European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 12, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 a a a the stars and stripes thursday april 12,1990stressful work linked to heart disease Chicago apr Job stress can Lead to High blood pressure and cause potentially dangerous physical changes in the heart according to a new study of male workers. The findings Are based on a study of 215 men Ages 30 to 60 at seven work Sites in new York City including a Stock brokerage firm private Hospital and garbage collection facility researchers wrote in wednesdays journal of the american medical association. Job Strain resulted when workers Felt they faced High psychological demands without having much control Over Day to Day decisions said or. Peter Schnall the Lead researcher at Cornell University medical College in new York. Twenty one percent of the subjects suffered Job Strain and faced about a three times greater risk of having High blood pressure than those who did not experience Job Strain said Carl Pieper a Cornell statistician. All men 30 to 40 years old with High stress jobs had a a clinically significant thickening of the hearts left ventricle or chamber a condition that often precedes coronary disease and heart attacks Pieper said in a Telephone interview tuesday. Their heart Muscles were an average of 20 Grams bigger than those without Job stress a a a substantial difference but still within Normal Range Schnall said by Telephone tuesday. A to the Best of our knowledge this is the first time a psychosocial variable based on Job characteristics has been found to be related to both hypertension and anatomic increases in heart mass a the researchers wrote. A if our Model is Correct Job situations where the level of work demands exceeds the individuals ability to control or Deal with those demands create a Challenge that activates the sympathetic nervous system and leads to an Elevation of blood pressure at work. A Long term exposure Over years to Job Strain is hypothesized to ultimately result in a sustained Elevation of blood pressure that then causes structural change in the cardiovascular  while the notion that psychological factors can physically affect the body is not new it is viewed with scepticism by some medical authorities or. Redford b. Williams of Duke University medical Center said in an accompanying editorial. A if these results Are considered along with the growing contributions of neuroscience to our under standing of How the brain Speaks to the body a or Gans perhaps the idea that the brain plays a role in Quot physical disease will soon seem less a revolutionary and More like a Normal science a a Williams said. The men studied had All worked in the same Job for at least three years none was More than 20 Der cent overweight and none had suffered from heart disease before the study began in 1986. Eighty one percent were White the remaining were mostly Blacks and 87 had High blood pressure at the Start of the study. The authors concluded that Job Strain was a significantly related to High blood pressure and increased heart mass after adjusting for factors such As age alcohol intake and smoking. A a a we re not showing that Job Strain is causing heart disease a Schnell said. A what we re showing is that Job Strain is causing a change in muscle mass that could Lead to disease. The study based on data gathered through 1989, is continuing for another five years to determine if the changes Are permanent or progressive he said. New York mayor asks Dod to Stop building Staten Island Navy port ecu Vadi rat it new York not a mayor David n. Dinkins has asked the defense department to Stop development of the Navy port that has brought one Cruiser to Staten Island and May bring several other ships there. Although Dinkins sent a letter stating his opposition to Secretary of defense Dick Cheney his administrations disapproval cannot by itself Block the project. But it sends a Clear signal to Congress which is already questioning whether it should spend billions of dollars More on new ports. Ten of the 12 members of the House of representatives from new York City have already told Cheney in a letter that the strategic rationale for Home ports is no longer compelling Given changes in Eastern Europe and the soviet Union and budgetary constraints. A at a time when the Navy is closing facilities reducing its Fleet and realigning its forces there appears to be no reasonable justification for the construction of six new Home ports a including one on Staten Island Dinkins letter said. In 1986 Congress authorized $198 million for construction of the Staten Island port of which nearly $175 million has been spent. The port is 90 percent Complete and the department of the Navy has requested an additional $20 million which would bring the centers total Cost to $218 million. Dinkins letter is. The latest assault on the Staten Island port which has so far survived lawsuits strident grass roots protests and bitter political tussles. His request fulfils a Campaign Promise to oppose further development of the base and puts him at Odds with its support ers including gov. Mario Dinkins m. Cuomo and Borough president Guy v. Molinari of Staten Island the former . Representative who led the fight for the port in Congress. Dinkins has proposed finding non military uses for the port. His