European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 6, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes monday june 6,1988 study links work on dts to greater miscarriage risk new York a a study of nearly 1,600 preg Nant women found that those who used video display terminals for More than 20 hours each week in the first three months of pregnancy suffered almost twice As Many miscarriages As women who did not according to a published report. The findings do not necessarily mean that the Termi nals themselves had caused the miscarriages said the authors of the study researchers at the Kaiser Perma Nonte medical care program in Oakland Calif. The new York times reported in its sunday editions that such unmeasured factors As Job related stress and poor working conditions could also have been responsible. The results of the study appear in the june Issue of the american journal of Industrial Medicine. The re searchers called for More elaborate studies. The researchers found that heavy users of dts were More Likely to have children Wilh birth defects but the increase was not statistically significant the researchers said. The findings were the first  evidence based on substantial numbers of pregnant vat opera tors to show n statistically significant increase in mis carriages among those who use the terminals More than 20 hours a week inc times said. Some experts have suggested that Low level electro magnetic radiation from dts May be Able to alter or disrupt cellular development. About 15 million dts arc in use in the United slates and about 3 million More arc added annually according to the vat news an Industry newsletter. About half he estimated 10 million people who use inc machines on the Job arc women of child bearing age the times said. The researchers surveyed 1,583 pregnant women in Northern California. The study found increased risks of miscarriage in both the first and second trimesters of pregnancy Tor All women who worked with video display terminals for More than 20 hours a week. No statistically significant increase was found for women who bad used the terminals less than 20 hours a week the researchers said. Preliminary results of a University of Michigan study of 728 slate employees in Michigan released Las september found thai pregnant women working at dts less than 20 hours a week faced no increased risk of miscarriage. Mother Teresa visits mass prisons at urging of jailed former Monk Concord mass. Up1 Mother Teresa of Cal Cutta the Nobel peace prize winning nun arrived by helicopter at a maximum Security prison saturday Inan inmate visit initiated partly by a pen pal prisoner who once was a  Teresa known for her work among the destitute of India spoke to prisoners and blessed 500 rosaries at the Concord House of correction in inc morning before flying of to visit two other prisons in the  a place like this it is very important to share the Joy of Loving use the smile of compassion to make your slay More peasant to each other. You must make use of every sacrifice and give it As a gift to god she told the  of the Concord prison s 800 inmates were invited and officials said most attended the mass that was celebrated at a makeshift altar on the prison gymnasium s stage by Cardinal Bernard Law archbishop of  diminutive 77-year-old roman Catholic nun a native of Albania Sal among the inmates during the service then stepped onto the altar to bless the rosaries which we redistributed among the prisoners to her urging that they spend their confinement coming closer to god. Remember that cod loves you tenderly. You can make this place another Nazareth because Jesus is Here too. If Here is any bitterness get rid of it. Gel it out. I will Pray for you. I will not forget you. 1 love you. Godless you Mother Teresa said to a standing ovation. Her visit stemmed partly from a two year correspondence with Walpole stale prison inmate Donald Ouimet 47, a former Capuchin Monk who was convicted five times for assault and Battery from 1965 to 1985, after he left the monastery. Ouimet said he began writing to Mother Teresa shortly after she was awarded the Nobel peace prize. He began working intensively for her visit after she told him in an october 1987 letter that if it is god s will i will be Able to come to  she later flew off in a helicopter from Concord for similar meetings at two other prisons Ouimet is imprisoned in one. A photo Mother Teresa elves Hei Blessing after mass to the inmates of Ibe prison at Concord on saturday. A Gator show offer killing Fla. Girl Englewood Fla a a to i foot Alligator lunged from a Lake seized a 4-year-old girl and dragged her to her death authorities said sunday hours after they shot the reptile Wilh the girl s Limp body in its