European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 2, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes sunday augusts 1987 skin cancer Cut from Reagan s nose 3n up president Reagan had a film cer removed from his nose Fri Day during two Houi nuo surgery described by the White House As very us Ishmund requiring no further treatment. Photo on Page Ujj Mac. Aided by microscopic techniques doctors a naval Hospital removed two Ultra thin slices of to sue from the same spot where skin cancer had been found wednesday. The area was later found to be free of cancer cells. The president a transparent Bandage covering his nose emerged from the Hospital after almost four hours and told reporters he Felt  asked if he Felt any pain Reagan said not  accompanied by his wife Nancy he Cju baby helicopter to the White House  to spend a quiet weekend. The surgery went Exla Hywell said White House physician Johnj Jotun. President Reagan is in great spirits. Haj exc Ellent health and was laughing and joking i line staff upon his return to the White Ujj Futon said the surgery performed under a local aesthetic began at 4 23 . And ended at 6 1 5 .when the Borders of the second tissue Section were found under microscopic examination to be free of abnormal cells. He said Reagan anticipates a full return t monday. Ahouse spokesman Maditz Mcwater told re l. Wound about half an was closed by plastic a time 20 stitches. Fitches Are expected to be  to  Days. The surgery followed a routine procedure Widne. Day in which a Small lesion was removed from Rea Gan s nose. An examination of that tissue found basal cell Epi to Clioma the Mildest and most common form of skin cancer caused 95 percent of the time by overexposure to the Sun. Concern about remaining cancer cells prompted the follow up. Removal of the growth wednesday marked the third Inch wide  45 min time in two years that Ria us film  for skin cancer.  time he had been hospitalim0mlmnecondition. Previous treatments a Mac attic White House. Medical experts regarded the procedure performed Friday which is known As the Mohs technique As almost risk free. 1 he Mohs technique named for originator Freder ick Mohs involves taking Ultra Hin slices of tissue from the area around the lesion both laterally and depth wisc in an Effort to remove All the cancer cells while minimizing the amount of Normal tissue excised. Once taken each Section of tissue is dyed to identify Tefius and then Frozen sliced thin and examined. The process which can take 20 to until cancer cells Are no longer Pital spokesman 30 minute present. It in t always 100 yeast said but then nothing  he estimated at least 400,000 people a yet Dergo similar procedures and said there May be four on diag nosed cases for every one reported. Damaged Farmer s departure from Gulf delayed Manama Bahrain up the re turn journey through the persian Gulf of the Oil supertanker Bridgeton which was damaged by a mine while under . Protection May be delayed for As much As a week according to snipping sources. Rough seas have delayed Oil loading of the Dodge ton but the damaged super Tanker was expected to begin the opera Tion saturday at Kuwait s main Oil Ter Minal Al Ahmadi. Some sources in the Region however said the Navy May be considering a delay in the Convoy s departure until eight mine sweeping Rh-53d sea Stal lion helicopters arrive to Clear a path for the 401,382-ton Bridgeton. Its smaller sister ship the Gas Prince left Kuwait on saturday and met its Navy escort out in the Gulf Britain s in news said. The broadcast said the decision to get the Gas Prince out of Kuwait followed a reported attack on the kuwaiti embassy in Tehran Iran. Other sources said thursday night s crash of a Navy sh-3g sea King Heli copter which was carrying supplies to the Mideast task Force command ship la Salic also May be behind the delay. At least one person was killed and three Are reported missing after the helicopter crashed while trying to land on the ship. In Washington White House spokes Man Martin Fitzwater described presi Dent Reagan As upset by the Accident but Fitzwater said the crash should not be equated with or reflect on . Policy in the Gulf. Pentagon officials said Friday that the Navy had sent a handful of mine warfare experts and portable sonar mine Hunting equipment to the Gulf from their Charles ton s.c., base. They Are joining a Navy team now searching for underwater explosives along the route to be taken by escorted re flagged kuwaiti tankers. The use of mine warfare teams is considered by the Pentagon to be a Short term solution to combating the mine threat in the Gulf until the mine sweeping helicopters can get to the area. The helicopters and their 200 Navy support personnel were expected to de part from Norfolk va., oct the week end aboard c-5 transports for the Brit ish owned Indian Ocean Island of Diego Garcia Pentagon officials said. Once there they Are to link up with the helicopter assault Carrier Guadalcanal for the trip to the Gulf which is several travel Days away from Diego Garcia. Gulf sources agree that the Success of the . Initiative to protect shipping in the Region could depend on the Bridge ton completing its round trip through the Gulf despite the mine explosion that damaged it july 24. The two vessels were the first re flagged kuwaiti ships to move through the Strait of Hormuz and into the Gulf with a . Escort. In an interview with the daily be Matin in Paris iraqi president Saddam Hussein called for an arms embargo and International sanctions against Iran. He also said increasing tensions in the Gulf would tet the credibility