European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 23, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday. April 23. 19bb the stars and stripes Page 7 irs refund was lust too much Lynn. Maw. Api fora while Holly Lav Alla and Daniel mar Coli thought about whal they could do wild their j13.615 refund Check from inc internal Revenue service. Unhappily they decided to Send it Back. When it s i hat i you Send it Back because you know they la Hurt this Down Davaila old inc times of Beverly. It s a very very tempting thing when you look at five digits with your name on the  however she added i need a couple of More Croes to hide All that  their Check for in,fit5, More than 2s times the  $500 refund they expected was nearly half or the couple s combined yearly income. What Taya mean we re going to Send it Back " Lavalla. A Hospital worker recalled her husband saying. Out she replied. Let s gel Back to Earth now  the couple s attorney informed mental Rev Enue service officials of the Check which was resumed thursday. After she told them he amount of my Check there was a very Loo of one pause said Lavalla. They were flabbergasted by the  Anita Cusaro. Spokeswoman for the irs serv ice Center in Andover said the refund Check is kind of extreme. That nol the Norm it could be a key punch error but it s got to be More than lhal.1 she declined id comment further until she has reviewed the Case. Acne medication blamed for severe birth defects new York of government officials arc considering removing a popular anti acne drug from inc Market because they estimate it has caused More than 900 babies to be born Wilh severe birth defects the new York times reported. The official said hey Are also considering asking inc maker of acc Tane Roche laboratories n division of Hoffman la Roche inc. To limit severely its distribution the newspaper said. The drug is used against disfiguring acne. A spokeswoman for the manufacturer disputed the figures saying it has reports of 62 cases of acc Tane related Binh defects among the 700,000 to i million patients with cyclic acne for whom the drug has been prescribed. Despite Clear warnings that the drug can cause devastating and sometimes fatal deformities if taken by pregnant women experts estimate thousands have taken acc Tanc during pregnancy since it came an the Market in 1982, according to the times. In a confidential memorandum dated feb. Ii and obtained thursday by the times officials of the food and drug administration estimated thai 900 to 1,300 Babici were bom with severe birth defects because of the drug from 1982 to 19b6. They also attributed 700 to 1,000 spontaneous abortions to the use of acc Lanc and they estimated that an additional 5,000 to 7,000 women had induced abortions solely because of acc Iane exposure and fear of birth defects the newspaper reported. The estimates were extrapolated from data collected in a Michigan medicaid study. Carolyn Clynn spokeswoman for Hoffman la Roche in nutty n.j., said the company would meet with the Fra on tuesday to Disi uss ways to better educate the Public doctors and pharmacies about he dangerous and often foal Side it facts. We do Noc want to dispute the fact that this drug is associated Wilh birth defects she said. We want to find ways to further reinforce that  Olstin said thai in the 62 cases of birth defects known to the company the babies were born with severe disfigure actions primarily malformations of the head and oars. About half he of Lucid children died at birth she said. Acc Tanc accounts for Between $40 million and j50 million in sales annually she said. The drug shuts Down he production of serum. Which is the oily fatty sub stance hat causes the info Ina lion. Pain and Csc Nunly scarring of cystic acne. The drug s generic name is isor Flinoil. By september 1987, the Federal drug Agency had received reports of Only 52 babies Wuh acc Tanc caused deformities according to in times. Officials believe thai Many women and their doctors did not always recognize the link 1mlween the drug and deformities in babies. Acc Tanc carries a Strong warning Label ant the company has conducted time Sivc campaigns to publicize in risk of causing birth defects. For Robert Stem a dermatologist at the Harvard medical school agreed the situation is a serious  but he said acc Iane is the Only Traci Imant available Tor Many patients Wilh disfiguring acne. Acc Tane is an extremely important  he told the times. He stressed that severe acne left uncontrolled scars patients both physically and psychology  Dukakis signs Bill creating first state health plan Boston a gov. Michael s. Dukakis said thursday today us make his pry As he signed into Law Massachusetts first in the nation proposal to provide health insurance 10 All residents by 1992. Whal we do Here today can and must be done All Over he United  he democratic presidential front runner told an estimated 2,000 supporters crowded onto inc state House Steps for the signing ceremony. Today Marks the Day when working families the unemployed he disabled students and children Wilh Spe Cial needs Don t go sick because they can t afford to stay Well. Those Days in the Commonwealth Are Over he said As the crowd applauded. From now on. When the sick land at the Doorstep of our healthcare system he first question of them will be congressmen join push for warnings on liquor bottles Washington up Falcon Crest Star Susan Sullivan and five members of Congress joined 92 organizations nationwide thursday pressing Congress to require surgeon general s warning labels on All alcoholic beverage bottles. Rep. John Conyers d-mich., announced at a news conference his introduction of a measure identical to one filed earlier in he Senate by sen. Strom Thurmond r , to require warning labels on All Beer wine and liquor bottles. But several of inc new coalition including con yen suggested that the alcoholic beverage Industry which generally opposes the Bill is expected to rally its consider Able resources in an Effort o kill the Bill. Sullivan Star of the cd soap opera series specifically challenged the head of Ilic giant Joseph e. Seagram sons distillery to become a Knight in shining Armor by put Ting warning labels on All his distillery s quor bottles on Bis own. Before this legislation is  a spokesman for Seagram said neither Seagram chairman Edgar m. Bronfman nor his son Seagram president Edgar Bronfman jr., had any immediate comment on Sullivan s suggestion and noted Thurmond had introduced similar legislation in every session of Congress in his Long tenure on Capitol Hill. The filing of the Thun Nond con ers Bill marked a Milestone in Thurmond s efforts which he said Date As far Back As 1969," to require alcohol warning Label. Where docs in Hurt not How will you pay " Only Hawaii which has an exemption 1o Federal Law allowing in to require employer health coverage has any Hing comparable to the Massachusetts Law. However the Massachusetts legislation which statehouse aides say has generated inquiries from More than 20 states goes beyond Hawaii s approach by offering health Security both to working and non working Resi dents. In his speech Dukakis did t specifically mention whether he would seek similar Federal legislation if he became president but he did say. Today we make history. Bui there in More history to be  As an american. I Don t want my country to stand alone with South Africa As the Only two industrialized nations thai do not provide Basic health Security for their  the Bill was the outcome of a nine month legislative struggle and comes two years after Massachusetts voters endorsed a non binding referendum by a 1-to-l margin urging Congress to enact a National he ally car program. Universal in  the Bill narrowly passed the legislature last week. Tic Doubter said a lot of things Dukakis said. And they were  on wednesday Dukakis estimated that the Law s Cost to taxpayers would be s645.2 million through fiscal 1992, minus about j22.5 million in projected Cost cutting in medicaid. Other estimates put the Cost o i he stale government in the next four care As High As � 1.2 billion. Three Point skid off a Gallup air transport plane nose or n Hole trying to take off thursday in pulling Airport in Fly puff aril where i Surprise april snowstorm depth Between 6 und 7 Inch tit of Snow. There were m injuries u the plane hit a Snowdrift skittered onto Uxley and ended up on its Nunt