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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 30, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday june 30,1988 the stars and stripes pages women spurn cancer testing study reveals new York a sixty percent of women gtd 40 or older Hiya never hid Kretul or a to detect a ctr Tod newly fun in of nation1 women do not get up Nev often enough ing guts b Federal study released tuesday. The Testi we generally Ander it ulna a Maryian Roper acting Deputy director of tie a Vonil cancer Institute. She described Tell Rolny Rewil of the Federal Survey at a Temi tur to poured by the cancer Institute and tie pharmaceutical company Hoft Muin la Roche inc. Tit Surrey which used variety of a mroos Boit once included interviews with 3,297 women us 1,416 men. Among the Tau let 45 percent of women 40 my older Slid they had never had a mar Agram or breast a Ray and 17 percent More bad never even heard of tie lest. The cancer Institute recommend a no unto Gram every year or two starting at age 40, and annually after age so. Bat Only 17 percent of women reported having a  within the put year Roper uld. About 23 percent of women 18 or older had not had a Pap smear for detecting cervical can cer in the Prev lot three Yean. The Institute says All a Bally Active women in that age group should have the test annually or lets frequently at � physician s discretion if three consecutive Pap smears showed no problem. 72 percent of women 40 or older reported having a physical screening extra for breast can cer a number Roper mid should be higher be cause the exam is easily included in a routine physical. A common reason people gave for not Gettlin screening tests was that they had not Beard them. Webb told of probe in fall says he did t Tell Carlucci by Norman Black a military writer Washington former Navy Secretary James h. Webb said tuesday he was told last fall that a member of his Headquarters staff and sex Navy official Mervyn r. Paisley were under investigation in a de sense fraud Case but did not Lell defense Secretary Frank c. Carlucci. Webb said he was told thai Paisley was a Centra figure in the investigation. He added he was t told and did t ask the identity of the official on his Slait who was under scrutiny. Fri search warrants suggest the official on the Navy staff under investigation is James Gaines the Deputy assistant Secretary for acquisition management. Webb in a Telephone interview said he consciously did not share his knowledge of the investigation with Carlucci because he figured inc Fri would Tell him if and when it wished. Pentagon spokesmen have said Carlucci did not learn of the probe until june 13, inc Day before Fri agents began executing search warrants at the Penta gon and elsewhere around the country. The former Navy chief said he was originally told the investigation would probably be completed by last Christmas but it kept getting delayed because the net kept  Webb a Vietnam War hero lawyer novelist and former assistant defense Secretary became the Secre tary of the Navy in april 1987 following the Resig nation of John f. Lehman jr., who had held the Post for six years. Paisley was an assistant Secretary of the Navy and one of Lehman s lop aides. He left at inc same Lime Lehman did and established a defense consulting Busi Ness. I was in fact briefed Boul this last fall Webb said of the investigation. And 1 was then periodically updated on it by the chief of the naval investigative service or Nis. I was told that with respect to the Navy Paisley was the Central figure. I was also told an individual still on my staff was under in  after the briefing. Webb said he did two j things. "1 told them 1 did t want to know who it was on my staff but please try to hurry up and gel the investigation done if that was the Case Webb said. L i did t like the idea of i someone committing Flo Nies when i m trying to reorganize with new peo ple. And 1 also asked Webb the Nis to communicate to the Fri my concern hat if they were investigating Paisley it be for substantive matters because of Paisley s relationship with Lehman. I did t want in to appear to be a Witch  Webb said he never Allum plod to discuss the Mailer with Carlucci because that was t my  this was a very close hold report involving an investigation being conducted by the Fri with he Nis cooperating not the department of defense he said. My View was that if inc Fri wanted to Tell Carlucci they would Tell hint. How should i know whether they wanted to Tell him Why should i gel tangled up in All thai according to the Justice department inc Nis began the investigation two years ago and then called in the Fri. Justice officials say the inquiry centers on allegations thai Pentagon executives took bribes from Pri vate military consultants who were seeking classified information for defense contractors. Webb said his knowledge of details of the investigation always was limited. Ask d if he was lot there were other Central Fig ures working for other armed services or on the Pentagon staff Webb replied no  Webb also said that Long before he knew of the investigation he cancelled a consulting contract Between Paisley and the Navy that allowed Paisley to keep his Security clearance for super secret program information. 