European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 8, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday february 1987 the stars and stripes Page 7 Happy fellow wants to spread his cheer around san Francisco a cheerful Bob Nozik always has a Nice Day and he says thai drives people nuts. That s Why he s starting a support group thai will enable Happy people to gel together without having to hold Hack their upbeat feelings. Two weeks ago he 52-year-old ophthalmologist placed a newspaper and seeking other Joy Ful Happy  six cheerful people called. On Friday the san Francisco chronicle carried an article about his plans and the phone really started ringing. The plan is to Call everybody Back at the end of the month and arrange a get together. If that goes Well then i la see if people want to sign up and have an actual group he said. Nozik who began attending encounter group sessions i 5 years ago in an attempt to save his first marriage Haj managed to stay Happy de spite two divorces the second one in 1980, Al first 1 thought i was just on a High and would come Down eventually he said. But in lasted for seven  agent Orange still not linked to cancer 87 of study says Washington a the air Force in the fourth in a series of Long term studies said Friday it has yet to find evidence that pilots or ground person Nel who handled the defoliant agent Orange in Viet Nam have died at a faster Rale than others in the Mili tary. But it said there had been few deaths among the study and control groups since its 1985 report so it was difficult to update statistical conclusions. The Small number of deaths since the last analysis suggests the 1985 findings arc Stilt valid there Are no Overall statistically significant mortality differences be tween the operation ranch hand group and their matched comparisons the air Force said. This data Wilt be subjected to extensive statistical analysis in the next report planned for later this  operation ranch hand was the air Force s code name for the Aerial spraying of agent Orange during the Vietnam War. The spraying was done to defoliate the Countryside to deny ground cover to North Viet namese soldiers. Agent Orange and some of its Chemi Cal components such As dioxin have since been identified As possible cancer causing agents. Mike Leaveck a spokesman for the Vietnam Veter ans of America said Friday his group had not seen the latest results but had previously concluded the continuing air Force study was essentially irrelevant to the concerns of soldiers who had been exposed to the defoliant. The ranch Handera who actually loaded or hew the missions went Home to the base Al night and took showers Leaveck said there was a big difference Between i hair exposure and Hose who might have drank the water dug Fox holes and slept in areas Hal were being defoliated and., Here has t been enough Lime to study the development of certain very significant cancers some of which take 20 years to Manifest  a group of veterans reached a Federal court settlement with seven chemical firms in 1984 totalling $180 million bul that is still being challenged in an Appeal by some veterans who consider it inadequate. The air Force began its 20-year  investigation in 979 to compare mortality rates of 1,257 ranch hand officers and enlisted men with a group of More than 6,100 officers and enlisted men of similar age occupation and background. The first mortality report stemming from the study was released in june 1983. It reported finding no Evi Dence of health effects which could be conclusively attributed to herbicide or dioxin  the Sec Ond and third reports released feb. 11, 1985, and dec. 16,1985, also failed to find any differences. The air Force said it would continue the research while sufficient time May have elapsed for some clinically significant conditions to occur additional time is necessary for other conditions to develop which May be attributed to herbicide exposure. Mortality surveil Lance will continue since the study groups Are still relatively Young and  Navy Pilot brother killed in video escapade by Norman Blackcap military Miter Washington a Navy Pilot and his adopted brother died in a plane crash last summer at least impart because the Pilot was trying o videotape his flight Maneu vers with a camera at the same time he was flying the plane the service has concluded la. Anthony g. Gragg 28. Of san Leandro calif., and his adopted brother William f. Contwell 39, died last july 26 when the t-34b Mentor Trainer Gragg was flying ailed to recover from n looping Man Euver near Empire ncv., about 80 Miles Northeast of Reno. The Navy s formal Accident investigation report has not been released publicly although the service said Friday it has been completed. But a summary of the findings was disclosed in an official periodical naval aviation news which is distributed bimonthly to Navy fliers. The publication includes a special Section entitled Ura Paw Pettibone says that omits names but reviews recent Accident reports and then offers he Wisdom of Gram Paw to explain in Folksy style what went wrong. A Navy official who asked not to be identified said the service was not prepared to discuss the results of the investigation bul that naval aviation news had in fact been recounting details of the Nevada Accident. According to the summary a naval aviator against All regulations and without permission trans ported a male civilian to whom he was related on two flights. A video camera was carried on these trips to film activities during the sorties. On the Day of the third flight. The passenger filmed the majority of the flight sequences in route to a destination where the two had lunch with a relative and  after another hop to visit relatives the two men took off from Empire to return to the plane s base outside san Francisco proceeded North then turned West climbing to 1,500 feet the summary continued. In the climb the Pilot asked for the camera and turned Back toward the departure Point the air port. Completing the turn the Pilot began a Shal Low dive gathering Speed to perform a Loop which he initiated Al 150 knots. The Loop was not completed. Instead the Pilot executed an Ummelmann lopping out at 1,200 feet above ground in a nose High attitude with 65 knot air Speed and 23 inches of manifold pressure. The Pilot was apparently recording the Man Uever with the camera which at this Point Tell to the cockpit  an Emmet Nusin turn named after world War i Ger Man Ace Max imm Mann is a Man Euver in which a plane is half looped to an upside Down position an then half rolled Back to Normal upright flight. The aircraft flew straight and level for two or so seconds dropped off on the right Wing then entered violent right hand spin the account added. After one revolution the spin decreased into a right hand spiral and the aircraft plummeted steeply toward the ground. The tape was recovered and used in the  in reviewing the Accident Gram Paw wrote in part the Pilot just did t have enough Altitude to recover from what started As a Loop and ended ups Methin else. Looks like he tried to film himself in action and Fly at the same  & Marble Memorabilia up Phon chunks or Marble from the lobby of standing in front of the now empty Banister Al Capone s old Headquarters hotel displays a piece embossed with a in the Lexington hold in Chicago Are likeness of Capone each of the 600 being sold by Harold Rubin. Rubin chunks carries � registration number. Pm extends warranty on $54,700 Cadillac Chicago up1 general motors corp. Friday unveiled a seven year 100,000-mile warranty for its s 54,700 Cadillac Allante roadster which pm says will make its purchasers the most cared for automobile buyers in the  we want own re of America s Only Ultra luxury automobile to be accorded courtesies and privileges offered by any other maker of prestigious cars Cadillac general manager John o. Gretton Berger said. The Allante plan includes seven year 100,000-Milc coverage of All major and most other components including air conditioning and suspension. A toll free Telephone line for information and assistance to owners. Rental vehicle expense coverage during specified service procedures up to $50 per Day or Soo per visit. Three Gold key vehicle inspections which include Oil changes and Chassis lubrication. Cadillac engineering consultations. On Silc dealer assistance services. The plan also covers electronic components and corrosion As Well As repairs to specified original equipment. A deductible of $25 May apply after the first12 months or 12,000 Miles. Pm president f. James Mcdonald said it is pm s most comprehensive War Ranty Ever. The Allante plan is another express Ion of the tremendous Confidence we have in our products Mcdonald said Althe Chicago Auto show. The Arlunie pm s most expensive Carever costs some s-2.000 More than the Seville previously the most costly Cadillac and is designed to compete with Mercedes Benz s j 57,450 560sl Rovid Star. It  on Sale in selected markets this month. Last month. Pm extended its warranty Protection plan from three years or 36,000 Miles to six years or 60.000 Miles on All i9g7-Modcl  cars except the Chevrolet Nova which is jointly built by pm and Toyota motor co. I Fremont Calif