European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 22, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and St Lopes. Saturday november 22.1986 thanksgiving plans cooking at Dod Washington a Haw does the defense department get ready Tor thanksgiving by purchasing More than 8 million pounds of Turkey and 2 million pounds of Ham of course. The Pentagon releasing its men plans Tor a traditional thanksgiving meal said thursday it had purchased More than 4 million pounds of Turkey for resale in military commissaries around the world and almost 4.2 million Pound for preparation in troop dining facilities and aboard ships at sea. Almost 950,000 pounds of Ham was purchased for resale in commissaries along with almost 1.4 million pounds for in House preparation. For troop dining facilities in Europe and the Middle East military personnel will have a Chance to consume 39,486 pumpkin pies. S.s92 minced meat pie Sand 23,612 fruitcakes. Dining facilities inside the United states have locked up on 27,710 pounds of ingredients for fruitcakes. The traditional menu beyond the Ham and Turkey shrimp cocktail bread dressing mashed potatoes candied Sweet potatoes Cranberry sauce Parsley buttered carrots Brussels sprouts Spring salad Cole Slaw Rolls and assorted fresh fruit. That will be followed by pumpkin an minced meat pies with whipped Cream fruitcakes mixed nuts and assorted can Dies. Poupart it panicles make for great eating and the Sticks make for great building. Just ask Erick Davidson 12, of Aloha ore., Winner at woman s Day Magazine s up photo Popsicle stick Art contest. His Fenris wheel is made of 308 at Clu Lumpectomy 37% More expensive than Mastectomy researchers say a tip i in t 11 n a  a i ay4n-bl a or visa ii in if stiff him to 3 Ftp Flidr Colht  a radiation treat ment that usually follows removal of a breast cancer Lump drives the Cost several thousand dollars higher than the Cost of removing an entire breast researchers say. For the treatment of potentially curable breast cancer the total charges for Lump Zolomy including radiation therapy were 37 percent More expensive than for Mastectomy re searcher said in a study of 79 patients undergoing one of the two proce dures during 1983-84 at Long Island jewish medical Center in new York. Lumpe Tomies had a mean Cost of $ 14,176, including Hospital charge Doc Tor Bills and radiation while mastectomies had a mean Cost of j10,345, the researchers reported in the november Issue of the american medical association s archives of surgery. Lumpectomy is rapidly gaining acceptance because in Many cases it can save lives without the disfigurement of Mastectomy said or. Eric Munoz head of Suney research at the medical Center Aad Lead author of the study. One in 20 women will develop breast cancer during her life and half of those will die from it according to the Ameri can medical association. La san Francisco on thursday re searchers from is countries met to Dis cuss breast cancer treatment. Or. Roberto Coriani director of John Muir Hospital s cancer and aging re search Institute in California said genetic engineering Offen Brilliant possibilities for treating the disease which kills 40,000 american women a year. He said Progress is coming so fast that it should be known within five years whether genuine cures for cancer Are in the offing about 500,000 people will undergo breast cancer surgery this year in the United states and probably 100,000 will have Lumpe Tormes Munoz said in a Telephone interview wednesday. By 1990, be said As Many As half the breast cancer operations will be Lumpe to Mien. Except for the Lump s removal Lum Pec Tomies leave the breast intact. Doc ton then usually order radiotherapy the aiming of a rays or radioactive materials at the area around Ute tumor site to de stroy clusters of tumor cell too Small to be seen and removed surgically. In Mastectomy doctors remove the entire breast a major Chest muscle and Lymph glands in the armpit to try to be sure of eliminating All the cancer. The study s finding could be of concern to the millions of people who belong to health maintenance organizations which have a financial incentive to perform Mastectomy even Hough Lura Pentomy May be better for the patient Munoz said pm or. Arnold Widen a Northwest Ern University medical school associate professor and medical director of an hmm disputed thai. There is an enormous amount of medical literature that indicates mos do not practice inferior care Widen said thursday. Research so far indicates Moi pro vide at least equal care and in som cases better care than fee fomer vice Medicine added Widen medical director of an hmm providing services to 68,000 Chicago ares people. Munoz said proposed changes in med icare could also give an incentive to Pri vate practice doctors to do mastectomies by establishing a set amount the Federal government would pay for treating breast cancer. The defense personnel support Cen Ter in Philadelphia said this week that Kosher poultry products May be unavailable at military commissaries for the thanksgiving Holiday. A strike at he brew National which supplies the Region with Kosher Duck Chicken and Turkey has prevented the shipment the Center said. A supplier in Israel has agreed to sup ply the commissaries with Kosher Chick in and Turkey but they were unable 10 guarantee delivery before dec i. Panel oks restarting of nuke Plant Washington a the nuclear regulatory commission voted unanimously Friday to authorize the re opening of an Ohio nuclear Plant closed for nearly 18 months after extensive breakdowns of safety related equipment. The commission approved the restart 5-0 after praising improvements at the Plant located 23 Miles East of Toledo on the Lake Erie Shore. There s been an example set Hen and a Standard for getting a Plant out of Trou ble commissioner Fred Bernthal told officials of Toledo Edison co., which runs the Plant. Bernthal and others said they were impressed by the Utility s si67 million in vestment in maintenance engineering training and other programs and a commitment to make an additional $90 Mil lion in improvements alter this year. We have More than adequate Confidence that this Plant is in fact ready said Victor Stella the commission executive director of operations. We think it has the potential to be one of the Best performing  Joseph Williams vice president of the Utility said the Plant schedule Calls for nuclear reaction on dec. 16 and Power production two Days Laler with operations up to 100 percent by the end of the year. The slate of Ohio hat withdrawn nip port for Davis Besse s emergency evacuation plan and a task Force set up by  Celeste to review the plan is not due to report its findings until next month. The commission denied the slate at Torney general s petition asking the com Mission not to Vole on restarting the Plant before then. The attorney general Friday said he would ask a Federal appeals court to delay the restart until the evacuation Issue is addressed. Williams indicated the Utility would go ahead with ill Start up schedule. I have permission to Start up and unless something happens to Stop me bom doing that i intend to proceed he mud. I Hope that he Celeste does t hold up our operation until the commission is through because i believe that would be a Needles Cost to the  Davis Besse jointly owned by Toledo Edison and the Cleveland elect tie humiliating co., was shut Down june 9,1985, following an extensive breakdown of Plant equipment including 12 safety related parts and systems. Two sets of Pomps failed during the incident baiting the flow of coot in water to the radioactive reactor Ewe but were restarted 12 minutes her Wett ing Core damage that could hive led to radiation releases. The commission citing  care of Plant equipment at a major deficiency proposed a record 1900,000 a against Toledo Edison. Williams said 14,000 Imeln Tref work Orden were completed during its Long Plant outage and 2,293 remained Tobe done. We be determined mat team Are not required for restart be an adding most will be done whue the pm