37 nuclear plants placed on Alert Washington a an incident at an Illinois nuclear Plant that could have jeopardized safety has prompted a nationwide Alert affecting 37 plants the nuclear regulatory commission said tuesday. In inc a vim March 9 at the Lasalle Plant owned by Commonwealth Edison co. Al Sliawa 111., iwo pumps that circulate water through a reactor were shut off when the Plant was operating Al about 85 Pyrc Cal of full Power the arc said. The incident produced an uncontrolled Power fluctuation in which Power in creased to 118 percent of the reactor s rated capacity before the system automatically shut Down the commission said. Since this kind of event had not occurred previously in a licensed Power re actor in this country though in had been calculated thai it could occur inc generic safety implications were not readily appear ent,1 the arc said. Although Commonwealth Edison was Noisat fault and handled the situation prop Erly the problem could have been serious arc spokesman Frank Ingram said. He originally speculated thai unchecked the incident could Banc resulted in a meltdown. However an Engineer on the commission staff said the risk was not so great. We did t know How much worse the situation could get and there was inc potential not Likely but the potential of fuel damage said Ashok Thadani the arcs assistant director of Engi Neering and systems technology but a whole lot of other things have logo wrong before you worry about a Radia Tion  Edison spokeswoman Deborah Vestal dismissed either scenario As speculation. No Lima Ohio a Rolls Royce Britain s luxury automobile manufacturer has filed documents with the . Pat ent office alleging that a Lima company the makes caskets for Pels has adopted a logo confusingly close to its own. The logo of pet rest inc., owned by Mike and Sandy Mccormack includes a capital p and an interlocking capital r. Rolls Royce has used two interlocking capital is since 1925. The Mcconn Acks who started i hair company about three years ago deny icy intentionally copied the or logo. I Sal Down with a Tablet and Drew variations of the letters p and a Mike Mccormack said. We tried to find a Way that the letters could work Well to Gether in a logo. It was by Chance that we selected the one we use  Range Timber fires destroy Homes National Forest land by the associated press a fasl moving Range fire pcs loroyed four Homes in California on tuesday while firefighters on inc Montana South Dakota Border worked to contain a Tim Ber and grass fire thai has consumed 58,300 acres. About 1,000 firefighters made head Way against the fire at Ekalaka mom., which was considered 95 percent contained fire information officer Judy Schulz said. Firefighters were mopping up and checking for hoi spots on the perimeter of the Blaze which burned a Large Section of the cd scr National Forest. Winds thai had been fanning the Blaze dropped monday and changed direction she said. Thundershowers monday night helped. No new fires were reported tuesday from lightning she said but equipment was on standby. Temperatures were in the mid-90s tuesday Down from highs in the High 90s to above 100 in recent Days. Winds slowed to 15-2 Mph from As High As 45 Mph in Northern California a fire started about 4 a.m., burning 100 acres 1 mile outside Cloverdale and about 70 mites North of san Francisco. Obviously you want to look at All your possibilities she said. Bui Iacre s always the possibility that nothing would have happened. It could have subsided by itself. She said both pumps inadvertently were shut Down at the same time during routine calibration of instruments and the Mai lure of cold and hot water in the reactor system when the pumps started again caused the Power fluctuation. At the instant we knew what was occurring and we knew what to do to cease in. That s what was done Vestal said. There was no damage to the fuel. There was no release of radiation. There was no suffering Al the  Ingram called the incident a Fluke occurrence thai could happen without warning at any of the 37 . Plants using boiling water some use pressurized water to turn their turbines. Sands or time in the stars and stripes 40 years 090 today. June 30, 1948 the soviet military governor in a letter to the British expressed Hope thai resumption of rail traffic Between Berlin and Western Germany would be made before Berlin s Supply of food ran out. 30 years ago today. June 10. 1958 the uni cd states sought the release of 24 american service men who were believed kidnapped by Fidel Castro s rebels while on a cuban Lour. 20 years ago today. June 30, 1968 poor people s campaigners in Washington drove to Capitol Hill in a truck and were joined in song and prayer and finally in Paddy wagons by a group of White quakers who insisted on being arrested with them. 10 years ago today ,., june 30, 1978 Princess Caroline of Monaco and Philippe Juno were greeted by exuberant applause after their wedding in a private Chapel at the Monaco Palace  
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