European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 27, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes tuesday september 27,1988 baldly speaking men Are hopeful thousands can begin rubbing scalps Kalamazoo Mich. A thousands of Bald ing american men will begin rubbing their scalps Inich coming weeks with inc latest remedy for hair toss Upjohn s Rog inc. While its Success rate May be As incalculable As the number of hairs you la Wash Down the Drain during your next Shower Romaine is the first prescription drug proven to grow new hair. The drug approved by the food and drug administration will Start showing up in pharmacies by the end of september a one month Supply is being sold to pharmacies for j42.50 and will Cost Consumers about $60. Because it is used primarily for cosmetic reasons few insurance companies arc expected to cover the expense. Upjohn officials say it could take up to eight months before users see any results. And Many will  no change at All. However Upjohn officials say some will see vary ing amounts of new hair growth while others will Seea decrease in their hair loss rate or Stop losing their hair altogether. In testing 2,300 men at 27 medical centers the Kalamazoo based pharmaceutical firm found that 8 percent experienced dense new hair growth while 31 briton held in Miami fire that killed 2 Miami a a British tourist accused of setting a fatal hotel fire after an argument with her Boyfriend was ordered held without bail monday Anda magistrate also ordered a psychological examination. Tara Jane Terry 19, of Camberley England was arrested last week on fed eral arson charges in the fire at the Nas Sau hotel in Miami Beach. She faces a maximum of life in Pris on if convicted. Her Boyfriend Mark Edward Rich Ardson 20, was detained As a material witness but he was released on j 100,000 Bond. Two people died of smoke inhalation in he sept. 17 fire and one person was critically injured. Terry appeared monday before  Linnea Johnson. Nobody would set a tire in which her Money was burned up All of her clothes All of her documents it just does t make sense her attorney Corey Hoffman argued. Hoffman said his client should be freed pending rial saying that her Mother intends to come to live in the United Stales during proceedings. But assistant . Attorney Terry Lindsay told the magistrate that the British teen Ager was a risk to flee and should be held. She s Here Only on tourist visa and she has the Means to leave he said. Johnson agreed that Terry should re main in custody and with Hoffman s experienced moderate new hair growth. The remain ing 61 percent showed Little or none. While a 39 percent Success rate for a drug is relatively Low it is considered tremendous in an area where All other remedies have failed. The Success rate was challenged by consumer re ports which said Upjohn tested Only men who would have a propensity for Success with the drug. Upjohn docs not dispute that its studies exclude men Over 49 and those with Large areas of baldness two categories in which Rog inc is expected to do Little Good. Those with the Best Chance of Success Are me younger than 40 who have been losing their hair for 10 years or less and who have an area of baldness four inches in diameter or less on the Crown of the head Upjohn spokeswoman Kayc Bennett said. It rarely works for those with receding hairlines or Large Bald patches. Even with results there s another drawback. To keep the new hair or to keep the balding process at Bay the drug must be used twice a Day every Day for the rest of the user s life. Once it is stopped All the new hairs will fall out within a few months said or. Richard evil Liz up John s director of dermatology. Two Independent studies have shown a certain amount of regression after the first year of use for those who do initially grow hair do Vincz said but a study of men using Romaine Over a 4 a year period shows they continued to grow hair to some extent Romaine s Active ingredient minoxidil was devel oped by Upjohn in the 1960s Ai a treatment for High blood pressure under the name Lon itch. Its hair restoration effects were found by Accident after researchers in the Early 1970s policed those on the drug were growing hair on their foreheads an Cheeks. In 1977, scientists began testing a version of minoxidil As a hair restorer. Clinical trials began five Yean later no one really understands How Rog inc  said it somehow stimulates inc matrix cell around the hair follicle. Another mystery he said i Why it grows hair on the Crown and not at the temples. Though users Are advised to get a physical examination before starting the drug. Devillez said there have been no serious Side effects although a mull number of those tested experienced Scalp itching. Romaine already is available in 