European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 6, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Agent Orange not ruled out As cancer link Washington apr government scientists who a week ago announced that a study found no link Between agent Orange exposure and a rare form of cancer among Vietnam veterans say the herbicide cannot be ruled out either. The chief investigator for the selected cancers study said wednesday that the findings done to eliminate an agent Orange connection. A the study does not Rule out that agent Orange May cause cancer a or. Edward Brann of the Federal centers for disease control in Atlanta told the House veterans affairs committee. Asked about this afterwards Brann added a agent Orange May cause cancer. We done to know from this  in a summary of the study released last week cd said a we found no evidence that the increased risk of nil non Hodgkin a Lymphoma might be related to exposure to agent Orange in  the summary noted the study a determination that sailors with the least exposure to agent Orange were More prone than ground troops to get the disease and that veterans who were in the Region where the herbicide was used most had a lower risk. A these data along with evidence from other studies regarding the likelihood of Vietnam veterans exposure to agent Orange make it quite unlikely that the increased risk of nil among Vietnam veterans results fro Rrt exposure to herbicides a it added. Brann and cd director William l. Roper told lawmakers that the study must be seen in the Light of other scientific research. Still panel members questioned the study a reliability in the 12-year-old debate Over agent Orange. Brann himself said he did not approve of one major question veterans were asked to determine whether they had been exposed to the herbicide which was sprayed on Vietnam a Jungle areas to kill vegetation. Interpretations of the study by scientists veterans organizations and the department of veterans affairs have varied widely because the new report looked Only obliquely at agent Orange exposure. The original intent of the study was to look at agent Orange and its relationship to various cancers on the Assumption that 25 percent of Vietnam veterans were exposed to the herbicide. The cd later changed course however deciding that the a results of several studies make the premise of 25 percent exposure  the study found a 50 percent higher risk of non Hodgkin a Lymphoma in All Vietnam veterans compared with the Overall male population but no significantly higher risk for five other cancers. As a result the a decided last week to award disability payments to those veterans. Thornburgh won t support civil rights Bill by the los Angeles times Washington a attorney general Dick to Homburg said wednesday that he would oppose this years major piece of civil rights legislation even As president Bush praised or. Martin Luther King or. And pledged a to live up to the highest ideals of the civil rights  Thornburgh said he would recommend vetoing a Bill that would overturn five supreme court decisions limiting protections against Job discrimination. The Senate labor and human resources committee handily approved the Bill As Thornburgh a letter was released. Passage of the Bill which would make it far easier for civil rights plaintiffs to win Job discrimination lawsuits has been the civil rights movements highest legislative priority for a year. In a letter to Senate labor committee chairman Edward m. Kennedy d-mass., Thornburgh said a the administration opposes As inconsistent with equal Opportunity any legislation that protesters in Cincinnati show support for an exhibition by the late photographer Robert Mapplethorpe. 1,000 rally to support museum threatened with obscenity charge Cincinnati apr about 1,000 people rallied in support of a museum threatened with prosecution for running a photography exhibit deemed smut by the City a conservative lawmen. The contemporary arts Center is awaiting a court hearing Friday on the artistic Merit of the photos by the late Robert Mapplethorpe whose work last year led Congress to restrict arts funding. The private museums supporters carried signs declaring the City a Cen somatic at the rally wednesday. Museum curator Jack Sawyer wore a a censorship is obscene to shirt Over his suit. Police chief Larry Whalen claiming nine of the 175 photographs in the show Are obscene said authorities Haven to decided whether to file charges against the Center when the exhibit opens Friday. It is scheduled to run for six weeks. Opponents of the show including an anti pornography group said the arts Center would affront Cincinnati a moral standards by exhibiting the photos which include some graphic depictions of homosexuality and sadomasochism As Well As nude children. After Whalen and sheriff Simon leis or. Threatened to close the show the arts Center sued to get a jury verdict. . Plan to control drugs reportedly called failure ised to direct an extra $100 Toillion to the City a drug programs much of Wincn was supposed to go for jail space. But the Money has gone unspent because the City has been unable to agree on a plan to jail construction the times said. The Federal government has also had military prosecutors assist in Ted Era drug cases and has offered Money new drug treatment centers. It created a team of Federal agents led by the 8 Dick Thornburgh would encourage quota  Bush sidestepped the Issue in his speech to the joint Center for political and economic studies. He pledged to a fight against poverty and for Opportunity and to a use this office a this bully pulpit a to condemn in the strongest terms racism bigotry and  new York apr Bush administration officials say the year old a test cases Battle against drugs in the nations capital has failed the new York times reported. Their conclusions were expected to be part of a report to be released this month by William j. Bennett the National drug policy adviser the times said in thursdays editions. The times quoted unidentified Federal officials As saying that Washington has failed to demonstrate a commitment to control drug abuse. Unidentified City officials in turn blamed Bennett saying he oversold the program and failed to Back up his promises with Federal funds. In january the City a mayor Marion s. Barry was arrested on cocaine charges. He denies he has used cocaine and Nas sought treatment for alcoholism. Both City and Federal officials agreed that illegal drugs remain relatively cheap and plentiful and that there has been no reduction in drug related murders the times said. The administration originally prom enforcement administration. Made scores of arrests and seized Lions of dollars in assets from drug Alai ers the times said. Don Hamilton Bennett spokesman Don mme asked wednesday night whether Thrpo said the drug Effort in washing failed said a i done to think that s quite so. A i done to think we re going to say everything in do is Hunky Ory a a should get a ride Down Penn y d01fs Avenue on Rose petals but the rep _ j a tamil fun Sulla. Not done yet a Hamilton said. He said Bennett a staff Plannie meet thursday morning to discuss would be in the report which he would be issued next week