European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 06, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes wednesday september 6,1989 agonizing end of a River Outing Richard Jacobs 38, of Stafford va., screams As Rescue workers try to free his foot which rot stuck under a Rock in the Tappahannock River during an Outing near Fredericksburg. It took two hours for Jacobs companions to pull the injured Man Loose. A new study further Clouds breast cancer i use link Boston a the largest study Ever to examine the effects of birth control pills offers reassuring Evi Dence that Middle age women who did t first take the Pill until their mid-20s face no unusual risk of breast cancer past use of Oral contraceptives docs not appear to increase the risk of breast cancer for women in their mid-40s and 50s." said or. Walter c. Willott of the Harvard school of Public health. While the research is Good news for older women it docs not dispel worries that younger women who took the Pill throughout their teens and Early 20s May Haven increased risk of this common form of cancer. The study of 118,273 women is the largest of several released this year that have provided conflicting Evi Dence about the possible role of birth control pills in triggering breast cancer. Some experts worry that taking the Pill during the Early reproductive years May somehow increase the risk. Others note that the amount and ratio of sex hormones in birth control pills have changed since their introduction in the Early 1960s, and this also might have made the Pill More hazardous. The epidemiologists Are All confused myself included said or. Samuel Shapiro of Boston univer sity s Sloan epidemiology unit a co author of one of the recent studies. Shapiro found in studying Pill users under 45 that of those who took Oral contraceptives for 10 years or More the risk of breast cancer was increased four times. A study from University Hospital in Lund Sweden found that women who took the Pill while teen agers in the 1960s have about five times the usual risk of breast cancer before they reach menopause. An Oxford University study of women under age 35 who had been Early Pill users found a 74 percent in crease in the breast cancer risk after eight years. Our study docs not directly contradict those stud ies said Willett. It raises an element of doubt about them but there is no Strong refutation because it s possible that the Pill s effects really Are different in very Young  the Harvard team plans this week to begin enrolling 100,000 to 150,000 nurses aged 25 through 43 in an other study to include women who began taking the Pill during their teens. The newly released Harvard study was published in wednesday s Issue of the journal of the National can cer Institute. It was based on a 10-year followup of female nurses aged 30 through 55 who first filled out questionnaires in 1976. Although the study examined other health and dietary issues its primary purpose was to look for the effects of the Pill on breast cancer. Willett said the massive amount of data collected provides a very Clear and reassuring answer to the women of the age of those participating in the  forty eight percent of the women had used Oral contraceptives but because of their age when the Pill was introduced most of them were Over 25 when the started. While 1,799 of the participants developed breast cancer there was no difference in the cancer rate Between those who had taken the Pill and those who did not. The study found about a 50 percent increase in the risk among women who took the Pill after age 40. Willott said this was biologically interesting but not of great practical  because the Pill in creases the heart attack risk among older women those Over 35 arc generally urged not to use it in recent years the amount and proportions of is Trogen and progestin hormones in birth control pills have changed. Shapiro said the latest study is reassuring for women who took the Early pills. But he added the Issue is what about the Medicine that has been in use for the last 10 years this docs not Tell you very much about that. They Don t have much to contribute to what s going on at the moment breast cancer follows lung cancer As the Reading can cer killer of american women. The american cancer society estimates it will cause 43,300 deaths this year. Teacher strikes affect 114,00 students across . By the associated press teachers without a contract for 14months embraced a last minute Deal so schools could open tuesday in san Jose Calif. Elsewhere in that state 2,500 Sac Ramento teachers joined strikes affecting More 114,000 students around the nation. In occur d Alec Idaho teacher reached a tentative agreement about 4 30 . Tuesday averting a strike by 312instructors. Walkouts in 12 districts in Illinois Michigan Montana Ohio and Pennsyl Vania affected about 66,000 students As of labor Day. Negotiators worked through the holi Day to try to head off a strike in Sacra mento. With 48,000 students it is the biggest District in the nation to have a walkout. Talks broke Down about 3 . An teachers were on the picket line four hours later. The teachers want a 12.7percent raise this year and Are seeking class size limitations and hiring dead lines for new teachers. San Jose school officials headed off Astrike by More than 1,500 Union Mem Bers in California s third largest City. De tails of the agreement were not released. The agreement was reached at the stroke of Midnight after the school District presented the association Board of directors with its latest offer said Bill Hayward a spokesman for the teachers. An All Day negotiating session monday settled a strike by 225 teachers in the upper St. Clair school District in suburban Pittsburgh but five other Pennsylva Nia strikes remained unresolved. Schools in the great Falls  were to reopen tuesday with 540 substitute teachers for 12,500 Stu dents. Only 45 of the District s 723 teach ers showed up for work there last  top the list of contract issues. Laurel mont., teachers voted sat urday to accept a contract giving them a 2.5 percent raise and were to return to work tuesday. In Michigan teachers in the Jackson and Saginaw township school districts were on strike  Ohio no negotiations were held in the Indian Creek and Warren school districts. In Illinois pay negotiations continue Das the strike in Quincy entered its second week