European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 1, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 a a the stars and stripes monday october 1,1990 a Ltd i k a x it it it Jas vow. A a presidential paws president Bush stops to Greet one of his tors. Press Secretary Marlin Fitzwater dogs As he returns to the White House looks on. Bush later announced a Bud on sunday to meet with budget no gotta get package had been agreed upon. . Study reports enthusiastic results from abortion Pill Washington up an abortion Pill developed in France was a Well liked and produced virtually no excessive Side effects in women taking part in a Small . Study a researcher reported sunday. The results of tests on 16 american women at the University of Southern California medical school in los Angeles Are consistent with larger studies conducted in France and elsewhere on the drug known Asru 486. A these results from yet another continent clearly support the existing evidence that re 486 is Safe effective and Well liked a said or. David Grimes the Only . Researcher to test the drug. Re 486 has been shown to be Safe and highly effective for aborting Early pregnancies. It has been made available m France and China and is expected to become available in Britain in 1991. The drug has not been made available to american women or . Researchers outside Grimes team and is not expected to be available anytime soon due in part to opposition from anti abortionists. The drug also known As Mif Pristone and Mif Gyne works by blocking a hormone known As progesterone which is needed to maintain a fertilized egg in the womb essentially triggering a miscarriage. In the new study which was to be presented monday at an american Public health association meeting in new York Grimes used the last of a Supply of the drug obtained by the population Council in new York from the maker Roussel Claf of Paris. The study aimed primarily at examining the drugs Side effects and acceptability to women involved women who suspected they might be pregnant because they had missed their periods. Within 10 Days of missing their periods half the women took re 486 while the other half were Given tylenol without knowing what they were receiving. The study is the first to compare the drug to a Dummy Pill. Four women in each group turned out to be pregnant. Re 486 successfully aborted the pregnancy of three out of four of the pregnant women who took it a an effectiveness comparable to previous studies. Three of the four pregnant women who took tylenol and the fourth pregnant woman who took re 486 underwent Standard abortions. The fourth pregnant woman who took tylenol had a miscarriage. The remainder of the women turned out not to be pregnant. There were no medical complications and most of the women returned immediately to their usual activities Grimes said. Surprisingly the women who took re 486 were no More Likely to experience cramps heavy bleeding nausea vomiting or any other Side effects than those who took tylenol Grimes said. A Cru 486 is really innocuous a Grimes said. A it turns out the drug is about As noxious As a couple of  All the women who took the drug said they liked it and would take it again under similar circumstances he said. Those women who previously had a Standard abortion said they preferred re 486 because the drug was a More convenient and less traumatic or a less painful and easier on my body a he  grief Charlie Brown we re 40 new York apr Good grief the peanuts gang is turning 40. The images Are embedded in american popular culture Charlie Brown trying to kick a football snoopy gunning for the red Baron and Lucy dispensing psychiatric advice a Nickels Worth at a time. Now its time to celebrate. In Honor of the 40th anniversary of the comic strip a peanuts a there a a jazz concert at Carnegie Hall a birthday party at the natural history museum of los Angeles county and a special exhibit at the smithsonian institution. On oct. 2, 1950, a a peanuts made its debut in seven newspapers and Good old Charlie Brown and his beguiling Beagle were on their Way to becoming an International phenomenon. Today the strip runs in 2,300 newspapers and reaches More than 200 million readers a Day in 68 countries. The peanuts gang Speaks chinese even Serbo croatian. There a been a hit musical a a you re a Good Man Charlie Brown a a series of to specials and a Book on the philosophical and religious implications of the strip a the gospel according to  in september cartoonist Charles m. Schulz was one of Forbes magazines top 10 richest entertainers with earnings for 1989 and 1990 estimated at $54 million. Unlike Many cartoonists the 67-year-old Schulz still draws every comic strip himself. A Why do musicians compose symphonies and poets write poems a he asked. A they do it because life  have any meaning for them if they did no to. A a that a Why i draw cartoons. Its my  the cartoonist was born in St. Paul Minn. He studied Art in High school after he saw a a do you like to draw had. Schulz later did lettering for a Church comic Book taught Art and sold cartoons to the saturday evening Post. His cartoon feature a a lib a folks a the forerunner of peanuts was developed for the St. Paul Pioneer press in 1947. The strip was sold to a Syndicate in 1950, and the name changed to  Charlie the round headed boy in the sawtooth shirt was named after a Friend at Art school and is the cartoonists alter ego. Snoopy was inspired by a dog he had As a child. The Little red haired girl a Charlies unrequited love who is never shown in the strip a was based on a Girlfriend who rejected Schulz a proposal of marriage. Through the years for the millions of readers Charlie and his gang have been like family. Followers know that snoopy a in his world War i flying Ace incarnation a a flies a Sopwith Camel. They know Linus needs his Security Blanket and awaits the great pumpkin every halloween. They know Schroeder plays Beethoven on his tiny piano. The 40th birthday festivities kicked off at the super bowl in new Orleans in january with a halftime show featuring the peanuts characters. On monday the natural history museum of los Angeles county was to Salute Charlie snoopy Linus Schroeder Peppermint Patty Sally Lucy a and Schulz a with an exhibit that premiered at the louvre in january. There was also original artwork by Schulz excerpts from the More than 40 peanuts television shows and snoopy mementos that were carried aboard nasal a Apollo 10 Mission. New York City will Toast Schulz and his characters oct. 24 with a jazz concert at Carnegie Hall featuring saxophonist Grover Washington or. And bassist Ron Carter. The peanuts to specials have been noted for their original jazz scores. Opening oct. 30 at the smithsonian is a this is your childhood Charlie Brown a children in american culture 1945-1970,�?� an exhibit that looks at How Schulz a comic strips reflected childhood and american culture after world War ii. Ein Wei Drei Hutchinson Kan. A Troy and Trina Kinast have to watch what they say around their 3-year-old son. Seth Kinast according to his parents can already recite the greek alphabet say the English alphabet Forward and backward count in Spanish German and English read at a second Grade level identify countries on a Globe recite the books of the new testament and keep up with adult conversations. Seth began saying a a Mommy and a a daddy at about 8 months. At 16 months he named the letters of the alphabet. At 22 months he read Magazine headlines at a grocery store. Us ask the 3-year-old the couple read books to the unborn child because they heard it could stimulate letter and sound recognition. After Seth was born they read or Sang to him As they rocked him to sleep. A now we read to him before naps and bedtime a Kinast said. A the has a stack of books by his bed and he reads to himself. Sometimes at 11 30 p.m., we have to Tell him to quit but he always says a just one  a _ More than 800 books line the shelves in Seth a bedroom. Kinast is a math instructor at Wichita state University mrs. Kinast stays Home with the children