European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 8, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes wednesday August 8, 1990 electricians mates suffer cancer by the Cox news service Washington a Navy enlisted men who work around Power plants lighting systems and electrical equipment aboard ships and on Shore Are More than twice As Likely to have leukaemia As other seamen researchers say. Epidemiologists Analysed the medical statistics of More than 1 million sailors who served Between 1974 and 1984. Their study provides another albeit inconclusive indication that exposure to electric Power circuits May cause cancer. Reported in Augustus american journal of epidemiology the Navy study concluded that elevated incidence of the disease among electricians mates was of a borderline statistical  the finding however follows by a few weeks the environmental Protection Agency a conclusion that scientific evidence a tends to support a link Between electromagnetic Fields and cancer. Extremely Low frequency electromagnetic Fields known As a Jelfs a emanate from anything that carries an electric current from Power transmission lines to household appliances. Among several studies cited by Epa the strongest indications that Elf May cause cancer involved elevated risks of leukaemia cancer of the nervous system and Lymphomas in children who lived near electric Power transmission and distribution lines. Other studies have found less significant increases in the same cancers a Mong people exposed to the electromagnetic Fields at work. Scientists at the naval health Center in san Diego said they used a computerized medical data base for Active duty enlisted men Between 1974 and 1984 to compare length of service at different Navy assignments with illness. Among an unknown number of seamen who spent 111,944 a person years As electricians mates there were seven cases of leukaemia the epidemiologists said. This is 2.4 limes the expected incidence of the disease in the general Public and 2.5 times the Overall Navy population. A the finding of a borderline statistically significant excess risk of leukaemia in electricians mates should be considered in the context of literature supporting an association Between exposure to electromagnetic Fields and increased risk of leukaemia a the scientists concluded. Outside experts Are reviewing an Epa study of human and animal research on the possible association Between cancer and Elf. Diving into marriage Kathy and grog Johnson dimly visible in Center Are bubbling Over a or is it just air from their scuba tanks a As they take their wedding vows from Detroit circuit judge Michael Talbot left 30 feet below the surface of Lake Huron. The couple met in 1981 while taking scuba diving lessons. And nine years later they decided to tie the knot aboard a sunken vessel near Lexington Mich. Stateside nuns set up Denver Home As Haven for aids victims Benver apr Seton House a place where aids victims May find a Home and be treated with dignity has been completed and dedicated by missionaries of Charity the order of Mother Teresa. A fall of us Are witnesses today to what most of us Hope to see once in a lifetime a a Miracle a archbishop j. Francis Stafford told a crowd that filled the Small Chapel. Seton House a former Church building that had been closed for eight years was reopened by five Sisters sent to Denver by the order. It will provide a Home for up to 20 men and women with aids when it begins accepting residents in a few weeks. Gov. Roy Romer who attended the dedication said to the nuns a i am absolutely in Awe of the service you have Given. You do Good  basketball dribbler puts full court press on Bank Wheaton my. Apr when police finally catch up with a Man who dribbled a basketball into the citizens Bank hell be cited for More than travelling. A the Cam in dribbling this basketball until he got the tellers attention a said Jim Dearborn an Fri spokesman in Baltimore. A the then slipped her a note and when she looked up he was standing there with this  the robber then ordered the Teller to hurry up. He fled on foot with an undisclosed amount of Cash police said. Witnesses to fridays robbery told police the Man had tape on each of his fingers apparently an attempt to avoid leaving fingerprints. 42 illegal mexican workers traced to ice Cream Vendor los Angeles apr in migration agents arrested 42 undocumented workers who allegedly paid the smugglers for the trip from Mexico by turning Over earnings they gained from pushing ice Cream vending carts officials said. Agents also arrested a manager and supervisor of the do Nicias de Michoacan warehouse which District immigration director Robert Moschorak said was the Findl destination of a network bringing undocumented workers from Mexico. A they were being smuggled into the United states transported to this location and harboured there Quot he said. Quot the initial indications arc that some paid As much As $1,500 to get  some aliens were allowed to pay Back the smugglers by Selling ice Cream and Frozen fruit bars known As Laletas from Pushcart Moschorak said. Gus Mora whose family owns Delicia do Michoacan denied the firm was involved in smuggling aliens. He described the raid Friday As a a switch  Hunting season for Teal cancelled for  Atlanta up a the continuing depiction of the Blue winged Leaf population has prompted the . Fish and wildlife service to cancel the september Hunting season for the migratory Bird for the third consecutive year. A a the service in announcing proposed september Hunting regulations for migratory Birds said preliminary population information a shows a further decline in Blue winged Teal numbers a from last years record Low of 3.2 million to an estimated 2.8  a decrease in wetlands Lack of nesting cover in Breeding areas and poor production in recent years All contributed to the decline the service  to video stores pizza free phone Calls Las vegas apr after it veal s of fast Forward growth video retailers facing tin Industry wide slowdown me adding . And m at least one ease pias. To get movie rentals Back on track. Film save Eliks easier Tii find titles Calv counters video reference databases and tree telephones Tor renters who need to consult w ish those at mine  second choices arc among the peaks being uttered to keep the customer satisfied participants at an Industry convention said tins week. A going to the video store is no longer  said Robert Klingensmith. President of Paramount pictures video do is Uiti. In a glum keynote address at the ninth annual \ Ideo soft Varc Calcis association convention Klingensmith told retailers what they already knew a that sales growth has lev eled off after a Boom decade. Quot we have new customers w to Are hard to reach and old customers whose interests May in waning or need to in reinforced a he said. 1 o counter the trend renting videos must become Wessot an ordeal. Klingensmith said. Hat s the goal at the video station in Lameda calif., where video shoppers can Lake Home fresh ready to bake pizzas. Customers unable to decide on a second Choice after failing to find w hat they re after at new Hampshire a Empire video can Call Home for free. Simple improvements Ike belter shelf organization can help said Mitch Lowe chairman of the  the thing that i hate the most is where films Are just thrown anywhere a Lowe said. Quot you can to just expect people to find the title they want by putting it on the  other simple measures Are hiring More knowledgeable clerks blocking a w Ider variety of Candy and installing after hours drop slots and rental machines. About 15,000 delegates attended the three away Convent Ion. Ken Dorrance w to owns video station with his wife said his pizzas Are part of a larger plan to give e Consumers the attention video chains often cannot. He lets patrons Reserve movies by phone Sells movie related toys and hires clerks with some movie knowledge. A what else can you Excel at besides customer service everybody else has the same titles a nominee said. Lowe said it May Cost $2 More per hour to employ clerks who know Quot steel magnolias Isnit a How to tape on gardening. A shut if you pay someone $2 More per hour they can Tell people about films and rent two or three More movies an hour a he said. According to the Trade publication video Flash. 4.1 billion tapes were rented last year and 196 million were sold. Although up from tire Prev ious year the growth does not parallel the Rise in the number of . Households with Videv Asselto recorders now an estimated 70 percent