European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 26, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 4 a a the stars and stripes Friday october 26,1990 while . Bickers folks across country feel plumb fed up Mesquite Texas a retired Sheet Metal worker Ben Mcabee knows politics is rarely pretty. But lately he said what a been going on in Washington has been downright disgusting. A i think people Are getting plumb fed up with it a Mcabee said. From coast to coast anti Washington sentiment is running deeper than the deficit. The disgruntled include Monique Osborne a 20-year-old californian who said simply a i think its Way then there a Vincent Broco in Maryland who described the . Government As a a group in Tampa fla., is called a throw the rascals radio Call in shows across the country hear Strong anti Washington sentiments. The Albuquerque Tribune in new Mexico set up a phone line for readers who want to complain. Newspaper ads have suggested that All incumbents be tossed overboard. The showdown Over a new budget Between Congress and president Bush has been about As popular As Roseanne Barros rendition of the National Anthem. The District of Columbia is now the District of contempt. A they would have to clean Washington right out completely and Start Over a said Don Hart who was running errands wednesday in downtown traverse City Mich. A a a disgusted Isnit the word. A made would be a better Many everyday americans interviewed around the country this week said they have been following the budget Battle closely a and done to like what they see. From Bush on Down no one appeared immune to Wrath. Politicians performances seem to have grown worse Over the years people said and this year is the worst yet. A a in a pretty upset about it actually a said Neil Tucker a 34-year-old commercial real estate broker in Baltimore. A we elect these people to represent us and they re More concerned with their special interests and getting re elected than voting their convictions. A i blame leadership a Tucker added. A i blame the people in Congress. They re All basically a Bunch of a a in a not going to vote for a single incumbent a said Tomas Martinez a new Mexico state government clerk who lives in Albuquerque. A i think its time to give others a Chance. Maybe think More like a consumer like a taxpayer rather than remaining in office feathering their own polls show Public Confidence in government is at a two decade Low and Bush a approval ratings Are at their lowest Levels of his presidency. Congress approval ratings Are even lower a Newsweek poll found 52 percent would be willing to fire the whole Congress. And a recent Abc news washing ton Post poll found a record 79 percent of those surveyed said the country is on the wrong track. A a they be got no respect for us and we be got no respect for them a said Farmer David Guise who runs a produce stand outside Dallas. A a it a a helluva mess. Washington has got too Many millionaires in there and they done to care about the working a was far As pointing fingers i think its everybody a fault a said Art Mcardle who administers a surveyors apprenticeship program in Oakland Calif. A a it san appalling situation. I think the problem is they be known that this was going to happen and they did no to take the Bull by the horns soon a yes in a following it a Gary King a construction worker in Des Moines Iowa said of the budget Battle. A a in be been following it for 12 years and it seems like it always Falls on the working class Man. It does no to make a whole lot of at the Diplomat mall in Hallandale a Quot they be got no respect for us and we be got no respect for a Farmer David Guise fla., a Broward county City with Many senior citizens Laura Goldman said a a we re All watching it. Look we re on fixed incomes. They re talking about increasing the Cost of medicare they should decrease it. A i done to think it will Ever be straightened out. I have grandchildren and i worry about that budget deficit for however Larry Nusbaum an artist displaying his acrylics at the main Plaza in Santa be n.m., blamed the american people More than Congress or Bush for the budget fiasco. The Public makes too Many conflicting demands on the Federal government he said. Nusbaum said his opinion of Congress a was no to very High to begin with but i can understand their a a it a not Congress its us a he said. A they receive the messages from us. We get the government that we deserve you can blame the government All you want to and that does no to Cut the tax increases expected in the new budget Are a particular sore spot. Mcabee the Texas Retiree who Sells handmade pillows and quilts from a Roadside stand complained that the Rich should shoulder a heavier Burden. Increasing cigarette gasoline and Beer taxes will hit working class people hard he said. A they did no to tax wine because that a what they drink a Mcabee said. A but some poor Bastard who has to buy gasoline to drive to work and have a cold Beer when he gets Home they re going to tax him to a a it a politics a said Hart from Michigan. A we done to have any statesmen anymore. All we have is haul seized after fierce gun Battle Nogales Ariz. Up the . Border patrol seized 4,391 pounds of cocaine the largest haul in the Agency s history after a gun Battle with smugglers in a caravan of about 40 horses near the Mexico Border officials said thursday. The . Drug enforcement administration estimated the value of the cocaine at $199.7 million. Border patrol agents and the smugglers exchanged gunfire before the smugglers fled into Mexico said Jacqui Parker a spokeswoman for the Border patrols Tucson office. No one was injured. The Border patrols previous record cocaine seizure was 3,297 pounds found in a travel trailer near the Arizona Border town of Naco in the summer of 1989. Parker said two agents on patrol near the Mariposa Gate a crossing for commercial trucks about a half mile West of Nogales encountered the caravan of about 40 horses just after 10 . Wednesday. The smugglers attacked with fierce gunfire from High powered rifles and the agents returned fire Parker said. The smugglers continued firing in an attempt to overrun the agents position. When backup agents arrived at the scene the smugglers Flea leaving the pack horses. The cocaine was packed in Burlap sacks each containing about 100 pounds Parker said. New technology allows women past menopause to have babies Boston apr the latest medical technology lets women turn Back their biological clocks and get pregnant after menopause but also raises questions about How old is too old for child rearing. Doctors say they can extend women a baby making years Well into their 40s, 50s and perhaps 60s, providing a second Chance for those who waited too Long to Start families. However some doctors have doubts about the Wisdom of childbearing for those who Are Well past natures own cutoff. A because we can do something technically does not mean we should do it indiscriminately a said or. Zev Rosenwaks. A the ability to become pregnant is a physical sign of what nature itself expects of a woman. You cannot push nature past the Point where you interfere with Rosenwaks is head of the Fertility clinic at new York Hospital comely medical Center one of several hospitals around the country that has begun using the new technology. The process described in thursdays new England journal of Medicine is a variation on the now routine process of in Vitro fertilization Conception in the lab dish. Ordinarily doctors remove eggs from an infertile woman a ovaries mix them with sperm and then put the embryos into her womb. However this is not possible if the woman a ovaries have stopped working the change of life known As menopause. Until recently that was the end of the reproductive line for women. But now doctors Are removing eggs from healthy Young donors and implanting them in older women after they have been fertilized with sperm. Because the Mother does not provide the egg she is not the genetic Parent of her baby but still undergoes a Normal pregnancy and delivery. The major limits to the technique Are the heal in of the Mother and the Cost a $8,000 for each attempt plus a $1,500 payment to the egg donor. In the journal or. Mark v. Sauer of the University of Southern California described the use of the technique on seven women Over 40 whose a ovaries did no to last As Long As their desire to have menopause usually occurs around age 50, but in about 10 percent of women the ovaries Stop working by age 40. Sometimes these women have delayed having children often while they establish their careers. A Many women Are coming in 40 years of age or older. They have an air of desperation. Its their last Chance said or. Anne Wentz who has a a geriatric infertility practice at Northwestern University. Pregnancy is riskier for older women than Young ones. They Are More Likely to have High blood pressure premature labor and bleeding. Wentz and others noted that there is simply no Way to know the effects of carrying and delivering a child on a woman in her 50s and beyond. Others noted that older women should carefully think about whether they have the stamina to Deal with 2 . Feedings and other Rigours of bringing up babies