jaws around Midnight game officers spotted the Alligator carrying the body of Erin Glover on the Bank of a lid Den Lake. The reptile was immediately shot with a ,357-Calibcr magnum pistol said Stephen Condit red Cross disaster services director. The girl s body was then recovered he said. Since 1948, there have been 95 unprovoked Alligator attacks with five previous deaths said game commis Sion i. Jim Farrior. Erin was walking along the South Shore of the Lake with her brother and a playmate at 6 30 . Saturday when the Alligator bolted from the water and snapped up the girl in its Teeth. The child was forcibly dragged into the water by the Alligator said sheriffs Cape. Robert Miller. The Alligator was spotted after five divers had searched the Lake and weeds surrounded by the Gar Dens of Gulf Cove development while six Florida came and fresh water fish commission officers and several deputies and emergency workers walked the land. The area is about 25 Miles South of Sarasola on Florida s West coast. Neighbor Nolan Jesse said he had heard Erin s Mother screaming and look a Rifle to the Lake. He said he saw a Large Alligator surface with a Light coloured object in its Mouth. Neighbor Debbie Triplet said the children with Erin who witnessed inc attack were Erin s 6-year-Oldbrother and a Friend who is about 7. The children were walking a dog she said. Stateside Driver killed by Boulder dropped from overpass Takoma Park my. A a 27-Ycar-old Maryland Man was killed when a 36-Pound Boulder was dropped from a Parkway overpass and crashed through the Windshield of his car police said saturday. Takoma Park police and inc Maryland National capital Park police were searching for a Young Man who reportedly was seen standing on inc Bridge overlooking the Parkway shortly be fore inc Boulder was dropped on Friday night police also were searching for several wit Nesses who saw the Accident and might be Able to identify the Young Man. Police identified the dead Man As German Rodriguez who lived in Takoma Park not far from the scene of the Accident. Rodriguez was taken to an area Hospital where he was pronounced dead. Police said a passenger in the car Helen Lopez was not seriously injured. New police commissioner named in Philadelphia Philadelphia a mayor w. Wilson Pode has named Deputy commissioner Willie Williams As the City s new police commissioner putting him in charge of a department still re covering from corruption probes and a confrontation with a Radical group Williams 44, is the first Black to Lead the 6,700 member department. He will replace Kevin Tucker who resigned after 2 i years on the Job. Tucker 47, quit May 26, effective june 10, Cit ing a need to spend More time Wilh his family. Tucker is former head of the local secret service office. Owners discover hog farm and Hygiene incompatible Hygiene Colo. A the owners of hog farm set up to protest zoning in downtown Hygiene have decided to Call it quits. We Hope to be gone before the Snow flies said Jerry Swart who managed the hog farm forthe owner Houston Downs. We Hale this county so bad. We never wanted to come Here in the first  Downs wanted to use the property As a Cov ered parking facility for recreational vehicles and said thai if his land was not rezoned to commercial he would install a hog farm. And he did. I am not for Wall to Wall growth but then i am not for government taking something away without compensation said Swart. That can t be  but nobody really seemed to care if there was a hog farm in the Middle of this Small Northern Colorado Community. In the end. Swart and Downs Tost Between $4,000 and $5,000 on the venture the Only thing we did t have happen to us was Swine cholera Swart said with that you go out one morning and find All of them  and so the Hygiene hog farm is for Sale. Distributor offers kit to remedy stroller problem Washington a the distributor of Kvanli strollers sold nationwide is offering a kit to repair a design problem that has resulted in cuts and other injuries to children the consumer product safely commission has announced. The commission said 13 instances have Bee reported in which children have had their chins caught Between a Metal wire guide and the Arm rest leading to Mouth cuts and damaged Teeth. Involved arc Kvanli strollers sold nationally by Peg per go . Inc., based in fort Wayne ind. The commission said 11,344 of the strollers were sold for $99 each in 1986. The company will provide a repair kit to close the Gap Between the Arm rest and guide wire. To obtain the kit and installation instructions con Sumers can Call Peg per go at i-800-824000 or write to the company at 3625 Independence drive fort Wayne ind persons needing More information can Call the commission at 1-800-638-2772