45 countries under inc name a Caine. It s believed about 25,000 Ameri can men were using the drug before Fra approval by having their dermatologist prescribe Lonten fro which minoxidil was extracted. Man opens fire in school in , k7.ng i student to Jane tory consent ordered a psychologist to examine her. The evaluation will be presented at an arraignment set for oct. 13.according to an affidavit filed by a Federal agent. Terry and Richardson arrived at the Nassau hotel on the night of sell 17.they went upstairs arguing. But Richardson later returned to the lobby and spoke to the manager leaving Terry in their room. She later joined him in the lobby. While they talked passers by reported the fire. Federal agents and firefighters deter mined that the fire Wax set and pin edit Down to the time Terry was in the room alone. Greenwood , a a gun Man entered an elementary school Mon Day and calmly opened fire killing on student wounding 10 other people and sending terrified youngsters fleeing into the Woods authorities and witnesses said police have a suspect in custody said police chief James Coursey Dan Branyon spokesman at self me Morial Hospital in Greenwood said eight children and two teachers were brought there All suffering from gunshot injuries. Six of the 10 we retreated Ana released and four were being admitted including a child who we in critical condition he said. Children ran from the Oakland elementary school into adjacent Woods when the Man opened fire about 11 a.m., the Greenwood Index journal re ported. Janitor Thad Barr a witness to Parton the shooting said he was t sure where in started but the Man was in the lunchroom shooting then went Down the Hail shooting into classrooms. Physical education aide Philli Browning said that after the suspect quit shooting he threw the pistol Dowland walked out of the building As if nothing was Wron g. Browning said he held the suspect until police arrived. He described theman As a hefty White male in his mid 201. He remained Calm and offered no resistance Browning said. The school was evacuated As state troopers police officers sheriffs deputies and school officials arrived. Offi cers and volunteers combed the Woods for a Lime after the shooting looking for children who might be hiding. Greenwood school District 50 superintendent Bob Watson said nil he knew was that an unidentified Man came into the building and started shooting Chil Dren and teachers Watson said it did appear that the Man had any connection with the school. Marilyn Amick a first Wade teacher said she and her students fled the cafeteria after she saw a Man waving a  left through a Back door and ran toward the Woods. Later they joined other group of Stu dents on the Fawn in front of the school and teachers checked Rolli to count the students. Children were allowed to go Home after they were accounted  volunteers called pm anti to let them know their children were la right Amick said she comforted Ber Stu dents by telling them everyone to their class was of. Greenwood is a town of about 22,000 in Western South Carolina some so Miles North of Augusta of. Last week a Man later identified Aschem Henderson shot and killed two people in in store in Chicago the walked across the Street to a school kill ing a school janitor and a Pouce a before he was killed by another police officer. In that Case no students or teachers were injured but on May 20, w 8-year-old boy was killed and six other people were injured when a woman went on rampage in and around i school in the affluent Chicago suburb of  woman Laurie Dann killed herself Ai the end of the spree. Demos concede filibuster killed minimum wage Bill Washington a Senate democrats monday said republicans through a five Day filibuster effectively killed chances of raising the j3.35 minimum wage this year. There is no Point in our continuing to Pound on their door said sen ate majority Leader Robert c. Byrd . I m now conceding that the Republican filibuster was successful. I regret  would have liked to have seen this Bill passed by the 100th con Gress the Bill by sen. Edward m. Kennedy d-mass., would have raised the wage floor which has been at its pre sent level since 1981, to $3.75 in Jan uary s4.15 in 1990 and $4.55 in 1991.kennedy said in would have directly benefited some 15 million Wor Kennow paid less than j4.55 an hour. I think it s a pretty Good  said Republican Leader Bob Dole of Kansas. This Bill could t pass the House it was t going to pass the Senate unless it was modified. Senate democrats had attempted twice the last time on Friday to in Voke cloture to end the  attempts failed. Republicans launched delaying tac tics after Kennedy used a parliamentary Man Euver to effectively deny vote on vice president George Bush s proposal for a sub minimum training wage