European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 6, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes thursday april 6,19b9 panel investigating cosmetic surgery Washington a Patin is seeking a Bun. Tain of youth through an estimated 3 million cosmetic operations each year arc sometimes getting More than they bargained Tor suffering and disfigure ment a House subcommittee investigating alleged unscrupulous practices by unqualified physicians was Laid tuesday by one woman that a Lummy Luck severely damaged her heart and left her scarred for lire. Another testified that she was nearly driven to suicide a  to remove the saddlebags from her thighs disfigured her leg when Loo much fat was sucked out. Rep. Ron Wyden d-orc., chairman of the House Small business subcommittee on regulation said cos milk surgery remains a dangerously under regu lated medical Field in which physicians can prac lice without special licenses. The subcommittee earlier issued a six month study that found 95 percent of cosmetic operations Are performed in doctors offices where crucial Emir ency equipment is often no available. Currently any medical school graduate with a slate License can perform cosmetic surgery. While nearly every stale requires Drivers to prove they have lab Judy insurance doctors can practice cosmetic surgery without any insurance coverage. Various medical officials agreed tuesday thai. There is impetus for the profession to toughen its own standards. But Richard t. Cak cd. President of the american Academy of cosmetic surgery argued against any Effort to narrow the practice to any particular group of specialists or to any particular facilities. No. Group of health care providers has a monopoly on the provision of these services nor is any it s a dangerously in Der regulated medical  rep. Ron Wyden group completely free of individuals who abuse them he said. However r. Barrel noon president of the american Board of plastic surgery said physicians without training in plastic surgery have no business performing cosmetic surgery. The plastic surgeon stands alone As the medical specialist Best qualified to ensure he  satisfaction of patients noon a Lared. Joyce Palso. Of Santa Ana Calif., said postoperative infections resulting from Sloppy work of a sur Geon sent her into heart failure five times within a year ". But 1 want to fell you  she said. The doctor who did the Tummy Luck on me did the same proce Dure on a 36-year-old registered nurse two months after he did me. She died from the same complications and infections that i had. So t am the Lucky  Angela r. Brown of Bowie md., said the dieted and exercised regularly for 16 years before turning to a plastic surgeon to remove the saddlebags from her thighs via lip surgery i was led to believe that Piipo surgery was simple and successful she said. And since i had chosen a qualified Board certified plastic and reconstructive surgeon i was sure everything would be just  Brown said that about three weeks after he opera Tion i noticed my right leg was caving in. So i called the doctor and went for a checkup. As soon As he saw it he calmly said 1 look out ten much fat " the surgeon told her the condition eventually would Correct itself but instead it got worse she said. She went to several other surgeons including one who told her three More operations costing $25,000, would still give her Only a so so Chance of recovery.  ,.". There were Days when 1 thought about getting in my car and saying goodbye wond " she testified. Brown said her leg is almost Back to Normal after restorative surgery for which she still owes medical Bills. Unlike peso she has yet to collect any Legal damages from her surgeon who has since been arrested on unrelated charges anniversary of King s murder observed in Memphis Atlanta Memphis Tenn. A protests and a memorial marked  of Martin Luther King or s death tuesday in the City where an Assassin s Bullet felled in civil rights Leader 21 year ago. To commemorate any year of a life or death of our civil rights leaders is an event because or. Martin Luther King represents so much to so Many people said Ron Waller vice presi _ _ i ii Dent of the a act s Memphis chapter. " the anniversary is a Symbol of Hope a Symbol of struggle and of unmet american commitment to causality in american so  in Atlanta on tuesday King s younger son Dexter Scott King officially became a Leader in in civil rights movement his father left behind exactly 21 years ago. Or. King Dexter King 2s, was installed As president of the King Center a policy Center created in his father s memory succeeding his Mother corp la Scott King. He will manage Day to Day operations while mrs. King serves As chief executive officer and spokeswoman for inc Center after being charged supercharged and Turbo charged i Hope i can say 1 am in charge King said. He used his first minutes As president to make an Appeal for Money saying building an endowment for the Center is a top priority it s not about what Dewer wants King said. It s about what the King Center needs. Read my lips Money. The time has come. The generation before us has paved the  anniversary was a Holiday for Memphis  workers whose strike King had come to the City to