European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 29, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday november 29,1990 the stars and stripes Page 9 British hostage Mccarthy turns 34 in Captivity Beirut Lebanon apr British journalist John Mccarthy turned 34 tuesday his fifth birthday As a captive of pro iranian shiite moslem kidnappers in Lebanon. Colleagues and relatives published English and arabic messages to Mccarthy and his captors in a paid advertisement on an inside Page of As Safir a leftist Beirut newspaper. A we friends of Mccarthy in Beirut and London Appeal to his kidnappers for his release hoping this would be the last plea before he returns to us and to All his beloved ones a an Appeal in arabic said. Mccarthy of Barnet was producer for worldwide television news before he was kidnapped april 17, 1986, by unidentified gunmen As he drove to Beirut International Airport to catch a flight to London. Although no group has claimed his abduction released Irish hostage Brian Keenan said he shared a cell with Mccarthy and spoke of contacts with american captives Terry Anderson and Thomas Sutherland which indicates All Are held by shiite fundamentalists. The half Page and in As Safir carried a Black and White photograph of Mccarthy and a message from his father Patrick. A we Pray that this will be your last birthday in Captivity and we Are longing to see you with us soon a said the message in arabic from the elder Mccarthy. A John you feel very close. We will make up for the last five birthdays when you Are Home and we can celebrate in style. I am praying it will not be Long. Love As always a said another message from Mccarthy a Fiancee Jill. A we Are Here until you Are Home. Love As always from the office a read another signed by Mccarthy a colleagues Cathy Conerford Joan Willows Jackie Howe Jane Parritt and Anne Lohmeyer. The arabic Appeal said a we Hope they kidnappers will allow him to read the letters addressed to  store uses Light approach to serious topic of Safe sex Madison wis. A aids is no laughing matter at the safer sex boutique but the unique shop offers such lighthearted gifts As condom shaped Candy and Boxer shorts adorned with smiling condom cartoons that glow in the dark. Shoppers also can buy earrings and key chains that discreetly store condoms inside or use a computer that calculates a persons likelihood of exposure to aids. The unusual store open this Holiday season is a commercial Experiment to Market both silly and serious products that promote Safe sex and draw attention to the needs of those who have acquired immune deficiency syndrome. A this is designed to talk about and promote safer sex by making it More fun and exciting a said Dave Rompa executive director of the aids support network in Madison an advocacy group that helped develop the business. A some stores will have a Safe sex Corner or cute Little condom Section but there a never been a whole store devoted to it a he said. Since the boutique opened nov. 5, it has drawn about 2,000 people a both shoppers and the simply curious a ranging from teenagers and their parents to divorcees returning to the dating scene Rompa said. In addition to shelves of books magazines and videotapes about the dangers of aids and ways to minimize exposure the store Sells cards containing condoms comic books promoting and explaining their use and to shirts urging contraceptive use because its a condom  there Are also Pink and Black Boxer shorts dotted with pictures of smiling condoms that glow in the dark. A condom shaped chocolate mints and glow in the dark condoms Are also big Sellers a Rompa said. The store was funded through donations and fund raising by the support group Rompa said. Many of the products were donated by manufacturers and merchants throughout the United states great Britain and Canada he said. Peaches Lacy and Art Cooper display some of the items on Sale at the safer sex boutique in Madison wis. Rompa declined to say How much Money the store has earned. It is staffed by volunteers and All profits Are returned to the group. The shop will close dec. 31, but Rompa said the group seeks More funding and Hopes to reopen next year. A if people take Safe sex seriously it could be an ongoing business a Rompa said. A we opened now for two months because these Are the Best shopping months and we re providing products that Are outreach educational and  Canada he said. And  Ray test shows Promise against heart disease hic ago apr computer in Ultra fast it was performed on 100 a least one coronary artery blocked by 50 its in arteries have Long been linked w ced a Ravs Are showing Promise in patients Ages 23 to 59 who were sent to Spe percent or More. Heart disease. Chicago apr computer enhanced a rays Are snowing Promise in rapidly detecting coronary artery disease in people under 60 without requiring the insertion