European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 5, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes thursday novembers 1987 nearsighted it May mean you re smart Chicago a while the near sighted May need glasses i hair Lack of perfect vision could be a sign of High intelligence say researchers who Stu died myopic israeli teen agers. Doctors tested 157,743 israeli Mili tary recruits aged 17 to 19, and d Iscove cred a link Between  and High is and Yean of education. There can be no doubt about the reality of the correlation Between Myo Pia and intellectual performance wrote or. Mordochai Rosecr and or. Michael Bulkin. Still they wrote the cause and of Lect relationship. Is not dear the Resen chm. Writing in he cur rent Issue of inc american medical association s archives of ophthalmology said 15.8 percent or 24,924, of he recruits were myopic in both eyes or unable to Sec Long distance. The entire study group look Standard verbal and written exams and he lore found among the recruits who had an in of 128 or higher 27.3 percent were nearsighted. An in of 100 is average. Only 8 percent with an in of 80 or below were nearsighted. 9 the percentage of myopic recruits increased with the number of years of education. However fewer years of schooling did not necessarily mean Tow 10 among nearsighted males. Indeed 23.3 percent of the near sighted mates who had completed Only nine Rara of education had an in of 128 or higher. Of those completing eight or fewer years of schooling 7.5 percent were nearsighted while those who had completed 12 or More Yean had a Rale of myopia of 19.7 percent inc researchers said. Rosecr and Bulkin of the Sheba medical Center at Tel has Homer hos Pital in Tel Aviv said Many theories Tould account for the achievements of nearsighted males. People who arc smart May read More than less intelligent people and Axce Sivc Reading May tire the eyes and fuel myopia they said. It s been considered thai people who do a lot of close work lend to be More nearsighted or. Robert manner an Atlanta ophthalmologist who often performs surgery to reverse near sightedness said tuesday. It he a lot to do Wilh the constant  Rosecr and Mctkin also say the link May be genetic. They wrote that the preference of per sons with myopia to wort at Short Dii to Flocs i the a flu of Hir Lii jiw., achievement Rattler than the  further research is needed to clarify inc nature of this relationship they said. They did not comment on How the study s findings would apply to females. Jan. Jul Jan. 82-83 to a 84 Chicago to stunt gift if by slept on a Pongras Market nose dive hit pocketbooks of Forbes 400 new York a some of the people wealthy enough to have taken full advantage of a five year Bull Market Are considerably less Rich since last month s Slock Market plunge according to Forbes Magazine Forbes in it nov. 16 Issue took a Post crash took at the ban books of 120 people who made its sept. 15 list of the 400 richest folks in the United state. On sept 15, the Dow ones Industrial average was at 2,566,58, on its Way Down from it aug. 25 High of 2,722.42. Examining the wealth of 120 people whose assets derive mainly from Public companies Forbes found that As Owoc. 23, not one escaped the turmoil of the Long awaited correction unscathed. On oct. 23, the Dow closed to 1,950.76, among the people hardest hit were retailer. Sam Wallon identified by Forbes As the wealthiest Man in the United Stales told associated press on the Day the Dow dropped 508 Points a Day when he lost More than ii billion that he was concerned about investors in his Wal Mart stores. When Forbes composed its sept. 15 lilt Walton s 38.6 percent stake in Wal Mart was Worth More than 8 billion. Immediately after the fall it was Worth less than s3 billion. By ocl 23, though Walton s Wal Mart shares were Worth nearly $6 Bivion. Specially retailers whose stocks were already falling several weeks before the Market s nose dive suffered big losses. Leslie Wexner of the Columbus Ohio based the limited had his wealth Cut in half Between sept is and oct. 23. The limited s Slock traded above $50 a share in late August it Sank below 120 after the plunge Millon Petrit of Elrie store saw a 27 percent drop in his net Worth. Philip Knight of Mike suffered a similar loss and Donald Fisher of the Gap watched his assets drop 67 percent. The Mccaw family of Seattle