sup port the civil rights Leader was shot by James Earl Ray while standing on a Balcony of Fth Lorraine Motel. On tuesday the Rev. Osage co Sunkara Abdul Yah sch led a midday March from the Motel to the Clay born Temple Church where a memorial service was held. Later a poor people s Campaign rally was held in front of the Lorraine and anyone with a complaint was allowed to speak for up to two minutes. Some talk about human services same talk about juvenile court said the Leader of the rally Muhammad a. A Ziyad. Most he said complained about plans to convert the Lorraine into an  million civil rights museum Ziyad s group has filed a lawsuit in Memphis Over the plans to demolish he Motel and erect inc museum in its place. The original plan was to convert it to a shrine to or. King instead of bringing in Memorabilia from the Gay rights struggle the Boston Tea party and All this other involvements that has nothing 10 do with or. King Ziyad said. Another memorial was attended by striking Mem Bers of a municipal workers Union who then set up a picket line in front of the Memphis housing aul Only. Elsewhere about 400 Blacks marched through the. Streets of Niagara Falls n.y., to protest the City s Refu Sal to declare King s january birthday a Holiday. City officials say it would Cost some $ 110,000 to give work ers another paid Day Ofle we can l help but feel thai his is a form of racism the Rev. William t. Spencer said at a City Hall rally. Tests show fats in grilled hamburger processed cheese May fight cancer Irvine Calif. Up fats found in grilled hamburger and processed cheese May act As anti cancer agents in mice a researcher said tuesday bul cautioned mat inc finding is not a signal to Chow Down on cheeseburgers. The findings by in the face of recent studies Al the University of California s Lawrence Yermo Laboratory where scientists experimenting with rats found thai sub stances produced by cooking hamburger cause cancer. By Michael Panza a food microbiologist at the univer sity of Wisconsin in Madison said we found that a extract from Fink d hamburger had Anu to mutagenic a Tiv  Pariza and his colleagues found that a fatty acid known As conjugated Linol Cic acid Cla in grilled hamburger and processed cheeses tended to inhibit cancer development in mice. The researchers have not performed similar studies . Whose study is partially funded by the Dairy Industry found a particularly High concentration of Cla in cheer Whiz a processed cheese spread As Well As in milk end Parmesan Romano Blue aria Cream cheeses. I would be very cautious about extrapolating this kind of data from one rodent study to humans said or. Myron Winick a nutritionist at the new York Academy of medi Cine. "1 Don t know of any real evidence demonstrating that Linol Cic acid is necessarily anti Cardno Genic in people Pariza said his recent research found that Cla is an  cancer in  stateside flying object in Colorado May have been meteor Denver a a Brilliant Blue object with a streaking yellow Tail that was seen rocketing across Colorado skies monday May have been a rare daytime meteorite a planetarium spokeswoman said. From All the details we have been Able to gel it sounds like it was a meteorite said Suzy Gurton program supervisor at Fiske planetarium in Boulder. We Haven t been Able to determine yet whether it landed or exploded before it hit the Earth she said. Reported sightings of the object filtered into atmospheric and space related agencies shortly after noon from metropolitan Denver Salida in South Central Colorado and Garden City and Salinas in Kansas. Fire ant stings Send  doctors Atlanta a fire int slings Send at least 21,000 people a year 10 doctors in 13 Southern states a Survey has found. The Survey of physicians for the american Academy of allergy and immunology also found that 413 people were treated for link threat crying reactions to fire ant slings last year and that 32 died most of them because they were hypersensitive to the ant s Poison. In most of those who died the ant slings triggered an Annoh lactic or allergic response that caused the body s respiratory system 10 shut Down fire ants arrived in Florida by boat from South America and have been slowly moving northward and Westward. Cold weather has seemingly confined them to the deep South. False advertising claimed in lawsuit against Twa Topeka Kan. Up Kansas attorney general Bob Stephan tuesday announced he has filed a lawsuit against trans world airlines inc. For allegedly Adver Tising one Way fares but Selling Only round trip tickets. Stephan said new York based Twa placed ads last month in four newspapers circulated in Kansas. The ads said that a trip to London As one example costs $202, he  a person cannot buy a one Way ticket to London for j202 because the fare is based on a round trip ticket Stephan said Twa is doing something no other business in Kan Sas is allowed to do he said. It is advertising a product that is not available. The airline uses the Tow fare to catch the Reader s attention because it sounds better than the round dip fare Stephan . The lawsuit seeks unspecified damages of More than $10,000 plus investigative fees and penalises of $2,000 for each violation of the Kansas consumer  "