of tubes or other equipment into the body radiologists said monday. A technique called Ultra fast computed tomography that uses such a rays to detect Calcium in arteries could be highly accurate and Cost effective in detecting coronary artery disease the doctors reported. A Ultra fast it appeared to be Able to Rule out significant coronary artery disease in 100 percent of the cases we studied a said or. Jerome Breen of the Mayo clinic in Rochester Minn. He presented his findings at the 76th annual meeting of the radiological society of North America which began its five Day run monday in Chicago. Ultra fast it was performed on 100 patients Ages 23 to 59 who were sent to specialists for coronary angiograms primarily because of symptoms such As Chest pain or Chest tightness that suggested coronary artery disease Breen said. An angiogram requires that an artery usually in the Groin be punctured and a tube threaded up into the Chest arteries that feed the heart. An a Ray Dye is then injected into the heart arteries and a rays Are taken of them. The accuracy of the Ultra fast it was determined by comparing its results to the results of angiograms taken on each of the patients Breen reported. A in every Case in our study if no Calcium was detected on it there was no significant coronary disease seen on the angiogram a Breen said. Significant disease was defined As at least one coronary artery blocked by 50 percent or More. A Ultra fast it is exquisitely sensitive at detecting the presence of Calcium in the arteries a sign of atherosclerotic disease a Breen said. Atherosclerosis is a buildup of Patchy deposits that can clog arteries and May eventually Lead to heart attacks. A detecting Calcium on Ultra fast it does not necessarily mean serious disease but the More severe the calcification the More Likely it is that significant disease is present a he said. Or. Daniel Mark a cardiologist at Duke University medical Center said the test sounds promising but will require further study. A it does not seem to me they be come out with something totally radically new a he said noting that Calcium depos its in arteries have Long been linked with heart disease. Also Many if not most heart patients Are Over 60, when Calcium begins to appear in the arteries As a Normal sign of aging limiting the tests usefulness he said. Because Calcium is increasingly present As elderly people age the researchers limited their study to people under 60, Breen said. He said Ultra fast it is non invasive painless and virtually risk free. The procedure is expected to compete in Cost with conventional heart stress tests and can be performed in a few minutes he said. However he emphasized that his results were preliminary and he said researchers should study More patients before the tests usefulness is  on bomb warning called unfortunate Dumfries Scotland apr a bureaucratic Blunder that delayed the distribution of warning photos about a bomb similar to the one that destroyed pan am flight 103 was a unfortunate a Britain a aviation Security chief testified tuesday. Christopher Harris told a Public inquiry into the dec. 21,1988, disaster that he bore ultimate responsibility for the delay which meant the photographs of the radio cassette player bomb were not received until 17 Days after the bombing that killed 270 people. A i accept it was unfortunate most undesirable a Harris 53, told prosecutor Andrew Hardie. Hardie asked a but not intolerable is that what you Are saying a a that is what i am saying a Harris replied. The inquiry has heard that a Federal aviation authority bulletin about a bomb inside a Toshiba radio cassette player was received by the British department of transport on dec. 8. But reproducing 125 copies of the photograph delayed distribution of the warning and the pictures were not received by airline and Security staff until Jan 7, 1989. James Jack the transport departments chief aviation Security inspector sent British airports a telex of the warning but planned to follow it with color photographs of the device. Harris told the hearing that Jack had mentioned to him his a a frustration at the time the department was taking to prepare the copies. But Harris did not intervene As this would have been a almost insulting to Jack by implying he could not sort it out himself. Harris said aviation Security had improved since the bombing of flight 103. A i think the whole Tenor of aviation Security not just in this country but All Over the world has a greater strictness and government  the inquiry expected to last into the new year is focusing on the deaths of 259 people on the pan american world airways Boeing 747 and 11 on the ground in Lockerbie and ways to prevent a similar disaster. Scottish investigators have said they Are investigating several Radical palestinian groups but the inquiry is not considering criminal responsibility