of the United Simes and the soviet Union and he warned that Iran could spread the War to other Gulf states. Meanwhile Iran issued a direct warn ing to Kuwait Friday that it will attack that country s Oil installations in the Gulf if iraqi planes attack iranian installations Tehran radio reported. Tornadoes from Page 1 Mower to the whole  the storm began Southwest of the City of 650,000 at 4 ., then moved in a path skirting the City s Southeastern perimeter turning North along Edmonton s Eastern Edge. It was a monster that covered four acres in  was a swirling Black mass said Peter Zibich who owns a Small farm South of Edmonton. When it turned North it smashed into an Industrial Park derailing two trains and throwing boxcars like toys More than 100 feet. At a local waste disposal com Pany More than 30 garbage trucks and several cars were overturned. But the worst was saved for last when the twister reached the Evergreen Mobile Home Park in North Eastern Edmonton Home of about 700 families. At least 100 trailers were destroyed. We May still find people in the rubble both in the Industrial area and in the trailer Park said Beswick. Several other Eastern neighbourhoods were damaged by the twisters which were accompanied by fist size Hail and torrential Rains. The tornadoes hit during Rush hour blowing cars off highways and overturning dozens of tractor trailer trucks. Many roads were closed by floods and con my Nicasio a we re disrupted hampering Rescue attempts. Cars parked near the freeway were picked up and thrown onto the freeway and struck by vehicles on the freeway. There were dozens of wrecked cars and the first thing they did was Check inside the cars and did t find anybody. Finally they realized they were not being driven at the time Beswick said. An environment Canada weather forecaster said at least six tornadoes touched Down during the hour Long storm sweeping in from the Western Foothills of the Northern Rocky mountains. The storm ravaged the East Edmonton suburbs of fort Saskatchewan. Mill Woods Clareview and Sher Wood Park All within 15 Miles of the City. Sirens from emergency Crews wailed throughout the City As Edmonton officials put a City disaster plan into  areas were without Power. Uprooted Trees and downed Power lines blocked streets. In the Northeast suburb of Clareview at least 30 houses were flattened and Many others had their roofs blown off. Mecca from Page 1 from 64 countries Are in Mecca for the annual pilgrimage which is required of All moslem at least once if they can afford it streets were cleared of All traces of Friday s violence that rocked the birth place of islam. Burned cars and effigies of president Reagan had been removed. There were no official reports on the number of dead or wounded. Police and Hospital officials refused to provide numbers. Irna quoted an unidentified official at the Tehran office of iranian Leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini As saying More than 200 pilgrims were killed and thousands wounded. The Agency said pakistani palestinian and lebanese pilgrims were among the wounded. Tehran radio monitored in Cyprus reported that Amer an extraordinary session of the iranian Cabinet sat urday president Ali Khamenei declared three Days of nationwide mourning and warned that if any More iranian Pil grims were killed or injured Iran would show a serious  denounced the killings in Mecca As a ".-designated plot and said an iranian commission comprised of representatives of various ministries would go to saudi Arabia to investigate the incident the radio  said the demonstrations began minutes after the afternoon prayer at the grand mosque when thousands of iranian Hajis or pilgrims streamed into the streets chanting religious hymns. The hymns quickly changed to political slogans the witnesses said. Death to America death to the soviet Union death to Israel the pilgrims shouted As they surged through streets and  said the crowds blocked streets deflecting Waves of others trying to reach the  iranians became jittery when helmeted riot police appeared said my Sahil Al hindi a saudi shopkeeper in  crowds shouted More turned More effigies of Reagan while others overturned a number of civilian cars he  officers he said tried to remind the iranians of a ban on political demonstrations during the pilgrimage season but the crowds turned a deaf ear. The saudi press Agency said a number of deaths occurred during the demagogic  Arabia in a statement issued by its Washington embassy on Friday said its Security forces intervened to Stop a frenzied demonstration by the Irani ans that culminated in violent clashes. During which some casualties were inflicted on both men and women Pil grims and  said saudi police attacked and stoned iranian pilgrims to compensate for United states defeats in the  the incident is believed to be a plot designed and carried out on the direct orders of the United states through it saudi mercenaries the news Agency said. The iranian foreign ministry condemned the incident and summoned the saudi charge d affaires in Tehran to pro test and demand the punishment of the perpetrators of this horrible act Irna  recent years Khomeini followers have defied the ban on protests during the pilgrimage to express support for their Leader and to denounce the United  riot was the first serious incident to occur during a Mecca pilgrimage since 1979, when a group of fanatical followers of Seif Al of Teebi an Arab sunni moslem extremist occupied the grand mosque. Saudi troops regained control after a two week siege and that left More than100 extremists and scores of police dead