European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 10, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 4 the stars and stripes saturday november 10,1990 h. Yir Horsefly a a 6-year-old gelding named radar dangles from a helicopter thursday while being airlifted out or a Box Canyon in fruit Heights Utah where it had been stranded for 2w weeks. Lawmakers warn americans to Brace for imminent War Washington apr members of Congress Sot resident Bush a massive deployment of about 200,000 Idit ional . Forces to the Gulf is a signal to the nation president _ additional . Forces to the Gulf _ to get ready for War. A i think the american people need to prepare themselves for a major conflict in the Middle East a said democratic rep. Ike Skelton a senior member of the House armed services committee. Republican sen. Slade Gorton of Washington agreed. Quot there is now a High possibility that we Are going to be engaged in an armed conflict within the course of the next few weeks a possibly greater than 50-50,�?� he said in Bremerton wash., Home to the Bremerton naval Hospital. There was cautious support for the latest military buildup but rep. Charles Rangel criticized Bush a action. Quot with this troop buildup the president is sending every signal that instead of seeking peaceful solutions he plans to Rush the nation into War a Rangel d-n.y., said Friday. Rangel suggested that while Many . Allies have placed a stronger emphasis on a diplomatic solution to the More than 3-month-old stalemate a the president really seems to be going his own Way on rep. Lee Hamilton d-ind., said that although Bush has Broad support from the american people the backing is a very a a there a a great Deal of uneasiness about All of this a he said. Quot they do not want american casualties. They feel that very very Hamilton chairman of the House foreign affairs Middle East subcommittee said Bush a needs to be More precise and More articulate than he has been about the reasons for our deployment there and precisely what our commitment has Iraq invaded Kuwait on aug. 2. A week later Bush sent thousands of . Forces to the Gulf area to Stop further iraqi aggression. On thursday Bush announced the deployment of additional forces to provide the United states with the offensive Power necessary if there is a conflict with the 430,000 iraqis in and around Kuwait. The list of units involved indicates As Many As 200,000 More americans will be sent. Defense Secretary Dick Cheney indicated Friday that the approximately 230,000 . Forces already in the area wont be rotated Back to the United states Early next year As the government had planned. Rep. Jim Slattery d-kan., said he hoped the increase in . Troops would Lead to a peaceful solution. A hopefully deployment. Will convince Saddam Hussein to Retreat from Kuwait a Slattery said. Sen. Claiborne Pell chairman of the Senate foreign relations committee expressed concern that the United states was moving to create an offensive capability Quot in Advance of a . Resolution authorizing offensive a the United states should not be the unilateral policeman of the world a said Pell a Rhode Island Democrat. Brothers survive Mountain crash Portal Ariz. Apr two Brothers who suffered broken Bones in a plane crash hiked for four Days through the wet cold Chiricahua mountains before being rescued authorities said. Robert Rowe 52, hampered by a broken wrist nose and ribs and Carl Rowe 37, who suffered a broken foot and wrist hiked 14 to 16 Miles through rugged terrain before finding a Road and a ride to safety thursday. Devorie Griffiths co owner of the Portal store and cafe in this Small town near the new Mexico state line said the two men were caked with dried blood when they hobbled into the store about 9 . A they were pretty Cut up but they appeared to be in pretty Good spirits. They were glad to be out of there a she said. A a it a a Miracle they Are the Rowes were flown by helicopter to Tucson medical Center where they were listed in satisfactory condition Friday. The Phoenix men were flying their single engine Cessna 182 into canyons scouting for Deer sunday when they found themselves without room to Man Euver. Carl Bush vetoes expansion of orphan drug act Rowe who was the Pilot was forced to crash land the plane. A it was the Best Landing you could have made Between two Trees a said his brother Robert Rowe. It rained and snowed in parts of the Chiricahua this week and a storm front had dropped nighttime temperatures into the 20s and 30s. The men drank from streams but had no Griffiths an emergency medical technician who helped the men said they were a very cold and very wet. They appeared to be in the Early stages of hypothermia and we worked to stabilize them so they would not go into a they had been hallucinating. They said they saw people a especially children a walking around in front of them a he said. The wreckage of the single engine plane was spotted wednesday by a Hunter but the bad weather hampered efforts by searchers who had been looking for the men after the plane was reported missing sunday night. Washington a president Bush on Friday vetoed legislation designed to boost wider development of drugs that treat rare diseases and dilute monopoly opportunities for drug firms. Bush said in a statement that he had a serious concerns Quot the measure actually would remove incentives for drug companies to develop new treatments having the opposite effect of its purpose. The legislation would Amend the 1983 orphan drug act giving drug companies incentives to develop and manufacture medications generally used against diseases affecting fewer than 200,000 people. The amendments would water Down the exclusive marketing rights that the orphan drug act gave the drug producers. Currently the Taw gives manufacturers a so Van year exclusivity Benefit. Quot i believe we must not endanger the Success of this program which is due in Large measure to the existence of the a Market exclusivity provision in the orphan drug act a Bush said. A weakening the current seven year period is the basis of the economic incentive to attract drug firms to invest in orphan the White House contends that taking away that Benefit actually would decrease the willingness of firms to develop orphan drugs because of the expense involved in the research and development. But supporters of the vetoed legislation contend some drug manufacturers have misused its provisions particularly in regard to drugs used to treat aids and associated infections. They say drug firms have used the Law to keep drug costs artificially High. Bush said a i am extremely concerned however that individuals with rare disease May suffer because of changes that this Bill would make in the incentives to develop new drug the legislation backed by rep. Henry Waxman d-calif., was supported by atr4c activists and other advocacy aids groups the food and drug administration has granted so called orphan status to More than 375 drugs More than 40 of which have reached the Market. Critics have been concerned that some of these drugs were producing monopolistic windfalls for the drug companies that marketed them. Some of the diseases that orphan drugs have been developed to treat include Huntington a disease Tourette a syndrome narcolepsy and muscular dystrophy. Not like the and the Bear foot an oversize 13,000-Pound truck set out to find the truth in Volvo a advertising during a promotional stunt Friday in Philadelphia. In response to a to and showing Volvo to be crush proof the monster truck Bat the company a claims when it d Over a Row of the cars. The comi water admitted the car featured in the has been reinforced
