European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 30, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 a a the stars and stripes Friday March 30,1990 study finds no link of veterans cancer to agent Orange her Best shot Ethel Tidwell is astounded at her Success in getting the Ball in a pocket during a women s tournament wednesday at an elderly people s Center in Knoxville Tenn. But she lost the Pool game despite this accurate shot. Atlanta apr the centers for disease control said thursday its Long awaited study of agent Orange shows Vietnam veterans at increased risk of Only one Type of cancer but a no evidence that the risk stems from exposure to the dangerous herbicide used in the War. The study which had been criticized by veterans groups even before it was released focused on Vietnam veterans and cancer and a Only indirectly evaluated agent Orange exposure a the cd said. But it added that the cancer risk among the vets in the study a seemed to be the opposite of the pattern for use of agent  veterans who served on Navy ships were somewhat More Likely to get cancer than those who served on land and veterans who served in the Region of heaviest agent Orange use were at Quot somewhat lower risk than others the cd said. Bush urges end to discrimination against workers with aids virus Arlington a. Apr president Bush proclaiming the government Quot on a wartime footing Quot to find a cure for aids thursday urged an end to discrimination in the workplace against those workers infected with the virus. A a we re in a fight against a disease not a fight against people. And we wont tolerate discrimination a he said in a speech to the National leadership coalition on aids. Bush a comments reflected no new policy initiatives on the deadly disease nor did he address the controversial Issue of immigration restrictions on people infected with the aids virus. Instead he touted the $3.5 billion he is seeking this year to fund aids treatment education and research at the National institutes for health in Bethesda md., and the Federal centers for disease control in Atlanta. A a we re on a wartime footing at Nih and cd. Tonight like every night the lights will Burn Fate in Bethesda and Atlanta As a group of american pioneers work to solve this problem. If they do a i should say when they do a it will be one of the greatest things our nation could do for the  activist Urvashi Vaid hoists a protest sign during Bush s speech in Arlington. Bush called for compassion stating that he and his wife Barbara have lost friends to the disease friends for whom their love a was just As great and just As intense As for anyone lost to heart disease or cancer or  Bush called on Congress to pass legislation barring discrimination against those infected with the virus and he urged business executives in his audience to keep his infected people in the workforce. A they can serve Many More productive years with no threat to you your other workers or your companies a he said. The immigration Issue has prompted several organizations to announce they will Boycott an International conference on aids in san Francisco this summer. They want Bush to lift immigration restrictions on aids infected people. The White House however has been trying to deflect the heat to Congress saying the administration has done All its authority allows. French and Swiss officials have said they wont Send delegations to the sixth International conference on aids in june. Nuclear weapons Security questioned  lint n ,. Washington up a sen. Sam Nunn worried about nuclear terrorism and the possibility soviet weapons might be at risk in nationalist strife asked the superpowers thursday for Independent reviews of the weapons Security and fail Safe systems. And in one of a series of Senate floor speeches the influential chairman of the Senate armed services committee said that with a reduced conventional warfare threat in Europe nato should aim to be Able to win a mobilization race should signs of any soviet buildup be spotted. The Georgia Democrat also said he tended to Side with Cia director William Webster Over defense Secretary Dick Cheney in the debate on whether the changes in Eastern Europe and the soviet Union Are largely irreversible As Webster maintains. Nunn has been pressuring the Pentagon to provide a Long term defense plan and to adjust the 1991 budget to reflect a reduced National Security threat largely prompted by the changes in Eastern Europe and the soviet Union. Nunn said that even before recent turmoil in the soviet Union a one of the most important concerns i have had was that some of the tens of thousands of soviet nuclear weapons could fall into the wrong hands or be launched by Accident. As i have read reports of the ethnic unrest in Azerbaijan and elsewhere in the soviet Union my concern has been  Nunn said the physical safeguards and the various fail Safe protections each superpower provides for its nuclear weapons should be reviewed by outside experts a who Are not part of the nuclear Chain of  the United states keeps its nuclear weapons under tight physical Security and there Are a variety of coded Steps and authorizations that must match before the arming and subsequent release of a weapon is authorized. The soviet Union is believed to have the same Type of safeguards for its weapons. On the split Between Cheney and Webster about the reversibility of events in Eastern Europe Nunn said that after a variety of hearings with recognized experts a the testimony before our committee strongly indicates that. Webster s assessment is closer to the Mark than.  agent Orange sprayed by the in military to remove Jungle and Crons in Vietnam contained dioxin a he toxic chemical that some studies have found to increase the risk of cancer. The cd study conducted Over five years surveyed male cancer patients when were the right age to have served in Viet Nam. Whether they did serve or not Thev were compared with a group of similar males with no history of cancer. The veterans administration has been awaiting the study before making its decision on whether to award benefits to veterans exposed to agent Orange. Nearly 35,000 claims have been filed citing the chemical As a cause of disabilities including cancer skin disease and miscarriages by veterans wives. American legion officials told their Vietnam Veteran members in Advance of thursdays announcement that they should not be too optimistic about this study which was mandated by  lands on her feet after crash Detroit apr a woman fleeing an angry Boyfriend was thrown 50 feet from the car she was Riding in crashed through a shingled roof and landed feet first on a refrigerator authorities said. A she got up walked into my living room and Lay Down on my Couch a said Syble Cherry owner of the Home Denise Williams crashed through. A i done to see How she even walked. I guess anything is possible a Cherry said. Williams 27, suffered fractures to both wrists and her left ankle and had extensive cuts and bruises. She was in fair condition wednesday at mount Carmel mercy Hospital. A fall she said was a i need some help and i need it  1 was shocked a said Cherry a son Oscar Cooper. Williams was Riding in a Ford escort that was hit by the car driven by her irate Boyfriend said police officer Thomas Martinelli. He said the escort sideswiped a tree spun and hit a curb when Williams was Flung out of the passenger door and into the  the car hit a curb and witnesses say it rolled Over numerous times before the woman was thrown from the vehicle Quot Martinelli said. The car then slammed to Cherry a Brick House. The Driver of the escort was not seriously Hurt Martinelli said. Police planned to change the Boyfriend who was in custody with felonious assault with a moving veh icle. Cherry said it was the second time in less than year that a car crashed into her House which is second from the Corner. A i still have it in my mind to move out. Ill never be Able to no Down in the living room and relax and watch to. Id be too nervous a she said