whose Mccaw communications Stock Only recently went Public saw 48 percent of their newfound wealth slashed. Even the country s most accomplished investors and arbitrageurs look big hits. Carl Icahn who tried to take Over us formerly . Steel and now run Twa experienced a 60 percent drop in his total asset. He still has is 71 million left though according to Forbes. Wei medal of Honor Winner Dies 1 month before 100th birthday citation said. Kalz recalled the exploit in an inter View last year Wilh the Sacramento Bee. He begged me logo Back Katz said of Page. Thai 200 Yards was More like 2 Miles. Page was a Little runt. Short but he was built out of Brick. Felt like two tons he said Page recovered from his wounds and later died of cancer. "1 used to bump into him occasionally but we weren t close  Katz said. Katz. Who resumed from France to a thunderous Welcome in san Francisco Laler was elected to the Board of supervisors and the office of Public adm Nistra Rise and fall of Dow industrials monthly highs 19bm7 a capt of oct 23,1967 Kaa Many Consumers spending less since Market cow apse poll finds los Angeles a the Ilock Market collapse has prompted nearly one third of a americans to postpone cancel or Cut spending a such things As vacation Bouses and cars according to a poll published wednesday. Leley in thirty one percent of 2,463 people surveyed by phone nationwide from Thurauf through Monda. Dic aled they would Cut Back reduce or i Miille major purchases As a result of the crash the los Angeles times said. It indicates a lot of Consumers Are scared by the Stock Market crash said Allen Sinai chief economist for Shearson Lehman Bros. If that is the right num Ber then we re going to see very substantial weakness in consumer  the poll also determined that 52 percent of americans Are doubtful about the future after the crash and 43 per cent believe now is a Good time to put off their buying of non essential item. Christmas shopping to be affected for 8 percent will 5 percent altering their spending plans for major appliances according to the Survey. Thirty4wo percent of those polled who loft Money in the crash said they plan to Cut Back on spending while 36 percent of those who own no stocks plan to Cut bade. Economists suggested that May indicate the fear associated with the crash has been just As Strong a the actual loss of wealth. They also said it  to Dale non Slock Holden Bave lower income and Yihua greater fear of recession and unemployment although fewer stockholders than non Toca Holden plan to Cut Back the stockholders number could be significant economists told the newspaper because of the. Disproportionate buying Power that group Bat. Although Only one in five americans ova Stock stockholder Are responsible for 70 percent of the new Homes and cars purchased annually. San Francisco a the nation s oldest medal of Honor Winner Philip c. Kalz who was awarded the medal for braving machine gun tire and rescuing a wounded Comrade during world War 1, has died. Kati was a month Short of his Loolah birthday when he died thursday he was a sergeant in inc 363rd inf san Francisco s  on sept. 26, 191 i. When he saved Phil Page near  France. Png lived a few blocks from Kali in san Francisco. Voluntarily crossing an area swept by heavy machine gun fire he advanced to where the wounded Soldier Lay and car ried him to a place of safety Kali s owner Furns his hot car into portable Back Yard Delmar . Up an unsatisfied car owner says he has turned his 1984 Pontiac Fiero into a Porta ble Back Yard Complete with a Doghouse Pine tree and Barbecue pit. Robert Stein or. Said he turned his ear into a portable Back Yard to pro test what he characterized As general motors refusal to recall the Model despite reports that 300 of the 126,455 plastic bodied two seaters have burst into flames because of an allegedly faulty engine design pm denies that it has refused to recall the Model saying that the Issue remains under consideration and Dis Cussion with Federal official. A pm spokesman said the automaker has been unable to determine the exact cause of the fires. Stein said the car caught tire oct. 2 while his 16-year-old son. Dan. Was driving to school with his Girlfriend. Dan Howell of the Center for Auto safety a private consumer group in Washington d.c., said his Organiza Tion Nas received numerous complaints about the Fiera