European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 22, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday. August 22, 1987 the stars and stripes Page 7 drug alcohol mix May cause amnesia Chicago a Long distance air travellers who use a new drug and a drink to bring on a Nap May avoid it lag but wind up with transient amnesia an Epi Sode of memory toss and confusion last ing several hours researchers say. We can t say to what degree the three components the drug drinking and travel interact said Harold Morris ii a neurologist and co author of the report. But what this suggests is that i you re planning 10 go to Europe and they offer free Champagne on the flight and you re taking a drug for Jet lag Don t plan on negotiating a peace treaty or con ducting any other important  the drug Tri Zolam is a form of Ben Zedta Mcpine a class of hypnotic agents prescribed by doctors to help induce sleep in people battling insomnia. Morris said air travellers increasingly have been using the drug to gel to sleep quickly on Long distance flights and get a jump on the next Day s  what resulted instead in three cases reported in Friday s journal of the american medical association were episodes of transient global amnesia. Each Case involved a neurologist travel ing from new York to Europe to attend a scientific meeting said moms who reported the cases with or. Melinda Estes. A col league at the Cleveland clinic none of the three had consumed enough alcohol 10 be intoxicated he said. In each people accompanying the amnesiac noticed nothing abnormal Morris said in a Telephone interview thursday. In fact it was remarkable because they carried out some very complicated dealings changing currency. Finding their Way around foreign civics and the like. As it turned but though they could t recall the activities the next Day As though the memory were a tape re Corder and someone Cut that segment of tape right  use of  has been known to cause Brief episodes of Amne Sia but usually in older people he said. A practising neurologist might see this two or three times a year Morris said. But that is almost always in older people and almost always in a Case where hypertension diabetes or heart disease is present some Factor that can cause a temporary impairment of the circulation of blood to that Region of the brain where memory resides. In this Case we believe we re talking about a different mechanism triggering the lapse he said. We know going to Europe won t do it by itself and we suspect alcohol alone won t do it i Lucr. But the amnesia is a property of the drug. Quite possibly the additive effect of Long distance travel and alcohol combined to cause the interference in the memory Bank Morris said. Penicillin resistant gonorrhoea reported in Colorado Atlanta a penicillin resistant gonorrhoea mushrooming in recent years and already widespread in new York California and Florida has spread to Denver Federal researchers say. The National centers for disease control warned earlier this year that gonorrhoea resistant to penicillin treatment Rose 90 percent in the United slates last year with More than 10,000 cases reported in new York Florida and los Angeles alone. The cd reported thursday that the Denver metro health clinic found 40 cases of infection with penicillin resistant strains of the sexually transmitted disease last year that was up dramatically from the yearly average of two cases in the preceding five years. The Denver metro health clinic treats More than half of the reported gonorrhoea cases in the City and Denver county so scientists believe trends there arc indicative of trends in the Denver metro area. Although the incidence of penicillin Resis Lari i gon or Rhea has been concentrated in new York California and Florida outbreaks in other parts of the country Are occurring frequently the cd said in its weekly re port. Denver s 40 cases occurred in 39 people one of whom apparently became a infected the cd said. Thirty two patients were interviewed and identified a total of 76 sexual partners. Forty nine of those part ners then were tested and 14 of them also had signs of penicillin resistant gonorrhoea. Tests of the Denver patients showed some differences in their gonorrhoea strains which strongly Sug Gest that this outbreak is in reality a series of mini outbreaks caused by different strains the cd said. The Atlanta based cd recommends that Gonor Rhea patients be tested for the penicillin resistant Strain and that in areas where Hal Strain accounts for More than 1 percent of All cases doctors use other drugs such As  for treating the disease.  and other newer anti gonorrhoea drugs arc several times More expensive than penicillin. Distorted View Mitchell 4, Tikken it by front of debt want Mirror it Bint titter head fact. 10, to the no dts in run fun near  a. Ike Turner arrested on narcotics charge West Hollywood Calif. A rhythm and blues entertainer Ike turn or was being held thursday on charges of investigation of cocaine Possession filed after he was slopped on a traffic Viola lion. Bail was set at j2.500 for Turner for Merly married to grammy award win Ning Singer Tina Turner. He was arrested wednesday night los Angeles county sheriffs Deputy Pete Fosselman said. Turner 54, lives in Cerritos Calif. A passenger in Turner s car Willie James Smith 40, of Cerritos was booked for investigation of Possession of cocaine for Sale. His bail was Sci at $5,000. An unidentified woman in the car apparently had no knowledge of the drugs and was released Fosselman said. Deputies pulled Turner Over after he allegedly crossed a set of double lines and made an illegal right turn Fossel Man said. The officers noticed a cocaine free Basing pipe in the car Fos Setnan said and Turner was found to be in posses Sion of a single piece of Rock  about five other pieces of Rock co Caine found were connected to Smith Fosse than said. Turner played backup rhythm and blues in the Early 1950s. He performed in East St. Louis iii., clubs during the late 1950s with his group of scantily Clad female lingers the Ike Les. He and Tina formed the Ike and Tina Turner revue and enjoyed wide popular Ity in the Early 1970s with such hits As proud Mary. They split up in 1976 after nearly 16 years of marriage. Turner s arrest wednesday was one of several he has had Over the years on narcotics charges. I dream of Jeannie Star Hayden Rorke Dies at 76 los Angeles a Hayden Rorke who acted in 53 motion pictures but was Best known As the bewildered psychiatrist or Alfred Bellows in the Long running " dream of Jeannie series on television. Has died at 76. Rorke died of cancer wednesday at his suburban to tuna Lake Home said spokesman a thur l. Wilde. Rorke t Cari or spanned Sis dec Ades on stage screen and Yelevi Rorr lion including his role in the popular situation comedy that ran from a i to 1970on Abc. His movie credits included Pillow talk with Doris Day Spencer s Moun Tain with Henry Fonda the Law and the lady with Greer Carson an american in Paris with Gene Kelly and the title role in the Nightwalker with Barbara Stanwyck and Robert Taylor. Born in Brooklyn. N.y., Rorke attended the american Academy of dramatic arts before heading for Broadway where he appeared in 70 productions including the country wife the Philadelphia Story the iceman cometh and a Moon for the  he was a member of stage Star Walter Hampton s repertory company. Rorke attained the rank of sergeant after joining the Arm in 1942. He tallied some 400 guest rules on television shows including "1  the Loretta Young  or. Kil Jarf  Perry Mason and Barnaby