 after United hired 48 single men As ilium attendants and allowed them to stay on the Job when they married the lawsuit led to , District judge Joseph Sam Perry 1970 ruling thai the marriage ban a illegal. Later that year the class action la Jiuu was filed and consolidated with the Sprogis Case. But Legal wrangling Between United Ana lawyers Tor the night attendants nailed the Case until both sides agreed to negotiate about two years ago. F when the tentative settlement was announced m july United officials said the agreement ended a Battle thai stemmed from a practice that had been corrected to be in tune with the  in the 1960s, when the marriage ban was in effect airlines believed that male business travellers were lured to Hying by single stewardesses. United had dropped the manage Rule in 1968. Man leaps from rented plane in apparent suicide at Las vegas Las vegas Nev. A police said wednesday that a Man who plunged from an air plane Al 10,000 feel Wilh video cameras rolling was performing _8"stunt," but a body was found in the desert dressed in a White dinner jacket like the jumper. He just opened up the door on the right Side of the plane and just fell out of the plane said Charlotte Richards a notary who was Silling next to the Man when he jumped late monday. She said she had called the Man on inc Back and was fairly certain be was t wearing a Parachute under his jacket. The body found wednesday in a rugged desert area was wearing a White dinner jacket said a Las vegas homicide officer sgt Ted Rosen. He said there was some ribbon looking stuff near the body but not enough to be a  Rosen said a car parked along a Road two or three Miles away had iwo flashlights aimed up into the air through the Windshield and a map of Las vegas was spread across inc front Seal. We think ibis was the spot he was jumping to Rosen said. The Man who had identified himself As a German doctor jumped from the Small plane late monday mid Way Between Las vegas and Hoover dam. I used to Skydive and this Guy appeared to know what he was doing said John Mendonca one of two cameramen hired to record the flight. The Man was identified As Joe harms. 35. Rich Ards said he showed her a German passport. We Are convinced he did this thing As a stunt a spokesman for the us vegas police it. Paul Conner said wednesday from watching videotape of the incident we fed this Guy was some Type of of an enter Tainer. He conducted himself thai Way. It s our opinion it was some Lype of a publicly  he refused to Lei reporter watch the videotapes. Conner said a Man identifying himself As Harrns had called various members of the news Media during the past week asking them to go along on a plane Deto film a Story. He said people declined when the caller refused to elaborate on his plans. Then the Man hired the Pilot Richards and the video cameramen to accompany him. Mendonca said the Man hassled the camera Crew and Pilot Over the Cost of their services yet appeared to have about $3,000 in Cash and travellers checks. Anybody trying to commit suicide would t have had All this Money and been so cheap with the photo graph is and the air plane people Mendonca Laid. Richards who owns a wedding Chapel where actress Joan Collins was married said wednesday she went along on the ride thinking the Man might be planning a Surprise wedding. His face was the last thing t saw going Down she said beginning to sob. "1 made an attempt to grab him. It All went  said the Man conducted a Brief ceremony in front of the plane before the Craft took off. He had everyone til in certain placet she re called. We took off and he was looking out of the plane continuously. Then he sat Down Narf took off his watch and handed it to me. The next thing i know he said will you Many me after a moment he said 1 Don t know if i he enough time he just sort of opened the door and fun out of the  Pilot resumed to the Airport where the few were interviewed by police and official of the Federal aviation Anu nitration. Navy sending rabbi to Iceland Summitt a. A ft.�4.j of Washington a the Navy ii lending a rabbi to Iceland for the superpower Summit to conduct services during the jewish High holy Days it cmdr. Arnold Resnicoff who leaches at the Navy s chaplain school in Newport r.i., said in a Telephone interview tuesday that he win of to Reykjavik to conduct weekend services. The White House asked the Navy to dispatch a rabbi to Iceland because apparently none resides on the Island in the North Atlantic Resnicow said. The meeting Between president Reagan and soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev hastily arranged Hist week Falls during the holiest period of the jewish year. The High holy Days began last Friday night with Rosa has Hanah. The jewish new year. Torn kippur the Day of atonement and the holiest Day for jews begins at Sundown on oct 12, few bom after Rea Gan is scheduled to return to to United state Reagan and Gorbachev will hold three ski of Lun Over two Days. In Iceland Resnicoff said he will conduct Soto atm ices on saturday and Yorn of optic Lente. The Ido Wurf Day for people who remain in Reykjavik Fler Kef Leavi  the site for the services has not been announced. Bal Resnicoff said Ibey probably will be her the Tite of us talks Roucoff us the trip will have pesto Benifica Neeli during Usu with Gorbachev. Reagan by be win bring up human rights issues presumably a Sov Fol  to How jew to emigrate a Fol  
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