European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 12, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday. January 12. 1990 the stars and stripes Page men tolerate booze Beffer than women Boston a drink for drink women get drunker than men. N a scientists believe they know Why men have More stomach for boo a. A study published thursday found that men typical a make higher amounts of a substance that Breaks Down alcohol in the stomach before it reaches the bloodstream. As a result men feel fewer effects of alcohol even when men and women the same sue drink the same amount. I am convinced that there Are sex differences in handling  commented or. Judith a Alcor of the University of Pittsburgh. This is a or important study for All of us doing research in alcohol. This will change the Way we approach this  researchers said the study also underscores con Cerns about drinking during pregnancy provides an explanation on the effects of drinking on an empt stomach and could he used to help set Safe drinking Levels for men and women. The implication of this is that Wincn in comes to social drinking women should be More careful than men for a Given amount of Alcho when driving or operating equipment said or. Charles s. Liebfr. A co author of the study. Lieber. Director of the alcohol research and treat fires destroy 10 Homes in Oklahoma Oklahoma cite api grass fires fanned by High winds destroyed 10 houses to Central Oklahoma on wednes Day. Several Sheds and outbuildings were damaged and land in the Rural Eastern part of the state was charred. A fire that began about i . East of Noble scorched about l Square Miles and claimed 10 residences said polite sgt. Malt Ectlis. They re just slabs on the ground. Eight Homes and two House Trail  Bettis said. Lie said the Blae was under control at Ghoul h .1 . And there were no injuries. Noble is about 20 Miles South off okla homa c Ltd. An Oklahoma cite i ire department dispatcher said three fires in the metro Politan area had damaged several houses. There were no reports of a i Lesul nos hemp Hurt but a few firefight lots sum Rcd minor injuries m v.,h a nine. The dispatcher said portions of  4n  i Lahu a City had to be closed Lor a line be cause of the heavy smoke the  Highway patrol said in Eastern Oklahoma wildfires involved As Manv As Doo acres men Center it the Bronx veterans affairs medical Center said the findings also help explain Why women alcoholics Are especially prone to liver disease. Inc studs conducted on 20 men and 2.1 women.  directed by or. Mario i re a of the University school of medi Cine in Trieste. Italy. The in skills were published in the new England journal of Medicine. It found thai women absorb about one third More alcohol into their blood than men do. The researchers believe tins is largely explained by the fact that non alcoholic women produce about Al percent loss of the protective substance than non alcoholic men do. Heavy drinking seems to hinder the Hod s ability to make the substance an in Vic called alcohol Zehv Dro Gnase. While alcoholic men produce less than so Cial drinkers the difference was most dramatic in Alco Holic women they make virtually none. In alcoholic women there is for All practical Pur poses no gastric Protection  said . Therefore when an alcoholic woman drinks alcohol she has the same blood level As when she is Given that amount of alcohol intravenously. This May explain what is already known thai women Are much More susceptible than men to alcoholic liver  in an accompanying editorial. Drs. Steven Schenker and k Vincent Speeg of the University of Texas at san Antonio called the results  i hey said the theory Mav explain at least in part the higher risk in women of harmful effects of alcohol. Another researcher. Or. David Van theil of the i a varsity of Pittsburgh agreed. I think it s an important observation that suggests that alcohol metabolism in the stomach is different Between men and women and As a result there Are differences in Poten tial logic it for men and  he said. T he study also provides an explanation for Why it is thought that people feel fewer effects of alcohol from drinking on a Lull stomach. If Thev drink when their digestive system is empty the alcohol passes i quickly through the stomach into the Small intestine where if is absorbed into the blood Stream. However when the stomach is full alcohol stays in the stomach longer so the in Vine has More time to work on it. Or. Domenic c in aloof new England medical Cen Ter said the findings also underscore concerns about drinking during pregnancy. The findings suggest thai the amount of alcohol reaching the fetus May be higher than previously thought. Liven at Low Levels alcohol May not be Safe at  he said. Kislia Smith and a companion look on As fire engulfs u Nei Clihord s House in Eastern Oklahoma co univ run Silay. . To emphasize unmanned space probes Arlington a. Api vice president Dan Quayle told a meeting of astronomers wednesday that the nation s space program in the future will emphasise unmanned science experiments and work toward establishing astronomical observatories on the Moon. His speech to the american astronomical society emphasised that unmanned science probes would he a major element of the Bush administration s space Effort. We Are committed to a balanced scientific pro Gram Quayle said in a comment that Drew applause. The Large exploration programs we Are plan Ning will not emphasise human activities at the expense of scientific  he reaffirmed the administration s plans to establish a permanent base on the Moon and later to mount a manned expedition to Mars. At some Point we Hope to establish lunar astronomical observatories to build on the foundations of earlier unmanned scientific satellites he said. Quayle said the exploration of Mars will begin with an expanded series of unmanned scientific probes perhaps including a return of Mars surface  the vice president head of the National space Council. Spoke on the opening Dav of the i75lh National meeting of the . A gathering that includes More than 1,000 astronomers. Many astronomers w " depend govern Mem financed satellites and telescopes have Long complained that the Federal emphasis has been on manned space exploration and provided fewer funds fur robot Craft. Following Olav la s remarks. John Bacall the president elect of . Applauded the vice president s statement that unmanned science would not be Short changed in the administration s space program the vice president s comments said Bacall. Indi Cate Icv understand the importance of unmanned  he said Oravle s support fur astronomical Obser qua in Vapories on the Moon creates a Challenge Tor Ameri Ca s astronauts we As astronomers have to come to grips with the possibility of there being facilities on the Moon and on Mars and what we can Best do with  he said. President Bush announced plans july 20 the 20th anniversary of the first Apollo Moon Landing to commit the nation to establishing a permanent Moon base in the next can turn and then to mount a manned Mission to Mars. Bush offered few details in that speech but said that Juravle and the National aeronautics and space administration would work out realistic timetables for the ambitious Effort. Since then the administration has not announced specific plans for the financing and Liming of the projects. The Cost of the proposed Moon and mais program was estimated last summer at Between a fill billion and $91 0 billion. The proposal got a Cool reception in Congress even by those who usually Are enthusiastic about the nation s space a Lorl