European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 13, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 a a a the stars and stripes thursday september 13,1990 researchers get go ahead to use human Gene therapy Noti Iron a i tit Tun Ruffi Ini at. The jail mint is caused by a flawed eeness failure 1 Bethesda my. Up a the first official at tempt at human Gene therapy won final government approval tuesday freeing researchers to Start historic tests on sick children. As expected the acting director of the National institutes of health William Raub followed the Lead of an n1h advisory panel which in july resoundingly endorsed two plans to use Gene therapy to treat children with depressed immune systems and cancer patients. Every person has about 100,000 genes bearing the instructions for everything from Eye color to the risk of developing certain diseases. Gene therapy involves inserting genes with Correct information into cells that contain defective genes or putting in new genes containing the code for disease fighting substances. The plan to use Gene therapy on immune suppressed children can begin first because the food and drug administration did not place a hold on the project requested five weeks ago. In their work w. French Anderson Michael Blaese and or. Kenneth Culver want to Correct an extremely rare childhood immune system deficiency that afflicted the so called a Bubble boy in Texas. The ailment is caused by a flawed genes failure to code for an enzyme called Adenosine Deam Inase. The researchers plan to insert Correct copies of the Gene into patients blood cells. The disease affects no More than 20 children worldwide at any Given time. In the past some affected youngsters lived in plastic bubbles to guard against life threatening infections. Now most such children undergo Bone marrow transplants or receive injections of the missing enzyme. The Fra is still reviewing the proposal of or. Steven Rosenberg of the National cancer Institute who applied two weeks ago to use Gene therapy to enhance another experimental therapy in patients suffering from Melanoma a rare deadly Type of skin cancer Miller said. Jeremy Rifkin president of the non profit foundation on economic trends in Washington criticized the plan to use Gene therapy on children. A technology is Rushing Way ahead of the willingness of the government to make sure it is not abused and does not run amok a said Rifkin who for 13 years has called for tighter regulation of genetic research to prevent misuse. . Troupe jumps through hoops to get props out of quarantine Knoxville Tenn apr customs inspectors left a British acrobatic troupe hanging by its fingernails before releasing the groups boxes labelled a Rabbit ears a a cat paws and a a Giraffe from quarantine in Cincinnati. The closest thing to animals in the troupes act Are costumes worn in its renditions of Lewis Carrolls a malice in wonderland Quot and a through the looking  but Airport inspectors apparently did no to know that. A i think it was the a Jabberwocky that really finally confused them Quot Linzi Bagshaw administrator for the troupe circus burlesque said tuesday. The 17-member troupe from Bristol arrived Friday to perform at the Knoxville world festival. With last min Etc scrambling the troupe planned to be ready for wednesdays opening performance Complete with flying trapeze stilts and tumbling. Prop cases marked with the names of the costumes inside a paws cars and the like a or with such circus terms As a Giraffe a the name for a 6-foot unicycle a had apparently caught inspectors attention. While the troupe got Oil the plane in Atlanta its props flew on to customs quarantine at a Cincinnati Airport. Quot some trusty customs employee thought that there were these cats and this mouse and this Giraffe in this 6-foot-Long Box a said festival artistic director Philip Arnoult. A fall 1 know is that when i Learned what was going on i said something that you could never print in a family  Bagshaw said a the problem seems to be that because it had a circus written on the Side of the cases they thought we had a animal debris in our  two circus members travelled 200 Miles to Cincinnati by truck monday to retrieve the props. Some 18 hours later they returned to Knoxville with the appropriate papers signed and the props on Board. A file a circus member wears a Rabbit ears a one of the props that caused consternation at . Customs. Stateside Cesar Chavez arrested for defying protest ban Montebello Calif. Apr United farm workers president Cesar Chavez two of his grandchildren and nine others were arrested tuesday for defying a court order Banning protests outside a Chain of stores that advertises table grapes. Chavez 63, and other Union officials and farm workers demonstrated outside a Vons Tanguis Market to Challenge