European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 19, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes Friday december 19,1986 new abortion Pill 85% effective study says Boston a an experimental new abortion Pill can safely terminate 85 percent of Early pregnancies and owners a reasonable alternative to More risky surgical abortions a study concludes. Experts believe lie Pill developed and tested in France will provide the first Safe and effective Means of drug induced abortion. Or. William f. Crowley or. Of Massachusetts general Hospital said it will have a potentially enormous Impact on society and May be As important As the discovery of the birth control Pill. There Are very few drugs and discoveries that can change inc Way a society operates. This is clearly one of them Crowley said. The Medicine called life Frislone is known genetically Asru 486. Doctors from hopi a do by Celarc in Ric ctr. France found it will end pregnancies without Ca using serious Side effects. However it works Best if used during the first six weeks of pregnancy in their latest study published in thursday s new England journal of Medicine the doctors gave ii to pregnant women within 10 Days of a missed menstrual period. They cautioned hat because it sometimes fails to work and occasionally causes prolonged uterine bleeding it should be Given Only underdone medical supervision. Even with these reservations however re 486 offers a reasonable alternative to surgical abortion which carries the risks of anaesthesia surgical complications infertility and psychological sequelae consequences concluded inc French team led by or. Beatrice Cousinet. Re 486 works by blocking the body use of the hormone progesterone. This secretion is essential for maintaining the lining of the uterus. Deprived of progesterone the uterus Sheds its Jiming including any fertilized egg that is attached to it. The drug is expected to be approved for use next Spring As an abortion Pill in France and Sweden. George gains a legislative Liaison officer at the National institutes of health in belch sea md., said it probably will not be released for this purpose in the United states for several years. Groups around the country and some legislators have put significant pressure on us not to do any work with re 486," he said. Researchers at the National health institutes Are barred by Federal Law from testing re 486 or another drugs As abortive agents. But they Are. Studying its potential use As a birth control Pill and treatment far a variety of diseases. Or. Lynette Nieman of he National Institute of child health and human development Aid re 486 May have fewer tide effects than the birth control pills now available. And because it would be taken Only once a month it would be More convenient. She said it might also be taken As a morning after Pill in cases of rape and incest in addition the drag is an effective treatment Tor a pituitary disorder called Cushing s disease. It May be useful for treating glaucoma  and some cancers of the breast and uterus. And it soul help researchers find new Means of i rating women who Are infertile because of hormonal problems. It s a new Way of looking at the very Complex interaction Between the brain and ovary said Nie Man. This is a major breakthrough in our per specs live in understanding Basic  Nieman said that As an abortion Medicine the drug has potential for abuse if women Don t use it under a doctor s supervision. She said no one knows what if any ill effects the pills would have on a fetus if it fails to produce an abortion and the woman goes through with her preg Nancy. In the French study 15 of 100 women Stu died in whom the Pill failed had surgical abortions later. From left Knofl a  of Leonardo a a Lei the Mona Lisa and. Computer added Juuti Poillion of the two put together by researcher Lillian . Mono Lisa is a Vinci self portrait expert claims new York a a computer researcher has concluded the Mona Lisa is a self portrait by Leon Ardo a Vinci according to an article in arts & Antiques Magazine. The researcher juxtaposed a red Chalk self portrait of a Vinci next to the Mona Lisa and found the eyes hairline checks and nose were identical the mag Azine said in its january Issue. And Bell laboratories researcher Lillian Schwartz found the ineffable Mona Lisa smile is merely the Mirror image of a Vinci s As painted in his 1518 self portrait the Magazine said the identity of Mona Lisa has Long been a mat Ter of speculation which has been compounded by the painting s unusual features. The  Model lacks eyebrows and identifiable jewelry wears a Plain dress and holds a strange pose the Magazine noted. A Vinci was intensely attached to the painting but failed to mention it in his journals unlike his other work. After completing the portrait in 1504, be carried it with him from Florence Italy to Milan. Italy to Rome and to the court of Francois i at Amboise in France where he died in 1519.the mystery fell to a new computer program manipulated by Schwartz an artist in residence at Bell labs who has won both an emmy and Oscar award for using computers to create new visual technologies arts & Antiques said. About seven weeks ago Schwartz reversed the self portrait of a Vinci and set the two paintings to he same scale by making the distances Between the centers of the Eye pupils equal to one another. The composite result the Magazine reports is a Mirror  discovery May be one of the most important in the history of Art said Wick Allison the editor and publisher of arts & Antiques. It meets All the external evidence of leonardo1 life and fits everything thai is known about the painting from Art historical sources he said in a statement the ruse is in keeping with a Vinci s lifestyle and Outlook the Magazine said. It added that the famous Painter was most Likely a homosexual who like Many of his contemporaries favored painting androgynous subjects. A Vinci who also was an inventor Engineer and scientist was fascinated with optical tricks. He wrote script in reverse that is legible Only when viewed with a Mirror. 10,000 ism employees to take Early retirement new York a More than 10,000 . Employees of International business machines corp. Will retire Early under an incentive program designed to help the company overcome a Slack worldwide business climate the company said thursday. The response to the retirement incentives program by the deadline which was monday was greater than expected the company said. Ism employed 232,000 workers in the United states As of the end of last year according to company figures. The incentives entitle employees to pensions after Shorter service than nor Mal. The Cost of the incentives and other actions will Hurt ism s 1986 earnings but the measure will begin to produce substantial savings in the last half of 1987 and beyond the company Aid ism gave no indication of Bow much us profits would be Hurt. Ism the world s largest compute company has male Rcd from an Industry wide slackening of demand for computer As Well As particular problems with Tough Competition especially in Pennal computers and mid Range computers. In its statement the company said it ice no sign of immediate improvement in the business climate. Among other Cost culling actions ism said its organizations in Canada France the United kingdom and the Hethe Ninda were announce it Early it Tir ement incentives Tori