letter comes at a time of financial austerity when Congress is trying to find ways to pare its budget and members of the new York delegation have declined to throw wholehearted support behind the project. Crew of spy ship Pueblo to get pow medals after Long wait san Diego up a the Crew of the spy ship Pueblo Long ineligible for pow medals despite their 11-month Captivity in North Korea during the Vietnam War will be formally honoured As prisoners of War the department of veterans affairs said tuesday. The belated recognition was made possible by a congressional amendment signed by president Bush in december after protests Over the Crews exclusion from a 1988 pow ceremony said Daniel Emer regional a director. A those men suffered terribly As a result of their experience in North Korea a Emer said. A there has been a great sense that they did what they were asked to do and performed their duty under difficult  All surviving Pueblo crewmen will be invited to san Diego to participate in a full dress ceremony May 5 at the county administration building. Assistant Secretary of the Navy Barbara Pope will preside Over the ceremony. The spy ship Pueblo was seized off North koreans coast in january 1968. One crewman was shot to death and the other 82 men aboard were held captive and subjected to beatings and torture until their release was negotiated in december 1968. Confessions signed by Crew members while in Captivity sparked criticism in the United states. Cmdr. Lloyd a a Peter Bucher also came under fire for allowing the ship to be captured. A naval court of inquiry recommended he be court Martiale but then Navy Secretary John Chaffee rejected the idea. Bucher retired from the Navy and working As a successful Watercolour artist said he was a very gratified by the decision and gave special thanks to rep. Nicholas Mavroules d-mass., who wrote the legislative amendment making the Crew eligible for the Honor. Bucher and several Pueblo crewmen testified last summer at a Capitol Hill hearing called by Mavroules chairman of a subcommittee of the House armed services committee. The former skipper who has steadfastly held that he and his Crew were scapegoats for an unpopular . Foreign policy said the men of the Pueblo were declared a a detainees instead of prisoners of War a because Legal people at the department of defense decided we were not eligible for the pow Honor under the rules As they were written in 1988. A a lot of folks thought that was a Damn poor Deal. You would Hope the people who run our government would handle something like this with a Little More generosity a Bucher said. A a number of the Guys who received pow medals sent them to me in the mail along with letters saying How angry Thev were at the was the Pueblo Crew was sent them Back. Very gratified that these men Are finally getting the Public recognition they Are  stateside subsidized subway service to Kennedy Airport ends new York apr express subway service to Kennedy International Airport ends sunday after 11 a years of subsidized service. A it was never really the train to the plane a said Jared Lebow a transit authority spokeswoman referring to an Early advertising slogan. A it was always the train to the bus to the  passengers paid $7.50 to ride the express subway to Howard Beach in Queens and then special buses to the Airport. Lebow said about half the riders were regular commuters from Howard Beach not air plane passengers.3 Northwest pilots plead innocent to alcohol charges Minneapolis apr three Northwest airlines pilots accused of flying while intoxicated pleaded innocent in Federal court on tuesday. . Magistrate j. Earl Cudd set a trial Date of june 11 for capt. Norman Prouse 1st officer Robert Kirchner and flight Engineer Joseph Balzer. . District judge James Rosenbaum will preside Over the trial. The pilots were arrested at the Minneapolis St. Paul Airport on March 8 following a Dawn flight from Fargo . They were accused of drinking at a Fargo bar late the night before. Northwest fired the three and the Federal aviation administration revoked their licenses. Felony indictments for operating a common Carrier under the influence of alcohol were returned april 4 against Prouse of Conyers a. Kirchner of Highland ranch Colo. And Balzer of Antioch Tenn. A single trial is scheduled although the attorney for Balzer said he would try to get his client a separate trial. The three face Misdemeanour charges in North Dakota and were scheduled to appear in Cass county court in Fargo on  couple 3 children killed in townhouse fire Glasgow Del. Apr a fire raced through a townhouse tuesday claiming the lives of a Young couple their son and two daughters authorities said. A neighbor said the father screamed in vain for help. The Only member of the Buchanan family left 6-year-old Staci who had already left for school when t Blaze broke out at the Central Delaware Home around , said state fire marshal j. Benjamin Roy. Four bodies were found in second floor bedrooms year old baby was found in the living room. Next door neighbor Judy Koria said she heard the a ther 27-year-old Eddie Buchanan sr., calling for Aid. The other victims were tentatively identified As _ Chanani a wife Susan 23 daughter Crystal 1 a g Amber 4, and son Eddie jr., 3. Staci who moved to the area with her family a month ago was placed in her grandmother s care