a sept. 7 court order prohibiting protests at Vons Chain stores in los Angeles county. The 12 were arrested for investigation of violating the court order held for about two hours and released on their own recognizance pending an oct. 11 arraignment in municipal court police it. James Hogue said. The farm workers Union contends that growers Spray table grapes with pesticides that Are dangerous to workers and Consumers. Vons chairman Bill Davila countered that his stores were being caught in the Middle of Chavez a dispute with grape growers. Pioneer space Walker retires from Nasa Navy Washington apr Bruce Mccandless ii the astronaut in one of the most famous space photographs a a Man floating free against the backdrop of a Blue Earth a has retired from Nasa and the Navy. Mccandless helped develop the space Agency a manned mane vering unit a Jet powered Backpack and was the first to Wear it in space on a flight in february 1984. He was the first human to move in space untethered looking like a helpless Teddy Bear swaddled in White. A that May have been one Small step for Neil but its a Heck of a big leap for me Quot said Mccandless As he floated out of the cargo of space shuttle challenger. He was parodying Neil Armstrong a first words when he stepped on the Moon on july 20, 1969. Mccandless flew in space for a second time this year helping deploy the Hubble space Telescope in april. Man commits suicide in Church during mass san Antonio apr a 23-year-old Man walked into a roman Catholic Church and shot himself to death during mass authorities said. Antonio Rubio was a member of the Church and had been married there in 1989. He walked into St. James the apostle roman Catholic Church on monday night and shot himself in the Chest with a .25-caliber semiautomatic handgun police said. A i was right in the Middle of mass Between the consecration and the lords prayer when we heard this noise a said the Rev. John Yanta. The congregation turned around to see what caused the noise. A somebody said a he shot himself a a Yanta said. He and several other people tried to help. Yanta said he administered last  wish Book More fanciful than Ever Dallas apr there a one rare Black Mink coat for a Mere $50,000, a Gem encrusted Butterfly brooch for a Quarter million and a new Orleans Mardi gras excursion for about six grand. For less extravagant shoppers How about the Lead item in this years Nei Man Marcus Christmas catalogue his and hers 1990  straight backed wooden chairs designed by artist Philip Grace become life size portraits of your Choice. At $6,000 each they re Art you can really use. A people Are always interested in seeing what we have for the his and hers gifts. Every year we look for something that Hasni to been done before Quot said Jan Rob erts Neiman vice president of Public relations in new York. A some years they re really expensive gifts some years they re animals. It does no to always have to have the same feel a she said. The Dallas based department store on tuesday began sending out 3 million copies worldwide of its Holiday wish Book famous for items ranging from the silly to the Sublime. This year there a the usual russian caviar packed in Gold lined tins at $295 per Gram As Well As Knickknacks clothes food and other things Many at regular department store prices. In the one of a kind category is an original Gypsy House trailer ornately carved and painted supposedly a once both Home and transportation to an important English  Roberts said the caravan obtained from a midwestern collector is a really spectacular. A Little museum on  a we will probably sell it a she said. She said the company already has received inquiries about another singular item a Napoleons spectacles. The Gold rimmed Reading glasses used by the French emperor possibly for occasions of state Are priced at $90,000 and come with a certificate of authenticity and a leather Case. The 1991 Mardi gras trip offers a a special cachet to join the elite inner circles of new Orleans revellers. It includes five Days and four nights of debauchery for $5,898 for one person $600 for each additional person. A and there a a lot of stuff in this Book that a just for you and me a Roberts said. A things that Are still whimsical and unique but Arentt necessarily expensive. A one of my favourites is the Gold Slinky. It would make a great executive gift a she said. The Gold plated toy which is a Large Spring that a a walks Down stairs is $55. Also for executive level children is a Dollop of silly Putty in its own engraved Sterling Silver egg for $95 to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Novelty. And for the family pet there a a Pooch Palace described As a a canine dream  its 6 feet tall with an astroturf base and a car door window permanently rolled Down. All for Only $3,220