European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 25, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes monday july 25,1988 retribution May hit aids victims Koop says Washington a surgeon general c. Ever Ett Koop said sunday that a wave of Public retribution against groups whose problems Are seen As their own doing including smokers and Drunken Drivers could spread to aids victims by the next decade. Such a response would be tragic but not unexpected to the health profession Koop said. He cited the recent passing of Laws to segregate smokers and Public retribution against drunk Drivers teenagers who become pregnant drug addicts and wife  anti smoking attitude he said is being expressed in the adoption of Laws setting up no smoking area sin restaurants and Banning smoking from entire office buildings and work places. These Are examples of Public retribution exercise against smokers he said also telling his audience most americans would like to see All smokers  he said it is possible that the american people Al ready travelling the Road of retribution will extend that retribution against aids victims in the 1990s, when the annual health Bill for the disease reaches $5  he did not say what retribution might be take against people suffering from the fatal disease. The Challenge to health professionals he said willbe to move reaction to More responsive productive and tolerant attitudes toward those with aids. The surgeon general commented in a speech after receiving an honorary Fellowship from the american College of Legal Medicine. Aids or acquired immune deficiency syndrome Isa contagious disease that attacks the body s immune system rendering it incapable of resisting other Dis eases and infections. The virus most often is spread through close Contact with blood blood products or semen from infected persons. The incurable condition is believed caused by a unusual virus called human immunodeficiency virus or his discovered in France and the United states. Its chief victims have been homosexual men an intravenous drug users although a Small percentage of cases Are attributed to transfusions of contaminated blood heterosexual Contact and spread from infected pregnant women to their offspring. As of july 4, aids had been diagnosed in 66,464 americans of whom More than half 37,535, have die since june 1981, according to the National centers for disease control in Atlanta. No one is known to have recovered from aids. Up file photo surgeon general c. Everett Koop Mickey meets the prime minister it s a Small world As the West bloc s Mickey mouse meets an East bloc prime minister Karoly Grosz recently elected to Lead Hungary during Grosz s visit to Disneyland in Anaheim Calif. The prime minister was presented a Gold Mickey mouse watch after touring the famous amusement Park on saturday. Stateside week in july set aside for Lyme disease awareness Santa Barbara Calif. A president Rea Gan has proclaimed this week As Lyme disease aware Ness week. Reagan said in a statement that Lyme disease afflicts a growing number of americans each year and has been identified in More than 30 states. Lyme disease first identified by scientists in 1975,is spread by the bite of a tiny Deer tick. The Best treatment for Lyme disease is prevention Reagan s saturday proclamation said. People must know the dangers associated with ticks and take necessary precautions when hiking. They should Check regularly for the presence of ticks know How to remove them and Bealert for symptoms of Lyme  fish Oil May help prevent heart attacks tests show Washington a Oil from cold water fish shown by several studies to help prevent heart attacks May work its magic by retarding a growth protein which promotes clogged arteries a Cleveland researcher has said. Paul l. Fox of the Cleveland clinic research Institute said test tube experiments showed that Oil extracted from the flesh of fish that live in cold water decreases Levels of a protein called the platelet derived growth Factor. Reducing this protein Fox said sup presses the growth of smooth muscle cells in arteries and thus helps Stem the blood vessel narrowing that can Lead to a heart attack. But Fox said the finding does not mean that people should Start popping fish Oil pills As a heart attack Preven Tive. More study needs to be done before there is proof that such dietary supplements can be effective he said. T the t. Tive proc tha n b effective said Connecticut City declared Best place to live new York a Danbury lactic City which came in last. Eludes the Nashua chamber of  Conn., tops this year s Money Magazine it s almost a laughing matter to me Commerce. Money staffers sifted through govern Survey of the 300 Best areas in America to live edging out last year s Winner Nashua . Danbury moved from fifth place tothe top of the list because of a lower crime rate slightly better schools and it proximity to new York City s museums Heaters and top flight hospitals Money said in its August Issue. Danbury with 60,470 residents i about 55 Miles Northeast of new York. I think it s great. It makes us feelgood said Robert d. Kennedy chair Man of Union Carbide corp., which is headquartered in Danbury. But a shopper on Danbury s main Street questioned the ranking. I Don t know Why said the woman who identified herself Only As Barbara. It s Boring. When we want to do some thing we go into the new York  the rating also was questioned in at Lanti it s almost said mayor James Usry. I think some of the data or statistics or research the used is faulty. I have made my Home Here and i m proud of the Progress being made  new York City was rated 19th, up from 82nd last year. Naturally we would still think it too Low because we think it s no. 1," said Rose Marie conors spokeswoman for mayor Edward i. Koch. In order the top 10 regions Are Dan Bury Central new Jersey Norwalk Conn. New York s Long Island san Francisco Nashua los Angeles Long Beach califor Nia s Orange county Boston Bergen an Passaic counties in new Jersey. Being top dog is always preferable to sixth place but we Don t feel too bad nestled Between san Francisco andl.a.," said Michael Valuk executive director of the new Hampshire association of Commerce & Industry which in Clud Commerce the streaking stars included mid Western cities with growing economies such As Cleveland up from 83 Las year to 22, and Cincinnati up from 104 to 31. Flint Mich., inched up from the Bot Tom of the list to 293. Flint residents were pretty steamed up about Las year s Survey some even burned co pies of the Magazine noted managing editor Landon y. Jones. Areas that plummeted this year tended to be relatively crime free and inexpensive towns plagued by weak economies such As Houma Thibodaux la., Down from ii last year to 128scranton-Wilkes-Barre. Pa., Down from 9 to 114 and Wheeling w.va., Dow from 3 to 45. I Don t think it s the Economy an weaker than when we were named no. 3," said Wheeling mayor Tom Bailer. Idon t know How they come up with these  govern ment and private data on the nation largest metropolitan statistical areas ranking their crime housing health Economy arts education transit weather and Leisure activities. They visited the top and Bottom 10 regions. Even top rated Danbury had its draw backs. A three bedroom House there typically costs $175,000 or More not unusual considering that each of the top 10 area scored poorly in the housing Price category. The Atlantic City area no. 300 this year has a marvelous five mile stretch of Boardwalk beachfront stately houses in surrounding towns and an out standing Public Library the Magazine said. The Bottom 10" among the 300 Aredes Moines Rockford 111. Flint new Bedford mass. Janesville Beloit  Creek Mich. Yuba City Calif. Benton Harbor Mich. Jackson  Atlantic City